blondexhurricane:

teddyaltmcn:

“Right. Just like you didn’t
mean it the last time, and
the  time  before  that.  It’s
getting  old,  Delia.  If you
have something to say to
me,   o  w  n   it,”   Teddy
said    lowly,    trying    to 
conceal her hurt.

“That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard in my
life,” Delia lied, desperate to cover up the sound
of her already  f r a g i l e  heart shattering into a
million and two sharp little pieces. There was so
much truth in Teddy’s words that it made her angry
about just how much sense they actually made. So
many things had caused her to become  b i t t e r  in
recent months, and the one person she felt like she
could vent to about it all, the one person she wanted
to yell at and then let make everything better again
would never be able to. “How can you keep loving
when you aren’t even sure if you have a heart
to do it with anymore?”

“I  know  you  think  I’m  heartless,”  Teddy
said,  not  a  trace  of  blame  in  her  voice.
She could see how Delia  might  think  that,
what with all the times  it  had  seemed  as
though    she’d   forsaken  Henry  for  Jake.
“And  I  get why; I do. But I need you to see
how love is relentless, how I still love your
father with all my heart and know he  loves
me back. Can’t you feel it?  Can’t  you  feel
how his love is  s t i l l  here  with us, even
though he’s  g o n e ?”   The  conviction in
Teddy’s voice sang with candor and belief.
“What  I’m trying to say is, love never runs
out on us.”