He yanked my arm, forcing me to face him.

“If you leave it like this, it’s over.”

His eyes were cold, his voice sounded like a knife stabbing my heart.

“Then it’s over,” I made my voice as hard as I could, “It’s over.”

A passing car honked, telling us to move.

I tried to pull my arm away, but Ty held me in place, the headlights bring all eyes on us.

“Is that really what you want?-To leave things like this,” he waved his hands around the parking lot, dropping my arm. The car honked again, the line of cars growing longer by the minute.

I nodded, “Well I’ve already picked what I want. It’s you that needs to make up your mind.”

He laughed sarcastically, “Since you can’t see I’ll just say it. I’m standing right here. . .” He pointed to the ground his body shaking with anger. “Right now,” he spit out the now like it would change weather or not I realized he was here. “What more can I do?”

I shook my head, throwing my arms up, “Nothing, you can do absolutely nothing.”

Ty’s eyes glowed, I could almost see the fire that burned in them. He took a deep breath, his lips parted but no words escaped them.

I closed my eyes sighing, “Listen to us Ty! This is toxic-we’re in a toxic relationship,” I gestured at me and then him.

“At least we agree on something,” Ty’s voice was now soft, with regret swimming all over it.

I felt the air I was breathing slipping away. He wasn’t supposed to agree, he was supposed to hate it. He was supposed to fight for me.

I nodded, fighting the tears, “Yeah, at least we can.”

Ty, stepped back, “You know the day I met you,” he let out a small laugh, “Let’s just say I never thought it would come to this.”

That makes two of us. Ty had always been so sweet, so kind. Tonight I was seeing something I’d never seen before. His dark side. And yet I still loved him.

Ty turned around, his brown hair black in the moonlight.

“Ty,” I called, my voice cracking, “Wait.”

Ty stopped, and stood still. The clock striked midnight as I wiped my tears.

“I don’t want it to end like this,” My voice was quiet.

Ty took a deep breath, looking over his shoulder, his mint eyes meeting mine, “It’s already over.”

He continued to walk away, leaving me alone.

He climbed into his old car, a car I had ridden in so many times. A car that had so many memories.

I let myself cry, sinking to the road.

“You alright?” A lady asked, as she pulled up next to me.

I shook my head, letting the tears fall the assault.

She gave me a weak smile and then drove off, leaving a grey cloud. I could smell the exhaust, that stayed around me. Such a bitter smell.