"Whats the trouble, Pilar?" Julian asked concerned.
"Apparently Ivy wants to talk to you." Pilar answered.
"Well that is odd. What does she want? More money?"
"I don't know for sure. She just said to get you to go to her house 'cause she wants to talk to you."
Julian faced Eve, "Eve I'm sorry but I must leave. I'll be back soon. I promise."
Julian calmly walked out the front door.
"I love you, Julian." Eve whispered as he walked out the door.
"I love you, Eve." Julian whispered as he walked out the door.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Julian yelled at Ivy.
"I can't say it anymore clearly Julian." Ivy yelled back.
"You can't love me."
"But I do Julian, with all my heart."
"Ivy do you know how many times you told me to go to hell."
"That's because you never paid any attention to me."
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"Will you stop saying that?"
"I gave you everything. I tried more than once to rekindle our relationship. Then I found out that we never had one and that you always did and still do love Sam Bennit."
"He was a mistake. I shouldn't have loved him."
"Now I know this is fake. I just got back the only person that I ever loved and they loved me back. I am more happy then I have been in a long time. I know for a fact you loved Sam Bennit, you can't deny that fact. I know how happy you would be to get him back. There is no way you can say to me in my face that Sam was a mistake. It's bullshit. Why are you doing this Ivy?"
"What are you talking about. I'm telling you how I feel."
"I can see you're saying you love me, but you're not saying it to me. I can see your face Ivy; I'm not blind. You might think that i am but I'm not. You're thinking of Sam all this time. I'm not going to be a replacement for anyone."
"Julian..."
"Save it for him." Julian yelled as he walked out of Ivy's apartment.
Eve cuddled the pillow to her stomach.
"I wonder were he went?" Eve thought to herself.
Suddenly Sam rushed into the room.
"Where's Julian?" Sam asked quickly.
"I don't know. Pilar said Ivy wanted to see him. Has she found a house yet?"
"I don't know. I just found this letter on my desk and I thought Julian might understand it."
"Can i see the letter?"
"I suppose."
The letter looked quite worn, like someone had folded it quite a few times.
"Someone must have opened and closed this letter quite a few times." She thought to herself.
Eve quietly read the letter.
To my dearest Sam,
I can no longer wait for you. I am already quite miserable. I have no love, no life. The only thing that kept me going so long after we split up was money. Even then, it was a poor substitute. There was never enough. Now I dont even have that and the pain is all too much. I thought it through and figured it out. I have three options: One, I can wait for you. This option seemed nice but there would be too much pain, if I could never have you. Two, I can try to get Julian back. His little love and his lots of money can keep me slightly alive for longer. Then maybe I can try to accomplish my number one projective again. Then there was option three - to end it all. I tried to talk to Julian before. It didn't work. I don't think it will work this time either, especialy since he now has Eve. Nothing can break him from here now. I'm sorry darling that I never got a chance to make love to you again. I'm sorry I never got to love you. I'll wait for you in paradise. See you soon.
Eve handed the letter back to Sam and casualy wiped a tear from her eye.
"Even Ivy can see how much he loves me." Eve said to herself.
"I'm sorry Sam." She whispred just loud enough for him to hear.
"So am I." Sam said quietly as he walked out.
Julian bumped into Sam as he walked out. "Sam? What are you doing here?"
Sam handed him the note and he read it. His face grew paler the more he read.
"I didn't know." He whispered to no one in piticular.
Once Sam retrieved the letter he left quickly. Julian sat down beside Eve. He looked into Eves eyes. He thought he saw what he was looking for, but she quickly turned her face away. Although, for a split secound he thought he saw it. He was sure he saw it. He saw what he always wanted to see, what he needed. He saw love, unconditional love.
"Good night." Julian whispered to Eve while heading to his bedroom.
"Good night." Eve replied as she walked into her room.
She grabbed a book of poems which she had bought for something to read. Every poem inspired her, enlighted her and were really well written, but one poem in piticular caught her eye.
No tomorrow
What if there is no tomorrow?
Will you have any regrets?
Will you wish you had done this and that?
Will you wish you had told that special some one you love them?
Will you want to be in their arms one last time?
If you had one call to make, who would you call?
Why would you call them?
And what are you waiting for?
You never know when tomorrow might not come,
So save yourself the heart ach and sorrow.
Make sure you have no regrets about a day.
Live everyday like there might not be a tomorrow,
'Cause you never know.
And if tomorrow never comes,
Ya'll know you had lived everyday to the fulliest.
A tear fell on the paper soaking the authors name. Eve brushed anouther tear away form her cheek. She could taste the saltyness on her lips. The poem had hit home to her. She had so many regrets and unfortunately for her, tomorrow always came, but after everything she did and all the things she could have done instead, she still didn't want to change a thing.
"It's amazing how things can change your mind." Eve thought to herself, " Alright I'm going to make a pact with myself."
Eve slowly crept out of her room and headed towards Julian's. She quietly knocked on the door. There was no answer. Quietly she opened the door and peaked in. Julian was laying on his bed fast asleep.
"How cute," Eve thought as she walked towards the side of his bed.
"Julian..." She whispered.
Julian mumbled and continued to quietly snore.
"Julian..." She whispered again, a little louder.
This time Julian slowly opened up his eyes. Eve could see the sleepyness in his eyes.
"Maybe I should have let him sleep," She thought to herself. "No I made a pact and I'm gonna keep it."
"Hi." She whispered.
"Eve, what are you doing here?" Julian asked, slightly startled.
"I couldn't sleep."
"Why not?" Julain asked concern in his voice.
"Just bad nightmares about all that's happened. I also made a pact."
Eve tried hard not to cry when she saw the sorrow in Julian's eyes, but she couldn't help it. The tears slipped silently out at first but soon her whole body was shaking wildly. Julian wrapped his arms around her and kissed the top of her head.
"There, there... it's alright. No one will harm you." Julian whispered into her ears.
Eve wasn't sure why she was crying. It all mixed together. She was angry at TC, and the men that tried to rape her. The thoughts made her cry, but she was also crying tears of joy at seeing how deeply Julian cared for her.
"Julian." She whispered through sobs.
"Yes."
"I love you."
"I love you too."
With that simple statement, Julian's heart soared. His whole life seemed to make sense; his heart filled with joy. He tightly held onto Eve fearing that this was a dream and if he let go she would disapear.
"I love you and always have." Eve whispered over and over.
"Everything is going to be alright from now on." Julian thought to himself.
Eve's tears lessened and she cuddled in close to Julian. They both had almost drifted off to sleep when suddenly a thought came to Julian's mind.
"Darling, what pact?"
Eve grinned and closed her eyes. "I told myself I was going to get what I had always wanted. Now go to sleep."
Julian closed his eyes and thought about what Eve said.
"Hopefully she means me," He thought absent mindly as he drifted off to sleep.
"Apparently Ivy wants to talk to you." Pilar answered.
"Well that is odd. What does she want? More money?"
"I don't know for sure. She just said to get you to go to her house 'cause she wants to talk to you."
Julian faced Eve, "Eve I'm sorry but I must leave. I'll be back soon. I promise."
Julian calmly walked out the front door.
"I love you, Julian." Eve whispered as he walked out the door.
"I love you, Eve." Julian whispered as he walked out the door.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Julian yelled at Ivy.
"I can't say it anymore clearly Julian." Ivy yelled back.
"You can't love me."
"But I do Julian, with all my heart."
"Ivy do you know how many times you told me to go to hell."
"That's because you never paid any attention to me."
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"Will you stop saying that?"
"I gave you everything. I tried more than once to rekindle our relationship. Then I found out that we never had one and that you always did and still do love Sam Bennit."
"He was a mistake. I shouldn't have loved him."
"Now I know this is fake. I just got back the only person that I ever loved and they loved me back. I am more happy then I have been in a long time. I know for a fact you loved Sam Bennit, you can't deny that fact. I know how happy you would be to get him back. There is no way you can say to me in my face that Sam was a mistake. It's bullshit. Why are you doing this Ivy?"
"What are you talking about. I'm telling you how I feel."
"I can see you're saying you love me, but you're not saying it to me. I can see your face Ivy; I'm not blind. You might think that i am but I'm not. You're thinking of Sam all this time. I'm not going to be a replacement for anyone."
"Julian..."
"Save it for him." Julian yelled as he walked out of Ivy's apartment.
Eve cuddled the pillow to her stomach.
"I wonder were he went?" Eve thought to herself.
Suddenly Sam rushed into the room.
"Where's Julian?" Sam asked quickly.
"I don't know. Pilar said Ivy wanted to see him. Has she found a house yet?"
"I don't know. I just found this letter on my desk and I thought Julian might understand it."
"Can i see the letter?"
"I suppose."
The letter looked quite worn, like someone had folded it quite a few times.
"Someone must have opened and closed this letter quite a few times." She thought to herself.
Eve quietly read the letter.
To my dearest Sam,
I can no longer wait for you. I am already quite miserable. I have no love, no life. The only thing that kept me going so long after we split up was money. Even then, it was a poor substitute. There was never enough. Now I dont even have that and the pain is all too much. I thought it through and figured it out. I have three options: One, I can wait for you. This option seemed nice but there would be too much pain, if I could never have you. Two, I can try to get Julian back. His little love and his lots of money can keep me slightly alive for longer. Then maybe I can try to accomplish my number one projective again. Then there was option three - to end it all. I tried to talk to Julian before. It didn't work. I don't think it will work this time either, especialy since he now has Eve. Nothing can break him from here now. I'm sorry darling that I never got a chance to make love to you again. I'm sorry I never got to love you. I'll wait for you in paradise. See you soon.
Eve handed the letter back to Sam and casualy wiped a tear from her eye.
"Even Ivy can see how much he loves me." Eve said to herself.
"I'm sorry Sam." She whispred just loud enough for him to hear.
"So am I." Sam said quietly as he walked out.
Julian bumped into Sam as he walked out. "Sam? What are you doing here?"
Sam handed him the note and he read it. His face grew paler the more he read.
"I didn't know." He whispered to no one in piticular.
Once Sam retrieved the letter he left quickly. Julian sat down beside Eve. He looked into Eves eyes. He thought he saw what he was looking for, but she quickly turned her face away. Although, for a split secound he thought he saw it. He was sure he saw it. He saw what he always wanted to see, what he needed. He saw love, unconditional love.
"Good night." Julian whispered to Eve while heading to his bedroom.
"Good night." Eve replied as she walked into her room.
She grabbed a book of poems which she had bought for something to read. Every poem inspired her, enlighted her and were really well written, but one poem in piticular caught her eye.
No tomorrow
What if there is no tomorrow?
Will you have any regrets?
Will you wish you had done this and that?
Will you wish you had told that special some one you love them?
Will you want to be in their arms one last time?
If you had one call to make, who would you call?
Why would you call them?
And what are you waiting for?
You never know when tomorrow might not come,
So save yourself the heart ach and sorrow.
Make sure you have no regrets about a day.
Live everyday like there might not be a tomorrow,
'Cause you never know.
And if tomorrow never comes,
Ya'll know you had lived everyday to the fulliest.
A tear fell on the paper soaking the authors name. Eve brushed anouther tear away form her cheek. She could taste the saltyness on her lips. The poem had hit home to her. She had so many regrets and unfortunately for her, tomorrow always came, but after everything she did and all the things she could have done instead, she still didn't want to change a thing.
"It's amazing how things can change your mind." Eve thought to herself, " Alright I'm going to make a pact with myself."
Eve slowly crept out of her room and headed towards Julian's. She quietly knocked on the door. There was no answer. Quietly she opened the door and peaked in. Julian was laying on his bed fast asleep.
"How cute," Eve thought as she walked towards the side of his bed.
"Julian..." She whispered.
Julian mumbled and continued to quietly snore.
"Julian..." She whispered again, a little louder.
This time Julian slowly opened up his eyes. Eve could see the sleepyness in his eyes.
"Maybe I should have let him sleep," She thought to herself. "No I made a pact and I'm gonna keep it."
"Hi." She whispered.
"Eve, what are you doing here?" Julian asked, slightly startled.
"I couldn't sleep."
"Why not?" Julain asked concern in his voice.
"Just bad nightmares about all that's happened. I also made a pact."
Eve tried hard not to cry when she saw the sorrow in Julian's eyes, but she couldn't help it. The tears slipped silently out at first but soon her whole body was shaking wildly. Julian wrapped his arms around her and kissed the top of her head.
"There, there... it's alright. No one will harm you." Julian whispered into her ears.
Eve wasn't sure why she was crying. It all mixed together. She was angry at TC, and the men that tried to rape her. The thoughts made her cry, but she was also crying tears of joy at seeing how deeply Julian cared for her.
"Julian." She whispered through sobs.
"Yes."
"I love you."
"I love you too."
With that simple statement, Julian's heart soared. His whole life seemed to make sense; his heart filled with joy. He tightly held onto Eve fearing that this was a dream and if he let go she would disapear.
"I love you and always have." Eve whispered over and over.
"Everything is going to be alright from now on." Julian thought to himself.
Eve's tears lessened and she cuddled in close to Julian. They both had almost drifted off to sleep when suddenly a thought came to Julian's mind.
"Darling, what pact?"
Eve grinned and closed her eyes. "I told myself I was going to get what I had always wanted. Now go to sleep."
Julian closed his eyes and thought about what Eve said.
"Hopefully she means me," He thought absent mindly as he drifted off to sleep.