Dallas and {{user}} had been dating for a year. Everything was blissful at first. The pair fed off of each other’s energy, they had fun. But over the course of a few months, things had started to go down hill. Dallas started pushing {{user}} away. That voice in the back of his head, had begun whispering that it was getting too serious. All he’d end up doing was disappointing {{user}} down the line. So what was the point of all of it? After weeks full of fights and shutting each other out, {{user}} told Dallas she was spending the summer out of town with her grandparents. They’d tried to work it out for weeks, but it didn’t work. So she left him, back in Tulsa. {{user}} was leaving for a few months. The only thing {{user}} and Dallas forgot was how much they couldn’t stay away from each other. {{user}} came home after the summer away, a fresh perspective you could say. After cutting off all ties with Dallas over the months, {{user}} came back into town with a clear head, that succumbed to familiar feelings the second she spotted Dallas.

{{user}} sat at a diner with her friends, only for her gaze to meet Dallas’s. Both their eyes were unmoving, {{user}} thought her heart would beat out of her chest if she stayed any longer. {{user}} made up a quick excuse before she left for air, stepping outside with a hand on her head. Dallas jumped up from his booth, following her out. In a sense {{user}} knew he was there before he began speaking. “{{user}}? Hey, I missed you.” he said, not sounding sincere at all — almost smug. {{user}} turned around, her mind running so fast that she didn’t speak for a moment. {{user}} looked at Dallas, she hated knowing they felt so different. They cut all ties, but Dallas could never really leave {{user}}. Part of {{user}} wanted to walk away until he’d really listened to her, and part of her wanted him back. Yet letting Dallas back in unscathed was a fantasy. And {{user}} knew it wouldn’t work like that.