Noah’s POV
I thought it’s for the best. That I leave her.That I get away from her.But not now.Not ever now because she kissed me.She loves me and she is the only one who holds my heart.And we can’t survive without a heart, can we?“Come with me” she said and I nodded and smiled as she took my hand and we went to her car.“Where are we going?” I asked.“Like I am going to tell you” she mocked my line.“Whatever.. Charlotte is with Xander, ask her to come along, I guess” I said.she stopped the car abruptly.“Mr. Noah. You know that Xander likes her, don’t you? Why are you trying to keep them apart!?” she asked me.“Astrid..”“What?” she asked.“Charlotte doesn’t like him back” I said. &ldNoah's POVWe drove back to Xander's home the next morning. As we went inside, I saw no lights were on. I thought he was still sleeping.I could hear songs from the second floor. I went to his room on the second floor and opened the door."I know this is coming to an endAware of all the pain that will ensueAnd when it leaves a hole inside my chestI'm not sure how I'll cover up the woundMy body's filled with my regretAnd sorrowGloomy symphonies fill my head, mhhTonight I think I'll write the saddest songTo cleanse me of your memory and mend me when you're goneI can feel we're barely holding onSo tonight I think I'll write the saddest songAnd maybe when I play it in my roomI won't feel so empty when I'm thinking about youI can feel we're barely holding onSo tonight I think I'll write the saddest songMhh-mh, mhh, Mhh
Noah's POV"It's all my mistake... I shouldn't have shouted on him" I said whilst we were in the waiting room."No.. It's my mistake. I should've left when he told me to" Astrid said."No its all mine" we heard a voice. I turned around and saw Charlotte.She was crying and looked like she cried for the entire night. Her hairs were shabby too."Noah..." she said."I don't want to talk to you. Astrid, go ahead" I said and left the room.Astrid's POV"Do you want to talk to me?" she asked me."Yes. Because I believe you have a reason for what you did""huh... yes.. But first tell me how is he?""I don't know...""Tell me why you did this?" I asked."A-Astrid... You know I don't feel anything about him""That's not a problem. You should have just said that we can be friends. Why did you even..."
Charlotte's POVI left the hospital and then ran away to the hotel where I stayed yesterday.At that moment, I received a call from Lucas. I picked it up."Hey" he said."Hi""When are you coming back?""Well... Can you come and pick me up?""Okay. Send me your exact location and I'll be there ASAP""Thank you" I replied and the call hung. I send him my location and then fell asleep. He's gonna take some time till he comes back.I woke up to my phone and saw five missed calls.Shit.I picked it up. "I-I am sorry Lucas, I-""Come out" he said.I sighed and went out. I quickly recognised his car and went to sit at the passenger's seat."It is okay. Don't say sorry" he said.I looked at him in shock. He has never been this good to me. I mean.. He is good, but not like he never got angry with me.
Noah's POVI was in dilemma as to I should meet her mom or not. Last time she really did hate me. But... She didn't know me well that time either and I really can't go against Astrid.As we drove to her house and got out, nervousness got the best of me. But I tried to act fine. Then I saw her lipstick. I mean... It was smudged.She hadn't rung the doorbell yet, so I took her hand and dragged it behind a bush. You know, in case, her mom opens the door and saw me touching her lips.That would make her hate me even more.And I definitely don't want that.She looked at me with shock, but I took my hand and wiped the lipstick off her lips.She understood I guess because she calmed down. Otherwise she was almost gonna freak out."Well, it is not so well even now. Should I smudge it again?" I winked at her.She looked at me with confusion but as my words registered in her mind, she
Noah's POVI was getting ready for college as we haven't gone there lately. Everything is going so well.As I reached the college, I waited for Astrid.She finally came by bus."I can pick you up if you want" I said to her."Good morning to you too" she said."Ah. Ya good morning""Anyways, I have something important to say. Hope you got time?""Yes I did. But not right now, you have to study, I ain't disturbing it anymore""You aren't, idiot""Ouch. Really I am an idiot?""Yes you are. Now let's go inside""Yes Idiot's girl" I said and she made a weird expression."I think you're the smartest guy, not an idiot" she said and I laughed.We studied the whole time and finally it was lunch."Ava is too busy nowadays. Guess she hasn't even come here today""Yeah. I see Liam and her are good"
Astrid's POVI was too stressed when I came to know about the wish. I have only one, who I love and trust, but the problem is that being with him will not be a good idea. He has a bright future, and however hard we try, marriage is a big job.I did my work after returning home and I came to know that Charlotte apologised to Noah. She told me herself. But she doesn't has the nerve to call Xander, so she'll rather meet him.Now, I am waiting for tomorrow, so I can... clarify things.The next day, I went to college and found Noah waiting for me again."Let's bunk the college" I said."What? Why?""Please""Okay" he said and then we went elsewhere.We went to his hotel as according to him, it was the only safe place."Now tell me" he said as we sat down on the couch."Noah. I want you to reconsider it"He looked at me. "I thought we sorted it out
Astrid's POVI was so happy."I'm leaving" he said. I smiled at him and he got up and left.Six Months LaterEverything's going perfect. Noah and I are very happy nowadays. He rarely comes over, but still we are quite close.Six months more for the college are left. I am pretty excited for everything. It looks like my future is finally planned.Charlotte went to Xander earlier. She apologised... But Xander kind of said that it's better to not be friends or anything.So, they are not in contact.As for Ava, well, she comes to college, but we aren't very much close. We rarely talk, you know, she is busy with Liam and I am with Noah.Apart from this, I guess everything is alright.Noah's POVThese six months were the best. I am so happy.But Lucas is a troublemaker. I mean... He is quite in tr
Noah's POVShe hates me.But I don't.I will not give up this time, God.I can't give her on her.You took what you wanted.Always.But not this time. I am going to meet her... and you can't stop me.I went to her house bunking the college. But her house was empty and locked. I asked the neighbours."Oh the Youngs? They transferred this morning" they said."Transferred? Where?""I don't know"I called Liam. Ava must know where she is."Hey Noah" he said."Ava with you?""Yes""Ask her if she knows where is Astrid going""Okay. Wait a minute" he said and the call ended.I was waiting for the call. It came a minute later, exactly."Noah?" Ava said."Yes Ava""Well, she told me that she is leaving the country. Run to the airport if you want to meet her"I literally s
Astrid’s POV“Your husband’s here”As I heard that voice, I quickly turned around. Noah. He was here.“N-Noah?”“Yes, Astrid”I quickly turned to that nurse. “Did he… perform the operation… of my mom?”“Yes, mam”I looked back at him and he was looking at me with a small smile.“You… saved my mom?”“Our mom”I went to him. He looked at me intently.He knelt down and I was taken back. I took a step back.“Astrid”I looked at him. “Get up!” I whispered as everyone looked at us.“Astrid. I know I made many mistakes. Some, which I can’t even think of forgiving myself for. But today… I wanted to make some amends. Astrid, I love you and I want you to come back to me” he pulled out a ring and hesitantly extended i
Astrid’s POVI was sitting in the waiting room for many hours now. The surgery was going on and all I did was pray every single second to Jesus for mercy. I must have done bad things in my life, but mom didn’t. So please God save her.After all that is all I can do right now.I kept on waiting for some nurse or the doctor to come and tell me “congratulations!”. But I guess that has to wait.I was growing restless with every passing second. I don’t know, but this different feeling in me told me something wasn’t really right. I just hope that that ‘something’ has nothing to do with mom.------Noah’s POVA Few Hours AgoI was the anonymous doctor with the name ‘James’.Yup, it’s me.I am back.God, this all is too much! I am going to do the operation of my mother in law.Well, I studied for her, so
Astrid’s POVI decided to leave mom’s house to get to a lawyer and apply for divorce. I got up and went to the door. As I opened it and went outside, a voice scared me.“Astrid”I looked at my right side and Noah was standing with his head down. “Don’t do this”“Don’t do what?” I didn’t expect him to know where I was going.“You think I don’t know where you are going? Astrid please try to understand. Don’t do this. This is too much--”“Yeah, too much, right. And about the fact that you hid everything from me? Yeah, it isn’t big now, is it?”“It… it is, Astrid, but…”“I don’t know and I don’t care, Noah, not anymore. I am done trusting and caring and getting deceived all the time!”“I didn’t ‘deceive’ you, Astrid, don’t
Three Years LaterAstrid’s POV“Yes!” I cut the call and ran downstairs. God, this mess is really messy.The doorbell rang just as I reached downstairs. I opened it and ran back to the kitchen.“Why are you running?” Noah’s voice stopped me.“Well, I have to go to the hospital, in case you don’t remember” I replied, going to the kitchen and taking my stuff.“I will go with you too” he said.“Ah, well… you just came. I can manage” I denied and was going to the gate when he sighed.“What?” I asked him.“When will you return?”“Night”“It is morning” he insisted. “Please come back fast”“I will try” I smiled lightly and he nodded with a cute smile.“Bye!”“Bye” I made my
Astrid’s POVWe reached our home after the ‘pretend’ meeting with mom. I can’t even believe that he is being this cold. I mean… we loved each other once, right?I shrugged my thoughts and went inside one of the rooms and locked it from inside. I need to be calm and not think about him or anyone. I need some ‘me time’.I laid down on my bed and was about to sleep when I heard a knock on the door. Will he not even let me sleep?I got up and slowly dragged myself towards the door and opened it.He was standing and looking at me like I am a ghost.“What?” I asked him.“I am leaving tomorrow,” he said.“I know,” I replied.He sighed. “Yeah. Help me in packing”“Okay”I went with him to our room and did the packing.“I am leavi--”“Stay” he l
Noah’s POV“Where are we going anyway?” she asked as we sat down in my car and drove off.“Your mother’s house”“That is your idea of an outing?”I looked at her raising an eyebrow. “Yes”“Let’s go somewhere else,” she sighed.“But don’t you miss your mom?” I questioned.“Gosh, Noah I was married yesterday. I miss her, but you know when you’ll leave, I will stay with her. So… can we go somewhere else today?”“Meet her, Astrid,” I insisted. She doesn’t know that her mom has cancer, so I am trying to do what she would have done if she knew.“What’s wrong with you?” she looked irritated. “Let’s just go to some… movie?”Trust me Astrid, if you knew, you’d have not wanted to even eat anything.
Noah’s POVIt is not easy, what I am doing.I don’t even know how I should behave with her.How do you behave when you marry your ex?I don’t even wanna call her my ‘ex’.I wanna hate her, maybe because I want a reason to keep myself distracted from the fact that I still love her and she doesn’t.She might be sorry for everything and might even care for me but I know she doesn’t like me in that way anymore.I don’t even know what I am doing. Every time I want to show her hate, like the wedding night, I ended up hugging her like she is my life.I can’t be vulnerable, not again.But I can’t help it.The coffee I was drinking, was so tasty. Although I can drink it with sugar too, I tried to show her how much I hate her-- or act as I do-- but it didn’t make me feel any better.She went upstairs, probably to take a s
Astrid’s POVWe were driving down the road. He didn’t speak a word, just kept driving smoothly on the long road.We reached our home. It was a really big house. It looked decorated from the outside.He got out of the car and I followed him. He unlocked the door and went inside, and so did I.As I entered, I saw that the house was really decorated. There were balloons and flowers used.“I expect you to remove all this crap tomorrow,” he said coldly and went to a room.Crap?This seems to be the most touching thing to gift at someone’s wedding. He really called my mother’s gift as crap?I sighed anyway and went to take water.As I made my way to the living room, I was confused. Will we sleep in the same room? Or different?What if he embarrasses me if I go to the same room? That really wouldn’t be the best start for us.I went to a
Astrid’s POVIt was finally the wedding day. The past week flew by like it was nothing. I was… actually busy arranging everything.I got up. I found something yesterday about my mom while I was going through her things. There were different medicines she was taking, I couldn’t research on them because of time.They were weird names like doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, Ethyol, Amifostine.Only two of them are used. I don’t know what is going on and it seems quite serious.I was in my room at the wedding hall when someone knocked. I went to the door and opened it.“Um… Noah?” I spoke. He closed the door.“Yes”“You want something?” I asked, trying to be calm, and like my heartbeat wasn’t raising.“Do you still love me?” he questioned.I looked at him at his straightforward que