3 __TWO__

My aunt has always refused to stay with all three of us stating that her kids will face a lot of trouble if she planned to stay here, with us; until this summer when she finally decided to stay with us as she left her children in a hostel for a few years. All of a sudden, she asked Shern to leave our house as she was there to take control of it. Shern did have a lot of objection but unfortunately chose to keep quiet as she slowly managed to clean the leftovers, after dinner. Before she left, she came close to both of us, me and Aiden, and asked us to behave properly in her absence, and if we ever miss her, we were more than welcome to go to her place for a little chit chat or might call her at any time of the day.

After giving us a tight hug and kissing our foreheads, she wiped off her tears and stumbled through the door as she put up a half-painted smile on her face and handed over the keys to my father saying, "Stay safe Mr Barns."

Shern has never come to our house since that day but fortunately, I've not missed any chance of meeting her. We used to meet each other basically when I walk to school or return home. After talking to her for a few minutes, I used to head wherever I was going and she used to head to hers.

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The loud noise from Aiden's room woke me up this morning. Within no time I was standing in front of his room calling for his name but there he goes, he didn't even bother to reply to me. I, then called for him a few more times only to make sure he was okay. I was shocked when his door flew open in front of me and he was standing wearing a towel around his waist. Water slowly dripping from his head to his shoulders and then to his chest.

"Woah man, what on earth made you yell at the beginning of the day " I was now leaning on his door and yawning continuously.

"I can't even find a proper cloth to wear to school...She hasn't probably washed the dirty ones. Did she?" he raised his eyebrows to make sure I was going, to tell the truth.

"Naah, probably not. Aunt is busy with her stuff right now. you see?" I pointed towards our aunt, who was now standing down the hallway, near the kitchen, having "fun" with our neighbours.

"Uggh. She always does that. what made her stay here and ask Shern to leave... I hate her..." he put up a disgust expression on his face.

"ahhannn... I see... Shern is good. isn't she?" I asked with a smirk.

"was... Shern was good... really good... you know what, I miss her...." he sight.

" wanna meet her?" I asked.

"Today?"

"Today" I replied with a small smile.

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Note: The story has begun. Let us be ready to ride the roller coaster at any moment soon. Thx. Stay safe. Stay happy <3