Chapter 7: Unfair world

Chapter 7: unfair world 

Ari's POV 

I parked my car by the roadside and got out. I ran to her side and I tried to talk her out of it 

"Whoa! Wait! Whatever it is, can we talk about it?" I asked the girl and tried to move closer.

"Don't come closer to me!" She yelled at me 

"Okay. I won't. Can you tell me your name?" I asked her.

"Ani…Aniston" she whispered 

I nodded like in doing so that she would get down from the ledge 

"Can you come down and tell me what went wrong with your life that this is the only option you think you have?"

"Stop talking to me and leave me in peace"

Other cars were stopping already and a handful of people were beginning to gather 

I looked around and I tried to ignore the crowd and I moved closer to her 

"You are in pain, Aniston "

"No kidding" she answered sarcastically 

"I know what pain is. Everyone that lives and breathes experiences it once in their lifetime. So, you are not that special, Aniston …"

"You are right, there is nothing special about me" her voice was teary and she turned around to look at me. "I ruin my family…I deserve this"

 "No, you don't. You are a good person who made a very bad and rotten mistake I suppose but you don't deserve to die for it" I told her while I kept my hands up like she was a crazed dog I was trying to talk down before it took a chunk of my leg.

She looked at me.

"Why are some people broken and others aren't? I have never understood why. Can you explain it to me?"

I exhaled. 

I knew by the way she was looking at me that she wanted me to impact some knowledge or reveal an earth shattering secret about the universe or something that inspires hope but two seconds and counting…there was nothing. 

I was blank.

"Seriously, dude…if you are going to keep staring at me with your mouth wide open then I should probably jump!" Aniston spread her hands like I was the most bizarre thing she had ever seen.

How bizarre am I? She's the one dangling on a bridge!

"Give me a second! I didn't know I was going to talk to a suicidal maniac from jumping off a bridge today. I just woke up to my crappy life which for some reason is even crappier today, Dad tried to kill mom…idiot brother is on a futile mission against a freaking crown prince…cut me some slack, lady" I blinked and gestured with my hand.

Aniston wiped the tears on her face nonchalantly and she used the helm of her dress to wipe the snot on her face. Gross!

"Fine. Take all the time you need, princess" she mocked.

Why is she mocking me? I have the good sense to turn around, enter my car and just…yes! Finally, I got the right speech.

"Well, life is not fair, Aniston and unfair things happen to people all the time. But we don't throw in the towel. Instead we suck it up and keep pushing" I clenched my fist in solidarity.

Aniston narrowed her eyes on me.

"Did you seriously just quote Coach Richardson from that movie 'boys on fire'? How dumb do you think I am?"

Pretty dumb! 

I wanted to jeer but I didn't.

"Had to give it a try…works like a champ on my brother…see kid, life's unfair and I don't know why" I told her sincerely. "I have no idea why some people find their soul mate at the age of eighteen…while some find theirs at twenty nine and some…not at all. I have no idea why a man is in pain because his wife of twenty something years just admitted to him that she doesn't love him and she never will. What about the idiot who will likely spend the rest of his life fixing other people's problems while ignoring his own because if he doesn't everything falls apart" I exhaled and paused for a few seconds before continuing.

Everything about my life up until this moment just flashed through my eyes. It wasn't pretty.

I exhaled again.

"Nothing about this life screams fair and we should be used to it by now but each time life knocks the air out of our lungs and next thing we know we are standing on a ledge or driving a beautiful Aston Martin car in an uncharted territory because your younger brother happens to be an idiot but people like you and me, we don't get to take the cowardly way out, we stay on and we keep pushing. We are not cowards, Aniston " I offered my hand to her and I was surprised when she took it.

I lifted her down from the ledge and when we turned around; people were staring and taking videos and pictures.

"Come on, I am getting you out of here. Can you walk?" I asked her and she nodded.

I took off my jacket and I covered her with it as I led her to the car and drove off without saying a word to the numerous questions people were asking.

A few minutes later, an idea came to me, I could track my car to find my brother and I did.

Soon, I was stopping in front of a small clinic and Storm's scent was all over the place like his emotions were heightened. I stepped down from the car.

I knew my brother was here and if I hurry, I might catch up with him. I turned around to go after him but my car was gone. 

Fucking Aniston stole my car.

Shit!

Can this day get any worse?