Separated Lovers

CHAPTER TWELVE

(Cameron's POV)

Today is the day! Today is my birthday!

I went downstairs to eat breakfast. The moment Mom saw me, she slightly shouted,
Happy Birthday!

I thanked her and went my way to the dining room. At the dining table was Dad and Hannah. They greeted me too. I sat down and started to eat but then Chad and Chase entered and greeted me.

My birthday started off pretty good. After breakfast, I got changed and went to work.

Once I entered the building, Miss Wilson, the head of the marketing department, came up to me,
Hi Mr. O'Neal, please remind Mrs. Butler of the meeting later at 2:00. It is really important and she cannot miss it.

Sure! Will do.

Oh right! Today's your birthday, right?

Yep.

Oh! Happy birthday then.

Thanks.

A lot of other people greeted me as well. But, I am not going to name every single one

By lunch time, my co-workers had brought me a cake and some food. I was so happy, this was going great.

This was becoming the best birthday ever. It started out good and continued to be. The only problem left was later's dinner.

By 5:15, I left work. I started to walk to Highland Park, the meeting place. By 5:25, I had arrived. I didn't see Rachel so I took a seat on a bench.

Beep Beep...

My phone was ringing. It was a call from Rachel.

Hey Cameron. I am at Highland Park. Where are you?

I am seated at a bench near the statue.

Oh, okay.

The moment she said okay, two hands covered my line of vision. I quickly pried the hands of my face. To my surprise, the hands were Rachel's hands.

Found you!

Rachel, you scared me.

Sorry. C'mon, let's go!

All right!

She lead the way. We had already walked three blocks when she stopped. We had stopped at Chez Havana.

We are eating here, okay?

Okay.

We entered the restaurant and the lady at front asked us,

Do you have a reservation?

Yes. A table for two under Rachel Levin.

Okay. Come this way.

The lady ushered us into the dining area and showed us our table. We sat down and a waiter came to give us the menus.

I was alone with Rachel! I looked at her and she was so beautiful. She wore this blue-pink dress that looked so good on her. She then started talking,

Well, birthday boy, you look very handsome.

Thanks.You look beautiful. That dress fits you perfectly.

Why, thank you. I wore it specially for tonight.

Well, aren't you a catch?

Haha! If only other boys say that.

What? What do you mean?

I mean, I am a romance author. It is just right for me to find love. But I guess true love does wait.

Yeah! Wait what?!?!

What?

What did you say?

I said true love does wait.

True love waits? So you're saying you're still single?

Yeah! What about it?

But, two days ago, you kissed that Harold guy when he came looking for you.

What? No. Cameron, Harold is my brother-in-law and my chief editor.

Brother-in-law? Chief editor?

At that moment, I knew that everything I had assumed was wrong.

Cameron, why are you so worked up about this?

Nothing, no particular reason.

Cameron! Tell me.

I hesitated when I was about to say this,

Rachel, I an sorry. I truly am. I assumed Harold was your boyfriend so I freaked out. The truth is, I like you.

After I said that, she seemed shocked.
What, you like me? Since when?

Ever since.... Fifth Grade.

Fifth Grade?!?! So you're saying, you liked me ever since Fifth Grade and yet you still hurt me for five years?

Rachel, I can explain. You see, when I had realized that I had feelings for you, I considered not hurting you anymore. But, if I had suddenly stopped, my friends would have all thought that I had gone soft. It would ruin me...

(Slapping sound)

I didn't get to finish my sentence. Rachel had slapped me first.

You gave me 5 more years of physical and emotional pain just so that you could keep your tough guy image?

Rachel, please forgive me. Please. I like you.

You have always been like that. Always hurting me and putting yourself first without even knowing that I had feelings for you.

Feelings? For me?

Yes, Cameron. I have had feelings for you ever since Third Grade.

What?!?

And to think I was going to confess today. I can't believe you. I held up all my feelings and let you hurt me. But now I realize, those ten years of pain could have been shortened to five. How could I have liked you?

Rachel, please.

Cameron, what you did was horrible. I can't forget that. Goodbye!

She stood up, and stormed off. I hit myself in the head.

I just lost the love of my life. And she may never come back.

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