IN-LOVE WITH A SPIRIT

Along the road side, an extremely beautiful lady was walking from one street to another and looking at everyone passing suspiciously. She was wearing a short gown, and this gown was white in colour but it had stained with blood so it colour had changed to somehow brownish.

The young beautiful lady was normal in stature, had a very attractive cat eye balls and a pointed noise. She had a long hair and which was brown in colour. Her skin was glowing, means that she was not from a poor family but a rich and flamboyant family. The name of this beautiful and attractive lady was ARIA. The name was so beautiful as the person bearing it.

Aria was walking to where people were but none of them noticed her or did as if they saw her at all, despite all stupid things that she was doing for someone to just notice her.

All of them were just passing by and it was like they didn't see her. She too didn't expect all of them to see her because she was a SPIRIT, but just trying her lucky maybe someone could see her.

Aria stopped walking after a long walks and sat down on the chair at the front of a big mall. She rests her back on the chair and looking so sad.

'If you are lucky and someone sees you, hold that person well and don't let him or her go. He or she can be the one that will help you, and let you get back into your body' Aria remembering the conversations that she heard with a man whom was also a Sprit like her.

'It may not be easy but you can have the luck. I have been looking for someone or TRUE LOVE from someone for the past eleven years now but I don't' Hearing the man's voice said.

'You should try. Leave this hospital environment, go out and you can be lucky' Aria breathes out and changed the way she was sitting.

"I have been walking for the whole day, let me return back to my friend and I will continue with this tomorrow" Aria said to herself and stood up.

"I am tired, even I am hungry. Let me start going" she said and started leaving the mall. She just walked a little far from the mall and to a restaurant beside it when she saw a little boy eating snacks and also put one beside him on a chair.

"That one too should be enough for that little boy, let me take that one I beg" Aria said to herself and took the second wrapper. The little boy didn't see her but he just saw that his second snacks had disappeared and he started crying and shouting.

"Ah! Ah!! Clam down okay, and I will get another one for you now" the little boy heard a guy said and standing beside him.

"Calm down and stop crying okay, I will get another one for you now" the guy pet the little boy and quickly walked to the man that was selling it at the front of the restaurant, and bought another one.

"Thank you very much Uncle" the little boy said with joy and as he collected it from the guy. The guy just smiled and quickly left the place. He ran to Aria, she was still walking alone the road side and she had not walked far from the restaurant.

"Ah! Ah!! Look at me and how could you do that to that little boy" the young guy said with anger and standing at the front of Aria.

"How could you steal this from that little boy, a little boy for that matter" the guy said.

"I am hungry and I took it, moreover there is one in his hand that he is eating" Aria replied with loud voice and like she didn't do anything wrong.

"That is stealing, you should have begged him for it not to steal it" the guy said.

"Ask him first, as if he can see me----- No, wait for a minutes. Can you see me?" Aria said with loud voice.

"What did you mean by that? I don't get" the guy said with low voice.

"Oh my God! Oh my God, he can see him!! He can see me" Aria jumped up with joy and hugged the guy tightly. The guy was shocked as she hugged him and just separated his hands.

The guy was tall, normal in stature and so handsome. He was dressing well and looking like a rich guy from a billionaire home, and his name was HENRY

"What is this, get yourself away from me" Henry said with loud voice and pushed her away.

"I am happy that you can see me, you can see me!!" She said and hugged him again.

"What is wrong with you? Get off" Henry pushed her away again and looking at her suspiciously.

"What is wrong with you? And what did you mean by I CAN SEE YOU?" he asked with low voice and looking at her.

"That little boy keeps saying that his snacks disappeared, mean that he didn't see me. I am happy that you can see me. This is what I have been praying for since, wow!" Aria was so happy.

"I don't get, I don't understand at all" Henry said with low voice and looked around him, looked at people passing by.

"I want to confirm something first, go and stay at that car" Henry said with low voice and looking at Aria suspiciously. Aria obeyed what he said and she went to stay at the car, standing beside it.

"I am sorry that I stopped you Brother, I have a little problem with my sight but it's like I am seeing a stain on my car. Can you see it too? Help me please" he said with low voice.

"Nothing is there Sir, it's clean and looking so beautiful" the boy said with respect.

"You don't see anything there, nobody is there too?" Henry asked.

"Nobody is there and no stain. It's only the car that is there Sir" the boy said and wanted to go.

"Alright! Thank you very much" Henry said with low voice and he was so surprised and feeling somehow. The boy left, and Henry walked to the car.

"I am so happy that you can see me, I am happy" Aria said and with lovely smiles.

"Fine! Please I have to go now" He pressed the key to the car, and wanted to be going to the driver side.

"I WANT TO BE LIVING WITH YOU PLEASE!" Aria said with low voice.

"That can never be possible, I don't know you from Adam so please. And I have to go now" Aria held his hand and didn't allow him to go.

"I want to live with you!" She said with loud voice.

"Listen to me and listen good, it's can't be possible. I don't know you, and leave me alone" Henry said with loud voice and wanted to enter into the car.

Aria didn't want him to go so she thought of what to do. She grabbed his hand and used it to slap the ass of a lady that was pressing by.

"I am sorry, I am so sorry!!" Henry started saying as the lady faced back with anger. The lady calmed down as she saw that he was a handsome and a rich guy.

"Alright, it's fine" the lady said with smiles and leaving the place.

"Oh! It doesn't go had expected" Aria said with low voice.

"Why did you do that?" Henry said with loud voice and with anger.

"CAN I LIVE WITH YOU?" Aria asked with low voice.

"I said NO! I don't know you from Adam, so stay away from me" Henry opened the door and as he opened it, Aria had entered the back seat and hind there without Henry's knowledge. Henry started the car and started driving.

Aria raised her head up as she saw that he had been on the road, and she jumped to the front. She held the tarring, and turned his hand to hit a car at the front of him.

"What the hell?" Henry said with loud voice and quickly stopped the car.

"What have you done, and how did you get into my car---"Henry was talking to Aria with anger when he saw the woman that he hit his car knocking at the mirror and shouting. Henry breathes in, opened the door and got down from the car.

"I am so sorry Madam, I am sorry madam!" Henry started saying and looking angry.

"What are you saying? Look at my car, look at what you have done. I am sorry I can't accept this, what rubbish is this" the woman said with anger.

"When you know that you have drunk, you won't drive at all. I can't accept this, and please officer takes judgment" the woman said and talking to the law officers. They had got there as it happened.

"I just have to be telling you sorry, because I don't know what to say" Henry said with low voice.

"Before we can solve anything, two of you enter into your cars and let go to our office. You are causing traffic like this, so please let's go" one of the law officer said.

"Okay! It's fine" Henry said with low voice and entered into his car with one of the law officer, sitting with him at the front. Aria was at the back seat and looking so calm Henry started the car , and going to the office.

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They arrived there after few minutes and drove inside the compound. Henry stopped the car and got down with the law officer, going inside with the woman. Aria too got down, standing beside the car and waiting for them.

As Henry and others entered, they met the head of the officers there and talking to his boss.

"Henry Ryan, what are you doing here?" the man said and he knew him too well. Henry's father was a very popular man, and he had a billionaire company. Except from his own father, their family was a very popular and famous family.

"I accidently hit her car and that is why we are here to solve it" He said with low voice.

"How did you do it?" The man asked.

"It's just by mistake Uncle. On our way coming, I have called my mechanic to come here and to fix it for her" Henry said with low voice.

"That is so good, and calm down Madam" the man said.

"He will be here shortly, and can I go please because I really have something to do" Henry said.

"No problem, but please just drop your card so that we can call you" Henry dropped his card as the man said and left the office. He came down to the compound and walked to his car.

"Thank God, it doesn't go beyond the expectation" Aria said with low voice and Henry looked at her with anger showed all over him.

"Look at me you this EVEIL WITCH, you have done enough so stay away from me" he said with loud voice.

"I can't stay away from you" Aria said.

"What is your problem? I said stay away from me you this Evil Witch. I don't know you and you keep following me around and causing trouble. What if it goes beyond that, and you caused a very fatal accident, what is even wrong with you----"

"Calm down, calm down and remember you are the only one seeing me. So don't let people be looking at you like you are not mentally balanced" Aria said with low voice as Henry was nagging. Henry looked around him and calmed down.

"Look at me, stay away from me. Even what do you want from me?" Henry asked.

"CAN I LIVE WITH YOU?" Aria said with low voice.

"And I said No! No is NO" Henry said with loud voice and looked around him suspiciously.

"You have to reply me in a positive way, if not I will continue to be putting more trouble on your neck" Aria said and Henry looked at her.

"Are you threatening me? Or what the fuck is this" Henry said with loud voice and he had fed up.

"No! But please CAN I LIVE WITH YOU, CAN I LIVE WITH YOU" Aria continued saying and shouting loudly to his ear. She keeps saying it and none stop.

"CAN I LIVE WITH YOU? CAN I LIVE WITH YOU-----"

"OKAY, FINE!!" Henry said with loud voice, and out of anger.

"Get into the car" Henry said with low voice and going to the other side at the driver side. Aria opened the door and two of them entered into the car at the same time, and sitting beside each other at the front seat. Henry started the car and started driving away from the station.

"Thank you very much for accepting my offer, I am so happy right now" Aria said with smiles on her face and she started talking again.

Aria was a very laughy girl, free to people and she used to talk too much. Her first approached to people always used to be like she had meet them for a long time and that was her own personality. But Henry's personality was so different and Aria's personality was opposite to her own. Henry was an introvert person while Aria was extrovert.

"You don't know how happy I am that you can see me, I am so happy and I am so luck" she laughed and shaking her body. Henry just focused on his driving and he didn't utter a word.

"This really shows that I am a luck girl-----"

"Can you keep silent please, and let be silent in this car" Henry said and shut her up.

"Alright! No problem, I am just saying my mind out. But no problem if that is what you want" Aria said and she kept silent.

"Thank you!" Henry said with low voice, used his right eye to look at her suspiciously and he hadn't get free to her. Even he was afraid of her, and he hadn't know what to do.

"I just want to say I mean no harm and it's my mind that I am saying----"Aria trying to talk again after few minutes of silent.

"Can I have silent in this car please? Silent and please let me breathes" Henry said with loud voice and he had been getting tired of Aria.

"Okay!" Aria said with low voice and she felt somehow sad as he shouted at her. She turned her face outside and looking outside. Henry looked at her and he just breathes out.

Henry's phone started ringing, he put the Bluetooth on his neck in his ear and picked the call. It was his mechanic that called.

"Hello, I have been expecting your call" Henry said with low voice.

"Sir, I have brought the woman's car to my workshop and we have been working on it. We will soon be done with it and that is why I called to give you feedback Sir" the man said.

"Oh! Good, thank you very much but hope it's not something really serious?" Aria faced him and listening to their conversations.

"Not something really serious, you should not worry about that Sir. I will do it perfectly fine"

"That is so good and thank you very much. I will send your payment when I get home because I am driving now" Henry said.

"No problem at all Sir, but what about your own car? Nothing happened to it?"

"Nothing happened to my own car just only the woman's own, but you can come tomorrow to take it for servicing" Henry replied.

"No problem at all Sir, I will come tomorrow morning. But hope no problem Sir, because this is so usual of you and I know that you are a very careful person, so what happened?" Henry looked at Aria as the man said so. Aria turned her face as he looked at her, and looking outside.

"Nothing at all, it's just happened and thank you so much" Henry said with low voice and hanged up from the call. He removed the Bluetooth from his ear and focused on the driving.

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They got to Henry's house after one hour. He drove inside the compound, and parked at the front of the house. He opened the door and got down from the car. Aria too got down, looking round the compound and walking behind him.

The compound of the house was so free, and so beautiful. It was decorated with lovely natural flowers and these were those things that made it to be extremely beautiful. The house too was well decorated and a little big. With the standard of that house, it had spoke a lot about the person that could be living there and an average person couldn't be capable enough to rent that house.

Henry was a master's student of one popular private university, so it was within the school location that he was living and he was the only one that was living in that house. He didn't has closer friends so nobody used to come to his house expect from his girlfriend and it was once in a while.

Henry opened the door and two of them entered into the room, he closed the door behind Aria and walked inside. Aria was looking round the room and she admired what she was seeing. Henry just passed beside her and went to the fridge to take water. Took a bottle water, opened it and started drinking.

"This house is so beautiful and I love it" Aria threw a comment.

"It's so cool and I love all what I am seeing" She started touching the paint and toys, carrying them up and admiring them.

"Ah! Stop that and listen to me now" Henry said with loud voice.

"Okay!" Aria put the toy in her hands down on the table and faced him, staring at each other.

"You have forced yourself to be in my house so you have to behave yourself, if not I will send you out" Henry said with loud voice and like they were fighting.

"Agreed and anything you want, and also nice to meet you" Aria said with smiles and wanted to hug him.

"Ah! Step back and don't try to do that again" Henry pushed her away.

"Alright! Fine, but want about handshake" She said with loud voice and pointing her hand at him. Henry was just looking at her and folded his hands.

"Sorry, fine then" Aria said with low voice when he refused to shake hand with her. She smiled at him and sat down on the chair. Henry entered the kitchen side and wanted to prepare something to eat.

"Are you the only one living?" Aria asked with loud voice.

"Yes" Henry replied and brought out noodles from a shelf with a small pot.

"Oh! Why are you living alone, no any family or relative?" Aria asked.

"This is school environment, I am schooling here or can't you see" Henry replied.

"Okay! I thought as much, I am a student too" Aria turned her body, put her kneels on the couch and faced Henry at where he was cooking.

"What level are you? and let talk more about ourselves---"

"Ah! You can't do that, sit down or you stand up. You can't put your leg on the couch, it's dirty" Henry said with loud voice.

"Okay! Okay!! Sorry!" Aria put her feet on the couch, standing on it and wanted to jump to the other side that Henry was.

"Oh! No you can't do that----"Henry shouted, he didn't like dirty at all.

"Oh my God!! Why would you do that?" Henry said loudly with anger.

"I want to come and meet you here so that we can enjoy our conversations. Still passing like that is a stress, so that is why I did that. Is anything wrong with that?" Aria said with low voice.

"Listen to me, I don't like dirty and since you have forced yourself to be living with me, you have to obey my rules. I don't like all these" Henry said.

"HE IS TOO HARSH, I DON'T LIKE HIM" Aria said inside her mind and frowning her face.

"Okay!" She said with low voice and returned back to the seat, she sat down on the couch and looking calm like she was a gentle girl.

"Huu!" Henry did and he had tired of her behaviors.

Some minutes later, Henry had finished with what he was cooking and he served it inside two plates. He carried the plates to the dining table, put it down and put two bottles water beside it. He called Aria to the table, he sat down and started eating.

"Thank you" Aria said with low voice and sat down on the chair opposite to Henry.

"I know that it's because of the way we met that is why we don't bother to know each other's name" Aria said as she started eating.

"My name is Aria, what is your own name?" She asked and starring at him.

"What is your name now or you want me to give you a name?" She asked when he refused to talk.

"My name is Henry" He replied with low voice.

"Okay! So what level are you?" Aria asked.

"I am doing my Master, and can we just eat and stop talking please" Henry said.

"Okay!" Aria frowned her face, looked at him and she continued eating.

Some minutes later, they had finished eating . Henry had washed the plates and he had cleaned everywhere including the couch that Aria stepped on. Henry was with his laptop working on it and while Aria was sitting on the couch and looking at him.

"I am going to my bedroom so come with me and let me show you your room" Henry said as he stood up and holding his laptop.

"Alright!" Aria said with low voice and got up. Henry walked to the front and Aria going after him. They got to where the rooms were after few minutes and the rooms were opposite to each other Henry opened the door and entered into the room with Aria.

"This is your room; you will be here still the time you will leave" Henry said with low voice.

"Okay! I love it and thank you" Aria said with loud voice and walking rounds the room.

"Good night!" Henry said and going out. Sound of the door closed, and Aria continued walking round the room and she was so happy with what she was seeing.

One hour later, Henry had been sleeping when he heard a knocked at his door and the door opened. Aria entered into the room and looking at everywhere.

"Wow! This room is so lovely and cool" she said as she entered.

"What did you want? And as you can see I am sleeping" Henry said with loud voice.

"I am feeling somehow with this cloth on me, I need a cloth to change to even I need clothes and I think you should get that for me tomorrow. But give me one to change to now" Aria said.

"Remember you forced me to bring you to my house, so please don't disturb me" Henry said.

"Also I don't have any female's clothes in my house, if you need one go and get it by yourself. Please leave my room for heaven shake" Henry said.

"Ah! That mean it's your clothes I will be wearing because I need clothes, or I will go to the shop nearby and take it in your name" Aria said with low voice.

"I need a cloth to wear this night" She said and opened the wardrobe at the front of her.

"Oh! My God, what are you doing? And what gives you the right to my things" Henry said with loud voice.

"I need a cloth, and I have seen one" Aria said and holding a t-shirt.

"Put it down, and you can't wear my cloth" Henry got up and with anger.

"I will wear this one this night, tomorrow you will get clothes for me. Goodnight" Aria said with smiles on her face and going. Sounds of the door closed.

"This girl is so troublesome, just a day" Henry breathes out and fell on the bed.

"I DON'T THINK I CAN LIVE WITH THIS GIRL, SHE IS FRAUSTRANTING" "Huuuu" Henry did and used the blanket to cover his head with anger.

It was in the morning of the following day. The day had become bright, and sun had risen out from the sky. Sound of the door opened, and Henry came out from his room.

He was wearing a short trouser with slippers that he used to wear inside his room. He wasn't wearing shirt or a vest, he just woke up so it was only the trouser that was on him.

He got down to the living room, looked at everywhere and he thought that Aria could have woke up and she could have been there, but she didn't. He took the bottle water that he came out to take and going to Aria's room to check on her. He was still feeling strange about her, and he hadn't believed that he was the only one seeing her. So all these were making him to be suspicious, and wanted to be monitoring her.

He started knocking at the door as he got to Aria's room, but no replied from her. He decided to open the door and entered.

Sound of the door opened, and he entered into the room. He didn't see her on the bed, it was only the white gown that she off that was on the floor.

"Aria! Aria!! Are you inside the bathroom" He said like three times but no replied. So he decided to open the bathroom door, but still she wasn't there.

"Where is this troublesome girl now?" Henry said with low voice, left the room and going outside to look for her. He left the living room, down to the compound and started searching for her; and calling her name loudly.

Henry retuned back to his house after some minutes. He had checked his environment including the shop that she said that she would go and took clothes, but she was not there. He opened the door and entered into the living room.

"THANK GOD, SHE HAS GONE" Henry said with low voice and sat down on the couch.

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Aria was at the hospital that her body was and she was at the backyard with a middle age man. Both were sitting on the chair there and busy talking. Aria met the man around that hospital vicinity, and him too was in the same condition as Aria. They were both in comma but that man had been there for eleven years.

"I have seen that you are such a lucky girl and that is why I told you to leave this vicinity maybe you can be luck, and now see" the man said with low voice.

"I am happy that I seen someone who is able to see me, and I am happy" She said with loud voice and the man just giggles.

"It's such a big opportunity for you, and be grateful. That means soon you will wake up to life" the man said.

"Wish so and also wish that I could able to see you when I wake up so that you too can wake up. I will be happy to be seeing you beside me always even when I wake up"

"Huu! Forget about my own. I will just be happy if you wake up back to your body" the man said with low voice and looking sad.

"You don't want to wake up again?" Aria asked with low voice and looked at him.

"Well! I have lose hope even it's my life support machine that I am waiting for them to switch off so that I can go to heaven but I don't know who is still paying for it" the man replied.

"Why did you want that? No, you are going to wake up and I will do that for you" Aria said with loud voice.

"That is if you are able to remember me and all these when you wake up" the man said.

"And I am using this movement to say that I will, and i believe that" "Say I BELIEVE THAT" Aria said with low voice and looking at the man.

"Say it now" She said with loud voice and frowning her face.

"I believe that" the man said with low voice, and Aria smiled.

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A very expensive car drove inside the hospital compound, and parked at where other cars were parked. The door opened, and a woman got down from the car. She was wearing a very beautiful and expensive cloth, and carrying a designer bag. She was really dressing like a woman of a rich man. She entered into the hospital, talked to the receptionist and going to the Doctor's office.

Sound of the door opened, and she entered into the office. She met the Doctor there and she was busy with pressing laptop. The woman greeted her and sat down on the chair at the front of her.

"I am the mother of the child that had an accident and rushed here, I received a call from this hospital" the woman said.

"What is the name of that your child? And can I see her picture" the Doctor asked.

"Her name is Aria, and here is her picture" She gave the phone to the Doctor and collected it back after few minutes.

"We have called you since a day before yesterday as they rushed the child here and you are just coming now Ma" The Doctor was so surprised.

"I have been so busy and that is why" the woman replied.

"So how is my child? Is she okay?" She asked with low voice. The Doctor closed the laptop, and faced her.

"She is in comma and we have put her on life support machine Ma" Doctor replied.

"Good that you have done that, so when will she wake up?" She didn't even feel remorseful at all.

"I can't say yet, everything is in hand of God now Ma" the Doctor replied.

"No problem, I will deposit some money now and you should carry on with the treatment. When she wakes up, make sure you call me again because I won't have time to be coming here" Doctor looked at her as she said so and she felt somehow because the woman was not behaving like a mother at all.

"I will go and do that, and I have to go now" She got up and carried her bag.

"Wait Ma, please are you the really biological mother of that child? I have my reasons for asking" the Doctor said and she too got up on her foot.

"Yes, I am the really biological mother of Aria. Hope no problem?" She replied with arrogance.

"In that case you need to be coming here often to stay with her, sing her favorite song for her, play with her and let her feel the warm of your body. Doing this, it can make her to come around quickly Ma"

"Oh! I don't think I can have time for that now because we are campaigning for my husband's election and the load is on me" She replied.

"Her father?" The Doctor asked.

"Her stepfather" She replied with low voice and the Doctor breathes in.

"I have to go now, thank you Doctor and take care of her" She said and going out. Sound of the door closed.

Aria was standing at the entrance door and looking at her mother going to her car. Aria was looking so sad and it was everything that she said inside the Doctor's office that she heard because it was at the window side that they were sitting.

She was not surprised with her mother's behavior because that was how she used to treat her. But, she couldn't believe that she could still do that at this point. Aria looked at her mother still she entered into the car, and the driver drove away. She cleaned the tears on her face, and she too leaving the hospital.

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Aria returned back to Henry's house, she opened the door and entered into the house. She met Henry in the living room with his laptop and busy reading.

"I thought you have gone" Henry said with low voice.

"I have nowhere to go too, also you are the only human seeing me" Aria replied with low voice and just sat down on the couch gently.

Henry closed the laptop as he saw that she was looking dull and unhappy. He was just looking at her, and not saying anything.

"I want to ask you a question, Henry" She said with low voice, just looking straight forward and so sad.

"What is that?" He asked with low voice.

"Do people just use to leave the person in comma just to wake up, no need to see him or her or talk to the person? Is it only the hospital that can be taking care of those people?"

"No! His or her family supposes to be with that person always. Let him or her be feeling their present, tell her the story she loves most, sing for her and do some other things. Even this love can make the person to wake up on time" Henry said with low voice and looked at her.

"Are you okay? Is everything fine?" Henry asked.

"My mother just came to the hospital today since a day before yesterday that I have had an accident. She didn't even stay longer and didn't brother to check on my body at all" she took a breaths.

"Doctor even advised her on what to do but she said that she didn't have time because she is busy with her husband's election campaign" Aria was really sad.

"And that is your father right?"

"HE IS NEVER MY FATHER" Aria replied with loud voice and didn't shift her eyes from where it be.

"He is her husband, my stepfather" she said with low voice and Henry breathes in.

"She hasn't showed me mother's love for a day and I don't bothered but I can't believe it that she can still did that at this point" Aria said and she was really sad.

"Where is your father? Who is he?" Henry asked with low voice and felt sad for her.

"I don't know him, she told me that he is dead but I know that she is lying" "IT'S A LIE" She said with anger and shouted.

"Why did you say that?" Henry asked with gentle voice.

"I always use to ask her to take me to my father's grave but she refused. She said that she didn't know where they buried him"

"But how can that be possible? The man you married to for good ten years, had a child for and said that he dead when I was five years old. And that was when you remarried" Aria faced Henry.

"So tell me, IS SHE NOT LYING?" She asked but Henry was unable to say anything.

"I am having the feeling that my father didn't die, and there is something wrong" Aria said loudly.

"Take water, drink and calm down okay" Henry gave her the bottle water that he was drinking. Aria collected it, and drank little from it.

"Calm down, maybe this is the time you will find out and unfold all the mysteries" Aria looked at Henry as he said so, and she smiled.