Chapter 1
Do you ever feel like your whole universe revolves around someone ?
They could be anyone a lover, a crush, your parents, your best friend.......
And when you see that certain some one your whole world lights up. Your heart seems to feel lighter no matter how many troubles you might have and you feel like their laughter is the only thing you need in this world.
Well you see this is the other thing about that special someone, once they show you their other face you feel broken.
They know exactly how to hit you exactly where it hurts the most and no matter how much your mind tells you to let them go your heart never obliges.
″ Hey Ari, my parents are out wanna come to my party tonight ″ Gordon said coming up to me.
″ Sorry, Gordon but I don’t think I can make it ″ I said giving him a small pout.
″ Why not ″ he asked me his face growing into a frown.
″ Well my parents are home tonight and you know they won’t let me go ″ I said.
″ Aww that’s too bad then, but I’ll still wait up for you in case you change your mind ″ he said before disappearing from our table.
″ Ari you are such a tease ″ Claire said from next to me.
″ I don’t know what you’re talking about ″ I said shrugging.
″ you know very well Gordon likes you and yet you keep playing with him ″ she said.
″I am not playing with him, I really have to go out with my parents tonight. And anyway I don’t like him back ″ I said.
″ Come on he’s quarter back of the foot ball team, 6 feet tall and did I mention too hot af . What more do you need in a guy ?″ she said exasperated.
″ Well if you like him so much why don’t you go date him ″ I said getting up and leaving the cafeteria in a fit of rage.
″ Maybe I will ″ she cried out sarcastically from behind me.
I sat down on one of the benches in an empty classroom and pondered over her question.
What more did I need in a guy ?
Well to be honest I could easily answer her question. I wasn’t interested in Gordon because I already had some one I loved.
In my eyes he was perfect. He was kind and caring and actually listened to what I had to say.
He was funny and charming and ever so witty.
Not to mention he was tall and handsome, with his gorgeous dark curls, baby blue eyes and dark imposing form.
He was absolutely perfect.
Except for one little thing he wasn’t real.
And then the morning would come indicating the end of the time we had together that night.
And I would wake up in the morning wishing it was night again so I could fall back into the arms of my prince charming.
I would make it through the day just because I could see him at night. He was the best part of my life and I loved him.
I loved Aiden so much.
* Hey *
* How’s it going *
Claire texted me.
It had been long since we had made up. That was how it was with bestfriends, we would fight like enemies one minuet and make up the next.
* I am getting bored to death *
I texted back with a eye roll emoji.
* That sucks, Gordon’s party is bomb though *
She replied.
″ Ari, you know that no phones on the table while we are eating ″ my mom said testily.
I sighed and placed my phone on the table.
″ I wouldn’t be here troubling you if you had just let me go to the party ″ I said exasperated.
″ Ari ″ My dad warned.
I was having dinner with my family at a fancy restaurant and they were really getting on my nerves. They always insisted we should have some quality time as a family.
I mean I loved my parents a lot but they could not get how I felt at all sometimes.
My family was fairly normal. My dad was a big shot businessman and my mom a real estate agent. So we were pretty well to do.
I also had a twin sister, Nat short for Natasha. We were identical twins but were as far from alike as possible.
We had been quite close when we were young, but then puberty happened and we entered the glamorous world of teenage years which drew us apart.
I had started mixing with the popular kids and kind of found my turf. For me my world were filled with fashion, music and parties.
While Nat’s life had taken a different turn. She was a little closed up and to be honest she didn’t have many friends. People only came to her when they needed to be tutored or some home work help. Her world was filled with Books, chess and knitting.
And when two such different worlds met each other, they clashed as expected.
Nat and I were the biggest rivals in school. We were always silently competing to see who could get the better marks, who could the best compliment from a teacher or who got the most approval from our parents.
Most of the time I would win in all categories without even trying. I could study up everything if I wanted to, I could suck up to anyone if I wanted to, all I had to do was be determined that I really wanted that.
I know our rivalry was kind of toxic, but that was how I got pushed to do my best. To be the Golden girl who everyone loved and knew.
That was where Aiden came in.
He was a sense of relief and comfort for me in the uncertain world. I didn’t need to keep up the façade I had in front of everyone.
With him I could laugh and cry freely, be myself and he wouldn’t judge me.
So I began falling in love with this guy in my head. He was a breath of fresh air in the suffocating world.
I knew that if he was real we would be together all the time. We would fight and laugh and learn together.
And he would love me for me.
I laughed at the thought.
Aiden was just a dream guy. Meant only to exist in my head. He could never really come to life.
Right ?
