The one I've loved

"Long time no see , Jessica Olsen "

His voice was enough to get my heart thumping . It has been ages since I heard him call my name .

Austin ?!! , I said when I turned back to look at him .

There was a slight smile on his face .

I walked towards him not breaking my eye contact with him and then everything seemed blur .

When I opened my eyes , I realised that I was on bed . Was everything a dream ? , I thought . I looked around and it wasn't my room . I took few minutes to know that I was in hospital . I looked at the clock , it was past twelve .

As I was getting down , the door was opened .

How are you feeling now ? , Austin asked me .

It wasn't a dream , I still can't believe that he is standing in front of me and talking to me . I was staring at him instead of replying to his question , It took seven years to meet him again . I never thought he would be the one to talk to me first .

I'm fine , I said .

I just wanted to talk to you and you looked at me as if I was a ghost and then fainted , he said making me chuckle .

Sorry , I-I didn't eat anything since morning and I was weak so I fainted ...

Before I could explain him ,he said , Weak ?, the doctor told you are not weak .

I lied to him that I didn't eat anything . I fainted because I was surprised to see him all of a sudden . His sudden presence in front of me made me faint because I was over excited and was in shock too .

By the way , what were you doing at my show? , I asked him to divert the topic .

As far as I know Austin have nothing to do with Sanchez . So I was kind of curious to know why was he there at that time . I just wanted to know if he was a guest or if he came for me even though I knew that it was highly impossible for him to come for me .

There was a smirk on his face after listening to my question . I was invited and then I saw you walking along with the models and then I thought of meeting you after the show but who knew you would be so shocked seeing my face and faint , he was clearing teasing me .

It's not like that , I said biting my lower lip .

I was sitting on the bed and he sat on the chair which was beside my bed , we both stopped talking , there was a moment of silence between us .

Half of me felt that we would never meet and the other half felt that we would meet one fine day . I always thought that it would be the best moment ever but I never thought that I would faint the moment I see him .

We heard a knock and then the nurse entered the room . She left after checking my blood pressure .

I'm sorry for the trouble , I apologized him after the nurse left leaving us alone in the room .

That's alright , he said and continued looking at his phone .

You are right , he said putting his phone in his pocket .

I never thought that I would get a chance to talk to you in a hospital when we meet , he said again .

Stop it , I said in a low voice .

He chuckled and asked me , How's your life ?

The first thing which struck my mind was Jake . I sighed .

My father chose a guy for me and I went to meet him a few days ago and he turned out to be Jake , I said to him but there was no reaction on his face .

He said , Oh !! nodding his head up and down in a slow motion .

I'm talking about the Jake whom you punched in school , I said to help him remember about Jake .

I know that the Jake you are talking about is the one whom I punched , he said in nonchalance .

I forgot that he is an expressionless man . He never expresses his feelings much . Since we were in school he always had an cold expression which made him look angry and attractive at the same time . Now , his expressions are harder to understand than before . He was always aloof , he cares only for few people , his friends and obviously his family .

Oh , I said to end the topic but the topic didn't end .

What happened on your date then? , he asked me .

I told Jake that I like a person and then he told me that .... that he wants to prove his love for me and he asked me to give a chance .

Do I know the guy you love ? , he asked me .

Yes , I replied .

Who ? , he asked me .

I don't know what I saw was right or was I over thinking but while asking this question he narrowed his eyes , he looked curious to know about it and he looked slightly irritated .

I took deep breath and cleared my throat .

It's you , I said in a low voice .

I've been in love with you since eighth standard , I wanted to tell you this after exams but I never got a chance to meet you , I finally confessed to him .

I don't mind if you can't accept my feelings , I just wanted to tell you what I felt for you all these years and I feel happy that I finally told you , I said .

The moment I told my feelings to him , I felt my heart lighter . There was a kind of satisfaction when I told him that I liked him .

You mean .....

Before he could say the next word ,he took out my phone from his pocket which was ringing .

It was from my aunt .

Which room are you in ? , she asked me on the phone .

I ended the call immediately after telling my room number , I wanted to know Austin's answer before my aunt's arrival . The door was opened a few seconds after I ended the call .

Austin got up from the chair for her to sit and then he sat on the couch .

Rachel came after my aunt and was shocked to see the person who sat on the couch .

Oh my sweetheart !! how are you feeling now ?, she asked me .

I'm fine , I said .

Thankyou Austin for taking care of her till now , she slightly bowed to him and said politely .

How did you guys know that I was here , I asked them . My aunt's gaze shifted to Austin from me .

I understood what she meant . It was Austin who called them and told about my condition .

It was easy for me and Rachel to come and see you because Clara is also in this hospital , my aunt said looking at Rachel who was blank after seeing Austin here .

I think you should go home and take rest Jess . Austin could you please drop Jessica ? Rachel asked .

She didn't know what was happening all she understood after looking at my tensed face was to do something to make us leave as soon as possible so that we would be alone .

Sure , his answer was short as always .

Shall I come with you ? , my aunt asked me .

I'll need you mom , Rachel said to stop her from coming with us .

While I was talking to my aunt and Rachel about my show , Austin payed the hospital bill .

I'll pay the money tomorrow , my purse is in my bag which I left in the makeup room , I said after getting into his car .

I could transfer money through my phone but I somehow wanted to meet him again .

Okay , he said and started the car .

I was telling him the directions to my new house .

You called my aunt using my phone .....

While talking to my aunt told me that he called me from my phone which made me shock .

I tried few passwords and I unlocked it , he said with his hands on steering and eyes on the road as he was driving .

When ? , I asked him .

Before you woke up , he said and looked at me . There was a mix of grim and a smirk on his face .

160294 , he said .

I was stupefied at his answer .

His birthday was the password to unlock my phone . I used this number as my password when I was studying , I changed my password recently to this number . I felt as if I fell in his trap . God knows why he tried his birthday number to unlock my phone . He must've doubted when he unlocked my phone using his birth day as my password and I cleared his doubt by saying that I like him .

The car was stopped , I raised my head to look out . We reached my house .

Like I told you , I don't mind if you don't accept my feelings and I don't want to force you to love me back . I just wanted to tell you how I feel for you , I said while getting down the car .