Untold Struggles

Chapter 5

They came to the arcade and Vernon went to the counter and came back with one big bag of coins.

“Everytime when I’m feeling down, coming here always works for me.” Vernon mentioned, “Come, let’s play my favorite game.” Vernon dragged Audrey to the basketball machine.

Even though Audrey at first really do not have much mood to play with Vernon, but after awhile, she really felt a lot better, especially after Vernon continuously influencing her with his joy, care and concern. They spent the whole day at the arcade, from the basketball machine, to the dancing machine, the racing game, toy catcher, etc, etc. Gradually, both of them were having a whole lot of fun with one another, laughing at the little silly things they did in the arcade.

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While walking her home under the late night, “Thanks for being there and brightening up my mood today, I really enjoyed myself today and had a lot of fun. Thank you.” Audrey said to Vernon.

“Well I had fun today too, and the most important thing is that you are feeling better, and that is good enough already.” Vernon smiled, “but well, even if that didn’t work, I always have another way to make you laugh”

“Which is?” Audrey puzzled.

Vernon went to Audrey and whispered into her ears “that is…..” and suddenly tickled her on her side, and ran while laughing away. Audrey twitched and started laughing, and chased after him, trying to get her “revenge”.

Audrey tried to tickle him back, and in the end, Vernon laughed and held on to her hands so that she won’t succeed in it, and thus holding on to her hands all the way until her house, in order to not let her tickle him.

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Staring out of the window in her room…

“I tried to forget about him, I tried so hard, I thought I could do it. But everything that I do just seems to remind myself about him even more. Why must I be so weak, I told myself to not to think about him anymore, but I just couldn’t!”

“You are not weak, I believe you can do it, just that you need time. It takes time to heal, just know that you are not alone. I know it is not going to be easy, that is why I will always be around. If not, I also won’t be here now, right?”

Audrey felt touched in her heart by the words of Vernon, realizing that someone who no matter what, will be there for her in these hard times. With this, she knew she is being treasured.