Perfect Chemistry

8

" Thanks" I said.

He looked at me a little confused."For what?" He asked.

" When I called you- " he cut me off.

" Could you do one thing for me? " he asked, and I nodded in response. " I want you to live in the moment right now. Forget about whatever happened to you and just bond with everything around you. When you're ready to tell me what happened I'll be right here, okay? " he said. Alex really understood me, I didn't need to say anything yet he knew exactly what I needed . We finished eating and were admiring the scenery before us. Trying to forget whatever happened for a moment.

I felt like I needed to get whatever happened off my shoulders.

" I went to Austin's place this noon to pay him a surprise visit-"  I sighed as I  began narrating what happened this morning as the event was still clear in my mind. Alex stopped scrolling through his phone and paid absolute attention to what I was saying, realising I needed to get it off my chest.

" I headed up to his room and when I got there it seems that I was the one who had the surprise coming-" I said... struggling a little to continue to narrate but from where I got to it would be easy to guess the rest.  " He cheated on you?" Alex asked calmly realising how fragile I was at the moment.  I nodded and a few tears escaped from my eyes and he immediately wiped it away. " With my best friend- " I said sniffing. " The one person who has been there with me all my life. The one person I thought would never hurt me because I thought she understood all that  I've been through." I admitted sadly.  " I must be boring you with all this crying" I said laughing a little.

" No, actually, I understand you. I'd also feel like if my best friend did this to me. I'd probably beat the shit out of him. I'm sorry you had to go through this" he said while staring into space . " Look how the stars twinkle.  You know, as cliché as this sounds, they remind me of your eyes... how they used to shine with happiness before this incident.  " he said but then felt shy so was rubbing the back of his neck and avoiding eye contact with me.

"Thanks.... you know, for everything. Although I said we had to have a strict work relationship you still came when I called. People think I have a perfect life-" I laughed, " that I get everything I want, and to some point it's true. But what they don't know how is how broken I am on the inside.... my mum died when I was two years old, my dad... he's always on business trips, travelling around the world and even when he's home he's always working, trying to keep his mind off my mum cause he still feels guilty about her death.... he thinks he could have done something to save her. I'm then left here... surrounded by people who I know would leave me in the blink of an eye if I lose my social status. " I said. It felt good to get that off my chest. I appreciate how he listened without interrupting knowing how much I needed to get this off my chest. After a moment of silence he decided to speak.

" I pity that stupid boyfriend of yours and your friend" he said. " Why is that?" I asked a bit confused. " Cause they don't know the gem they just lost." He said while looking me in the eyes. His words touched me causing a blush to creep up my neck to my cheeks which were now bright pink.  I looked away and he laughed. I got close to him and placed my head on his shoulder and he wrapped an arm around my waist making me feel secure. " I'm here for you and I'm not going anywhere" he whispered into my ear and I smiled. We just sat there enjoying the silence that surrounded us. We stayed like that for a while and I eventually fell asleep.