Glimpse Of Us
the long awaited sequel for “How To Disappear”.
warnings: slight angst, mentions of drinking, using others, and some cursing lol
i wasn’t proud of myself. i didn’t like who i saw in the mirror anymore. i hated the way i would snap at people who i loved the most just because they were trying to help me.
but most of all, i hated the way i pushed her away when she’s the person i love the most.
most mornings i wake up facing her side of bed only to be woken up with an empty space and cold sheets. her pillow still smelled like cherries and flowers. her clothes sitting in the bottom shelf of my dresser collecting dust.
i still wear the heart locket i gave her on our anniversary. the same necklace she left behind after our argument. i trace the outline of it once in a while remembering how pretty it stood on her chest.
there’s been so many nights where i’ve wanted nothing more than to just call her up and tell her to come over. but that wasn’t my position anymore. she was no longer mine.
“conrad?” the soft melodic voice asked me in my ear. “conrad, are you even paying attention?”
i turn my head, meeting the vibrant green hues of nicole’s. she looked aggravated and annoyed with me. we layed in the living room watching some shit movie she decided to put on. i zoned out about a couple of minutes in.
i nod my head in response to her. the room already feels heavy with tension, i just know she’s going to chew my head off about something i don’t really care about.
“conrad every time we hangout you don’t even pay attention to me. do you even really like me?” there was a sliver of insecurity in her voice that made me feel guilty.
the truth was i didn’t know if i liked nicole or not. after y/n and i broke up, i met her; she was pretty and nice and caught my attention. she was pretty decent to hangout with but she was no y/n.
she didn’t even compare. she didn’t hold me like she did. her laugh didn’t sound as sweet as hers, her eyes didn’t twinkle the same, my nickname “connie” didn’t roll as smoothly off the tongue, but most of all she didn’t feel like her.
i should like nicole, i should be head over fucking heels for her. she’s every boy in cousins wet dream but here she is putting up with me. a distant, broken, and all around mess of a boy.
nicole took my silence as an answer to her question. she rubbed her face in a harsh manner deeply exhaling through her nose.
“you know what conrad? i don’t fucking get you.” her words were spit with rage. she shuffled back on the couch leaving distance between us.
“you break up with y/n and hit me up to hangout; but yet everytime i’m with you, you want nothing more than a simple hookup. you’ll pretend to like me just to get in my fucking pants and do you know how frustrating that is?” tears begin to slowly puddle in her eyes.
“nicole i-“ she cuts me off, letting herself finish her rant.
“no conrad! you don’t get to use me to get over her! i have feelings too, you know. i really started to like you but it feels like every time you look at me you try to find a way to look at her. i’m not y/n and i never will be.” her words cut through my chest deeply.
i spent all these weeks looking through nicole’s green eyes trying to find a simple similarity to y/n’s. i was spending time in her arms just to pass by the time. .
everytime i looked at nicole, i only saw a glimpse of us.
“i’m sorry,” i finally spoke in a soft broken whisper. i felt nothing but defeated and completely heart broken again.
y/n would hate to see what i’ve become: a womanizer, a heartbreaker.
nicole got up from the couch hastily grabbing her things. as i sat and watched it reminded me all too well when y/n left. the way she rushed but meticulously grabbed everything hoping i would say anything at all.
but i wouldn’t. i would just sit and watch just to wallow in my own self pity later.
nicole finished grabbing her things and walked to the front door. i slowly followed behind praying that my brain and mouth would work as one, letting me apologize instead of being a coward.
she turned the doorknob slowly looking at me from behind her left shoulder with a droopy smile.
“i’m sorry. i..i know it doesn’t mean much really but i am. i thought the more time i spent with you the more i’d forget about her.” the confession left my lips as a tear i didn’t know was forming touched my cheek.
“you loved her conrad. you were meant for her, i don’t even know why i developed the idea that we could be something.” she too was now crying as she spoke to me.
“change for her conrad, be better for her.” those were the last words nicole left me with before she too disappeared behind the white wooden door.
i found my way to the kitchen grabbing a can of cherry coke from the fridge before sitting down at the island.
i really really wanted nothing more than to have a beer right now but i was practicing sobriety for the sake of y/n. she hated it when i drank, but she hated me even more when i was drunk.
i wanted to become a changed man for her, i needed to be.
i rested my elbows on the countertop as my palms cradled my forehead. my lungs took deep breaths, in and out, in and out when my phone began to ring.
blindly, i answered it without even looking.
“connie…” a voice as sweet as honey struck a nerve so deep inside me, it almost felt as if i was alive again.
psssst... there will be another part :), coming soon!















