Time to say goodbye….

Some friends stay for a long time in our lives. Some stay only in the past and leave the present. Some of them come to us at present and go really far away. Some stay forever with us no matter how far they are. Close friends, only acquaintance, longtime friends or meet only for a short time, who ever they are it is really hard to say goodbye.

The morning made Alya sad. She was laughed mockingly at her thought two days ago she was feeling awkward and was waiting when would her family leave, now it was hard to bid goodbye in the station. She made a promise to visit in the winter holidays. ‘ Well I hope mama will be happy now.’ She sat on the bus surfing through the social sites. She was reminded of how she excused herself from Brian. ‘ Ah maybe that was a bit too much dramatic of me. I am not sure even whether he knows who I am Aiden did not even confirm.’ She was more afraid of more misunderstandings that will be created if she goes to reveal the whole thing. ‘ Ugh what should I do about this? Should I go for a different job? Ahh I forgot to ask James what the meeting was about?’ She had too much fun time hearing about James kids that she forgot to ask. She smiled at the thought, but it quickly turned into a sad and exhausting face when she reached her office. The gloomy and stares will greet her again this time. ‘I do not mind the silence the stares are bugging me too much.’ She sighed again and dragged herself in. This time there was no gloomy atmosphere and the stares were missing. ‘ Did the rumors die down? This fast?’ she quickly dismissed the thought and went to her desk. She had two people waiting for her there, Megan and Helea. ‘What are they up to this early?’ “ Hey there Good Morning.” She greeted to start a conversation. Megan quickly came over and hugged her. She had a worry look in her eyes. Alya hold her with one hand and dropped her bag motioning Helea who had a worry look as well. “ Did I miss something? What happened?” Helea motioned them to seat down first to avoid anyone over hearing. Which was a bit useless since they were already seen by the people in the room. Alya quickly settled down, “ Can you two explain now?” Helea, “ She heard the rumors going about you in the office.” Megan nodded in agreement she was almost teary. Alya scratched her head leaning back a bit, “ Ahh that one yeah that is a misunderstanding…” Megan took her hand, “ You had to go through so much are you okay?” Alya, “ Frankly it was a bit irritating, but I was too busy to notice.” She stuck her tongue out. “I am sorry Helea I really did not know I caused the tiff between you and Aiden.” Helea made a tch noise, “ It was not your fault. I am really pissed on him he made assumptions before even going to the end result.” Alya, “ I guess he was being protective. But is it true about the accident was a pre-planned one?” Helea nodded, “ Yeah but it was just to scare Cynthia not to kill her, but it was done for a different story.” Alya, “ Okay fill me up here I need to hear the whole thing.” Helea, “ Remember the annual dinner party? Cynthia caught the eye of “The Twirl’s” son.” Alya racked her brain she remembered that there were many VIP guests, “ The eldest? I thought he has a wife.” Helea shook her head and frowned, “The youngest one, he did make his moves on her, but she declined very rudely. It hurt his ego.” Alya, “ Sigh male ego to think this caused such a problem and misunderstandings. But it was too amateur of him don’t you think? Cynthia could have died. By the way how did it get solved?” Megan, “James Greenfield came to clear it. They had a mutual agreement. I heard they had to agree and compensate.” Alya, “ Ah so that’s why he was here. He never tell me the whole thing. Well I am glad everything is cleared up.” She smiled. Helea, “ And to think you had to go through the gossips for a mere suspicions I warned him not to talk about it.” Alya, “ Ahhh I do not think Aiden gossiped about it. He was just overprotective of the people he cared about. But I never mentioned about James how did they figured it out ?” Megan scratched her head, “ They did a background check on the new employees. Since you are comparatively new you were also checked. But they did find someone stealing the files.” Alya, “ Wow so many things happened, and I was just worried what my Baba will eat.” Megan, “ You father visited right. How was the lunch?” Alya recounted the lunch time and walk back also the dinner time she shared the pictures of the kids. They were talking about the kids and forgot about the discussion they were having just a few moments before. They did not notice a figure reaching them from the behind. “ Can I talk to you for a bit Sarah.” They all looked to the person at the door. She wore a light pink dress and her hair tied behind to a bun. She replaced her frowning face to an almost teary-eyed shy face. Alya looked up to Helea and motioned asked what to do its early. Helea, “ You go I will handle it if you are needed.” Alya followed Cynthia thanking her and winking. She followed her to the hallway close to the balcony. In the morning it stays almost empty. Cynthia looked around to check if there is no one around. What she did after that shocked Alya. She bowed her head a bit and apologized. Alya looked around frantically.” Wait get up what are you doing?” Cynthia stood up straight she looked almost in tears, “ I misunderstood you and you saved me when I was in trouble, but you got hurt because of that.” Alya quickly took her hand and tried to pacify her, “ It is alright you were not at fault now right?” Cynthia, “ You really did not feel angry at all?” Alya stood straight and looked away and faint laughed, “ Well I could have done without the shoulder bump.” Cynthia looked sadder she decided to change her words. “ Ahh it does not matter it is nothing…” she hastily tried to calm her down looking here hoping no one is present and watching them. Cynthia quickly rubbed her eyes, “ I am leaving …” Alya, “ What hey what are you talking about? Why are you leaving all of a sudden? What about Mr. Heimlich?” Cynthia finally smiled and looked towards the open sky, “ I was selfish to think I could replace my sister, but it did not work, and I became too much frustrated. Your words still rang in my hand He is not an object to be possessed. I was too hardheaded to see that he was just forcing himself.” Alya blinked her eyes , “ Huh wait I am confused here weren’t you guys in love with each other?” Cynthia shook her head, “It is a long story forcing him to follow by a foolish girl. But now enough is enough I need to move on then keep clutching on something that is not mine to begin with.” Alya blew a breath she did not what to say to avoid hurting her feelings. “ Ah are you going to be okay?” Cynthia finally grinned and hugged her, this startled Alya a bit at first, but she composed herself and hugged her. “ You remind me of sister Sarah, she use to be like this that made me feel angry on you, but I was wrong. I sorry for being so childish. ” Alya could not find any word to reply she just smiled at her. Cynthia left after that. She was going to pursue high studies in the states. They promised to keep in touch with each other in the future. Alya was feeling a bit sad she finally broke through the girl and they had to say goodbye so fast. She walked by the notice board, there was a paper asking to apply for positions in the new office. It was the factory they visited with Mr. Austin. Alya looked at the paper for a bit, ‘ Should I apply?’ she walked back immersed in thoughts, but she failed to notice that a figure just stopped following her a few steps back and watch her walking back.