Chapter １２- Surprise.

SASHA'S POV.

"Alex, enough with the suspense now," Daisy scowled, "I am so curious."

Alex laughed as he looked at me and smiled, "I am sure you are going to love it."

I faked a smile at her, reverting my eyes out the window. Yesterday at dinner Alex declared us to pack our bags as we will be going for a vacation in the morning. I wonder why is he taking me with them. He hired me so that I can handle his work on his behalf but nearly a month had passed and all I am doing is sitting and eating in his house. A part of me says that he didn't bring me with him for his work, it's something else but I cannot place my finger on it.

I looked at him as he was engrossed in driving, As usual he drove with his one hand while his other one was placed on his lap. If life was like before, his other hand would have been holding mine. I miss his hand in mine, but do I have a right to be with him. I was supposed to sit in the back seat while his fiancée should be sitting with him in the front passenger seat.

*Flashback*

Alex was placing the bags in the bonnet when Daisy and I moved out. Daisy opened the front passenger door, when Alex called her, "Daisy will you do me a favor please?"

"Sure" she nodded, holding the door handle.

"Actually, Sasha have a complaint of car sickness and you know how much I love my car. I will never want someone to vomit in it." He requested, "it's better for her to sit in front, I hope you understand?"

Daisy, looked down, faking a smile, she stepped back.

"It's okay Alex, I am fine now, I will sit back, Daisy you sit ahead." I said, because what Alex said wasn't true, I love long drives and I have no complaints of car sickness.

"It's okay Sasha you can sit ahead, you haven't ever had the privelaege of sitting in the front seat right?" I stomped my feet and was about to argue but Alex held my hand, pleading her with my eyes. Daisy turned over to the back door and settled herself in, and I don't have a choice than to sit next to him.

How could I explain them that I feel sick, around him!. His presence ignites a row of different emotions in me. His presence was torturing me to death.

*Flashback*

It has been an hour since we were driving. I looked back at Daisy who was asleep. Casting a glance at the man of my dreams I couldn't help but just smile. He wore a white polo tee paired with a pair of black jeans and the same black jacket that I love. Winter had already started I cannot wait to see the snow. I love winters, I love playing with snow and I love walking on a snow filled road with him. Will I ever forget our time spend together?

A squeeze on my hand, made me realize that my eyes were still on him. I could feel my cheeks blazing as I looked down in embarrassment.

I missed you. I wanted to tell him but I kept my words in my throat.

"I missed you to Sasha." he smiled as if he just read my mind. I gaped at him and he just stared at me. Do he have mind reading powers?

"No Sasha I don't have mind reading powers." my jaw fell to the ground as my mouth remained open.

"You?" I pointed my index finger at him, trying to think how he did that?

Oh shit! Is he a vampire? I have seen his eyes turning red and him roaming on the streets at night. But his fangs? I haven't seen them.

He laughed aloud and said, "Seriously? Do you think I am vampire?"

"Alex!" I growled, "How did you know, what I am thinking?"

"Because I am a vampire." he narrowed his eyes at me and did an action of biting, "And I will bite you, drinking your blood." he licked his lips playfully and I punched his arm lightly.

"Moron!' I muttered shaking my head. For an instant I couldn't help but imagine him biting me, biting my neck, sucking on it. I shivered at the thought. The mere thought of it brought shivers all over my body. I could feel, butterflies rattling in my stomach. How can I overcome the effect he have on me?

I supported my head on the window as the tall pine trees passed by us. He turned the music on.

'You are just too good to be true....Can't take my eyes off of you..' the voice of Frank Valli played in the car and I peeked at him, feeling hypnotized. I really cannot take my eyes off him and when he too looked at me I cannot help but just melt into the moment.

'I wanna hold you so much...' He held my petite hand that was lazily placed on my sides. 'At long last, love has arrived, And I thank God I am alive...You are just too good to be true... Can't take my eyes off you.' I felt like this song was made for me, it was expressing what was in my heart. All I wanted now was to sing these lyrics to him and let him know how I feel about him.

'Pardon the way I stare...There's nothin' else to compare.. The sight of you leaves me weak..There are no words left to speak..But if you feel like I feel..Please let me know that it's real...You are just too good to be true.. Can't take my eyes off you.'

His constant glances made my heart flutter. The song played ahead as I was lost in him, I felt my fingers itching to touch his neatly shaved jaw. I felt my body shaking all I wanted was him. I wanted to feel how it is to be his. I wanna feel how it will be to be loved by him. I wanted only to forget everything that happened, ignore the thought of what might happen in future and just live in this moment. Just explore my life with him and be his for just a moment.

'I love you baby... And if it's quite alright I need you, baby.' At this point I had my emotions flowing like a river. An urge to listen him, saying these words to me. All these years, I felt myself craving for love, again. His fingers traced my knuckles as I closed my eyes imagining him singing this song for me. He brought my hand near his lips as I felt my knuckles burning under the warmth of his soft lips. I felt tingles running down my blood. I can hear my breathing uneven and loud. I felt like crushing to his chest and never leave him. I wish I can pause time and live this moment forever. I feel my determination of staying away from him vanishing and all I want now is to forgive him and spend every minute of my life with him. Because only he can make me feel like living, only he is the goal of my life. Without him I am like a bird without wings, who can live but cannot fly, who have a life but no meaning to it. No matter how much I hate to accept it but the truth is that I need him more than oxygen. I need him to breathe. Feeling the ecstasy in my heart, I let myself drift into a world of rainbows and colors, a world of dreams where it's just me and him. It's just our love lingering in the air and nothing else.

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He was standing in the church, right in front of the Father, Beneath ,my veil, I battled my eyes at him, in his black suit he looked no less than a prince straight from the heaven. I smiled and looked at the flowers in my hand, I stood in front of him, in my enormously beautiful white gown. "Do you Sasha Mathews accept Alex Ruiz as your husband?" asked the father, I was about to answer when I felt someone shaking me.

"Sasha.." his voice sang in my ears, "Wake up baby doll, Look where we are."

I groaned ignoring him and returning back to the church just to say that Yes, Yes I accept Alex as my husband but the voice tugged my arm and pulled me out of the church, dumping me into this car. I opened my eyes and scowled at him.

"What!"he shouted.

"It was my wedding! I was about to say yes but you dragged me out of my wedding."

He overlooked me for a second before falling into fits of laughter, "You wedding...hahha...And to whom were you getting married?"

I looked at him startled as reality percolated in me. It was a dream and it was a foolish teenage dream. I flushed furiously before pushing him aside, and stepping out of the car smiling like a maniac.

I laid my eyes on the surrounding and involuntarily took a step back. Amidst the fields was a small house. A cool breeze of wind hit me, as my hairs scattered on my face. stroking them back I felt a familiar shiver ran through my soul. I heard the birds chirping and trees rustling as I walked towards the house. I almost turned into my childhood as I ran, giggling towards the brown roof house. My mom rushed out of the house to catch me, but instead of going in the house, I ran around the Banyan tree that stood upright. I could see my mom chasing my 10 year old version as a tear left my eyes.

It has been years since I returned back to this place. I saw flashes of my father cycling as I sat behind him in a school uniform. I was 16 when I left this small village and went to the city for higher studies. I used to do a part time job so it wasn't possible for me to return home in vacations. I returned back after a decade, after knowing about my father's accident but that too just for a week before going back to the city, leaving my studies and finding a full time job. I was desperate to find a job, I wasn't qualified enough so all I could do was work in a restaurant as a manager. I missed my parents so much but as Alex was doing so much for me, I couldn't muster enough strength to ask him to let me go. I never expected him to bring me here, to my parents. My mother came towards me as a tear left her eyes. She too looked bewildered. After staring at me for a second, she rushed near me touching my face, before crashing me into a motherly hug. She kissed my forehead, my cheeks and my face as tears ran down her face. I hugged her burring my face in her warmth. At this moment I realized, how ,much I missed her.

She took my hand and looked at the house door, I followed her gaze to find a figure appearing from the door. With a hand stick in his left hand, he walked slowly towards me, as a ear to ear grin spread his wrinkled face. My hands covered my mouth involuntarily as I cried in happiness.

WORD COUNT- 1992

Word Count: 1948 words.

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TOTAL WORD COUNT: 25,347 words.

Date: 24th August, 2020.

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