Heys and hellos, I hope you liked the new time leap. I promise a lot of  new twist and turns in both of their lives. So hold on...

Alex's pov

The past two years have been vulnerable for me. I felt so incomplete. Riley was there for me for these two years. But the craziness, spark, excitement and hope I had in life  went blank and missing.

I wanted Clare to come back in my life so badly, but she didn't. And I don't blame her,it was my mistake to leave her after all. I was so used to her giving me second chances and bringing that smile back on face that this time when she didnt come back I have realized that how much she mattered to me.

Edwin hates me so much that he doesnt even let me come near his daughter , and my own sister agrees to this. Riley tried to take Clare's place but she never could, she never can. I knew, she knew, everybody  knew and I lost her trust and I  don't think I can have that back.

Neither did I ever try to win it back nor did Clare give me a chance .I lost her. I don't even think I love Riley as much now. Both of them completed my life but I survived without Riley, then why can't I survive without her?

Am I dating the wrong person? Did I leave the wrong person for the wrong person? I have to talk to her. Soon. I was nervous because I was going to do the world's two most important thing and was confused and having second thoughts. Am I correct? Will I regret? Is this a game of fate ? Does the realization have to strike.

Graduating day..

It was the morning of graduation. I was a A grade student now. After Alex left me I drowned myself in my books, all I did was work and study and I was now one of the best students of North Hampton High.

Alex, who used to be a very smart student but had now fallen down to a B grade student. I didnt even know how many of these faces will come in front of me again. How many people will I still call friends or used to will hang on. After Alex and his betrayal college life is a blur and now over. In a few hours I will leave this country and I am hoping to not return. Never return .

My house was bustling with preparation, after all tonight I will be gone, forever. Leaving everything behind, my friends, my foes, Chloe and mainly him...

But before that I have one thing to do, go to a lake that I called the promise lake. I and Alex used to drive there every now and then but now we can't even stand seeing each other's face, not that we hated each other, but we were lost in our own lives.

It was 5.00 and graduation was at 6.00  so I had to start getting ready. This place won't see me again.

This place has seen world's bestest friendship and this place lost it too and now this place will lose me and miss all of it. This the place saw a blooming love and devastating heartbreak. A heartbreak that diminished my heart's strength and made it lose its faith in love .

I wore my outfit, practiced my speech a few more times and finally the moment came. College was over, I will never see Alexis again, never comeback to the place I have grown to hate now. Dylan was waiting at my doorstep to pick me up in a black sgurt that jndeed makes him look hot. All of my friends were busy making plans about where to go after college. But little did they know, I would never see them again. I will miss all of this, this bustling, this craziness, childishness, I will miss my former Saturday nights nd evenings at the promise lake and the small trips to the nearby park, I will miss the way I could loiter around the town doing nothing, I will miss the way I used to laugh and smile once upon a time and did not fake it , but most of all i will miss him . Even if i hate to say it i will miss him , a lot.

Graduation hall,
After party

I and my group was hanging out in a corner of the hall. When someone suddenly cleared their throat on the mike. Alexis. That raspy sound was his. He cracked a few silly jokes. And that clearly means that he was nervous, something I didn't like or will love was going to happen. He was about to make an announcement.

That smile that hadnt ctacked in years made its rare appearance on my face again just by thinking about the possibilities of what could happen .But again luck wasn't on my side and I left the place in tears, all my friends were trying to hunt me down, but nobody knew about the promise lake . Only he did. I cried my eyes out. He didn't come. We had promised each other at the start of the college that whatever happens we will come here after graduation but he broke his promise. He lost me.I had lost him to the arms of Riley. She won. I was lost in my thoughts when my phone rang,  I fumbled with it and realized it was time for me to leave.

Goodbye Alexis.

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Pranati.