The Revival of the Past

"Hey, Oriana! You alright? I saw you going back and forth a lot today.

Sorry, couldn't offer to help as the class was packed."

Nevan folds the sleeves of his shirt as both of them walk down the road towards the tube station. Leilani eyes them with a hard expression on her face. Oriana cannot quite read it when she waves at her. Leilani goes back to her usual smiley self and waves back. Nevan really is the most handsome one in the tuition center, without any doubt. Alvis looks good when he

smiles and Fabian has really pretty eyes and a good height but this guy, right here, has all of these and more. It's simply hard not to do a double take if anyone sees him even in the middle of a road.

"Ah, hey! Yeah, I'm alright. It's just you know, information-packed

classes followed by the evil twins. Nothing serious." Oriana smiles wryly. "Woah! Those notorious evil things. Why don't you just kick them out

of the class?"

"Did once, the scene Albert Landon created afterwards was not an ideal one that I risk to see again."

"That asshole." Nevan half-smiles.

"Why do you call him that? You're his favorite. I never saw him raise his voice at you."

"Ah come on! That's because you joined recently. He was just the same with me when I was a rookie here."

"Huh? When did you join?"

"When I was in college."

"Woah! that means....um..."

"I'm in third year now and that means I've been around for three and a half year." He smiles.

"Oh, sorry, I didn't know."

"Of course, that's because we never really talked that much except for hey, you good?"

"Yeah, you're right." She chuckles, "anyway, what are you studying?" "Electrical Engineering."

"That's cool. Which Uni?" "Queen Marry."

"Nice one!"

"And you're an international student, doing her master's in Cognitive Science."

"Woah! Yeah, how do you know?"

"You know, you can be conversing less than necessary with someone but still be interested to know about them." a ghost of a smile quirks up his lower lip as he makes his way to the nearby bus station. "See you

tomorrow."

"Yeah, right! See you." Oriana pulls a confusing face while trying to smile a bit. she always knew Ilona and Nevan are a thing and never in million years, thought of stirring a guy like Nevan's interest in any way.

Well, she needs to focus on more important stuff of her life than wondering about some junior's interest. Just before stepping in the tube station, her

phone rings.

"Hello?"

"He's out, Ori."

"Who's out?" Wait...you're not talking about..."

"That's exactly what I am talking about. He's out of the jail and guess what..."

"I'm done guessing, Aurora. Just rip it off like a band-aid." "He's in London now, that's what I heard."

"Son of a bitch..." Oriana mutters as her head does a slow spin. "Ori, you there?"

"I cannot just leave everything now. I have a life here...a Master's to complete...job to look after."

"I know, and I was not trying to ask you to leave. Just be careful." "Will do. Who told you that?"

"You know the guys who have connections with that monster's family." "You sure we should trust them?"

"If trusting them can save your life. Then yes, I'd say we should trust them and you should be more careful. Please?"

"I will be careful, Aurora! No worries."

"And you know, sometimes calling me wouldn't really hurt you. I know, I know, you prefer texting but I miss your voice, sis!"

Oriana smiles, "I miss yours more and sure, I'll call you more often now."

"Atta girl! Take care, Ori!" "Take care! Bye!"

Leilani thinks through what Fabian told her about Alvis the other day as she sets her coffee cup beside the laptop. She knows very well Alvis doesn't have any interest in her but she hates her stupid heart for doing a back flip every time that guy comes within her line of sight. With Nevan, things are hell complicated but with Alvis, things seem so fresh and meant to be.

In the middle of her fantasy ride, she receives a text from Ilona reminding her of her birthday party tomorrow. Leilani inaudibly groans as she has no idea what gift to get for a girl like Ilona. She quickly thumbs a text to Oriana.

"Hey, coming to Ilona's party tomorrow?"

After a minute her reply shows, "Yeah, I guess though I don't really know her that much."

"No worries, she doesn't bite, lol."

"Lol, u coming, right?"

"Yeah...well, I was wondering what should I get her?" "Um...thought u would know better as she's closer to u than me." Leilani bites on her lower lip, "Ya, u r right. I'll see what I can get." "Haha, ok. See u tomorrow?"

"Yah, see u."

She starts to write her second chapter unconsciously describing the male lead exactly like Alvis, imagination defies the need to be realistic anyway...