Once Upon A Time, A Thousand Tears Ago #Wattys2017

Chapter 30: New Beginning

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Zara's POV:

Last night, after that purely dramatic scene at airport, the boys dropped me at my dorm. I talked to Kashaf about all that has happened. She was shocked at first when she heard how rude Louis was to me initially but later when she found out that he had a change of heart, she was all happy. I made her promise not to convey these teeny bits of our gossips to my parents. Also, I talked to mom. Finally, she was not angry with me at all and I felt relaxed. I realized that I have missed her and Papa more than anything else. But they gave me so much strength, that it seemed like the 'strength particles' visibly travelled from them to me. I feel more composed and calmed now.

I had planned to wake up late but a sudden message woke me up and now I am giggling at these messages. After yesterday's airport scene, he is now making fun of all the things that were happening. I had a feeling that I could connect easily with him and through these messages he is proving my point right. It's been an hour that I woke up and still I haven't got time to move from my bed. The only reason is that he is continuously texting me, sending me jokes, pictures, audio and video clips etc. and I am sitting alone on my sheet less bed and roaring with laughter which is echoing through the whole room. I imagine him smiling when he sends me a smiling emoticon and then I imagine him laughing when he sends me the laughing emoticon. I would rather prefer to have his face on these emoticons than these simple subtle smileys. Well, I guess half of the female population will agree with me that Zayn Malik has the best smile.

A soft knock at my door echoes and I remember the last time when Zayn came to my room and I scared the hell out of him. Smilingly, I open the door. It's not Zayn; it's Louis, a totally different Louis.

"Louis" I express suddenly.

"Yeah me. Why?" He asks confused. He is wearing black skinny jeans with a black t-shirt beautified with a quote that says 'Love will tear us apart'. His roughly made hair look pretty on his face. That reminds me that I didn't even comb my hair so I quickly run my hand through my hair to straighten them a bit.

"Wasn't expecting you that early. Come on in." I invite him into the room. He was hiding something at the back in his hand. As soon as he enters the room, he quickly brings his left hand out and shows me what it was that was hidden behind his manly figure. A bouquet; a bouquet of red roses and pink tulips. Oh they look so beautiful.

"For you Zara." Louis hands me the flower bouquet and I look at him raising my eyebrow.

"For what?" I ask while taking the bouquet in my hands. Oh! I can't stay back from sniffing them so the first thing I do is sniff.

"I'm trying to mend what was broken." He tries to smile a bit.

"Nothing was broken." I stare into his eyes. I enjoy this sight of his vulnerability. May be that's the reason why he usually hides this side of his.

"No. I broke your heart many times. Many times I told you that I ..... I hate you." He hesitates while completing the sentence.

"Use of past tense shows that the thing happened yesterday, it does not belong to the present era. So why think about it?" I smile to give him confidence in expressing his true self to me.

"I am apologizing for the things that happened in that past tense. I hope I never will do any such thing in present or future." He solemnly states his purpose and smiles at the end.

"God ! I can't act so formal for so long. Chill man. No harsh feelings. What happened, just happened. Nothing can be done. We need to move on and don't forget I stopped from going because of you. Relax now." I try to cheer him because honestly I can't see him feeling sorry.