SHOT THROUGH THE HEART
by Nat

Based on the song lyrics of 'Shot Through The Heart' by Bon Jovi.

.script by Mirelle.

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leant back with a sigh. It was the first time in maybe 2 months that he had the opportunity to just relax. He groaned quietly when the doorbell rang seconds later. Reluctantly he got up and eventually opened the door, stopping dead in his tracks. Her... He'd never expected to see her again, hadn't wanted to see her again in the past few years.
"I'm sorry, ... let me in?"
He just raised an eyebrow, looking at her with nothing more than indifference, the memories all flooding back...

Would you be content to see me crying
After all those little games you put me through
After all I've done for you you're lying
Wouldn't it be nice to tell the truth?

Didn't somebody somewhere say
You're heading for a fall
I gave you everything
Now here's the curtain call

She'd always been a bit difficult. Right from the beginning they had had their differences but had put a lot of effort in this relationship to make it work. But then...
"Don't lie to me! Who is it ye're seeing?" enquired, the look in his eyes unusually hard.
"I swear to God, I'm not seeing anyone else but you!"
"I'm not a fool ! Just look at you!"
Her style had changed dramatically over the last few weeks, from the sweet little country girl to a... vamp, really, with her hair dyed black and her only wearing leather pants and jackets along with torn black shirts. had tolerated all of this, thinking it was just a phase but more frequently he felt her being distant and, most of all, restless... The way she avoided to meet his eyes told him she wasn't honest but what was he supposed to do?
It was only a week later that had left with some biker boy, saying she needed to get out and wanted to experience 'sex, drugs & rock'n'roll'. was left behind heart-broken, wishing he'd have listened to his family and friends who'd told him right from the start that it wasn't gonna last...

Now you've come back here to say you're sorry
But I just don't know who you're talking to
It could be the man I used to be girl
But I've grown up and now I'm over you

Standing there just a livewire
With nowhere left to turn
You were gonna set the world on fire
When will you ever learn?

", I don't know what ye want from me..."
The girl looked at him with big, teary eyes. "Please, I've got nowhere to go... and I'm sorry... I want you back... I need you..."

Shot through the heart as I lay there alone
In the dark through the heart
It's all part of the game that we call love

When had returned home that evening he'd found in the hall, just lacing up her shoes, a small sports bag next to her. "Where are ye going?" She'd just shrugged, yet again avoiding to meet his eyes.
"I don't know yet... Jimmy is waiting for me outside..." had looked at her in confusion.
"Where... why...?"
She had got up, all of a sudden looking him straight into the eyes. "I wanna have some fun while I'm still young, ... and I can't have that here..."
had said nothing, had just watched her leave, asking himself what he'd done wrong. He'd lain in bed night after night, his heart shattered, waiting for someone to tell him that all of that hadn't been real. But that someone never came....

Baby does what baby please
And baby must have what she sees
But not this time, the tables turned
Baby, you just got burned

"Ye want me back?" He almost had to laugh. It was so typically her: always wanting to possess what she didn't already have, always wanting the things she longed for right at that moment. But she never cared about the prize.
"Now that I have a career and that I am successful ye suddenly show up again and want me back? After 4 years?"
There almost seemed to be something like hurt in her eyes when she looked up sheepishly. "I thought you loved me..."
"Things have changed , I'm not the man I used to be..."
"But..."
felt a hand on his shoulder, turning slightly with a smile when the voice he came to love so much breathed a 'Who is it, babe?' into his ear.
visibly flinched at the words, eyeing the pretty girl at 's side suspiciously. "Nobody hun, she just got the wrong door... I'm sorry Miss but I can't help ye..."
turned and left without as much as a goodbye. closed the door with a feeling of contentment. Yes, he'd known she was trouble. Yes, he had been hurt. And yes, he'd wanted her back. But now that he was over her, he knew that there'd be no returning to the past...

Shot through the heart
It's all part of the game that we call love

The End