11 years ago
"Ian.. we are going away." young Ava says to Ian
"where?" he asks as he plays with his lego
"To a nice place. Mom says it will be fun there" then Ava holds Ian's little fingers and frowns "i will miss you. don't forget me while I am gone. I will send the Santa on your birthday. He knows me well" she says
"No he doesn't. You are lying. How will we talk to each other?" Ian says and throws his lego
"Don't worry. I will tell my brother to call you so we can talk. He will listen to me. Bye, Ian. wait for my call" Ava says goodbye as tears stream down little Ian's face
"Don't go Ava. I'll give you all my legos and toys to play with. Don't go" Ian says but Ava leaves
PRESENT DAYS
Ava comes back home and heads straight to her room.. It has been a long day for her. She closes the door and takes her phone out and video calls someone
"Zoe, how have you been?" Ava asks her best friend from the state
"I am not going to talk to you. I missed you so much and you're calling me now?" Zoe says angrily
"I am so sorry. So many things have had happened and i need to share them with you" Ava says as she shares every little detail with Zoe
"Girl, you're kidding, right?" Zoe exclaims
"I wish I was. That guy is such a jerk. And now I have to pretend to be his girlfriend. Eww" Ava says
"By the way, is he hot? I mean judging by the way you're describing him, he must be pretty hot" Zoe says
"No. He is--" Ava tries to deny but she stops
"He's not my type," she says instead
"Umm Ava.. Did Ethan call you?" Zoe asks
Ava stays silent for sometime
"I blocked his number. I don't know" she says
"You did? I haven't seen him ever since you left. I just hope that he is doing well" Zoe says
"I don't want to talk right now, Zoe. I'll call you soon" Ava says and hangs up
Ava tries to hold her tears back but in the end, she loses to her tears as they fall down and she starts sobbing. Once Ethan used to be her everything and now she is all alone
Ava rests her head on the bed and thinks about the time she spent with Ethan. How he never failed to make her feel special. But then things happened between them. Ethan ended up cheating on her with another girl. The day Ava found out about it, she couldn't fathom the situation. The person she trusted the most is the one who betrayed her
Ethan apologized to Ava several times but Ava didn't give him a second chance. He begged Ava to come back to his life saying that he wasn't in his senses but Ava left him.
This is the thing about love. You leave the person but the memory haunts you forever. And Ava is now facing the ghosts of her past. She wants to forget about Ethan but she can't. She thinks about him and soon falls asleep
"Good Morning, Wifey"
Ava wakes up at the sound of a stranger
She opens her eyes to see Ian standing in front of her. Hand in his pocket staring at her as if she is a circus animal. At first, Ava thinks that it is just a dream.. So she doesn't take him seriously
"Urghh, Why is he even in my dreams? If I kill him in my dreams, will he disappear from my life too? I wish that was the case" Ava says out loud thinking that it is just a dream
"You planned to kill your first husband. Now you want to murder me in your dreams. were you a criminal in your past life?" Ian asks in a serious voice
"Susshhh. Don't talk in my dream. I prefer silence" Ava says
"okay, I'll go downstairs and tell your parents that you don't want to marry me and that all of this was your plan to fool them," he says
Ava finally comes back to her sense. She fakes a smile and pinches herself
"ouch.. It's all real?" she says
"You don't deserve to dream about me to obviously it is real" Ian says
"What are you doing in my bedroom without my permission? That too, so early in the morning?" She asks
"Your mother called me to go to university together.. And she was the one who told me to wake your lazy ass up from the bed. Get ready quickly. I don't want to be late because of you. Come downstairs quickly" Ian says and leaves her room
"UURRRRGGGGGGHHH" Ava signs and gets up from the bed and freshens herself .. She quickly changed her clothes and comes downstairs
"oh there you are honey. quickly have your breakfast " mom says
Ava sees IAn already at the breakfast table "
doesn't your mom give you food at home?" she says frowning
"AVa. Why are you saying that? That is rude" Henry says
"Nothing, Dad. I was just kidding." Ava says while looking at Ian
Ian pretends as if he didn't hear what AVa said and focuses on his breakfast. This makes Ava madder
"hey Ian" Peter starts to talk to him
Ava tries to get her head straight without thinking much
Peter and Ian talk throughout the whole breakfast. "Wow, he knows how to talk nicely to people. Isn't he being extra nice to my family?" Ava thinks
"let's go wifey" Ian whispers in Ava's ear after breakfast
Both of them get in his car and throughout the entire car ride to university, they don't talk to each other. Ian looks down at his phone while Ava looks out the window.
They reach their destination and the students are shocked to see them get out of the same car.
"Wait, didn't they fight yesterday? What happened?" they start whispering
"What is she with Ian. Ian is mine"
"Are you kidding? Did Ian ever talk to you?"
"No he didn't. But still. I am much better and prettier than Ava.. What is she doing with him?"
"Urrgghhh.. Ian is the captain of the football team. What is Ava? Nothin. They don't suit each other at all" the whispers intensify
As they are walking down the hall, Ava suddenly feels Ian's hand intertwined with hers. Ian holds her hand tightly. Ava gets surprised and looks up but Ian's eyes are already fixed at someone. Ava follows his stare and there she is
A Blonde girl with looking at Ian. She looks extraordinarily pretty. Her body proportions are perfect. Her fashion sense screams GOALS. Ava looks at Ian again. She has never seen him like this
"Who is she? And why is Ian so frozen on spot?" Ava wonders to herself