110Broken Love Story
Epilogue, The End Of This Broken Love Story
Five Months Later
I stood at the bottom of the outside stairs of the apartment complex, with Colin at my side. Ian, Lila, Cady, and Jacob were either standing or sitting on the bottom step, a little behind us, watching. Justin, Christian, and Jess were still in the apartment, they had already said their goodbyes. Caleb stood in front of me, with a very small smile on his face, though his eyes were sad. I didn't want him to go.
"Bye," I whispered to Caleb. We looked into each other's eyes for a moment. Suddenly we hugged each other tightly. He had been with me for five months, and I didn't want him to leave again. He was going back to college, but he said he would come back every chance he got time off. Jacob should have been going back too, but he had gotten a job at Moor's Café, so he didn't feel the need of going back.
Blood Red Rose, now with a new bassist, me, was a regular at Moor's Café. We played there almost every other weekend, which gave us some fan base. It was awesome.
Ian was going to go to the local college that didn't cost too much money. He would be moving in with me at the apartment since it was closer, and an empty room just became available, because of Caleb moving. Ian would help me with the rent, since my job as a therapist didn't pay too much, since I didn't have a college degree. I worked at the police station as just a person to talk to abuse, raped, or anything else, people, who needed someone to listen. It was a good job, I could relate to them, and let them know that they weren't alone.
Lila and Ian were still together, and going strong. Lila had been very shy about it, but she had told me they had had sex. Apparently it had just brought them closer together, and I was happy for them. They were great together, and they appeared to be really in love. Well, as in love as you can be over five months.
Jess, and Christian became a permanent fixture in my life. Just like Ian and Jacob, they were there when I needed them. They were my friends. I got to see them a lot since they were with Cady a lot, and Cady came over to the apartment to get away from her parents.
Cady was getting her own relationship problems. She was single, but I didn't know how long that was going to last. She and Justin had something growing between them, but I wasn't too sure what it was, but I had a pretty good guess. Since Colin and Justin were best friends, Justin was over a lot when Colin was. Cady was over a lot too, and that brought them together. Justin teased her, and she reacted by yelling back at him, but I could tell that something was going to happen. It was just a matter of time.
Gavin had went to prison. He was going to be in prison for seven years. I had testified in the trail, and put on a brave face. Seeing Gavin sitting there glaring terrified me, but I did it. I sent him to prison. I had no regrets about it, though there would always be a part of me that wanted a real dad.
Mom was there, supporting Gavin, and crying when he was sentenced guilty. We had stared at each other, and I had let her go. One or two of the police officers that knew who she was glared at her. She was not well liked for supporting Gavin, and I didn't care. Let people hate her, my real mother was dead. I hadn't heard from her since then, and I didn't want to, though on the inside the little part that wanted a dad wanted a mom too.
Ken, Caleb's father, really helped. Through the trail he helped me with everything I needed. He was the lawyer that went going against Gavin. Ken said he had never liked the guy anyway. Ken was the one paying for Caleb's schooling. He wanted everything for his son, and he treated me like I was a daughter. Ken had told me that my mom and him had been too young to be married. Her parents had had to sign for her to get married, that was a sign that it wouldn't have worked. He said when he found out that Caleb wasn't getting the best treatment, he immediately put his skills as a lawyer to work. He was a great father.
Cady's mother had been absolutely pissed once she heard Gavin was sentenced to seven years. I didn't think it would last all those seven years, maybe five, but most got out earlier than they usually get in for. Cady's mother came over to the apartment, yelling her head off. We had had to call the cops on her, not before she got two black eyes from me. I couldn't help it, I'm always up for a good fight. That'll never change.
Then there was Colin. His stepmother still hounded him sometimes, but not as much. Emma came over to the apartment some, and I instantly loved the little girl. She was a sweetheart, though sometimes she could be a brat. His parents were gone a lot on vacations, so he was at the apartment a lot. Not that I minded.
It seemed everyone was coming over once Caleb and I moved into the apartment. Everybody always just came over to hang out or something like that. Some of the time I would just go into my room, and let them do what they wanted. Caleb would be there to watch them, I didn't have to. I still woke up in the middle of the night, but not too often. Sometimes I would wake up and find Caleb up too. We had the same problem with not sleeping through the night. We would talk and have our "quality time" together. It was fun. When I lived with Caleb before we weren't allowed to do anything fun together.
Colin and I were still going strong. I won't pretend we had we had the perfect relationship, that's just a fairytale, but it was a good relationship. We hadn't had sex yet, and that had made me happy. I thought that all control was lost when I was with him, but when ever it got to heavy one of us would stop the other. We had one or two fights, nothing big. Just petty arguments, involving me yelling my head off, and Colin sitting calmly in front of me with a angry look. It never got out of hand, and we made up the next day. I couldn't be mad at him for long, but I could at least for a day. I would not be weak. I think everyone finally knew that.
"Be good Helena, okay?" Caleb said into my hair. I nodded not trusting myself. If I spoke I would probably cry, and I still didn't like to cry. I never would. "I'll be back on the next break. I'll call, and I won't go to frat parties and get wasted… much." I chuckled a little and held him tighter, breathing in his smell. He was my brother, and I would miss him, but I knew he would be back.
"Don't do anything I wouldn't do." I said on the verge of tears. He'd been with my for five solid months and now he was just going to be ripped away again.
"Don't worry." He said as we stood there. A minute later he pulled away, and held me arms length away, with his hands on my shoulders. "Be good, and don't throw any parties. I'll have Mark check upon you and Ian. You'll be fine, I'll be fine. Colin will take care of you, and if he tries anything just call me. I'll be down here in a second." I smiled and nodded. "Now, I've got to go, or I'll be late. I love you, Hell." we hugged quickly again.
"I'll be good," I said wiping a tear that had escaped. "Now, you go, I love you and call me when you get there. Even if it's three in the morning, I'll probably be up." I said stepping back beside Colin, and leaning into him.
Caleb smiled, "I'll call. Goodbye everybody." Everyone waved as Caleb walked to his car and drove off, leaving for another year of college.
I wiped another tear from my cheek and forced myself to stop. Jacob came to my other side, and with an arm around Colin and Jacob, we walked up the stairs together. Ian and Lila walked together with Lila leaning on Ian. Cady followed behind them, and right in front of me.
Once we were inside the apartment, I sat on the couch with my knees to my chest. I smiled to tell them it was alright, because it was. I was just a little sad, because Caleb had left. Lila and Cady went into the kitchen to fix a frozen pizza for us, and Jess, Christian, Justin, Ian, and Colin sat in the floor talking. I had told Colin that I was okay, and he should have fun, because I liked to watch him talk and laugh at things. It just made me love him more. Love. I loved him. It never really came up, but I was sure that I did at that moment. I smiled as I watched his face light up with laughter at a joke. Yes, I loved him. And it felt great.
Jacob sat beside me and I leaned my head on his shoulder as he put a friendly arm around my shoulders. I didn't want to know the future. Life can always get better, but it can get worse, too. I didn't want to think things would be alright, and great always, because they probably wouldn't be. I knew that there would be some downs to life, but there would also be some ups. Maybe Colin and I would end up living together for the rest of our days, and maybe we wouldn't. There was no way to tell.
Life wasn't perfect, people weren't perfect, and I accepted that. There was nothing to do except take the hits, along with the rewards. One day Gavin might come back for me, but that wasn't today. One day Colin may dump me, but that wasn't today. One day everyone might let me down, but that wasn't today. And as long as it wasn't today, I could make it. I could live, because, sometimes all I have to do was tell myself, it might get better. It may not, but I've got a fifty-fifty chance, and I'm gonna take it.
The End
A/N: ohhh! It's over! Omfg it's freaking done! Number two on my list of completed stories. (pets story) I'll miss this so much. I loved writing the whole romance of Helena and Colin, and… well, just writing the story period! I'm glad that people like it too. I want to hug everyone! I'm trying to read the stories of who reviewed my stories, and the ones I have read so far rock. If I haven't reviewed you yet, I'll try! I really, really will. I'm a procrastinator to the extreme. I'm glad people like my new name (that's actually old news, but I forgot to announce it when I updated)
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