Once Upon An Us

chapter - 11 : Flashback

I couldn't believe my eyes, it was Liam, Liam Brett, my ex best friend, the one I was in love with, the one with whom I didn't want any present. I couldn't believe the fact that he danced me , the one whose face wouldn't even probably be the last one he would've prefered to see he chose to dance with her in the center.

My eyes were laid on his trying to figuring things out but the longer I looked the more I was falling for him again. The pain that made me stronger were making me weak quite opposite of what I thought back then when he left.

I could see his eyebrows lowered and drawn together , his anger was radiating from his face and he laid a hard glare on me making me anxious.

For a fact it was as true as day and night that I was enjoying the dance and his closeness was soothing to me. I lowered my eyes as soon as all the lights were turned on and the crowd whooped and shrieked in adoration.
Without looking back at him, I started wending my way to the corner of the hall , on the path I still was being stared and cheered by the audience to which I gave a faint smile.
The crowd soon got engaged in each other completely forgetting about us,about the dance, about me, I was much relieved but I could still feel a few eyes on me .
I was having a glass of vodka when a guy out of nowhere came forward and started having a conversation with me.
"Hey, you look gorgeous ", he said.
"Thank you ", I smiled.
" My name is Edward, I hope you don't mind talking to me. "
"Hi, I'm Ashley Morgan. Nice meeting you " exchanging a handshake I said.
"You dance really well, will you mind having a dance with me ", he said after a long pause.
"I would've loved to but I'm getting late, I need to leave ."
"Oh, that's my bad . " He stopped and took a step forward, "Can I have you number, I don't wanna miss a chance to meet you again. " He completed.
" I'm sorry I don't exchange numbers. ", putting my glass on a table near by I gave him a broad smile and left the venue.

I was in no mood to go back to the room so I chose the terrace, I've had always loved watching the sky, the stars, the constellations, the moon, I feel I get a lot of answers from the universe. There's a magic it carries and with faith and hope along with purity if one seeks an answer it comes in the most positive form from the universe. The universe is a strong magic under which the whole world work including you and I.

I closed the gate of the terrace behind me and found myself a comfortable place on the boundary of the terrace below the stars from where the crescent moon was clearly visible. I played a soothing retro song in the background to accompany me.
The sky was filled with stars and beside the moon at some distance there were two bright stars on either side of the moon, to be precise they weren't stars because I still remember reading an article which said that jupiter is the 4th brightest object in the sky after the sun, the moon, and the planet Venus  so apparently I assumed the one nearer to the moon to be venus and the one at more distance to be Jupiter. I could feel the cool breeze fluttering throw my hair and could even hear the silence. I turned my head up again to face the sky and closed my eyes.

I didn't want to fight neither did I want to argue with Liam anymore, I had done that alot in the past, I wanted to move ahead , of course if he tries to get on my nerves I'll fight but not today, today  marks a big achievement of nailing the presentation and successfully handling every minute details.
I opened my eyes to see a shooting star and instantly closed my eyes and made a wish with folded hands, a wish that the execution too get along smoothly.

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(*Flashback*)

It's been three days and I got no message from Liam.
Should I text him? I asked myself but the last reply was mine, he might be busy, I answered myself , shrugging off my thoughts and I started scrolling back the insta feed.