thing for prompt for 2/25

Her 18th birthday party was a success so far. All of her friends had showed up, and they were all having fun and mingling. The decorations were amazingly bright and colorful. As she was talking to her friend from her history class, she looked up at the door to the large room, and saw her ex boyfriend walk in. He had broken up with her just the month before, and they had agreed to remain friends. She had cried every night into her pillow since that heartbreaking day.

As he walked in, his eyes met with hers. As she met his gaze, he gave her a soft look that showed her that he still cared about her, at least a little bit. She fought hard not to cry. It would look bad in front of everyone else, because as far as all of her friends knew, she was completely over him. She quickly talked her way out of the conversation, and walked mostly unnoticed out of the room.

As she reached her bedroom, she began to sob uncontrollably. She shut the door quietly to make sure no one noticed that she had left upset. As she began crying into the pillow, she heard her door open gently, and felt someone lift her into their arms. It was her ex.

"Why are you here??" she said through her sobs, tears rolling down her cheeks.

"You invited me, and I still care about you," he softly answered, wiping her tears from her face with his sleeve.

"But you obviously don't care enough since you shattered my heart," her sobs starting to calm just a little bit, due to having breathing trouble from crying so hard.

"That was my mistake. I shouldn't have made our break-up so harsh. I-I just needed time to myself. I still care about you, and part of me will always love you. it's just..right now, i cant." He tried calming her, which wasnt working too well.

She held her pillow tight as her tears kept falling, her eyes like that of a child after having their feelings hurt. He sat down on her bed with her, and pulled her into a tight hug. She eased her crying enough to where she could breathe normally again, and looked at him, meeting that same soft gaze that breaks her heart everytime she sees it. He lifted her face up to look him in the eye, and he kissed her, deeply. She started crying again, falling into his arms. He held her for the rest of the night, falling asleep with her on her bed, no one really noticing that they were missing.