I Can See The Stars From America [COMPLETED]

Chapter 31: One Last Chance

Please read the author's note at the end. Thanks.

Chapter 31: One Last Chance

****Caroline's POV****

The tall bloke whose back of the jersey said 'Clay' continued dribbling the ball in full vigour while dodging all the incoming players. My eyes kept shifting from one player to the next and Clay's team mates who were shouting out to him while he was leading ahead with full confidence. I looked around me and saw a few other students watching the game in anticipation. Sighing, I turned my attention back to the game just in time to see Clay swoop his way to the hoop and dunk the ball in. Whoops were heard from all around but all I could do was reminisce.

This was how I even started crushing on Kevin in the first place.

All I would do back in high school was eagerly anticipate seeing Kevin walk through our school doors for a match and cheer him on like there was no tomorrow.

Little did I ever imagine that I would get the opportunity to talk to him...to love him...to be loved in return...and to ruin everything in the end.

It had almost been a little more than a month since Kevin broke it off with me. My eyes clouded at the thought and at our last conversation.

I couldn't ever accept it that we were over. I couldn't give up so easily. I knew I was given the opportunity I had been dying for ever since I saw Kevin on my final day in the US for a reason. Even though we were muddled over a misunderstanding and unexplained situations, I wasn't ready to give up yet. I just didn't feel it right to explain myself over the phone.

However ridiculous it sounded owing to the distance between us, I wanted to talk to Kevin face to face and clear things out. But I knew that couldn't happen anytime soon. So I was ready to wait for however long it took to make sure I gave him an explanation he truly deserved. I wanted to see his reaction right in front of my eyes after I was done explaining. If he felt that I was still not worth it and that it was better we both parted ways, even though hearing that from him would be absolutely hard for me to digest, I would do as he said. Because to be honest, if I were him, I would do the same. Kevin deserved the world and he should be with someone who deserved him.

I always had the urge to call Kevin and let him know that I wasn't done with him and that I wanted to explain things to him properly. I wanted to ask him if he could give me some time but I realised that was selfish. I had already hurt him enough by leaving him in the dark for quite some time and requesting him to wait for my explanation while he could actually be spending time with someone much better than me was asking way too much. Thus I didn't have the will or the guts to even text him.

Internally, I hoped he wasn't rushing himself to completely let go of me but the total silence from his side was dreadful. I could only hope. There was nothing else I could do. I felt so guilty and so messed up that every decision I was making was a huge deal and I wanted to sort things out the right way.

I had asked Abigail if she knew anything about what Kevin was up to these days and she told me she had no clue because they weren't frequently contacting each other. She had also said that ever since she shifted to London, there had been no contact at all. It worried me that he wasn't contacting Abigail as much as he used to before and that she being his best friend was unaware. Did he stop contacting her because of me? Maybe I was just over thinking.

She was really anxious regarding what was going on between us and I told her everything. Her expression was torn as I narrated all that had happened and we were both crying at the end with her whispering sweet nothings to me; telling me it would all be okay.

We could only hope.

The ringing of my phone brought me back to the present.

My eyes grew wide and a frown formed on my face reading the name of the person calling me.