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Once her rant was over, Demi waited with a determined scowl for Kalder’s reply. She knew him well enough to notice he was shaking with nerves. The brunette also knew him well enough to tell that, behind those stunning blue eyes of his, his mind was racing. The young woman could see the battle going on inside him, presumably about telling the truth or not. The seconds became longer and longer, thickening the atmosphere with tension, until the Gryffindor just couldn’t take it anymore.

[color=darkred]“Kalder, just fucking say it already.”[/color] Demi drawled, rolling her eyes at him. 

Kal began by expressing to her a handful of reasons about why he was in love with her. Even though her scowl deepened, the cold in her heart had started to melt away with his voice. She could tell that he meant every single word. It made her wonder if she’d been right in keeping that dumb bit of hope that things would be okay.

But then his narrative changed, from a man who was hopelessly in love to one that was certain the very thing he loved the most would never be his. At this point, Demi looked confused, and her heartbeat accelerated with a dread she couldn’t even begin to express. Little did she know that this was the calm before the storm, and that his next words were going to pretty much kill her inside.

[i][color=green]"Once I graduate, I'll be getting married."[/color][/i]

Demi felt as if a dagger had been pushed deep into her heart. Her disbelieving eyes moved from the young man’s face and to his open and outstretched palm, where the dainty silver ring that represented the death of everything that once was rested. Her throat went dry, and it was not out of lust this time. For the longest time, she stood there, staring at the ring and not uttering a single word. It was as if the ability to speak had left her along with whatever hopes she had of them ever getting back together -hopes she didn’t even know she had in the first place. 

[color=darkred]“M-married?”[/color] she breathed out, still unable to process what Kalder had just said. Her blue eyes, now looking straight at him once more, were wide with shock, and her lower lip was trembling.  [color=darkred]“Is this some kind of sick joke? Or is this another bullshit story to get out of telling me the [i]real[/i] reason why you broke up with me. Because you can’t be serious…”[/color] she hesitated for a moment, eyes slowly filling up with tears as the words began to sink in.[color=darkred]“Right? Please tell me you’re not serious! That this is all just some stupid stunt you and your posse did to mess with me. Well, whoohoo, you got me good! Just tell me this is a lie, Kalder! You can’t seriously be doing this to me!”[/color]

At this point, Demi was unable to hold back the tears that began to stream down her cheeks. Out of impulse, she slapped the hand where the ring had been resting, and watched as the dainty object fell to the floor and rolled out of sight. The ring he’d held meant that things were now irrevocably over: dead along with the flowers in the fall.