We Align

Apart

Apart

Jayden and I were never apart. When we would have a disagreement or fight. It never lasted long.

But this time it did last long. Almost three months long. It's was all my fault too.

Jayden's full name is, Jayden William Morgan. His name means Thankful, determined-protector, of the sea.

One day Jayden and I had a small altercation, and I called him William.

Jay is very sensitive to people calling him that. It just slipped out my mouth. His Dad's name is William. Anything about his dad is a touchy subject.

Jayden cracked when I called him by his middle name. He said he didn't want to talk to me. Or see me. Or hear my apologies. I knew well that he would act this way. I just didn't know how to earn his forgiveness, or how to earn his trust back.

I cannot relate to my best friend in a lot of ways. He is an only child, while I have two older sisters. He never knew his dad. While I live with both my parents. Jayden has a couple of special abilities, that doesn't mean he is different. It means he just approaches situations differently. Jay is highly intelligent. I am averagely intelligent.

We make up the differences in each other's lives. That's why we match so perfectly.

Without Jay by my side, I was empty. I got bored. I couldn't deal with myself. I sank further into my darkness.

I knew that he needed space. I just thought he would come around eventually. I was so wrong.

Soon enough a month went by. I was a wreck. I kept blaming myself for everything. I began being irrational towards people and things. I couldn't even write without having a mental breakdown. I was drowning in my head. Jayden was the one who kept me sane.

He was the one who was always there for me. Checking on me. Making sure I was happy. He did it all. I felt lost. I felt like I lost him. Forever.

A couple more days passed. I got a call from Beth. She was wondering how I was because she hadn't seen much of me. At least she still cared. She told me that Jay wasn't doing well. He was angry all the time. He won't talk about whatever's going on. He had drowned himself in his studies and he would get defensive every time I was mentioned.

I never knew Jay could hold grudges like that.

I explained to Beth what happened between Jayden and I. She explained to me that it wasn't my fault.

But it was her fault.

Confusion hit me like a bus.

I questioned her. How could any of this be her wrongdoing?

She said that she would always turn down Jayden's questions and shut down any conversation about her husband.

That only made one thing clear. Jayden's parents were not divorced.

She told me why he wasn't present in Jay's life. Before she said a word about the issue, she made me promise I wouldn't tell Jayden.

Why would she tell me, if she hadn't told Jay? I was a mere child. With a basic association with the Morgan family. If anyone deserved to know it was Jayden.

Beth already started her backstory before I could speak up. When She starts talking it's not a good idea to interrupt her.

This all happened in 2003 when Jayden was only two years old.

Beth, William and Jayden were all together. Planning on moving from their home in the United Kingdom to Canada.

They were about a week away from their moving date. Beth quit her job to look after Jayden full time. William planned on working up till his moving date. They were well off and money wasn't an issue. He was a successful surgeon. He studied at Harvard and graduated at the top of his class. Getting his doctorate of medicine. Beth studied at Cambridge to get her doctorate of education. But soon went to Oxford to also receive her doctorate of psychology.