If We're A Fairytale (Completed)

Chapter 26

Chapter Twenty-six

"I love you, Jane. Please... please love me back."

Tears fell continuously from my eyes and my heart clenched painfully as if it was being squeezed mercilessly. It was the first time I saw that expression from Connor, and it was hurting me that I was the cause of that. His plea resounded on my head repeatedly as if mocking me, hurting me further. I didn't want him to get hurt or anyone around me. I didn't mean to hurt anyone.

I felt a hand on my shoulder and looked up to see my mom standing in front of me she smiled at me warmly. "Mom." I cried and she hugged me, so tight that it felt like she was splinting my broken heart.

"Shhh... I know, listen to your heart baby, everything's gonna be fine." She cooed and I continued crying on her chest and she stroked my hair, sending comfort deep within me, where I needed it the most. It was after a while when I stopped sobbing and my breathing started to pace down to its natural rhythm.

"Are you okay now?"She asked and I nodded my head weakly, faking a smile as I did. She tugged my lips downward into a scowl and I looked into her questioningly, "Sometimes, it's okay not to smile when you don't feel like it. Because pretending won't solve anything and won't alleviate the pain you are experiencing." She said as she wiped my tears-stricken face.

I nodded weakly and wiped my own face, she draped her arm over my shoulder and we walked towards the house silently, no one talked. As we came nearer at the back of our house where the mini-dinner was being held, I noticed few familiar faces talking animatedly at each other. I looked at my mom questioningly and she smiled sheepishly at me, my heart pounded on my chest as I recognized the familiar faces as my officemates.

"I invited your friends over, is that okay?" she smiled and I didn't know how to respond. They saw Nath, and they saw Nate here. They didn't know anything, how am I going to explain this mess to them without them misunderstanding anything.

"How?" I breathed unbelievingly as I stared at the scene in front of me. Her hands dropped on her side and she looked at me apologizing.

"Should I not invited them at all?" she asked and I wanted to scream my lungs out, I'm so emotionally tired that I didn't want to talk to anyone as of the moment. Nath saw me and she smiled widely, I wanted to clamp her mouth shut so as not to--- "Mommy!"She screamed happily and all heads snapped on my direction. All their faces where screaming 'answer us' as if there were neon signs flashing on their foreheads and I wavered a little, my knees felt like Jell-O.

"Are you okay?" My mom asked but I couldn't respond, I couldn't talk, I just wanted to sleep, snuggle on my bed and curl into a tight ball, where no one could hurt me and demand answers from me.

I felt a soft object, which I was guessing a finger, caressing my face. Normally, I would get annoyed but this person didn't tick a nerve on me. It actually felt comforting. It felt familiar. I slowly peeled my eyes open and squinted by the unfamiliar light flooding my vision, after blinking multiple times, my view became clear at the same time the caressing stopped. I looked around and the least person I expected to be here was sitting right beside me, Nate. He was looking at me worriedly which I never seen since six years ago. I wanted to cry.

"Are you okay? You fainted back there." He said and my dazed brain analyzed his statement slowly.

"I what?" I asked and he repeated what he just said more slowly.

"You fainted back there. Are you okay now?"He asked and finally my rusted brain was able to analyze it now, I looked around and realized I was in my 'old' room, with Nate--- alone. I nodded weakly and he touched my forehead with his hand.