•The Journey•

Chapter 6: He Held My Hand

We are in the dining room eating our lunch.

I order cheesy sweet potato and tuna bake and he orders a simple chicken grill sandwich for himself. After the converstaion in the room, none of us said anything expect that Ethan said that we should get our lunch done.

"You want to go to the room after this?"asked Ethan.

"You have some better plan?" I say with a small smile.
"Ummm yeah, we could go to some spot."

Its five and all I think about is some rest but I anyways say yes to go somewhere.

We quickly get to our rooms after lunch and get ready. I plan to just wear what I have been wearing since we came here. So I just freshen up. I decide to keep my hair open. He decided  to meet at the reception by quarter to six so we could even see the sunset.

As I get there , there are no signs of Ethan. I wait for five minutes .
He hasn't come yet. I decide to go to his room to check if everthing is fine.

I am halfway through the corridor of the floor our room are on , I see him coming from the opposite direction. Just as fine looking as he was when I first saw him.

"I'm so sorry, couldn't make it on time."he says as he approaches me.

"It's alright."
"So ready to go ?"

"Yes yes."I say although I still wanted to stay in the room.

Ethan has booked an Uber before hand . He says we are going to some Feather Point. Its a twenty minutes car ride.

Ethan opens the door of the car and ask me to get in first. We settle down and all I can think about is asking him about everything.
"Ethan, tell me everything."

"Everything?"he interrogates.

"Yeah , I mean about Claire. When things were right , when they started going wrong. All about that."

"I will obviously tell you but now that I know she left me for your ex, I need to know your story too. Your's and Jace's." Ethan says

"Uhhh , I don't really talk about it to anyone."

"I don't too , Mia. But we need to tell each other everything. That's how all the truth comes out. That's how we'll stop blaming ourselves. That's how our scars will heal. I hope you understand."

"Yeah , but you begin please." I request.

"Maybe when we get back to our rooms? Now let's just enjoy."

I nod.

I wonder how is he so calm. I was the one who was supposed to talk to him about his problems and soothe him but I feel it's going the other way round.

We reach the spot. And I must say, sunset has never been so amazing in our town.
The sun dipped below the horizon, the last gasp of beauty before the death of the day. We just quitely stand there looking at the sun as it sets.

We don't say anything.
That moment was so perfect.

It had been a while since I felt something like this. I get lost in my thoughts and suddenly I feel someone holding my hand.

It was Ethan.

The first feeling is of excitement, a rush of great excitement.A familiar warmth flashed through me, easing the pain.

"Don't worry Mia. Everything will be okay. You will be okay." Ethan says in a soothing voice. And honestly, these few words that he said put me to ease. I don't look at him. And I guess , he too is looking at the sunset. I don't say anything too. I just press his hand denoting a YES.