Leap OF Fate

Bryan suddenly sat up and turned his head towards the door. His eyes wide with surprise as he looked at her. Slowly, he stood up and walked towards her. He stood in front of her. They looked at each other, not saying anything. Tears overflowed in one man's eyes, while the other had a pale face. He recovered first. "Serene..." He reached out to her shoulder and called her name. The sound of his voice was unfamiliar to her. Serene looked at him, then to the man in the room, who had his back against them and was putting on his jeans. Then she looked back to him. Words which used to come to her mind fluidly suddenly were elusive. She just looked back and forth to both men, disbelief written in her face. Silently, she prayed that this was just a dream and her alarm will sound to wake her up. But the pain in her heart simply told her she was wide awake, and these were real. "Since when..." finally her voice came. While it was almost inaudible, it was screaming with pain.

"Six months ago," was all he said.

"Why?" She wanted to know. She wanted to understand why all these happened. Why did he cheat on her? Why did she deserve this? When did he change? Why didn't she know? Her questions flooded her mind, but only one word escaped her mouth. "I'm sorry. Serene, I'm really sorry." He knew he ought to say more or explain more, but did not know what to say. His eloquence left him.

The whole situation was just too much and too difficult for her to handle. It was such a hard blow on her. She never saw it coming. Just as she did not know where she took the courage to take the first step to walk towards his bedroom, she also did not know where she took the strength to step back and walk away.

She wanted to scream at him, to beat him until he felt the same pain she was feeling. But she did not do it. She just walked away, or more aptly, ran away. She wanted to run away from everything, from knowing that he cheated on her, from the sad reality that she did not belong in his life anymore. How can she belong in his life now? How can she be part of his future?

Serene built her world around him. She planned her life around his plans. She never imagined a future without him. But now, how can all those plans come to fruition? Her life seemed to be sucked out of her.