srndpty. --> a jared and drea fanfic

Part 32

Jared never looked for her. What he did was wait... and pray desperately. Because that was what his mom told him. That the good things in life... that love, they all come to you, even when you don't want it. Even when you did not expect it. Because something is always meant for you. 

And now, maybe the one meant for him... is... 

"Jared, can I borrow this?" Cal jumped from his couch, holding his old digital camera in his hands. As good as he can remember, it's out of space.

"I think the memory chip is full, buddy." He tells him, checking on the camera. It's really out of space.

Cal gets it back anyway. "It's okay, I will just use the pictures as reference to my drawings. Drea gave me painting mediums, I think I should use that."

He smiled and messed his hair. "Sure. Show me your artwork once it's done, alright?"

From a distance stood Michaela Stone, wearing a burgundy high-neck top and a black pencil-cut skirt that extends below her knee. After letting Cal borrow his camera, Jared caught the sight of Mick, waiting by the doorframe.

"Come on, we don't want to be late for the big event." She says with a smile. Cal ran to her aunt and headed outside where Zeke Landon is waiting. Meanwhile, he still walked the distance to the full-length mirror in his living room, fixing his collar and securing his cufflinks. This suit is the perfect fit. Why wouldn't it? Drea even hired a tailor to customize this for him.

"Do you wanna know a secret?" Michaela appeared behind him as he fixed his growing hair. He looked at her from the mirror, and she's wearing burgundy. Usually, when he thinks of burgundy, the first thought that comes to mind is Drea. But now, it is Michaela who wears her color.

She still looks beautiful to him...

"Do you still have anything I don't know yet?" He jested, talking to Mick's reflection. "Nearly twenty years, Mick. That's how long we've been together. Although we didn't end up like we wanted, I still know you like no one else."

She scoffed and stepped a little bit closer to him, looking at his eyes straight from the mirror.

"True. You know me like no one else and that goes the same for you, too. But if there's anything I didn't tell you, it's because it's not my secret," she breathes in. "But you deserve to know."

He looked at her eyes with the same magnitude of curiosity he had when she told him she's getting married to Zeke. It seems hard for Michaela to find the correct words to say but she managed to, anyway.

"When Drea and I tailed you at that bar where the Xers are... we saw you kissing your new girlfriend outside," she chortled. "And she's right... seeing my ex kiss another woman stings. It's not the best sight to see. However, that didn't mean I hate to see you moving on... building a love with another girl. I just can't be happy for you because I felt betrayed."

The pulse of her words caused his lips to tremble and his throat to go dry that's why he had to recover his stance and swallow.

"Why are you telling me this?" He asked. He wants to cut it short already, because he doesn't want false hope to seep through.

"I want you to know that I am all for your happiness, Jay. But everyone knows that that happiness is something I cannot give you anymore. I have Zeke now, and you... I know you will find someone you will love more than me," her voice was stern, especially when she mentioned Zeke. "In case you are still waiting for me, or hoping that things will go back to the way they used to, I'm asking you don't. We're not getting any younger, Jared. Catch up on your time."