Big Bang 2 (Bitch meets Player)

"Aliya, Aliya! Wake up!" I was being vigorously shaken awake.

"God, what do you want? It's like-"my eyes flickered to my alarm clock to my alarm clock which sat on my bedside table" - 3 am, so I swear to God if you want to rob my house that's not the way to go about it. I can give you a few ti-" my lecture was cut short by mothers frantic whispering.

"Aliya, shh, be quite - you can't be heard or seen" my mother! quietened me.

"Wh... what...what do you mean" I stuttered recognising her as I looked up in fear, half of me hoping that she was kidding and finally understood the term 'humour'. But the logical part of me reminded me that even if the world was ending and the only solution to stop it was from happening was for mum to get a sense of humour- she would just stand by and watch it happen.

"Some men are here and they want to kill us- but I'm not letting them take away my children's chances of life and happiness" she paused and took a deep breath, whilst wiping away her tears that had escaped from her eyes. "Listen to me right now- and listen well. I love you and your twin brother soo soo much, even though I was mean to you and bossed you around all the time. You were soo sweet and caring and never answered anyone back and did as you were told- when you were told. You were always shy and could never speak up for yourself even though you wanted to. There were lots of times that you wanted cry- but you held the tears back- every single time.

"Your soo strong and I want you to know that I'm soo proud of you, even though I've never showed it before, but I'm soo lucky to have you!" she brushed the loose strands of hair out of my face then wiped the few tears that escaped from my cheeks before gently caressing my face and forcing me to look her in the eye. By now I was shaking uncontrollably with a hundred different questions racing through my mind. Only one stood out to me and made sense- Why is she telling me this now?

I voiced my question out loud to her, my voice hoarse- as if I hadn't spoken for years, it definitely felt like that. She slowly shook her head looking almost pained as if it tore her heart out to hear me sound like that- so weak and sad.

You can't blame her though; i always acted strong in front of her. You also can't blame me- just finding out that your mums loved you and was proud of you whenever you did something great, only to die after a few minutes. It's not how I imagined I'd be spending the night. Oh yeah, this could be all a bad dream and when I wake up in the morning, everything would be back to normal with an annoying twin brother, a mean and bossy mother and an okay father, who are all on your back every second of the day.

"I'm telling you this now because in five minutes, I'm going back to my room and pretending to sleep, so when they break into our house, they'll think I didn't know they were coming and when they come into your rooms and see your not there, they'll hopefully assume you're with your friends or relatives and leave. By now I was beyond confused as to whom 'they' were. But I was too scared to even think about asking let alone ask aloud.

"Your brother Chase is waiting in the secret room for you right now. He'll phone your dad and the police after the men have gone. Do me a favour and stay quiet and hidden until help arrives. Don't tell anyone what's happening until you meet the one for you. One day you will understand what's happened and why it happened, until then I want you to stay strong and be happy. Never let anyone get too close to you except your brother. Whoever waits ages whether it be months or even years for you to open up and share your story are your true friends or The One.

"Never trust anyone quickly, as the ones you think are your best friends may be the ones to stab in the back.

"And also remember that friends can come from the least expected place at the least expected time, and in the least expected form.