Lexis was walking from the Ellis wing to the conference room. His mom had come to visit him, disappointed that he hadn't tried contacting her after Anthony's passing. She was worried about him. She was anxious to know how he was holding up. She cared for his health and his strength to see beyond the tornado that shook his life apart.
And he was now making his way to the conference room, anxious to see her once more, contemplating the same questions concerning her.
Knowing well he'll never ask them out loud, but simply try to read her enough to know she was okay.
He stopped mid-step, looking at a person standing behind door 'C', shaking, terrified. He recognized her immediately, and wondered what she was doing out of bed at a time like this.
Don't love Jessie anymore.
Don't love Jessie anymore.
Don't love Jessie anymore...
I... I understand now...
Fayth turned around. She finally understood. She understood why those words had been ringing in her head for him.
She felt her world crashing. Her heart shredding to pieces. She can almost see the shocked tears escape her eyes in a storm, so silent, yet so violent. Her body felt like it weighed a ton. She could barely lift a foot up. She could barely walk.
She gasped.
And quickly covered her mouth to hide the sound.
She turned around and came face to face with Lexis, who stood there, his eyes looking over her head, outside the glass behind her...seeing what she had seen.
Then his gaze turned down to look at her, a sigh on his lips.
"You...you knew." Fayth said, her entire insides twisting in pain. Charles was wrong. "It's not because–"
This is why he had been coming between her and Jessie. Lexis knew her feelings for Jessie. He knew...
Charles didn't understand anything. Lexis didn't like Fayth. As everything unfolded tonight, she knew exactly what had been happening.
He knew...Jessie will never hold romantic feelings for her.
She fell to the ground, her body drowning in disappointment and loss of faith. She bowed her forehead to the ground as the memory of what unfolded on the lawn struck her in the heart, crashing like a car hitting a deer caught in headlights.
"You knew...Jessie will never love me."
Lexis stared at the breaking Fayth, and could only stand there doing nothing. He wished he could embrace her, and assure her that Jessie will be there for her nonetheless. Maybe not in the way she wanted, but definitely as a close friend. He saw that much in their relationship. Instead he only stood there, his loss and desperation devouring his heart.
He couldn't be anymore involved with her. He had to learn how to dislike her now. For the sake of Anthony's wish, he needed to move on from a person he felt so immersed by for the first time in his life, and think about someone else.
And as she broke down on the floor, his heart wrenched, wishing he could take the few steps towards her, to hold her in his arms, to take her away and not let anyone see her, not let a man lay eyes on her, but knew it was a wish out of reach now.
His fingers curled into fists, and he could only turn away before the urge became stronger, before his temptations won over. And walked away, a angry growl making its way through his chest and out of his lips.
A few minutes later, Charles was making his way from his dorm, planning to smoke outside door 'C' for a minute.
"Fayth?" Charles asked. He walked closer, wondering if the girl on the floor was her. And surely, as he walked up to her, there she was, her silent weeping making her body shake violently.
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Romance"I was broken. Nothing, no one could fix me. Until you came into my life again. I wish I had gone with you that day instead of him. Because, now I can't imagine how I spent the previous years of my life without you by my side. You are my savior. You...
