On Our First Attempt

Chapter Five

With no reply to his question, he quickly brought out his hand gloves and wore them before shaking Ariana vigorously to see if she might wake up. When he didn't notice any response from Ariana, he had no other choice than to rush her to the hospital. As he drove to the hospital, he called their family doctor to come by the hospital and prepare a VIP room before he arrives.

When he arrived at the hospital, the doctor and nurses were already prepared as requested by Kyle. They took Ariana into the VIP Ward and started treating her. Kyle decided to inform Lucas and Valeria about the current situation on ground and reason for his delay back to the office but she couldn't reach Val on time while Lucas came over almost immediately.

After almost an hours, Doc. Hawkins Keller called Kyle and Lucas to his office and told them that she took the wrong drugs for her headache which was the reason for the sudden shock leading to foam emissions.

"Are you sure because It's kind of a rare experience. Or what do you think Lucas." Kyle asked.

"Yeah, I kinda find it unusual too." Lucas said.

"Everyone has different body system and different reaction to certain drugs, so it ain't really strange if you are in my line of work." Doctor Hawkins persuaded.

"Sure, sure. You are the boss here." Kyle said. "That said, I gotta run, I have an important meeting to catch and Valeria would be here to take her home." He added.

"But who's she?" Doc Hawkins asked.

"Hmmm, only Val can give you a good explanation." Kyle replied and afterwards left for his meeting with Lucas. He decided to call Carl and inform him about Ariana's situation so he could inform his wife.

When Valeria got the news, she rushed off to the hospital even though she was told it wasn't something serious. As she arrived the hospital, she went to the VIP ward and checked on Ariana who was still sleeping but now stable. She was so worried about Ariana that she didn't notice Dr Hawkins walk into the room.

"You look too worried, who's she?" Dr Hawks asked.

" Good afternoon doc." Valeria greeted. "She's the girl I told you about." Valeria replied.

"We need to talk. Come to my office now." Dr Hawkins said and went back to his office. Valeria hesitated a bit before going to the Doctor's office.

"Get seated." Dr Hawkins said immediately Val walked into his office.

"Dr what's wrong with her? Kyle said it's nothing serious." Valeria asked.

"That girl is sick." Dr Hawkins said.

"How sick is she? Does she needs some kind of operations?" Valeria asked worriedly.

"She's self-harming which turned her into an addict. She overdosed herself with a very hyper reactive drugs which was the cause of her dilemma." The doctor explained.

"What? How's that's possible?" Valeria lamented.

"I don't know how you met hers, but she needs to be saved. She could get worse if proper care is not taken." Dr Hawkins warned.

"Oh God, how did she become like this?" Valeria wondered. "Dr, what can be done about this? I need to save her like you suggested." Valeria asked worriedly.

"I would arrange for her to start taking some sessions with me. That's if she agrees." Dr Hawkins suggested.

"Of course, she would agree. I will make her agree." Valeria said eagerly.

"Take things easy for yourself too Val. I don't want you getting hypertension because of your grown up brother. You've got your family too." The Doc advised.

"Don't worry Doc. I will be fine." Valeria assured. "When can she get discharged?" She asked.

"Today of course but you have to keep a very close eye on her and prevent her from taking such drugs before she starts her sessions with me." He said.

"Sure I will. Just get the discharge papers ready. I will go check if she's awake so we can go home." Valeria said and immediately went back to Ariana's room.

Valeria met Ariana widely awake by the time she got into her ward, but she didn't bother starting a conversation with her, rather she just asked her to get ready to go home.

As soon as Ariana was ready, Valeria took her to the Doc's office and collected her discharge papers before driving her home. Ariana was bothered by the awkward silence between them as they drove back home so she decided to start up a conversation with her.

"What's wrong with you?" Ariana asked. "It's so unlike you to just drive without talking, you didn't even ask how I was doing." Ariana asked, not because she wanted someone to ask about her welfare, but because she knew Valeria wouldn't just be quite if things where fine.

"What's wrong with me? No, it's supposed to be What's wrong with YOU? How the hell have you been living your life?" Valeria asked angrily.

"Can you elaborate a bit, because am lost?" Ariana said cluelessly.

"Don't even get me started Ana. Let's just get you home first." Valeria said.

They remained silent throughout the rest of their journey as Ariana wondered what she could have done so wrong to provoke Valeria.

Immediately they got home Valeria tried ignoring Ariana but she forced herself on her and pestered her to tell her what she'd done wrong.

"You really don't know what you'd done wrong?" Valeria asked.

"You know I really hate you getting angry with me." Ariana said.

"What the hell happened to you today?" Valeria asked angrily.

"Uhmmmm, the doctor should be the one to tell us that." Ariana said.

"Ok..... should I tell you what the doctor said?" Valeria asked.

"Sure." Ariana replied.

"Since when did you start self-harming?" Valeria asked.

"I- I don't understand..... wh-what you are talking about." Ariana stuttered.

"Don't play dumb here Ana. The you left the penthouse house yesterday to get this, didn't you?" Valeria said, showing her the bottle of hard drugs she'd had the previous day.

Ariana tried snatching it away from her, but Val was fast enough to prevent that. "Where did you get that from?" Ariana asked.

"Think about your son please. Why does all Dylan always have to be so hurt by women? How did you become like this Ana? What's your story?" Valeria asked worriedly.

"Wh-what story are yo.....u talk...ing about? That drug's for my insomnia, so you needn't bother." Ariana lied whilst trying to divert the topic. She quickly stood up from where she was sitting with Val and was about to go to her room before Val spoke to her.

"Alright. Walk away and I won't bother you any longer. You said everything's fine so i'd just assume that and leave for my place. But when Kyle finds out or when things gets tough, just don't come running to me because I won't be able to save you. And lest I forget, the doctor asked to see you." Valeria said and immediately left the penthouse before Ariana could say anymore word.

Ariana was devastated and broken. She didn't plan to be caught like this and she wasn't ready to tell Valeria about herself, but how was she supposed to continue living in this house if Valeria was not on her side. Seeing the doctor also seemed to be the last thing on her mind as she felt like they was nothing wrong with her.

Later that evening, Kyle came back home and met Ariana sleeping on the tiles. At first he ignored her and went straight to his room, but after washing up and sitting down for a while, he felt uncomfortable leaving her their and went back to carry her to her room.

"Huh....Why would she even sleep there when she sick." Kyle heaved a sigh as he dropped her down on her bed. He went back to his room and washed up again because he had just touched someone else. As he was tired and stressed out from the day's activities, he couldn't prevent himself from falling deeply asleep immediately his back touched his bed.

The very next day, Kyle woke up very early and prepared a nice breakfast for himself and Ariana. After setting the table, he went to Ariana's room and knocked severally before she could finally open up the door for him.

"I can't even sleep in peace now because this is your house and am not a family?" Ariana asked angrily.

"Uhmmm....do you realize I went out of my way to take you to the hospital yesterday?" Kyle asked.

"Oh, and am supposed to worship you because of that?" Ariana asked.

"You are such an ingrate. You know that right?" Kyle asked.

"Hahaha......my pleasure." Ariana said and banged the door on him.

Kyle angrily left Ariana's room and went back to the dinning room, he stood and thought for a while before he decided to go back to Ariana's room to confront her. He banged the door again until Ariana opened up.

"What now?" Ariana asked angrily.

Kyle thought for a while about what to say before an idea stroke him. " How dare bang the door on my like that?" He asked.

"Huh? Why are you asking? Is it because it's your house?" Ariana asked mokingly.

"Yes. Do you wanna break it?" Kyle asked.

"This whole house might be yours but I remember clearly that when Val brought me here, she made me understand that the whole room is mine. So you better start getting used to me being in charge of the part of the house." Ariana lashed at him.

"I was right. You're just a rude bitch." Kyle said.

"You know, I do find that funny." Ariana replied, banging the door afterwards.

Kyle walked back to the dinning room and paced about for a while, he went to the table and peeked at the food he'd kept for Ariana.

"How do I tell this b***h, I made some food for her now? She might pass out from shouting too much. I can't believe Val would ever force me to stoop this low." Kyle kept muttering to himself.

He was still pacing about when the landline phone rang.

"A food delivery guy is here to deliver Miss Lee's order." The security explained.

"Come up with an excuse and send him away immediately." Kyle said, smiling to himself as an idea stroke him.

Ariana rushed out to pick the call when she saw that Kyle already picked.

"Was that the delivery guy?" Ariana asked.

"Is that question directed to me?" Kyle asked, feigning clueless.

"Who else is here with me right now." Ariana lashed at him.

"Don't you think you need to be more polite when you're in need?" Kyle asked.

"I'd rather go to the kitchen and prepare something for myself if you are obstructing the delivery man." Ariana said and immediately she went to the kitchen. As she passed by the dinning table, she noticed the set of foods arranged on the table and then she paused and asked,

"Did Val send over some food, because I can perceive the aroma of her cooking even from here." Ariana happily replied.

"So you already the aroma of her cooking?" Kyle asked.

"Am smarter than that you know. And I can see we've got two plates here. Where you going to eat mine with yours?" Ariana asked, taking a sit on the chair beside the food.

"Maybe. So why don't you stick to your ordered food?" Kyle asked.

"Do you seriously think I prefer junks to homemade?" Ariana asked curiously.

"First was packets of chicken feet and alcohol, then packets of pizza and chocolates. Only God knows how many more junks you consume daily." Kyle said as he also went to take his sit beside his own food and started eating.

"You can't judge my eating by those stuff you know. I do eat alot of homemade. Back at home our parents doesn't let us........" Ariana was so carried away that she started to talk about home before she realized how much she really misses those moments so much for that she doesn't want to talk about it.

Kyle easily noticed the quick change in her expression as she mentioned her family.

"You miss them, don't you?" Kyle asked polite and waited for a response from Ariana. "Wanna talk about it? I might be of help you know." He asked after observing her silence.

Ariana stood up angrily and exclaimed. "Help?" "Do you really think it easy to just talk about the annoying past you loathes so much? When you can't even as much as vent your anger on anyone because you are the cause of your own problem and your life, future goals and pride is completely ruined as a result. Now do you still know how to help me out of my delimma?" She lashed angrily at him before realizing how rude of her it was.

Kyle stood from his sit, smiling. "Now you know how it feels to have a sudden outburst of emotions. Then I guess we are even. Don't expect any apologies from me. " Kyle said and went straight to his room.

Ariana sat down for sometimes thinking about her family.

"I miss them. I really want to see them." She affirmed and afterwards went back to her room to sleep on her thoughts before she finally allow Valeria into her life so she could proffer some possible solution to her distress.

As soon as she woke up the next day, she called Valeria to inform her about her plans. But since Valeria was still angry with her, she refused to answer her call. She got ready to go see her at her place, then she realized she doesn't have her current address.

"I should have at least gone to see her new place all this while. Does it mean I have to talk to that rude jerk again early this morning?" Ariana wondered. She had no other choice than to go to Kyle's room and ask him about Valeria's address.

As she was about to knock on his door, she noticed it wasn't locked so he decided to just let herself since it was already open. Marvelling about the beautiful scenery of Kyle's room, she wandered around it admiring every possible thing she came across. As she wandered around, came across a another room inside Kyle's room where she came across some old pictures of younger Kyle in school uniform and also pictures of his Dad and Valeria but none of their Mom. She was still wandering about when she heard footsteps from Kyle's main bedroom and immediately she guessed it must be Kyle. She sneaked ourt of the room but when she tried closing the door as quite as possible, she could see a shadow covering her, and then she realized, "He's right behind me." She muttered to herself. And just then his voice came blaring at her.

"What the hell are you doing in my room?" Kyle asked angrily.