CHAPTER 6: APPROACH TO APOLOGIZE!

Emily’s POV:

I was looking at him startled while he gazed at me and stood there waiting for me to stand up and move back.

“Emily…” Someone called out but I was so lost in Aiden’s eyes that I didn’t bother to respond to that voice coming at the back.

“Emily Parker” Someone said out loud and I travelled back to Earth and realized that it was Mr. Martin’s voice.

“Um… Y – Yes, Mr. Martin?” I asked in nervousness.

“You should move back and give your seat to the new student. You must make them feel welcomed, you know” Mr. Martin said. I didn’t like that but out of respect, reluctantly stood up and picked up my bag while staring at Aiden.

“Move faster” He said arrogantly. I looked at him and wondered how arrogant he was. I kept looking at him and walked to the back of the room to find a chair for myself.

“Okay… Good” Mr. Martin said while Aiden sat down on my chair making my blood boil. He’s so arrogant. Why is he like that? I thought in frustration as I opened my book angrily and our class started.

As we had our first class of senior year, we all moved out of the classroom and I started walking towards the cafeteria with Melissa following me behind, calling out my name.

“Em… Wait” She said out loud making me stop and turn around.

“Let’s go to the cafeteria and talk” Melissa said.

“I don’t want to talk, Mel. I just want to eat something” I said distressfully and started walking.

“Hey… Don’t be so sad…” Melissa said as we walked towards the cafeteria.

“Guys… Em… Melissa…” Oliver’s voice came behind us and we stopped there.

“Wait for me” He said raising his hands up in the air while he moved his way through the crowd and to us.

“God… How many students have got admission this year?” Oliver said in frustration as he looked at all those students.

“Let it go… Come on” Melissa said to him and we continued making our way to the cafeteria.

As we took our lunch from the counter and turned around, we started looking for a table to sit and have our lunch peacefully.

“Hey… There’s a table” Melissa said and pointed towards the table in the right corner. Melissa and Oliver made their way towards that table while I followed them behind at a slow pace as I was not feeling the energy in myself mentally as well as physically. As I reached the table and placed down my tray there, I placed my hand on the chair to drag it back but suddenly a hand came and held the chair. I looked at the hand and then at the person whose hand was on my chair. My eyes got wide open when I saw the billionaire’s son, Aiden, in front of me holding my chair.

“Excuse me…?” I said.

“I am sitting here” He said in arrogance.

“But I – I got here first” I argued.

“So… I saw this chair when I entered the cafeteria” He said. Melissa and Oliver got restless and were about to stand up.

“But…” I started.

“Shut up and move away” He said rudely and I looked at him startled.

“Em… Come on we can sit somewhere else” Melissa said and stood up, picking up her tray.

“Yes… You guys can sit here. We can sit somewhere else” Oliver said and smiled at those four guys and left the table for them. Melissa came towards me and hit me with her elbow.

“Come on…” She whispered to me. I looked at Aiden and gulped but reluctantly moved away once again.

“This is ridiculous” I said in frustration as we moved on to another table.

“It’s okay, Em…” Melissa said as we settle ourselves down on another table.

“Melissa… He’s doing this on purpose” I argued.

“Yeah Em… I understand that. And he has a reason for that” Melissa said.

“What is the reason? I mistakenly took him as a fresher. Is this a reason?” I asked her.

“Of course, Em… Anyone could get offended by that. Once you will apologize to him, he will get okay with you” Oliver said.

“Yes… You must apologize to him, Em and then you’ll see how good he is with you” Melissa said with a hope in her eyes.

I thought about it for a while and added, “Are you guys sure that I should apologize to him?” I asked in confusion.

“Of course, Em… You did a small mistake. I know it’s tiny but you should clear yourself out from your end at least” Melissa said and I thought about it as she was right.  

I took a deep breath and added, “Okay… I think you are right…” I said and began eating.

“So… When are you going to him?” Oliver asked me while filling his whole mouth with the sandwich.

“I don’t know. Let me eat first. I can’t get my mind straight when my stomach is empty” I said and started eating in haste. They both nodded and we continued to eat.

After a while, Melissa jumped up and pointed towards those four boys.

“Hey, they are going” She said. I looked at them and gulped the sandwich hard.

“Come on…” Melissa said to me.

“Okay…” I said lazily and stood up. We hastily moved out of the cafeteria, following those four boys behind.

“Okay now go and say something” Melissa whispered to me while she hit me with her elbow.

“Wait a minute. Not here” I whispered back and we continued to walk behind them until we entered the hall where there was no one. I took the opportunity and moved quickly towards them while I noticed Melissa and Oliver walking away.

“Um listen…” I said as I ran a little towards them and they stopped and turned around. “Aiden…” I added and looked at him as he locked his gaze at me and crossed his hands against his chest waiting for me to speak up…

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