After getting over a heartbreak, Willow is determined to focus on her career, leaving her love life in the holy hands of fate. But little did she knew that love would walk straight into her life when she was least expecting it. One random message, a...
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Wade's POV —
Thank the lord, Willow was alright.
I didn't show it from the outside, but my insides were going crazy in worry. I honestly thought that she was pranking me at first. That's when I realized why she was so upset with me. I know the prank I did on my team wasn't good and fair, but that was a random suggestion from Ash which I agreed with. I definitely didn't expect to get targeted by so many question darts and scolds. I remember Willow not speaking a word to me but the way she was glaring at me with a red face was enough of a confirmation. I had to apologize to the whole team and especially to Willow, as she was the most angered. Her anger somehow made me laugh as I had to contemplate whether she looks cute or dangerous.
Since I couldn't stand any of my close ones getting upset because of me and avoiding conversations, I had to make up to her. I thought the whole night of ways to lessen her anger which included giving her flowers, or chocolates, a soft toy... blah, blah, blah. Although all these crossed my mind, I know these are so damn cliché now and besides, we aren't a couple. We're friends, yes. So, I thought more practically, wanting to give her something that would be special. Something that wouldn't just bring back the smile on her face, but will also give her inspiration to be proud of who she is and the person she's becoming.
That's when I decided to give her something extremely valuable to me that taught me a good life lesson. Besides, special gifts are meant to be gifted to special people, and Willow is that person. At first, I was confused about what exactly shall I give her that she would cherish heartily. I again thought a lot when my eyes landed on my bookshelf. Most of these books are gifted to me as people who know me also know my love for books. There's a lesson, a story attached to most of these except the ones I bought myself. As far as I have got to know Willow, she's an old soul like me.
I chose The Alchemist deliberately, even though I had a strong feeling she would've read this one already. But because this book and the story behind this is what has helped me reach my goal, I want her to do the same. She told me how she's been going through resistant writer's block a few days ago, and so I hope this could help give her the motivation she's lacking. Willow is very talented, I doubt she has any idea about that.
Things have been changing a lot lately without my consent, probably so is my heart. Willow and I have gotten closer since the day she joined. It's like the Willow I talked with online and the Willow I met in person are neither the same nor different. That's quite hard to understand, but that's that. The best part of our conversation for me is the sharing of our last listened songs. To tell the truth, most of the time I share the share that I haven't only last listened to, but they indirectly hold a message. Of course, Willow has no idea about that. But I get a feeling that some of the songs she shares do resonate with the ones I send her.
Can it be there are hidden meanings to her songs too? Or am I just overthinking?
Shaking my head with a smile, I went ahead and took a roundabout everybody's area, checking on the work. Our event is now less than two weeks away and so we are winding things up. The meetings with the sponsors, the menu and catering department, venue, event decoration and planning, costumes, the official announcement on the website and social media; almost everything has been done and finalized. Tomorrow onwards, we are all going to get extremely busy and our schedules are going to get hectic.
