The Bad Boy's Princess #Wattys2016

17: Goodbyes and Hoardings

17

5 years later.

I was going to Paris, to finally settle down in my life.

The thought couldn't settle in my mind, it was still beyond unbelievable. I had always dreamt of a perfect lifestyle, me, my husband, two children, a golden retriever, a sports car, and a mansion. But I realised something that I hadn't even thought in my life.

Five years ago, the day when Jake left, I was in pain. Terrible mental pain. My insides were aching, just with the thought that it was all my fault. My fault that I had raised a question, my fault that I had fought with him, my fault that I had stood up, my fault that I hadn't stopped him, my fault everything.

I didn't attend the wedding, I flew back to London, and moped around in my room for the fact that my childhood crush, and my boyfriend, ex, had left me.

It took me a few weeks to come out of the "mope" zone. I kept thinking about Scarlett's talk, that she had said to me just after Jacob had left. The words are still clear in my mind.

They made me realise that I could be, what I needed. I didn't need anyone to make me happy, make me feel special or make me feel wanted. I was the one for me, and nobody could ever replace my love for myself.

I finally, loved myself.

I had finally decided to do something, for myself.

I took up a English course, and landed a job in Cosmopolitan Paris. I was now the Editor of a fashion magazine. It made me happy, and I was responsible for it. I couldn't contain myself. I decided to shift to Australia, permanently.

My flight was scheduled within 3 hours, so I got out of the room, seeing my father waiting at the table, patiently for me.

As he saw me, immediately took me into a hug, and said,

"I will miss you so much. Your mother would be so proud of you Liv. I am so proud of you, just don't forget me." He said, tears welling up in my eyes.

I looked at him, and saw that his eyes were teary too.

"Never in a million years!" I said, making a silly One Direction reference that my father knew of too. I had made him watch the Best Song Ever Video for a hundered times.

My father laughed and told me goodbye, and as I walked out of the house, Scar was waiting with Casper in their car.

Yes, they were still together. And, they were still madly in love. True love. Casper being Jake's brother would tell us about his beings, and apparently, Jake was a well known interior designer now. He had come back from rehab two years back, to which he had decided to go on his own. Casper would always say that Jake was still in love with me, and he was doing everything for my sake, but, I always didn't let it enter my mind.

"Liv!" Scar got out of the car and hugged me, squeezing me to death.

"I love you Scar, please leave me from your hell, I'm dying here" I managed to say.

"Oh I'm so sorry." She said as both of us got back into the car.

"Hey Caspie Pie" I said as I laughed at the new nickname I had given him.

"Don't go Liv, please. We don't know what we would do without you." He said, concentrating on the road while saying this. I had heard this so many times, I knew what this conversation was going to lead to.

"Oh come on guys! Don't do this to me! Let my farewell be a happy one!" I said with a big smile. Deep down, I wanted to cry a river to the fact that I was going to leave them, but someone had to be strong here.

"Yeah Liv, just remember that I want to hug you within a month!" Scar laughed as Casper hauled the car at the airport.

"Yeah yeah Scar, I promise." I said, as I got out of the car.

I saw the black Range Rover that my father had sent with all my luggage inside it, hauling behing Casper's Mercedes.

After taking out my luggage, I noticed that Scar wasn't looking at me, and then I knew that she was crying.

I first went to Casper and hugged him.

"I'll break your life if you mess with her." I said playfully to him.

"What a goodbye moment!" He laughed it off.

I then walked up to Scar, she still wasn't looking at me. I turned her chin to my side, so she was facing me.

Her eyes were puffy, and her cheeks were still dripping off tears. The sight made me cry. I wasn't going to see her now. Atleast for a month.

I hugged her and whispered, "know what? Weebs opened a restaurant in Singapore. Its called WBS, Where Burgers are Served" I told and both of us started to giggle.

Weebs was a girl that we despised in high school. It was our inside joke that we had given her the name because of her activities, and we had sweared on our lives that we would not tell anyone about it. We had called her "WBS" first, but after realising that we couldn't say it normally in front of people, we decided to keep it as 'Weebs'. We wanted everyone to think it was a person, not some stupid acronym. She had opened this restaurant, which I discovered on my timeline, and I couldn't stop laughing.

"I love you Scar, please don't forget me." She whispered.

"I love you so much. Never in a million years!" I said to her and both of us erupted in laughter. Casper on the other side was irritated by our One Direction references, but he was used to it as now we were both crazy fangirls.

I smiled at both of them and waved them goodbye, smiling as I turned around and put my sunglasses on my eyes, to prevent the tears to be evident.

****

As I took a seat in my private jet, I whispered to myself, looking out of the window,

"This is goodbye."

****

I arrived in Paris and boarded the car which Cosmo had sent for me.

While we were passing the beautiful streets in the City of Love, I saw something, that was familiar. Too familiar.

"Vous s'il vous plaît arrêter la voiture pour une seconde?" I asked the car driver to stop the car for a second in french.

The car hauled at the side, a big hoarding, just in front of us.

It was the hoarding of a show called as 'Dream Home' and there was a man standing in an expensive black suit, with a smile on his face that I used to die for.

The hoarding read:

The Most Famous Interior Designer of Europe, Jacob Parker, gives you the chance to get your dream home designed by him. Send your details to this number to get yourself registered!

His face was still fresh in my mind, but I knew.

He was the boy that I used to love.

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HELLLLLOOOOO!!

THIS BOOK IS ENDING AND IM CRYING. ONLY ONE CHAPTER LEFT, WHICH IS THE LONGEST AUTHOR'S NOTE THAT I HAVE EVER POSTED!! IT ALL ENDED SO SOON.

ALL THE LOVE,

AARSH X.