Heartbreak Weather | ✓

♡༉ d.

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I needed a break. I needed a break from everyone & everything.

So I had called in sick from school for a week straight, had become inactive on every social media – and the only person who knew about it beforehand was Eli. And he had been nothing but supportive, and it is one of the reasons why he is still my best friend. Kaleb was very supportive too -- and I could feel the old sparks of our friendship returning, all the fights and arguments kissed goodbye.

You? You didn't pry. You didn't ask. In one way, I was disappointed. In other way, I was relieved.

After one week, when I had felt energised enough to face the world again, I went back to school.

Things were a bit different, yeah, you had gained a lot of friends with who you talked to on a daily basis now – and you were especially close with Allison.

And I was happy, I really was. For the first time, when I saw you being close with another girl – I was truly happy for you. No bit of remorse or jealousy had plagued me.

I walked up to you, and seeing me approaching you, you excused yourself.

"Hey."

"Hi," You had answered in a curt voice,"What's up?"

"Nothing much, what about you? How have you been?"

"How do you think I was when I knew that you were ignoring me?"

My eyebrows scrunched up as I replied,"I wasn't ignoring anyone, okay? I was just taking a much needed break from everyone."

"Oh," You had mumbled, giving out a mirthless chuckle,"So now I come in the everyone category, huh?"

"What do you mean?" I had asked, trying hard to hide the irritation creeping in my voice.

You had walked out of my life simply because Kaleb had asked you to. You stayed away from me for weeks and weeks, simply because Amelia had asked you to.

I understood Amelia's view. She was perhaps still insecure of the fact that you had feelings for me, once. If I were in her shoes, I would have acted the same way.

But you? I didn't get you. Was I not worth a single fight? Was I only worthy of coming back to when all other options were closed? Was I so easy to give up on? Was I so easy to replace, hm? Gossips and gossips everywhere -- about how you replaced me with Allison. I wasn't even jealous anymore -- but sad at the fact that I was so easily replaceable.

"I would have never ignored you or taken a break from you just like that – because I care about you."

I internally scoffed. Oh? So caring about me drove you further away from me when Amelia had asked you to maintain a distance, ain't I right?

"You are reading it all wrong," I started, pushing back all the other words down my throat,"It is not what you think-"

"Oh, but it is, Elaine," You whispered, shaking your head at me,"You just don't care about me anymore."

I interrupted but you cut me off by repeating yourself,"You just don't care anymore."

My lips twisted in a sad, rueful smile,"If that's what you think."

And after those words, we had just looked at each other – looked at each other hard & long – probably because we both wanted to scan each other's features for one last time.

And,

then,

you,

walked,

out,

of,

my,

life.

And I watched you walk away, shaking off the remnants of a relationship that had been doomed from the very start.

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A/N : And, this is the last chapter of the book. I hope you all liked it! Next is the epilogue. Which will be followed by a Q/A chapter in which I will be answering the questions I have received.