"Hey, are you good?" Elanne nudged her elbow, upon taking in her features.Aria sighed. "I don't know. I don't know."Elanne stared at her. "Then you're not alright, tell me what you have been thinking of?" "It's just that I keep thinking about everything they did to me and i keeo asking myself why I was so blind to the obvious signs and why they could have done such to me," Aria complained. "I don't know why I've been unable to move on and it's killing me, I deserve better."Elanne took a deep breath, reached out to touch her hands and squeezed it. "Obviously you deserve better but now that it has happened, just keep acknowledging everything that has happened and reframe your thoughts. Each time it comes, just tell yourself yes you acknowledge everything tha t happened and it's not your fault and you're working towards healing..it won't happen overnight but soon you'll realize that you're no longer feelings those pains."Aria thought over her words and decided to act according to wh
Just then Aria's phone rang, it was Robert and she quickly swiped away thw call, not even in the slightest mood ready to speak to him. "Robert was calling right?" Elanne said, now her feet, her bag clutched in front of her."Yes." Aria answered, stuttering"So this is it right? You still chose to go back to him after he had hurt you. So this is really want you want for yourself? This is it?" Elanne shook her head in an expression that seemed somewhat pitiful."Can't you at least hear his own side of his explanation?" Aria asked.Elanne shook her head again. "You're really gullible, I see why you keep attracting the wrong men." Then without another word, she exited the house."You're really gullible, I see why you keep attracting the wrong men." That statement kept spinning in her head, pricking needles in her chest and she knew she couldn't hold it anymore, she had to let the tears all out. The statement was the worst she had heard about herself in her twenty years of existence and s
"Yeah we've always been there for each other." Aria replied, smiling amidst tears."So are you ready to talk about what happened?" Anna asked, then she pulled back from her seat.Aria heard the scrapping of chair against the tiles and then incohorent voices before she heard the banging of the door and then silence. "Where are you going?" She asked her."I just left class to the bathroom.""But you said you're having one in five minutes time.""Aria, I clearly won't be able to attend the class early because you need to my attention, isn't that clear enough?"Aria sighed. "I know you're just trying to help but I don't want you missing classes and worrying about me."Anna gasped, annoyance lining her voice. "What's this about? I'm just trying to help you... Must you worrying about everything all the time? I've not miseed any classes since I resume school-""It's okay, you don't have to get angry at me also." Aria said in a brittle voice."You know I could never stay angry at for long ric
"You haven't asked me about my friends at school!" Anna yelled, matching her tone."Sorry about that," Aria sighed. "Invest been to occupied with my chaotic life.""No it's fine," Anna chuckled. "It can honestly happen to anyone.""Have I told you how you're the best thing in my life? You are always so understanding and you always want the best for me." Anna appreciated he with a smile in hee cheet and an ache that rose from a longing to see her once more."Aww thank you so much." Anna cooed. "Please don't nake me cry, I don't want that""Like you're aren't a cry baby like me, it's just that you're more coded with your and you tend to hide it more than I do.""Youp, I care about who sees me crying.""Yeah. Anna, you're the best sister anyone could ask for her, thank you for always being here... It means so much to me.""I said don't make me cry!""I'm just telling you and you should accept it now because you may not hear this from me in a very long time""Bla bla.. that's what you alw
Robert did what he knew how to do best to Aria—show up unexpectedly at her house. She had not been taking his calls and she barely responded to his text messages. Her excuse was that she either busy, tired or she just wasn't in the mood to talk to anyone. At one point he jokingly asked her if she had started working else and she replied not at all and disappeared for the whole of the day. She hadn't gone to work at Darlings eversince she saw Harry that day and she didn't even know if she should just stop working there because she had been giving the manager a string of excuses, although she knew he had a soft spot for hee that's why he hasn't scolded but she knew she had not been on hee best behaviour. Even if Aria decided to quit, she would apologize to him for not taking her work seriously."So why have you been avoiding me?" Robert asked her casually, while he settled on the sofa across from her."Am I? Is that what you think? I haven't been avoiding you." She didn't even have the
"You were about to say something? Just say it.""But I thought we were okay and have moved past of all of these?" He asked her."I thought we were but I just have to be alone for now.""Or is there something wrong, is there something you don't want to talk about for the meantime?" Robert asked thoughtfully."I appreciate all of your questions but this isn't about you but it's just me.""You know we are one right," he whispered but you could tell that he was trying not to get angry. "When we got married, we became one. So just tell me whatever is wrong with you and hoe we can sort it out.""No I don't want sorting, I think how I've chosen to handle this which is by wanting space between the both of us is fine." The air thickened and silenee draped onver them like blanket."Is it what you really want?" Robert asked her, now resigning to his fate. "I'm wondering if you've been speaking to Ivan or maybe your former best friend lately." Aria could tell that Robert had asked the question s
Aria told Robert she was tired of staying at home and they struck a deal that he was going to allow her come to work only three times a week. She was also planning on moving to his house by weekend. Each time she remembered how Elanne's hadn't picked her calls or neither returned any of her texts, her chest plummeted to her stomach. It made her even skeptical to resume work because Elanne and Robert were the two people that made attending work worthwhile but now she was going to be seeing Robert frequently but Elanne still hadn't picked her calls. Up how she tried her best to explain to her about everything she continued ignoring hee calls like they were never friends. At this point she had already given up on trying to be friends with Elanne back because it seems like that was not happening anytime And continuing pursuing it may hurt Aria more. As shs preared for work thst morning, she realized that thing had changed and she would no longer have to stop at the receptionist desk to ac
"Oh no," Robert chuckled, then his eyes squinted, the realization dawned on him. "Oh jeez," he muttered as he pressed the button which refused to act according to his command. Aria watched as he struggled to come to terms with the fact that they were stuck because the power had gone off."I'm sorry, we'll have to be here a minute longer." Robert apologized while shoving his hands into his pocket to retrieve his phone.Aria nodded. "We're in this together.""I know you love being near me even though you won't admit it, Princess." Robert didn't miss an opportunity to tease her even though they were in a critical condition."Enough of this please." She chided him while her cheeks flushed.He spoke a few words into the phone and when he ended the call, he looked at her. "Just few minutes and we'll be out of here.""Isn't it weird that this happened on the first day you resumed work again." She said.Robert shook his head before whispering. "Maybe the elevator has missed and they decided t