He gave her a new life

Chapter 41

SOMETIMES THE PERFECT PERSON FOR YOU IS SOMEONE YOU LEAST EXPECT IT TO BE

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Jayson's POV

"She's gonna come. She's gonna come" I mumble to myself as I sit there waiting for her.

"Why are you talking to yourself" says the voice next to me. I have been waiting to hear the sweet mesmerizing voice.

I jump as she sits next to me. She's here. She's actually here. "You came. Like for real" I burst out

"Yes. Do you want me to pinch you to confirm that you are not dreaming." She chuckles. Damn I missed her laugh.

"Damn, you are here. You have no idea how I feel right now" I burst out again. I am acting like a kid who found his favorite toy.

"Now your acting like I just confessed that I love y..." She stops speaking. I know she gets uncomfortably with the talk of love.

"I'm sorry. That came out so wrong" she closes her eyes.

"It's okay. Let's not talk about it" I smile at her.

"Okay let's go, I want to take you somewhere" I hold my hand in front of her waiting for her to take it.

"Sure" she says and intertwines her fingers with mine.

"Where's your car." She turns to me as we walk out.

"At my place. Cam dropped me off here. Have to take your car. Pass me the keys" I take her keys and get into the car with her.

"I know it's hard to trust me right now. The place I am taking you now, I have never taken anyone there. Ever" I look at her and she just replies with a smile. No matter how bad I want her to tell me that she trusts me, I understand at the moment why she doesn't.

I pull up in front of the cemetery. I want to show her Bella's grave. I think that's the right place to explain everything.

"Jay, it's a cemetery" she's confused.

"Congratulations on the discovery Einstein. Of course it's a cemetery" I  mock at her confusion.

"Come on" I get out and open the passenger door for her.

We walk along a path right in the middle of the cemetery and then I stop in front of Bella's grave. Oli stands next to me.

Bella McGowan  Fitzgerald
Forever, beloved and remembered in our hearts.
Loving daughter, sister.

I look at the words and the memories flash like a slideshow. From the day I met her to the day Ella didn't let me to the funeral. I gave in. I did not want Oli to see me this miserable but I couldn't hold it in. I burst out. I drop to the ground and burst out.

"I'm sorry. I.. I'm really sorry." I burst.

Suddenly I feel soft hands on my shoulder. I open my eyes to see Oli kneeling down next to me holding my shoulder.

"I'm sorry. You shouldn't have seen me cry. I feel like a girl." I wipe my tears.

"Jay, it's okay. Just let it all out. It's okay to cry." She smiles.

"Thank you" I say and sit on the soft grass facing Oli.

"It's okay if you don't want to talk. I understand. I'm sorry I pushed you for an explanation. I shouldn't have" she gives me an apologetic smile.

"No it's fine. It's my decision. You have the rights to know. I don't want to put you in more trouble than I already have. " I look at her beautiful grey eyes. Only the sight of those glittering eyes makes me give in.

"One day when I was thirteen I got ready for school and got out of the house. There was a new family next door. They had just moved in. I walk out and passed their house. That's when I first laid my eyes on her. Ash brown hair. Beautiful grey eyes. Just like yours. You kind of remind me of her. Only the looks. Her character was totally opposite." I laugh at the thought.

"I.. I look like her" Oli gasps.

"Ya. Almost like you are her twin." I smile.

"Wow. I'm sorry" she says.

"Why. Because you look like her, don't. You still are different. And I like you for that." I lift her face to see her eyes. She's so much like her.

"Bella was a crazy girl. Such a tease. Brave, confident, independent, that's everything she was. Not to forget prankster. Big time. She loved to torture others. Especially me. I used to hate her at first. She was this clingy kind, only with me. She used to tag along wherever I went. Even though I used to hate her, I was falling for that crazy girl. Boys used to fawn over her beauty. But she never left my side. And I never left hers. If any girls tried to talk to me, Bella would go all ninja on them." I chuckle at the memory.

'He's not interested you nitwit. Stay the hell away from Jay. He's mine. You come next to him I swear I'll cut you alive and feed you to your own dogs' I smile as Bella's voice ring inside my head.

I look at Oli and see her smiling. Even her smile is exactly similar.

"I proposed to her, asking her to be my girlfriend. Two crazy kids madly in love. The age where you don't exactly know what love is. But I knew then that I loved that girl. Unconditionally, madly, truly. But what I did not realize was that I was not the only one who was in love with her." I close my eyes remembering Cam.

"Cam loved her. Didn't he" Oli's voice breaks my thoughts.

"Ya, funny how both brothers fall for the same girl. First Bella. Now it's you.." I stop when I realize I shouldn't have said that.

"No, don't apologize. I know you are gonna but don't. You have done that a lot." She smiles as I was about to ask sorry.

"Cam was in love with her. He used to run around her when she used to run around me. He proposed to her on her fourteenth birthday. She rejected him. That is when all went wrong. On my birthday she was invited home. We were in the terrace talking. When Cam came towards us and before I knew what was happening. Everything was over. I lost her. I lost Bella." I burst out.