Rebekah's POV :

Rey dropped me to my house before assuring for the 100th time that I was fine. After reaching home it seemed as if the walls were poking me at my failed attempt to find love.

I couldn't silence the raging storm in my head. I need to go away from him, from Seattle if I really wanted to get my life back on track.

I had nowhere to go except London, at my grandma's place. I thought of last christmas when I visited her and how happy she was to see me at the door surprising her with our favourite beignets and a golden retriever pup that was my christmas gift for her.

Without a second thought I packed my bags and called Rey to inform him about my getaway. He booked a ticket for me and even insisted to drop me at the airport.

I couldn't say him a no as I wanted to meet him and thank him for being a constant support in this 'Rex situation' that I was facing these days. We bade our farewell wherein he hugged me tightly as if I was leaving Seattle forever and told me to take care of myself.

I nodded my head to all his warnings but my eyes never left the entrance of the airport. My dramatic mind expected a running Rex with flowers in his hand stopping me from catching my flight and apologizing for whatever mess he had created.

This thought made my eyes water and I couldn't deny how much I missed him. After reaching London, I took some beignets from the neighbouring shop.

The flight was real tiresome as I was mostly thinking about exciting events in my head that would never really happen and when my mind realized what a dick he was being to me I got the urge to read something but nothing made me feel better. I had this hollow feeling inside my heart as if I had lost a major part of me.

I knocked on the door and waited impatiently by tapping my foot when a woman with dough on her face opened the door with a spatula in her hand. Her eyes went wide after looking at me and I just smiled at how much I missed that wrinkled but beautiful face.

She hugged me tightly while I sighed dramatically at how she was choking me to death. "How are you here? Am I dreaming?", she said while her eyes looked at me intently.

"Do I need a special event to meet my girlfriend? And no you aren't dreaming and these beignets in my hand will act as a proof", I said while removing one from the bag and pushing it in her mouth. She now had tears in her eyes when she hugged me again, "Oh! I missed you Becca."

I pulled back and while cleaning the dough from her cheek I said, "I missed you too Grandma." "Come inside love. I am making apple and blueberry cupcakes for dessert tonight. Rafael is coming over for dinner", she said while blushing.

Rafael and grandma are dating since a year and he is pretty cool. His youngest son John and I were best of friends when I stayed here in London and we even had plans of marrying each other one day.

That was the baby me wishing to have a perfect life here with my grandmother just inches apart from the house John and I would live in. But we never really got in contact once I moved to Seattle.

I still meet him whenever I come to London. I pulled my luggage inside while I kept my one hand on her shoulder and we walked inside.

"How is the old man?", I asked while dipping my finger in the batter and licking it seductively. She instantly slapped me on the shoulder and said, "He is doing good."

We talked about how things were back in Seattle and what really caused me to come to London. At this I just shrugged casually and tried to convince her that I just wanted to come home.

But she didn't really believe me. Just then Rusty came inside the kitchen wagging his tail.

He literally jumped on me causing me to giggle. I sat on the floor while he sat on my lap licking my face.

After some time, I went into my room and on opening the door it was as if nothing had changed. My room was still the same, the way I left it during last Christmas.

I kept my suitcase on the ground and went towards the window opening them while allowing the breeze to hit my face. And it was now when I missed Rex again.

I so badly wanted to call him and tell him how my favourite city in the world doesn't seem like home to me now. I wanted to tell him to come to London and I will show him how beautiful it is here.

But I knew I couldn't. I had lost him forever and nothing could get him back this time.

I went through the many pictures of us that we had clicked during the previous days wherein we spent most of our time together. I smiled while looking at how happy we were together, how I saw my whole world in him.

I never really accepted this until today but yes I like him. And I ain't sure if I just like him or it's more than that but losing him made me feel as if I lost a part of myself.

I was interrupted in my thoughts when I heard the knock on my door. I turned around to see John standing on the door with his hands folded while he just looked at me and smiled widely as if there was a hanger in his mouth.

I ran to him and hugged him while my legs curled around his torso. He kissed me on the cheek.

"You don't know how much I have missed you Becs. And here you are today without any prior notice", he said making sure I was back on my feet. I went towards the window again while he followed me behind.

"I missed home John and I missed you too." "You don't look happy Becs. What's the matter? You never missed London before especially when you had your group with you. Is everything fine?", he asked, concern was evident on his face.

I passed him a small smile before sitting on my bed, "Yeah everything's fine between us. And do you really think I will return to London because of some dispute between us?" He just laughed and said,"I have know you since we were kids. No matter how hard you try you know you cannot hide anything from me. So you better fess up."

"Will you believe me if I say boy issues?", I said while looking at the floor clearly embarrassed. He looked at me in disbelief and coughed lightly to give it more effect.

"No I wouldn't if you would have not come to London. But you flying here definitely means something big. So okay. I believe you. Now please tell me what's his name? I can't keep the excitement any longer", he said while his eyes literally shined brightly.

"Rex Mitchell a nerd who has me wrapped over his tiny finger. I don't know how but I ended up falling for him. He makes me happy like real happy. My cheeks used to ache with all the laughter I was engaged in back when we were friends. But now nothing seems fine. I end up hurting him again and again but this time I have done something that has drifted him far away from me. I miss him but I need to forget him if I want to survive. I can't have him so it would be best for the both of us if I keep my distance from him. So here I am in London." He hugged me from sideways while I laid my head on his shoulder, "I don't know how he is and if he will ever return back to you. But know one thing. You are not alone and you always have my back. I know how difficult this is for you after all the years when you never opened the gate to your heart for anyone and the one time when you do it ends you up here. It's all okay."

With this, we heard my grandma screaming from downstairs, "Children, Rafael is here. Get your asses down here. Dinner is ready." We both laughed at her choice of words.

I told John to join me in the dining room as I needed to change my clothes. He hugged me one last time before leaving me to myself.

Rex's POV:

I didn't know what to do. I had this guilt inside me of ruining things with Rebekah but somewhere I felt she deserved it.

She was absent for more than two days now in school and I was worried if she was fine although I didn't accept it until today. I used to search for her desperately in the corridors, in the English lecture, in the canteen during lunch time and whenever there was a knock on the door I always had this undying hope that it might be her.

I missed her but I was too stubborn to accept this. I used to look at our pictures together and it was literally driving me crazy.

I couldn't concentrate in the lectures and my performance was really diminishing. I thought if I keep my distance from her things will be better.

But the irony is it just turned into worse. I needed her to be by my side.

I needed her laughter so perfect to keep my sane mind into place. I needed the perfect person she was to complete the imperfect puzzle I was.

Yes I like her and I wanted to tell this to the world. Most importantly I wanted her to know this.

I wanted to tell her how she has made me crave her, how I was wrong to push her away when all I really needed was to pull her closer to me and never let her go. She is the one I want.

Yes we are different infact we are so different that the first time I saw her I never even thought of talking to her some day. But here I am today falling head over heels for someone whom I have hurt so much.

I don't really know if she will ever forgive me for this but I need to try. Heck I can't even imagine losing her before actually having her as mine.

I couldn't wait any longer. I called Rey to ask about her whereabouts but he just warned me to stay away from her and get over the privilege that she gave me to hurt her again and again.

He was right I thought. I called everyone else including Austin and Alan.

Austin like always ignored my call and Alan told me that Stella and he were out together to their penthouse in Santorini for a wedding and would return the next week and so they absolutely had no idea. I sighed in defeat.

My hands shakily pressed the call button on Rebekah's number. My heart was beating too fast but the call went straight to voicemail.

I left her a voicemail and I internally prayed that she would reply. I left my room to find April and to convince her to ask Rey about Rebekah.

On my way out I saw Talia talking to some girls but she told them to leave when she saw me coming towards her. "Hey, sexy pants", she said while she eyed me from top to bottom.

I felt a bit shy but I just thought of asking her the obvious question knowing that she was Rebekah's bestfriend. "Hey Talia. Do you know where Rebekah is?"

She looked around before saying, "She is in London at her grandmother's house. She is really hurt because of you. You better leave now for London otherwise you will lose her forever. I will text you the address. But keep this a secret. I don't want Rebekah to think I am the villian here to tell you about her whereabouts. Okay?" I gave her a big smile before saying, "Thankyou so much Talia. I owe you for this someday. And yes I will keep this a secret. Bubye!"

Talia's POV :

Rex ran towards his room literally happy to receive the information about his beloved Rebekah. But I was not a fool to give him what he needed most before playing my ace card.

A few hours back there came a man in a black suit who went straight into the principal's office. He was clearly dejected when he left the office.

I heard him asking one of the students if they knew where he could find Rebakah Williams. One of the student led him to Austin and I heard Austin cursing him loudly enough to gain the entire corridor's attention.

I knew I was missing something of great importance here. So I approached the man and when I made sure that we were out of the campus I hurried and tapped on his shoulder.

He turned back and at that point I knew exactly who he was. His face resembled hers and he had the same jet black hair as hers.

They had the same bright blue eyes. "I overheard you asking about Rebekah Williams."

He pulled his hand in front of me before saying, "Yeah. I am Robert Williams. Rebekah's father. Do you know where she is?" Now I knew for a fact how much she hated her dad because of how he treated her mother.

And how she told back when she was still recovering from the death of her mother that she never wanted to see him again. He was literally dead for her.

I smiled at him and shook his hand before saying, "No not really. But I know his boyfriend who has just now left for the airport to meet her. Maybe he can help you out." He just smiled at me and said, "Thankyou so much. I asked the principal but he just said that she is not coming to school from a few days and then the guy who I was led to by one of the students as Rebekah's good friend was mannerless enough to curse me in front of the school. She keeps real bad company. I need to warn her for this when I meet her. But how do I recognize his boyfriend when the airport is so big?"

I looked at him straight in the eyes and while showing him Rex's photograph in my phone I said, "This is his picture and he is quite a slow driver. So if you hurry you might meet him at the airport entrance itself. Anyways I need to hurry. Bye!" So this was all my plan.

Now Rebakah's dad will meet Rex at the airport and Rex being the nice person he is will tell him that Rebekah is at London and the fun part will be when Rebekah will see Rex and Robert together in London.

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Heya guys! So here is my update. Did you ever think that Talia will scoop so low to keep Rebekah and Rex from coming together? Tell me your opinions in the comment section. My next update will be on Tuesday. Do not forget to vote for my story and do share it with your friends and family. Have a nice weekend. Bubye!♥