Cher's POV:
"This doesn't have to be over. I know you still love me." He said.
"It has to be. Because if it won't, then it would stop your dreams to be fulfilled."
"Cher.."
"Jake.. Please.. You need to go." I say; not looking at him.
"Cher please, I love you."
"Well I don't. Now go. Leave."
Those words that came out of my mouth sounded and felt wrong. I never meant to tell him that, but I needed to, regardless of the pain I've felt. This wasn't for me, it was for him. For him to fix what he had broken, for him to grant the wish he always wished, and for him to be happy...
(10 years later)
Ten years has passed, I've graduated 3 years ago and I'm currently working at a company since then.
It's also been ten years since we last talked and seen each other.
Ten years, he said. Just ten years.
(Flashback)
"Ten years?" I whisper.
"I'm sorry babe. I'm so sorry.." He says and comes to hug me. I stood there frozen; still absorbing the fact that he was leaving me, for ten years.
"Ten.. Whole years?" I ask again; my voice cracking.
He hugs me tighter and plants a kiss on the top of my head before I heard myself crying.
"Hey.." He pulls back but still holds me close. He strokes my hair and kisses my forehead as I continue to cry.
"Jake, I.. I can't-"
"Shhh, don't say that. Don't say you can't because I know you can." He says and repeatedly kisses my forehead.
"But.. Y-you'll be gone, you'll b-be, far.. I don't-"
"Cher.." He calls and tilts my chin up for our eyes to meet. "Did you forget that I promised to come back for you? I promised that if ever I continue my trip to America, I'll come back here, for you, no matter what. Did you forget that already?" He asks with hurt in his voice.
I shake my head and sniffle. "N-No.. I haven't.. I-I still.. I still remember.." I hiccup.
He smiles slightly and wipes my tears before hugging me again. This time, I hug back.
"That's my girl." He whispers. "Keep that in mind, okay? I promise, that no matter what, and I mean no matter what, I'll come back for you. If ever I don't find you back at your house or at our assigned meeting place, I will find you. I will still find you and when I do, we.. We're going to get married. Okay? I'm going to marry you, we're going to start our own family.." He says and I can sense him crying as well. "We'll be together in the end okay? Remember? 'Together forever and never apart'?" He asks and we both chuckle.
"Yeah." I giggle. "Forever."
He pulls back again and looks deep in my eyes as he strokes my hair.
"I love you, Cher. I love you so much." He says and I can't fight back a smile.
"I love you more, Jake." I respond as our lips meet.
"Cher!" Margaret- my workmate and best friend- called my attention and I snap out of my trance.
"Yeah? Sorry. I spaced out." I say and look at her.
