Chapter 259 - Back To Being Friends

All this while, although Lisa looked calm on the outside but  her heart was a completely mess  inside. 

"I had no idea how to react, then I don't know why I started thinking Emily ignored me all these years because of your feelings. I was already heartbroken since we saw Emily and Patrick together that day at the hospital. Since then, I have been frustrated and angry. I kept wondering what Patrick has in him that I lack? It was really annoying and since that day whenever I saw Emily she was always in a good mood unlike how she was before they patched up, sad and gloomy." Steve tightly clenched his fist in anger but he didn't stop telling her what was in his heart as he took all these efforts to meet her to talk to her.

"Seeing her happy made me upset  only as I knew the reason behind her happiness, it was  Patrick. I have been feeling very low, Lisa. So, when I read your diary and learned all your feelings for me, I pushed the blame of my love failure on you. I wanted to convince myself that  Emily rejected me because of you. But who was I blaming?" Steve chuckled and looked at her and continued.

"It was because I never meant anything for her. I was a nobody to her and I am a fool  to realize the truth that actually  she didn't give a damn about me and  It took me a few days to realize that but at that time I had to blame someone and it was convenient to blame you, so I did. That day when I requested Dr. Daniel to transfer me, I didn't mean it, I just wanted to hurt you. I know I have been the worst person towards you Lisa. I sincerely apologize to you. I realized my mistake." Steve apologetically looked at her.

Lisa and Steve were silent for a few seconds. 

After a while, Lisa broke the silence, "Why did you suddenly realize your mistake?"

Steve was surprised as he didn't expect her first words to be to question him after everything that he said.

He then realized, even though Lisa had been in love with him all these years she never agreed with everything he said, she always had her own opinion.

Unlike some other women he knows, who just agree with whatever their boyfriend says and lack their own opinions, Lisa always spoke her mind.

This was also why he could never predict the fact that she was in love with him. She never did anything that would make her love for him obvious.

Steve chuckled at her question, "That is what you are more interested in?" He asked.

Lisa didn't hesitate a bit and nodded her head, "I know you for years Steve. You never realize your mistakes so easily. It used to take me a lot of convincing and pestering to make you realize something. I can never believe you realize your mistake on your own." Lisa frankly shared her thoughts with him.

"Then what do you think, why am I here?" Steve was amused that she saw through him so perfectly.

"I am not sure but maybe because you want to have your revenge against my sister?" Lisa doubtfully voiced her thoughts as that was the first thing that came into her mind.

Steve laughed out loud when he heard her words.

"What? How will I have revenge against your sister through you? Please explain." Steve was really amused by her thought process.

"Well, you will act like you are in love with me then you will break my heart." Lisa said as a matter-of-fact.

Steve laughed even harder, "Thank you for giving me such ideas. But no, I would never hurt you to get back at Emily. And why the fuck will I get back at her? She always rejected me. I guess it is time for me to accept the reality and move on" Steve again turned serious.

Lisa was still confused as she couldn't digest the fact that Steve suddenly realized this all of a sudden. She had been asking him to move on from Emily for years now but he didn't. 

Now, suddenly he was acting like this, so she had her doubts.

Seeing her still looking at him suspiciously, Steve decided to be frank with her. 

"Fine, I'll be more honest. The last few days I saw how you were happy with your old friend, Matthew. It felt like my absence doesn't make any difference to you. You were happy and fine, you replaced me with Matthew. So, it really hurt me and I realized how much our friendship means to me. You being away from me is not something I can tolerate. Then I recollected how you were supportive towards me, how you motivated me to get over my feelings for Emily. It wasn't because you wanted me to be with you but you genuinely wished for me to get over your sister. At times, you used to talk so deeply about one-sided love that it used to surprise me. I used to brush it away thinking you were just using your knowledge of films on me but now I realized you were at times sharing your own feelings with me. All of this made me realize, maybe it is time I too should move on from Emily. In this one week, the words you said in the past started affecting me and therefore, I realized it." 

Lisa was calm, as she was surprised that Steve realized his mistake because of her and he looked really sincere.

"Lisa, I am not planning any revenge, am I that cheap?" Steve questioned her, still amused at her actions.

"Fine, I believe you" Lisa still decided to keep her guard up against him.

"Can we be back to being best friends, like how we were?" Steve requested.

"And pretend like all of this never happened?" Lisa questioned him back.

"No, we can pretend this happened but we can be mature adults and move on from it. I'll try to move on from Emily and you will give your best in moving on from me" Steve said.