Matthew stared at her in shock, she was the last person he expected to see. Not after what she had done to him. He walked closer to her then halted, trying to withstand the urge of trailing his fingers down her smooth, plump cheeks. "Matthew, I…." She said but got choked on her words. She tried making out sounds but they only came out as a wheeze. Her nerves were caving in on her as she was unsure of the next step to take. "I'm surprised to see you here, Elena. Silver told you right?" Matthew asked calmly, then stared at her. "Yea, she did.. I can see that you're ready to leave." She said. "You look beautiful," He complimented her on purpose, trying to avoid talking about the reason she was there. "Thank… Thank you," She stuttered and fiddled with her fingers. She was avoiding his gaze because of reasons best known to her. When he first saw her, he thought she would grab him for a hug and ask him not to go anywhere, that she loved him. But none of that happened, rather she stoo
When he saw that she wouldn't say anything else, he clutched tightly to his black leather bag and said,"I have to go now. I need to clear my head and think of the next thing to do. Take care of yourself," He patted her on the shoulder and walked away from her briskly towards the plane.He didn't bother looking back or he would be tempted to run back to her and pull her to himself. He was the last person to get on the plane, and as soon as he got in, the door closed.*********Elena sat on the chair at the visiting area and gripped the bottle of chilled orange juice she had bought tightly. She had drunk it in a rush thinking it would numb the pain she felt within but I didn't.She watched the plane fly into the air and realized that she was the biggest fool ever for letting him go. She knew that she was able to stop him from studying elsewhere but pride didn't allow her to apologize.She should have told him that she loved him too and not Craig but the words were stuck in her throat.
Matthew peered down into the cloud as the plane progressed higher. He sighed deeply and turned his face back to the aisle.He made the right choice. Elena was never going to choose him. She was never going to admit that she was also in love with him.She was, wasn't she? Otherwise, why would she run into the terminal just to meet up with him and say goodbye? She had teared up, or was he just imagining it?He sighed again and the person next to him turned to look at him."Are you alright?" She said.He turned to look at the person who spoke and smiled as soon as he saw the person."Yeah, I am. Just tired," He said, still smiling.She looked a lot like Elena. The Elena he knew when they were still young. The younger version of Elena."Oh, I see," the girl said and stared at him strangely.He gave an awkward smile and turned his face away quickly, feeling embarrassed. He didn't want the girl to think that he was a weirdo or one of those Playboy's who smile immediately they see a pretty g
"Alright. Well, Elena was my best friend, we've already established that. I've been in love with her forever and well I didn't have the courage to tell her at all, she was interested in other guys, you know the top guys in school.""Oh..that's too bad. I'm guessing those guys were also hot as hell right?""Yeah, I guess.""Oh no. So? What Happened next?""So one day I got tired and finally decided to start to show her that I cared for her and know her decision. I tried all I could but it seemed like she wasn't even noticing it. To her, Matthew was just her buddy, her comfort bag. The person she runs to whenever a guy breaks her heart," He said, smiling sadly."I'm sorry man. It must hurt watching her get hurt by my other guys and then coming to you to comfort her.""Yeah it did, a lot. Especially the night when it all escalated.""The climax.." Jane said, giggling expectantly."Yeah. So there was this guy she had a massive crush on and was convinced that he was also in love with her,
"Well, thanks for the listening ear. I never thought I would have been spending my time talking to someone I just met about my life, "Matthew said as they got off the plane."Oh no, thank you. You made my flight more fun than I thought it would be. I was actually bored to death when I was sitting there watching you sleep," Jane said, smiling at him."That's nice. I guess it's goodbye now. I really hope you have fun, wherever it is that you're going, and find a guy who won't be a coward like me," Mathew said, smiling back at her."You think you're a coward? That's weird. Here was I thinking that you were brave for showcasing your love for Elena by always being there for her. I thought it was impressive of you.""Apparently everyone thought that but her," He said, sighing deeply."Yeah, I thought we'd established already that it was probably not her best move. She made a mistake there by letting you go.""I don't know if it's a good thing but I wish for her to be worried, I want her to
"What's it?" Matthew asked, pretending to be curious about what the man seemed really excited to show him."Nothing. Just that when you look outside the car like that, you look a lot like that kid, you know, the kid they showed in that popular series going on now.""what popular series? I have no idea what you're talking about," Matthew said looking confused."You don't know it? It's kids like you that love shows like that. I mean high schoolers like yourself.""I guess it's really popular over here but whatever it is, I don't see a lot of movies. Not a movie fan.""Yeah, I'm also not a movie fan. Those ladies just love movies that they really spend a lot of their time on them. Unlike we men"Matthew raised his eyebrows at that and smirked wasn't the man just talking about a movie to him and asking him how come he didn't know it? Why was he suddenly talking like he doesn't like movies?He shook his head wondering why the man was trying so hard for him to have a conversation with him e
Elena rolled over on her bed. It was already another day. Twenty-four hours since she saw Matthew board the plane and go far away from her.She had spent the rest of yesterday crying her eyes out and regretting saying those words she had said to him that she had to get a drink as she usually does whenever she was sad, only that the person who always rescued her, the one who always took care of her when she was drunk, was the main reason why she drank.She groaned loudly and stretched her hands. Her head hurts badly and her stomach was gurgling loudly. She was hungover and felt like throwing up.She stood up from her bed gently, trying not to upset her stomach more. She had drunk more than her usual limit and had no idea how she came back home or how she was able to get inside the house without her mom's knowledge.She was sure that her mom had no idea she was drunk because if she did, she would have come in and asked her questions. Maybe she knows, maybe she knew the reason why she dr
She was right! Her mom had no idea what happened last night how I'm Earth was she to find out what happened? Who was that man who drank with her? "What happened to your face? It wasn't looking this way last night," Clara said, looking at her worriedly. "Nothing. What do you mean it wasn't looking this way last night? Did you see my face last night?" "Didn't I? Oh..by the time I came back from my shift, you were already asleep. Maybe I didn't notice it." "You came home late from your shift last night?" Elena asked, nodding her head as she realized the reason why her mother hasn't had her neck yet. "Yes, why are you acting strange? Didn't you know? You were at home alone till I came back." "Really? Oh...I must still be sleepy, can't remember a thing," Elena said, avoiding her mom's eyes. "Hold on. Come close to me. I smell something," Clara said, raising her brows. "Huh? Oh, mom, I forgot. I need to get something inside the room and I'll be back," Elena said, turning to leave.