Forever Together

- 20 -

Meanwhile, Back In Beverly.

That day, Lorenzo woke up very early unusually and went to Benno's house after a shower. Lorenzo reached his house and knocked on his door. It was his sister-in-law, who opened the door.

As soon as she saw him, she called out, "Benno, come and get the door,"

Benno was so happy to see Lorenzo that he jumped onto Lorenzo shouting his name.

"Wishing you the Happiest birthday my dearest Benno!", Lorenzo wished him as that day was his birthday.

"Thank you Lorenzo!", Benno said.

"Come on get ready, we'll go to the church. I've got the car ready." Lorenzo.

"Your car?" Benno asked.

"Yes," Lorenzo smiled.

"Yay!! We are gonna celebrate my birthday," Benno said running in, to change into something good.

It took ten minutes for Benno to come back from changing.

"We'll go?" Lorenzo asked.

"Yes!" Benno sat on the front seat of the car clapping his hands.

Lorenzo got into the driver's seat and drove off to the church.

Lorenzo's POV

The Holy Mass had already begun when we reached there.

I didn't enter the church. I stood outside the church with my other friends, while Benno was inside.

After the Mass, we left the church and walked toward the car.

"Wait, hold on," I heard someone shouting behind me. A female voice, that sounded as sweet as honey. I turned around to see who it was.

Suddenly the whole world seemed to pause for a moment. I saw a beautiful girl with black shiny, loose hair hopping down the steps of the church. Suddenly I felt a THIS IS IT feeling.

"Wait up!", She shouted on her way down.

She was walking towards me. I suddenly thought that she and I were the only ones alive in the world then. I saw just her in my own eyes.

"Excuse me?", Her sweet voice rang in my ears. That's when I woke up from my astonishment.

"Yes?", I asked her, who was standing right in front of me.

"Can you please step aside? I'm in a hurry." She said with a small smile on her face.

That's when I realized that I was blocking her way. As soon as I realized it, I stepped aside.

She went in a hurry to her friends who were waiting downstairs without turning back but I couldn't take my eyes off her. I stared at her even without blinking until she walked away from my sight. Although I've seen a lot of girls who've fallen for me, that was the first time I've ever seen the girl for whom I should fall.

"Who is that Freya?", I asked.

"Freya? Oh, Lorenzo, you asked her name? Freya... small and cute name.", Benno remarked as he ran over to us.

"Oh, Benno..! It is not about her name, he was comparing that girl to Freya, the Norse Goddess of beauty and love.", Said Felix, one of my friends.

Even when I got home, I was still thinking about who she was.

Suddenly, mom came and knocked on my door. I opened the door, still thinking of her. I don't know what hit me. It wasn't easy to get her out of my mind.

"Lorenzo," Mom called me.

"What mom?" I asked.

"Henzel's results are out. He is the first rank holder of the school." Mom said. I saw happiness in her eyes.

I walked over to the hall where dad and Henzel were present.

"Congrats, Henzel," I said hugging him. He just pushed me away giving an uninterested thanks.

Is he still angry at us?

"So, What's your future plan?" Dad asked Henzel.

"Not yet decided." He replied.

"Whichever subject you like the most, I will arrange a seat for it, Henzel.", Dad said.

Henzel decided to stay silent.

"Are you interested in IT, Cyber Security stuff?" I asked him.

"Kind of," Henzel replied inattentively.

"Kind of? Just YES or NO!" I said. I don't know why he is still angry at us.

"Yes."

"Do you wanna go to Saudi Arabia?"

"What if I want to?"

"Then you may go," I said.

"What?" Henzel asked.

"Dad, Mom, please don't scold me, I did all this for his good," I said, looking down.

"What did you do? For whose good? Care to explain?" Mom asked.

"I- uh... not only me but also Drake, Martha, Suse, and Jo. We all worked together for Henzel to get admitted to this college in Saudi Arabia for BTech in Computer Science Engineering with Cyber Security and Forensics." I told them.

I could read out from mom's face that she is so angry at me.

"We didn't deliberately exclude you that day, on dad and mom's wedding anniversary. I know it's still our fault. We also know that you are very angry with us, Henzel. We wanted to do something for you to be cheerful again, as usual, that's why we made this decision. We want our cute baby Henzel back." I said.

"So, are you going to study in the college chosen by your siblings?" Dad asked him

Henzel ran towards me and hugged me so tightly. He was crying.

"I am so sorry. Thank you so much, Lorenzo." He said wiping away the tears from his round sparkling eyes.

"What? is he going to do in Arabia all alone?" Mom asked.

"Don't worry mom, I'll be alright," Henzel assured her.

"We have arranged the food and accommodation for you there. Once you reach the airport, you will find a taxi hub nearby. Hire a taxi and head straight to Ar Rimayah. I'll mail you an address, show it to the driver and he will drop you there. You are going to stay there as a paying guest. The house owner will also be staying with you." I gave detailed information about his college and stuff to him.