Then Came You (Wattys2015)

Chapter 12

PAST (Senior Year)

"Believe me." Aaron pleaded.

It had been raining cats and dogs since morning. We were returning home together, under the same umbrella. I gazed into his intense black eyes. They were twinkling. I could see immense love for me in those eyes. But my cerebrum was least affected by it.

After that incident my trust for Aaron had shattered into pieces. And trust is like glass, once it gets broken even if you try your best to glue it back together it will never be the same again. Even though Aaron did his best in making me believe his love but I couldn't overcome that incident. It had not only scarred our relationship but had also broken me from inside. My self-confidence was ruined and my ego was hurt. I could not believe that Aaron had cheated on me over a girl who was far more inferior than me in every aspect. This led to my sudden emotional outbursts which greatly angered Aaron. He was fed up of trying. I was fed up of not believing him. But still, a part of me was not allowing me to trust him blindly.

We hardly spoke to each other these days. It was our final year together. We didn't know what would happen after the senior year; whether we would stay in touch or not. Sometimes it made me wonder that how a single incident changed the two of us completely. A year ago, we had been planning our honeymoon locations and now we didn't even know where we would end up after the senior year. This is the reality Adelia. You were living a dream earlier. Good things don't stay long.

"Reply! What's wrong?" His voice broke my trance."Are you seriously okay?"

No I am not. Not at all. And you know what? That is all because of you.

"No everything's alright. What were we talking about?" I asked.

"What! Are you mad Adelia? YOU were fighting with me almost a minute ago as I didn't show up at school yesterday because of my so-called mom and when I asked you to believe me, you went into a semi-conscious state I guess." He looked visibly tired. Tired of convincing me constantly without any fault of his.

"Oh. It's okay." I said as I did not want to fight anymore. My blood pressure had risen and it felt as though my arteries and veins would burst out at any moment.

"You know what? It is not okay anymore. I am not your dustbin where you can always vent out your anger. It hurts me too. Yes I had committed a mistake and I totally regret it. But that doesn't mean you will keep on releasing all your frustrations on me." He said.

"Sorry." I couldn't find a better word than this at the moment.

"I had said sorry too. Did I get forgiveness? NO!" He said angrily but without yelling at me.

"Look I want to forgive you but a part of me is not allowing me to. Please try to understand. This is not easy for me. "

"Then what do you want me to do? How do I prove you? I wanna finish this off today itself." He said.

"I don't know Aaron! If I had known, I would have told you. Suicidal thoughts haunt me these days! I feel depressed due to various reasons. And you add fuel to the fire."

"Oh really? Then why are you still with me? Leave me Lia. I do not deserve you. You will find a better boy than me out of the 7.3 billion people in the world." Aaron said curtly.

"This is what I hate the most about you! You will let me go so easily? It will not matter to you if I left you, isn't it?" I was disappointed.

"Did I say that? I just meant that I cannot force someone to stay with me. I cannot fetter you. You don't even trust me and without trust a relationship is meaningless. I have long-term goals with you Lia. If not forever, then never."

"Okay relax buddy! Just relax. What happened to you suddenly? Why so pissed off huh? Just take a deep breath in and then exhale." I held his hand tightly.

"Do you think only you have the right to be pissed off?" Aaron stuck his tongue playfully, making me punch his abdomen.

"Sorry. BABY." I made a puppy face.

"Baby? Eww that sounds gross."

"Oh really? You are an idiot. If the world population is 7.3 billion, it must consist of both males and females. Then how can you say that I will find a better boy out of the 7.3 billion people! It should be 7.3 billion minus female population dumbo!" I said triumphantly.

"Whatever. Don't divert the topic. I am still angry." He made a grumpy face. Suddenly, an idea struck me. I took the umbrella from him and held it loosely.

"What the hell are you up to?!" He yelled. But it was too late. The force of the wind had blown the umbrella far away from us and now we were about to be drenched in rain. Well, this is what I had always wanted. Getting drenched in the rain with my loved one.

"Aaron just forget it and enjoy the moment." I gripped his hand.

"That is what I want to explain, just forgive and forget. Lia I come to you for relief from all the tensions of the world. You don't know what I have to go through each and every day. I have become insane. Yesterday I drank vinegar instead of water!!!" He seemed frustrated.

"Hahaha really? How does it taste by the way?" I asked.

"It's not funny." He said so seriously that I felt scared. My Aaron never behaved like this. My world had totally changed in these three years. Sometimes there were troughs, sometimes there were crests. But there was something that always remained constant. That was our love. I had realized that I didn't love Aaron when I accepted him. Neither did he. We fell for each other day by day, bit by bit and now the rock-solid foundation which we had laid during these years was about to crumble down. And I didn't know how to save it.

"We reached your house." He said.

"Hmm goodbye. Text me when you reach home." I said as my welled up. I hated saying 'goodbye' to Aaron.

"Yeah bye. Now get in fast or else you will fall sick."

"Okay." And I turned around to hide my tears although it was raining so heavily that one could hardly make out the difference between the raindrops and my lachrymal secretions. Okay maybe that was too scientific.

I wanted to take a glimpse of Aaron before leaving but I thought he might have left. However, my gut feeling said something else. So I turned around to take a last glimpse of him. But he was nowhere. Crestfallen, I started walking towards my house. There was nothing left in between us. I couldn't save us from breaking apart.

Just as I was about to enter someone flipped me around. Everything became blurred. I could only see the twinkling eyes staring at me. It was Aaron. He wiped the tears from my visage and held me close to him. I held him even tighter. I felt as if it was a signal from God to make me realize that he was the one. The one made for me.

He gently caressed my hair and said,"I will never let you go. Everyone has to go through some bad phase. Maybe this is our bad phase. We need to fight. If we lose hope ourselves then how will we fight the world and survive together?"

"I promise to fight till the end Aaron, I promise to never lose hope. Just never leave me."

"Never ever."

"Aaron...I forgive you."

I just realized that though it is always not possible to go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.