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The only significant thing that had happened three years ago was not just about Lucas having a bad break up. Three years ago was when he disappeared.

Dexter McCoy.

Dexter was not her first boyfriend

or

Her first crush

or

the boy who took her virginity

or

the boy Who broke her heart.

Dexter was her unfulfilled love, Something that she desired so bad and yet couldn't have.

He shifted in her neighbourhood when she was in her junior year, he didn't go to the school with her because he was much older somewhere around in his graduation. He would have been 23 right now.

He was a weird boy to mostly the entire neighbourhood. suddenly one day he shifted in the neighbourhood without a family or single trace of living entity with him. Nobody knew where he came from or where he went all those days when he went missing.

From the gossip that flew around she knew that he was not enrolled in any university which meant he was either not studying or had to run away from his home.

Winslow, Arizona Was a small town so everybody knew each other mostly and when someone arrived here who was not interested in socialising or communicating or forming bonds with the neighbourhood and the entire town, it made them suspicious.

Also people in small town love gossips since they are so connected everything flies faster.

Isabella had a couple of boyfriends here and there but nothing serious. And Dexter McCoy arrived in her life and she knew what exactly she wanted.

Isabella spent the next one year of her life thinking about just one person. There were so many imaginations that builds up in her head about how they will talk for the first time and maybe he will ask her out and what not but none of them actually came through.

Isabella also felt the heartbreak when she saw different girls leave his house in the morning disorientated. And the fact that he lived just in front of her house was no help.

Isabella was probably the hardest to deal with when she was in her junior year because all these unfulfilled thoughts in her head got her terrible mood swings. Sometimes she would randomly be chirping all around the house so happy that it made her parents wonder what great thing had befallen on her but after next few moments she might be so sad that it got her parents worried about what exactly is wrong with her.

Then something happened, something that would be so trivial to everyone else but was in graved in her memory in the golden ink.

It was the day Isabella was buying presents for her family and friends on the eve of Christmas. Her parents were out of town with Lucas and sante Since they couldn't keep Isabella for babysitting them, And knew very well how reckless one of the twin can get So they thought it was a better option if they just made them tag along.

Isabella was sitting on a bench completely stressed and annoyed. In the hurry to pick up all the ordered presents and the new ones, she had lost Sante's gift. they were twins and everything the both of them always received similar surprises unless and until they demanded for something else.

Isabella had customise two silver bracelets with beautiful hangings like heart and stars. But the most beautiful element of the bracelet was the initials of Sante, Lucas and her name.

She had now lost Sante's present and there was no way in hell that she could manage to customise another one in two days.

Her sister had a tough year this time. With Her mischief skyrocketing, She had done pretty reckless things this year from sneaking out for parties to cursing to teachers and getting grounded.

Isabella knew that she could just buy her something from the store but obviously that wouldn't match the gift she got for Lucas and that will somehow make her feel like she was inferior to Lucas and that was the exact emotion Isabella didn't wanted to brew.

Isabella knew that she could just sit inside the house and worry but somehow she felt suffocated in the house. She knew that she could give the present to Sante and buy a Lucas something else but obviously that would hurt Lucas.

Lucas was a sweet boy which meant he will not necessarily point it out or show it on his face yet he was a sensitive boy which meant that some disparity like this would hurt him immensely from within.

Isabella had loved her siblings from the day they were born and there was no way in the hell that she would hurt either of them which meant there was only one option left that was to buy similar gifts and to keep the bracelet for herself.

Isabella was blank about what she was supposed to buy for them two days before Thanksgiving and how to make it special.

"Are you okay?" Isabella's trans of thoughts broke as a smooth voice asked.