I sat alone in my dark room wearing grungy pajamas, crying. The curtains were shut, my TV was off, and I stared at my dimly lit phone screen with tear stained cheeks. My boyfriend of two and a half years just broke up with me. I didn't see it coming, I didn't even see the warning signs that presented themselves every single day.

He'd give me short one word answers, walk away from me without saying a single thing, not respond to my texts, ignore me when others were around. The list went on and on but my sweet self couldn't see what was happening. He didn't want me anymore and I was broken. Broken into so many pieces that I didn't think I was fixable.

As I re-read the texts, more tears began to flow down my pink cheeks.

Me: Is there any specific reason? Did I do something wrong? Just TALK to me!

Levi: Nope. Nope. And no.

Me: I sobbing my eyes out. Please, Levi. I love you so much. Just tell me why. Let me know so I can fix it. It might not fix us, but please, Levi! I'm begging you!

Levi: You can't do shit now, (F/N). It's way too late. I've moved on. I have a new girl.

Me: So that's it? You had a side bitch and couldn't even tell me? You went the dick way out and slowly ignored me to the point where it broke me? THAT'S NOT WHAT A NORMAL PERSON DOES LEVI!

Me: I thought you loved me. I actually thought that we'd be together for a while. But now? Now I hope you rot in Hell for all that you've put me through. I'm glad that I caught you with her. It showed me who you really are. Fuck you. Never talk to me again, asshole.

Levi: Well it seems that you've thought wrong. I'm glad that you caught me too. Made it so much easier. And don't worry. This will be the last message that I ever send your ass.

My sorry ass decided to go through my phone and delete all of the pictures of us together. The happy times came back so clearly when I came across them. They were in a specific folder, so I didn't come across them. I guess I just wanted to make myself hurt more.

A certain picture appeared on my screen and it hurt to look at even more than the other pictures.

It was a very specific picture. It was of Levi and I sitting on a bench smoking together. I rarely smoked compared to him. He smokes every chance that he could in the day, whereas I only smoked when I was stressed.

That particular day I had a stressful job interview. He had picked me up after it and took me to a park where we broke out the cigarettes and had a good smoke. We sat on the park bench, looking at kids pass. We talked about our future, what we wanted to do with our lives, where we saw ourselves in five years.

We looked badass in the picture. We had on ebony leather jackets. My undershirt was red and his was white. Basically, we looked like Greasers from the 1950's, but hotter. He made that stressful day into one of the best days of my life when he surprised me with black roses and his famous made-from-scratch mac & cheese.

I snapped out of whatever trance I was in when my phone began to ring in my hands. I answered it quickly, hoping that it was Levi although I knew that it wasn't.

"Hello?" I answered, sniffing loudly.

Someone cleared their throat. "Hey, I was wondering if you were coming out tonight with Levi and the rest of us."

I could feel my throat contracting. I couldn't bring myself to speak.

"(F/N)? Are you there? I can hear breathing."

"I'm here," I sobbed, "I'm here."

There was a pause on the other side of the line.

"Oh shit, are you okay? What's going on? Do I need to come over? Do you need someone to talk to? (F/N)?"

Another sob left my throat before I could even think of a response. I nodded my head although he couldn't see me. "Please come over, Erwin. Please." I knew that begging wasn't the best thing to do and that he would have came over anyway, but I just really needed someone with me.

"I'll be over soon. Hold on."

With that, he hung up.

My room was silent again. I threw my phone across my room out of anger. I didn't want to see anything that reminded me of Levi again. Although his best friend was coming to see me... I didn't think that through.

I pulled myself off of my bed and changed my clothes to make me look more presentable. I threw on a gray hoodie and slipped on a pair of yoga pants. My eyes glanced over to my mirror where I saw myself. I cringed at the sight. With my brush in hand, I quickly combed through my snarled hair and then spritzed on some perfume since I didn't put on deodorant.

Thinking it was now too dark, I opened my curtains to reveal the setting sun. The sight was beautiful, but it wasn't something that could cheer me up.

I opened up my room door just as the doorbell downstairs rang. As I ran out of my room and down the stairs, I almost tripped and fell down right in front of the door.

I peered through the peephole to see who was at my down and it was who I was expecting.

My face was still red and tearstained and I still didn't look presentable, but here we were.

I smiled weakly at him and he greeted me with a side hug. His hugs were always the best. I grabbed him by his large wrist and dragged him up to my room where we sat on my bed. He looked at me curiously, waiting for me to say something, but I didn't have the strength to. He saw it in my eyes.

A whimper left my lips as a single tear streamed down my cheek. "Levi," I said barely above a whisper and pointed to where I threw my phone. He promptly got off of my bed and searched from my probably damaged phone.

After a few minutes of searching, he pulled my phone out of a pile of more-than-likely dirty clothes and brought it over to me so I could type in my password. He then took it back a looked through my texts. I looked at my hands while he read the many depressing messages. Soon he put the phone down and looked at me with sympathetic eyes. I could tell that he wanted to say something. Maybe something to comfort me, or maybe something that he had known and promised not to tell.

My watering eyes met with his icy blue ones. Tears spilled over without warning.

"(F/N), I had no idea... I... I don't know what to say. I feel like I should have said something earlier, to prevent you from being this hurt."

I shook my head and tears dripped down into my lap. "This isn't on you, E." I got up from my bed and grabbed my lighter and a cigarette from my nightstand. I walked out of my room and then onto the balcony. Erwin followed close behind.

I put the cigarette in my mouth, lit it, inhaled deeply and blew the smoke in the opposite direction of where Erwin was standing. He put his arm around my shoulder, trying to comfort me. He knew I only smoked when stressed, and he didn't scold me for it like he did with Levi.

"This isn't a good habit for you, you know." He had a weak smile on his face, hoping that would cheer me up. I looked up at him with a slight glare.

"Yeah, I know," I took one last puff and threw it on the ground then stepped on it to put it out. I sat on a chair on my balcony. "It reminds me if him anyway."

Erwin sat in the chair next to me and rested his hand on my arm.

"You know, Levi is your best friend. Why are you here comforting his ex? Hell, most boyfriend's best friends would forget about their friend's ex and move on with their life. But here you are. Sitting with me. Trying to help me through this breakup."

He chuckled. "I'm your friend too. What Levi did was the worst someone could do to anyone. It's shitty. Plus you need a friend right now. You're in a time of need and I'm not going to abandon you because Levi is my 'best friend.'"

I smiled at him. Erwin was always a nice guy and put others before him. He was a great friend, someone to be grateful to have, and I was. I was beginning to think that he was better for me than Levi was.

"I'm going to do something." He stated as he pulled out my phone. He entered my password and started making swiping motions on my screen. I looked over his shoulder and saw that he was deleting Levi from every single app and every way to contact him. He even deleted his number from my phone. Just as he was about to go to my pictures, I told him to wait. He looked at me, puzzled.

"Don't open folders that don't have Levi in the title. You might see stuff that you don't want to." A blush crept across my face and I turned my head away from him. He got what I was trying to say.

He nodded his head and deleted every folder that had 'Levi' in the title. It was more than a relief having him do say.

"Thank you," I said plainly.

"Here," he said opening the camera, "let's start making new memories." He held my phone up and I posed with one eye closed and a peace sign. I saw him smile, but then he turned towards me and quickly closed in, kissing my cheek and taking the picture as he did so. Saying it caught me off guard would have been a lie. I didn't expect it from him.

My mouth hung open and I was confused. I looked at him with question marks written all over my face. "What...?" I couldn't think of the words that I wanted to say.

He took my small hand in his giant one and looked me in the eyes. "I just want you to be happy. If that means deleting Levi out of your life, so be it. He wasn't that great for you. I was jealous that he had you. I'm not trying to make a move on you right now, but I want you to know how I feel. For over two years I've felt this way. I'm in love with you, (F/N), and I thought you should know."

Another blush found its way to my face again. I had finally come to a realization: Erwin was the one who was always there for me, he was always comforting me, taking care of me, loving me. He was always the one for me and I just couldn't see it until now. Now my eyes were open. I saw clearly that Erwin was the man for me, the one that I wanted to spend my life with. Not Levi the asshole.

"Shit," I breathed, "I think I love you too."

Just then Erwin's phone buzzed multiple times. He fished it out of his pocket and read the messages.

Levi: Where are you?

Levi: Are you coming tonight?

Levi: YO!

Mike: Levi's getting pissed. Are you coming or not?

He smirked at the messages as I read them over his shoulder. He brought up Levi's messages again and began to reply.

Erwin: I'm with (F/N), dude. What you did was shitty. I'm honestly so disappointed in you, but thanks for giving me the opportunity to tell her how I feel. I'm not coming tonight either. I'm going to hang with her. Hope that's okay with you. I mean, you did break up with her, so why would you care? Just go fuck yourself.

"E, you don't have to send that. It might break your friendship. I'm not worth it." I looked up at him with big eyes.

"Too late," he said as he pressed send. He brought me into a side hug. "You're worth it, trust me."

I heard his phone buzz more.

Levi: Don't you fucking touch her, you asshole.

Levi: Don't you dare talk to me that way! I'll kick your ass.

Levi: You know damn well that I want her back since things failed with the other girl. If you try and get with her I will find you and I will kill you.

I shook my head as I read the next message.

"FUCK YOU, LEVI," I shouted although I knew that he couldn't hear me. There was no way that I was going to allow him to play with my heart and my feelings like that again. I wasn't going to fall for his shit, and he damn well didn't try and contact me. He didn't want me back because he loved me or because things didn't work out with the other girl, he wanted me so that no one else could have me. When Erwin said that he wasn't good for me, he meant it, and this proved it to me. It was all the proof that I needed to know that I wasn't going to let him back in my life ever again.

Erwin tightened his grip and kissed my forehead.

"Let's go to the kitchen and open a nice bottle of wine instead of reading Levi's bullshit, huh?"

He stood up and reached his hand out for me to grab, which I did.

"I like that idea so much better."