Take a break

When Nora was younger and she had heard stories of full grown woman plunging into the depths of madness just because a man cheated on them or broke their heart, she had thought that the women were just overreacting.

But now that she was older and she had gone through the feeling of falling in love with someone. The feeling so being so vulnerable to the extent of feeling as if her heart was breaking literally, she could not blame those women at all.

She felt like Mero had just ripped out her heart and had thrown it on the ground. Irrespective of how short their relationship had been, it was still a relationship that she unconsciously poured out her heart, mind and soul into and she instantly regretted it now.

Men were so unpredictable, they could make you feel so loved and so cherished one moment and the next they did not bat an eye before ripping out your heart right in front of you.

"Oh Nora, oh my dear Nora I am so sorry." said Wura as she held Nora tighter, she could not even begin to imagine what Nora was going through right now.

This was severely difficult and painful to get over. That was why she had demanded that Mero set things straight and end their relationship, it was surely better than continuing to deceive her.

Wura felt extremely guilty, she was the one that insisted that Mero set things right, and she had directly caused her most trusted friend's heartache and she felt really bad for it.

"I told him that I loved him and it still did not change anything... oh how stupid I was, how naive I was." said Nora as she cried and Wura patted her back as she to had tears dropping from her eyes.

"No you are not stupid Nora, not at all, we do many things when we are in love and you do not have to blame yourself." said Wura as Nora sniffed and stopped crying, feeling very safe in the embrace of probably the only person she trusted with her life.

"You should stop blaming yourself, how could you have known that this would happen?" asked Wura as she comforted Nora who had finally gone silent after a long while of crying.

"It is not your fault my dear, if anything the people you should be blaming are around you... the person is right here..." said Wura as Nora did not seem to be listening at all.

"No my Queen. I blame no one but Mero..." said Nora as she sniffed.

"Do you at least know the reason why he ended things, that would make you feel better and be able to move on." said Wura as she rubbed her back and Nora nodded.

"Yes, he did tell me his reason for ending our relationship." she replied.

"What did he say the reason was?" asked Wura.

"He said that he had fallen in love with another woman..." said Nora as Wura instantly felt her heart beating out of her chest.

"He... he... did?" asked Wura as Nora nodded and hugged Wura tightly.

"Yes... he said that he was sorry, but he loves someone else, he does not love me." said Nora.

"And the funny thing is that I had a feeling that this was the reason he seemed colder towards me lately. I thought that I was overreacting, but I was right... I was." said Nora as her voice was shaky as tears started dropping from her eyes again but this time she quickly wiped them away.

She was not going to start crying again, she was not going to continue to waste tears on a man that was not worth it.

"I was so stupid not to have asked him sooner... here I was being an idiot, while he was in love with another he continued to deceive me." said Nora as she shook her head.

"Did he... did he... tell you who the woman... is?" asked Wura in fear that Nora was unable to notice.

"No... he did not... I only asked him if I knew her and he replied that yes I did." said Nora as Wura felt her heart ringing in her ears.

"And quite frankly I do not care who it is, it does not concern me, It just hurts me so much to think that all this time while I was slowly falling in love with him, he was in love with someone else." said Nora.

"Oh but you deserve to know Nora... you need to know who the woman is, what if she wants to apologize?" asked Wura as Nora stopped hugging her to look at her.

"I doubt that, I would rather not know who she is... she and Mero should enjoy whatever they have together, I just feel like such a stupid person for not being able to see through his lack of interest in him." said Nora.

"I just thought that maybe he was a man incapable of expressing his feelings and I was ready to accept him that way and I... *sigh* I should have known better, I really should have." said Nora as Wura shook her head.

"No, Nora, please stop saying that, not all of us are immune to feelings, we all have them and we all experience them." said Wura.

"But let me just say that I believe Mero would never say or do anything to hurt you intentionally... maybe he was doing what was best for you by telling you the truth even though it hurt." said Wura as Nora shook her head.

"I do not care about that, I am furious, why start a relationship with me if you are not ready to change or be dedicated. I do not know why I have a feeling that Mero has always had this woman in his heart even before he pursed a relationship with me." said Nora as she sniffed and rubbed her eyes.

"Do you really think so?" asked Wura as Nora nodded.

"I really do not care, I should move on, but I just feel so bad. I need to get back to my duties." said Nora as she was about to stand up and leave when Wura held her back.

"No Nora, what you just went through is extremely painful. I know that you just want to move on with your life and pretend as if it never happened, but that would do you no good at all, it would only make you feel even worse than you already do if you try to suppress your feelings." said Wura in concern.

"Then what would you have me do my Queen? What do I do?!" asked Nora in frustration, she really did not like the way this affected her so much, it really should not have.

"Nora, you need to take a break, you cannot perform your duties, no, not in the state that you are in. You need some time to rest and recuperate, and if you continue to work I doubt that you would be able to." said Wura as Nora sighed.

"So I need you to take a few days off, take a break of three days or more and come back to your duties when you feel better." said Wura.

"No my Queen, no, I cannot possibly do that, how can I just leave when I have my duties to fulfill, who will take care of you if I go?" asked Nora.

"I can take care of myself Nora, you do not have to worry about me, take a well deserved break." said Wura seriously.

"I cannot do that my Queen, no, I would prefer to continue my duties than to stay idle." said Nora as she shook her head.

"For your own good Nora, as your Queen I order that you will be relieved of your duties until three days time." said Wura.

"If you need more time you are free to tell me, but you can only come back after then or when you feel better. I am sorry my friend but this is for your own good, I cannot let you carry on as if this does not affect you as much as it does." said Wura as she stood up and gave Nora a hug.

Nora sighed, if she had known that things would turn out this way she would not have come to Wura. Working was the best thing that she loved to do, she loved being active and having something to do, so she could not imagine what she would do in those three days.

"Alright my Queen, I understand... thank you for caring so much about me." said Nora as she sighed.

"Do not mention it Nora, I love you like my own sister and for that reason I do not want to see you hurt or in pain." said Wura as Nora nodded and broke their hug. 

"Thank you my Queen." said Nora as she smiled and sniffed.