Together forever

Chapter-2

Althea.

March 2010.

"Ali, Your Noah is here." Kayla's voice broke through my sleep making me jump slightly in bed.

"I'll be down in 10 minutes Kay," I shouted back and hurried into the bathroom.

This became a routine these days. My nightmares are keeping me awake most of the night making me sleep through the alarm in the morning. Kay offered to sleep with me but that didn't help, it never did. So she does the only thing she could and lets me sleep late in the morning.

After 15 minutes of running around my room, I came down somewhat presentable. The sight of Aaron eating Kay's eggs with a smile playing on his face, listening to Kayla's stories immediately brightened my mood.

Well, Aaron is the guy Ray kept talking about on our first day. All his friends call him Ron but I prefer Aaron. I think it suits him better. However, Kay prefers to call him Noah. Yep... you guessed it right. Ray gave a detailed account of my super embarrassing moment that took place in the canteen on my first day and Kay isn't going to let it go anytime soon.

"You are early Aaron," I said jumping down the last step and making my way towards the kitchen.

"Ahh... the princess is finally out," he replied making me roll my eyes.

"Did you sleep well Ali?" Kay asked in a voice filled with concern.

"I overslept my alarm Kay. Obviously, I slept well," I tried to play it down. Aaron was too perceptive for his own good and it's not a good idea to give him anything to doubt my sanity.

After our disastrous introduction on the first day, our relationship took a total U-turn and we ended up being friends. True, they were still assholes but once you get to actually know these guys, it's impossible to not like them.

In no time, they accepted me as a part of their gang. It's just been around 6 months since I am here, but I feel like I knew these guys forever. Until now, I never thought of actually making friends. Frequent changing of schools has always been an issue which stopped me from making someone who lasts. Moreover, I was quite comfortable with my own company. The fear of being called a freak once people get to know me kept me away from wanting to get close to anyone.

I wasn't expecting anything different here either but these guys dint give me a choice. They forced their ways into my heart and now; I am stuck between wanting to be normal and hiding my abnormalities from these people.

"You just woke up Thea and you started dreaming again. Come back to our world. Will you?"Aaron's annoying voice broke through my thoughts. I stuck out my tongue at him and continued eating my eggs.

Once we were done, we hurried up to get to our bikes. Aaron usually stopped at my place every morning as it is on his way to school, and we went together. We had the first period in common, and so it worked well.

With Aaron's constant smirks and Ray's non-stop chatter, lunch rolled out pretty soon. Mason and Joe joined us and soon our table became busy with laughter and talks.

"So you guys are all in for tonight's party at Kat's place right?" Joe asked. The word party makes this guy lose his shit.

"No man. I need to attend Ree's performance. She'll kill me if I ditch her again," Ray said. Ree is Ray's cute little sister who is on her way to becoming a ballerina. The prettiest one in that matter.

"Ahh...that sucks man. What about others?" Joe asked again making the other two guys nod while I kept myself busy with food.

"Ali?" Joe prodded. Why won't this guy let it go?