Expectations vs Reality

*Flashback to Two weeks ago*

I woke up with a grin on my face, Usually, I loathed having to part from my bed especially on a Holiday, but today I wasn't. Because finally, I would be meeting Aron, my childhood friend, and future lover, for the first time in two years.

Aron had gone overseas when I was 15 years old, I remember the whimpers and snots on my face as I begged him to stay, but he couldn't not when it was a significant part of his training to be the heir of his family business. At first, we conversed periodically until the replies started to dwindle up till eventually, I was the only one texting.

"He is busy, There is just another reason for him not to answer" I had convinced myself.

We were much closer as kids when everything was much simpler and the only we had to worry about was whether we would be forced to eat our vegetables or if we could sneak in an extra piece of dessert before bed, But then we got older, and he got further and more closed off.

I had tried clinging on to him to bridge the gap but whenever he pushed me away and distanced himself from me, My little heart slowly chipped away and no matter how hard I tried to get over him, I couldn't, it wasn't in my power to. I didn't know what happened, but I was going to fix it. Today I was going to rekindle our flames of friendship and hopefully, one day, it would lead to love.

Bathing was the easy part, the hard part was deciding what to wear, After much thought, I decided on a short Light blue off-shoulder gown. I stood in front of the Mirror and said my daily motivation quotes

" You are so beautiful, he is going to see you and Whoosh love at first sight" I sigh dreamily. Staring at my reflection, I put on my dark green contacts because I never go anywhere without them, fixed my makeup to highlight it, adjusted my clothes, and styled my shoulder-length strawberry blond hair in a low bun, I wanted to come off as both cute and mature and a little sexy, altogether I wanted to come out as the full package, I needed him to see me as a woman now. A woman made just for him.

Rushing down the stairs, I quickly greeted my mum and kissed her on the cheek

" Mum, I am going to be a little late today, I want to spend a long time with Aron and catch up".

She was a Beauty with long strawberry blond hair, light green eyes, and lashes that went on for miles which I was so jealous of, she was of medium height and had a lean figure. I noticed she was a little unresponsive today, but I ignored it in my excitement. Walking out the door, I heard her reply

"Take care my dear and don't be too late, and remember to have fun!".

Smiling to myself I got outside, entered the car, and instructed the driver to take me to the Suriv's House which he probably knew by heart with the number of times I had gone there. If I am being honest, the Suriv´s house wasn't just a house, it was like an estate because it was so huge which wasn't surprising considering they came from old money and just so happened to own a multinational company that dealt with all things Jewellery, fragrance, and clothes which had been in the family for generations and their recent dabbling in the shipping branch.

I wouldn't have had the chance to even meet him if it wasn't for my maternal uncle who married into the family, theirs were a love story come true which I was hoping for in Aron and me. While in my thoughts of how lucky I was to be his friend, I noticed I was arriving at my destination. Shaking my head to drive away any distractions, I pulled out my makeup mirror and made sure I was perfect. It was time to begin Operation steal Aron´s heart and make him MINE.

Entering the house was easy, although Aron and I didn't talk presently I continued to be a regular visitor, So the Maids and Gatekeepers knew me. Sitting on the couch, I called for the attention of the butler, "inform Aron of my arrival".

Bowing his head, he replied,

"Miss, Unfortunately Young Master is not here, In fact, you just missed him".

"WHAT" I screeched. I saw him scowl and coughed to compose myself, trying to sound delicate I asked "When is he coming back? I am perfectly fine with waiting"

" Young Master is at the company with Master, so I cannot determine when he would be coming back," he said with a fake smile while squinting his Rheumy eyes. I knew everyone at this Mansion disliked me, they didn't even bother to hide it properly with their expressions whenever I came here except for when I was with Aron's parents, I grasped they thought I wasn't dignified or distinguished enough to be their Mistress and wife to Aron so even when my heart seized together and felt stuffy, and I wanted to scream and hit something or someone, I smiled back at him and left with a quiet goodbye.

Since I didn't relieve my anger, I snapped at the driver, blaming him for my being late. Deep down I knew it was wrong, I didn't want to get angry at him, It was my fault, I told him to drive slowly because I wanted to prepare myself for meeting Aron. Yet I couldn't suppress myself nor control my anger. Suddenly I felt like I was being controlled and directed to act like this.

"This is not ME" my consciousness seemed to scream. As I began to ponder I saw the driver with head turned and followed his gaze to see the butler staring at me from the window with a blank expression, letting out an embarrassed squeak I got into the car and returned home, easily forgetting what I felt.

Leaving in a hurry turned out to be a bad idea as I had forgotten my phone home, and wasn't able to be reached and was late in finding out that my mum was rushed to the hospital. She had fainted 30 minutes after I left.