I stood blankly at the screen of my PC, my fingers hovered over the keyboard before it moved and I typed ,'thread of faith' and pressed enter , information flooded on my screen as I browsed down. But none gave me what I wanted , I erased my search again before I began to type, I paused fir a while before i continued,'can a married man get a Thread of faith?'
I couldn't tell Anna back then , my head was already jammed . When I spotted his other ring , my heart clenched, like I was hit on the guts . They must have been a mistake, I tried to comfort more myself. I don't know what really happened, all I know is that I lost different games and my performance was bad. Even when Anna asked what's wrong, I couldn't found my voice, in fear of my words to be followed by tears , I stood quiet .
For someone who was already bad at Sport , that one was an embarrassment even for me . But what made me confused, was him , Mr Axton, he didn't even spare a glance at me ,and when he did , he looked at me coldly, like i was the evil one who put the thread between us , i couldn't even look at him in fear of being glared at . I placed my hand over my face and sighed heavily
I looked at the screen once again before I closed my PC, nothing was really helping right now , my phone vibrated as I looked at it, displayed 20 missed calls from Anna and message 'are you alright Ruby?, you just left without saying goodbye? ' ,
minutes went by as I sat on my chair, the room was dark saved by the full moon that shone through my window. My room was filled with posters on thread of faiths. I didn't even talk to anyone when I got home , didn't even have an appetite to eat , nor in the mood to fight with Jonathan
Sure my mom visited me with a bowl of fruits which is now still on my desk ,still untouched. I looked at my ring with its thread , I always thought that the day I got my thread will be the most happiest day of my life, but it's not
I wiped away any stray tears that may have escaped from my face . My heart ached as I stood up and dragged myself to my bed . I closed my eyes in hope of forgetting of today's events ,but his face kept on appearing from my mind . I opened my eyes as I stared blankly at the wall before I heard a loud bang on the door
"Rebecca Gray, come and open this door right this instant young lady " Jonathan's voice echoed as he yelled, I didn't move an inch as I continued to hear him banging on the door , he was soon going to think I'm sleeping and go away
My heart jumped as I heard his footsteps fading at a distance, I sighed in relief. After some minutes, I heard the creaking of my window followed by heavy breaths . I quickly shoot up from my bed and looked at my window, Jonathan climbed from my window and landed with a huge thud
"I'm batman " he said proudly. I rolled my eyes
"What are you doing here?"
He ignored me as he went to switch on the lights, my eyes pained at the sudden harshness of light as i groaned "hey stop that?"
He looked at me then at my desk "Anna called me to check up on you, said you're ain't picking up her calls ? " he said casually as he sat down
"Well you saw me now get out "
He grinned as he looked at me "I heard you got the thread big sis , congrats "
I swear if they was no laws in here ,I would have murdered this idiot more times than I could possibly count with both my fingers and toes combined , and I'm sure Anna called him to check up on me, I regret giving her my brothers number. I really wanted some time for myself ,but I guess not in this madhouse apparently.
You see for the thread ,only you and your soulmate could only see and touch. I don't know why it was made like that but I guess It kinda make sense , imagine seeing thread hanging around everywhere, almost too ridiculous if I think about it. For others to see that the thread was formed , is the colour of the ring , silver ,indicating than no Thread is formed , red , indicating the thread is formed, gold, indicating the acceptance and reunion of the soulmate. But I heard that you can reject your soulmate and the thread will dissappear, and they will be a slim chance of getting another thread
My brother looked at me "you look ugly when you're serious sis , you almost look like that baboon that was not given a banana and it was sad and hungry at the same time. "
Everything I felt about the thread and the ring just left me at that moment ,I pounced at him as we fought,tackling each other on the ground.
.....fast forward, no one died or got seriously hurt ,that's the bottom line . I breathed heavily as I looked at the ceiling as I laid down on the cold floor. I felt the throb on my left arm from where Jonathan bit me , i swear this person was more of a dog than a person
"You ok big sis? "
"yeah I'm fine now"
"....well I'm not ,because of you ,I almost went bald . Imagine my crush seeing me like that"
I chuckled as I felt my head clearing up , I pulled Jonathan close and wrapped my arms around him
"thanks lil bro , I mean it"
"....anytime big sis "
We laid there for a while as I hugged him close, finding comfort in him , out if all the things, my brother was the only one who could make me feel so alive and dead all in once . I sighed heavily
"the thread did connect ,but to the wrong person Jona" I said heavily
"the thread never makes a mistake Ruby , they is always a reason why it chose you to that person "
".....even I'm trying to understand the reason for why it did that "
Was there a really good reason for me to be connected with Mr Axton? , or was it life making fun out of me . I don't know for how long we laid there comforting each other , but he ended up leaving, complaining that I was squeezing him too tight and could hardly breath, typical him not knowing what affection is for once in his life
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I rode my bicycle as I fast as I could, I woke up this morning without nothing but wanting to test my adrenaline. The wind passed by as my hair flowed gracefully at the direction of the wind , my legs paddled hard till they go numb and throbbing in pain. Times like this always bring me peace , it always make me feel like I'm free and there's nothing else around me, just focused on my bike and the road ahead, the bumps making me feel like I could fly. Each sharp turns I took only brought that rush in me.
Riding my bicycle has always been my get to go comfort zone . I remember my first bicycle I got on my 10th birthday, I never knew how much I would like riding them ,I even took part time jobs after schools just to be able to buy a new one after I was growing too big on my old one .
I went by the empty road as I paddled , i smiled as I felt free on that moment, but that moment was short lived, just by the turn, a car appeared in front of me , the bushes covered it so I didn't see it on time , I stopped my bike but it didn't brake on time and I ended up falling as my bike got under the car , the car stopped just milliseconds away from me . I felt my entire body throbbing in pain asmy ears ringed.
The door opened and someone came infront of me , "Hey, are you ....alright? " . My eyes widened as I looked at him . Mr Axton, what kind of faith was God trying to pull right now , just when I thought I would try to forget about my thread , the cause of it appears in front of me
I winced as I sat up "Yeah….I'm alright "I found my voice as I spoke
"No you're not "he said concerned "you're bleeding. I looked at him confused and my eyes widened as I looked at my knees, they were scraped pretty badly and bleeding
"Those damn bushes" He snarled, "let me take you to the hospital " he didn't wait for me ta say anything before he picked me up ,he took me to his car and opened the door as he layed me down gently before he closed it
My heart pounded at that simple gesture, I was in his car , the pain forgotten as that same feeling I felt at school resurfaced . He got in the car and brought the car to life before he drove off. The car drive was quiet , the tension In the car growing heavy and heavier by each passing minute
The silence was saved by the music playing on his radio, but it was just classical music, for someone like him sure has weird taste in music, I spared a glance at him ,and he was even more handsome up close
But why is he not saying anything? , his soulmate is here with him on the car , he doesn't even spare a glance at me, I'm I not his type ?, or maybe his committed on his marriage?
I shook my head to remove those lingering thoughts , I took a deep breath as I tried to speak but my voice just got stuck in my throats ,
"We are here " he cut the silence as he parked the car , his voice cold and flat ,I felt a bit of disappointment. He opened my door and carried me to the clinic. He put me on the bed as he went out
I felt sad at his actions, a doctor came in with him by his side , a doctor attended to my wound
"Listen, your bike is damaged, I have already paid for you medical fees " he said with a cold face ,he took out his wallet and fished out some bills and placed them beside me
"This is for your bike and your uber , you will treat yourself to something nice with the change "
I looked at the money,
"Are…..are you leaving? " my voice cracked slightly, I just hoped he would just stay just for a little while
But I was responded with just cold detachment "I'm a husband and a father , I have duties to attend to"
I felt my heart shatter into a million pieces , I clenched my fist as I put in a smile that didn't reach my eyes "ofcourse....travel safely " my words came out forced , as I choked down on my sobs
He nodded and left , the unease felling settled in my heart , was I the only one curious of the thread?, about us . Did he say that as a way to reject me , how rude . The doctor attended to my wound , the doctor told me to rest for as long as I would like and gave me some pills
I fell asleep after that, I woke up to some soft hands touching me . I slowly opened my eyes and my gaze landed on my mom , I saw her worried face
"Mom?"
"Oh thank God you're OK ...…" she choked down on her tears "I thought something might have happened to you"
My heart clenched at her sight as tears came
"Oh mom " I sat up and hugged her "I'm OK mom...…I'm OK " I sobbed, the room was filled with sobs as my body trembled as I seeked comfort in her . Not because I was injured, but because of everything, to my thread of faith , to Mr Axton, everything was a mess
"Mom " I said with my cracked voice
"Yes honey " my mother broke the hug as she wiped my tears
"I ...I don't know what to do " I stuttered as I tried to find my voice, my voice hitched "I'm have fallen in love with a married man! "