Love can Overcome Anything
Chapter 15: Love
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I really hope you guys enjoy this chapter. I took a long time writing it.
For most people, bad things happen in threes. For Bridget, bad things just start to bundle up continuously. But unlike most people, Bridget can handle a lot of things without breaking down. Like right now, for instance. Eric and Jack are talking and James and Billy were approaching her. Nothing bad about that situation right? Right. This situation isn't bad. It's just time consuming and meaningless. Right now, Bridget's life is going to be changed. (for the good or the bad? You'll see)
Bridget glanced from the two men talking on the table and the other two men approaching her. Taking a deep breath and doing a silent prayer of patience in her head, Bridget was ready to confront her situation. This situation isn't so bad. It's just so annoying and it's going to make me explain a lot of pointless things. But then why do I have a feeling that things won't turn out all right? She grabbed her glass of champagne from the table and headed towards Eric and Billy.
Bridget walked up to Eric as calmly as she could, put the glass of champagne in front of Eric, pretended that she didn't know a thing about what was going on and pulled herself a chair right beside Eric and across the table from Jack. Both men stopped talking and watched Bridget sit down while maintaining the patience to not burst out with frustration at Jack.
Putting on her best fake smile, Bridget said as calmly as she could "So what's up guys?"
Eric took a quick glance at Jack before saying accusingly "Bee, Jack here was telling me the story of how you hooked up with him behind my back". At this point, Eric could not look at Bridget directly in the eyes for the fear of the truth. Eric was fiddling with his watch on his wrist.
Jack coughed mischievously before adding on "Babe, the truth is out. Your boyfriend here knows the truth and I'm sorry to say that your two timing career is coming to an end. Tell your EX-boyfriend the truth that you don't like him anymore and let's go create a party of our own, like YOU suggested a few hours before." To add on to Jack's iniquity scheme, Jack leaned over and tapped Bridget on the chin suggestively. Bridget's body and brain froze all over with anxiety on how Eric would act. The only thing in her body that could function properly right now was her ears and her eyes.
Eric, who was in the middle of drinking the champagne choked over his champagne and started to cough. Bridget made an effort to move and help Eric but she was still frozen solid. A pretty brunette wearing an extremely tight red dress, who seemed to be passing by the table, bent down and started rubbing Eric on the back like she had known him for years. Whispering comforting stuff in his ear, the brunette had managed to stop Eric from choking.
"Thank you" Eric said gratefully to the brunette, his voice still raspy from his choking extravaganza.
"Anytime handsome. You can rely on me anytime you need it" the brunette said back before walking away and blowing Eric a kiss and giving him a wink.
Eric glanced at the brunette one more time before turning back toward the table where Bridget and Jack were scrutinizing the scene.
"Sorry about that" Eric apologized politely, being the gentleman he was.
Jack nodded forgivingly while Bridget tried to say something but her whole body seemed to stop functioning properly. It felt like all her blood was draining from her face and flowing towards her heart and trying to repair it. Only her ears and eyes were working properly and even with her ears and eyes, she wished they wouldn't work either. In fact, she wished her body would stop working and let her in a private corner to just stay there and to repair her wounds.
Eric looked at Bridget worryingly but his eyes seemed to reflect brotherly concern instead of the loving concern Bridget saw before. This seemed to break her heart into two and making it shatter into a gazillion pieces. Tears started gathering up in her eyes.
Jack smiled falsely and said "Oh Bridget. I guess it's even now. Eric can go and hang out with that hot brunette and we can go have a fling"
Eric, speechless, sat in his spot fingering his champagne glass with his forehead wrinkled. His eyes had lost the entire spark in them and he looked like he had aged 10 years older. His back was hunched over and he seemed like he had lost all his energy.
Looking at Eric's hurt body gesture; Bridget seemed to regain the raging fire in her body. The fire in her body frenzied and her dull eyes flashed with anger. Standing up furiously, Bridget grabbed Jack's front collar with rage and pulled him up she walked dangerously close to Jack.
Bridget tightened her grip on Jack's collar and whispered in Jack's ear threateningly "Jack, you dared to show your face up in front of me before and now you dared to try and ruin my life. You didn't though. You're such an ugly loser who has no life and you dare to try and ruin mine too. No wonder you haven't had a girlfriend ever since 7th grade. No girl would ever be with you because you are a liar, player and a greedy hypocrite. You have ruined my day today and I will not let you continue any longer. You will apologize to Eric and tell the truth. You know why I always reject you? It's because of your personality. All you want for a relationship is a fling. You don't want a serious loving relationship. All you want is to be with every girl as possible. You lied many times and now, I will severely punish you for it. I swear I'm going to kick your ass later on. Right now I have to fix up what you ruined and later, you will pay for it. You're so lucky there are a lot of people around or you would have received a black eye and a bloody nose in a second. Stay away from me Jack. Get out of my life. Now."
Bridget let go of her grip on Jack's collar, gave Jack a little push and backed away. A lot of people were staring but she didn't care. Her temper was flaring and she was so mad. Calming herself down, Bridget looked at Eric. He was still sitting down, but his eyes were looking at the champagne in his glass. He seemed to be immensely interested in the bubbles. Bridget prayed that Eric hadn't heard her angry wrath at Jack.
Bridget carefully made her way back to her seat while watching Jack hurry towards the exit. She noticed that Eric had been avoiding her gaze for the past few minutes where they were sitting in silence. Bridget was dying to find out what Eric was thinking and she really wanted to know if Eric had heard her angry talk towards Jack but she understood that he needed time alone.
Excusing herself from the table, Bridget said softly to Eric "I'll be in the balcony okay?"
Eric nodded as a signal that he had heard her so Bridget walked away from Eric. She walked past Carmen and Win, who were still talking and entertaining guests, she walked past Lena, Tibby, Brian and Paul, who were having a grand time dancing and she walked past James and Billy, who were talking to a group of young girls. She made sure that neither of them caught sight of her; she needed time alone.
Bridget opened the great big glass doors of the balcony and stepped outside. No one was on the balcony right now. As soon as Bridget stepped outside, the scene before her made her heart pound. It was a beautiful sight. The moon was big, clear and large. The skies were clear, the stars were bright and the fresh breeze was calm. Everything looked like it was in a peaceful serenity. Bridget sighed and walked up towards the railing, leaning over it.
It was near midnight so there wasn't a lot of traffic and noise in the city. Bridget looked up at the moon and stared at it. It was unusually bright this evening. Letting the light breeze blow on her hair, Bridget slipped into a calm tranquility, letting all thoughts elude her and just letting nature take her breath away. Bridget glanced up at the sky and saw a shooting star. Closing her eyes, she wished Dear star, please let this night be the best night I ever had. Please let every bad thing that has happened to me this night turn into a good thing. But most important of all, please don't let Eric from stop loving me. Bridget opened her eyes and stared at the clear sky, praying that her wish will come true. Now, I need to turn around three times. Bridget laughed out loud as she remembered that when she was young, she would turn around 4 times just to make sure her wish came true.
Bridget turned once, then twice, then in mid turn number three, Bridget opened her eyes and saw Eric coming towards her with his hands in his pockets. Bridget frantically shut her eyes closed and finished her last turn, nervous of what Eric had to say to her. Bridget left her back turned towards Eric and she stared up at the moon, anticipating what Eric had to say.
"You know you look really beautiful with the light breeze flying through your hair and the moonlight reflecting it?" Eric asked softly, slowly approaching the anxious Bridget.
Bridget opened her eyes wider in shock and held her breath. She hoped this conversation would turn out to be good, instead of bad. Eric noticed that Bridget was a little stiff and she was slightly shaking.
Exhaling, Eric came up behind Bridget and whispered tenderly in her ear "Listen Bee, I am so sorry for what happened tonight. I was always so scared that someday you would find out that I'm not good enough for you and leave me. You're so gorgeous. Any man would die to have you as his girlfriend."
Bridget continued holding her breath waiting for Eric to continue.
Eric ran his hand through his hair before continuing "I was so paranoid about today because the moment I entered this ballroom, you looked so beautiful that I knew that I would have some competition. That's when Jack came up to me and started telling me that you and Jack had been hooking up behind my back. I was so miserable. I knew that it would happen someday. I didn't bother to try and find the truth."
Bridget turned and looked at Eric horrifyingly. She grabbed his hand and said with meaning "Eric no! I would never do that!" Her eyes were filled with worry.
Eric took a glance at Bridget before exclaiming "Oh, I was so stupid. I came to a conclusion so fast; I didn't even take the time to figure it all out. When I heard you talking to Jack, I knew the truth."
"So if you knew that Jack was lying, how come you didn't talk to me afterwards?"
"I was so ashamed of myself. I kept on repeating to myself that you deserve someone better than me"
"Eric!" Bridget grabbed Eric's shoulders and forced Eric to look at her. "Eric, we are perfect for one another. We were meant to be"
Eric pulled Bridget close into a hug while whispering to her "I am so sorry Bee. So so sorry that I ruined our evening."
"It's alright Eric." Bridget said before giving Eric a kiss on the lips.
"Mmm" Eric groaned before pulling himself away. Bridget glanced at Eric questionably.
Eric dropped down to one knee, pulled out a ring box from inside his pocket before saying "Bridget, I know this day hasn't been one of the best for us but I can't wait to do this any longer." Bridget's eyes widened and she was in total shock.
Eric looked at Bridget lovingly before continuing "Bee, we've known each other for 8 years now, and I was foolish to let you go many years before. We've been through rough and good times and we survived them all. I love you beyond reality. I love everything about you; your personality, laughter, voice, eyes, beautiful hair, appearance, heck, I love every inch of you. I love you so much it pains me whenever we are apart. You are my soul and my heart. You bring laughter in my eyes. Without you, I probably couldn't be myself. Around you, I feel joy and happiness that no living person can do the same. With all this, Bee, I ask you…"
Eric slowly opened up the ring box. Inside was a gorgeous stunning big diamond ring. There was a huge dazzling big diamond in the middle, surrounded with a lot of tiny diamonds around them. All the diamonds were on a gold band that was twisted elegantly. Bridget stared at the ring, unable to move. Eric took one deep breath, looked up at Bridget and asked, "Bee, will you marry me?"
Bridget's heart stopped working completely while a strange warm emotion started bubbling up inside of her. She looked down at the kneeling man whom she has loved ever since the day she first laid her eyes upon. This was the man she loved beyond repair.
Bridget dropped down to her knees tears streaming down her face. She gazed into Eric's eyes, the wonderful brown loving eyes, and whispered "Yes, Eric. Of course I'll marry you"
Eric beamed brightly before carefully taking the ring out of its box and affectionately putting it on Bridget ring finger on her left hand. The ring seemed to blend in with Bridget's body; like it was meant to be there all along. Bridget smiled and kissed Eric passionately.
Eric pulled Bridget up and together, they stood on the balcony, kissing romantically, arms tangled around one another, in the bright moonlight, clear skies, and a beautiful sweet evening.