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Sighing in disappointment, I decided to go back up to my room.
Maybe another day.
Just as I turned to go, I heard something.
Some strange noises.
I didn’t fully enter the balcony earlier, I was at the doorway.
Curious, I slowly moved inside and looked to my right.
I froze.
My heart stopped in my chest, breath hitched in my throat.
My hands shook at my sides as I took in the sight before me.
His hands were wrapped around her waist and hers were around his neck; one hand tugged at his black hair as their mouth worked on each other in a passionate kiss.
Not even an inch of space was left between them.
Their every moan and groan hit my heart like a thousand stabs of knives, shattering it into millions of pieces.
My feet stumbled back, and tears fell from my eyes.
His hands roamed over her body as he pulled her closer.
My heart squeezed so hard I had to clutch my chest.
A sob threatened to escape my lips.
Slapping a hand over my mouth, I ran away.
I didn’t stop until I was inside my room.
Closing the door behind me, I let out an agonized sob.
Tears blinded my vision with my hand over my heart.
It pained physically.
I felt my insides breaking, falling into irreparable pieces.
Several knocks landed on my door, and my best friends’ concerned voices reached my ears.
But I couldn’t speak, I couldn’t move.
All I could do was lie on the floor in the darkness of my room and cry my heart out.
The visions of them tangled around each other flashed across my mind again and again.
He didn’t know, but she did.
Her betrayal just intensified the pain more.
Betrayal of others could be tolerated, but betrayal of loved ones?
How could she do this to me?
How?
I stayed on the cold floor for the entire night, cradling my heart, mourning the loss of my love.
The love my own sister took away from me.
ONE: BACK IN THE CITY
I glanced at my wrist.
Nine-thirty.
“Ma’am, please turn off your cell phone.
The plane is about to take off,” the flight attendant said in her angelic voice.
“Yeah, just a minute.”
I threw her an apologetic look.
Nodding, she walked away.
“Mom, I need to hang up now.
The crew already warned me for the second time.”
“All right, all right!
I will let you go now.
You’re coming to me in some hours, anyway.
We will be waiting outside the airport when you’ll land.”
Excitement dripped from her voice.
A sudden homesickness filled my mind.
It’s been two years since I met them.
“And keep that boy at arm’s length,” Dad spoke in the background.
Shaking my head, I let out a chuckle.
“I will see you at the airport.”
“Love you, honey!”
“Love you too!”
Sighing, I looked out the window.
Another plane took off the runway, flying high in the sky.
It’d always fascinated me.
Though I always struggled with myself not to flip during the taking offs.
A figure slumped beside me, making me turn my head.
Letting out a huff, he settled against the seat.
“How’s your stomach now?”
I asked, seeing the perspiration on his forehead and flushed cheeks.
“Not good.
I shouldn’t have eaten the leftover macaroni last night.
God, I swear I won’t ever touch leftovers again.”
He groaned.
Poor guy.
Even in this crisis, he agreed to come with me.
“I’m so sorry you have to travel with me in this state, Warner.
You should’ve stayed back, you know?”
He flashed me a boyish smile.
His brown eyes were warm.
“Don’t be.
It was my decision to tag along, even after knowing my condition this morning.”
“But it was me who asked you to come with me,” I said, guilt crashing on me.
“Don’t be silly.
I can do anything for you.
And this is just a slightly uncomfortable journey.
It will go away just in a day.
I’ve already taken medicine.”
He grasped my hand, entwining our fingers.
I smiled, a grateful one.
“I love you,” he said, looking into my eyes.
The smile on my lips threatened to fall, but I managed to keep it on and squeezed his hand in return.
The announcement of the flight attendant for every passenger to fasten their seat belts saved me from another awkward situation.
We’ve been dating for six months now.
And known each other since I joined college.
We were good friends from the beginning.
After my several failures at keeping up on dating a guy for more than a week, I gave up on kindling any kind of relationship with anyone.
And when Warner one day asked me out at a friend’s get-together, I couldn’t turn him down.
He was everything a girl would want in an ideal boyfriend.
Handsome, intelligent, humble, honest.
And most importantly, he knew me so well.
After all, we’ve been friends for three years now.
So, when he’d asked me to be his girlfriend, I said yes.
But even if he’d confessed his feelings thousands of times before me, I couldn’t just bring myself to reciprocate.
It’s not that I didn’t like him, I did.
He was a great guy.
Maybe it’d take some more time for me to feel more deeply for him.
And I was waiting for that day.
“Ma’am, would you like some coffee?”
The air hostess’ voice broke my trance.
“Do you have tea?”
After hours later,
when we finally landed in Los Angeles, I found my parents right where they told me they would be.
Holding a placard that said ‘welcome home,’ Mom met me with her more than usual enthusiastic hug, where Dad had a satisfied look in his eyes now that I finally came home.
Though it was just for two weeks until I would go back.
From the day I decided to move to New York for my high school, he took the world of worry for me on his shoulders.
They both did.
It wasn’t easy for me to stay so far from them, but it’d have been more difficult for me to stay here in Los Angeles.
I needed time to heal myself.
The distance was necessary.
As soon as the memories of that night started to flood in, I shut off my mind, burying them in the pit of my brain.
Just like I did for the last seven years.
I’ve moved on.
“Welcome home, little mouse!”
The moment I stepped into the threshold, I was tackled into a bone-crushing hug.
“Look at ya.
You’ve grown up!”
I rolled my eyes at my brother.
“You just met me two months ago.”
“Yeah, but it feels like ages since I irritated you,” he said, eyes warm with nostalgia.
I smiled.
I’ve missed him.
Even though he visited me often in New York whenever he was on his business trips.
“You better keep your stupid ass away from me, I’m warning you!”
I feigned a serious look.
He chuckled, and then his gaze fell on Warner who looked blue in the face from his marathon to washrooms every ten minutes.
He seemed on the verge of fainting at any moment.
He was extremely embarrassed when he had to run for the washroom before he could even shake Dad’s hand.
Way to impress my parents.
I wanted their first meeting to be good.
Dad couldn’t dislike him anymore for that.
“He is too good to be true,” Dad had said once on the phone.
I didn’t know why, but he didn’t approve of him the moment he heard we were dating.
“Hey, Warner!
It’s good to see you, man.”
Tobias gave him a side hug.
“You all right, though?
You look sick.”
“Nothing serious, just a stomach bug.
And it’s nice to see you too.”
Suddenly, his expression twisted like someone punched him in the gut.
“Uh, if you don’t mind…”
“Go right and then straight up, the first door.
You will find the guest room,” Dad said with a displeased tone.
Heaving a ‘thank you,’ he ran inside.
I sighed.
I will have to talk to Dad about this.
Though Warner didn’t notice his tone now, he’d soon.
“Poor boy,” Mom murmured, subtly sending Dad a look of reprimand, which he proudly ignored and padded inside.
Shaking her head, she looked at me.
“Honey, why don’t you go to your room and freshen up.
I will make something quick for you.”