An Olive Green Sweater

A Strange Feeling

"Time changes away people along with it, Ash....." she said. She was still standing near the window and she looked really disappointed. I went there and saw a teardrop rolling down her eye and falling on the stone windowsill and she took her finger and pressed it near the corner of her eye to wipe away those tears that spoke out what happen. I went and hugged her and she ran towards her room and threw herself on the bed.

I quickly ran behind her and I saw she had broken down and the pillow was soaking wet with her tears.
She sat on the bed, still weeping and I gently took her hands into mine and I could feel the tears she had wiped off. I rubbed her hand near the knuckles gently with my thumb and said, "How did it happen...."

She took away her hands and placed them on her lap-the right upon the left and said, "It all happen-8years ago when I was in college....."

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8 years ago

Today is mine and Chris's two year anniversary!! On this very day, two years ago, we actually saw each other for the very first time and of course not to forget, started crushing upon each other😄. It feels like he proposed to me yesterday in middle of the entire class. There are so many things that happen in these two years-so many hugs, laughters and silly fights. I remember from every movie we watched to every date we went on so well. Time truly flies when it is spent with the ones who are beloved to you. I am right now looking at myself in the mirror in a maroon bell sleeve top and jeans paired with white earrings and my hair tied into a pony as I don't want to end up breaking three combs, trying to remove out the tangles from my hair because I left my hair free.
"Ok ma, bye!"
"Bye honey!"
I went to the doorstep and my mom was behind me to lock the door after I leave. I opened the door and went through the sidewalk and got into the car. I had this sort of strange feeling in my heart like something bad is about to happen. Anyway, on the way, I gotta pick up something for Chris like a gift and a few flowers. I stopped by a flower shop and bought a few fresh tulips and went on to  the supermarket and bought him a huge milk chocolate.

I went back into the car and put on my seatbelt and continued to drive to the restaurant where Chris and I were about to meet. I was in a very happy mood and I was playing a few songs on the car and I was stuck up in a signal that had never ending traffic. I got a text from Chris and it said,
"Hey Jessie. Well.....umm...I will be a little late to the restaurant by about half an hour. In a mood to wait?"
"Ok ya...I am NOT waiting after half an hour"
"Thanks babe, you are the best"
"I know, right?😉"
"Haha...K Bye"
"Babye!"
Ok....so he's late and there is never ending traffic and I see to my left-an ice cream shop!!! I quickly parked the car and went into the shop. I pushed the glass door with the name of the shop written-Mitchell's ice cream. I went in and I saw a line leading to the counter. I stood in the line and I was looking here and there when I saw Chris. I wanted to call him but I saw somebody else who prevented me from doing so. I saw that he was with another girl who had dark brown wavy hair and sort of greenish eyes. I thought he was meeting up with another friend of his but she didn't seem to be his friend as he hugged her and I could make out from his lip movements that he said "I love you".
I heard the counter lady say, "Next please!"
I quickly went there and she said, "Hello madam! How are you doing today?"
"I am doing well..."
"So what can I get for you, miss?"
"A vanilla choco chip ice cream with chocolate sauce"
"Is that it, madam?"
"Yes"
I paid the bill and collected my order and I just took a quick glance towards the table where they were sitting and I didn't see them. Who was she though? I sat in the car and I was playing more music and I had my ice cream while listening. My thirty minutes were down and I had to drive to the restaurant. I went to the restaurant and saw he wasn't here yet. I took a table for two and went and sat there. I was browsing on my phone and I couldn't forget what I saw....

After a while, he came into the restaurant and sat on the chair in front of me and he said, "Hey beautiful and happy anniversary".
"Happy anniversary to you too...."
"Looking good today"
"Thanks"
I had the tulips and chocolate in my bag still and I said, "What made you this late?"
"Oh....about that, I had to go to the library and return a book"
I was angry with the answer as he lied to me. This shows that the girl was surely someone he didn't want to tell me about. I got infuriated at him and said,
"THEN WHY DID I SEE YOU AT MITCHELL's ICE CREAM AND WITH ANOTHER GIRL, HUH?"
"Wait...NOW YOU ARE DOUBTING ME, IS IT?!"
"What do you expect me to do when you went to an ice cream store with another girl, making it late to meet me"
"WHY THE HELL WERE YOU AT THE ICE CREAM STORE THEN?"
"You expect me to wait for you here for such a long time while you are....ok you know what-GOODBYE!"
Saying this, I took the tulips and chocolate out of my bag and put it on the table and said, "HAPPY SO CALLED RELATIONSHIP ANNIVERSARY".

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.....and I went out of the restaurant that day and got into the car. I had my face buried into my arms and I started to cry".

While she told me all of this, she was crying and she carried this story in her heart and the pain she was experiencing was equivalent to the pain one would face if a dagger was pierced through them. I took her into a warm hug and consoled her. After a while, I left from her place as it was time and I called Alex and said, "Hey..."
"Hi, where are you?"
"I just met up with Jessie..."
"Oh..."
"She told me that they broke up"
"I met Chris a few days ago and he told me about it"
"What did he tell you?"
Alex narrated the entire thing and I said, "My, that's so sad. So the girl at the store was.......
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So there you go!
This chapter at least had a cliff hanger unlike the previous one....
And about the girl, she is a new character into the story, maybe? 🤷🏻‍♀️
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