Chapter
16
My eyes felt wet, although it remained shut. In the lonely
darkness, I scouted my way towards his left hands and clasped
it.
After midnight, all will be ashes to ashes; what about you? Do you
even fancy a girl like me?
Rick had no response.
My eyes twitched intensively and overflowed with doleful
fluid.
You know, probably, we met at the wrong time
No, you are wrong, I said, struggling to avoid sounding as if I
am whimpering, the fact is not about the time - time is pretty
much fair to me; its about the fact that I will never be able to
keep up with you, no matter how much I try to change my
destiny.
Why say that?
So many things happened and every incident merely reinforced that
fact that we are on two different plane of existence. You talk
about aiming for the moon dont you understand that some people
just cant be near the moon, even if thats what the person should
do?
A moon is just an analogy
You remember the day when I chased after you?
Rick nodded instinctively.
No matter how fast I ran, I will never be able to bridge the gap
and distance...
Its only a game!
Its simply not just a game, you understand? Its the truth! And
the truth is that NO MATTER WHAT I DO, I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO KEEP
UP WITH YOU! Do you NOT understand? There is no way I can be like
you
have your life and live the way you live
simply no
way
All the suppressed emotional grievances poured through my voice
like a flash flood, drowning all gaiety of todays occasion.
Then do you love me Rick?
I
began Rick, as his voice grew softer with every second of
deliberate stalling.
I paused and close my eyes, anticipating Ricks next reply.
whatever it is
it probably wont even work out
sighed Rick in
a resigned tone,
I think you are right
Like a crack in the windscreen from a fallen tree rock and like the
advert of the anticipated dawn waiting to banish darkness from the
face of this world, I felt my world of my delusion coming to an
abrupt end; devastation rumbled across the realm, crumbling my
illusionary world pieces by pieces.
Take back what you had said a while ago; I still have ten minutes
before this dream of mine will implode.
Ivy
Let me do what I want for ten minutes, I pleaded,
I promise you
once this is over, I will not bother you anymore
I reached over and hugged him.
Appreciate this beautiful dream
I promise you once I have woke up,
I will no longer revert back to the same old me.
I tightened my embrace a little, as if I could hear the shattering
and fiery explosion within my world, perishing from the birth of
reality. Falling debris, collapsing edifice and majestic towers
everything is tearing apart upon truths invasion.
One more minute left
just let me hug you throughout this time
ok?
And soon, my mobile alarm signalled the awakening.
(to be continued... final chapter)
