Her First Love

Chapter 9- The end of an era

The results that we got were actually pretty good, so after that we had to enroll into colleges or sixth forms.

I stayed at our school's sixth form because it was closer to home and so did Tammy. Aliza, Samantha and Maddison all went to the Hillsbury secondary school's sixth form. It wasn't close, they had to take a bus to get there, but it was a really good school so it was worth it. Eventhough we didn't get to see eachother every single day like we used to, our friendship was still great. We'd make sure to meet up at least once every week, mainly on the weekends. We'd either go to the park or cinemas or we'd just hang out at one of our houses.

We were all doing A-levels which were quite hard. But we all studied hard and stayed focused. Everytime when I'd see Aliza she would look like she was doing better than ever. The pain she had, had enough of bugging her so it was slowly detaching itself from her. She seemed to be going back to her old self. I was glad to see that. She still loved Chapman though, she'd speak of him, wondering what he's up to. She hadn't contacted him whatsoever. She felt bad, but knew he understood.

So things were looking up for her. She maybe didn't get to have the love of her life, but what she did have was better; she still had her bestfriends and a really good education that will take her far in life.

We'd do 2 years of A-levels in sixth form after that we could go to university. The first year was over and done. So the second year had begun. We made new friends and learnt a lot. Aliza and me still stayed in touch. She loved her psychology lessons, she learnt so much from them. It also gave her a possible idea for a future career, to be a psychologist.

But who knew that wasn't the only thing psychology was going to introduce her to.

When the second year of A-level had started Aliza was still with her old psychology class, but there was a new addition. A boy called Aaron Stone. He had moved near by and just started the school. He wasn't shy at all and not bad looking either. The only empty seat there was in the class was next to Aliza.

They were already a couple of weeks in on doing a project, where each pair would have to get up infront of the whole class and talk about a psychological theory they have found. Aliza and Aaron had to spend time together outside of school, so that Aaron would be up to date with their theory.

He was funny yet a little be arrogant, just the way Aliza likes them. They were different but they got on really well. Soon they became good friends.

Now Aliza was genuinely happy and herself again. It had been months since she had seen or thought of Chapman, but Aaron reminded her of him, not completely, just a little bit.

"You know there's this new guy that joined our school. His name's Aaron Stone. His my psychology partner and he's really nice and funny. He kind of reminds me of Chapman," Aliza was informing me. "Oooooh is this a potential new crush?" I asked teasingly. We were walking around the park near my school and having ice cream. It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining and the sky was clear blue. "Hmmm, I don't know. To be honest I don't really care. Just having him as a friend is more than enough for me," She replied. I could see that she was really happy with life and whatever relationship was brewing with Aaron.

"A part of me will always love Chapman, but I think the rest of me has finally gotten over him," Aliza said as she smiled at me. I felt really happy for her, she wasn't in pain anymore.

That day Aliza went home and took her laptop out. Contemplating whether or not she should send an email to a certain someone. She decided to do it.

Dear Adam Chapman,

I don't know if you'll get this, but I'm going to send it anyway. I know it's been a whole year and a couple of months since we last spoke. So this is a bit random. And I know I said that it was best if we didn't stay in touch, but I'm sure I didn't say forever, well I didn't want it to be anyway. I just wanted to let you know that I've moved on and I'm happy with where I'm at now. Everything's going well for me. I wanted to know how things were going for you. How was the wedding? How's Holly? And most of all, how are you?

From Aliza vause.

Well that's the end of Aliza's journey of the start of her life. She had been through a lot, don't you think?

But for now this is a happy ending!