Dear Best Friend I LOVE YOU

~Genevieve~

You won't know when your life is about to flip upside down. It all happens suddenly. It could be a year

Six months

Days

Minutes

Or even seconds

But mine didn't take any of these. It only took a binding agreement. A "yes I do" and "Till death do us apart" agreement. A marriage.

Then I'm trapped. Maybe If I had known, it wouldn't have ended up this way.

Maybe I would have run away when I had the chance to. Maybe I shouldn't have met him. But the thing about maybe's is that they don't exist. They are useless.

It's only a year more. Just a year and I'll be off to Harvard. Where I'll be free from the wrath of Ryder Saint. Where I'll change my lifestyle and be more of myself. Like the life I envisioned when I just moved into this city. The beautiful and serene life without a Ryder in it. A year more and I'll say goodbye to all of this.

I took in a deep breath when mum pulled into the school driveway. It's a little bit empty but that's expected seeing it's the first day of school after the long summer holidays. Not everyone's boring like me who spent the whole summer inside her bedroom and making occasional trips to the kitchen to make ice cream. Aside from that, I like to be early. Something I inherited from my mum. She would say Early is on time and on time is late.

"You didn't have to drive me mum. I could have taken the bus" I managed to say "You might miss your appointment"

"Family first Genie, family first" she smiled and I did the same. Mum has high cheekbones and a tall, slender, model-like figure that makes my awkward, seventeen-year-old body look like a potato in comparison. I strive to be her when I grow up. Not only in the looks department but also the hard work and the personality.

"Perhaps it's time I get a driving lesson so I could use my car" I say

"Baby, are you sure you're okay with this? You don't have to do this, you know. James totally understands he won't be mad if…"

James the guy mom's currently seeing. Wait, aren't they too old for the girlfriend and boyfriend's title? He got me a car for my seventeenth birthday, while I consider it too much. I mean, who gets a sports car for their girlfriend's daughter's birthday. He's as busy as hell but from the few times we've met I could tell he's a good guy. And from the way my mom looks up at him I can tell he's the one.

"Mum" I interrupted her before she goes on any further

"I won't have you driving me around if I go off to college"

"I could if you choose a school closer" she smiled. " You don't have to do this soon you know"

I nodded. I've been afraid of being behind the wheels since I had that accident ten years back. The details of that day are a bit hazy but I remember that it was raining. I was dressed in my best dress and on our way to Nana's birthday.

"I just think it's time I let go of my fears, it's been ten years"

"Genevieve," She said, then pulled me into a warm hug. When she pulls back her eyes shine with unshed tears.

"You have no idea how happy I am right now"

"It's Genie in school mum. Just Genie" And before she could say anything "That's what everyone calls me" I quickly added.

"I won't want to hurt James dumping his present in the garage for long"

"He will be thrilled to hear this" She smiled again and that's when the tears started falling. She made no effort to wipe them now.