Yours Forever.

Chapter 14

Rosie's POV :
I was resting on my bed on Sunday night, still thinking about Luke when the screen of my phone lit. It was Luke. I wondered how his messaged always popped out when i thought about him. God was playing games with me.

I unbolted the message which said :

"Hey, let's talk on the call. I'm bored"

"Okayy. Call me 5 minutes"

I was hesitant in talking to him. I knew i was going to stutter and talk stupid stuff. I thought of myself as a completely boring person and i didn't want him to run away after knowing that how boring and dumb i am.
My phone started ringing and my heart raced to the speed of light. Okay, not actually that fast but yeah.

I picked up the call and heard him saying hello. His heavy and husky voice was all i heard.
"Rosie, you there?"
He said my name in his deep and croaky voice that i just wanted to get lost in it. It was like the best thing I've ever heard. I wanted him to say my name again and again. I was quite and his voice echoed in my mind.

"Rosie you there?"
He said raising his voice.

"Oh uh yeah. How are you Luke."
He remained silent for 2 minutes and replied:

"Great. For the first time"

"What?"

"Nothing. So.."

And we continued to talk for the next 4 hours until i fell asleep during the call. We continued talking the same way for the next two week. Every night at 10pm he used to call me and we conversed for about 3-4 hours. Our conversations were not just about each other's secrets, but also about the world, our life and much more deep things.

I felt more close to him. He was a perfection. I never met such a flawless person as him. I was so addicted of talking to him every night before sleeping.  I couldn't sleep without telling him everything about my entire day and he actually listened to my stories.

He never complained about being bored of listening to me. I kept on talking and he kept on listening. I felt so free when i conversed with him. I felt like being myself and telling him everything that was in my heart and he always supported me for the right and stopped me from the wrong.

I couldn't just stop feeling for him. I just couldn't.

Luke's POV :
I woke up in the morning at 8a.m to get ready for my football practice. As i woke up, i saw that it was raining outside. I hated rain and the puddles that formed after it ended. I proceeded towards the window and stood there just to spend some time with the nature, through the window and the first thought that came into my mind was Rosie.

That girl was such a lovely person. She thought more about others more than she thought of herself. She cared about her friends, her mother and everybody around her. But she never told me anything about her father. She never talked about him. I heard that a father is a girl's first best friend, and seeing my sister being really close to my dad i presumed Rosie to be the same. But all she talked about was her friends; Alicia and Amy or her mother.

Her mother. She was used to be really close my mom. The idea of making my mom to hers arose in my mind. Standing by the rain gave me crazy ideas this time. I went downstairs to talk to my mom about it. It was 15 past 8 and i had to reach the coaching center by 8.45 am but i didn't care about being late at that time, for the first time in the entire 17 years of my life. Okay, almost 18.

I recuperated her in the kitchen, making breakfast for me.

"Mom, i really need to talk to you" i said being really serious.

"Okay honey but before that i need to ask you something too." She reported with a smile on her face.

"Yeah sure. What's wrong mommy?" I asked with a skeptical look on my face.

"Nothing's wrong son. I heard you talking to your friend Rosie on call last night. And i suppose she is the same Rosie?  Rosie Stuart?"

"Umm yeah. We're really good friends and-"

She cut me off by saying
"-I need her mother's number."

I stood there with a blow on my face thinking that how did my mother know exactly what's going on in my mind.

"Yeah i will get you her number. Don't worry. Thanks mom." I passed her a smile.

"And what was that 'thankyou' for?" She asked being skeptical.

"Nothing mommy." I turned around and rushed towads my bedroom. I quickly turned my phone on and called Rosie. She picked up the phone after calling 3 times. She was such a sleep hound.

"Hello? Yess"
She said in her sweet but sleepy voice that gave me chills in my spine.

"Rose it's me. I need to talk to you"

"You could've talked about it later too. Why did you call me so early in the morning?  It's Saturday and we don't even have to go school. Is everything alright?  What about your football practice? Are you quitting football? What?-"

"'-Stop Rose. You talk so much. Listen to me first"
I cut her off.

"Yeah what?"

"My mom needs your mom's number. She wants to contact her old friend. And a good cousin."

"Was this the important thing you had to talk about it?"
She said in a pissed off tone.

"Yes. Isn't it exciting?"

"Yes it is. I will text you her number. Now let me sleep Luke. Bye"
She conveyed while yawning before disconnecting the call without even hearing my Bye. How rude was that.

I got ready and went for the football practice. On the way i kept thinking about my excitement which was snubbed by Rosie's attitude. I felt like only i was dieing to meet her, she didn't care anyway. This seemed to be just like a one sided affection. Only i felt positivity towards her, for Rosie i was just like her other friends. She couldn't even possibly like me, i tortured her through out her middle school. She still might be angry over me with that.

I reached the coaching center and i was 30 minutes late. LATE. For the first time in life.
I sighed and entered in. I saw the other boys practicing and the coach turned around to look at me.
"Mr. Brayn, you're really on time. Do you know that?"

"I'm sorry sir. There was a lot of traffic." I lied.

"These people crossed the same roads to reach here. They're not as late as you are." He reported angrily while pointing towards the others.

"I'm sorry sir. This won't happen again."
I said hesitantly.

"It surely shouldn't" ordered the coach.

I got scolded because of Rosie. I got late because of Rosie. I got pissed off because of Rosie. But i didn't hate her for that because i had deeper feelings for Rosie than these little things. Her every single thing admired me, even her single hello. Her sweet and melodious voice echoed in my mind the whole day. The first time i talked to her, her voice filled my heart with joy and never felt such pleasure. She stuttered, unlike other girls she was so simple and innocent.Her giggles and little jokes. Her tone when she talked something deep and intense. Her confidence over herself and her minor attempts to defend herself when we got into an argument. Her voice when she was angry and got pissed off but when she used to get silent after that, it killed me.

Rosie was such a sweetheart. I loved everything about her but I knew that she didn't feel the same about me. She was not the kind of person who could get herself comitted or feel that deep for someone. She was free spirited and selfless. She would do anything to make others happy but won't trust anyone with her heart. But i didn't know the reason behind her never being able to give her heart to anybody.

I hoped to know that someday. But before that, i wanted to spend more time with her, to actually know if i was actually strong enough to give my heart to such a sensitive girl and did Rosie feel the same about me.

So closeness between Rosie and Luke is increasing. All that's left is the bridging of the gaps between their hearts which would lead these two be together. Keep reading guys. Thankyou for reading this far. :')