Twin Tussle ✔

17| Truth

"Thank you" I smiled back.

She turned around and started walking away. As she walked away, another girl walked up to me and stood beside my dining table.

I looked up and my eyes stared into a pair of light-brown cat eyes.

"Kim?" I asked getting off of my seat but she pushed me back, making me sit again.

"I eavesdropped..." she sat opposite to me "What happened?"

I would've answered that question if she hadn't distracted me by wearing that short crop top, exposing a lot of her smooth skin, and bright red lipstick applied on her plum lips.

I remembered rejecting her.

"How'd you find me?" I managed to speak up, but I was still distracted by her intoxicating scent.

"I saw you seated here from nearby" she thumbed out the transparent glass panes "and I thought I'd stop by"

No Kimberly, don't lie to me. I know you followed me all the way. Just because it's been four years, doesn't mean I forgot anything about you. I still exactly know when you're lying and when you're truthful.

I wanted to say that out loud, but I was afraid that I'd offend her.

"Kim I..." I stuttered "I'm sorry for rejecting you"

That sentence got her. Her smile faded and she sat there staring straight into my eyes, not moving, not twitching.

"I didn't know what I was doing" I apologised "I shouldn't have been so rude. We met after so many years and I just-"

"I lied to you!" she half-yelled, cutting me off. And then...she started wiping tears off her cheeks

"About what?" I leaned closer to her.

"About..." she breathed "About fucking everything!"

I tried to decipher what she meant, but I failed. What did this 'everything' include?

"Enlighten me" I placed my hand on her fingers, attempting to soothe her.

"My parents and I didn't shift back because of our house or my college" she sniffed "I wanted to meet you..."

Her words hit me like a bullet, right in my chest.

Meet...me?

"What else?" I asked.

"About Caleb" she whispered back and I thought I died. What did Caleb have to do with this? "I lied to you about him. I told you I loved him, but I don't, I really don't"

That moment flashed back. She had told me that on the day of her departure from this town.

"Why?" I blurted angrily.

"I didn't want you to miss me!" tears came pouring out of her eyes "I didn't want you to feel the same kind of emptiness that I felt"

"Are you crazy?" I asked, a little angrier this time. I had no idea what was happening. My head was making a million conclusions at the same time. "Kimberly you're crazy!"

Her jaw was dropped now.

"Do you know how much I cried after you left?" I squeezed her soft hands "I felt worthless and I hadn't ever felt emptier. You made me feel even worse and you thought you made me happy?"

She bit her lower lip and apologetically gaped at our intertwined fingers.

"No..." I leaned back on my seat, closing my eyes "God Kimberly, you're so stupid"

I squeezed my eyes and felt a tear slide down my cheek.

She was so stupid...

So damn stupid...

If only she hadn't lied, I would've kept in touch with her all these years instead of blocking her on every social media.

She pulled her hands out of my grip and I opened my eyes. Now she had buried her face in her arms and leaned her head on the table.

We were both crying, hurting, aching.

We sat like that for what seemed like forever. The surrounding air felt heavy and dense; every molecule of air mourning over its own misery.

How did we get here?

How do we get out?

How do we escape?

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