It's been 10 years since Avery Zara has seen or heard from her childhood best friend, but now, fate has brought them together again. However, there is just one problem, Beckett refuses to remember the memories he's worked so hard to forget all these...
Today was Saturday, but it didn't feel like it. My mind was trapped in a hole that seemed to have no escape. I wanted to spend the entire day just doing homework, running errands, cleaning, etc. Just all things plain and boring. Nothing too flashy or fun, I didn't deserve it. My mother looked at me suspiciously wondering what could possibly be wrong with me today, but figured it was just my hormones or I didn't get enough sleep or something.
7:30 p.m.
I suddenly heard my mom calling out my name.
"Hey Avery, can you do me a favor?"
"Sure what's up?"
"Can you return this to Walmart really quick? I bought it yesterday, but I decided it wasn't exactly my style." She handed me a brightly colored shirt.
"Sure, I'll be right back."
"Thank you so much. There's no rush."
"Bye," and with that, I walked out the door. I decided I wanted to walk there instead of drive. It'll be more peaceful and allow my mind to wander off to other places without the risk of dying.
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Within about 45 minutes, I reached Walmart. I walked in and went straight to customer service. I swear, the wait took longer than the walk here.
After what felt like an hour (but in reality it was probably only like 30 minutes), it was my turn. I gave her the receipt and shirt. She scanned it and gave me $12.45 in change back.
"Thank you."
I just simply nodded because I was not in the right state of mind or mood all day long. I walked out with the money in my pocket and put my hoodie on.
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As I was walking, I passed by a park and decided it wouldn't be the worst idea to go see for a bit. It was spring time, so the trees and flowers were all in bloom. Plus, the park was empty at this hour which made the idea all the better.
I was just about to sit on a bench when I saw a figure walking in my direction. I didn't give it much attention and looked up to the moon. Once the man got closer to me, I took a look at his face and was surprised to see who it was, but yet not impressed. I did not want to see his face at all today, so I calmly just stood up and began to walk away. After a few seconds, I heard the sound of quick, heavy footsteps getting louder, and felt a pair of arms wrapped around me. I knew exactly who it was and didn't dare to look back. He rested his chin on my shoulder.
"Avery I'm sorry. I didn't know Emily would go that far. I was acting irrationally earlier. You didn't deserve that. I was being so selfish and taking my anger out all on you. This was never your fault. Please forgive me."
I didn't move a muscle. I just listened to Beckett's words contemplating whether or not I should forgive him.
Out of impulse I guess, I quickly shoved him off me and took a couple steps back. I started to yell at him.
"Stop acting like you care! You never cared about me, and you never will!" I began to start crying. "You've told me twice, not once, but twice to stay away from you, but yet here you are! You're the one coming to me!" At this point, I couldn't stop the tears. "Just get away from me," I said as I was turning around to run away from him. On the bright side, I got all the emotions out from inside me I was so unknowingly desperate to release.
I ran until I felt like I was a good distance away from him where he couldn't see me. I spent the rest of the walk home trying to dry my tears and to act like nothing happened. Even though I cried about losing a friend, I was actually feeling more happy than regret or anything else. I told him how I felt, and he was there when I needed him. I know not exactly in the conventional way, but he helped lift a heavy weight off my shoulders. For that one moment, nothing else mattered. This makes me sound like a horrible person, but it was true.
I opened the door to see my mom sitting in the living room.
"Hey, Avery. How was it?"
"It was good. Nothing much happened."
"Thank you so much, honey." I started to give her the money. "You know what? You can keep it as a thank you."
"Oh, okay. Thanks mom."
"Bye honey."
With that, I walked upstairs surprisingly not giving much thought to the recent events. It did come across my mind to tell Gabrielle, but decided I would later if I remembered.
