Admiring Butterflies

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He was just a kid back then, THEY were just kids back then. They went to  the same school and lived in the same neighbourhood but something was different between them, the way they looked at each other. She saw him not more than a fellow classmate, on the other hand, he looked at her with all the affection he had inside him. He saw her more than a fellow classmate, more than an ordinary girl, more than a friend, more than everything. He fell in love with her before he even knew what love was, before he even knew who he himself was.

He did not leave any single opportunity to talk to her. She was all he focused on as a child  and teen until she moved to New York with her parents. He did not know the reason and could not even ask her because he did not have the guts to. They were only fourteen when she moved. He felt like his world fell apart tho they never even talked much.

"Did you hear about Evelyn?" said one girl.

"I heard that she is moving to New York due to a terminal disease." the other one said

"Oh boy that poor thing." she said.

"I am happy she left tho, she was just a pain. Now I do not have an academic rival." said third girl.

WHAT DID I JUST HEAR

PLEASE TELL ME IT IS A LIE

THIS CAN'T BE POSSIBLE

A tear ran through his cheek as those sentences fixed him completely still in the middle of corridor. I wish it is not true, I wish she has another reason to go these were the only words going through his head

"Look its Adrian, why does he look so pale tho?" said the girl.

"Oh crap, he's crying" said the other one.

he has always been that one popular guy at school as he was atheletic and good looking but what he never recieved was true love, a person who admired the real him. girls admired him for his looks and not for who he actually was. he has never fallen in love the way he fell for Evelyn. Now that she had left he can only wish for her well being. 

[10 YEARS LATER AT NEW YEARS EVE]

He was sitting at a restaurant in New York with his business partner and his manager. Tho he really wanted to celebrate the new year with his family in France, his fatherland, but here he is for another business trip. He has a tight schedule and rarely finds himself at home.

"Mr Adrian, I was thinking that we can make more profit if we improve our interiors, this interior does not match the aesthetics." Said his business partner, Mr Connors.

"Mr Adrian?" Said his manager

"Oh, yes, where were we gentlemen?"

"I was saying if we changed the interiors..."

"I am sorry, is it okay for me to leave first? I am not feeling well."

"Sure, take care Mr Adrian. Lets postpone the meeting to the day after if it is okay with you?"

"Ofcourse Mr Connors. My sincere apologies for today."

"Please excuse us then sir, thank you." said his manager.

They all leave. Adrians manager opens the door for him and as he sits inside something catches his eye. A paramedic treating a passed out person near a tree. The night was freezing cold but the paramedic had given her jacket to the patient. She was shivering while trying to treat him.

"Please give my jacket to her." He said while taking off his jacket.

"But sir it is so cold outside..."

"And we are inside the car, she is freezing." He says it while handing it to his manager.

the manager handed it to that paramedic and came back but when she turned her face around to the car to thank Adrian, his heart skipped a beat. She looked somewhat familiar to him. He couldn't remember who she exactly was but she looked so familiar.

While heading back to his resort all he could think was who must she be? why does she look so familiar? do I know her? why did my heart skip a beat? he couldnt help but think about her the whole night  when he realised that the jacket he gave to her contained his business card and wallet. HOLY CRAP.