The Relationship Story
Written By: Saúl Acevedo
Episode 4
The Denial
3 Weeks Pass
Time has pass...and a lazy Saturday morning our wanderer wakes up, tries to wipe the sleep from his eyes and takes a look to the side of where he is laying in his bed. He's sleeping on the left side, as he's always been. And on the right side his bed, barely wrinkled, he thinks to himself, "Why the hell am I sleeping on only one half of my bed? It's king sized!" He then gets up pulls up the shades and looks out the window, sees the sun shining down and the light noise of early morning traffic, he turns and looks back at the bed, and begins to tear up, cause he realizes why he slept the way he did, because she would always fight for the blanket and pillows and he was never much a complainer when it came to that, he always gave in, gave her most of the pillows and an extra blanket for her cold feet. "I always gave in to that..." He thought, cracked a small grin and laughed a little. He then turned his direction to his bed and just stared, looked real hard like he was trying to make her appear out of no where. All that appeared was the pain he has gone through the past 3 months and the anger that was building up inside him, ready to let loose a big scream, punch to the wall or a session of destroying his master bedroom. All that really happened was for a brief moment he felt what he used to feel when she was around, the love, compassion, friendship, and trust...all gone even though he didn't want to accept it, the whimpering from his mouth was a very rare occurrence, but he felt it was much needed. He embraced it and while he dropped to his knees, he thought, "Why? Why the fuck did this shit have to happen? I did everything I could to make things right! This is not fair! I didn't deserve this..." His hand then clenches his blanket on his bed and begins to create a fist. He's heartbroken and VERY pissed! And then his cellphone begins to ring, he turns to look and see that it is her, the one who has hurt him and the one he still loves. Does he pick up? Does he ignore the call?
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To reflect this I have chosen John Mayer "Dreaming with a Broken Heart". This song I believe resembles and expressed this story at this point, coming to terms with the denial one faces and finally embracing it, in it's truest form. This begins the healing process. However, something is about to disturb it, and an old flame returns. Many of us in serious relationship don't realize the impact others have until they are gone. Even if we are not at fault, it is always important to have the difficult conversations even if its hurts to have them, to give the one we care for the right they deserve to make their own decision in life, give them that right, and in the future, you can use that to become a better person.
