This is only my second submission and I hope you enjoy it. All characters are 18 and older. Leave comments. This story took a while to write and I would like to thank my wonderful wife for editing it for me. Any errors are totally my fault. sometimes little things slip through he cracks. anyways enjoy.
There was an old story about this ocean side park overlooking the cove. It's was once called Broken Hearts Cove Park. So many people with broken hearts that couldn't take the pain would hurl themselves to oblivion. That is until one man named Jon Barlow took his own life here.
As the story goes, that in the heat of passion Jon faltered. He fornicated with a woman other than his fiancΓ©, and his wife to be found out about the affair and poisoned herself from the heartache. After hearing of his love's death Jon came here and threw himself off the side of the cliff. He was guilt stricken and could not live with himself after what he had done. He was the last person to commit suicide in this place. That is why they named it Jon Barlow Cove.
The story doesn't end there though. People started seeing the ghost of Jon Barlow. Potential suicides especially say they saw him. They claim that he appears as an old man with a cane and walks along the railing that they put up to prevent accidents. He walks right up to you and somehow talks you out of throwing yourself off the side.
If that is true then where the hell is he? I guess my life isn't worth the visit from a ghost to keep me from plummeting to my death. Maybe I need to be standing next to the railing and not sitting on this stupid bench. It would be my luck that the ghost that is supposed to save my life has the night off.
Never the less, as I sit here looking at the ground, I can feel my life slipping away. Tears slowly make their way down my cheeks. With each drop a little bit of my sanity goes with it. People say you shouldn't let it get you down. If she doesn't love you move on. , easier said than done.
When someone has been such a big part of your life for so long, it's not easy to just pick up and move on. There is a hole in your life when they leave. If you are not strong enough, the hole gets bigger and eventually consumes you whole. The strong ones can keep the hole in their life from eating them alive. I guess I'm not one of the strong ones. It just happened a few hours ago and the hole in my chest already feels like it is about to take me. I feel the darkness falling around me and there seems to be no light at the end of it. Alexis is gone and I can feel her absence. She took a piece of me with her and I don't think I will ever get it back.
I caught them together in my very own bed. Alexis and Aaron were supposed to be my girlfriend and my best friend. I guess they decided they didn't need me anymore. Before I knew what was happening I was walking out the door barely able to breath. She's done with me and on to Aaron. Three years of my life gone in an instant. Is this how it was supposed to end, me sitting on a bench praying for relief of any kind? Even death would be preferable to the pain that is with me now.
Just as I was about to slip away, a small sliver of light broke through the darkness. The light was a woman; a woman I have known all my life. Lexie as we all called her had a lifelong best friend. Jenna appears at my side on the bench, with a sympathetic hand on my shoulder. I look up to her eyes and it is obvious she knows what's happened.
"Want to talk about it?"
I shook my head no and turned back to looking at the ground. I didn't want to talk about anything right now. I just wanted the pain to go away. When a part of your life is ripped from you violently like a break up from a three year relationship, the mind makes the pain real. Its part of the reason the hole can swallow you up. The pain weakens you so you don't fight as hard as you normally would.
"You might feel better if you talk about it." She was being so nice and trying to help me.
"Sorry I don't feel like talking. I just want this feeling to go away. I want her back but she doesn't want me. Do you know what that feels like? To be completely crazy for someone and they don't want you back. To spend three years loving someone and thinking they loved you only to find out they didn't. I feel like the biggest idiot in the world. I must be, to not see this coming."
Jenna looked like she was thinking hard for a moment. I noticed her small mouth and red lips. She had the cutest little round button nose. She was beautiful especially when her dark brown hair framed her face. Most of the time that I saw her it was pulled into a pony tail because it was easier for her work. Today however, she had it down and it was stunning.
"No, I can't really say that I know what you are feeling like. I have never been that close to someone. I can't imagine the pain you are feeling right now. It must be awful." She had a sympathetic tone to her voice.
"I feel like I'm dying, like I'm drowning and there no way for me to get to the surface to breathe. Then sometimes, I hope I don't make it to the surface and it will just end."
The hand on my shoulder quickly became an arm around my back. She pulled me into her and I just collapsed. I had no strength and was to week to fight back the tears. I know most men say they don't like to cry and I am no exception but I couldn't fight it anymore. It was as though her touch was pulling it all out of me. Lord help me but I cried like a little baby.
After my rather embarrassing outburst, I began to calm down and even felt some of the pain ease off a bit. The feeling was still there, but it wasn't as sharp as it had been. It was more like a dull ache. I guess sometimes you just have to cry. I sat up and looked at Jenna who was still wearing that warm smile across her small lips.
"Feel better?"
"Actually I do. Thank you for being here. Speaking of which, how did you know I was here and why?"
"Well, Lexie called me and told me what happened. I kind of blew up at her. We have this rule you know. We don't date each other's exes. She broke the rule even after I had told her what Aaron did to me. He'll do the same to her, but she thinks she can change him. She is crazy if she thinks she can change that asshole."
"Right, I remember him cheating on you with that girl from that conference he had in L.A."
"Yea and I remember you nearly kicking his ass and swore that if Aaron didn't tell me the truth, you would."
"You deserved better."
"You're right, I did. I deserved someone who was going to be faithful."
"Faithful", it was such a simple word with a heavy meaning. I was hoping for a long life with Lexie. I was hoping her love for me was as strong as mine was for her. I put my faith in the wrong person I guess. Now I had nothing. I felt empty inside.
I stared at the ground drowning in thought. To her credit Jenna just let me sit for a while and kept me company. I was not in a good state of mind. I'm sure I babbled like an idiot. Let the darkness take me. I wasn't deserving of another person's attentions. She didn't leave me though. She stayed right there with her arm draped around my shoulders. I could feel her warmth and it was soothing to the cold darkness. I thought perhaps I wasn't going to be swallowed whole after all.
Jenna put her hand back on my shoulder and shook me a little. She was trying to be supportive and a good friend, but I was too depressed. She stood up, but her hand remained on my shoulder. I guessed she had had enough of my dapper mood when her hand moved down my arm and grabbed my hand. Then she began to pull me to my feet.
"What Jenna? Can't I just sit here in wallow in my self pity?"
"No, you have to come to my house and have dinner with me tonight." She was very assertive in her efforts to get me to follow her.
What was her plan? Why was she taking me back to her place for dinner? I had eaten at Jenna's before and I had to say Jenna was a great cook, but I didn't feel like eating or doing anything for that matter. Her tenacity won me over though. I would follow and let her keep me company. I probably shouldn't be left alone tonight anyways.
We began walking in the direction of her apartment when she pulled out her phone. I didn't want to be a nosy so I looked down at the ground again. I could see her thumb quickly typing something in but I couldn't read what it said or to whom. She pushed the send button and then looked up at me as we continued to walk. I must have had a look of confusion because she answered my question without me even asking.