LOGINChapter 6She watched over her grandmother like a hawk, ensuring that her health was taken care of. With her juggling school and everything at home she hardly felt time go by, she had her finals coming soon, but first her trial examination needed to be killed. Eric was hardly around since his father's arrival, which meant Aiden became Arylans shadow. They were together the majority of the time.“ Okay, do you understand the congo chapter for history now?”“ I get the fundamentals but…I still don’t understand how to write the essay.”“ take these notes and go over them, they’re personalized.”“ Okay thank you.”“ you guys seem cozy,” Eric said putting his bag on the table.“ Well hello to you too, ” Aiden said leaving to collect the takeaways.“You're alive?”Arylan said handing him a note pad“ if only you knew half of it, either way, what’s up with you and pretty eyes?”“what do you mean?”“ You guys are literal
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
Chapter 5Arylan was no longer the person she knew she was, she wanted to move on like everyone else. Pretending as if nothing had happened, pretending as if it was not her who had to face it.With the trial examination coming soon, the teenager felt wounds ripen on the inside of her. The comforting messages and monthly medications felt like sirens. The nightmares becoming clearer and clearer.“ so have you told Aiden yet?”“ about what?”“ uncle Abdullahs confession.”“ why would I do that, the man's nothing to me.”“ Aryan…even if you deny it till the day you die that man will forever be apart of you, this could be a lead to finding your parents.”“ drop it Eric…why would I look for those people…they seem to be doing perfectly fine without me.”“ sure.”Aiden rushed out of the library and hopped onto Eric's b
Chapter 4Arylan 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 3Arylan was back in school. Something that got her mind off her constant battle against her memory. most of her time was spent at school studying. She needed to catch up with a month's worth of work…with her trail examination due in a month.Grandmother tended to her as much as she could, she constantly had her checked up and made sure that she had her medication.“ Tim, what if the child really remembers what happened to her. How do I explain myself?”grandmother asked switching the cattle off.“ Biel, you can not control things like that it's up to Allah.”Grandmother was left to raise Arylans father on her own. Her husband Abdullah was always in and out of the house, till he completely disappeared. It’s been 20 years now. Arylan had her father snatched from her at a young age, but the Lord blessed her with memory loss so she did not have to deal with the pain or trauma. Grandmother saw it as a blessing in disguise… for 7 yea
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