Finn's pov ...

Did I take it too far ?...... yes I did .

I watched her  walk away, wiping off the tears from her face . A familiar feeling hit me and I gulped . We all stood there silently , her sister and the guy with them  went behind her after giving me a glare which said ' I'll kill you '.

I felt a mix of emotions . For a moment, I felt almost or I could say fully... regretful. But then, I saw Hazel and Jayden looking at me and my usual arrogant mask slips back into place, and I turned to Hazel with a sneer. "I suppose that went well."

....lies.

Hazel crosses her arms, completely fed up with my attitude . "No, it didn't. You just proved what a spoiled brat you really are. And for what? Some cheap ego boost? You actually hurt someone today because your pride got bruised in a café." I know this was gonna come .

I  clenched my jaw visibly, though I tried to maintain my cocky facade. "Maybe... maybe I actually screwed up this time. Are you happy?" My voice softens slightly . " I've ruined her chances in the competition...". I know my ego and anger had better of me.

Hazel sighs, looking at me with a mix of exasperation and concern. "you better fix this, Finn. And not just because you ruined her chances, but because you hurt her. Really hurt her." I know .....I know I've hurt her , and it's killing me already .

There was suddenly a ring on Jayden's phone. A certain uneasiness on his face as He excused us and went out of the venue .

Hazel shifted her attention back at me after watching Jayden leave , her expression impatient as she spoke while resting her hand on my shoulder ," I have an idea , and you better work with it ", she looked at me through a killing glare which was almost enough to send shivers down my spine .

"You better apologise dude", a honeyed but stern voice was heard behind us , we turned around and Jayden stood near the exit  with his hands in pocket . He walked towards us and stopped infront of me ,his expression resentful as he spoke ," apologise to her Finn," I looked at him through confusion .

This was very fresh coming from a guy like him ," you are saying this ?! ", I exclaimed and hazel broke in between us ," Whatever he's saying is correct Finn , you better apologise and go with my plan ," she demanded leaving no room for argument  .

Jayden looked confused , he furrowed his brows as he looked at her ," what plan ?," she just gave a devilish smirk in return making me gulp hard . What was she planning ?

It was better I'd go with her whatever plan , but damn! I knew her mind was twisted in every possible ways , only God knows what plan she'll come up with . Christ save me today ....I silently prayed in my mind while she continued to glare at me.

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" where are you lost Finn?", mom asked brining me back on earth , I shifted nervously on the table and my fingers curled against the fork holding it tight over the plate . " Nothing mom ...., just something on my mind ", I tried to shake off the feeling of uneasiness creaping within me.

But she's my mom , she sees right through me .

She looked at me , her expression uncertain as she looked at me in my eyes , searching for an answer but found none . I avoided her gaze but I knew it would only make her more suspicious, finally something strike within me . I looked at the empty chair beside mom ,which should have been filled by the presence of dad. But again , he was not able to make it home early due to his office work - .....damn I just don't get it why he couldn't make out some time to have a simple dinner with his family ...... why dad ?

I quickly used it as an excuse to cover up my real reason for the uneasiness ," its just ...I wished dad was also eating with us . It's almost been 3 days continuously....he's not eating with us ," her expression turned almost guilty which made me clench my fists under the table and tighten my grip on my fork .

...I don't want to lie mom .....not to you also .

Her expression turned sympathetic as she stood up from the table and put a reassuring hand on my shoulder . She squeezed my shoulder lightly and looked at me through her blue eyes which were same as mine , but those eyes.... I couldn't look into them. 

I looked away , my tears threatening to fall , I don't wanna look vulnerable . I excused myself from the dinner and went into my room .

I closed the door shut making a loud sound . Mom must be thinking it's because of dad.  But no .....no it's not because of dad . It's because of my own fucking stupidity. My stupid ego .  I'm sorry dad ... sorry I put you into the fault... I'm sorry .

Why do I feel so regretful? Why do I feel so torned apart ? Those eyes of hers .....the way they looked at me through pure hatred , it reminds me of that girl . That mistake of childhood which I still regret .....

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12 years ago .....

It was already the end my high-school , and today dad again couldn't come to pick me up as he promised. I was angry ,the pout visible on my face as I crossed my arms and saw dad's bodyguard standing outside the car .

I wanted to go home with dad ....not with his bodyguard again ! 

"Heyyy finney!," I heard my name being called in the cheesiest way . I uncrossed my arms and saw jayden running towards me . His fluffy brown hairs bouncing as he ran towards me with his half-closed eyes smile .

" I told you to stop calling me that! ", I hissed but he just laughed in return . " come on let's go home." He grins and I smiled back ," we'll play video games."

We walked inside the car and the bodyguard drove off . Jayden and me always went home together in my dad's car . He stayed in my house till evening untill his dad came to pick him up . 

His dad always came to pick him up from my house as he said , I wished my dad too would come to pick me up from school ....but alas ! He's too busy .

Jayden and I talked about the new video game he bought untill I saw a girl walking on the road ...not even walking ,she was almost dancing . I laughed seeing her and also showed her to jayden . He laughed with me , she was funny,  who dances like that while being on a road !?

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The next day me, jayden and my other friends decided to go to a park for some time pass after school as there's usually no one in the park at that time ,so we thought we could play a bit .

As we thought there would be no one in the park my eyes landed on the same girl I saw yesterday , she was alone in the park . And guess what ? .....she was dancing again , her dance was so weird .

My friends eyes also landed on her and they bursted out laughing , watching them I couldn't control myself so I also joined them . The only one who was quiet was jayden. He was bored as always , he didn't laugh , instead he went and sat on a swing .

We all laughed at the girl , she stopped and she turned around to face us . Her face flashed with embarrassment. 

" dude what's with that dance ? ",one of my friends spoke as he laughed harder making  me laugh aswell . She looked down while clutching her dress .

One of them walked infront of her and mocked her for her ugly dance . She stood there listening to him , her head hunged low .

I joined them and laughed my ass out as he joked about her dance . But she just stood there listening while controlling her tears while we continued to make fun of her and others continued to laugh .

As I saw her tears I stopped laughing . I stared at her crying face and I wanted to stop my friends too ,so I nudged one of them and told him to stop but they went on , they kept teasing her even after knowing that she was crying .

At that moment I realised what type of friends I was living with .

They loved teasing people , everyone in the school stayed away from them  . They were the first ones to ask me to become their friend and I just followed them because I wanted more friends .....real friends .

  Jayden didn't liked them but he was with them because of me . I wanted more friends beside jayden.....

But now I know why they were friends with me ...... money , power ..... those were the reasons .

That day was the biggest realisation for me .The first time I ever regretted , I felt hurt . I kept looking at that girl who controlled her tears but they fell anyways.  

She suddenly looked at me , saw that I wasn't laughing but just staring at her with wide regretful eyes.  She looked towards me through hope -that I'll come and say something to them . Tell them to stop . To leave her alone . But I just stood there .

That was the day , it was the last day I'd spent with those guys , I never again looked at them , I realised my only true friends was jayden .

I won't ever forget that day.  Those guys , the girl,  her teary eyes, the way she hoped I'd say something .

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The tears finally streamed from my eyes as I stared nowhere . I remember those eyes, it contained same hurt . But the café girl ....her feelings were hurted more than that childhood girl and it kills me more .

I closed my teary eyes , in order to gather all my thoughts , the memories come flashing infront of me . I still regret uptill now .

I opened my eyes only to see the same girl standing infront of my eyes , the same teary eyes ,the same girl , the same expression.  My tears fell again as I saw the girl infront of me . My eyes holding regret and pain . I wanted to hold that girl in my arms and apologise to her , to tell her that I'm sorry , I'm sorry I didn't say anything to you back in that time .

I know it was all my hallucination , the girl was just an imagery.  But my feelings were true . I couldn't do anything at that time but I can do it now . I have a chance I want to use it .

I'm sorry ......café girl .

I went too far , I had no right to interfere in your competition, you dream . I know it now and I regret . I wiped all my tears and  picked up my phone to call  Hazel. A new determination in my eyes.

I regretted once and I didn't do anything about it . But now I can do something,  I can gain her forgiveness.  I can make everything right .

Hazel soon picked up the call and spoke " hello ?... Finn? ", her voice filled my silent room . I spoke with a horse voice .

" Whatever your plan is .... I'm ready ".
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