The Day I Stopped Waiting 💔

The rain began just as elly reach the bus stop…. She stood beneath the little shelter, holding her phone and staring at the message she had written but never sent “I Miss You” Two words seven letters, A thousand feelings, She no longer knew how to explain… For months she had convinced herself, that loving Lucas meant being patient when he forgot to call she made excuses, when he canceled their plans, she told herself he was busy, when she cried at night. She wiped her face before anyone could ask questions. She had become so good at understanding him that she had to forgotten to understand herself ..Her phone vibrated Lucas I had jumped before she could stop it. Are you home his message read, Ellie look at the rain then other message once she could have replied immediately she could’ve asked he had eaten whether his day has been stressful, and if he missed her to this time, she simply typed not yet his reply came almost instantly. OK she stayed at the single word and quietly not because anything was funny because she has spent so long, hoping for a love that could view the room only to keep receiving towards barely occupied screen. A human beside her offered a small smile waiting for someone she asked Ellie looked up. I think I’ve been waiting for a long time The human noted as if she understood more than Ellie had said sometimes she replied the hardest journey is the one where you finally stop waiting for someone else to choose you the rain softened Ellie opened her on sent message. Read it one final time and deleted it. She didn’t put her phone away and step into the evening For the first time in months, she wasn’t wondering when Lucas could call. She was wondering what she wanted our own life to become