The Masked Duet

eight - joy

edited February 15 2016

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hayley

I should have felt bad for saying something like that and just walking away, but I didn't. And I don't know how I am supposed to feel.  A whirlwind of emotions are swimming around me at this moment.

It wasn't that I didn't want to look back that I didn't, it was becuase I couldn't.

I couldn't see the pain in his gorgeous ice blue eyes, following me as i walked selfishly away from him. Or how he stood motionless in a crowd of bustling people, longing for my return.

As I walked out, leaving Casey alone, I hung my head low, trying to hide the slow sobs that racked my body. I don't know why I am crying so much, but the tears blurred my vision.

And then I ran into something hard. Someone.

I look up, tears still running down my pale face, looking like a wet mess, and met the most beautiful brown doe eyes. All my sadness and tears seemed to fade away, as the boy smiled his infectious smile as he always used to.

All I could do was scream as I recognised my oldest bestest friend, Kian.

"Hayley?" Kian laughed in surprise, as he covered his ears from my loud squeal. I jumped in excitement and we hugged tightly.

I was in total shock as I looked into his deep brown eyes, remembering the memories of the times we shared; going skinny dipping at midnight when we were 15, skipping school to sneak into the new action movie in the cinema, and other memories that we shared together.

All of those fun memories were kept safely in his warm brown eyes, and the bad ones live in the back of both of outer minds, trying to forget them.

So after reminiscing for a while, we went to our secret place; a hidden waterfall where we first went skinny dipping when we were in year ten. But it had been awkward ever since the accident.

All I could say as we sat on the rock was, "So, how have you been?" 

"Fine," was all he could say, with a thin smile and a nod of his head.

"Kian, why aren't you talking to me? Telling me all your secrets like you used to," I asked. Those secrets he told me when we were young, was exactly that, secrets. Never to leave my lips. Kian just sat there in silence, and i knew what he was thinking.

kian

I want to tell her what happened over the past three years, but I keep thinking about what happened last time.

* * * * *

Everyone laughed as Hayley had just told another corny joke to our friends and families that were gathered around the Christmas dinner table.

I knew I had to tell her soon, it was getting dark.

"Hail, can I talk to you for a minute?"

"Yeah! Coming," she responded as she jumped out of her chair and ran towards me.

I could see Casey's face poking around the corner where I had lead Hayley the second before. I could tell that he was jealous ever since year eight when I had asked Hayley out, and ever since we have been dating, he is always there 'checking on her'.

But now we are all sixteen, and it is time to leave that jealousy thing forever,and he won't have to worry soon anyways.

"What's up? " she asked.

"Um," her eyes narrowed in curiosity and worry as I had became nervous.

"I enlisted in the army," I blurted out all at once. Her face said it all. Anger, betrayal, sadness.

But instead of hugging me, congratulating me, she ran.

Ran off into the streets.

The tears were blurring her vision, I know that because if she wasn't crying, she would have been able to see the car.

* * * * *

"I know what you're thinking Kian," Hayley snapped me out of my nightmare.

"And it wasn't your fault. It was mine. I shoud have never ran off like that, I did that to myslef. I just couldn't handle you leaving," she started sobbing, which was weird for Hayley. I didn't know what to do.

"Oh! Um, stop, stop crying. It's okay," I shamelessly treid to comfort her as I awkwardly stroked her back.

I think it worked because she started laughing instead of crying.

 ~ ~ ~ ~

Okay, reading that back, it probs wasn't as suspenseful and mysterious as I had intended... sorry!! Plus I don't know how to write Flashbacks... just for future reference.
Hope you somewhat enjoyed!

Laura x