Beautiful Faults - Episode 17

 

June’s Pov
After I finally registered what just happened and how deep I was getting myself into something deeper than an ocean, I quickly jumped off the sink and unfortunately sprained my ankle with that. 

I screamed out in pain and I see harry trying to find where I was with panic and pain evident in his eyes and my heart broke, my eye swell with tears at the sight as I regretted my action of jumping off the sink at impulse. I quickly touched his leg and he turned around to find my face.

“What happened? Are you okay, June?” he asked and I told him that I just sprained my leg, its not a big deal .  He pressed the leg and I realized I didn’t feel any pain. That was when it occurred to me that it was a cramp, not a sprain. I started laughing as Harry kept looking surprised and confused at the same time.
“It was just a cramp, I didn’t sprain my leg” I informed him and he stood up abruptly and headed for the door.
“Don’t scare me like that again” he warned before he walked out and I had to follow him and make sure he doesn’t trip or something.

“Harry, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to scare you

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. The pain was really sharp, so I thought I sprained my ankle. I didn’t know it was a cramp”

“It’s okay” he replied and we settled down on the couch. Few minutes passed and we still haven’t said anything to each other. He tried taking his phone from the table and when I tried helping him, our hands touched and I quickly retreated at his touch knowing how it affects me.

He was surprised at my action and he settled back into his seat and the awkwardness continued. Few minutes later, he cleared his throat trying to get my attention. “Do you want me to get you anything? I asked

“About earlier” he started. “I’m sorry about that, I only acted on impulse. It meant nothing to me and I swear with my life, it won’t happen again and I’m sorry once more. I didn’t mean to kiss you like that” my heart flipped and though a part of me was relived about the fact that it won’t happen again but the remaining tiny part was broken that what had happened meant nothing to him. I can still feel his lips on mine.

“You don’t have to apologize about that. It meant nothing to me either” I replied without blinking twice.  “Let me help you to the barber’s shop so you’ll get your hair cut” he just waved me off and told me Ron will help him with it when she gets back.

“I want to ask for a favour, June”
“What’s that?”
“I know I’ve been the most horrible patient you’ve ever had or you’ll ever have. I’m terrible at getting used to people and I even blamed you at some point for getting too involved in my matter when all you want was the best for me. I don’t have a choice June, mom is busy and so is Ron and I can’t go on that journey by myself. I want you to follow me to the city for the surgery next week. Please June, be my eyes till Christmas” I could see that he was nervous and I’m not that evil to say no to something that I know its really important to him but I can’t imagine staying in the city for what seems like days. I just don’t have the power to do that.
“I’m sorry, Harry. I can’t go with you. I don’t have a reason for my decision but I just can’t go with you” I waited for his reply but I got none.

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. “Tell Ron I left a letter on her dressing table. I’ll be on my way home now. Take care Harry, I’ll see you when you get back from the hospital” I picked up my bag and walked out of the house without looking back.
 
HARRY’S POV
Once she told me she wouldn’t be able to go with me to the city for my eye surgery, my heart broke and I couldn’t get the feeling out of my head for days that followed after, even more, I couldn’t get the feelings that I felt when I had kissed her out of my mind and I really wished had seen the expression on her face then. I would pay anything to have my eye and that moment back. 

I know it won’t happen again because it didn’t mean anything to us both and she might have rejected the offer of going with me to the city because of what had happened and I blamed myself for it.

When she first came into the picture, I saw her as a little sister and I don’t know how it happened, all I know is I think about her more than once or twice a day and I feel guilty for this. I can’t let just anyone take the place of my Ava in my heart, she meant so much and still mean so much to me. 

So I think its better that june won’t be following me to the city that way it would be easy for me to stop thinking about her.

That is the same thing I keep on telling myself everyday but I guess its all the deceit that my brain had to cook up to tell me that I wasn’t attracted to june. 

After she left here. She has not step a foot into the house again and even though I talked Ron into telling her to show up and not neglect her patient at a crucial moment like this, yet she didn’t succumb, only for Ron to tell me that days like this too are crucial to June too, that is, days leading to her birthday. When I asked Ron what she meant with that statement, she only told me that it was not her story to tell.

Ron told me to be patient with her that she might end up turning up later, but is that possible since I’ll be leaving town a day after her birthday. If things are crucial on days like this then how will things be on her birthday. I couldn’t place my head around it. So I told mom to help me type a happy birthday message in advance to her and to include a text that she should call if she needs anything. 

This is the like the nth time ill be resending that message and I still can’t get a call form her. With Ron already on her trip and mom getting ready to go on her international trip on the same day that I go to the city, I’ve never felt this lonely before.