One Last Journey (Completed)

At last.. Valentines day

Julia's POV

I woke up very abruptly. My whole body was paining and my head was pounding heavily. I opened my eyes and closed them instantly, blinded by all the light. I opened them slowly this time letting my eyes adjust to the brightness.

Everything was a blur at first, but slowly the picture got cleared. I was in a room which had white ceiling. I shifted a little to see some monitors on my right side, beeping. I was lying on a bed in hospital clothes.

And the memories started flooding in. I was running behind Reethe to catch up with him and fell down the stairs and collapsed on the floor.

I shifted again and turned my head towards my left.

I saw some one sleeping with his head on the bed. I tried to get up, but my hand was under that persons head. I shifted with a little more force and tried to free my hand. The person stirred and finally woke up.

Reethe.

He looked at me and registered that I was looking at him.  He straightened up instantly and was at my side in a flash.

"How are you feeling now? Is your head paining? Are you ok? Do you remember anything?" He asked everything in a single breath.

Before I could even register what he asked and reply, he got up and started to leave.

I got hold of his hand and said " Don't leave." My voice sounded different and my throat was really dry.

He took my hand in both of his hands and said, " I was going to call the doctor. I am not leaving."

I just nodded and he went out to find the on-call doctor.  He arrived with the doctor after 5 minutes.

The doctor did his usual checkup. He advised some medicines, told me to take care and then left.

Reethe sat beside me on the bed and again took my hand in his. "Thank god you are ok." He said.

Before I could get the chance to ask him anything, the door opened and Toby came running in.

"Are you alright?" He asked as he took a seat near the bed.

I simply nodded.

"I was so worried." He continued, " I came as soon as I could. I am relieved now."

He then looked over at Reethe and a his expression puzzled.

"What are doing here?" He asked, " Don't you have to report for duty?"

"No" Reethe replied, he then looked at me, straight in the eyes and said, "I quit."

I couldn't believe it. He what? He just what?

"You what?" Toby said, shocked.

"Yea." Reethe continued, "I am not gonna work anymore." He squeezed my hand a little and said, "I have to set things right now."

"What do you mean?" I asked nervously.

He looked over at Toby and then at me and then again at Toby.

Toby gave a little nod and then excused himself from the room.

I looked at him, waiting, my heart beating frantically in my chest.

Let me tell you something, when you are in a hospital bed, with all kinds of tubes attached to your hands, control you feelings.

Because the thing is, a very stupid machine is attached to your heart which starts beeping loudly if your heart rate goes up.

Before he even got the chance to say anything, the stupid monitor started beeping.

He smiled. "Calm down." He said, "I only have good things to say. I promise."

His smile. It was the most beautiful thing in this entire world. I could find all kinds of happiness and peace in it. It was my medicine, my drug, my oxygen.

It calmed me down.

"You were right Jules," he began, " You were right all along. I should have never left. It was a mistake. The moment I left, I knew I wouldn't be able to live without you. But back then, I wasn't thinking clearly. I was angry and was upset. It seemed the right thing to do. But with time, I realised my mistake. I knew I was wrong. I knew I hurt you. But my pride was standing in my way. I couldn't accept it. I couldn't accept the fact that I needed you. That you were and will always be my life. I missed you. There has not been a single moment when I didn't think about you. For days I couldn't sleep. And I knew that you might be in an even worse condition. But even after knowing all this, I couldn't bring myself to come back. I couldn't find the courage to accept my mistake. With time, I somehow made peace with it. And then Toby happened. When he came to talk to me about you, I swear to god I lost my mind. When he said he wanted to ask you out, I wanted to smack his head to pieces. But then it hit me, he was friends with you. And you guys must be close that's why he knew about me. And he wanted to ask you out, it meant you must have moved on. And this, hit me harder than anything. At first, I couldn't believe you had moved on. But later I realised it was for your own good. After all, it was me who made that decision. And I never ever asked your opinion about it. I imposed it on you. It was my fault. I had it coming.  And then, I saw you. I have to tell you this, seeing you standing on that stage, I felt like I had seen God. That my purpose here was over. I had achieved everything I ever wanted. I re-lived each and every moment that we ever spent together. Each and every place we ever went to. Each and every word you ever said. Everyone of our kisses. All those nights that we spent together. All those phone calls, when I was on board. And I knew in that instant, I could never have that with anyone else. And when you kissed me, I felt complete. I felt whole, again. And then I remembered everything I did to you, how much I hurt you. How much I made you cry. And I couldn't forgive myself for all those things. And that's why I was leaving. I couldn't bring myself to stand in front of you and apologise for all that I did. I didn't have that much courage. And the next thing I knew, you fell. Seeing you like that, in this bed, like this, it broke me. It broke me completely. And that was when I decided. No more running away. I decided I would face you, tell you the truth. Truth, that I miss you. That I love you. And that, I want to be with you forever and ever, Jules."

He got up and got down on his knees near the bed.

"I don't have a ring with me, but Jules, will you marry me?" He asked.

I blanked.

I had dreamt about this moment my entire life. I had thought of a hundred ways to answer this question. But right now, I couldn't even say yes.

I just sat there looking at him, while he looked up at me. And then, he smiled.

I came back to my senses, opened my mouth and said

"Yes. I will"

Alright folks!!
It finally ended.

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