"Hey," he said
"Hi," I replied with a fake smile.
"What happened? I mean, you texted me saying you wanted to talk about something important to me." He said with a frown.
"Yeah, about that." I started but seeing a bench near the pond I continued, "Can we sit and talk?" I asked.
"Yeah, sure." He said and we both sat on a bench facing the beautiful pond with beautiful ducks swimming in it. I became so confused about how to start the conversation on that topic so, I just blurted it out.
"I know what you did four years ago," I said and suddenly Ian's expression changed in a second from happy and excited to serious.
"Yet, you came here. Why?" he asked me with a confused expression.
"Because I wanted to hear your part of the story. Why did you do it, Ian, you were one of my best friends. You knew how much Liam meant to me." I said being sad at the fact that how could he do such things.
"Well, that's what Ava is. I was always your friend and nothing more. But I always wanted more than just to be friends with you." He said with a sad expression.
"Ian, do you understand that you practically destroyed my relationship with the person I loved?" I asked as the anger was slowly bubbling up.
"I know and I am sorry but I was jealous. I was jealous of Liam. I was the one who you should have liked." He hissed.
"Why? Why would you be jealous of Liam? He was your friend too." I asked.
"Because when Liam came to our school in 5th grade, he got everything I had. You, Grace, Aiden, and I all were together from our childhood. We have seen each other growing up. I was the first friend he made when he was new, he practically became a part of our group because of me and in return, he took everything that was mine." He started and I sat there in shock, listening to him as he told me everything he felt. Looking ahead he continued,
"Aiden was my best friend but as soon as Ian became one of us Aiden and he became closer and then Grace too. He knew I loved you from the day one he knew it. But instead of helping me to get you, he fell in love with you. I was angry and in rage and I just wanted to beat the crap out of him, I thought he betrayed me. But then, one day I got to know from Grace that you love Liam too. I was heartbroken, so I distanced myself from you all." Taking a pause and a deep breath he continued.
"In our senior year, I heard from Aiden that you both were fighting quite a lot as Liam grew his anger issues." He took a pause and laughed a little before continuing,
"Stupid me saw a chance that maybe, it's not too late to have you back in my life. Maybe if I convinced him or you that he is not right for you, you might come to me. So, I did whatever I thought, I was doing right. I took some pictures of you and some guy with an angle that it seemed you both were kissing and showed them to Liam. After your fight, I thought you would come to me but instead, you left, you left everyone and everything. And that was the point I realized how wrong and stupid I acted, but it was too late for that." He said with pain and regret in his eyes.
I just sat there shocked and froze. So many emotions to feel. Sad, angry, frustrated, and many more.