Chapter 6

"You love me?" she asked hesitantly, certain that she was just imagining it. He couldn't have actually said it, could he? That happened in dreams, that happened in day-dreams, that wasn't supposed to happen in reality!

He tightened his hold on her, like he knew this was their final moment, their final conversation on the topic. "Yes, I do…. I love you so much I…. I don't even know why I'm living anymore."

"Don't say that", she snapped instantly, clutching his arm almost to the point of hurting. "You know I love you Justin, we can be-"

"No." he cut her off before she could even complete. He didn't even want to hear that proposal, because he knew, he might not be able to resist it, and he wasn't going to give in to himself, not after fighting for so long. He wasn't going to destroy the future that he dreamt for her. "We can't, Alex, we can't. I'm sorry, I…." he pulled back and looked into her eyes.

Words were really over-rated after all, because through their eyes, they could say everything that they couldn't say through their lips. Their eyes could reflect everything going on in their minds; it could express everything they felt inside.

So when he pulled back and walked away, deep in her heart, she knew, if the circumstances had been different, if they weren't forbidden, they would have lived happily together forever. Opposites as they were, and though they drove each other insane, they complemented each other perfectly.

When he left her room, she felt like she couldn't breathe. It was like the world had blanked out in front of her, and all she did was existed. Where? How? She wasn't sure. All she could do was stare at the door and feel nothing at all.

She closed her eyes and drew in a deep breath, held it in for sometime to see if it can suffocate her, and finally let it out. When she opened her eyes again, she felt a sense of relief. The knowledge that he loved her, and they would have worked if things weren't so adverse was like a mirage in a desert- a soothing balm to her wounded soul.

Finally she felt relieved.