Good bye

Chapter 5

Ruby's Pov

We decided to go to the farmhouse in Jazz's car. It was a 5-hour drive to the farmhouse. I was thinking the whole ride about how my life took a completely wrong turn. Everything was going smoothly. But I think that was my fate.
Jazz was playing cheerful songs all along the ride to lift my mood. And I was constantly asking her to play sad songs to match my mood, but she didn't listen.
We reached the farmhouse 2 hours ago and decided to take a rest. Jazz showed me the guest bedroom which was upstairs. Jazz was staying in her room which was right beside the guest bedroom. I laid down on the bed and didn't know when I fell asleep while thinking. I woke up from my nap after an hour and came down the hallway.
Jazz was still sleeping so I decided to take the tour of the house by myself.

It is a lovely house surrounded by trees and plants all around. The decorations are all on point. There is also a garden at the backside of the farmhouse filled with a variety of flowers. A swing is also there in the garden.

I sat on the swing and it started swinging by the light breeze. Overthinking has always been an issue for me. Even for the smallest problems I just can't stop overthinking and this issue is just so big. My mind again took me to the incident.

I trusted him, his words. If he was not going to keep the promise then why did he make it in the first place? I still remember his words when I asked him,

Flashback starts
"Ian, I still can't believe that we are in a relationship. It just feels like a dream."

"Why"? He asked.

"You are the most popular boy and I'm just an average girl in looks and even in study. How can you fall for me?" I asked looking into his eyes.

"Don't you ever belittle yourself by saying this. For me, you are the most beautiful girl. Your simplicity, innocence, and kind nature just took my breath away." He replied by kissing my forehead.

"Then, why did you bully me in the starting?" I asked

"It was just a stupid bet that my friends made and forced me to do it. Otherwise, I would have never bullied you." He replied.

"I hope there is no kind of bet going on now," I said while joking.

He became somewhat nervous.

"Relax, I was just kidding." I laughed

He just chuckled nervously.

"Sometimes this doesn't feel real like I'm living in my dream. There are lots of beautiful girls in the world. I sometimes just think that what if you fall for someone else? What if you broke my trust and heart?"

"I will never break your heart and most importantly your trust. Believe me." He said.

"I believe you," I replied and kept my head on his chest.

I smiled and thought how I had gotten so lucky as I had such an amazing boyfriend.
Flashback ends

It had become a bittersweet memory now. I laughed thinking how foolish I was to believe him. How he made a fool of me? It wasn't completely his fault. It was mine also that I believed him. There were a lot of red flags that I was not able to see but Jazz was and I didn't believe her.

I was sitting on the swing don't know for how long when Jazz came.

"There you are. I was looking for you all around the house" said Jazz while sitting beside me on the swing.

"You were sleeping so I decided to give myself a house tour and found this beautiful garden with so many beautiful flowers, just what I needed to keep my mind at peace," I replied.

"Yeah, it's beautiful here". She replied gazing at the flowers.

"Jazz"

"Hmm"

"I'm sorry".

"For what"?

"You were right all along about Ian but I didn't believe you. I should have believed you. It would have saved me from heartbreak."

"Shhh. Don't say sorry. You didn't know his true intentions. Life doesn't always go by our choice. Sometimes we have to face obstacles to become tough. Believe in the plans of God. Everything is going to turn out great."Jazz replied.

I smiled. She was such an amazing friend.

"Martha aunty is here. And before you ask me she is the cook. Now tell me what do you want to eat?" asked Jazz.

"I'm not in the mood to eat anything."

"I will inform the aunty to make some  pancakes and also coffee." She replied by putting her fingers in her ears.

I laughed seeing her like this. She sometimes behaves so childishly. She didn't want me to starve myself to death so she just put her fingers in her ears and pretended like she was not listening .