"The Long Lost Love"
CHAPTER 4
Soon itâs Solstice night and everything is ready. Gaius, Adrian, Serafine, Jax and Kamilah wait at the station for the train to Ebenezerâs castle . Everyone is there except for Adeeba. Her friends are waiting for her since a long time.
âWhere is Adeeba??!!!!â, Kamilah asks angrily.
âThe train is about to come and she hasnât still arrived yet.â, Serafine says.
âIs she really not going to come with us?â, Jax asks.
âSheâs also not picking up our calls and replying to our messages.â, Adrian says.
Gaius is silent. He is really worried about Adeeba. The train arrives and they all are about to enter, when Gaius speaks,
âYou all go. Iâll come with Adeeba. Iâm going to find her.â
âAre you sure about that?â ,Kamilah asks.
âYes.â
They all nod and enter inside. The train leaves. Gaius stands there all alone.
âIâm going to find you, Adeeba.â, he says.
He begins to search for Adeeba everywhere from Central Park to Times Square. He even texts her and calls her, but she isnât picking up. He gets more and more worried about her. He canât find Adeeba anywhere.
At the Liberty Island, Adeeba is standing and looking at the ocean water. She really doesnât want to attend the Solstice night. Not because she misses Lily, but because of other reasons. She wipes her eyes as tears begin to fill her eyes. She doesnât say anything. She knows her friends are enjoying the night and sheâs happy for them. Right now she doesnât want to happy, she just want her answers. Everything that Gaius told her echoes in her mind and covers her ears as she doesnât want to think about it more and more.
Gaius goes to her home and finds the door locked. He really gets frustrated. Then after several hours of searching for Adeeba, he decides not to attend the Solstice celebration and instead goes to his home and falls asleep as soon as he hits the pillow.
When he wakes up the next night, he checks his phone and sees countless call from others, except for Adeeba. He gets up, gets ready and goes to Adrianâs office. There everyone gives Gaius an angry expression as soon as he enters.
âWhy didnât you come with Adeeba, last night?â, Kamilah asks angrily.
âWhat were you doing last night, huh???!!!â, Jax asks as if he going to kill them.
âWhere were you ??!!â, Adrian asks.
And why didnât you picked up our calls??!!â, Serafine asks.
âWell Iââ,heâs cut off as Kamilah asks him.
âOh my God??!! Did you and Adeeba ---â, before she can complete, Gaius speaks.
âNO!!! I didnât do anything with her. I couldnât find her. I searched for her everywhere, but still I couldnât find her. I texted her and called her, but still no response. And when I couldnât find her, I went back home as I was tired and slept as soon as I hit the pillow and thatâs why I didnât pick up your calls.â
âCouldnât you just tell us about it before. You--â, Jax cuts Kamilah and says,
âWell, youâre of no use. Weâve to find her on our own now.â
âYes.â, Adrian replies.
âI wonât find her with you, but I still will.â, Gaius says with a determined expression on his face.
âAnd why would you do that??â, Kamilah asks.
âBecause I really care for her.â
Thereâs a moment of silence as everyone stares at him. And by the look on his face, anyone can say that he truly loves her.
âFine.â, Serafine replies.
The others exchange surprised expressions.
Gaiusâs heartbeat fastens , he balls his hands into a fist. Heâs going to find his Adeeba at any cost and bring her back.
In a dark alley, a person walks drunk and singing a song and laughing for no reason at all. Itâs Adeeba. She doesnât even walk properly. And suddenly, she starts crying as her past memories hit her.
âWhy God? Why me? All I wanted was to live a happy and comfortable life. I never thought that I would be a vampire. I never thought that the supernatural exist. IâŚ.I wanted to get my dream job, marry, start a family and then die. But now..Itâs not possible. I regret not enjoying the sunlight. I always used to complain about it. But now I miss it so much. I miss being normal. I miss my old life. Why did the others think that it would be good to bring me back to them? I just wanted to die and I was ready for it. But I donât know why? Why it all happened? And what is Gaius trying to tell me? Why canât he tell me everything at once? Why does my heart beats fast when he is with me. Why I love spending time with him and get shy whenever he looks at me? WHY??!!â, she asks and starts to cry.
Then she feels like someone is with her. She thinks that itâs Gaius. She turns back with a smile on her face. But it isnât Gaius, itâs someone whom she didnât expect to meet here.
âYou?? Whatâre you doing here?? she asks.
âThe figure just smilesâŚ.












