Kyla's POV:
I couldn't stop smiling and looking at my hand as we danced. He was so incredibly amazing and the best ever. Every time I look back in the last 2 years the only constant was Jon. Everyone else came and went...Corey, Phil, Joe...but Jon was always there. I used to think that it would be Joe, but he changed so much and pushed me away. I'm glad he did. I couldn't even imagine how miserable my life would be right now if I was still with him. I laid my head on Jon's shoulder as Stand By Me played and got lost in thought. I knew Joe had been staring and watching all night. It kind of made me wonder why because last I knew he didn't give a shit. It didn't matter anyway. My life was complete at this point and I didn't need him or anyone else.
"Kyla?"
"Hmm?"
"What are you thinking about?"
I smiled and lifted my head and kissed him
"How happy I am to have you and that I can't wait to be your wife."
He smiled and hugged me tight and kissed my cheek. Colby came over after the song ended and asked if I would dance with him again. I agreed and then showed off my ring. He smiled and hugged me tight and shook Jon's hand. I looked to my right and saw that Joe had walked over next to Jon. Colby pulled me to the dance floor away from them
Joe's POV:
Jon looked over at me and then looked away and watched Kyla dance with Colby
"I know you've been staring at us all night. What's the problem?"
"I'm just having a hard time believing that's Kyla. She's so different...so happy...so confident. I...how?"
"It took a long time to fix what you screwed up. She's still the same Kyla...she's just happy. Very, very happy. It doesn't take much. I treat her the way she deserves to be treated and I never turned my back on her. It wasn't easy at first. I had to convince her every single time that I invited her out to go somewhere with me that I actually wanted her to go. That she wasn't a burden and the fact that she couldn't see didn't matter. All she wanted was to be treated exactly the same as before she was blind, but you made her feel like it was an inconvenience and a burden. I want to know...what did you see when you looked at her?"
"Nothing. Just...blank. She wasn't the same. I just couldn't deal with the fact that she's blind"
"You know what I see?"
I shrugged
"Kyla. That's it. I just see Kyla. I told you...she's still the same. She's still shy, sweet, funny, goofy, naive Kyla. Blind or not."
"I'm curious. Is she still blind?"
"Technically yes. She has full vision on the left and only like 50% on the right. She can see, but the one side is really blurry. If you had stuck with her you'd be the one telling me instead of the other way around. You know I even gave her the opportunity to go back to you...no questions asked...last year when her vision started to come back, but she refused."
He shrugged "You screwed up. You have no one to blame but yourself. Sorry."
He walked away and went over to Kyla and whispered something to her. She shook her head and he went outside...probably to smoke a cigarette...so I took it as an opportunity to go over to her. I took a deep breath and walked over and tapped her shoulder. Colby pulled her closer as she turned to look at me.
"Can I dance with you?"
She looked over at Colby and nodded and he let go.
Kyla's POV:
He put his arm around my waist and pulled me close. I nervously laughed and moved his arm and created distance between us. He smiled and did it again and again I moved his arm from around my waist.
"Look if you want to dance with me then you need to respect me and my space and not do that."
We started to dance and I felt awkward and uncomfortable. We hadn't talked in well over a year and that talk didn't end well. He looked nice in his gray tux and his hair pulled back. His blueish eyes always confused and intrigued me. He smiled at me and I half smiled back. I could tell he wanted to say something, but was holding back and I wish he'd just say it and get it out of the way so I could get this weird, awkward dance over with. I just wanted to go back to Jon and be happy. I felt nothing but misery when I was around Joe.
"You look beautiful"
"Uh...thank you."
"Kyla I know...you know...things are...well, nonexistent between us but I'm happy you're happy. You deserve to be happy. I just wish you were happy with me. I think about you a lot...especially lately...I was really surprised to see you here. I miss you Kyla you know. I wish I had treated you better because I did love you I just didn't know how to deal with what happened to you...."
I was really starting to feel really uncomfortable and I was praying that someone would come over and save me from this. I didn't need all of this crap that he was laying on me because none of it mattered at all...especially now...
"Joe...I need you to stop. None of this matters anymore. I mean I guess it matters to you, but it doesn't to me. I'm over it and I'm over you. Ya know...I've been with Jon for a long time now and I'm very happy and we're engaged...and I just want to move on with my life. I'm sorry you still have guilt or feelings or whatever but they aren't shared on my end."
"Engaged? Since when?"
"Since about an hour ago. Joe. Please. Please don't do this. Just let it go. This is so awkward and uncomfortable for me..."
He suddenly leaned in and kissed me
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Speared My Heart
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