Recovery {wRoNg sequel}

19

"We should head back." Mike said pulling away from the hug.

"Yeah." I mumbled and he lead the way back to the living room.

I sat down next to Ethan again and have him a little tap on the shoulder so he'd look up from his phone screen. He smiled and looked back down at his phone again so I decided not to bother him again.

"So, has Sandra told you about her new boyfriend." Mike said smirking.

"Boyfriend? You mean that guy that's always on her snapchat story?" I asked. She did mention him briefly, but I always assumed they were just friends.

"Yeah she said that they went out yesterday, but as friends." He said putting his fingers up in a speech mark motions when he said friends.
"But then they kissed and what not and now they're going out."

"Wow, she didn't tell me that." I said shockingly happy. It was about time Sandra found someone that she might genuinely like rather than having little flings with guys.

"She wants us to meet him as well soon. I'm heading to her apartment afterwards. Wanna come?" He asked.

"Nah, I think I should head home and hang with my aunt for a bit." I said and looked at Ethan who was still tapping on his phone.

It was bothering me that I could sense something wasn't right. Was this because of Mike?

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"What's up kid?" My aunt rubbed my shoulder before sitting beside me on my bed. I placed the book that I was trying to read down and looked up at her. She was wearing her sweats and had her long black hair, which was identically similarly to mine, flowing down her back.

"Nothing much. Just school." I said gesturing yo the book and then breaking our eye contact quickly.

I didn't want her to know I was thinking about Ethan. I was always thinking about him. Thoughts of the future always haunted me. Where would What we have lead to? The whole reason why I ended it was because it wasn't going to lead to anything permanent. In the end we'd all be hurt. No matter what route we'd take, there would still pain.

The thought of him made me so happy. I had him back in my life and everything felt like it would be okay, but at the same time it would all come crashing down one day.

When he'd look at me, I would want to disappear in his eyes. He was so beautiful and his soul was consuming me every second I spent with him. I wanted to be with him forever, every second of the day.

"You've been staring at the same page for the last 30 minutes and your eyes haven't even been looking at the words." She said raising her eyebrow.

Shit, I've been caught.

"You can tell me." She crossed her legs and got comfortable on my bed.

"It's nothing really." I reassured her.

"Is it a boy?" She smirked and my eyes widened. My aunt and me tended to have similar thoughts and ideas, but I didn't think she was that good.

"How did yo-"

"I was a teenager once too." She laughed at my shocked expression. "So tell me, what's the problem? Did you go on a date?"

"I-" I began, but I couldn't find the words to explain it. I trusted my aunt and I knew she wouldn't tell anyone. "I don't even know." I said smiling weakly.

"He's not Muslim is he?" Her face got serious as she looked at me. I nodded slowly shortly after and looked down at my fingers. She was probably disappointed in me, I was never the kid that did anything bad and now her whole perspective on me might change.

"I knew we were alike, but I didn't think we'd be this much the same?" She said and I narrowed my eyebrows.

"What do you mean?" I asked confused.

"I had a- I think boyfriend or lover, whatever you call it and" she sighed "He wasn't Muslim either." She said smiling to herself. I gasped on the inside taking a deep breath.

"What happened?" I leaned in curiously.

"His name was Brandon. Brandon Jones. We were madly in love. We met in high school and no one knew about it, not even my closest friends. We met because he asked me 'why do you wear that on your head?'And then ever since we spent every free minute together. Remember when you caught me sneaking out when you were a kid?" She and I nodded. "Yeah, I was sneaking out to meet with him."

"I knew it wasn't right. I knew that it wasn't good for me or him, but what did I care. All I cared about was what was happening in that moment and all I knew was I loved him. He treated me like a queen and showed me things no guy ever had. He was such a softie for a star quarterback." She laughed and I giggled. "Then it got to senior year and that's when we got super close. We never did anything haram because he was so understanding, I think that's what attracted me to him the most. The fact that he was so in love with my personality, that he didn't want anything else, we spent most of our time just talking."

I was so enclosed in the story she was telling and how similar it was to Ethan and I. She told it in such awe and happinesses and I could see her eyes sparkle and her lips stretch into constant smiles.

"Then it got to the end of senior year and we were slowly drifting apart. I hardly had time for him because of finals and college was coming up. He had his football matches and his dad was keeping him on a tight schedule. It got to the point where I would only see him in the school corridors and we'd give little smiles."

She looked down and sighed. "On graduation, I met up with him behind the bleachers and we talked. We talked for ages before the actual graduation ceremony about us. We agreed that it was best that we should end it and I knew it was the right thing to do. I loved him, but life was taking us in different places and we were never suppose to happen in the first place. I never saw him after he got up on stage to get his diploma. Of course I was broken because I no longer had him in my life, but I know we would both be happy one day and here I am." She put here hands up.

"I have a beautiful child and an amazing husband that I love more than anything." She gave me a toothy smile. "And a stunning and smart niece." She pulled me in got a long hug.

"You don't have to tell me right now if you don't want to, I didn't want to tell anyone. You're actually the first person I've told. So when you're ready or need advice or support, I'll be here." Her hug was warm and I hugged her tight. She was the mother I had always wanted and the sister I needed.

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Heyooo

For those wondering, Mike is played by Zion kuwonu, from the band prettymuch and also I'll try and update as much as I can't, but school is taking up the majority of my time sooooooo I'll update probably once a week.

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