"Hey" he began and exhaled " I know I'm the last person you want to see on Earth but please bear with my presence"
"I think you didn't come here just to tell me to tolerate you" I huffed.
"Yeah, I just wanted to apologise to you" he said solemnly.
I rolled my eyes and huffed again" Ok, I have heard it and you're forgiven, now off you go"
I turned around to go but he jogged and stood in front of me " I need to know that you have truly forgiven me"
"First, I don't hold grudges especially against psychopaths and second I really mean it. So make yourself scarce and try to be a better person"
"Ouch, that hit deep" I glared at him and he continued " I promise I would be a better person and I'll come visit with the man I would find to prove it"
"And why are you so intent about me forgiving you?" I couldn't help but ask.
"You know, I haven't been able to have a little wink of sleep since you know the incident " he chuckled nervously and clicked his tongue against his teeth " and I figured that if you could just find it in yourself to forgive me I would know that I wasn't really a lost cause"
"Wow" I bobbed my head continously "that was so unexpected" I smiled.
"I know" he scratched the back of his neck " but I'm not always the grumpy mean person like you think I am always like. I can be wise too" he smirked.
I frowned a little " Whatever"
He gave me a wide and toothy grin " Thanks, really thanks for doing this for me. I don't what I would have done if you had not forgiven me"
"Oh I think you'll be depressed and more psychopathic like Tye"
He laughed and I couldn't help but engage in it too.
"So this is the part where I say goodbye and leave. See you whenever I am better and good" he said and pointed to the direction of the park.
"Okay and I believe that you could be way more better. Later"
Eugene answered by giving me a surprising hug which I reciprocated and we broke off with a smile as he jogged backwards out of the car park back to wherever he came from.
With a smile plastered on my face, I walked over to Felix and tugged on his right arm. But he scoffed and swatted my hand away.
With a confused frown I asked
" Okay so now what went up your pants?"
"Oh, yeah why don't you ask yourself why you are so smily and red now?" he seethed through clenched jaws.
"Relax, I just talked with him and I'm happy because he was ready to change, besides if you going to get all jealous and angry anytime a guy talks with me then I think you're in for long big hard game" I rolled my eyes.
He gripped both of my shoulders tightly " I admit I was a bit jealous but I just couldn't stand you talking to a person who almost got you killed and acting all friendly with him"
"You're hurting me" I squeezed out and sighed when he let go
" And what I did was called forgiveness and you do that to people who wrong you especially when they are ready to turn over a new leaf"
"Aren't you a little too forgiving?" He seemed frustrated.
"No and if it helps, forgiveness isn't for the one in the wrong but the one who was wronged. You can't always keep holding it against someone when you have too many things to focus your energy on"
And without waiting for a word from Felix, I stomped into the hospital. He should know when to stop his childish antics.
With too many huff's coming out of my mouth and a little angry, I almost threw the door of Mom's room on the ground. I never realised my strength. I apologized to the poor door and sat on Mom's bed as she was standing beside the window.
I sat there fuming and she stood there looking at me with a blank expression and Felix nowhere to be found. The silence was really making my skin crawl.
I exhaled " Aren't you going to ask why I am like this and also stop staring at me in that creepy way"
"Oh, should I have asked?" she said blandly with the sake blank expression " I thought I should give you time to calm down"
"I can't calm down, Felix is way too overbearing sometimes. He literally hates when someone does so much as glance at me" I scoffed.
"I know love" mom smiled " relationships are complicated and frustrating but I trust you to do the right thing. Judging by his absence here I can tell the poor boy is feeling guilty" she chuckled.
"And he deserves that" I agreed.
"So go talk to him and figure everything out. And I will be waiting here for you. I'm ready so go get your boy and let's go" she winked and slapped my back playfully.
"You know I hate you"
"The opposite of that really"
"I thought you were gonna take my side or even asked what happened but you just throw me out of the room back to him?"
"I'm not part of your relationship so why should I really care about details if the obvious and general are there for me to see" she asnwered nonchalantly not even looking at me and playing with her nails.
"I hate you" I mumbled.
"Stop babbling nonsense and go talk to him. This hospital is making me sick, I need to leave ASAP!" She exclaimed and scoffed.
"Fine!" I sighed and stood up.
I held the handle of the door but just as I was about to open the door, someone pushed it back nearly breaking my nose in the process. Prepared to attack the person with utter nonsense, I peeked around to see Felix and held my tongue.
"Hey" he said sadly.
I looked over to Mom and she winked. With a scoff and an eye roll I turned to Felix
"Let's take it outside"
I closed the door, this time gently and walked a little away from Mom's room into the hallway.
"Now, spit it, I can clearly see you have something to say" I crossed my arms.
With his head down he replied
" I'm sorry"
"Okay?"
"Look, I get it I was kinda overbearing, I heard what you said to your mom"
"Oh?"
"Yeah and I'm sorry for that. It's just you're first person who has truly loved me and this is my first serious and good relationship so I'm just nervous and scared and afraid that if I don't get something right you will just leave me like you never existed" he lookes at me, sad eyes staring intently into mine. " So I'm sorry, it won't happen again. Please forgive me" he went on.
Inching closer to him, I held his hands in my own " I told you from the beginning that I'm not like those you met before me, I'm far from that and I just don't leave people" I chuckled " I accepted to be your boyfriend and that's what I'm going to be and do even if it takes my last breath" I smiled and squeezed his hands assuring him.
"And you said I'm the one who is always sappy" he laughed and threw his head back.
I giggled and just looked at him.
"So does that mean I'm forgiven" he asked.
"Nope" I popped out the p.
"But why?"
"I thought you said I was too forgiving so I levelled up my game" I shrugged.
"Oh come on" he prompted.
"No, you're gonna have to do more than that to earn my forgiveness and now if you'll excuse me I have someone to escort from here" I whispered in his ears kissing his cheeks at the end.
I winked at him and left him standing all fazed and flustered as I walked back to Mom's room intentionally slowly and gently so I could hear what he says when regains his composure.
"How about a date?. This evening" he said through pants after he had jogged up to catch up with me as I was almost about to open the door.
"Let's try that and see if my heart would soften up" I winked again and entered the room.
"Hey my favorite person" he chirped happily to Mom when he entered.
"Why then, if it isn't my hot son in-law" mom chirped back.
Someone should seriously throw me out the window. I facepalmed and left them to their own world.
And then laughter and chuckles followed as they exchanged pleasantries. Felix even apologised to Mom about his behavior and the rest is history.
Getting tired of them, I intentionally stomped hard on the ground " Now if you're done, can we please get outta here!"
"Sure, let's get out of here. I can't stand being here for another minute" mom exhaled dramatically.
"Says the one who was heartily chatting her head off" I scoffed.
"Shut up" she retorted with a straight face to me " and let's go" she smiled to Felix.
Why do I always have the most childish people around me, I wondered and lead the way out of the hospital.
The ride to the house was full of chats and singing along to songs which were even made way before I was born. Mr and Mrs Sandler came and help us move Mom's belongings into the house when we arrived. They showed mom to her room and even showed us the room they had started decorating as a nursery for my baby sister who was on her way and preganant mom jumped up squealing.
It was so endearing and annoying but at least I was glad that she had found peace finally.