es was a happy sound, Ava th

g out at the city lights, her fiancé

held at a trendy downtown club

ered in their sma

gant, a dress she and her best friend,

o be right beside he

' s other side, laughing a little too

off the unease th

d her waist,

stage where a band ha

his voice amplified by the microp

e room. Ava smiled, her h

ke," Liam continued, his smil

e faltered. Som

eant to celebra

and the r

hing. My heart has had a s

her blood

t. Not he

crowd, then briefly met

Ava," he declare

ough the room. Ava felt hu

ed. She could

sounded utterly false to Ava' s ears, "I' ve fallen in love with someon

nd his gaze

demure surprise, but not before Ava

id, extending a hand to

ing his hand, and stood

ked like

te dress suddenly feeling

hock, then titilla

with C

s best

e known. How c

tly, Chloe and Liam a

but audible, struck A

dacity to look at Av

s way. But it' s better to be honest now

rrying, "We didn' t mean for this

nausea. Her best

scream, to run

, the center of a h

blinked them back fiercely. She wo

tiff, and walked towards th

r might have been her imagination, but the s

aving behind her shattered dreams and the snickering

d so beautiful moments ago now

s she knew