Destined to be

chapter 87

Previously ;

Tyler was in the the library where he worked as a child . He has been there with Mindy a lot so he thought that it was the reason he was feeling her presence . He even saw her one time but he thought that it was just a mental image probably because he was missing her in the subconscious mind .

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He offers to help Beth in arranging the books as he was more familiar with the place than anyone other staff that was working there and who were driving Beth crazy by their reckless behavior . Tyler accidently stepped on something , it was a bracelet . He bents down to pick it up . He whispers " Mindy ! "

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It was the same bracelet that Tyler gave to Mindy on their first anniversary . It had their initials on it and he made Mindy promise him that she will never part with it . This means that all this while he was right . Mindy was here ! He called out to her in disbelief " Mindy ! "

" Yes . " He heard her voice behind him . Mindy was not aware who she was answering to . " Oh it is my bracelet , thank you but . . ." This was the point she wondered who was this guy because he knew her name . A bit weird Tyler was able to feel her presence even when he was not sure if she was around and Mindy failed to recognize him from behind . May be because of his new hairstyle . Mindy loved his hairstyle and she never let him change that now she was not with him so he could do anything he wanted .

Until she finally did . " Tyler , what are you doing here ? " The voice that was once soothing to his ears and without hearing it he could not finish his day , was now just harsh and something that he didn't wanted to hear . He held the bracelet tightly in his fist .

" Tyler ! " She called out again .

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He didn't turned back . He didn't wanted to see her because he knew that if he did then all his efforts to move on from her will go in vain and all his feelings for her will come rushing back . And he didn't wanted to lose himself to his emotions . A river of vivid emotions and torrential memories were held by a dam called ego as Mindy would say and self respect as Tyler would claim .

She rose her hand to keep it on his shoulder but she stopped mid way and took her hand back slowly . She knew that now she had lost that right . They both were grieving for each other , they both wanted to hold each other tight and never let go but neither of them wanted to make a move . May be because that the other person wont reciprocate the same feelings . After all it feels terrible when you tell someone that you love them and you don't hear it back .

There was a silence between them for a while . Tyler turned back . His face was expressionless but still Mindy was able to read that it was hiding a lot of pain that she gave him .

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" How are you Tyler , how are you doing . I haven't seen you in a while ? " She asked him even when she was sure what she was going to hear .

" Like you don't know . " She expected that he will be ruder . And even if he was still he was not to be blamed after everything that Mindy did to him . There was a silence between the two for a while .

He loosened his fist in front of her " Why do you still carry it ? You should have thrown it long back . Why are you holding back to our memories . " She rose her hand to take the bracelet from him but he close his fist " Why do you want it ? Why do you want something that will remind you of us . ' Us ' . He chuckles " Do you even know what us means . Oh what am I even asking what will a selfish , manipulative girl like you will know about relationships ?

Mindy was in tears but she didn't wanted to see him to see her cry " You can keep it if you want . " She turns from him to walk away .

" You are leaving ? Don't you want to finish this argument . Oh I am so sorry . I don't know what is wrong with me today ." He grabbed her arm and turned her towards him . No doubt he was hurting her on purpose " Walking away is the only thing that you are expert "

" I have to go . " She says wiping her tears . He left her hand . They both just stood still looking into each other's eyes

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. Mindy realized long back that leaving Tyler was the worst decision she ever took . Who was she kidding when she thought that she will find happiness by being away from Tyler ?

She saw Tyler with some other girl and it was heart breaking . Maybe he moved on but she can't until she tells him what is there in her heart . On the other hand Tyler wanted to ask her to come back to his life , he barely has one if she is not in it but he feared that he already knew the answer and it was not something he wanted to hear . What she actually feels about him .

Mindy wanted to tell him how much she regrets leaving him . She thought that without him she will find a happy life but all she found is a miserable life .

May be of all the decisions she ever took this was going to be the worst but she decided to tell Tyler that she was still in love with him . Maybe he won't accept her again but at least she won't have any regrets " Tyler I want to tell you something . . . "

" Tyler ! " Lisa called out to him . She burst the little bubble that had Mindy and Tyler . They both turned to her .

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" Tyler you are here , I was looking for you every where . Actually it was the call from the publishers . "

Mindy looked at him with a lot of questions in her eyes . He came here with somebody else . It was one of the few places where Mindy and Tyler used to hang out . They had so many memories here , even of times when they were not in a relationship and now he came here with somebody else .

She lost him . She left him and now he fell for somebody new . Thank God she didn't tell him about her feelings otherwise she would have become a joke in front of Tyler and who so ever this girl was .

Tyler bowed his head down and wiped his tears quickly , he didn't wanted anyone to know that he was holding back his tears because that would have meant that he was holding back his tears and that would have made him nothing but pathetic .

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" Actually I was helping Beth with these books . " He said to her pointing to the books that he was holding .

" Oh ! they are a lot . Give half of the bundle to me . " She took half of the books from his hand .

Now Mindy was burning with jealousy .She thought ; The books were not even a lot , Tyler could have held them . In fact he was holding it . What was this girl trying to do ? Maybe she was trying to make her look bad or she was just using books as an excuse to get close to Tyler .

Tyler noticed that something was wrong with Mindy but he was not able to figure out what . Her face was showing expressions that he has never seen before . Lisa saw Mindy " Wait . . . . wait a minute . I know you . I have seen you somewhere . "

Tyler says " Yes you have , she . . . . "

Lisa interrupts in between " Shh . . . . . I can figure it out myself . Oh yes you are Mindy , aren't you ? "

" Yes ! " Mindy answered in an uncomfortable , flat voice .

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