The Red-Letter Days by Wilma Sharon F. - HTML preview

Chapter 6

We are in the pub partying. We joined with Jane and Cooper and said Josh couldn’t make it. Pub was not much crowded. It’s easy for us to move and enjoy.

“I have a surprise for you” Ervy said.

“A what?” doubtfully.

“I have a person to introduce you; you know the person by name but never met”. A girl showed up looked like a super model. It’s her Natalie the buttercup.

“She is Jessica Turner”. She smiled, twisted her body and was holding Ervine’s arms.

“Hey, Natalie” I greeted by waving my hand. I went the bar corner and had some champagne.

“Ervy, she is good” I said casually.

“She was one of my good friends and she is my colleague too. She is more concerned about me”.

“Oh, how sweet” I said plainly.

“Yeah she is”. My heart rate increased this time with anger and rage in abound. He asked me to dance with him but I refused “No I don’t dance”.

“Okay, but you can give it a try”. “No, Ervy please I don’t wanna look like a clown here”.

He nodded and went to dance with her. I watched them dancing from the bar corner. They were rolling around each other and holding hands. Slowly coming closer and closer. I abhor her totally. She touched his face and put her arms around his shoulders. I couldn’t take my eyes off coz I wanna know what she’s up to. As I afraid she kissed him. He did too. I’m at the acme of grief.

I moved from the sight of Ervine and sat on the couch nearby. I was raged in anger and my lips started muttering, I’m not the only one to him in his life. There can be anyone who he loves and I should not take advantages over him for the helps he did to me. It doesn’t mean that I’m important person to him. I have to let him go and letting go someone we love is the scariest a n hardest thing. He is dancing with her like a slug in the swamp. I finally decided to leave him to Natalie coz if I’m around him, I’ll hurt him and that will hurt me more. I tried to get down from the bar stool but I slipped and got hurt a little in my ankle.

A bartender saw me upset and came to me. “Is everything alright, mam?”

 “Yeah, I can’t breathe need some air”. I turned away.

 “There is the Exit, I’ll help you to the door, mam” it’s the nadir in my life time.

“Thanks. I’ll go from here”, I said grateful.

The Hawk-Guy (Ervy) saw me leaving. I put on my jacket and opened the Exit door. He came from the dance floor and shut it from my back in one hand. I turned to him.

“Jess, are you alright?” caringly.

“I’m fine, I wanna leave” I said harshly.

“You don’t look good, you are defaced. What happened?” he can’t sense my anger. What do I do? I felt like I’m gonna assail him but I controlled.

“It’s nothing Ervine. I’m fine. I wanna go home”.my face went black bcoz of my eye liner smudge all over.

“Okay stay, I’ll drop you in my car”. He turned to take the keys.

“No, I’ll take taxi” me.

“Jess, are you out of your mind. The weather is bad you’ll get hurt” Ervy.

“That bad weather is not gonna hurt me Ervy and that’s none of your concern” me.

He understood that I’m upset of something. But he opened his mouth to say something before that I said “Leave me, I can go”.

I left the pub it’s so painful. He watched me from behind. I walked in the rain it’s not heavy, just drizzling.

I took taxi after a walk, I didn’t go home. I went to the library.

My mind is blocked and my heart heavy. I can’t think anything clearly. Everything in my mind is him and Natalie kissing.

I saw a small booklet named as  “Shakespeare’s Quotes”. I started reading but I can’t concentrate much but some quotes are lovely.

“You say that you love the rain, but you open your

umbrella when it rains

You say that you love the sun, but you find a

shadow spot when the sun shines

You say that you love the wind, but you close your

windows when the wind blows

This is why I am afraid; you say that you love me too”

--- Shakespeare--

I’m afraid too.

I read some more quotes and my phone vibrated many times. It must be Ervy or Jane. I went out of the library and took my phone out from the purse and saw its Josh and Jane. Josh left me a voice message says “please pick up my call, its important”.

I called back him. He said that Ervine didn’t return home yet and didn’t leave me any messages. I plainly said  “he must be with Natalie, Josh”.

“Who?” He asked in shock. I repeated “Natalie”

“It’s not possible” he irritated me again. I’m already in great pain.

“Josh, I know alright, I saw what they did in there. He was so passionate towards her. He is just fine, so stop worrying about him”.

“Jess, he is not fine, she is such a pain in his neck, he’ll never do that and he’ll never go anywhere without informing me”

“He is with Natalie, Josh. Well come on!! open up your eyes you dumb head, he is not our Ervy anymore”. I hung up the call.

I got a text from Josh as “look for him near the stone bridge”. Why I should see him that’s not my work, but I went, drenched fully in rain. It got heavier than before.

I took a taxi and got there. I saw him sitting in the rain like a mad man.

I coughed from behind to draw his attention. He turned his head lightly, he knew it was me.

“What are you doing here?” I sat beside him in the pavement there.

“Why are you asking, it’s none of …..I interrupted “sorry for what happened back there in the pub. I’m such a dapper”.

“Now come let’s go” me

“I’m sorry too” Ervine. “What for your sorry?” I asked.

“For Nat” his voice was so feeble and low, he really meant it.

“I don’t understand. Did she ditched you?” me.

“No” Ervy.

“Alright Ervy let’s go home it’s so cold and we are already drenched much. Don’t lose hope pull yourself together; she will come to you soon”.

I dragged him up by pulling his arms. We reached the car parked nearby and got in; he gave a towel to dry the wet.

“I’ll drive” I said.

“No I’m good I can make it”.  Don’t you allow me to drive your car, Ervy?” I said roughly. He allowed me to drive then I started the engine and he turned on the heater inside the car, it’s better now.

My hair is wet and my fingers turned cold. He played a song of Rihanna called stay. After a few minutes he asked me to pull over the car.

“Why?  Did you forget something? He stubbornly said it again without giving any reason. So I pulled over the car.

He looked me straight I can see him staring at me but I didn’t see his face. I was staring out of the front window. He didn’t say a word, I couldn’t hold so I turned to him and asked. “What is it?” My eyes fixed on his dazzling eyes; I told you already how mesmerizing his eyes were. I started talking without my control.

“Why are you doing this to me?” he came close to me. But I tried to stay at a distance. He took my hands and was holding and said that he was sorry for what he did but he didn’t tell what for he feels sorry. He doesn’t know that I’m so much fond of him. The song changed in the list to “stay with me” of Sam Smith.

“What for your sorry,  Ervy?”  I asked. “I love you, Jess”. I looked him in shock he said “yes, I’m in love with you”.

I’m unable to speak a word nothing came out of my mouth. He came closer, I closed my eyes and he kissed me in the lips and I kissed him back. I felt warm thing running over my cheeks from my eyes, I was crying.

I opened my eyes and stopped kissing. I was close to him now so I wanted to touch his face and lips softly and the important thing I admire in him is his eyes. I looked them so closely I loved it and I kept my forehead over his and said “I don’t wanna get hurt, Ervy”

He said “I’m not gonna hurt you, Jess. I promise”.

“I have a problem in trusting people, it won’t work for me and I’m not good at that”.

“No, it’s just me”. I hugged him and put my arms around him. My mind is clear and storm in my thoughts where calmed down.

We kissed for a while and then started the car. He explained me that it’s all a play to know that I’m interested in him or not. Why Natalie did that is, she loves him more of course everybody likes him bcoz he is a nice kind of guy. That’s why he apologized for.

We reached home.

He came to my home. Jane and Cooper slept. We went to my room and changed our clothes and he kissed me, hugged me and I sat on his laps and kissed him. We were talking about happened after I left the pub. He said that after I left he walked inside and took the keys. The bartender talked to him that I went sick of watching them dancing “I saw mam getting upset seeing both of you. Think she is disturbed by you, sir”.

Ervy said nothing and left the pub, took his car to find me. He said that he liked me when he saw me in the house party. But he is so nervous to ask me out and that’s why they arranged a trip. Unfortunately it gets cancelled.

Natalie tried to stop him but he said “Nat, I love Jessica”. But he couldn’t find me anywhere and tried calling me but I didn’t pick his calls. And now it all ended up in here like this. He cuddled me into his arms and he is balmy. He fell asleep.  I’m happy I wanted to feel him near me so I kept awake and my lovely thoughts showed up like a rainbow. There is no rainbow without a rain, lightening or a thunder.

It’s so wonderful to be with the loved one. I was scared to be in love with him. I have no idea how it feels to be in love but I felt it in the pub last night and I kissed him in the cheeks, he smiled in his sleep slightly and hugged me tight. I started thinking again. Loving someone and being loved by someone is so hard. It makes us to break so many hearts and break ours too that’s what I’m afraid bcoz letting go is even tougher than being in love.  My wrong assumption over love is gone now but still I wanted him to love me forever and I wanted to be in love with him forever.

I couldn’t sleep I’m overwhelmed with joy like my Jane did.

I had a problem in trusting people but I understand that trust people isn’t so hard for the persons like Ervy. I learned so many things from him.

Morning he was not there. He left a voice message that he wants me at his house by 9 am. Oh, it’s already 8:30. I got ready and came out Jane was sitting in the couch having coffee. I went to her and hugged her and smiled.

“Good Mornin” both of them wished me back.

“Are you alright, Twittie? You look too happy” I laughed and said “I’m prefect Jane”.

“We need to talk” she said in a weird look.

“Yeah, we have to” and left the house.

“Going out, leave me a message if there is a need, Jane”.

 I went to Ervy’s home we planned to surprise my sister on her wedding. She loved to have a pet like Chloe there in Scotland coz after she get married she’ll shift to Scotland.

We bought a little Chloe named “Autumn”. I guess she loves it.

My mom and dad arrived before the wedding starts. The wedding went well all parties over celebration done. I’m so happy to see them. I introduced Ervine to them as my boyfriend not as a neighbor guy. As they know him from his childhood they didn’t have any refusals to make.

We surprised her by giving Jane “Autumn”. She’s happy and hugged us. She left to Scotland by the next day. After some years passed, she gave birth to a little boy-angel named, “Gabriel Cooper”. We call him “Gabe”.

We (ERVY and I) fight a lot; we love a lot. We meet very often; usually he come Canada to my place.

One fine day, Ervy took me too a fabulous place, it’s so beautiful, calm and lovely. We had a delicious dinner and some champagne then we left the restaurant. We passed by a shore wonderfully decorated with the lights. Suddenly he knelt down before; I felt embarrassed and asked him to get up. “You are embarrassing me, Ervy”.

“Jessica Turner, I Ervine Miller asking you, Will You Marry Me?” and got a ring on his hands.

I can’t hold on my tears it started running out, I kissed him and said “Yes I Will, I Will Marry You, Ervine”

And then he put on the ring and kissed it. We kissed in there, when I said yes all shouted and clicked some pictures of ours. We framed one for us and fixed that to the wall.

That night I called Jane and said what everything happened, she and Cooper were so happy. So many days passed we got married.

HAPPYILY EVER AFTER…….