Chapter 10: Aeren

It has been almost a week already! I can't get to meet Dylan for a week, is it ever possible? It also happened before but I got to meet him in his home or atleast he picked up when I call. He can't be this busy just because he's gonna transfer to a new college. Is he going to forget me once he gets to be in a well-known college? I'd better keep my wild guesses static. That's for the best.

-"Ow, Aeren! You're here! Come on in. Are you looking for Dylan?"

His mom always talks a lot and also fast. She talks a lot of sentence altogether and then take a breath. I guess then she understands the hearer might have anything to say.

-"Hi, Ms. Wren. Yeah, I'm here for Dylan. But seems like he's not at home, right?"

I know it's a bit awkward to try to see someone's place over them like I'm doing right now. I'm trying to scan the place in a way that it looks like she's blocking my sight.

-"Oh, yeah! He's not here right now but maybe he'll come within half an hour or an hour or more. Why? Do you need him urgently?"

-"Not urgently. But may I please know where he went? I mean I don't get to see him almost for a week. So I was just worried if anything did happen..."

-"As you know he's getting transferred to United National College. I guess he's busy with some cases related to college. Don't worry about him. You may wait for him."

Something smells fishy here. So I need to hurry to home to find it out.

-"It's okay. Thanks for offering, but I gotta go now. Please don't tell him that I came over, he must be too busy. So it will just hamper his focus. I'm going now. Stay tuned."

I know she will never tell him that I came over. She's worried about his future more than anyone. But still I wanted to make sure of it.

Oh my god! He's gonna transfer to the same college as Dylan! Will they be alright seeing each other again? I'm worried to hell now. I still have the photo of us three as my wallpaper. My childhood was one of a kind and it all thanks to two awesome guys, Ollie and Dylan. Maybe we would go to same college by now if I weren't destined to be in that accident. Still I don't despise Ollie for my injury. He had nothing to do with it, but who cares? Even Dylan curses him for this while I'm alright with my pain.

Some things are easy to forget, some are easy to ignore and then there are some we want to forget but more we try to forget,the more it becomes memorable and unforgettable. Our friendship might be included in the last type. Dylan was a bit arrogant type, Ollie was introvert and I? I have no idea how I was. I still remember how Ollie was being bullied by Dylan over a little thing, though it seemed a big deal as we were only 5 year old kids. And how I pretended to cut off ties with Dylan if he didn't apologise to Ollie. Gosh! I'm already tearing up.

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After 2 days.

I know he went to college today. I saw him this morning though he didn't. Funny how I'm waiting for him. It makes me feel like his older brother or uncle. Oh what? Am I laughing now? Not actually, I can feel that I'm smiling strangely even though I don't want to.

He's coming. Yeah, he's taking this way. But seems like he's pissed off. I'm sure he had a fight with Ollie, if not atleast something bad happened. Still I don't want him to understand that I already got it how his first day in that college went.

-"Oh, Dylan! It's you! I didn't see you for a week! Did you vanish! Lol". I couldn't act cooler than this. But why doesn't he attempt to reply my question? Is he angry on me or something? He shouldn't as it was he who cut off contacts for a week. It's normal for me to be angry, not him! I'm sure it's something bad.

-"You just got back from college? Why aren't you answering? Did something happen?" I again asked cause I feel like he wants to avoid me now. Though I don't know the reason yet.

-""Ha? Oh no, nothing happened. What could even happen in college, moreover on first day!"

It's not him acting naturally. He's forcing himself to act normal. As I'm also the same so I can detect it easily. That means, he's trying to hide something from me. But I'm not willing to let him do so.

-"Then what took you long time to reply? Something must have happened. Well,.."

-" Maybe I was just zoning out. Nothing serious, trust me!".

He replied so fast, even before I finish my sentence. Now it's clear to me that he actually wants to avoid my questions about Ollie.

-"You met him, right?" I don't want to beat around the bush now. But the answer is already written on his face. I see he doesn't want to answer my question. The more late he's to reply, angrier I get.

-"You won't answer me? Silence gives consent, so do you want me to take your silence as a 'YES'?"

-" Yeap, I met him. We had a good time together." His fake smile is the evidence that he's lying. He knows I'm human lie detector. He still tries to lie to me! It's frustrating.

-"Yeah, I met him unfortunately. Trust me, we didn't have a bad time either. But why are you so interested in his life? Why?"

He just yelled at me. I understand he's upset but why that should be vented on me? I needed little time to process it.

-"I just asked you a question and was it too hard to answer? You didn't have to yell for such a small reason."

I couldn't say anything else. I feel my throat gettinh heavier. But I really hope this time he comes to apologise cause he already knows I hate it most when someone vents random anger on innocents.