Never Meant To Be

Chapter One

Aria's POV

The doctor finished examining me and put his stuff back in his briefcase, I could not tell if I was progressing well with the treatment or not because his facial expression was neutral. Lately I have been taking my treatment seriously, and it is all because of Axel. Before I met Axel was always questioning my existence on this earth, and always considered myself the unluckiest being on this planet but Axel proved me wrong. He always tells me to focus on the brighter side of life and forget about everything else. He is always so optimistic for a person whose world revolves around the dark, that is because Axel was born blind. When I got to know Axel and see the world from his point of view, I stopped feeling sorry for myself and started seeing the meaning of life and the importance of my existence.

"How is she doing doctor?" My mother asked as she entered the room, interrupting me from my thoughts.

The doctor looked at me then to my mother, his facial expression still not giving away anything. "May I talk to you outside, Mrs Watson?" He said to my mother who hesitantly agreed before walking outside my room with the doctor.

Just then Lisa, one of the house maids walked in my room, carrying a glass of water on a tray. "Here is your water for your medication." She said handing me the glass. "Thanks Lisa." I said taking my tablets.

"What did the doctor say?" Lisa asked as she sat down next to me on the bed.

"Nothing much, he just asked to talk to my mother." I said handing her the glass after I had taken my tablets.

"How are you feeling?" She asked.

"I'm okay." I said.

"Good to hear. Guess who is here to see you?" She asked teasingly and I immediately knew who she was talking about.

"Axel's here!" I said excitedly and she nodded.

"He is waiting downstairs for you, so you better get going, you do not want to keep him waiting." She said and I got up from my bed and headed downstairs.

I reached downstairs and I found Axel seated on one of the living room couches with his helper, Aiden.

"Axel!" I called out and he looked at the direction of which my voice was coming from as Aiden helped him stand up.

"Aria! How are you?" He asked. "I am great." I said as I went to give him a hug.

"I will take it from here Aiden." I said to Aiden as I took Axel's arm and started heading outside with him.

"How was your day?" He asked as we headed for the garden. "It was good."

"Really? What did you do the whole day?"

"Just reading some books and watching a little bit of TV." I said even though that was far from true, but I did not want to tell him that I spent almost the entire day being examined by my doctor.

"What about you, how did you spend your day?" I asked as I helped him sit on the garden swing and I sat next to him.

"I just did a bit of reading." He said.

"That's it?" I asked.

"I also spent my day thinking of you." He said and I couldn't help blushing.

Axel's family and my family are really close friends and they run their businesses together. I met Axel a year ago when my parents invited his family over for dinner, and I was so impressed by his optimism and funny ways. He and I instantly clicked and we became close. Our parents saw how close we had become and suggested we got married, which at first did not appear right with me as I saw things going a little too fast, but Axel saw that it was okay as we were already in love with each other and I also agreed and we got engaged. I really love Axel but something about this marriage does not appear right to me, I know that our families are doing this to expand their businesses but I can't help feeling that their is something else about it.