Fate's Play

Aiden?

                                      "I love you Merida" he smiled as he kissed my forehead and this small gesture, made me blush profusely. "I love y-" I was cut mid-sentence when someone called me, "Grace" But he hugged me even closer and placed his head on my neck. "I'm sorry I couldn't find you sooner. I'm sorry that you... You didn't love me" he whispered, as he let me from his hug. I did love him and why is he saying this to me? I was confused. What was he saying? I looked at his lilac blue eyes but he was staring ahead of me and his jaw tightened. I turned to see that Remi was standing near his red vintage car. I felt like someone stabbed my heart when I walked towards Remi.

                                      All of me, wanted to go run into his hands but my mind wasn't listening to my own heart. It followed it's right path. It was as if I had no other choice except choosing Jeremy. He kissed my hand and gave me a bouquet. I climbed into his car and waved back at him. I saw him breaking down, but he pulled everything together as he smiled at me. A small tear escaped his eyes as our car moved forward. I couldn't tolerate the sadness when I left him. "Why are you crying?" I was crying? I touched my cheeks to see tears on my fingers. Did I make a wrong choice of choosing Remi? "What happened Grace?" he turned his attention to me. "Nothing" I said and the next thing I heard was a loud  bam.

                             "Dude! You're a heavy sleeper. Wake up girl!!" Mel yelled at me. It was followed by a loud thud. "We need to go shopping!" Reni screamed. "Renita, shut it!" I countered back as I squirmed under my blanket. "We are heading back this afternoon" This spiked my interest and I was wide awake now. "Okay I'm up, but are you serious?" "Yep. We came here cause our school was off on Friday as well as on Monday... So we decided and ended up here" she exhaled. "But things didn't turn out good when we saw you at the hospital" "I'm sorry. I wasted our quality time!" I whined. "Don't worry, we still have a forever within our numbered hours" Reni winked at him. "Copied from TFIOS?" "Well, changed up a lil' bit" she laughed. "Where's my other dude?" "She's in the restroom" she said. "Okay" "Okay" and we both ended up laughing.

                           "I'm waiting!" I said to those two people who were bidding farewell to my mum. "Whose car is that?" grinned Mel. "I might or mightn't have got this for birthday" I exclaimed. "Wow, it's so gorgeous babe" "Yeah and it's brand new cause I drove it only once. Wanna try?" I asked them. "Me!" Reni caught the keys. "Well, it's not as beautiful as yours Mel" she chuckled. We drove a long way to reach the nearest mall, yes this was said by my best friend Reni. They both dragged me to the dress section as soon as we reached the mall. "Uh-oh. Not gonna happen ladies. You have to stuff me up with food" I said as I stopped in my tracks. 

                          "Renita, you go select dresses while I stuff this panda with food" Mel instructed her and pulled me to Starbucks. "What do you want?" she asked me as she took her wallet. "Chocolate smoothie" "Done" she said as she went to the billing counter. "Babe, you go to Reni... Guess I won't make it in time cause the line is long" she exclaimed. I chuckled and said, "You go to her, I'll wait here... Deal?" She pulled up her eyebrows when she said, "No but..-" I cut her and said, "No buts, it's my smoothie. So, I'll stay" "Okay... okay" she said raising her hands in acceptance. I took her place in the queue and pulled my phone to kill some time.

                         "Your smoothie?" came the addictive melodic voice. I didn't dare to make an expression that I heard him. "I know you heard me because you flinched slightly" he stated flatly. Sensing the crowd, my hand automatically found the bluetooth at the back pocket. I know that you're judging me but I can't help it. I missed his intriguing figure. "So what? You're not mortal, I only talk to mortals" "Ah! I didn't see that coming" he said as he clutched his chest. I chuckled and gained a few stares around. Ignoring them, I asked, "Why am I the only one who is able to see you? Why are you following me? How are you in this state? What happ-" "Woah woah woah slow down lady" I blinked at him.