Almost a Love Story

Part 13

Her heart pounded so fast as her mother opened

their front door to reveal the boy she longed to

see. They greeted each other but just the feeling of a stranger to each other. She was trembling when they shool their hands and Ara was the first one who took back her hand because she still couldn't calm herself.

Ace was still a smiling boy, in his 17 years of

existence he still was the same. 10 years had

passed but Ara's feelings never did fade. She

couldn't help but smile upon watching the happy

boy in front of her and at that moment she was

able to calm herself.

An afternoon on the park's playground Ara went

to sit on the swing. She liked that place, it makes

her feel like everything is so serene. There were two swings there, 10 years ago it was

both occupied but now there was only one.

Ara closed her eyes and smiled.

She felt the calm and beautiful surroundings

while swinging swiftly until she heard something

beside her. She opened her eyes and was shocked to see him occupying again the other swing.

She couldn't believe her eyes, many times she had hoped before, that he would again occupy it and now it's happening. He was just smiling. He was still very talkative, he blabs about things to Ara like they were close.

Ara didn't know how to react, he felt so

comfortable talking to her. Ace admitted that Ara seemed so familiar he just

couldn't tell.