City of Love [Zaintsee]

Chapter 22

Saint went straight up to his room and locked himself, "what the hell were you thinking?" Saint yelled and right on cue his phones vibrated, he checked to see Cedric's name popping up on the screen. Saint picked up the call and Cedric started without waiting for Saint to say 'hello'

"Saint... Buddy, I am the happiest man on planet earth right now, you cannot guess what happened, my plan worked Saint, our plan worked, Hailey bought it and... And ... guess what, she agreed to date me, do you know what that means... It means she is into me and I am one step closer to getting her to be with me forever...I obviously said the whole truth though, about our plan on me trying to get her and you trying to get to Zee and all that, I was very honest, I just didn't want any of it to start with a lie so I told her everything... And guess what, she already saw through us... She was like 'I obviously knew you both weren't together, you were behind me the whole time ' and when I pushed her to tell me what made her decide to date me... Can you believe me if I told you she cried... She cried Saint, I felt so bad for her but still, she looked so cute with that red nose of hers... You can't imagine how cute she was... Anyhow back to the point, I asked what made her take the decision and she said 'I did not know that you had feelings for me until I saw you with Saint... I always liked the attention from you but I thought I would always be getting that no matter what ... But when I thought about how you can move on with your life without me it scared me... I was scared ... I was jealous... I was crazy ... All I knew was I wanted you only to myself'...I almost cried when she told me that... I was so happy... She is confused because she always wanted to be single and independent and now it's like everything is going to change so she suggested that we take things slow and we will start by just going on dates... And let time decide the rest ... I was into it man ... I mean she is so smart .. and also I did not want to sabotage the one chance to be with her ... I mean ...no no, I can't do that ... So I just agreed to whatever she said...oh yes I noticed you and Zee did not show up again after you left ...what happened ?"

"We got beat up" Saint managed to say at last, when Cedric gave a gap for one second.

Saint explained what all happened, from the beginning to the end, and he also conveyed that he was happy for Cedric and Hailey.

"But Saint... This was not the plan... We were only supposed to do this until both of them confessed... It seems both already did..." Cedric spoke

"I know... I know ... But I already told him that I am in love with you and I mean that was our initial plan ... I did not know he would actually come clean today... I was angry and upset and jealous. I did know what to do ... Urrg ... Cedric I feel like such a waste...I'm so useless..." Saint ranted

"Hey hey ... Calm down ... It's okay ...nothing has gone bad ... We all know that he is not going to give up so easily... He will be back to pursuing you or ... Probably try to get in your head with some other tricks like today ... But trust me he won't stop here... But are you okay ... The stuff you went through today sounds super scary even to me ... Were you alright .. did you have another attack?"

"I did ... I had to take a pill sneakily without Zee noticing ... But to be honest ... It felt too good to blast out and be angry at Zee at last ..."

"That's good man ... you're making progress in that case... I just wish you don't have to carry medicine along with you like chewing gum...all of this might started because of Zee, but it looks like he is going to be the cure as well"

"Yeah ... I'm only going to get better if I don't suppress my emotions ... So ... I'm going to try hard to be transparent from now on "

"That's good... Anyhow ... Should I just tell Hailey that the plan is still on...just in case she doesn't blurt out anything to Zee"