Aiden's pov

As Brynne and Mini left the parlor, Aiden glanced at his watch. 12:11. What was Time?

But then he remembered how long him and Aru were outside. When she asked me if he wanted to help, her eyes held literally no hope and faith he'd say yes that it honestly hurt.

Literally shut up Aiden. You only knew her for a day anyway, what do you expect, her to tell you her deepest, darkest secret?

No.

And when he'd said yes, her eyes lit up with something new, like she was seeing him for the first time. She said something about a sister- Aiden pried a little, but her eyes were downcast, her mouth was set in a grim line, her jaw was set and she changed the subject.

And that's how he knew he touched something he wasn't supposed too.

It was the same way his mom acted when someone asked about his dad. Downcast eyes, jaw set, mouth was grim line, etc, etc. Part of Aiden's understanding of others was the way he observed everything happening around him.

Of course today wasn't the first time they met. Back in Atlanta, she'd bumped into him and said 'I know where you live!' Well obviously. He knew where she'd lived too. They lived across from each other.

And she'd sassed them around so hard after Drew, Navdeep and Aiden saved her from bullying, it was honestly funny.

"We should get going too. It's 12:11 pm" he told her.

"Awwww you guys live together?" Drew said. Uh oh. Time for- "Are you sure you're not dating?"

"Drew" They said in unison.

"Ok ok imma go back to work now." He said turning away. "Plan Aruden shall commence"

Aiden headlocked him. Aru said something and slipped out and then-

"MMMMPHHH!!!!"

His head turned so fast, his neck might as well of snapped.

But he didn't care.

He only cared about how he saw Aru being dragged and knocked unconscious. (I struggled so much spelling unconscious you don't understand-)

He was out the door faster than ever. Drew saw it too because he looked alarmed and ran out the door as well, ignoring his manager yelling after him.

(I cannot write fight scenes so Aiden pov ends here)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Aru pov

"-no concussions and any sign for head injuries" an unfamiliar voice said. Probably a nurse.

"Meaning?" This was Brynne.

"Meaning Aru has an extremely hard head" and this was Mini.

"Nothing less expected. I'm glad she does though" This was Rudy.

"I'm happy she's alive! I'm so glad" Hira.

"Guys stop talking about me behind my back" Aru said, stirring.

"Don't worry Shah, we're right in front of you" she saw Aiden grinning.

She opened her eyes and took in her surroundings. She was on a hospital bed, in a hospital gown. Her friends surrounded her.

Then she felt hands wrap around her. They were Mini's.

"Careful on the head" Aru croaked out as she winced.

"Sorry!" Said Mini, wincing as well, but grinning.

"Thank gods you came back from the dead, Aru, because frankly, I don't think I would have been able to tolerate the intensity of these two" Brynne said, jerking her head at Rudy and Mini, and then rolling her eyes.

"Oh? Care to elaborate?" Aru said, smirking.

"When you were unconscious, Mini was so worried, Rudy was calming her down, she started rambling and Rudy well, you know" Brynne grimaced, as if she remembered what it had looked like.

"You guys were making out while I was dead? I'm proud don't get me wrong, but seriously"

"Not making out! It was a cheek-"

"Oh, don't even start. I watched" Brynne said as she grimaced again. "Unfortunately"

"It's true!" Aiden chimed in. "I can elaborate mor-"

"There will be no need! Also not like you and Hira are any better!" Said Rudy, glaring at Brynne.

"But unlike you, we're official. You guys kissed, on the lips, and aren't official" Brynne said, rolling her eyes, leaving Aru gaping.

"You guys what?" Aru exclaimed, grinning madly. She stretched out her hand to Brynne and said "Cough up, sucker" Saying 'sucker' in a way it sounded like 'sucka'

Brynne sighed and placed a $50 bill in Aru's outstretched hand.

"You guys betted on us?" Mini asked.

Before Aru could reply, Brynne beat her to it.

"Don't act so innocent. You and Aru bet on me and Hira too" Brynne scoffed. Okay, that much was true. Aru won, by the way.

"Don't act so honest. Me and you have an ongoing bet on Aru and Aiden as well" Mini shot back, and then covered her mouth shocked.

"You guys what?!" Aru and Aiden shouted in unison. Aiden's face was red, but Aru's face was neutral. Nothing else should have been expected by her friends after all.

"See?" Brynne grinned. "You guys were made for each other"

"We literally met 2 days ago" Aru rolled her eyes.

They looked at each other.

"Yeah so, about that..." Aiden said, laughing awkwardly. "It's been 12 days since we met"

"WHAT?" Aru yelled.

"Drew got fired"

"Oh shit. Poor Drew"

"Because he helped me fight the man off"

"You fought?"

"And the police dropped the investigation"

"HUH???"

"The case is closed" Aiden continued.

"How much happened?!"

"And your apartment was cleaned up"

"Thank gods-"

"But you're still stuck with me" Aiden said. Rudy coughed. "Sorry us, cause they don't recommend you to go back. They reckon it's not safe yet"

Aru's eyes bulged.

"Surprise?" Mini said weakly.

"What do you think?" Brynne asked.

"My feeling is comparable to Luke Skywalker when Darth Vader told him 'Luke, I am your father' In Star Wars episode 5, the empe-"

"Welcome back, Aru" They all laughed together.





So hello. What's up?

I know you're gonna ask- WHERE WAS KRITHIKA SHAH WHEN HER DAUGHTER WAS DYING?

Well. Find out next chapter, Cause next chapter will comprise of Krithika's pov, Rudy's pov of when Aru was dead *wiggles eyebrows*

So I was supposed to add more ships in the chapter, But everything would be way too rushed. I was supposed to show Aiden and Drew noticing Aru and then her waking up from the dead.

SO next chapter I promise. I am sorry the_majestic_phoenix !!

And some background stuff-

Brynne&Hira are official

Brynne&Aiden are 19, Aru,Mini,Rudy,Hira are 18

They are in New Jersey, THE OTHERWORLD UNIVERSITY







ANYWAYYY What do you think of this chapter?



-Loife