Alesha couldn't believe what she heard, she pinched her own cheek thinking it was just a dream but then she grimaced in pain.
"Ouchhh…! Pain, it means this is real? Woah...Did he say love to me, does George love me? Ahh…! He really loves me, yes he loves me. Oh my god, George loves me! I can't believe this!" Alesha screamed with joy, she even went around and jumped like a happy child who got a gift from her parents. She kissed the Jacket that George gave to her repeatedly then headed to the room while humming.
A few days passed,
Meena who was talking to his friend looked seriously, but a pat on his shoulder distracted him. After seeing who tapped him, he then asked his friend to leave.
"Hi man, you seem busy lately huh?" George greeted pleasantries while sitting down on the chair.
"Hey! How you doin'? I rarely see you again. How is the progress of your love affair with that girl?" Meena replied with a grin. plastered on his mouth.
George fell silent for a moment then he looked at Meena intently and smiled. "I have worked out, now it's your turn to tell me who was the dream girl you've always admired, huh?" asked George back.
This time, Meena turned to be silent. His smile suddenly disappeared and his face turned gloomy. "She loves someone else, but that bastard makes her down," said Meena in anger. He didn't know if the bastard he was referring to was in his presence.
George glared at Meena, he wanted so badly to hit Meena for calling him a bastard but he managed to calm his emotion. He then burned the cigarette and started to inhale deeply and he exhales around smoke out. "Do you love her?" asked him as he continued to smoke his cigarette.
"Hey, since when have you interested in my love romance, huh? You the one who usually told me not to care about women especially with their feelings but you know I can't do much away." Meena retorted in surprise. She felt strange by George's behavior, the way he non-stop smoked the cigarette like a frustrated one making a bad feeling crept inside him for his friend's changes.
"Just answer me, whether you love her or not!" George snapped in a harsh tone.
Meena frowned, he realized there was something wrong with George. "Hey man, what strong with you? Yes, I do love her and I will…"
"Forget her..! George cut it back, he glared at Meena.
Meena was stunned, he didn't understand his best friend's act even more. Indeed, George has often reminded him not to give chance for women to dream about him, but this time Meena thought George was outrageous and abnormal.
"Don't drag me into your complicated romance, if you can't make it with her then let her go and get back in princess Selvia's arms. Don't force me to forget my admired girl!" Meena said slightly ignited but also provoked George to open up, to find out why he was acting so weird.
George didn't say a single word. He just kept on smoking his cigarette nonstop. But, he suddenly smirked at Meena.
"Don't tell me you want my girl, too. Because I'll make sure you would lose." Meena added guessing, then he noticed George's expression. And he was true.
"If I say yes, what do you want to do?" asked George, glaring at him. His gaze grew even more challenging.
Meena narrowed his eyes. "What do you mean by your remark?" He asked in curious, did he know who girl he was talking about? Or a girl who desperately he adored was Alesha. It means the girl he had talked about was no one other than Alesha. Shit! he thought to himself.
George didn't say anything. He just kept on smoking his cigarette, playing with the round smoke that coming out his mouth which then disappeared in the air. George turned his head towards Meena and looked him in the eyes.
"Meena, tell me if the girl you love turns out to love me, what will you do?" His out of blue question made Meena stunned. There was a feeling of betrayal spread all over his heart but he managed to suppress the feeling. Then, a gentle smile plastered on his mouth.
"You are a man whom I know has never interest at any woman, actually I'm not sure you gonna experience such a feeling, but if my girl likes you, of course, I won't let you because you only will hurt her. Remember, you have been engaged. You can't do anything to help the girl you love to against your parents. Have you thought about it?!" Meena retorted emotionally.
"But what if I love her too?' George asked back, he wanted to know Meena's reaction. George would also tell his friend about his true feeling towards Alesha no matter what. Even though it might affect their friendship.
They had always been solid and supported each other. However, sometimes there was dissent between them but they could solve it in agreement. But this time the situation was hard, they loved the same girl. And George knew exactly how stubborn and determined his friend was, he had to watch his remark except he wanted to end up with a physical fight. It didn't mean he was a coward, but the fight was the last thing he would think.
"George, are you kidding me? Wait.. the girl you've been telling me that time, is that girl we're talking about now? Do you…" Meena no longer continued his sentence because of the thundering of his heart. He could only stare sharply at George, his emotion spread throughout his feeling. He started to raised from his seat and ruffling his hair in annoyance. While George was still sitting quietly as he didn't care about Meena's anxiety. He was aware of Jimmy's feelings but he didn't show it.
"Yes, I love Alesha." George finally admitted his feeling while keeping the cigarette in his mouth and huffed out the round smoke until vanishing in the air.
Meena was very surprised, he was even unaware if he was grabbing George's collar. "You're lying! It's impossible. You can't do this, have you forgotten your fiancé? You said that you love her but you only will hurt her and one day you will harm her too. You didn't even care about what princess Silvia gonna do if she finds out. Is that what you call love, huh..?! Jimmy pushing George's body roughly until his body bounced on the chair.
George didn't answer, he knew all things that Meena said was true. His love for Alesha was not easy to be going through. There would be many obstacles they must face ahead, and the big one was his fiancé. Thinking of that made his heart felt heavy. However, he didn't want to give up like a coward. He truly loved her. He was even determined to fight for his love.
"I love her and I won't let her get hurt. Meena, we love each other, I hope you can understand that. Please forget all your feelings for her."
"You think I'll just let you do what you want? George, your love will make her in trouble. The person who should give up is you. let her study and live quietly in your state, and you better mend your relationship with Princess Selvia and get married to her, let me love and care for Alesha."
Hearing that George's blood burning all over his head. His sharp eyes welled up? he tried not to give in to emotion no matter what happened was unable to control his anger anymore. In a blink of an eye, a heavy blow on Meena's jaw successfully knocked the man down to the floor. Meena who didn't expect to get a sudden attack was shocking before he was fully aware of what was happening, the second attack landed in his mouth, as a result, fresh blood flowed.
Knowing George would soon throw his fist again, Meena then swiftly dodged and turned around sending a hard kick right in George's crotch. So that fight was inevitable.
People who had been witnessing the scene could only gape in shock without knowing what to do. Nor did they dare to intervene out of fear and timidly. It's a very rare occurrence, a prince got into a fight in the public area. Even the guard didn't have the guts to do anything. They just stood there watching their prince and that man who was none other than his own best friend hit each other. They wanted to break up the fight, but seeing George's darkened face, made them shudder.
While George who was so infuriated by his emotion didn't care about anything else, all he wanted to do was crushing him. His anger was all over him, and when was about to throw a punch towards Meena's face, all of a sudden there was a scream.
"Stoop…!!!"