Chapter 11

"Dad, please, we could destroy her in no time, please dad, just give me more time," 

Athena was still hearing those words and the worst part is, she 's not alone, she's with Harith. She forgot the purpose of why she's there, she stood up and ran off, Alex saw her running off while Harith ran after her. Alex tried to run to chase after her but Harith blocked his way to her. Alex lost his temper and punched Harith right on his face. Athena was worried, she ran back to harris and stood him up,

"I'm sorry," Alex tried to apologize,

"Please just stop" Athena hushed him,

"Oh, by the way, Happy Monthsary, but I'm breaking up with you," she added.

She and Harith went to the car and drove off. Athena was driving at a high speed, this made Harith terrified but as soon as Athena notice this, she suddenly hit the brakes. She looked at Harith and asked him he was alright, she continued driving but this time, slower. While she's driving, she forgot to drop off Harith to his place, until they've reached her place.

"Sorry I forgot to drop you off to your place," Athena apologized,

"It's not a big deal for me" Harith answered her with a smile. She entered the door and the first thing that's in her mind is to cry. She entered her bedroom, jumped to her bed, and cried. Harith tried to follow her but the moment he reached the door, he heard the soft sobbing of Athena. He says down beside her as he watches her being crushed by her emotions. 

"I think you need some time,"

"No, please don't leave me,"

And so he did stay. He held her hands and tried to comfort her. Minutes passed by and she finally stopped crying, she sat up and stared blankly to who knows where. She took maybe around ten minutes before she decided to stand up, she took her laptop and finally decided to send a message to her brother,

"Dearest brother Adam,

You were right about Alex, he's not really a good guy and his not for me. So, I broke up with him. Don't worry, sister's fine,

How's dad? please say hi to dad for me and reply as soon as you get this message.

Love,                                                                                                                                                                                              Athena"

Finally, she told her brother, minutes ago she didn't have enough courage to tell her brother about the brake up, but, she didn't have enough courage to tell the whole story. Harith washable to read what she sent and spoke,

"Looks like you've made a bad habit of not telling the truth," 

"I just told him everything he needs to know," she answered,

"I think the 'destroy you' would be an interesting story to tell him," he answered her, Athena remained silent, she turned her head and replied,

"Can we just keep this a secret?"

"Secret?! Do you think I can keep it a secret?! No, no I can't," he answered furiously,

"I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have brought you along," she apologized,

"No, it's perfect that you brought me along because if you didn't bring me with you, you wouldn't tell me, Athena, his capabilities are way beyond mine, how do you think will I be able to protect you if he'd think of hurting you? " Harith answered her, which silenced her.

Harith himself remained silent, thoughts are running through his head, he is worried about her safety. What if the guy Alex plans to hurt Athena? The only people there to fight Alex's capabilities are her family. But Athena is fighting against herself whether she should tell it or not. She's just afraid that her family would look down on her because she didn't listen to her brother.

"Athena please, tell your brother, he can protect you, he can secure you," Athena saw all the worries in his eyes and so she did. She opened her laptop and started typing, this time, she's telling the whole story. Minutes passed by and she finally finished. She closes her laptop and lied back down, she covered herself with her blanket and remained there like a cocoon. 

She and Harith started to talk, well, she's glad that Angelica and Steve weren't able to make it, or else they would also know, she asked Harith if they could keep it a secret from them and he agreed. She was happy to hear it and she stood up and approached the snowglobe Alex gave her, she told Harith the story of the snowglobe,

"Are you gonna throw it away?" Harith asked,

"No, it's too cute to be thrown away," she answered which made her chuckle, she lied back down to her bed and started to talk, they talked, tell jokes and laughed. The whole talk made Athena sleepy, and finally, she fell asleep. Harith noticed that she's now asleep and he made sure that she's asleep. He intended to go now, he stood up, turned around, and started to walk away. But then, he's having second thoughts, he turned back and slowly walked toward her. And as soon as he reached the edge of the bed, he removed his eyeglass and he kneeled down and leaned toward her until it was enough for him to see her face clearly. He stared at her for quite a long time. He just can't believe that falling from his skateboard on the road would lead him to this beautiful lady, he looked everything closely, from her long eyelashes to her freckles.

And now, he can have her, but not too fast. He wants her to forget everything about Alex, even the pain. He would start to confess to Athena if she'd never feel pain or remember the sad life she had once the name Alex is ever mentioned. 

Minutes passed by and Harith finally decided to leave, he stood up and let his fingers run through Athena's soft skin. He then turned around and left.

On his way home, he's thinking of nothing but Athena, just Athena and he's trying to bring up plans on how Athena would forget about Alex, the first thing that came to his mind is to do her favorite activities with him. Harith continued to think until he reached home. And as soon as he reached his room, he lied down and fell asleep and dreamed of Athena like he always did.