His Yarra Girl

Chapter 4

Navya Tandon

Miserable. Pathetic. Rejected. Terrible. 

These feelings are the only thing that is currently clouding my mind. Everything was going well. His cheerfulness. The way he talked, the way he walked. Every little thing about him ignited a spark inside me. Seeing him again after so many years, my feelings for him resurfaced. I was so elated to see him in flesh and bone. 'Cause all these years I just saw him in my mind, not a single picture of him is there, but today after seeing him in front of me, it was a different feeling. 

I didn't realize when I started crying. Someone wiped my tears away, which brought me out of my trance. It was Jeremy looking at me with sadness stuffing his eyes. I instantly hugged him and cried.

"Why did he act like that Jer? He's the one who came inside to meet me. He's the one who started talking to me. He's the one who made me remember the Paris incident when I didn't even talk anything about it. He was talking to me in all delighted aspect, then why the hell did he behave like this at the end Jer? Why?", I cried asking him.

"Shh... shh... don't cry my sweet pea. You know that I hate when you shed tears right? So now don't cry over him", he patted my back. 

"How could I not cry over him, when I love him Jer", I whispered quiet enough for him to hear. He broke the hug on hearing my confession. 

"You love him? As in, I'm in love with Aaron?", he inquired me, to which I nodded. "Oh my goodness", saying this he hugged me again. I sobbed even harder this time. 

"But you said it's just a crush right?", he asked me again. Probably to clear his doubt. 

"It was Jer. It was just a crush. That's what I thought. But the moment I saw him sitting here, I felt myself breathing again. It felt like, I saw the reason for my survival. The only thought that's running in my mind 24/7 is him. When I saw him, I understood, how much I missed him, even though we're not a couple." 

I paused for a minute. "When I saw him, all I wanted to do was run into his arms and hug him. Till now, I couldn't understand why I kissed him in the first place. But now I could, because it's love at first sight for me Jer. Call me crazy I don't care. But I'm crazy for him Jer.", expressing I sobbed again.

"Hey... it's okay just calm down", Jeremy shushed me. I then heard the shuffling of footsteps, followed by the voices of my other two annoying best friends. Aaron and Hazel. 

"No, I won't. What the hell is your problem if I'm friended with Jer?", Hazel yelled at Aaron. 

"Because you like him, woman. So stay—", his words stopped the moment he saw me. "Hey princess! What happened?", polling he hugged me, even Hazel hugged me, and the hug was completed by Jeremy. Breaking the hug, Jeremy explained everything to the other two.

"That nutcase! How dare he!", Hazel was furious after hearing the story, but Aaron was calm. It was weird for Aaron to be calm, because, the sanest person in our gang was Jeremy. Making me sit on one of the chairs, Aaron kneeled in front of me and wiped my tears away.

"Princess you know about his everything right?", he asked me to which I nodded. "I mean every little thing?", he asked me again, to which I narrowed my eyes at him.

"Just tell me yes or no".

"Yes", I replied to him meekly. "Then you might also know what happened some years before right?".

"Aaron I know every single detail about him, yeah—but of course except all his favorites and other stuff, which I wanted to know personally. And also I don't know whether he's married or not.", I replied pouting.