This wasn't going to just fix itself. They had to try to get this back to the way it used to be, and Rhi couldn't be the only one putting forth effort. She couldn't. It was too much and she couldn't handle it. Especially when he was too busy with other people to even look her way. She wasn't even a part of his life anymore. At all. As far as she could tell, he wanted nothing to do with her. And of course she was hurting. Her heart had been shattered into a million pieces. Yes she'd managed to piece things together for the most part. She was with Zacharias. She adored Zacharias. But there was still a hole in her heart where Nate should be. Just because he wasn't her boyfriend didn't mean she didn't need him.
And that's why she thought that was the case. That's why she felt like this. Nate had made absolutely no attempt to make her feel any different. Once he had Leney, she wasn't needed anymore. No, she wasn't thinking logically. Deep down she knew that. But she'd also never seen that side of Nate. She knew he could be that much of an asshole. He just never had been to her. Yes that should have meant something, but hey. Once again? Not thinking logically. She was too hurt for that. Far too hurt. To be quite honest, this was something she never was going to get over. She'd always wonder what it would have been like if Leney hadn't been in the picture, if she and Nate could have been happy together. She had someone new, yes, but she'd been so convinced that Nate was the one for her. She couldn't just forget that.
"You've said it, yes. But you didn't show it. Nate, this can't be my responsibility. I've tried to work things out between us. You've done nothing except say you wanted things back to normal. That's it. What do you fucking expect? I'm not happy. I'm not going to be happy. Because even if we aren't meant for each other, my life isn't complete without you." Not everyone let the first thing that came to mind out of their mouth. Rhi certainly didn't usually. Tonight was apparently an exception. And could you blame her? She was heartbroken and in her opinion Nate had done nothing but cut those wounds open again. "Then prove it, Nate. Prove it. You can't just say things." She turned around to walk away again. "I can't take this."