Destiny

Chapter 12 - Reconcile

I was rooted on spot in front a familiar old oak door that belonged to my home .I could tell the house was abandoned at the moment but that didn't stop me from walking away without infiltrating it .

I gave a little shove to the door that had been left unlocked and it creaked open by a few inches .Out of avidity and curiosity of what I might find within , I stepped in .

I blinked twice unsure now if I had crossed the threshold of the right home .The living room seemed have toppled upside down .Surely there hadn't been a probe here or was there ?

Moreover it seemed to have been abandoned for days .Had my mom and Seth vacated the Home?
But that didn't seem likely .Wasn't my mom living at the Swan residence ever since she got remarried?

Nevertheless I took a step forward careful not to break anything under my foot since I could hardly see the cold floor beneath that had been decorated with piles of stuff I would prefer was rather put in the dustbin.

Typically, i would have been inclined towards egressing a scene as this but the house in shambles happened to belong to me once . And instead of shrinking away from the dirty odour and grubby state , I smiled and delved in further with anxious eyes trying to take in each and every detail .

The boys must have had many hangovers at my home and it looked like they were determined and set in their motive of 'not' leaving the home tidy and uncluttered at any case but all the same i was pleased to know that they hadn't abandoned Seth in my absence.

When i had peered into my room , I was in for a surprise. It was as though I had never left. It looked just as i remembered and nothing was out of place. I suppose no one had entered my my room except for Seth and mom. The only difference was that there was a layer of dust covering the bed , floor, cupboards and window panes .

I picked up a battered book lying on the floor and wiped the dust of it . I flipped it over to see the cover and realized it was the very same book i had been reading over and over a while ago during my teenage life. The cover read ' The Best Of Me'- a story that had affected me a lot for certain reasons that i couldn't quite fathom .

I recalled the day when i had stomped out of this room with my belongings and I had accidentally bumped into the shelf and thereby making this very book fall to the floor with a thud .And without a backward glance I had proceeded on my way.

Coming back to the present, I took a deep breadth and placed the book in the right place and silently walked out.

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I drove my car to Forks where Charlie and my mom stayed, and on the way i had to look out for the signboards since the roads were hardly recognizable .I was to take the second left as per the guidance given by the lady at the department store when I heard a familiar voice.

I hit the breaks and the tires squealed with protest as it came to a abrupt stop. I almost dislocated the car door when I threw it open and jumped out. My boots crushed the icy sleet that was formed on the pavement and i walked past the warehouse store thinking hard if it had been my illusion .

With bated breadth and thumping heart , I half jogged past the clearing towards the thick canopy of trees listening closely to the softest of the sounds and then i heard his voice again.

"-I'll run a round or two before I crash."Seth was saying. My head snapped in his direction .My heart skipped a beat. There might be someone else by his side but i didn't notice and distantly I felt the faint soundless shimmer in the air and realized the others must be close phasing...

With his back facing me , he didn't see my approach but I saw it straighten when he heard my footsteps.

"Seth" i whispered .His feet remained firm on the wet grass while his torso turned slowly and hesitantly and finally his eyes met mine.