Chapter 11

I guess I deserved that. I had indirectly just accused the nephew to the owner of the fashion house I got free clothes from, of attempting to rape me, even though now I think  he was actually just trying to help me get the zip done.

"I see you're done dressing" My Aunt says coming from one of the side doors with her back turned. It looks like she'd been observing us a long time now, and from the way she gave me warning glances and her eyes flitted from me to Eras. I know the message she's trying to pass, and while I look at back at her, our eyes say all I think needs to be said.

I'm not dumb enough to fall for another guy while my heart is still in pieces. "Eras here, has come to live with me for a while and he's going to be a transfer student at your school" Alice says. My mind blanks out at this and I get the hint that Alice is trying to drop "You want me to show him around I guess?". She nods and I can see the meaningful gleam in her eyes.

The way they tell me to be safe and not do something I might later regret. They're worried for me and I don't know when I start crying. I think it's the notion of school that brings the tears. I'll have to go to school, final exams are in a month's time. I'll have to see Aron and resist the urge to cry and get on knees, begging him to stop this cruel joke he's playing on me. I'll have to resist the last resort of going to him and telling him to have his way with me, even if it breaks my spirit at least I'll have him back. No that's stupid.

My aunt comes to stand directly in front of me and she holds me by the shoulders, I almost expect her to scream at me and tell me to get a hold of myself, to stop moping about some stupid boy, that probably never loved me anyways.

I expected her to slap me and tell me that it dosen't matter if you're not loved. I was ready for all of it. She hugged me. Instead of railing at me she hugged me.

That exposed a party of my aunt I'd never seen before. The part of her that told me that she's been through the same thing too. The part that told the story of a young girl who got shattered by love agin and agian, so she gave up on it and decided to build a life for herself and be altogether a recluse. It showed me a part of her that hurt seeing me go through such pain, a part that didn't want me to ever endure such.

Alice joins in and suddenly I feel a lot better. It's not the end of the world, boys are stupid anyways. I clean my tears and give them reassuring smiles and they both nod. I begin making my way out when a voice stops me."Aren't you forgetting something or someone.....?" My mind snaps back to Eras and I groan.