THE DUEL (I)

I hugged Yasmin closer to me, so happy to finally see a familiar face. Someone who recognises me and was a friend not a foe. Yasmin pulled away from me to look at my face. She brushed the hair away from my face then looked at me with a sad look.

"Arianne, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry." She apologised, tears already streaming down her face. "I didn't want to do it! I really didn't want to! But I shouldn't have and..."

I shook my head at her, cutting her off. "No Yasmin, don't apologize."

"How can you say that?" Yasmin asked looking at disbelief no doubt wondering why I wasn't angry at her.

I smiled at her as I grabbed her hands. "That's because I'm really okay. Yasmin it's okay, I'm fine." I told her while she arched a brow up at me still not believing me, "What I want to know is what happened? Why the hell is everyone behaving like they don't know who I am?"