Ever Mine

Chapter 9: It was long Overdue

It was monday, I walked to the field for my P.E. , we were told to run today. I was not the fastest, but I was most definitely in top 5, thanks to my old buddy, Harvey.

A girl came running and we both bumped into each other. She mumbled a quick apology and ran to the ground. I saw my laces were loose as she stepped on my foot accidentally, I bent down to tie my laces, as my mind was clouded by Harvey's memories. How he used to treat me with an Ice cream, every time I would finish first in class, how he would grab my snickers, and run two rounds of the entire ground, just to make me chase him, how I used to run after him like a mad bull, and how in the end he would toss the snickers in the opposite direction, as if I was a dog who would leave him alone and go for the chocolate, Idiot. Well, he was not wrong, as I used to run in the direction of my treat, and try to catch it before it touches the ground.

I smiled to myself and stood back up, turning around and starting to walk to the inner circle of the field, where everyone else were. I was about to take my second step, when I felt that my shoe lace was trapped in something and had untied again. As a reflex, I was back on the ground, to tie it back up, without thinking too much over it. I was going to grab my laces, when I saw a foot, stepping on my lace, intentionally.

I arched my neck back to allow my line of sight to rise. My eyes slowly followed his body and finally landed on his face. The sun shone behind him, making his face dark. But, I knew his face all too well, Callum. Finally, my eyes adjusted and I saw him smirk. He looked so handsome, his dirty blonde hair in a well messed up manner, which I used to set for him. He still sets his hair the way I used to. His beautiful features were shining in the light and his blue eyes were on me.

My eyes softened at the sight, but I immediately recovered and masked a hard look on my face. Was he trying to insult me? by untying my lace with his feet, so that I was on my knees in front of him. Is he here for making my life harder by these petty pranks. His expressions changed, as he saw my eyes turn hard. As if he knew what I was thinking about this situation, he knew me all too well not to.

His smirk turned into a frown, and his face gave me an expression, as if he was asking me 'How could you think like that, about me?' His eyes were pleading and he immediately bent down, on his knees. His face was a few inches away from mine, and I withdrew my hands from my shoe, and fell back. He took hold of my lace and tied it keeping his eyes on my shoes. I looked at him trying to comprehend, what he was doing. He tied my laces and stood up on his feet, giving me his hand to pull me back up, with a smile on his face.

I ignored his hand and stood back up, dusting the dirt off of me, trying not to look at him, but he didn't withdraw his hand.

"How are you?" his voice came out soft, as if he was picking his words very carefully.

"Callum," my voice sounded weak, No matter how much time I've spent preparing myself, for a situation like this. I was helpless when his blue eyes bore into mine. This was not love, I knew this was not. It was the history, no matter what he did. I knew I still cared for him. I wanted him out of my life, but I didn't want him to get hurt. "Please don't do this, Please," I said.

"Haze listen, maybe the timing of us wasn't right, you know. Maybe we can start over again. We'll maybe meet in a different city someday, in different circumstances and we can do it all over again." He said in a soft tone, his eyes soft looking at me.

"That's not the case, Callum. The timing was right. We can either keep on blaming the universe for what went down in our lives, or We both can face the fact that we were the only thing wrong with each other." I said while he just stared at me like he doesn't understand a word I said.

"I didn't say this earlier, Callum. But I was at fault too. I was too dependent on you, and didn't see anything wrong with it. I had no life of my own, It was always yours, your matches, your friends, your family. Somewhere it was my fault too that I let you control me."