Heart

Rachel sees the signs of her relationship heading for trouble; they are way too familiar to her. She tries to cling on to every last thread of it as tightly as she can, but she knows it's no use.

Mike's never been one for talking about his feelings and even though it was one of the things Rachel loved about him at one time, it's annoying to her now. She just wants to know what he's thinking or for him to just give her something.

After three months of constantly walking on egg shells around him, Rachel decides that she needs to just be open and end things with him. She doesn't want too, at all, she loves Mike, she enjoys spending time with him, she's enjoyed their relationship, but she's sick of this constant knotting feeling in the pit of her stomach and the ache in her chest.

"Mike, we need to talk" She sit's opposite him at the kitchen table, the bag of things she'd packed lay at the door. Tina understands what's going on an offers Rachel a bed at her apartment until she manages to sort everything out.

He looks up at her from the notebook he has lay in front of him and she knows instantly that he knows what they're going to be talking about.

"I can't do this anymore, we need to end this" She announces, fingers fiddling with the hem of her shirt.

"Rach..."

She shakes her head, cutting him off. "No, this isn't working anymore, for the past three months I feel like I've been walking on egg shells around you and I'm not even sure why because you don't talk about whatever you're feeling"

"I'm sorry, I can fix this" He answers, reaching over for arm to which she pulls away. She needs to make sure contact is kept to a minimum otherwise she'll fall apart.

"I don't even know what needs fixing, Mike. I've tried so hard the past three months to just cling onto anything this relationship has left, but all its done is push you further away" She stands and heads to the other side of the table, to hug him quickly. "I love you and I've enjoyed everything about this relationship so much, but I need to leave"

She heads towards the kitchen door to pick her bag up, before she's heading for the front door.

"Rach, where are you going?"

"To stay with Tina until I can find somewhere else, I'll be around to pick the rest of my stuff up in a week or so" She answers as she turns to see him stood now, just outside of the kitchen door.

"Please don't do this, stay, we can talk and I'll fix everything that needs to be fixed. I love you, Rach" He pleads.

"If you loved me, then why are we even doing this?" She replies.

"I've just been stressed with work, I'm sorry; I just didn't want to pile it onto you. I didn't want this to happen" He takes a step towards her and she can already feel everything in her breaking. "Please, just don't give up on us"

She shakes her head lightly. "When we're back here in another three months, this is all just going to happen again and we're just going to keep hurting each other"

"We won't be here in three months" He promises. "I promise you, I will fix this, I'll fix everything that caused this, I just, I can't lose you, Rach"

She sighs as he reaches her, arms wrapping around her, bringing her tight against him.

"I love you" He mumbles into her hair and every wall she's built up crumbles. She knows as she thinks about it in her head that this is stupid, that they'll be back here soon enough.

"I'm still going to stay with Tina for a few days" She answers, "and then we can talk properly"

He looks a little crushed at the thought of her not being there for a few days and he lets her know that too, she just smiles sadly at him and pulls away from his arms heading for the door once more, grabbing her jacket as she passes.

"A few days" She repeats.

"How long are a few days?" He asks and she shrugs back.

"I honestly don't know, but I'll call you" She doesn't wait for another answer as she closes the door, heading towards the subway station to head towards Tina, texting said girl to let her know she was on her way.

Rachel wants to kick herself at how easy she gave in, wants to cry because she loves him and she wants nothing more than for this relationship to work and she knows he loves her too, but somewhere, something went wrong and she got her heartbroken.

You never really can fix my heart.