Chapter 201 - Hugged Her Tightly

"No I didn't but he found out, I already accepted that I will never have him for myself, so I decided to keep my feelings to myself and never share it with him but today morning I forgot my personal diary in the common room and Steve got a hold of it. He read my diary."

"The one you have been maintaining since you were in high school?" Matt knew about it as Lisa was very possessive of her diary and didn't let anyone even touch it. Once Emily casually took that diary as it was lying on the table to keep it back on the shelf and Lisa got very pissed at Emily just for touching it. So, they all knew about this diary and no one ever dared to read it.

So, Matt knew how a big deal it would have been for Lisa, that Steve read it.

"Were you angry with him for reading your personal diary?" Matt asked her.

Lisa nodded her head, "I was, no matter what, he had no right to read the personal stuff I wrote about myself. He got to know of my feelings after reading it and you know what he said to me when he confronted me with the diary?"

Matt shook his head.

Lisa chuckled, "He said it is my fault that Emily never liked him back, Emily knew about my feelings all this while and for my sake she stayed away from him. There was a chance for Emily and Steve which was ruined because of me" Lisa was smiling when she talked but by the time she completed the last sentence there were tears in her eyes.

"Can you believe it Matt? He didn't care about how much I loved him all these years, he didn't care about how painful it was for me when he kept mentioning Emily all the time, he didn't care how much I supported him in spite of… me being pained. He…" Lisa broke down and started crying, she couldn't complete her sentence.

In that moment, Matt didn't care about anything else, he pulled Lisa towards him and hugged her tightly.

He stroked her head, "That guy is an asshole, he doesn't deserve you, don't waste your precious tears on him" He tried to console her but Lisa cried harder clutching the collar of his t-shirt.

He let her cry and only patted her on the head, he now understood why today morning her state was like what Daniel described, now it made sense why Lisa was crying and was walking mindlessly when Daniel came across her, he felt glad for what Daniel did as today if she would have been alone, then he couldn't imagine what she would have been doing.

Lisa is not someone who shares her real feelings with anyone, they knew about her feelings as it was obvious from the way she acted, they never understood how Steve was so ignorant to never see through her feelings. They all disliked Steve even more after Lisa fell for him, they all hoped someday she would move on but her feelings only got deeper. 

Lisa kept crying in Matt's arms and he was consoling her.

Daniel and Patrick were looking at the two from the living room, the two understood Lisa was upset about something and she shared it with Matt and he is consoling her.

"It seems something serious is going on with her" Daniel shared his concern with Patrick.

"Hmm, it is time Lisa moves on" Patrick mumbled to himself which Daniel clearly heard but he had no idea what was happening with her. He didn't ask Patrick about it and just patted him on the shoulder.

"Is Emily asleep?" Daniel just wanted to change the topic.

"Yeah, I made her lie next to Rachel, hope that is fine"

"Of course"

Lisa slept while crying in Matt's arms so he carried her to the living room where Daniel and Patrick were discussing something.

"Shall we leave?" Matt asked Patrick.

"Yeah, we were waiting for you, is she asleep?" 

"Hmm"

"Let's take her to Emily's home." Patrick suggested.

"Yeah, I too was thinking the same" Matt too planned the same thing.

Then Patrick and Matthew drove away with the two women. Patrick and Emily left in one car. Matthew and Lisa in another.

Daniel helped the two men and after ensuring they safely drove away, he came back to his room where Rachel was peacefully sleeping.

Taking her in his arms, Daniel too slept, satisfied with the good party he threw.

....

Next day morning when Emily opened her eyes, her head really hurt due to the hangover. 

She was in a daze and looked for her mobile, she turned over and was surprised to see Lisa sleeping next to her. 

She was surprised for a moment but then she realized after the party last night, the guys brought Lisa to her home.

She looked at Lisa who was sleeping peacefully and thought how long it had been since the two slept in the same bed and used to gossip a lot. 

She touched Lisa's face and apologized to her sister for not being there for her.

After some time, she found her phone on the bed stand and checked the time, she was shocked to know it was already noon. Then she read a message that Patrick sent to her a while ago, "When you wake up, call me, I am in Matt's house"

Reading his message she felt relieved and called him immediately as she wondered where he was.

Patrick and Matt were waiting for Lisa's call and after knowing she was awake the two guys went over to her home with food and hangover drinks.

Patrick saw Lisa sitting on the couch in the living room, holding her head in her hands and grunting in pain, "How are you feeling now?" Emily lifted her head to look at him.

She replied "I am feeling worse than I thought, my head is spinning and it feels very heavy"