Meant to be

Chapter 23

Today I was going to get coffee with Viv because I was in much need of it. She came to pick me up and we were on our way to our favorite French café.
"So, how have you been?". She asked me in a comforting tone.
"Well you know I'm still alive which is the important thing". She chuckled lightly at my comment.
"Has he tried to reach you yet?" She asked me.
"Of course he has, but I haven't given him the chance to explain himself just yet". I said trying to keep the tone of my voice steady.
"Good, I mean someday you are going to have hear him out, you know? Because if not, he won't stop begging to be listened to". Viv said looking at the road.
"Yeah, I know, but not just yet, I'm still processing it". My voice broke a little at the end.
"Oh girl I know and it's valid, just when you are ready go get coffee with him or something and listen to whatever he has to say". My very smart friend said. I just nodded and soon after we were arriving at the café.

We ordered some pastries and two lattes. "So, what's going on between you and Noah?". I asked Viv wiggling my eyebrows. She laughed lightly.
"Well we hooked up, there's that and we have been talking, we're kinda thinking on going on a date to the cinema or something". Viv sounded excited as she said that she might go on a date with Noah.

Viv has had a crush on Noah for the longest time now since I met him at camp, I showed her a picture of him and she immediately started to grow a crush on him.

"I'm so happy for you Viv, I know for sure he won't make you pay for everything like that other guy did". I said to her genuinely happy for my friends.
"He did mention he would pay for it all and I told him we could do halfsies like we do". She said taking a sip from her coffee.
"Well if you do go to your date you have to tell me everything".
"Oh of course I will".

I loved to hang out with Viv because I always had so much fun and she was one of the few human beings that really understood what I was going through everyday of my life. She knew exactly what to say all the time. I loved her so much. I really don't know what I was going to do when she left for college.

"Have you decided where you are going to go to college yet?". I asked her eager to know so that I could apply to the same college as she and we could live together.
"I think I'll go to Harvard. It's like the best university oversight for medicine and I know that there is a great writing career for you there". She said.
"Yeah, I've been investigating about that and Harvard did pop out, I just had to make sure you were going there so I could tell my parents about it".

We kept talking about our future and how I was going to miss her that year that she was going to be away since she was a year older than me and she was going away first.

After a while we paid for our food and headed back to my place to hang out where we watched our favorite movies and cried because of how much we wanted what Noah and Allie from the Notebook had.

Viv left around 8:30 because she had to get some things done for her college application and I did something I hadn't in what seemed a very long time. I sat and played the piano.

First I warmed up a little with a children's melody my mom had taught me and quickly moved on to a Schubert Serenade and then to Sign of the Times, by Harry Styles and last but not least, my most current piece Once Upon a December from the movie Anastasia. By the time I had finished I was crying because I loved to sit here in this very same bench and would teach Sean the notes to Sign of the Times.

Oh how I missed him. Maybe I should listen to him perhaps it was a mistake, perhaps he tried to stop her, or maybe they drugged him and he thought it was me. I don't know, I just know that I miss him so much.

I miss being in his arms, I miss listening to Mr. Brightside while on our way home, I miss our tutoring sessions where he tried to distract me from actually teaching him whatever it was I was trying to teach him, I missed kissing him.
I missed him more than I wanted to admit, and I do feel like a fool because I fell for his stupid game and falling in love with him.

I decided to go for a walk to clear my mind of those things and I headed towards the park. Once I got to the park I saw a very familiar silhouette of a man I once saw.
I stared at the man trying to figure out where I knew him from and it suddenly hit me. It was Robert, the man that was at the fair.

I waved at him and at first he didn't know who I was, and then, when I started to walk towards him it seemed like he knew who I was.
"Hi Robert it's Mary, from the fair." I said but that las bit came out more as a question.
"Hi, yes I remember you. How have you been? How's your boyfriend". Robert said.
"Um I'm ok, I guess and um he's not my boyfriend, at least not anymore". I said looking at the ground.
"What happened?" He asked concerned.
"Well you see he kissed another girl". Robert started laughing and that took me off guard.
"Oh kid, let me tell you a story about one time where something similar happened to me and my Jane". He said making his way towards a bench. He sat down and started to tell me the story.

"One time I was at a club back in the fifties and I was with my Jane, we went to our favorite club and we were dancing and having fun and I went to get us some drinks and there was a very drunk young lady beside me, she told me I was very handsome and I was about to receive the drinks and she turns me around and kisses me right on my lips. Jane saw, and she was so upset and angry, just like you are right now at Sean, but I went after her that exact same moment and she wouldn't let me talk so I had to kiss her good to shut her up and then I explained to her what had happened. She laughed and we went back into the club to spend the rest of our night together ". He said looking at me.
I laughed at his story which sounded like something similar that could had happened to Sean.
"You see Mary, what I want you to realize with the story I just told you is that maybe he didn't do it on purpose, maybe his friends made him do it or maybe she thought he was very handsome. Talk to him, figure it out, because I can tell you that that boy has eyes for you and only you. He might be suffering just as mucha s you are, but you won't know unless you let him explain himself. If it's not one of the reasons I just gave you then I give you my permission to kick him right in the nuts". Said Robert with a smile on his face.
"Thank you Robert, I promise I'll give him a chance to explain himself". I laughed lightly.

Robert told me some more stories about him and his wife and after a while we both parted our ways. Me thinking how much talking to Robert helped me and how I was going to give Thompson a chance to explain himself and Robert thinking how much he loved his wife.

I just hope that the love Sean and I have is as pure and as strong as Robert's and Jane's.