Soulmate

SKY 'Welp, what am I going to do now?', i'm thinking as I lay in my pitch-black dark room, looking at the ceiling. I was about to go jump in the shower to clear my mind a bit, maybe even try and relax, when I heard my phone chime. Looking at the phone, I could see a text from Mike "UGH" was all that came out my mouth before I threw my phone on the bed face down and go straight to the shower. As the hot water is hitting my body I start to think about everything that has happened in the last couple of days. Looking down at my body I can still see the old bruises healing and new bruises that have recently formed. I close my eyes to try and forget it all, only to have it all replay over and over again in my mind. Tears start to run down my face and all I want to do is cry. I want to cry until there are no more tears, no more pain, no more memories of what I have gone through, but as soon as i'm thinking this I remember that I have people who love me and care for me. I clear my tears and get out of the shower. Once i'm back in my room, I noticed a few missed calls and texts from a couple of people. Mike, who I just block because that is someone that will never get any attention from me every again, and also from Teressa and Noah. Sometimes I wish everything would just go back to normal. Well, to be honest I don't even know what normal is anymore. I decide to start getting dressed because Terri should be getting here in the next hour. As i'm walking to my closet, the full bodied mirror I have hanging on my wall catches my attention. "How could you let him get away with this for so long?" Obviously I knew the answer to my own questions, however I just kept lying to myself that it would get better but it never did. I scan myself in the mirror, looking once again at every inch of my body and analyzing every bruise and cut I have. As I get to my face there are tears that started to form again seeing the new cut on my cheek Mike just gave me. How am I suppose to go out and have a fun girls night out when me and Mike just had another fight and broke up, this time for good. I deserve better, but after Mike i'll be alone for a while just to focus on me. Also, Teri would kill me if I cancel on her after we already planned this. Teri is like my sister, she has been there for me through everything you can think of. Family issues, my abusive boyfriend, and yet she never judged me nor left my side. Because of everything Mike has done to me and with the support of my bestfriend, today was the last day of me and him. 'You have tried leaving him before, what makes you think this time is different?', is what kept running through my mind. I don't have the answer to that, but something has been telling me that this was the best thing to do and that something great was gonna come out of this. Once I finished getting dressed, and covering up all the bruises and my new cut, I went back to my mirror and smiled. Not to toot my own horn but DAMN I look good. My pitch black hair is in loose beach curls, the black eyeliner is making my hazel eyes pop and I left my natural freckles alone. Teri got me this cute mini black dress that I decided to wear for tonight. It is this all backless mini black scrunchy dress that matches with my strappy knee high black heels. I'm interrupted from taking pictures of myself by a call from Teri.  "Hello?" "YOU BETTER BE READY ! I AM PULLING UP IN FIVE SECONDS!", then the line goes dead. I'm laughing as I walk to the front door to let her in. It has been a couple of months since we had a girls night out, so to say that she has been excited ever since I called her to let her know everything that happened is and understatement. As i'm opening the door, I get pushed back a bit and feel this strong hold on me before anything could be said. I started flailing my arms around trying to get her off me and as soon as she does I take a huge deep breath. "Holy crap ! Are you trying to kill me? Who's going to get you into trouble tonight if you suffocate me?" "I guess i'll have to do'" as soon as I heard his voice, my body got weak in the knees and butterflies were going crazy in my stomach. I turned around to see the most handsome man there has ever been in my life. Me and Noah have been close friends since the sixth grade, but I have loved him since the eleventh grade. He was always a brother to me until we were at this high school party playing truth or dare. Some girls were dared to kiss him and that made me really jealous which is when I realized that there were some strong feelings for him. He never showed any signs reciprocating these feelings, so we never spoke about it. This however is one of my biggest regrets because a couple of days ago Noah confessed to have always loved me and he wanted me to be with him, but I didn't know how to respond to him and still don't. He doesn't know that Mike has abused me for the two years we have been together and I will never tell Noah. They were actually bestfriends until Noah confessed his love for me, in front of Mike. The guy that I have always wanted and loved wants to be with me, but I just got out of an abusive and cheating relationship and am not sure if there is any way to trust another person right now. I was just staring at Noah apparently because he came up and hugged me. "I know I look good, and you make me wanna rip your clothes off right here right now, but you need to remember that you have a boyfriend  and close your mouth." I pulled away from him with a confused look and blushing. "So, i'm guessing Teri didn't tell you on your way over here," I stated giggling because I already knew why he didn't know about me and Mike. We both turned to look at Teri who is just smiling from ear to ear and says, "I wanted you to give him the FANTASTIC news!" All I could do was roll my eyes  and blush. I hate her sometimes, but I couldn't imagine my life without her in it. When I turn to look at Noah, he looks like a confused kid which in turn made me laugh a bit. "I'm sorry, umm I broke up with Mike today, which is why when me and Teri spoke today about going out, I told her to lets make it a girls night but apparently she didn't hear the last part." Teri comes up to us giggling because she knows we can't say mad at her. " Lets pre-game before we go out! Where is your liquor and weed?", she asked and walked into my room. Like she needs to ask, this is like her second home and knows where everything is hidden. "So what happened? Why did you break it off with Mike?" Noah asked, with a slight smile and a bit of excitement in his voice. The thought of him being happy that I am single now made me blush even more. "I really don't think this is the best time to have this conversation, plus I don't want to add fuel to the flame that is going on between you two since your sudden act of honesty," I said with a sly smile that I know he noticed. "First of all, If you do not recall, me and Mike are no longer friends since that wonderful day," he said with the biggest smile," and second of all, what would you say that is going to ad fuel?" Thank goodness for Teri walking in at the perfect time because I didn't know what to say. "Who is ready to get this night started?" We all laughed and sat down to drink and smoke. Once me and Teri, as the light weights that we are, were a bit buzzed we decided it was time to head out to the club. I was excited to finally go out and have some real fun.