"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
With a tight lipped smile, Aria replied. "No, thank you.""Nice to meet you by the way.""Yeah..." Aria trailed off, trying to recall where she had seen her because she knew she had. She was certain but she just couldn't assemble the pieces together. "Sorry have we met before?"A surprise look crossed Queensley's face before she shook her head. "I don't think it's possible for us to have met before because I just moved into Las Vegas.""Oh really, then I must have mistook you for someone else." Aria replied, walking away and willing herself not to overthink this issue and not add it to the list of things she had to worry about. Whether or not she had met Queensley before wasn't important. She worried too much about a lot of insignificant things.While she was walking into the bathroom, the door opened with Elanne walking out. she must have gone to refit her braids, Aria thought to herself trying to ignore his hee heart was now beating fastly. Her throat suddenly felt dry and she knew
Aria sat there still hoping for what wouldn't come to life. She likened this tainted hope to the one she shared while she hoped for Ivan to change. Oh god, she pinched herself for still thinking about Ivan. She hated how she llinked every bad thing that happened to her to Ivan. It annoyed her but there nothing she could do about it, except to wait for the urge to fade naturally. As she ate, she occasionally glanced at both Elanne and Queensley as they chatted. Maybe she was just overthinking it, maybe they had known each other for a while and it wasn't about the fact that she and Elanne had and issue. It could be that Elanne hadn't noticed that she was around yet and Queensley quickly grabbed out the seat, wanting to be with hee and she just couldn't refuse. Although it didn't seem like that but she stuck to the analysis's that suited and stilled her. As Aria continued to eat, she eat she haeard a shrill laughter burst out from their direction. Reflexively, Aria's head jerked towards