Dedicated to MichaelMunawar
Her heart was beating louder than ever now. With every step that she took towards that tree she just prayed that Conrad wouldn't say something that he would regret saying later or that will force her to say some insensitive stuff. When she reached the tree she took a deep breath and then said, "Hey, you called!"
Conrad turned around and said, "Yeah!"
"So why did you call me?"
"Um......I don't know.......I mean, I just felt like calling you, therefore, I texted you." He said, sounding goofy.
Usually Margaux would laugh whenever Conrad acted like a goof, but this time, she didn't! The air around both people was pretty thickened and tensed up. Margaux tried to keep the conversation going, but every now and then there would be a pause. Margaux was trying very hard to save the conversation from falling into the wells of silence but couldn't do so. Then there was this awfully long pause after which Conrad began, "Margaux, you've been so good to me and......I couldn't help but fall for you."
Margaux's face turned pale as she realized that the dreaded moment had come. She wanted to open her mouth to tell Conrad to stop but this trauma prevented her from doing so.
Conrad further said, "I couldn't help but fall for all those little things of yours and those things that you do. The way you get excited and how you furrow your brows at queer things. I'm in love with them. Moreover, I've tried showing it to you too, but you would just stand there, neglectful!"
"I.......I thought, that you'd understand Conrad. The only reason why I kept avoiding you the past whole week was because I thought that you'd understand!"
"I know you did, but it's just that girls are so queer and unpredictable. You never know what they mean. They say no when they mean yes, and drive a man out of his wits, just for the fun of it." Conrad said, rooting behind an undeniable fact.
"But I never wanted you to care for me, that's why I kept avoiding you, staying away from you!"
"It was no use. I only loved you all the more. (Distance makes the heart grow fonder.) In fact, I even worked very hard to please you! I gave up on smoking and every other thing that you didn't like. I even tried changing myself for you. Becoming the type that you like. I don't wanna stay a douche-bag. Not anymore!"
Margaux took another deep breath and then continued once again, "Conrad.......I'm grateful that you love me. I truly am, but, I just can't change my feelings for you. I.......I just don't think of you like that, and it would be a lie and unfair to my own self to say that I do, when I don't."
"You don't?" He stopped short and caught both her hands as he placed his question in her eyes. His eyes had lost their glow and a shattered feeling began to represent itself on his face. Margaux just had remorse in her eyes. Conrad looked into them and understood, that he had gotten his answer.
"I'm so sorry Conrad." When these words fell from her lips, Conrad dropped her hands and for once in his life, the bar was too much for him to cross.
"Oh, Conrad, I'm so sorry. You know it's impossible for people to make themselves love other people if they don't, and who knows maybe you'll love someone else and forget all this trouble." Margaux said, placing her hand on his shoulder.
He shook off her hand and said, "I can't love anyone else. I just can't!" This last line was shouted out so angrily, that Margaux got frightened.
"Love cannot be forced Conrad." She looked away when she said this because she couldn't bare to see the pain in his eyes. A pool of tears began collecting in her own eyes now.
"I guess this is it then!" He said, and turned around to leave.
Margaux knew that he wouldn't cry, because he wasn't one of the weak who would easily be conquered by a single failure.
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Here, she stood now, all alone, amidst all the people around her. She hated the thought of girls having lovers and then refusing them. 'I think it's just dreadful, but isn't this just what I've done too?'
A/N : Hi guys. SEPTEMBER is here and so is my birthday I'm gonna turn 17 (on 22 September). Yaaayyy. What I'm more excited apart from my birthday is that Shawn's releasing his album, Illuminate on 23 September, just a day, after my birthday. So, I like to fancy that it's my birthday gift from him. *I feel so special!*
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