Yours Forever.

Chapter 13

Rosie's POV :
Two weeks had passed since I and Luke started talking and not even one day passed by without talking to him.
We started off from him having a crush on Alicia and uptil that time he got over her as Alicia's behaviour and ignorance was too much for Luke to handle. One evening his message popped out saying:

"I have a good news for you, I'm finally over Alicia. She was too hard for me to handle and was completely not my type. I got her wrong previously, but now I'm good."

This guy was so full of emotions and tender hearted. I knew he was disappointed inside as one day he said

"Was i not good enough for her? I thought she likes to be with me the way I like to be with her :("

I felt bad for him. He needed someone like him, sensitive and soft hearted who could understand him and support him the way he does to people. He always invested in others but never asked or expected a return. He always did so much more than his strength for other people but never complained about anything missing in his life. He told me about his problems with his family and shared that how upset he was to face all those oppositions by them on his small little demands and desires. He loved his family and everyone who cared about him.

But since his family turned their back towards him, he seemed to be lonely and dishearted. He needed someone to put his broken pieces back together. Since Alicia ignored him and went after other people, it looked like he fell more with his knees on the ground. Not because he was too desperate for a girl to love him, but because he began thinking that everyone else was better than him.

I wished i could do something for him. But i was happy when a week later he told me that he liked a girl in his academy. Her name was Cara. He told me she wasn't pretty but she was a joyous person He told me about how they spent time studying together and talking about their lives in past. He always reminded me that he wasn't as close to anybody as he was to me, he opened up to me very soon and started sharing his every single emotion but still i felt jealous whenever he talked about Cara. Maybe because i wanted to be his only best friend.

He even asked me if i remembered him from the past but i really didn't. I never wanted to recall my childhood memories because they always haunted me. I wanted to stay away from that chapter of the book of my life. It was the worst of all the others. But somewhere in between, Luke existed. That was why i always felt a bonding between us. A mentor that connected our hearts and minds which made us want to share everything about our lives, problems, smiles and challenges.

It was two months after Luke and I started talking and he was like the closest person to me on earth. It was too early for that but i never knew what made us be that close. He liked Cara but wasn't really in a relationship with her. It was the middle of October and Luke's birthday was after one and half month, on 28 November. He would turn 18 and i wanted his 18th birthday to be a special friend because he found someone so special like me. My own little thoughts.

One day i came back from school and saw his message.
"Hey Rose, i want to give Cara a really good gift cuz she seems to be ignoring me for some reason but i want her to talk to me. Suggest me. Waiting for your reply"

"Hey. Get a good ring for her and go tell her that you're in love with her then she won't ignore you. As simple as that."

"I'm not in love with her, have you ever been in love with somebody?"

"Naah. Nor i want to be"

"Ahan. Why? I heard girls are always in search of their true soul mates haha"

"Shut up. What i think is that love hurts. But so does getting hit by a car. I'd rather go with the car"

"Haha you're insane. Well, I'll talk to Cara then."

"Okay. So?"

And we continued to talk for the rest of the evening. One thing was sure that Luke wasn't really in love wih Cara but he was getting attached to her presence just like he was with Alicia. And i was afraid that it would end up in him being disappointed from himself again.
But why was i so worried about him?
Obviously because he was my best friend.

One evening Luke texted me:
"Cara told me to stay away from her and i don't fucking know what's up with her. I need something to get away from stress. I need to smoke"

I was so shocked when i read that. I didn't want him to do crazy things just for the sake of some minor problems in life.

"Luke. Are you crazy? No."

"It's nothing new to me. Now just stop dictating over me like you're my mother."

If my opinion didn't matter so who was i to stop him. I felt like a stranger, a person not as important as i thought i was. He just wanted to do what he felt was right. I felt ignored and snubbed. I did not reply to that and went to my room. I began reading books after switching my phone off. I did not check my phone for any other message and went to sleep.

The next morning i woke up and felt really empty. I felt like there was something missing in my life. I didn't feel peaceful or happy so i unbolted my phone just to feel better by randomly talking to any of my friend.

The first message i had recieved was from Luke.
"I've realised that Cara wasn't worth my attention. But i just want to know why she did all that to me."

Why did he even care so much about every single person in his life. Cara doesn't care if he was there or not and Luke was supposed to think alike.

"Why do you even care so much? She was just a random friend and she left. So what?"

"Well you're right. Even her presence never filled up my emptiness. But i expected her to be loyal to me."

"Not every person comes upto your expectations and you need to live with this fact. Other than that, you know I'm always here to help you"

"Rose?"

"Yeah?"

"Thankyou. For being such a good addition to my life."

"You're welcome :-)"

He liked it whenever i supported him. He listened to my every stupid advice i gave him. Most significantly, he appreciated my presence in his life which no one ever did.

I began to feel special, i began to feel like i was something. Something worthwhile. Nobody ever cherished me the way he did. And no one could ever give me the feeling of being special the way he did.

I was getting more fond of him. I loved talking to him even if it was about the lamest thing ever. My heart raced whenever the screen of my phone lit, in expectation that Luke messaged me. When he used to get busy in his football practices and did not talk to me for a while, i used to re-read our conversations and miss him. His presence began to mean so much to me in such little span of time that i didn't know myself that where will i stand if he leaves me.

He completely changed my stance about boys. Not all boys were the same, some boys were like Luke; sweet and polite, respected all girls, sensitive, thoughtful, decent and generous, so mature but most importantly, humans like him were lovable. I didn't know exactly but i began thinking that i was falling for him which i never thought i would. Falling really hard that there was no way out.

But the only thought in my mind was that did Luke like me same way? He had a crush on Alicia and then he liked Cara. He won't ever think that way about me because i wasn't even pretty. He was brilliant, a champion of the school and such a perfect person but i was just elected as a Headgirl recently and was really good at academics but i didn't have any special quality. Alicia was friendly and attractive while Cara was a joyous person. I was a bookworm, a foodie and really dumb.

"Luke can never fall for you Rosie. Get over these feelings."
Was the last sentence I whispered to my self before going to bed.

Rosie is falling hard for Luke which she never thought would happen. But is Luke going to think the same about Rosie. Please like and comment. :-)