the marine - intro

It all happened so fast, faster than I was ready for. In fact, I didn't know, couldn't have seen it coming. See, I had just broken up with my cheating ass-hole of a now, ex-boyfriend. To say I was devastated is probably the largest understatement in the world. I had lost about 20 pounds out of despair and disbelief. How could he do that to me? I still saw him almost daily at the lab I worked in, and could barely get up in the mornings. I shook constantly and had only survived thanks to my two best friends, Kayla and Darius. They basically lived with me that summer. And then Kayla left for graduate school and Darius moved out. I was still trying to hold it together. I went through the motions of a life I was slowly piecing together. It was so long ago, I wonder if I even remember it.