their engagement // jelena one shot
[based on the news of justin’s engagement]
Her phone buzzed, the noises around her were circling in her head but she couldn’t hear them. She couldn’t focus, the cars honked and people screamed but she didn’t pay attention.
“Miss, is this your destination?” An unfamiliar voice spoke into her ears.
She snapped back to reality to consume the space around her. Right, she was arriving at her hotel in New York City. Putting on a fake smile she was so custom to, she smiled kindly at the man and gave him a tip, “Yes, thank you.” She said as she exited the taxi.
the next day
Her phone continued to buzz, causing her to awaken from her sleep. The name in front of her eyes shocked her as she tried to gain her consciousness.
A text message, from her ex.
Her eyes panicked as she opened her messages, seeing a stream of messages sent by her that she did not recognized, reading them as mistyped and misspelled.
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2:42am
selena: Happy 4 u, i wish uu nthohing but the best so sudden but i hpoepe yioru happpy
justin: u good?
selena: Duhhh yes I am :) i NO YOUR GOOD
justin: thank you
4am
selena: SOOOO happpy for U
justin: are u ok? do u need me to call a taxi?
selena: Huh? what no
justin: talk to you another time ok? get some rest sel.
selena: whaiiiit where r u going
selena: hello?? hello?
selena: hey hewer u go
7am
justin: hey it’s me. just checking in from last night 2 make sure ur good today, dw i know u weren’t in your right mind. thank you for wishing me happiness, i think it’s time we both get it for good.
justin: will always love you sel.
Oh no. He didn’t have to ask the last piece in that text. She grimaced in embarrassment rereading her drunk text messages to her ex boyfriend. There was nothing she could say or explain because she herself did not know either.
7:44am
selena: I’m so sorry.
She clicked sent on a simple text message that spoke all her thought in one. She was sorry. She was sorry for drunk texting him when she had no reason to. She was sorry she interrupted his peace and honeymoon with his fiancé. She was sorry they reunited and tried again. She was sorry they came back into each other’s lives. She was sorry he allowed her to bond with his family once again. She was sorry for it all.
She jumped as she saw his name flash across her phone screen. Confusion raised as she hesitated to accept or decline his call.
“Hello?” She hesitated. A pause. Silence.
A few seconds of silence before she heard a soft, “Hey.”
Selena sighed, confused as the phone call, “I’m sorry about last night,” She apologized.
“Don’t be. I’m sorry you heard the news like everyone else.”
A sarcastic laugh rang from her end, “You’re sorry for that? You don’t owe me the news before anyone else Justin. We aren’t anything.”
A soft pain rocked through her as the words left her but she let them breathe the air as reality hits both of them. There is no more them.
“I know,” he sighs, “I just felt like I owed you an explanation.”
“You don’t,” she clarified, hoping she could find an excuse to end the call.
Just when she was about to pull a coward move and hang up, she heard him softly say,” I’m sorry for all that I’ve caused you. In the past few months and the past years, I know these words won’t do justice. You were my first love and that won’t ever change, but I’m truly happy right now in the place that I am. I don’t know why I’m saying all this to you but I felt like it had to be said for me to be a married man. I want to give Hailey the things I couldn’t give to you. I guess what I want is your acceptance, your forgiveness and your approval.”
His words hit hard. She didn’t expect to be overwhelmed so early in the morning, so quickly and all at once. She was speechless, “Justin..Uh- I don’t know what to say. I have forgiven you, I’ve come to realize we just aren’t fit to be together and I am so okay with that. Yes it takes adjusting to accept this news but what else can I do? From the bottom of my heart I wish nothing but happiness for the both of you, truly. Please make her happy, please don’t ever make her doubt your intentions with her. I know you’ve grown and I’ve seen it. You have my blessing.”
Another long silence before Justin finally spoke.
“And for the next and final one that keeps you, I hope he treats you well.”
Selena smiled slowly, her heart heavy.
“I won’t keep him if he won’t, I’ve learned my lesson,” She jabs lightly at him.
He chuckles before stating, “Thank you. I have to go, I just needed to get that off my chest.”
“Of course, go have fun,” She said before hanging up. Selena stared at her phone for a couple of seconds before putting it away, looking at the ceiling before closing her eyes.
This was the finale.
She didn’t cry. She got up, pulled her hair into a ponytail and went about her day, living her life without him just as she had for so long.
