Hidden beauty

Chapter 2Arylan spent majority of her time with Aiden without realization. Eric left confused by the extra person in their small circle choose not to question what was happening, and accepted their new routine. “ sooo, are you going to explain? Or should I guess…”asked Eric handing a text book to her, after pulling her aside. “ well, umm he apologized. And made an effort sooo now we’re friends. Nothing to be confused about.”“ wow… next time I’ll sign up for summer school as well, never knew they thought people about overnight bonding as well.”“ha-ha-ha, aren’t you funny.”“ whatever, you’ll regret it one day.”“ I did not ask you to become a father figure what so ever.”There was a little tension between the two boys who had plenty of awkward situations from time to time. Arylan had more company, which meant an extra study buddy. There was a reason the school accepted him as a last minute student, he was as s

Chapter 4 Arylan had her 18th birthday coming up. A can of adulthood and maturity knocking at her door. She would normally go camping on these days but this year she could not make it due to her hectic study routine at school with constant visits to the hospital. There wasn’t much that could be done, so a small intimate party was held with close family and friends, Tim had not shown up for the entire event and has been missing since Abdullah's arrival.On the day of the party, Arylan was met with more confusion when Abdullah came knocking on grandmother's door with a gift for her and disturbing news, news that turned her entire world into something else. A word she never thought that she could own.“ Here take this, ” Eric said handing her a chocolate “ no, thank you.”“ you haven’t eaten any junk food since you. Birthday party…you have to take this.”Aiden arrived and sat across both of them in the café, taking out the notes for class

Chapter 5With grandmother still battling for her life and Arylan pretending to be stronger than she actually was. Time flew by and Arylan found herself writing her last examination. Aiden her biggest support while Eric Attempted fixing his relationship with his father who saw him as a failure, rich people problems. Abdullah was missing since he had dropped Biel at the hospital and Tim was behaving like a secret messenger who visited grandmother when no one was around. He provided for her the best medical facilities, only allowed the top doctors to monitor her, and was never hesitant to upgrade it when the need arasied, that was the least he could do for her. Loving and protecting her from afar. He knew he could not have her, it was not the desire or passion that made him stay as her friend for all those years but rather the sad reality that his friend had won her over, and he had failed even with many openings, so he prayed to have her in his next life.Aryl