Dreams

Dreams... Contest

- An One Direction Fan Fiction contest organised by TeensLoveFantasy

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Name: Vanessa Brooklyn Chong

Couple: Zayn and Casstiella

Genre: Letter, train of thoughts, romance, sorrow

One-shot:

~In Casstiella's POV~

I was standing outside my home, beside the traditional red mailbox as I looked through the mails I had just retrieved. Flipping through the pile of letters, I noticed I received letters from the normal correspondence- bills, advertisements and junk. Nonchalantly flipping through, a shiny sliver card caught my eye. Light reflected off the sliver edge that was sticking out of the messy pile of letters. Intrigued, I separated it from my pile.

"You are invited to Zayn Malik and Mona See's Wedding" Captured my attention. It was penned neatly on the sliver shimmering card. Sunlight was cast on it as if indicating the bright future in store for them.

My eyes widened, and my mouth fell open upon seeing the wedding invitation.

"That could have been my wedding invitation," I muttered softly to myself, tears making sliver tracks on its way down my puffy cheeks.

"Maybe it is time to let go of him... There is no more space for me in his heart... He is getting married to Mona..." I trailed off, now the dam burst, tears uncontrollably making its escape from the well held-in barriers in my eyes. Unable to control my warring emotions, I ran off into the comfort of my bedroom, where sweet memories of Zayn and I hit me cruelly. Angst, I laid on the chair, spotted a ballpoint pen lying on my wooden table, then an inspiration struck me in the middle of my blurred emotions. So, I penned a letter to Zayn as tears rolled down my face, making imprints on the white, innocent, piece of paper on my desk, in front of me.

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Dear Zayn,

I know that this letter is a little late, in fact, the explanations and feelings penned in this letter should have been revealed to you before I broke us up. I am sorry. However, upon receiving the wedding invitation Mona and you sent to me, I couldn't contain these emotions to myself anymore. I need to spill them out to you. I need you to understand the reasons behind those actions. And most of all, I need to move on, seeing that you have moved on with Mona. There is nothing left for me in your heart...

I am sorry first for regretting your sweet proposal. Now that I look back upon it, I regretted. I must confess that I was shocked by it. We were going so smoothly, everything was so sweet, then you broke that cycle by proposing. I was stunned by it. And I said the deadly words towards you, ending our sweet charade, "I don't love you like that". My mind was whirling at that point of time and that was the words my mouth formed instead of the emotions I really wanted to say. I meant to tell you that I wasn't ready for the commitment and I was worried that our relationship may change after marriage. You and I both know this, it was been proven that most celebrity marriages don't last long. The stress put on them really wrecks the relationship. I wanted our relationship to last for eternity, however, in the end, I was the one to spoil it.

After so long, I have decided to let you go, let our memories go, let the memories of us baking together, of us playing at the beach, of you comforting me when my pet dog, Bark, died, of us just sitting together in silence... I miss those times...

However, I have seen the way you look at her and it makes me envious. I miss that look too, but it's Mona's now. You look at her with love evident in your eyes. Your eyes look a little wider, trying to take in all of her, intensely staring at her. And through this, I know that there is no place in your heart for me anymore. Therefore, I will let you be with Mona. Zayn, I believe you will be wit her for a really long time. Mona is caring and resilient. She will make sure your marriage, when on the rocks, will strengthen and make the most of all the opportunities with you.

In this manner, I would not stand up and reject your marriage in the chapel. I will quietly sit down in a corner and wish you the best of luck. I hope that you will stay happy. I will do the sappy thing and let you go so that you can be happy.

Love,

Casstiella

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Unused to revealing my emotions, I sat back, exhausted. It was unbelievable that I just penned a letter to you revealing my true emotions. However, after doing a quick scan of it, I tore it up. There was no way I was giving that letter to you. I would be revealing my vulnerable self to that person I most wanted to defend myself from. With the pieces of the torn letter in my hands, I stood up, sturdily walked up to the garbage bin and threw the pieces of letters in.  I watched the lonely white pieces of letters float towards the bottom of the black garbage bin.

~In Zayn's POV~

As I walked past the big garbage bin, I spotted the edge of a white paper, and on it was written, "Dear Zayn" in curiously familiar handwriting. I am sure there are many Zayns living here and I walked on, forgetting about that curious piece of paper...

Why I love Dreams...;

Dreams, I feel is beautifully written, as it clearly shows the emotions of the parties involved. Therefore, making it easy to read. Not only that, the plot is amazing. I love how it's realistic, for example, how they don't reveal their emotions to each other and how it is so hard to let go. And as a side note, I also love how kind and cute you made Zayn and the other One Direction members to be.

Vote and comment please?:)  (I feel like a broken recorder.)