Gods and Goddesses {Book 1 In The Heavens Series}

Chapter 45: The fight

OMG!!! I am back!!! After how many months, I am so sorry everyone. School dragged me away but I am back. And this holiday is more than a month, so you will be seeing more of me. Enjoy and more info on this book will be written down.

I enter my house and climb the stairs, not bothering to switch on the light so as not to disturb my mother. Immediately my head touches the pillow, I am gone. I wake up and see a few missed calls from Chloe and some silly texts, which gradually turns to angry texts. I am confused as I continue scrolling my phone.

Chloe: Asher where are you?
            Are you alright?
            You haven't replied for a
            while now
           Asher seriously what's
           going on
           Asher why aren't you
           talking to me? I am your
           best friend
          Asher Josephine Sparks
          reply right now

Was I really gone that long? I check the time of the messages and yep for more than twelve hours. I decide to call her as I was too tired. I run downstairs surprised not to have heard my mother's voice for a while now. I reach for the fridge to grab a drink when I see a pasted note.

I know immediately you come back, you are going to come to this fridge to take something to eat, eating machine. I and your dad have gone out to plan something, we love you and do take care of yourself. We should be back by Wednesday, love you sweetheart and eat well. Even if I know I don't need to tell you that before you do.

I laugh imagining her writing about my love for food. What!! You can't blame me, it will be terrible for such good food to go to waste now. It's better I eat it all before it's too late. I get myself ready forgetting about calling Chloe. I do some house chores and once I knew the house was clean.

It was movie time!!! I start switching channel after channel, looking for the perfect movie. Then I hear a knock on my door, grumbling I walk to the door and look through the peep hole. Chloe stood there with a worried expression. I immediately open the door to reassure her I was fine and began thinking about the lie I was going to form.

"Hey BFF" I say

"Don't BFF me, where were you?" She asks

"I was at the library and I got lost in this oh so interesting..... " I start

"You were not in the library cause I checked there multiple times" She says

"I wasn't in the library all day, I also went to the cafe and went back" I say beginning to get nervous

"I was in the cafe waiting for you, remember my last text before you magically stopped talking" She says getting angry

Shit!!! She had wanted us to meet up and hang out. I had totally forgotten.

"I am so sorry Chloe, I totally..." I say

"Where were you?" She asks again

"I also went to the park to feed the birds, you know today...." I say

"You are lying" She bluntly says

"Huh" I say

"I checked everywhere for you Asher and when I say everywhere, I mean everywhere. I asked people of your other whereabouts that I may not know of, but no. You were not in any of them. Now I am going to ask this question one more time. Where were you?" She asks

Shit!!! I am going to get busted. No!! I am already busted. But she can't know, it's for her safety. Looking at my best friend's face as she asked for the truth, the simple truth but knowing I couldn't tell her was painful. Chloe hates secrets, I had often wondered how I had gone this long without her finding out.

"I can't tell you" I finally say

"Why?" She asks

"It's for your own good Chloe, just forget about it" I say

"What the hell are you saying? What's for my own good?" She asks

"Chloe just forget about it" I say

"How do you expect me to forget about it? My best friend is keeping secrets....secrets from me" She says with a look of disbelief on her face

"Chloe I am sorry but I can't tell you" I cry out

"What can't you tell me? We have been friends for more than five years. Have you forgotten our promise? No secrets" She asks

"I haven't. Ok I haven't, but you really can't know. I will be putting you in danger" I say

"What danger? Is there any danger I can't handle, no we can't handle together. Asher talk to me" She says

"I am fine. You don't need to know" I say

"You have been magically disappearing for hours, coming back really late. Yes! That's right. Your mom has called many times asking if you were over at my house. And I kept covering for you, telling her you were with me but sleeping. Where the hell do you go to Asher?" She says

"You don't need to know" I say hardening my voice

"Really!!!! You are my best friend for God's sake. It's my job to know what's going on with you" She says

"Chloe just drop it" I say

"So you really aren't going to say anything?" She asks

"No, I am not" I say looking away

"After more than five years of friendship, you can't tell me. We have had each other's back all this time Asher. We can fight through anything together. So what is this that you can't tell me? That you think we can't go through together?" She says tears strolling down her face as I give her silence in return

"Fine, if that's how you want it fine!!! Just stay away from me, I won't enter your life and you won't enter mine...." She says

"Chloe no!! Don't say that...." I say

"No!!! Cause if you are a real bestie. You will tell me, do you know how many times I have called you, texted you. Needing you at those moments but you were never there. You just disappeared or is it because of a boy!!" She shouts

"Chloe you know this can't be because of a boy" I say

"It was meant to be sisters before misters Asher. I don't care, I am not going to care anymore. Keep on making your mother stay up all night worried sick about you, make your dad feel disappointed in you and make your best friend cry because of you. But just know I am not caring anymore" She says angrily

She walks out and bangs the door hard. Was she really that angry? Did that mean we weren't friends anymore? I and Chloe have had fights but no one had to tell me before I knew this was serious. Only if she knew the truth. My best friend not been on my side is a serious pain in my neck, only if I could tell her. And I wasn't aware of how my parents felt about all this, I just thought they never noticed.

How could I be so dumb? Of course they will. Now they probably think am following bad company, taking drugs, dating some gang leader or something. I really didn't want to hurt anybody. But I hadn't thought about what will happen to my real world when I go to the Heaven's Dome. But I couldn't let go of either.

I have people I love in each world. I lie down against the wall, tears strolling down my face as I think of my best friend who may not be my best friend anymore. I think about my parents and how worried they may have been, not asking me about it because they were too afraid to hear that I have turned to a black sheep.

What have I done?

Hey guys, I am back and as I said you are gonna see more of me. Ok this book is going to end in the next chapter or the chapter after that. Guess what!!! There's gonna be a sequel. Yes!! Some of you may have already seen it coming but yes there's gonna be a sequel. I am sure y'all are thinking, you left us hanging for months and now you are starting a sequel. I am sorry and the sequel is not coming out immediately, I have been so busy with school work. But no worries by the end of this month, It should be out hopefully.

Love ya, hope you can tag along till the end and stay safe.