The Maid of London

Chapter 11

     Eric had tears streaming down his face as he ran towards her . His childhood friend since like forever .

    Eric had received a phone call from her that she will be coming today. Eric had completely almost forgotten . But to be fair , he did have a lot on his plate .

    He ran past a women whose face he didn't see, a women that had her hands up for some reason ,but he couldn't care less , who she was .

   At the moment he was only concerned about her . Eric reached her and she saw him as well, they both hugged each other and began crying . They both stared into each other's eyes . It had been 3 years since they last met .

    And to say Eric missed her would be an understatement . Hell , Eric wouldn't be exaggerating to admit that they loved each other , both of them were really really close .

  Eric asked her : "Hey are you okay ?"

   She replied : "Eric , don't worry i am fine. Under normal circumstances i would roll my eyes but i literally just survived this accident so ...."

   Eric chuckled and they hugged again just for good measures .

  Eric checked her wound, thankfully nothing too serious , just a small arm injury and a couple of scratches .

    Eric sighed i relief and he grabbed her hand and turned around just in time to see yet another familiar face and surprise .

    Natasha.........

   Eric had his jaw dropped . Natasha was there standing in front of him, with blood dripping down her face.

   Eric felt as though he swallowed his own heart .... as realization dawned on him, Natasha was also among the bus passengers , wasn't she ?

   Eric was about to go towards her when he noticed something , she was losing consciousness .Eric left the women with him behind and he ran as fast as he could towards Natasha and picked her up bridal style before she could hit the floor or ground . She had lost consciousness .

  The women came as well and looked at Natasha , who had blacked out, with a worried expression.

    The women said : "Eric stop wasting time , we need to get her to a doctor , hurry !"

   Eric hadn't even realized he was crying , and visibly shaking and shaking Natasha as well .

   Both of them got up and carried Natasha towards the paramedics who had already arrived towards them thankfully . 

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      Natasha slowly opened her eyes , then closed them . Soon she opened them again . And this time she slowly but surely regained her senses and her consciousness .

      She looked around and she noticed that she was in her room, at the mansion . It slowly took some time for her to remember what had happened .

   She then remembered . She remembered the explosion , getting out of the bus and Eric... Eric ?!

   Natasha suddenly remembered Eric and the women who was with Eric . "Who was she ? and why was she there ?"  were the questions that Natasha was thinking about .

    Natasha sighed and touched her forehead . And she was surprised to find out that there was a bandage applied there , and now that she thought about it her headache seemed to be considerably almost gone as well, although the wound still stung a little .

    Before Natasha could do or say anything , 2 people entered the room. Miss Carol and the women who was with Eric .

  Carol went towards Natasha and hugged her, the women gave Natasha a reassuring smile as well . As much as Natasha wanted to ask the women who the hell she was , she waited .

   Carol asked : "How are you feeling Dear ?"

  Natasha mumbled : "Better"

  Carol nodded and patted her head and then hugged her again , briefly reminding Natasha of her own mother.

   Natasha looked at the women again and the women looked at her back. The women then smiled and said : "Hi Natasha, nice to meet you . I am Maria ."

  "Maria ... huh ?"Natasha thought with a bit of distaste . She didn't like this women for some reason.

   Maria then shook her hand and then said : "I have heard a lot about you , Carol here was talking non stop about you and don't even get me started on Eric . He was here for 24 hours while you were passed out."

    That rose her eyebrows . Eric was here......

    Maria then continued : "Well he then left to attend some call."

    That explained why he wasn't here.

     "Umm who are you again ?" Natasha asked Maria.

    Maria chuckled and replied : "I am Eric's childhood best friend since forever ."

    Natasha sighed , that made sense . Then all sat in silence until Carol decided Natasha needed rest . Natasha nodded . Maria seemed nice, at least to Natasha , but for some reason Natasha still hated her, probably because of the hug.

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     The next couple of days passed by and Eric seemed busy more than ever doing God knows what . He did obviously check on her from time to time . But much to Natasha's dislike he seemed to be spending more time with Maria as well. Possibly even more than with Natasha herself.

     But Natasha couldn't deny the fact that Maria was a really sweet girl . She was 24 years old . Yet she was so far nothing but kind and warming towards Natasha .

    To the point that Natasha was beginning to feel guilty of disliking her .

   Natasha sighed . It had been almost a week since the Bus incident and she had healed almost.

   Natasha was back right up and ready to work . She had seemingly forgotten about her love realization for Eric , with so much else on her plate, she literally didn't have time to remember and think about it .

   Natasha was dusting the table in the TV lounge when all of a sudden she heard it.

  "Natasha !!" someone screamed very loudly .

   Natasha turned around and saw something she hadn't imagined she would see. It was Maria. And boy was she Furious..........

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     END OF CHAPTER 11

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