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I have a bad feeling A bad fucking one Deep inside of me there?

?s so holes in the happiness I’uy, but I can’t help it… I’ and I don’t even knohy It’s just a bad fucking feeling

I have no reason to feel like this, though: I’ve reat between the two of us We had a rocky fucking start, that’s for sure, but things are better now Sure, it’s not a fucking perfect situation, withas we have each other, everything ork out Right? Yes, that’s fucking right

Of course, life never does what you fucking expect it to do

Worry turns into a sinking feeling indown at the floor with an expression that tellsmy way She shuts the door behind her and heads down the corridor, not even noticing I’ her to me

“Hey, hey What’s wrong? So happened with my father?” She stops, dead in her tracks, but doesn’t even fucking look me in the eyes “Are you okay?” Slowly, she raises her eyes and faces me; her pursed lips a distant impression of her smile

“Everything’s okay, Lance,” she says, ice coating each one of her words She takes one step back, forcing o of her “I just don’t kno to tell you”

“Telldirection this conversation is taking What the fuck is going on?

“It’s over, Lance It was good while it lasted, but…” She licks her bottoht words, but then just repeats herself “It’s over”

“Over? What the hell are you talking about?” I reach for her again, pulling her into the kitchen and sla sure that we’re out ofnonsense?

Looking at es a faded smile “We’re over It’s ti it for you”

I stand there like a fucking asshole, looking at her with an expression of pure disbelief on s? This doesn’t seem like her

“Why?” I ask her, the sound of n toShe opens her ain, al one hand through her hair, she bites down on her lower lip, and I see her eyes starting to water I try and reach for her, but she turns her back tosay, so I just wait for her to regain her composure

“Just go, Lance You wanted to leave, didn’t you? To go to Europe? So go There’s nothing holding you here” She couldn’t be anyabout that How can she even say this when she was the one that asked me to stay?

“I can’t leave You know that… I can’t leave you,” I say,feeling There’s fear inthe best fucking thing that has ever happened to me