Forever and Always

Part 9

I looked at Rosie.
"Are you sure?", Rosie questioned.
"Of course I am. I even went to her funeral. But even Aiden wasn't there. I don't know if he doesn't know she's dead. Or if he knew but decided to stay alone. Maybe whoever you're seeing is not even my cousin. That's it probably. I'm really sorry for bothering you. I have to go.."
"Bailey wait! I'll show you a picture if I can. Just wait until I find him. I know it's him you're talking about. I can feel it.", I told Bailey.
"It was nice meeting you Taylor. It seems you are a good friend to Aiden", she smiled.
Yeah about that...
"Yes I am", I smiled back. We should not discuss this matter..
Bailey left. Rosie and I decided to stay for a little more, not only, but also call Jade to Join us. This is really disturbing.

As soon as Jade sat on the chair, I started explaining to her what just happened.
"Wait, so Aiden's mom is dead or not?", she asked.
"We don't even know if that's the same Aiden we're talking about here", Rosie rolled her eyes.
"He is, Rosie. I know it."

We all headed home. I decided to have some rest. I think my mind started heating up.
I rested my head on my pillow. In 5 minutes, darkness filled my mind.
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Monday, 2pm. No sign of Aiden. What is wrong with him? He can't just disappear and not warn me. What if he comes back and tells me, 'my mom was really sick'? I won't say a word. I have to know what he's up to.
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Wednesday, 9am. A crumpled paper landed on my head. Aiden? "Aiden!", I screamed. I opened the paper quickly. Only to be disappointed that it was Mike.
Got some cash?
His desk is next to mine, seperated by a glass partition. I don't like people looking at me while I work, so I covered it all in pictures of Daniel Radcliffe <3. At least I can't see Mike now. Yeah, I have bad realtionships with almost everyone.
I wrote back to him: No. If you find some, get me food
I wasn't really in the mood for making food in the morning. Until I discovered, all I got was 20 dollars. That are in my purse. With Aiden. Who disappeared. I am so furious right now.
~Jade is calling~
-Hey
-Hey
-What's up
-Nothing much, Aiden isn't back yet..
-He'll come back, don't worry
-Did I tell you about what Linda did?!
-No
-She came to my house a couple of days ago. I opened the door to find her screaming in my face that I have to leave Aiden alone or she'll destroy me. If Aiden knows she was there, I have to 'pray for my brother'
-She lost her mind
-Wait! What if Linda is behind all of this! She disappeared on the same day too.
-This is getting out of control. We have to do our research. I'll come to your house at 5.

We hung up. What if Linda is behind all of this? What if he lied to me about his mom because he knew they're getting back together?
Another paper fell on my desk. I opened it, I missed you.
Whoa. I stood up to look over the room. Aiden. He is just sitting on his desk like he hadn't disappeared for almost a week. He smiled at me, and came closer to my desk. "No!", I yelled.
"What's wrong?"
"You just disappear for 6 days! Then come back to work and throw a paper at me to tell me you missed me then expect me to just wave at you and smile? Or run towards you and hug you?"
"Calm down, Taylor. I had a car accident. I had to stay at home being tortured for a couple of hours then Jason came and took me to the hospital. I thought I could go back home after 2 days then call you. But the doctor said I have to stay there for a couple of more days. I'm really sorry. And by the way, here's your purse."
"I don't care about my purse! You could've texted me! Answered my calls! Tell Jason to call me! Anything was possible. But why bother yourself?!", as long as we've hated each other since high school, I've never screamed at him this way.
"Okay, I'm sorry. It won't happen again, come here."
He pulled me closer to him and hugged me.
"Do you want to go somewhere?"
Listen bitch, you need to stay away from Aiden, or you won't wake up the next morning! And if he knows I was here, pray for Harry!
"No it's okay. I'm so tired. I think I'll leave early today."
"Don't worry, Linda won't do anything."