The Boy Next Door

Goodbye

Noah's point of view

I saw Janice sitting on one of the tables. She kept a smile on her face. I went and sat in front of her.
I started "Hi. Sorry for being late"
She spoke "Not a big deal. This must be the last time I must be waiting for you"
"Huh? Last time?"
"Nothing. Why did you call me to come here?" She said while looking at the menu with pale eyes.
"Actually... I'm sorry. I shouldn't have behaved like that with you"
She ordered" Please may I get a coffee" and asked me "Which day?" While closing menu
"The day I dismissed you. I shouldn't have behaved like that. I apologise."
"Oh ok nevermind"
I spoke "So actually I have a thing to say. You can again join as my assistant if you want"

She kept her coffee down on the table slowly and was stirring it. She kept quiet. I was looking her fingers and was waiting for her reply.

After a minute or some she spoke "Waiter one more coffee for him"

I smiled "Oh understood, You don't want to join."
She smiled slightly. The waiter served me my coffee. A silence again appeared.

She broke the silence and spoke in a cracked voice "I'm fed up. Fed up of you. I am giving up." after a pause "I hate myself for always running behind you. I wish I didn't care all the time. I was just wasting your time, mine too"

I kept quiet, I don't know what to speak. She said "Sometimes letting go is the best. We can't force someone to stay"

Her words were hurting me, too much.

She broke and started crying "I shouldn't be crying now but, when you forgot me, I wasn't sad, but scared that you'll not remember me again, but the exact thing happened. But I shouldn't have been scared cause I knew, this day would come ultimately"

"It's okay to be scared" I spoke in a low voice.

She spoke with a little laughter looking at me "This is for you. Change can be scary, but I know we are going to be fine. Because like you said, it's okay to be scared, we just have to do it anyway"

I don't remember her, but she was breaking my heart.

I spoke "I really want to remember you"
"Maybe by then, I'll not even be here. Even if you try to search me, you'll never find me"

She smiled and spoke slowly "You can love someone...and still choose to say 'goodbye' to them" after a pause "You can miss a person everyday, and still be glad they are no longer in your life"

I asked "Can we start over again?"

She stood up "I'm not a toy you can play with when you are bored or lonely or horny. I'm not the girl, the guys gets at the end of the movie. I am not a fantasy"

She showed me her phone. Deleted my contact. She spoke "You will always be in my heart as a memory which I would never forget"

She started walking out and stopped "This is the last time we are meeting. If we ever meet again that must be a coincidence. Until then, we are done goodbye"

I stood frozen. I was broken than ever. For the first time my eyes we're about to tear.

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