•The Journey•

Chapter 4: Jace? Jace Jordan?

"Mia?"I hear someone call my name.
Someone again calls me out. I open my eyes and see Ethan looking at me.

"Yeah?" I ask in a drowsy voice.

"We have reached the hotel."

"Oh okay."

I get out of the car with my bag followed by Ethan. He calls me out, "Want me to carry your bag till your room?"
"Oh no, thanks." I say with a smile.

We get to the reception to take our room keys. Twelve and sixteen, that's our room numbers.
Our rooms are on the same floor.

"Freshen up and meet at the dining room in a hour Ethan."I say before we go to our rooms.

My room is fragrant and cozy.
I quickly enter the bathroom. It is very large and has all the necessary things.

After taking a bath , I wrap the towel around myself and leave the bathroom. I decide to wear something comfy. I wear a black oversized tshirt and a grey palazzo. I quickly tie my hair into a pony and just add on a little makeup so that I don't look exhausted. I still have fifteen minutes remaining to go to the dining room so I decide to just lie down.

As I walk to my bed, I see a big mirror at the right side of the bed. I look at myself, at my curves, at every detail of my body. Its been such a long time since I've done this, admired myself. Things have changed so quickly in two years.
The Mia from two years back has been buried by the people who didn't know how to keep her . I rewind everything in my head of the past two years, the dreadful two years.

I look at the clock and its already eleven and I have to leave. No time for lying down.

I enter the dining room and I see that Ethan Baker is already at the table waiting for me. Our eyes lock and I give him a smile like a June sweet rose.
"Hey."I say as I reach at the table. All he says is "Order what you'd like to have."
I wonder how we'll be comfortable if he is always this rude and short spoken.
After I'm done eating my pancakes and he with his egg, I try beginning the conversation.
"The food is good here, isn't it?" I ask.

"Yeah , it is."
After a long pause, he says,"I really loved her ,you know."
I look at him. His eyes look as innocent as a five year old. "Love can't make people stay though." I say.
"I gave her all that I could , all my love too."

"Maybe your all wasn't sufficient for her. But that doesn't make you a bad person. You gave your best, she just couldn't look through your eyes. "

"In the last few months, I knew something was wrong but I never thought she would leave me for the business tycoon Michael Jordan's son."

My heart skips a beat.

"JACE?Jace Jorndan?" I ask , slurring my words.