Finding Oriana

Chapter 19

CHAPTER NINETEEN

While standing in the line to pay for a shitload of Lego, Darren eventually fell asleep. Well now, this will be interesting, especially since it's just me and my little brother here with him. I guess I'll just try to lift him into the passenger seat.

"Ori, do you think you could help us build the Star trooper tonight?"

"Oh, not tonight, big fella. We'll do it tomorrow. I promise. Tonight, I just want to take a long hot bath and then chill out. I'm shattered, kid. Besides, Darren will be asleep all night now. He won't be pleased if you start without him."
He sighs and I can see that he's disappointed but he gives in knowing I'm right.

"Okay, I can wait."
"Good boy. Listen, how about we make a quick stop at the supermarket? I'll see about buying some treats. You know, for when we're ready to build? Just, like how we used to do it."

His frown suddenly turns upwards. He's smiling while jumping on the spot and telling me he'd love that. He then moves in and hugs me to which I reciprocate and hug him back.

"I've missed you, Ori. I've missed you so much."
"I've missed you too, big fella. I've missed you all."
He pulls his head back to look up into my eyes when I look down at him.

"Ar, are you back with Kaiden now? Do you love him again?"
Instant pain hits. No matter how much I think I'm over him, someone mentions him. I think of him and it hurts all over again. I think there's still a lot of unresolved shit going on inside my soul. A lot of shit I need to sort out still. Maybe tonight I can do that? Maybe then I can get some real closure? I hope so because this pain has been crippling me ever since that day. The day the taxi drove away from his school. I mean, the pain was there before, but more so at that moment. It hurt more because I'd left him. I'd left my world behind.

"No honey, I don't think that will ever happen."
"But... But you still love him though don't you?"
More pain, crippling pain comes when he asked this.
"Yeah, yeah, big fella, I still love him. I think I always will."

Later that evening...
After getting the boys home, I made my way out of my parent's house and into my new home. Wow, it will take some getting used to, but I'm sure I can manage. I mean, especially knowing I have a freaking cinema to entertain me with. Shit, how cool is this? Honestly, never in a million years could ever say, I own a freaking cinema. It's mind-blowing. Before I could lock my door though, my Dad came in. I guess you could say to give me the safety checks. Like, make sure all doors and windows are locked you know that kind of stuff. He also tells me I'll be meeting with my new bodyguard. Oh, bloody hell I really don't know how I feel about this but I'll entertain it, only because I've no clue who's out to get me.

Anyway, after taking a long hot soak in my new amazing bathtub, I decided to go check out my new cinema. Eeek. I picked up a few essentials for myself after popping to the supermarket. I left Orin in the car with Darren while he slept. I didn't chance waking him in case it would upset him. Obviously, I locked the doors and yes, they could open it. I just didn't want anyone trying to get in. So, I bought a few bath things. You know, toiletries. That kinda stuff. Then I made sure, I had picked up a few kitchen essentials, too. Like snacks and stuff, just enough until I can do a proper shop.
Last, but not least, a blue ray DVD and some popcorn and chocolates. Hey, I've starved of that crap for months. I'm taking this crap and eating it.
So what movie did I pick? Well, of course, it had to be Beauty and the Beast. I did have it already, but since my room got trashed, it's no more. Almost everything got destroyed. That's including my Darth Vader model, too. I tell you, when I'm my Dad, confirmed it, I cried.

I'm sitting in front of my huge cinema screen, watching one of my favourite films with a cheeky bottle of wine to myself.

"Ah, this is the life."
I keep on having to pinch myself. I still can't believe my parents did this. Anyway, sleep finally set in and I drift off to sleep with a certain blue, grey-eyed boy in my mind. Well, almost a man now, but still, he was there.