"They took each other from dark to ray,
Each was different
But flower of a bouquet"
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Senior year in high school teaches them important lessons if life, self discovery and meaning of t...
Olá leitor Anthony's P. O. V ———————————————————————
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Sometimes you win, sometimes you loose. But if every time you win, it becomes a habit . And a habit never makes you happy.
The same thing is happening to me. I am not able to feel as proud or as happy as anyone else would've been if they were in my position. As for the elections, sadly I wanted him to win. That's strange. But I really hoped that he won. Geremy deserved and needed it a way more than me.
I know i won just because most of them wanted to be friends with a rich guy. My parents can afford any college but he needed it for college admissions. Haplessly, I can't even do anything about it. I had to do it. I am the perfect son , remember.
Mom and Dad were acting all happy as they got a chance to throw a party and show off their son. The party with a royal theme. Who throws a theme party for families these days?
And the cherry on the cake is I Am The King. I am looking all Halloween in this costume searching for a way to get out of here. After half an hour ,At the right moment, when Dad is showing his new whiskey collection and Mom is busy playing cards I got out of the house looking like a guard to the queen of England.
Where will I go now?
To my place.
The place secluded.
The place unknown.
The Cliff.
-•–•—•—•–•- It took me about quarter to an hour to reach there on the car that I got as a present for my seventeenth birthday. I drove while listening to music that I like.
Everything on the cliff is same but different. There is the same cool breeze but trees are dancing in the opposite direction, there is the same land but leaf's are unknown. Everything announcing the arrival of a new season, Summer.
I also saw something same but different. A known figure but in an unknown condition.
There was she standing.
Issabelle.
All engrossed in her thoughts, she looked somewhat confused. Confused to do something. Oh!!She is standing on the edge of the cliff and confused to take the next step.
Wait. What???
With the sudden realisation, my body reacted. I ran towards her, got hold of her waist, and carried or more specifically pulled her back.
I saved her life.
" What the hell are you doing." She said with utmost irritation. " That's not what you say to a person who just saved your life." She gave me a 'let me digest that' look.
" Save my life?" " You were trying to jump from a cliff Issabelle." I replied in annoyance. How can a person forget her own suicidal attempt. " What? I was not trying to kill myself. I know how to swim Idiot." she said with a chuckle.
" How come you are here?" She asked me giving me no time to respond. " Oh, that's just my parents....... wait, I can ask you the same question"
" Will you jump with me?" She said, not an answer to my question. I just frowned in response. " I will be fun. Believe me" she said while holding my hand and taking me to the edge.
She just looked at me. No one said nothing. And a second later we both jumped off the rock. Screaming like maniacs.
Did we just flew for some seconds or we just got sunk under land?
When I opened my eyes I see deep blue water, small fishes swimming and the most beautiful of them all Issabelle. Issabelle, swimming while pushing her hair back and smiling whenever she looks at me.
After some seconds She holds my hand inside the water and then we come to the outside. All the blue water changed by green trees. Issabelle close to me. Just centimetres apart. I could fell her eyes on me. Her fragrance in air. Hair dripping water. Clothes fully stuck to her body.
She comes closer to me. Closer than just a friend should be. Now, I can feel her breath on my neck. She comes more closer. I closed my eyes waiting for her to do something to remove the tension between us.
" We should get out. You'll catch cold" she said and walked away.
We sat on the shore, not saying a thing. Just sitting. Water dripping from our face. Sitting and watching the water flow. The departure of sun and arrival of moon. Time moving at a faster pace than usual.
There's silence. A comfortable one.
" My mom is here. Here at this place. She died because of throat cancer, third stage. She was a fighter. She fought till her last breath. Both the kids Aiden and Anna were three at time. I've seen myself being the strong when Dad couldn't face anyone. I've seen a girl in early teen taking care of kids like a mother. I've seen the most fragile and lost of myself."
She took a pause and wiped her tears off. I put a hand around her shoulders to comfort her. She tries to speak again but fails.
" She used to take me and Ell here when we were young. We used to play for hours. She loved this place. It was her last wish to get water burial, here, under the cliff. Even today I could feel her in the water." "After the day she was buried here , Elliot and I made a promise we will never come here. But I always break the promises. When life gave a kick I broke the promise like I always do."
I just hugged her tightly. I had no words to say.
After sometime of her calming down, I thought she also deserves to know something that personal to me.
" Issabelle I want to tell you something." I simply said. She smiled and nodded in response.
It is the right moment to let it out. But not wholly. She can't take it right now. Maybe in the future.
" I like ................I like someone. I don't know what specifically I like about them. The smile. The eyes. The uniqueness. The way of talking. The dedication towards future. Everything about it is beautiful."
"But Paige is my girlfriend and I don't want to loose her as a friend. I even don't know how the person I like will react. It's different now. I don't want to risk our friendship for another relationship."
She gave me the best answer one could. She said " If you are not sure what will be the response. Just don't tell your heart now. Give your relationship time. And for Paige, she deserves to know that you don't wanna be with her and if she is a true friend she will never your side. Give her time to digest it. Time will heal everything."
Time will heal everything.
If I'd have known then in what condition she was. Heartbroken and frail yet staying positive, my respect for her would've doubled. But sooner or later it doubled.
It was getting late and as much as I want to we can't escape the world much longer. I dropped Issabelle at her home after she talked to her dad on the whole way. More of her dad making sure she didn't hurt herself and Elliot giving background music, scolding her.
Typical Ell.
The whole night just one thing kept running in my mind. Calming me down.
Give time. Time will heal everything.
——————————————————————— Thank you for reading. It was a quite emotional chapter. A lot more on its way. PEACE ✌🏻!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
