The One & The Other

This is a story about a girl who has to choose between two men that she loves. Know that both love her back, she aches with pain as she tries to figure out who to be with. Read to see what happens.

 The One and The Other

Written By: Johnny L. Westbrook (Spade)

As she stands at her window thinking about her predicament, she glances out the window and watch as life passes by.

“Damn…” she says as she softly places her left hand on the window frame. “What do I do?” She asked herself.

Thinking about the two men then make her happy, she wonders who is the right one for her, the one she lives with, or the one that’s further away. Loving both and knowing both love her back, she takes a hard swallow and closes her eyes, praying to make the right decision for herself.

Turning as she hears her i-phone ringing on her bed with one of her favorite songs, she knew it was one of the guys she loved. Just as she takes her hand off the window and steps towards the phone, a knock came from outside her door and she completely froze. Looking at the phone as a photo of one of the guys she loved popped up, she then herd the voice of the other outside her bedroom door.

“Are you in there?” He asked as she closed her eyes and listened to his lovely voice. “Are you coming out?” He continued to ask questions, not knowing what is going on in her mind, and what is confusing her heart.

“In…in a little while.” She answered with a crackling sound in her voice.

Turning back to look at her phone, she noticed that a voice mail was left on her phone by the other guy. Quickly reaching for the phone, she picked the phone up and began to press the button to listen to the voice mail, but stopped.

“Should I listen to it?” She asked herself.

Taking another swallow as her heart begins to pound faster, she finally presses the voice mail button and listens to the message on the phone.

“Hey princess.” Her lover calls her. “Just calling to see what you’re up to tonight.” He said as she smiled. “I was wondering if you wanted to go out tonight and watch a movie with me. And… I…” She then places all her focus on the words he was saying as he now got all of her attention. “And I just wanted to see your lovely smile. I love making you laugh. Well umm….. I guess I’ll go now. Love you. Stay safe princess.”

Closing her eyes as she pressed end call, tears slid from her eyes, down to her jaw and dripped down on her lap as she began to cry, not know what to do, felling that no matter whom she chooses, she looses.

Opening back up her eyes and messing with her i-phone, she goes to his picture and smiles as her heartbeat finally begins to slow down. Loving the way he treats her and sweet talks her, she starts to think that he’s the right one for her, but then thinks about her other love, who she sees everyday, the one that currently holds her in his warm arms at night.

As the phone vibrates in her hand, she quickly jumps then looked down at her phone to see that she got a message from a close friend of hers. Opening the message up, she begins to read…

“Her girl what’s up? I’m going to the mall in a few minutes to put some new clothes and shoes. I know you always buy a pair of shoes so I wanted to know if you wanted to come up there with me. I could use your help with finding a new dress. What do you say?”

“P.S. What’s up with them two guys your seeing? You’re lucky as hell! Muah!!!”

Frowning her face, she hated the word lucky at this moment, as she knows that luck is far from her right now, only two broken hearts, hers and the one she doesn’t choose. Replying to her friend’s text she writes back that she can’t go, that she has something that she really needs to take care of at the moment.

Sending the message and looking over at her battery life, she saw that the phone battery was on its last bar. Starting two think about both guys once more, the phone rang and it was her distant lover. Not hesitating and pressing the talk button, she says “hello”, but it’s too late, her phone dies on her before he could hear her answer from the other end.

“DAMN IT!!” She cries as she throws her i-phone across the room and placed her elbows on her lap and her hands on her face and began to once again cry with pain in her heart. Slowly lifting her head up, she looks into the mirror across the room from her and sees herself in the mirror. Not able to look at herself any longer, she turned her head as she felt that she was looking at the manipulating demon within her. A Siren of the Gods, one who causes men to fall in love with her from her voice, only to mislead them and kill them by breaking there hearts.

Look over at the window, she squinted her eyes as the sun’s bright rays blinded her sight from the outside world. Lowering her head and letting her eyes adjust back to the damp lighting in the room, she then raised her head and looked directly at her i-phone.

“I….I need to talk to him.” She said to herself. “But what do I say? Damn it! What do I do?” she muttered as her heart sped back up.

Rising from her bed, she walked over to a pile of clothes, where he phone landed, and picked it up. Taking it to the corner of her bed, she puts the phone on charge and waits impatiently for it to charge up a bit before pressing power.

Not waiting any longer, she presses the power button and the phone turns on. Waiting for everything to load up, a message popped up on her screen.

“You have 2 new text messages.” The phone read.

Checking her text, hoping for it to be her lover, she was that neither of the messages were from him, but from her friend again.

“Hey, I just bought me a dress and I want you to check it out and tell me what you think alright? I bet you love it.”

“Love? What’s love?” she said to herself in depression and closing out of her message box. Looking through her missed calls, she saw that her lover haven’t called since the phone died, and wondered why he hasn’t tried calling back. “Why isn’t he calling me back?” She asked herself. “Is it because…” She stopped and looked at her phone as it vibrated in her hand once more.

“You have 1 new text.” The phone read.

Going to her message box once more, she saw that this time it was from her lover and quickly opened up the message.

“Hey princess.” He called her once more. “I’m guessing that you don’t want to talk to me right now because your still trying to figure out if you want to be with me or him.” He said, reminding her that she told him everything about what’s going on. “That’s cool, I guess. Just wish I could see you. Well I’m going to go grab a bite to eat at our favorite restaurant right now. I’m going to be there for a half hour so if you want to meet up, come on down, if you don’t want to, then I understand. Hope to talk to you later. Love you.” His message ended.

Going to the reply button on her phone and texting back, “Give me a few minutes, I’ll try to make it. I’ll let you know soon if I can.”

Pressing send as a knock for the other side of her door sounded throughout the room, she looked over at the door and stood up.

“You still in there?” the guy said from the other side of the door.

Not answering, she whipped away her tears, walked over to the door and opened it.

“I’m about to go out and grab something to eat.” He said as her eyes widened, surprised to hear the same words that her other lover said to her. “You want to come be my date?” He asked. “And I was wondering since that kiss we had and our little talk…” He paused for a split second then continued. “Will you be my girlfriend?” He asked as she lowered her head for a few seconds, then raised it back up as she opened her mouth to answer his question with a simple yes or no.

 

…THE END…

 

Author's Note

Please Review and let me know what you think about this.

Reviews

[Sunflower 20]

Dam it! I was expecting her to chose someone. But i think this ending best suites the story. and, i agree with everyone else, you left your audience on edge the whole time, then ended nicely with a cliffhanger. nicely done.

But i think it needs to be polished up a bit (with grammer and spelling), then you will have a brilliant story.

[Huggy Bear]

Great piece you have here:)

[Aussie]

Good story,I just noticed a few spelling errors.
But other than that,it was quite captivating :)

[Imagination-mage]

WHAT HAPPENS?! Ohhh now i have to wait like i do for mangas on the internet! Don;t worry I'll be patient!

[R E Tree]

The large font you have used for a title has given me a idea thanks for the inspirition. I love the beginning it's so intense you create such a atmosphere that's so intense. The feelings her being so torn apart is expressed so strongly and makes the reader want to advise her on what path she to takes. You get the reader involved in this straight making the reader care about her decisions she makes. I find this story entertaining and the imagery is like watching a movie.

[Sasha]

Starting to read, I was alarmed. This is the exact situation I was in a year ago and I know the decision I made / what it led to. I'm really curious to see what path she chooses and why.

Ugh. DAMN that ending. Lol. I was hoping she would take the plunge with one or the other and explain why but I shouldn't need a story to validate my decisions anyway, I guess. Um.. it really was creepy how much this reminded me of the situation I was in, though. My former best friend used to say the same thing to me about being lucky and I would tell her I was anything but. You did a great job telling this story and conveying the feelings therein.

[JENY]

My God…..
Fantastic way of writing…
It seems you have learned women’s psychology…..wow….
You..are well experienced too…I guess…

[Sofia N]

Great Job...I love this story..like the way it ended was so unpredictable and thats good because you left the reader guessing what would happen after that...I love the way the girl expresses her feelings and it should be really hard to be in a situation where u had to choose between two people you love and at the same time knowing they both love you back..like you did an amazing job in this...You're a great writer..

Did you ever think about continuing the story to see what happened and who she chose?

[Pj]

Ok good idea...but maybe re-write it...some spelling mistakes and tenses that need work...but overall a great base.
It really hits you hard because everything you already know jumps up and bites you...like if you date someone who cheats, how do you know they won't cheat on you when you finally get together OR Why does society confine us to one person when it's natural to always want more...

A hard hitting piece and I'm glad you attempted stepping into a female role.

[Aislinn Gryffin ((Ashes..]

I love this, but what's with the ending? I kind of like the way you seemed to let each person who read it choose, but still... '
Other than that, excellent write.

[Kimmee Jean]

I'm not sure what i think of this. There is a bit too much detail for my taste. A little more vague and it would have intruged me a bit more. There are a few spelling errors but that didn't take much from the actually story..Good story but needs refining to get an even better product.

Don't feel bad. Rawness is really good and its here it just needs a little polishing.