Imperfect

18

"So let's see what's coming on the radio" he said as he took out his radio.

His radio is grey in colour with a grey handle and white buttons. It's his dad's radio. It's the only thing he had when he ran away.
I hate to imagine a small boy, scared, homeless, hungry and cold in an unknown town. I can never understand his feelings.

"...on my beating heart, I'm thinking out loud...that we found love..." I heard the song played by the radio.
"Omg! That's my favourite song! Thinking out loud!" I love this song by Ed Sheeran. But the song was on its last line. My smile dropped and I turned towards the river.

"When your legs dont work like they used to before..." I heard the song again. I turned and saw Alec singing. Oh my goodness! He sing like.......... For a moment I thought the radio channel was playing it again!

Alec stood up and walked towards me.
This was the first time that a song seemed so relatable to my situation.

"How people fall in love in mysterious ways...kiss me under the light of a thousand stars.." he kept singing as he kissed my forehead.
Today, I think, the stars are twinkling just for us. The moon is bright just for me and Alec. I don't know if this world was always this beautiful or it just seems today because of this dickhead.

Its mid night and I was resting my head on his beating heart. We were lying on the ground near the river. His hand was busy patting my head softly.
Suddenly he lifted me off the ground, taking me back to the house. When we reached there, he placed me on the bed and lied next to me. He wrapped his arms around my waist and I drifted into my sleep.

"Happy birthday Harmony!!" I heard a voice. It's not Alce. It's Chris.
"What's up Chirs! Hi!" I hugged him and saw Alec leaning against the wall. "Chis I wanted to thank you that day. I didn't even introduced myself --"

"Calm down. First we're gonna celebrate your birthday. Look I bought some cupcakes" he said and I spotted three cupcakes in a plate on the ground with a candle inbetween them.
"How did you get to know it's my birthday?" It's not possible. I didn't even told Alec about it.

"Your mother has posted on the Facebook about your birthday. She wrote she misses you a lot. And some jerks are commenting that it's no use, her daughter is already dead. People are forcing your parents to keep a funeral for you" well, Chris brought me a lot of information.

I know my mom, she is the strongest woman I've ever met. My dad is a bit sensitive. But my mom knows to handle every difficult situation. I just hope they are fine. I feel so ashamed for giving them so many problems. And they might be thinking I'm in a big problem. But look at the irony, I'm happy as hell.

Alec sat next to me as I blew the candle. Chris sang the whole happy birthday song. He seems even more excited than me for my birthday.

Alec kept his arm on my shoulder and said " I have a perfect gift for you. A news."

"A news?"

"Yeah. You are going back to your house! Actually....Shaun and Bryan have to go out of the town for a big deal and they are leaving me behind for finding you. That day, Chris would be bring a car near the forest. Then, he will drive you back to your house from the other route." Alec smiled. I looked towards Chris, he was happy too. But I wasn't. I don't know why. I should be the happiest person on earth right now. But instead I felt lost.

"It's after one and a half months. I know it's too long for you" Alec said as his fingers examined my neck.

" No, it's too less" I said softly. I could clearly see that he was amazed. "People fall in love in mysterious ways, right Alec? And.....I've fallen. God! I love you"
There came his smile. The smile which makes me feel thousands of emotions at the same time. And then, I'm carving for him.