Chapter-26

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Amaya

"Aarav! Is everything ready? Is there anything I can do to help?" I asked him.

I came here to ask him if he could drop me at Jameson's place. Later I found out that he is proposing to his girlfriend today.

After, the accident my driver's license got revoked. Andrew dropped and picked me up the first few days, and I didn't wanna bother him anymore. So, Arjun did that for the next few days until now. He said that he won't be able to do it today and Andrew is out of town. I should do an Uber or a Lyft.

"Yeah! No, you should just take a rest. I'm so nervous Amy."  Aarav exclaimed.

"It's okay! I'm sure she will say yes. If she doesn't, I will make her say her for you." I hugged him assuring him she will. She loves him like crazy so she will say yes.

"I am not paying you to talk to everyone. Why did I not find you at your desk?" Yelled Jameson breaking our hug.

"Keep me posted! Bye." Saying that I left Aarav and walked towards Jameson.

Jameson is going to be the death of me. It's hard to make a person fall in love with you who's adamant about not responding back. It's been 8 days but no progress, even though we have been living together. He keeps avoiding me or yelling at me.

"Aww! Did you miss me? You should've just called." I winked at him holding his hand. 

He is trying to wiggle his hand out of mine but I just held it harder.

"Why do I find you at Aarav's or Andrew's every single time? Can't you keep working? Do you have to talk to them every hour?" He hissed at me.

"I didn't have anything to do. I can be with whoever I want, you have been acting like a brat these days. Why don't you continue to avoid me like you have been doing the last week? " I replied to him and left.

I am tired of this, I'm giving him my hundred percent efforts, but there is no progress here.

After that night he stopped coming to my room and his house when I'm there. He leaves the house way too early and comes in late. I tried everything. And on top of that, he is leaving for Hawaii the day after tomorrow for 3 days. I got 6 days left and 3 of them are gonna go to waste.

I sighed thinking about all this and looked at the clock it is almost 10 at night. I looked at Jameson's room but the lights were out indicating he left too.

I slowly walked myself out, and to my bad luck it is snowing out here. I don't have a ride or a jacket. 

 I opened my phone to look for an Uber, but I couldn't find any. Awesome! Now I have to walk.

When did I get this lucky?

I started walking towards the bus stop which is half a mile from the office in this 2-feet snow. I'm regretting all of my decisions right now. 

What am I doing here? 

Did I make the right decision coming here for him? 

Will he ever confess his love? If I fail, what is my next step? Should I leave him after this week or am I gonna continue the fight for us?

BEEEEPPPPPP...

Who the hell is honking now? I turned my head to see what kind of idiot honked at me for walking.

"Are you crazy? Why are you walking?" I heard Jameson shout and opened the car door for me.

"There was no Uber, so I thought I could walk to the bus stop,"  I told him shivering.

I can't die now, definitely not gonna freeze to death. So, I just hopped into the car and started enjoying the warm leather seats.

He took his coat off and gave it to me to keep me warm.

 His actions and words are completely contrasting with each other, he says rude words to my face, but he asked me to wear clothes in which I am comfortable, and he stopped me from walking too much. He makes sure that I have every single meal.

"You could've called someone. This is the thing I hate Maya. You are so careless what if something happened to you." He started saying but I couldn't hear anything after Maya, maybe I should do more stupid things like this to get his attention.

"Arjun had some other work, and Andrew is out of the town. You are not talking to me. Who will I call? I'm fine see don't worry." I assured him trying to warm myself by rubbing my hands together.

"Arjun knows you are here! Then why don't you go back to your aunt's house? I can't take care of you as they do." He said with a hint of sadness and disappointment in his voice.

"I am here for you and I am not leaving you. My aunt doesn't know about this. It's just Arjun, you know that I can't keep a secret from him." I told him enjoying the warmth spreading all over my body.

"You should stop telling him everything. He is just a kid." Saying that he started the car.

"You are just jealous of us. Can you take me home fast? "  I told him. I don't know why but my calfs hurt and I feel chills all of a sudden.

"Are you okay? Let's go to the hospital." He said in a worried tone.

"NOO!! I don't want to go to a hospital and take me home." I told him and sat quietly till we reached the house.

We got in and went to our rooms. I'm still having the shivers, I increased the temperature of this room and went under the sheets.

"Here eat this food." Jameson came to my room with a plate of food.

"I'm not hungry and I feel really cold, let me sleep for tonight," I told him trying to sleep.

He touched my forehead and ran to his room. He came back with a thermometer, a big box of pills, and a bowl of soup.

"Here have this soup and take this pill for now." He said and I quietly drank the soup looking at his tensed face.

 Why does life have to be this hard? Clearly, he loves me and I love him. Why is he acting like this?

"Don't leave me, Jamie. I love you so much. Please don't leave me ever." I hugged him, and he just hugged me back without a word. 

My head is in his lap, and he kept brushing my hair with his fingers till I slept. It reminded me of mom after the accident.

I woke up feeling hot and sweaty and towel on my forehead. I turned my head around and found Jameson on the couch sleeping uncomfortably. I went to him and woke him up by kissing him on his head.

"Are you feeling better now?" He asked me rubbing his eyes.

"Yeah! I'm all good. Sorry for giving you a hard time." I told him looking at his red eyes which indicates that he didn't sleep at all.

"You come with me to Hawaii. Take the day off and pack your bags." He said and left the room.

I'm so excited! Finally, I see some change in him. He avoided me for the last 8 days and now he wants me to tag along with him on a business trip. Thank you so much, god, thank you for giving my Jameson back to me.

I packed my bags for 3 days, and now we are in the place waiting for it to move.

 I'm so lucky to have him in my life, He is working amid all the chaos. He loves his job so much and is dedicated to all the things in his life, except for me. He looks so good that I wanna kiss the life out of him.

"Stop staring at me!" Jameson said working on his laptop, and I just smiled looking at him.

We got into the plane, and I'm bugging Jameson to stop working for the last 2 hours. He keeps ignoring me and I'm trying to gain his attention.

"I'm bored, say something," I told him covering his eyes, so he won't be able to look at his laptop screen.

He removed my hand from his face and placed it on my lap.

"Jameson! Why am I here? You could've left me at the house." I huffed at him acting annoyed.

"I have work to do Amaya. Sleep or watch a movie." He replied without sparing a glance at me.

I'm super annoyed now, so I decided to keep poking him till he reacts.

"Sir! Is this lady bothering you? I could move you from here." The air hostess came out of the blue and asked Jameson.

Before anyone of us could reply she said "These people don't know how to behave, they should just go back to their country." 

Did she just say that to me? I opened my mouth to yell at her for saying those words to me, but Jameson beat me to it.

"You mind your own business. One more word about her and I'll make sure you get fired. Before asking her to leave this country you should." He hissed at her, she went pale and ran away from us.

"I could've handled her," I said to him in a disappointed tone. 

I fight my own battles, I don't need anyone to do that for me.

"What were you gonna do? Punch her." He exclaimed. I rolled my eyes at him and looked at my screen for a movie to watch.

I found this movie called Tag, and it's so funny. I felt someone poke me, I turned my head and found Jameson looking at me. I raised my eyebrows at him.

"What are you watching?" He asked me.

" Tag, here watch it with me," I told him pulling up the armrest between us and sharing my earbuds.

I snuggled closer to him, and my head is on his chest. I could hear his heartbeat and smell his musky perfume. I got so lost in the comfort and closeness that I ignored the movie enjoying the moment.

The plane ride ended faster than I thought, As we reached Hawaii, the warm breeze hit my face, bringing me comfort, this place reminds me of India. We reached the hotel and checked into our own rooms. 

Jameson is busy with his meetings. I wanted to tag along as his secretary, but he said no. Now it's back to how it was. He avoided me, me waiting for him to respond. I looked at his schedule for today, and there is a dinner on his schedule at 6 p.m. So, I decided to show up there and surprise him.

I know I did a bad thing by using his personal calendar. I'm bored at the hotel, and he specifically asked me to not go anywhere. I was feeling alone and I hate being alone.

I got out of the cab and walked towards the restaurant and found Jameson sitting with a girl outside. There are so immersed in their conversations that the waiter had to tap the table to get their attention. I could feel my heartbeat with every step I'm taking toward them. I hope that's not a girl, Jameson wouldn't do that to me. I got closer to them to get some clarity.

He is laughing and they are holding their hands. They look pretty cozy with each other. He used to laugh with me like that. What if he did replace me with someone else already? What if he doesn't like me anymore?

 I felt my heart snap like a twig, I started to feel nauseous with all the thoughts going on in my mind.

 What do I do now? 

Go and ask him for answers or run away from the pain.

Should l leave him to be happy like that?

 Am I selfish for coming back here to fight for him? 

Sampath warned me about this already. Am I ready to take a no from him?

I need to leave this place and run away from him, I can't look at them anymore. I don't know where to go. I could feel the tears running through my cheeks. I thought I was strong enough to take a no, but I'm clearly not okay with it.

I started walking away from them.

I continued walking till my legs hurt and gave up on me. All the hopes I had for my relationship seemed a little blurry to me at this moment, I believed that he loved me, but looks like I am the only one stuck in this relationship and I might be pulling him away from having a happy ending.

My grandfather was right, unrequited love leaves a bitter taste in life, but I should let him go. If he has fallen out of love with me, there was no love between us for me to fight for.

With the thought of stopping my fight, I reached the hotel and went towards the elevator to get to my room and check out. Before I could enter the elevator someone pulled me back and hugged me tight and kissed me on my forehead. I knew from the smell of his perfume and his touch that it is Jameson.

"Where were you? Why didn't you pick up my call? I asked you to not leave this hotel. Did you know how worried I was?" Jameson said.

I pushed him back and started to walk away from him.

"Why do look like this? Where did you go? Why are you not answering me?" He asked me and got into the elevator.

I looked at his face to yell at him but I couldn't gather any words. I saw the other girl's face. I felt betrayed. It was my mistake, I thought he would still be waiting for me.

"I went out for some air." I mustered all my strength and told him.

"You look pale. Do you still have the chills and fever?" He asked and lifted his hand to touch my forehead. I slipped to the other side and went out of the elevator towards my room.

"Why are you acting like this?" He asked me with so much concern.

"Why do you care? It's not like I'm your girlfriend anymore. WHY DO YOU CARE?" I yelled at him after I went into my room.

"You might not be my girlfriend but I will care for you till my last breath." He said back at me with so much pain.

"If you care so much, why did you break my heart? Why were you not there when I needed you the most? Why am I here in a room suffocating and feeling alone while you are out with some other girl? Why did you get me here? To show me that you moved and I'm still hanging on to you like a leech. Why do you keep hurting me, Jameson?"

"I can't take this pain anymore. It hurts so much. If you were never interested in me why come into my life in the first place."  I told him holding my clenching heart.

He came forward to touch me but I pushed him back. I took out the necklace with the ring he gave and placed it in his hand. He looked shocked looking at the ring.

"She is not my girlfriend. She is a business client. I didn't mean to hurt Amaya. It was never my intention. Please don't cry, I'm not worth it." He said lowering his head down. I felt relieved when he said that she was not his girlfriend. I don't wanna get my hopes up again.

"Please answer this one question. I will never bother you again. Why did you break up with me? I need to know why to move on as you did. Why am I not able to?"  I questioned him rubbing my tears from my face.

After a long pause, he started saying

"I don't deserve you, Amaya. All I ever gave you was pain. You don't deserve that. You deserve a happy family, and I would just break your family if we were together. I just wanted you to be happy." with his voice breaking.

" It was supposed to be my decision, not yours. I knew that I had to fight with my family for you. I knew the consequences of our love from the moment I said yes. You make me happy Jameson. I feel like I'm with my family when I'm with you. You are my choice." I told him what I truly felt with tears falling off my eyes.

"You never gave me pain, you made me angry for sure. The accident was neither your mistake nor mine. Stop blaming yourself." I went forward and held his hand.

"I want you to be happy Amaya. That's it." He said.

"I wasn't supposed to fall in love with you, You were never supposed to mean this much to me, seeing you smile with someone else broke my heart. But the sad part is? You made me fall for you and I did fall in love and that's why I've been holding on to you, and It hurts like hell to let you go." I poured my heart out for him.

"I am done Jameson, It's not fair for me to keep on holding to you. I will try to let you go if that's what you want, It's time to move on with my life, the same way you did with yours." Saying that I left him numb, and reached my room and locked the door, crying till I felt free from the pain.

I tried to sleep that night but I couldn't, all the pain that I kept holding on to for months seemed to flow out of my mind and body.

Now I'm back at the airport with Andrew leaving this place. I'm going back to California. After I told Laura about everything she wanted me to leave this place as soon as possible. She that forcing your love on someone is not going to work. I have to accept what happened and move on.

"I can't find Jameson Amaya, No one knows where he went. His mobile is out of reach. I'm sorry that this is happening again." Andrew told me, trying to call his friend again with the hope of stopping me from leaving.

"It's okay Andrew! It was Jameson's decision not yours. I came here to try, I thought I was gonna succeed but I failed." I said to him with heart-wrenching pain.

"Amy! Let me talk to him. Don't Leave." Andrew begged me.

"I've been doing this for the last 2 weeks, but now I... I am tired of it, I am just tired of him pushing me away. It feels like he doe.. doesn't want me anymore. I...I don't think I have it in me to run after him again, knowing that he will push me away. There's nothing worse than putting yourself out for someone and being rejected every single time Andy."

He hugged me and I bawled in his arms trying to let go of the pain. He kept rubbing my back consoling me that it was going to be okay.

"You take care okay? You will come next week right." I asked him rubbing the tears off my face. 

"You bet I will." He said and hugged me.

Buzz.. Buzz

I felt my phone vibrate. I took it out of my pocket, it was my grandma. It's almost 10 now in India, they should be asleep right now. All the bad thoughts are clouding my mind. I picked up the call.

"Hello Maa! Are you okay? Is Grandpa okay?" I asked her with worry.

"I'm fine and everything is fine. Don't worry. That guy Jameson is here and is fighting with your grandpa for you. He asked your grandpa's permission to marry you. He is saying that he won't leave our house until grandpa says yes."  She explained and I didn't know how to react.

"What? Why?" I barely whispered as I am feeling ineffable.

"What do you mean why? Jameson is here to make your grandpa accept him. Do I have to explain everything? Come here before something stupid happens." She said and cut the call.

I stood there baffled trying to digest what my grandmother just said. Andrew tapped on my shoulders with a worried look on his face.

"ANDREW!!! Jameson is at my grandparent's house. He is fighting with my grandpa for me." I told him jumping with happiness. After listening to that Andrew, lifted me off the ground in excitement.

"Will you Come with me to India?" I asked him, and he said yes.

I thought Jameson left me, I would never imagine something like this. He went directly to my grandpa. I couldn't contain my happiness. It feels so good, I am seeing some action from Jameson's side. He loves me, I wanted to yell at the world that my Jameson still loves me. He didn't push me away as I thought.

Soon we landed at the airport, got a cab and right now in front of my house. I went towards the house and found Jameson sitting on the front porch with his eyes closed and looking at the ceiling. I quietly dropped my bags and bent my head and kissed him pouring all of my emotions into it. He looked at me and kissed me back with the same passion and love. I missed this.

"What are you doing here?" He asked me breaking the kiss.

"What do you think you are doing? Why did you leave me alone there? Don't you dare leave me again?" I punched him in the stomach.

He laughed at me and held my hand.

"I missed this." He said pecking my lips.

"I hated all those 6 months without you Maya, You are the magic of my life. Thank you for Fighting For Me. I know

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