AARON AND SAMANTHA * * * Aaron "Isn't that Samantha?", I heard someone say. My head spiked up immediately and my eyes started wandering around the hall looking for her till it met hers at the entrance. My heart skipped a beat, she immediately diverted her eyes from me and focused on the others. It's been so long since I last saw her, the last time we were close, it was about Lexy's disappearance. I've longed to talk to her, even if it was for a second, but it seems she barely noticed my presence anymore... Lexy was right, once she's over something, she treats that thing like it never existed, that's exactly what she's doing to me. And it was like my brothers planned it, because before I could say Jack they had disappeared from the table leaving just two of us. "Hello Aaron", she said giving me a warm smile before sitting next to me.. "Hi", I managed to say, my hands were shaking under the table... There was this odd silence between us, but then I noticed that

She took a deep breath in and then released it. "You know one of the characteristics of a weakling, is someone who acts tough, but isn't ", she said calmly. "I envy Lexy sometimes, honestly, she's one dangerous, strong girl, way stronger take I could ever be ". "Sam, you're way stronger than Lexy", interrupted. "No, Lexy is stronger, She was always real, she always showed her fear, she never acts like she got it all, I'm too afraid to let down my walls because behind it lays a broken,scared soul. I just have to pretend so that no one sees that part of me and breaks it. But Lexy? she doesn't pretend to be someone she's not, she doesn't hide her fears and Insecurity, so she has nothing to loose. I am only the way I am because of a truth, I am a coward, I am too afraid of what I will become if I drop my walls, I'm too scared of what it'll be like not to be a fright to people, I don't command respect, I force it out of people without knowing. I always told her that I'm being the

"Amber, c'mon tell me, where are we going?", Lexy asked for the 2000th time.She was at the back seat, blindfolded because I told her I had a surprise for her and I was taking her somewhere special."Calm down princess, just few more blocks and we're there", I said."That's what you said 90 minutes-""We're here", I said interrupting her and pulling up at the garage."Finally", she sighed.I got out of the driver's seat and went to the back seat to get her.I held her hands and led her out of the car to the front of the building."Are you ready to take your blindfolds off?",I asked"Yes please"."Okay, 3...2..1, go".She did immediately and her smile went down slowly."The studio?", she asked not so excited. "Yes, it's been a very very long time since you even held a pencil talkless of a paint brush, and the doctor did say you should do activities that you loved doing a lot before now, so yes we're going to do some painting today ", I said."Uhm, no thank you, I actually am not in t

Her smile came back again immediately."Hi, Mr James, So lovely to meet you again", she said cheerfully and gave him a side hug."Nice to meet you too Stella, how have you been?" she asked cheerfully."I'm doing very fine, and you seem to be doing well too yourself", he said.She laughed."And this is Asher", he said pointing to me.We stared at each other nodding with a strange look on our faces."Seems like you too have met each other?", James asked noticing our stare."Yes yes, we, attended college together back then", she said going back to normal."Oh that is amazing, well he's my boyfriend, yunno the one I've been bragging none stop about", he said smiling.Now this would have been very cute, he's been bragging about me to the same woman I fucked, damn!"Ohh, he.. he's the one?", she asked in a sober tone."Yes"She cleared her throat."It is a pleasure to meet you Mr. Asher, I do hope you both have a lovely experience in our resort, we offer the best services, and we look forwa