Next day. Aiden woke up, went for a run, took a bath and had breakfast. It was normal except for the rain that started in the middle of his jogging, because of that he was drenchee when he came back. Today was the day of the graduation ceremony. He got ready by wearing his new suit and looked in the mirror and was satisfied with what he saw. He looked outside and saw that the rain had stopped then he left the apartment along with his backpack.
After 40 minutes he was walking out of the metro station when his phone rang. He took it out and saw that the call was from Ivan.
"Hello." He said after answering it.
"Where are you? "
"Outside the metro station. "
"Stay there, I am coming there. " He cut the call after saying that. Aiden moved to the side and started waiting.
Within 5 minutes he saw a black Volkswagen polo coming, he walked closer to the road so that Ivan could see him easily. The car stopped in front of Aiden and he entered the front passenger seat. After the car started moving Aiden asked.
"Is Clark not with you? "
"Nah, he is coming with his family. "
Aiden opened his mouth to ask something but Ivan beat him to it.
"Did you and Emma break up? "
" Ya, how did you find out? "
"The group, it is a hot topic. "
Aiden took his phone out and opened the chat app, there he saw that on their batch group there was a 3 digit number indicating unread messages.
Some chats in the group were so bizarre that his blood started to boil and all of this was from the same account. There was no name displayed for that account so he called to know who this person was but the phone number was not working. He sent a message to that account but no reply was received even after it was seen. It was then everything became clear to Aiden, he checked the past chats of the unknown account and found that it was only present in situations like the present one.
"That bastard is spreading bullshit." He said.
"Who? " Ivan asked.
"Harry, he wants to destroy my day."
"Oo, the boyfriend ex boyfriend fight, are we going to punch him? "
"No, why should I play along. I am going to Keep my cool the whole day. "
"...Ya, great plan" He said sarcastically.
The remaining time till they reached the college they spent by talking about miscellaneous things."
They went to the auditorium and sat with their other friends. Many people asked him about his breakup, some people asked questions just to make him angry and it took all his willpower to keep his cool.
" He is watching us from behind. "Ivan said to Aiden.
"How is his face?"
"Looks as beautiful as a pig." Ivan said while laughing, after turning back Aiden also joined Ivan.
After some time the graduation ceremony started. It started with a long queue of boring speeches. Then it moved to distributing graduation certificates and momentos. Top 3 scorers of each department were called one after another. Aiden was also called as he was the 2nd top scorer of 'Business Administration'. Then came a presentation of the things that happened during their batches time at college after which the remaining students were given their certificate. Then came lunch followed by the time for taking photos.
The last event was a football match between the graduating batch and rest of the college, for which Aiden was a spectator. The match ended with a win for Aiden's batch.
Now Aiden was in a restaurant with his batch mates. The hotel was booked by them for the night, there was food, drinks, dance and games. Aiden was sitting with his friends talking about their future plans. Aiden could see Emma and Harry at some distance with some friends. Harry was smiling but Emma looked uncomfortable, Aiden tried to ignore her but something found himself looking that way, also he caught Emma looking their way and it was at this time Celina asked something to Aiden.
"Are you really not going to tell us about your future business? "
"Actually, I am not going to start a business. I am joining 'Tigor motors'. There will be an interview to decide my position. I wanted it to be a surprise for everyone but now there is no need. "
"Yeee. A drink for the Aiden getting employed. " Ivan said loudly before drinking another glass of alcohol.
"Will you stop? You are going to fall down soon. " Celina asked.
"Yes mom, just 2 more glasses." Ivan said to which everyone laughed.
Celina opened her mouth to say something but her phone vibrated before she could start.
She checked the message and stood up,
"Guys, I am leaving. Ishan is waiting in the parking area. "
"Me too. "Aiden said and the others also followed except Ivan.
" Nooo, let's drink more. "
Aiden and Clark responded to it by dragging him towards the lift.
Some of them got off on the ground floor and the others continued toward the underground. They split up after reaching the ground floor as some have to go in different directions. Aiden, Clark, Ivan and Celina walked in the same direction. When they were close to Ivan's car a young man got out of a nearby car. Celena went and kissed him.
"Hai guys. " He said.
" Ashiq, how is your work going?" Clark asked.
"It's ok." Ashiq was 3 years older than them and worked as assistant director in the movie industry."
After some small talk all of them entered their vehicles and left that place. Aiden got off at the metro station and Clark continued with a sleeping Ivan at the back seat.
Since the time was close to 12 the available metro and bus were very limited. Aiden was standing in the bus stop near SM park, he had to get off there because there was no bus going through the route near his house at this time. It started to rain while he was on the bus. Aiden decided not to wait for the rain to stop and started walking. He shortly regretted that decision, the rain and wind became so heavy that the umbrella in his hand became useless.
Aiden had reached a junction when he noticed a person on the other side. The person was wearing a raincoat and had started to cross the road without looking to the side. Aiden looked to the side and saw a vehicle coming towards the stranger. It was coming very fast and an accident was certain. Like a reflex action Aiden started to run towards the stranger shouting but his voice got lost in the heavy rain. Aiden dropped his umbrella and bag and noticed that the vehicle(car) had reached so close to that person but still the person didn't notice it.
At the last moment the car applied its brake but it still continued its movement and turned sideways. In the last minute Aiden was able to pull the stranger towards the other side but he was not able to stop himself on time. Side of the car hit sent him flying and Aiden lost consciousness.