Heartbreak

“How are you feeling?” Elliot asked, closing the diaries and motioning me over to him. He was taking my request seriously, but I’m in no position to complain. I loved seeing this side of him. Soft. Sweet. Endearing.

Even if it was fake.

I shrugged, “I’m just trying to process everything I guess. It kind of feels like everything I've ever known was a lie and now that I see the truth... I don't know how I believed it all.”

He grabbed me, pulling me down onto his lap, “Do you want to talk about it?”

“Do you want cheese on your fries?” Chaos shouted from the kitchen.

“What kind of question is that?”

His chuckle boomed around me, “That’s fair. Cheese it is.”

Elliot held me while I explained everything that I’d seen in the vision. His hand soothingly rubbed my back while also swiping away tears that fell from my eyes. Chaos brought all of the food out to us, feeding me in between sentences. Something about this felt so normal, while being so utterly bizarre.

Six months ago,