My Neighbour

His past

Taking a deep breath he began
" let me begin with my childhood I never got the love I needed from my parents. My dad was too busy with his work and my mom with her social service activities. They appointed a nanny for me but she was a cruel lady she abused me physically and mentally. I had a friend named Becca she was my childhood friend she new everything and tried to make me laugh when I was down.Together we exposed her truth and she is rotting in prison now. But still I would get nightmares of her coming back. I  finally came over it with the support of Becca we both attended high school together where she told she was in love with me I too believed it and loved her with all my heart and soul. I gave her everything. Things which she never dreamt of. She started taking advantage of my money and demanding things from me. I was blinded with her love that I kept giving her everything only to find out one day that she was making out with someone else in her house when I was not at home. I had a soccer match that evening and I budgeted her to come she my match. She never used to come and see me play nor would she support me while I played like how the other girlfriends supported their boyfriends. I really wanted her to come but she told me she was busy as her relatives were arriving from abroad and she had clean the place. Luckily the plan got cancelled and I thought of surprising her since she would have been busy and tired cleaning the house. But, when I went there to surprise her, she surprised me. She was cheating on me. She never loved me. She loved my money. That day I lost my girlfriend. My best friend and my secret keeper. The person whom I trusted more than my self had gone, gone forever..." He said trying to hold back his tears.

I rubbed his back trying to comfort him. That was the least I could do at the moment.

"That is when I decided never to trust a lady I started to distance myself from everything, from everyone. Whenever I used to feel lonely or think about her I used to drink in order to feel numb from the inside. I wanted to escape from reality. I came to terms with the fact that women want two things in life money and a guy to fuck. They don't go after the loyal ones, they go after the rich and trouble makers. I don't know what went wrong between us for her to change so drastically. But, when I met you I realized that you are different. You speak what's on your mind. You know how to find happiness in small things. You treat people with love and respect and so you are liked by all. Even after me troubling you so much you never really took it seriously. You still saw the good in me and forgave me and agreed to be my friend. Yes I did have trust issues but that doesn't mean I never trusted you I was scared where you'll leave me and go just like  Becca or the worse you'd judge me for my actions. Moreover I never thought about telling you about her because she's no longer in my life." He said still looking down

"Hey, I'm sorry for being rude to you I should have understood you. I'm sorry..." I said holding his hand.

" you don't have to be. You were never rude to me. You showed me that kindness still exists. You showed me not to run away from people. When I spend time with you I forget about my worries. When I'm with you I'm no longer the rich playboy Ace, who is rude to all. I'm just Ace, I'm being me. Thank you for showing me who I still am and there's one more thing I want to say to you.... "

"What is it " I asked.

" I.........ahhhh......I.....I love you"
He said rubbing his hand at the back of his head.

He does it only when he is nervous.

Wait what did he just say he loves me...Me???

"Are you serious? I mean you are hot and rich you will get a better girl in your life why me?." I asked.

"I'm damn serious about it Anna. You are the perfect girl. Perfect in every way. You know how to make me say sorry and you also know how to make me say I love you. You are beautiful without makeup and that's what I have been adoring you for the past few months. While people put makeup like its a makeup store you barely do anything and you still stand out from the rest. You are beautiful inside and out. I love the way you are and I'm not regretting about it..."

I  was touched.

Emotionally touched.

Did he really think all these things about me.

Wow!

"I love you too" I managed to say.

The moment he heard that his expression changed he was happy.

He didn't know what to do or what to say. He didn't expect that I'm too in love with him. He opened his mouth several times but he couldn't form words. He tired hard to tell something, anything but he couldn't. All he did was stare at me in awe and try to talk.

"Save it up you don't have to tell me anything else" I said seeing that he was trying hard to talk but words were not coming from his mouth.

He laughed and then we both kissed.

My first kiss.

Our very first kiss and the feeling was awesome.