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All You Had To Do Was Stay

All You Had To Do Was Stay - Taylor Swift

People like you always want back the love they gave away
And people like me wanna believe you when you say you've changed
The more I think about it now, the less I know
All I know is that you drove us off the road
Stay
Hey, all you had to do was stay
Had me in the palm of your hand
Then why'd you have to go and lock me out when I let you in?
Hey, now you say you want it back
Now that it's just too late
Well, it could've been easy
All you had to do was (stay)
All you had to do was (stay)
All you had to do was (stay)
All you had to do was (stay)
All you had to do was stay
Here you are now, calling me up, but I don't know what to say
I've been picking up the pieces of the mess you made
People like you always want back the love they pushed aside
But people like me are gone forever when you say goodbye
Hey, all you had to do was stay
Had me in the palm of your hand
Then why'd you have to go and lock me out when I let you in?
Hey, now you say you want it back
Now that it's just too late
Well, it could've been easy
All you had to do was (stay)
All you had to do was (stay)
All you had to do was (stay)
All you had to do was (stay, stay, stay, stay, stay)
Let me remind you
This was what you wanted (oh, oh, oh-oh-oh)
You ended it
You were all I wanted (oh, oh, oh-oh-oh)
But not like this
Not like this
Not like this
Oh, all you had to do was-
Hey, all you had to do was stay
Had me in the palm of your hand
Then why'd you have to go and lock me out when I let you in?
Hey, now you say you want it back
Now that it's just too late
Well, it could've been easy
All you had to do was (stay)
Hey, all you had to do was stay
Had me in the palm of your hand
Then why'd you have to go and lock me out when I let you in?
Hey, now you say you want it back
Now that it's just too late
Well, it could've been easy (all you had to do was stay)
All you had to do was (stay)
All you had to do was (stay) oh
All you had to do was (stay)
All you had to do was (stay) ooh
All you had to do was (stay)

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Elle's POV

What. An. Ass.

Now that I was safely in my car pulling away from the Flynn household, I let the tears fall. And fall they did. Hot, angry tears. I don't know what just happened, but that was not the Noah I knew, the one I'd been in love with forever. Don't get me wrong, I knew he'd be pissed about the kiss with Marco, but God, he was such a hypocrite. The guilty look on his and Chloe's face when I pulled out that earring, I could barely look him in the eye. I felt the tears well up and my voice start to tremble and I just had to get the hell out of there.

This whole thing was a total shitshow. I take responsibility for my part in it. I shouldn't have lied to Lee about applying to schools in Boston, and I absolutely should not have kissed Marco, regardless of if Noah was cheating or not. We were still technically together and I should've respected him and our relationship. I was hurt, and I'm still hurt, but Marco was there, listening, offering me friendship and comfort when I desperately needed it. It clouded my judgment and I regretted it the moment it happened. I was using him to feel better about Noah, which was wrong, and I had planned to tell Noah as much, but he had totally iced me out. He wasn't answering my calls or texts so what was I supposed to do?

I didn't realize Thanksgiving dinner was going to turn into guerrilla warfare, if I had I probably would've faked sick. But the things he said to me, the way he had his arm around Chloe, the way he was throwing it in my face was like a punch to the gut. It knocked the wind out of me and I still hadn't caught my breath. I played my part but he did this, he broke us, and I don't know if we can be fixed. I don't know if I want us to. All I know is that the only thing to do in this situation is turn on some sad girl music and blast it loud enough to drown out my thoughts.