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Twenty: In Case

Jack

Our group of friends seemed to have dispersed away from the brewing face-off that was about to happen. I was frantic. I did not know what to do.

I was standing in between two girls that I love. And I didn't want to choose.

Erin took my hand in tears, "Jack, I've been wishing that you'd come back to me. You promised, we promised. Forever and always."

I blinked speechless at the girl who was looking at me. She had changed over the years, her long dark hair cropped into a long bob. Her unmistakable eyes, those lips I used to kiss every night... I know she had still been the same.

Elsa started tearing up, shaking her head as she avoided my gaze, but she did look intently at Erin, "It was you! Why do you keep on taking people away from me?"

"Me?", Erin spat out, stepping in closer towards Elsa. "You're the one who's got Mom's attention for the entirety of your childhood. Your family stole her from us!"

"You know each other?", I stepped in the middle to calm the fight. Elsa's blue eyes widened, and averted their gaze from me.

"She belongs to the other family of my mother.", Elsa says.

"You little-", Erin runs up to the other girl. "You ruined my family!" She brings up her hand to hit Elsa, and when she did, Elsa stepped back... and ran.

I glanced at Erin, who was filled with rage, and then followed closely to Elsa.

"Elsa!", I called out into the park, running after her. "Talk to me."

She stopped in her tracks, right before the theme park's lake. She was on the other side of the bridge, crying out her baby blue eyes. I painfully dragged myself towards her, each second of the image of her crying stabbed my heart.

I reached out for her hand saying, "Els-", but she pulled her arm away. I tried to walk a few more steps closer, but the more I did, the more she stepped back.

"D-don't... come a-any closer.", she warned and raised a palm before me-- signaling my boundary.

"I didn't know, Elsa. Please believe me.", I said-- trying to resist myself from running to her, hugging her in my arms.

She bit her lip and cried out, "I was a goddamn fool! I was such a fool to believe that anything would be mine, and only mine."

"First my mother, and now you.", she broke down at the last word. "I love you so much, Jack... but you were never mine."

"Elsa, I was yours for the little bit of infinity that we had.", I reasoned out.

She smiles, "And I thank you for that piece of infinity, but this is where it ends."

Elsa slowly took a few more steps back on the other side of the bridge. My mind was whirring, and I decided. I ran to her.

"Erin won't back down... She'll never let you go, Jack.", she wraps her arms around me as tight as she could. "And so, I will."

"I'll... I'll let you go... Jack.", she said, taking deep breaths after every word. "You promised each other, and I'm just the third wheel. Your first love will never die. She'll always be the one... I'll just always be your second choice... 

"I'll always just be your last resort."

She pulls away, and I press my lips against hers one last time.

However you put it, she was right. I would never want to admit it, but she was right.

She had always been my in case.

"I loved you in any way that I possibly could, Elsa Aubrie Coldstone.", I whisper against her forehead.

"And I'll always love you in every way that I possibly can, Jackson Frost.", she replies. 

Elsa

As much as I would want to erase her from my mind, I knew her. I knew my sister, Erin. 

From that little glimpse of her when we got to this place, I knew that she was never going to back down without a fight. She had always been born with everything on her hands.

And I've been used to having nothing but myself on my hands. Nothing but my deepest, darkest feelings. Every little tear that I shed was kept on my hands, and I hid it from the world.

They had a promise.

And who am I to be the reason for a promise to be broken?

And so I let him go...

It was the hardest thing I've ever done, since I last saw my mother leave us in our old tiny home.

My head said it was right, but my heart screamed to fight.

But I didn't want to fight. Not anymore.

What is there to fight for, if you'll always end up being second place in his heart?

What is there to live for, knowing that someone will still occupy a bigger space in his life?

I've lived almost an eternity, sharing my mother with Erin... and I don't want to live another eternity sharing Jack with her. I can't take it.

And so I did let him go...

Jack still stood before me, and I knew that this was the last time I'll ever look up at his daring eyes ever again. This is the last time I'll see his perfect lips, that I'll forever dream of kissing once again. This is the last time I'll ever bring my hands up to his silvery hair, and I know after this, I'll be regretting everything that I have said.

But I know... one day eventually. I know, one day I'll have to let it all go.

In case, you don't find what you're looking for

I take a step backward.

In case, you're missing what you've had before

I force myself to turn around.

In case you change your mind, I'll be waiting here

I take one last glance.

In case, you just want to come home

I walked away, never looking back.

A/N: It took so long to update again, and I feel awful for throwing a bad one at you all.

Thank you so much for reading, and please do comment down stuff... even though I don't seem to deserve it all.

The next chapter will most probably be the last, so I'd like to thank you all now for supporting the book 'til the end... :)

xoxo,
Julienne