Set Her Free

8.

These past two weeks have been the worst. My head has been bouncing from one issue to the next. Ariana and her parents, Andrew and his random appearances by the school or outside of my house. What the hell was he even doing here in Switzerland, doesn't he have school or something?

Then we have my head between books because of finals and it's not been the worst but still, I could have spent the lost days learning when instead I had to deal with Ariana's accident, Andrew showing up at my house, and Ariana's parents too.

I'm halfway through finals now and so far most of my papers are on either Monday's, Wednesday's and Friday's so I spend my Tuesday's and Thursdays at home learning or well, sleeping, because I need it.

A week and a half ago after I had found Ariana crying in the washroom,I decided that instead of her just staying over at my place until her injuries were fully healed, she could stay until she wanted to leave because going back is the last thing id want her to do and my mom, Uncle Phil and I have no problem with her staying over. Either ways Uncle Phil had gone on a business trip to the United Arab Emirates for a month so we had the house to ourselves.

Day one of my hectic two weeks was the Saturday before finals. To get our heads off of things, Ariana and I went out for ice cream and later went to see a movie. Normal girls going out didn't have casts and plasters and baggy eyes, but what could we do? Our lives are just too dramatic so we received a few stares and whispers but still managed to have a fun day.

Sunday was spent revising to prepare for my law exam on Monday whilst Ariana went to her parents house to get a change of clothes. At first I thought it wouldn't be a good idea but she said she'd pass by when they're not home to save the drama and just pick up a few of her clothes and books for school. To her luck her parents were not home and so it was easier for her not to also have an emotional breakdown.

My rides to school and back home were more entertaining now that Ariana was living with me but sometimes I closed earlier and left before she did. Eventually we met at home and gossiped until dawn.

That week too on Thursday , Andrew showed up outside our house and I swear I could see him looking directly at me from where he was standing, disappearing after five minutes with his car and his body nowhere to be seen in the spot it once occupied. On my way to school on Friday, I got pulled over at the barrier for the usual car drug check and that's when I realized that Andrew coming to my house had a purpose. He framed my car and took off thinking it'll be that easy to escape the situation. My mother had to come and bail me out after sitting in the waiting cell for almost three hours and kept on going on and on about drugs and my reputation until I explained everything from A to Z to her once and for all.

The weekend was spent at home learning for the second week of finals and on Monday I got a call from the police department saying they had tracked his car down and caught him back in the states claiming to be someone else. The DNA and fingerprints test were made and he was sentenced to three years of jail for subsequent conviction and a fine of five thousand dollars. Who got who now? To add on to that, this was not his first time that's why his sentence was a longer period.

Since today is Tuesday and I'm at home, I decided to just take the day off from learning and clear my head from all what happened last week and beginning of this week. I have two more days of finals and one extra day to learn for my last paper and then a whole week to rest before graduation. Ariana is at school and my mom is not at home so it's a free house all to myself and the best thing I can do is to stay in bed , pamper myself and order some food from outside and watch some movies. Maybe study in the night before I sleep just to keep my knowledge refreshed.

The day went by quickly. By the time I finished watching 'Love,Rosie' and 'Letters to Juliet' it was four pm and my mother was back home. School closed an hour ago and Ariana was still not home but I didn't call her. It's better if I just give her some space and time on her own. I get out of bed and go downstairs to sit with my mother in the kitchen and disturb her a bit. It's always so fun to do that if she's in the mood.