~The Time That She Lost~

~~Chapter twentieth~~

"Oh my god Emily, for how long have you kept it in? Why didn't you tell us about it before? You don't have to be strong my child. You have suffered enough and you shouldn't always trying to be strong" Ali said rubbing her arm and calming her down. Emily just buried her face into her shoulders and tried to comfort herself.

"You know child I don't regret a bit, whatever I have done for you, it was my own choice and I love the fact that I did it. I love taking care of you and I will be never sick of you. You don't have to wory about that. I get what you are trying to say but I still want you to give Sam a little while, I am not saying give him a year or something atleast wait a little bit to make it a big deal, if you both are meant to be together you will be, just like your dad and I were meant to be" Ali said trying to change the topic so she could relax a bit and calm herself down.

"I wish I knew dad, he sounds great when you tell me about him. He though sounds like Arla sometimes. The flirt and always trying to hid his actual age" Emily said with sadness in her voice.

"You two would have been best friends. You are right he was like Arla I mean if Arla would have flirt with me in front of him, he would have taken a step back and would have enjoyed it and they both would have their drinking game and he probably would have gone to Sam to ask him if he can forget Claire and if not then stay away" Ali said remembering the good old days.

"You all seemed like you were a gang or something" Emily stated.

"Ohh ya, so Arla, me and my bestfriend were a popular trio in school. Arla's wife, your dad and my best friends husband, David and one more guy were school buddies. Then my bestfriend and her husband met in a college and she hooked me up with your dad and then Arla and her wife met and we all started hanging around" Ali told.

"Pretty huge group" Emily said.

"Oh ya so there was Me, your dad, Arla, Elsa I mean Arla's wife, then my bestfriend, her husband David, David's bestfriend Adam and Lisa but we didn't count her as our own, she was well she was a bitchy type, we tried to hook her up with Adam which never worked out, Adam hated her. Sorry for my language" Ali said excited.

"You miss the group don't you?" Emily asked.

"Yaa I loved it, we used to be fun" Ali said remembering the good old days.

"You never talk about your bestfriend and where are the others?" Emily asked. Suddenly Ali's expression changed into sadness.

"Well Lisa understood we wasn't a part, my bestfriend and David shifted don't know where, they had problems and some problems were due to the group. David isn't a great man but he is her husband so I let her go and Adam we know nothing about him, he just disappeared one day. Then after sometime Elsa left Arla for another man so only we were left" Ali said saddened.

"I wish I knew the whole gang, I am sorry maa, I hope you all were together" Emily said giving a hug to her mother.

"Nah it's best, we all started getting annoyed by each other, we would have drifted apart eventually" Ali said shaking her happy memories.

"Arla is still here" Emily said.

"We both grew up together, we were family and always will be, apart from my bestfriend everybody else were friends who we tried our best to treat them as a family" Ali said sadly.

"It's alright atleast Arla is here, I hope your bestfriend was here too, I can see you still love her and miss her, by the way what's her name?" Emily asked.

"Rose" Ali said after a second.

"I am sorry maa, I hope I can find her someday and reunite your school trio" Emily said. A tear filled down Ali's eyes.