Poison, Love and Me

Chapter - 8 (Uncontrollable Feelings)

Ivy said good bye to Abby as she dropped her close to home. She assured her that she can walk from here, but she was feeling dizzy. She never drank more than one peg of wine, that too just give her aunt company, then why she drank four glasses of wine today?  Maybe because she was feeling sad, but what’s new in that, she has always been sad, then?

Because Luke turned down her dinner invitation…? That must be it. She has abandoned everyone but no one has ever rejected her. But Luke did, he didn’t even bothered to lie and excused himself. But why is she feeling so bad about it? Just because she is mad about him, it doesn’t mean he should be too. Well it was safe. Safe for Luke, but she only wanted to spend some time with him.

Earlier that day they have talked normally and she liked it so much that she invited him to have dinner with him, but he must have already made plans for the evening.

Ivy kept talking to herself while walking towards the house, stopped when she noticed the lights were on in the house. Her sadness evaporated immediately and replaced by a happy flip flop in her stomach. Lights are on; it means Luke didn’t go out tonight, means he has been waiting for her all evening.

She ran towards the house happily and threw opened the door, but her happiness vanished when she found Luke kissing a beautiful, tall redhead girl in black silken gown.

She felt so stupid “I… I am sorry to interrupt” she stammered before running out of the house. Luke pushed Sally away and tried to follow Ivy but Sally caught his hand “Let her go Luke, come with me… we are equal… she is just a human” 

“Leave my hand Sally”

“You are in love with that human girl?” she said astonishingly and added “the king would never approve of it” when Luke kept pulling she tried again.

“Leave my hand Sally before I make you regret you ever met me” Luke growled at her and she immediately let go of his hand.

He ran after Ivy, calling her name. He came out but she was not there. He called out her name again but there was no answer. He looked round of the house but still couldn’t find her. Keeping his hands on his waist he thought, where could she go? He remembered the bridge and without wasting any more time he ran towards it.

He reached there in few seconds and there she was, right in the middle of the bridge. Sitting by the railing, head bent on her knees and arms hugging her legs, sobs were rocking her. Luke reached there in a blink of an eye and kneeled in front of her.

He tried to touch her but she flinched, he dropped his hand and sat beside her. Her sobs were tearing his heart but he sat quietly, waiting for her to stop crying.

Eventually her tears pent up, her sobs stopped, she turned her head and looked up to him and said “I am sorry Luke…”

“Hey… don’t be”

“No really… I am… you shouldn’t have left your date alone for me… I…I was just…” she stammered but he kept a finger on her lips to make her stop blabbering “Shhh…. stop talking” he said and added “she was not my date”

“She wasn’t…?” parroted after him.

“Yes” he replied

“Then who was she?”

“No one, well… just someone I knew long time back”

“Oh… but I saw you were… I mean you both were…” she stammered again.

“It wasn’t what it looked like, I didn’t kiss her”

“You didn’t…?” she batted her long lashes

“No…” he smiled and added “but why did you run away…?”

“I... I saw you kissing her and I didn’t like it” she said sweetly. Up till now Luke understood that she was drunk and he didn’t want to lose this opportunity to get the truth out of her.

“Why…?” he asked pushing his luck.

“I don’t know…?”

“Means you were jealous”

“I didn’t like it” she repeated.

“say it… you were jealous”

“I… I guess I was…”

“Why…?”

“I… I don’t know” she said closing her eyes.  

Luke pressed his luck but Ivy passed away. He carried her to her bedroom and kept her on the bed. He covered blanket till her shoulder, as he was getting up she caught his hand. He heard she was muttering something.

He bend down to listen what she was saying but suddenly she caught his collars and tilt her face up to him bringing her lips closer to his. He dipped down his head and kissed her softly.

She smiled and called his name “Luke…”

“Hmm…”

“That was nice” she said.

He smiled and kissed on her forehead before leaving her room.

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