The next morning Alex woke up with a yawn, thinking of what had happened yesterday he realized that he had already fallen for this new girl, he just shook his head as he made his way to the bathroom preparing for school.
Thirty minutes later he was already prepared for school, he was eating his breakfast smiling to himself, nobody knew what he was thinking, if the girls of his class were to see him now they would never believe it was Alex the handsome but cold and indifferent dude.The doorbell rang as Alex shouted, "come in".The door was then opened as Elizabeth and Eric walked in."Alex what was wrong with you yesterday," Elizabeth said pulling Alex's ear before he had the chance to say anything."Aww! Am sorry, I promise I won't do that again", Alex apologized making Elizabeth who was pulling his ear twist it harder before finally leaving him alone looking satisfied with herself."What are you laughing at", Alex said when he saw Eric who was by the side snickering.Some minutes later Alex was done eating, putting his bowl away he shouted "aunt am off to school"."Ok bye dear! , don't forget to pick up Rachael" his aunt replied from the kitchen.Alex shrugged his shoulders before walking out.Alex and his friends got into his car "don't forget to pick up Rachael" Elizabeth reminded him once again."Okay," he groaned.Driving of out the garage, he then drove to the next house stopping at the gate before honking loudly.Some minutes later Rachael hurriedly came out of the house " we are already late stop wasting our time" Alex said indifferently reverting to his old self, as he was smiling before Rachael came out.Rachael was shocked when she heard his indifferent tone, she wondered what she had done to offend the guy.Elizabeth who was in the car could only sigh helplessly as she glanced at Alex "why was this guy always mean towards girls" although she knew the reasons she could not help but ask herself again and again.Immediately Rachael got into the car Alex drive away at a high speed, the journey to the school was mostly silent as no one talked to each other so it was mostly silent.After about twenty minutes the car finally parked at the school garage as they stepped out of the car and hurried to their class as they were late, although Alex had driven at s high speed on his way, coupled with the fact that there was traffic and other unforeseen circumstances it had taken them over twenty minutes to arrive at school so they were late.During the entire morning, all the teachers came in and thought them their respective subjects.Soon the school had closed as the trio coupled with Rachael departed the school and went home together, Alex was still cold and indifferent towards Rachael as he was to his female classmates.Soon a month had passed, and although Rachael had gotten closer to Alex's friends and had also gotten a little bit closer to him he was still cold and indifferent towards her, although they went to school together he was still cold towards her.Time flies like the wind, says an adage, as it was now over six months after Rachael moved to Cambridge and had been attending All-star high school, she had received many proposals and love letters from many boys in the school, but she had coldly rejected them, because of this, she had been subjected to a certain amount of bullying, Alex had never for once intervened when she was bullied, even if she was bullied right in his front he would just observe coldly without doing anything to help her, this made her even more determined to know where his problem lies.Alex on the other hand, loved Rachael but won't tell, he loved her so deeply that most of the time he would almost show her his other cool side but he did not as he believed that all girls are the same, so he had always made sure he suppress his chaotic emotions before he talked to her indifferently with an icy voice.Elizabeth knew that Rachael loved Alex, she had tried to tell him but his indifference had always made her jeep her mouth shut, she just hoped that Alex won't regret it, as that was the thing she was the most worried about.One faithful day in the cafeteria Alex and Eric were eating while they were chatting happily, although Alex maintained his straight face and did not laugh at any funny words Eric said he continued to chat with him, that was Alex's character when he was in school or the presence of others other than his two best friends or his aunt or his best friend parents."Why don't you come and sit with me" a voice suddenly sounded within the cafeteria, everyone looked back to the source of the voice only to see Harry the school bully beckoning to Rachael.Harry was the third most handsome dude in the whole school, but he was a bully and had a gang that beats up anybody who refuses to listen to his orders.Everyone sighed as they had already gotten used to Harry bullying everyone, this time he was trying to bully and humiliate Rachael, so they all watched with interest.Elizabeth who was with Rachael knitted her brows before replying "she won't come and seat with you" before dragging her towards where Alex was seating, they had just entered the cafeteria to rake their lunch but she never thought that Harry would try to bully Rachael if only Alex would intervene and help Rachael, but unfortunately, he wouldn't.Although Harry had never bullied Elizabeth due to the fact that she was Alex's best friend, he wasn't afraid of her but was afraid that he would incur Alex's wrath, everyone was surprised as to where Elizabeth's confidence had come from.Harry waved his hands as his underlings surrounded them before they could reach where Alex was seating, "Elizabeth, I was not talking to you so keep that damm mouth of yours shut" he yelled at her before turning to Rachael "come and seat here with me don't allow me to force you and don't blame me afterward" he said to her."As Elizabeth had said am not seating with you" she replied fiercely.As all this drama was going on Alex was still eating his food calmly as nothing in the dispute had to do with him, as long as Harry did not touch Elizabeth he naturally won't interfere in the dispute.Harry knew Alex well that as long as he did not touch Elizabeth he wouldn't interfere in the dispute, knowing this he had planned to ignore Elizabeth after he had yelled at her."You leave me with no choice but to force you" Harry continued after he heard Rachael's reply signalling his gang to bring her."Harry what a bully you are, and also it seems like you don't know your limits" Alex suddenly spoke up interfering in the dispute before his gangs could do anything to Rachael.Everyone looked at Alex, he had never intervened when anyone was bullied even if it was Rachael, but today he had finally done that, everyone could see that Harry had ignored Elizabeth by the side, they were not sure as to why he had intervened."Harry gritted his teeth before replying "but I didn't do anything to your friend why are you still interfering"."Why am a still interfering" Alex mused aloud mockingly, "I can wish to interfere that's none of your concern and I can also wish not to that's also none of your concern, and also can't you see that you are hurting my friend" he replied.This statement put everyone into amazement as they did not know who he was referring to as his friend, but he was not referring to Elizabeth but Rachael.Elizabeth sighed in relief when she saw that Alex had finally intervened, she was originally worried that he would not intervene and would allow Rachael to be humiliated, although this was not the first time he had watched her get humiliated she hoped that he wouldn't ignore her this time.Harry gritted his teeth before signalling his gang to leave Rachael his eyes glittering with hate.The two girls made their way to where Alex and Eric were seated, sitting down beside Alex she said "thanks for the help".Alex didn't even glance at her before standing up and leaving the cafeteria, nobody knew where he was going.Rachael glanced at the departing figure of Alex before turning back to Elizabeth and Eric."Do you know why he's so mean and cold towards me?" she asked them, although she knew she wasn't the only one he was cold to, he was also cold to the others, except his two friends, she had also heard about how Lydia betrayed him but she had never bothered about the full story, but after toady's incident, she wanted to know more about what had happened so she asked.Elizabeth and Eric sighed as their expression turned grave, they had always thought that Rachael would be able to help Alex, but it seems like they were wrong, it seemed to only be their wild wishes, although they did not know why he had suddenly intervened today they hoped his heart had finally wavered, although they were not sure they still hoped so."What happened not long ago that Alex like this was all because of Lydia I hope you also know about that" Eric finally said after a moment of silence."Alex of before is a very nice guy, loving and caring, he wasn't cold and indifferent to anyone rather he treated everyone equally and was a jovial person, but ever since he had fallen in love with Lydia, he had taken her so seriously and had showered her with the love and care as he could to the point that all girls were jealous of her" Eric continued."But it was all a farce, Lydia didn't love Alex at all, she was bent on breaking his heart" Elizabeth interjected as she knew more about the incident, no one knew how she knew about that part, even Eric was shocked on hearing her statement but did not talk because he knew that Elizabeth had never lied so what she said was the absolute truth.Rachael was shocked on hearing what they had both said "but that did not state why he's so cold and indifferent towards her girls", she asked them."She had been cheating on him with James, Alex knew nothing about it, slowly the rumour that Lydia was cheating on Alex spread throughout the school, nobody knew who released the rumour, when Alex heard the rumour he decided to ask Lydia about it, Lydia admitted that the rumour was true, she then told him that he was a trash and scum, Alex couldn't believe his ears, he tried to ask her the reasons behind her actions by he was embarrassed by Lydia in front of the whole school, he was then asked by James who was by her side to scram as he had supported her, Alex had no choice but to leave as he did not want to fight James just for the sake of a girl" Elizabeth continued."Since then his attitude had become cold and indifferent as it took him weeks to get out of his traumatized state, he then had concluded that all girls were the same and swore never to fall in love again, he also prevented girls from getting close to him, if not for the fact that Elizabeth was his childhood friend she would have also got the same treatment from him," Eric said as he had taken over from Elizabeth.Rachael was stunned when she had the true story so the guy had been through a lot, she could not blame him for his coldness and indifference towards girls, he had been betrayed by the person whom he thought loved him, " but not all girls are the same, I will prove that to him" she said to herself.As she thought about this, Eric's phone suddenly rang loudly, everyone in the cafeteria turned that look at him, ignoring everyone he picked up his phone, seeing the caller's ID he frowned, why was Alex calling him, he thought.Picking up the phone "are you Eric" a female voice asked from the other end of the phone. Eric frowned when he heard the voice he did not know who the person who was talking was, after contemplating he replied "yes I am". "Good, your attention is needed, the owner of this phone had an accident and has been rushed here to Cambridge north in Alexis hospital and we need to operate on him so we need someone related to him to sign some papers," the voice said. Eric's face increasingly became ugly when he heard the information, Cambridge north was not far from their school, how had Alex been involved in an accident, "ok I would be there soon" he replied in a grave voice before hanging up the phone. Rachael and Elizabeth looked at Eric anxiously "what's wrong" they
Alex opened his eyes to the beeping of the machine as he looked around, he was unfamiliar with the place he was, he tried to remember what had happened last before he fell unconscious it then occurred to him that the last thing he saw was a truck hitting his car, he then looked around once more before he noticed he was in the hospital, some familiar figures were sitting close to him and even a female figure among them was holding his hands, two of the figures noticed his gaze before they jumped up to hug him as if he had been missing for long, naturally, that was Elizabeth and Eric, then noticed that the figure holding his hands had left it abruptly after she noticed he had woken up. Immediately he saw the figure intently, string of memories poured into his head, he remembered that after he had helped this figure out when she was bullied in the cafeteria his emotions had gone out of control, leading him to go out of the school, he was unable to focus when he was driving because of the
"Come on guys let's go visit Rachael," Alex said much to the shock of his friends.Staring at him wide eyes opened, they looked at him in shock "he wants to visit Rachel at home", where they dreamed."What's wrong with you guys"."Nothing, nothing" they both replied."Then stop staring at me like that and let us proceed", he continued."But why do you want to visit her, you've never stepped into the boundary of that house since she moved in, or is it that our dear Alex has finally fallen in love" Alex's aunt interjected teasing him."Why can't I visit her she was by my side when I was in a coma even refusing to go to school it's just normal for me to repay her act of kindness" Alex pouted in reply."Well well somebody has finally fallen in love but is refusing to admit it" Elizabeth by the side also teased him, making Alex go in red in anger.Alex turned to look at Eric who was by his side and had yet to say anything."Why staring at me like that I was not the one teasing you," Eric sa
"Do you know where she has gone," Eric behind Alex asked the gardener calmly when he saw that Alex was no longer able to think clearly? "ERM, I also don't know where she went, I only knew that yesterday, she packed all her luggage and moved out with a woman, who seems it was her mother" he replied."Thanks very much for the help," Eric said politely to the gardener.Alex had sunk into a deep abyss of no return, the instant he heard what the gardener said, Rachael had moved out with her mother, but to where? what had happened for her to move out without saying a word to him? he asked himself. She had never said a word about it to Alex, even though she thought she would be able to stay in Cambridge for over two years, but who would have thought that her mother would suddenly come and ask them to move out, this time her mother was in such a hurry, she did not have any time for an explanation nor allowing her to bid farewell to her friends. She quickly composed a letter, and left it for
At the Randolph hotel in Oxford, Rachel and her mother had finally stopped for the night, so they lodged in the hotel, they would continue on their journey the next day, up till this moment, her mother hadn't told her where their destination was, lying on her bed Rachel thought about her last moments with Alex although he hadn't told her he loved her she still felt that their moments together was romantic, she did not know when she fell asleep.The next day Rachel woke up early, as they continued on their journey, four hours later they arrived at Bangor, there was a university in Bangor, so Lydia decided to enroll in the university. She enrolled in the university there, this time around her mother was living with her, she would come home every day, naturally, Rachel was surprised that her mother had started living with her, she was very happy about it, she did not ask her mother the reason behind her stay at home, anytime her mother came home, she would teach Rachel some self-defense
Looking at the pair of a male and female sitting down and enjoying the scenario by the lake, one could not help but feel a sense of jealousy, the two figures looked so much in peace, that they seemed to forget what time was, or how many people looked over at them, they were in such a tranquil state that it was as if they did not know what was going on, it was as if that they were not a couple from this world, it felt like they were a couple from another world that came to take a vacation on earth. Many people who had passed by, looked at the two sitting by the lake in such a tranquil manner, and could not help but feel somewhat jealous of the two, it seems like they were a match made from heaven.The young woman sitting by the young man was so beautiful, her looks mesmerized all the males passing by, to the point where they were left in confusion, "how could someone be as beautiful as that?" that was the question that appeared in their mind, the young man also sitting by her side was s
Rachel frowned when she heard what they said, those men even called out her mother's name, next they said that she was wanted by the organization they work for, it sounded ridiculous to her, she never had dealings with any organization, nor did she offend anyone, her mother had never told her anything that had to do with an organization, she was very confused, she did not know what to do."No need to worry about what they said, I'm sure your mother hid some things from you, she would tell you sooner or later," Alex consoled her, when he saw her confused expression, he had already guessed what she might be thinking.When the men heard no response, they had no choice but to barge into the house, proceeding inside, two of the men stationed themselves outside by the door, while the remaining six proceeded inside.Hearing the sounds of the men barging into the house and then forcing their way inside, Rachel's breathing became rapid, "control your breathing, if not, they are sure to find us
Rachel who had been sitting motionlessly for about an hour, thinking of her past, suddenly jolted out of her thoughts, it was the doctor who had tapped her, standing up she looked at the doctor expecting some information from him.The doctor who had been in the operation room for about an hour, was sweating, smiling at Rachel "he's fine now, initially, there was a blood clot on his head that was why I asked them to rush him to the theatre room, if it was delayed, he would have a brain hemorrhage," the doctor said when he saw Rachel's questioning gaze.Thanking the doctor, she immediately rushed into the ward only to see that Alex was sleeping, he was lying on the bed on his back, there was a bandage on his head, and also on his right arm where he had a major injury, the others were just minor cuts or bruise, looking at the figure sleeping peacefully, tears flowed out of Rachel's eyes, she was crying silently.Today was supposed to be the happiest day of her life, it was her graduation