I reached home at around nine thirty at night. It was not exactly home to me. I lived in a small two room rented apartment which was enough for me. The owner was a grumpy widowed douche who was too impatient with the rent.
I inserted the key in the hole and opened the door. I flicked the lights on and closed the door behind me. I was tired. I didn't know why but I was damn tired.
I already had my dinner at a restaurant and I was full. And so I just needed a warm bath now.
Summer break was right around the corner and I was very excited. Tomorrow would be the last day of college until after the break which was for about three weeks. Many of my classmates were to going to go home to meet their family. And some of them were going on family trips to different countries. Thank God, it would be a nice break from seeing the arrogant faces of my classmates everyday.
I went into the bathroom to take a shower and brush my teeth. After putting on my comfortable pajamas which I loved so much, I walked out of the bathroom.
I stood in front of the mirror, drying my damp hair with a towel. I ran a hand through my dark brown wet long and straight hair and patted it back into place. I had brown eyes and Olivia thought I was skinny, maybe it was because I forgot to eat often.
After drying my hair off, I turned off the lights and went to bed. I fixed my alarm time of five in the morning. I was an early riser.
The next day, as I said I would, I woke up at five. Everyday I went for a jog. Really, that was the only time I get to exercise. College starts at eight and I go jogging for a good one hour or so.
Olivia joined me sometimes as she didn't live far away from my house so I jogged to hers. As I reached her apartment, I knocked on her door. I didn't hear any sounds from the other side which could tell me she was awake, so I tapped the door again.
I got the same response and finally I gave up and pressed the doorbell. It rang loudly, so loudly that I was sure all the people in the building heard it. I winced as the entire building was dead silent.
I touched the bell again but before I could press it, a sleepy Olivia opened the door. I immediately noticed her red eyes and bags under her eyes.
"What are you doing here?" Her hoarse morning voice asked me.
"Um...you want to go jogging with me?" I asked. I didn't think she would. I meant, she looked horrible. She was probably up all night doing god knows what.
"Um...okay. Wait for a minute," She said and disappeared into her dark room.
"Are you sure? You should sleep, you look horrible," I said as I entered her living room. She was not there so probably she was in the bathroom.
After five minutes or so, she reappeared looking fresh and slightly less horrible.
Olivia was beautiful. She had dark wavy hair which looked pretty on her and deep brown eyes. She was a senior in State University.
"Let's go," She said as she finished lacing up her shoes. I headed out and she followed behind me, locking the door and keeping the key in her jacket pocket.
"You know I had gone on a date the other night?" She said as we walked.
"Yeah. What happened about that? I completely forgot," I said. She had told me that she was going on a date with a cute guy a couple of days ago. She had ditched our movie night for it.
"It was the most horrible date I ever had with anyone," She admitted, shaking her head. "The guy was a total jerk."
"What happened on the date?"
"We had a movie date. And I didn't even get to choose the movie. And do you know what film it was? The Human Centipede! I mean who in the heck takes a girl to watch that on a date?!" She shuddered.
"Yeah right, a total jerk." I agreed with her.
"I have not even finished yet. He next took me to dinner. And he was the grossest eater ever. He ordered his food, told me to order mine- that's fine but after that he started cracking his neck, winking at a random girl and asking me about my past boyfriends and if I had sex with them or not. He was also hinting that I should hook up with him later that night. And you should have seen how he ate." She made a disgusted expression.
"Like a pig?" I asked, biting down on my lip to keep myself from laughing.
"Yes. He ate like a pig! And he burped loudly. And after dinner, he didn't even order dessert! You know how I love dessert?!"
"I know." I said, glancing at her with amused eyes.
"And when it came to paying, he said that he forgot his wallet at home and so I had to pay for our food. I mean in any other case I would've been fine with paying but he didn't have to lie to me if he didn't want to pay. He literally paid for the movie tickets in front of me, that dumb guy."
"That was one horrible date no girl should deserve."
"Yep. And after that he didn't even bother to drop me home. And it was nearly one in the morning."
"Really? God, he's such an asshole."
"Yeah," She said and a comfortable silence settled between us as we jogged down the streets.
"Julie, what about you?" She blew out air through her mouth.
"What?"
"You never went on a date, did you?" She asked, slowing down.
"Nope."
"Why?"
"Nobody asked me out."
"And you would have turned them down anyways." She said, trying to calm down her breathing. I slowed my pace to match hers.
"Yup."
"Why?" She asked me again.
"Well, for one, nobody even knows a girl who went by the name Julie James exists. And two, each and every guy in my college is an arrogant jerk."
She chuckled. "That way you won't find anyone. Not everyone is like that. You judge too quickly."
I huffed. "Well, I don't need anyone."
We continued the rest of our walk silently. And after about half an hour or so, I returned to my apartment to get dressed and ready for my last day of school. Today was Friday and the party was on Saturday. Screw the party, I didn't give a crap about it.
I put on a cream coloured top with skinny jeans and pulled back my hair into a high ponytail.
College life was boring. Unlike other students who had an awesome college life, or so I heard, I hated it. I dreaded getting up so early for it, though I was not complaining and I was willingly waking up at five in the morning. College or not.
And having zero friends there was another reason why I hated college. I had tried to make friends earlier but it was of no use. The girls in my school weren't exactly what I could call a friend. All they did was gossip or talk about boyfriends and that thing about them was very irritating. Not all of the girls were like that though, but I guess I preferred to keep to myself most of the time. The boys weren't any good either.
Life didn't revolve only over these things. There were so many other things important than that. But oh well, nobody here matched my level of opinion. So I gave up on making friends. I wished Olivia was in my college with me. Some of the better lot are just friendly to me because they pitied me, as I was an orphan and had to work to pay the bills. I didn't even know how almost half of the college knew about my situation.I walked to my first class and as always and as everyday, the day flew by slowly.
As I entered my last class of the day History, I saw Ashley glaring at me. She leaned over Ryder, her boyfriend or more like bed buddy and whispered something in his ear. She glared at me again and I saw Ryder doing the same. If looks could kill, I would have already met my parents.I ignored them and walked to my seat. The class started and I paid attention to the teacher, as usual and took down important notes.Soon enough, the day was over. I heard the plans of the other students. Some were going to holiday abroad. Some in Hawaii, others in India, Bhutan, Africa, Switzerland, London and other countries. In other words, places I had never seen or been to and places that I would probably never see or go to. I envied them for that.Almost my whole class was going to party today at a frat house. I wasn't invited.I would be at work as usual and then at my home.I didn't stay in the campus for long and soon enough I was walking through the familiar s
"You sure she lives here?" Olivia asked, looking around us to see if anyone was there. We were outside Ashley's house. It was 11:39. We had half of our faces covered under a black scarf. We could easily pass for burglars. I just hoped we didn't get caught."Positive," I whispered to her. She nodded and stepped forward."Hey, what are you doing?" I asked as I pulled her back."Going in, of course. How are we supposed to get your revenge without going in?" She asked in a 'duh' tone."We can't go in through the gates. What if we get noticed?""Well there is no other way inside other than the gates.""Follow me," I said.I circled around the house searching for an easy entry. But I found none. The whole house was surrounded by high walls. They were not so high so maybe we could climb up."We'll have to climb up," I stated and turned to find Olivia staring at me in horror."Maybe I didn't tell you this but I'm afraid of heigh
My eyes opened to reveal the familiar surroundings of my room. But there was too much light here. I quickly shut my eyes again, the amount of light unbearable. I blinked a few times and my eyes adjusted to the light.I tried to remember what happened and the previous day burst into awareness. It was Saturday.I rolled over, eager to feel my soft bed on my back, but I was greeted by nothing but air."Aah!" I screamed as I fell down from the bed on my back. I quickly got up.My back hurt. My eyes drifted to the clock on my bedside table and my eyes widened in shock. It was nine in the morning.What happened to my 5 am wake up policy?I had to be at the café before ten!I quickly grabbed some clothes and a towel and went into the washroom. I quickly brushed my teeth, getting rid of my morning breath. I showered quickly and made myself some toast and omelette.After breakfast, I picked up my bag and locked my apartment. I wa
Liv had a car which her parents had gifted to her when she was sixteen and since then she had been using it. It has being over five years now and the car had visible signs of being old. But it was still a nice little black car."When are we going to reach?" I asked. It had been over half an hour and we were still driving through the New York roads to reach to her friend, Wilma's place."Are you so excited that you can't wait to reach there?""You wish."She rolled her eyes. "We're almost there." Liv replied, excitement evident in her tone. What a party animal.She pulled up in front of a large mansion with high walls surrounding it and a black intricately designed gate which had two men in black on either side of it.Liv unbuckled her seatbelt and glanced at me. I still had my seat belt on."Why aren't you getting out?" She asked while smoothing out the corners of her dress which perfectly fit her. Her dress on me was a bit big but st
"Do you need anything, miss?" I heard a voice behind me and turned towards the source. I saw a young man dressed as a waiter looking at me. He was probably the one who asked me."A glass of water would be fine," I told him. He raised his eyebrows at this probably wondering why I wasn't having a drink at this party like the other people."Are you okay?" He asked as he filled a glass with water."Yeah. What time is it?" I asked.He looked at his wrist watch for a second and looked back up at me. "It's almost ten," He said and extended his hand towards me, holding the glass of water. I took it from him."Do you know where Wilma could be?" I asked him, not sure whether he knew or not."She must be somewhere here. It's her birthday and cake cutting is yet to take place in a few minutes so she must be somewhere around here. Is she your friend?""No. She's my friend's friend. She's Olivia's friend, I mean.""Oh," He said shrugging. "I
I went to the bathroom but there was no one.I was about to leave when I heard some abnormal noises and I knew it was Olivia."Olivia?"I heard a low groan from inside. I knocked on the door again."Olivia? You there?"Nobody replied, instead I heard the toilet being flushed and the door cracked open. I immediately stepped back. Olivia tumbled out of the toilet.I caught her before she could face plant herself on the floor."Jelly!" She shouted in my ear and I cringed at her loud voice."Don't shout. And my name is Julie, not Jelly."I put her one arm around my neck and helped her out of the toilet."Where were you, July? I missed you a lot!" She said, clearly ignoring what I said to not shout. Her mouth reeked of alcohol and I stopped breathing for a while. "You know I played this dare and truth with Wimla. And I got this naughty dare to kiss a guy. And I enjoyyyyyyyyyyyyed it! Wimla was..."Before she cou
We were in such a horrible situation where I doubted we'd even be able to reach home and she was more concerned about the five inch devils."Olivia, shut up. Take those damn heels off."When she made no effort to take them off, I glared at her. "I'll let go of you. And maybe even leave you here alone. You don't want that, do you?"We both knew I was not going to do such a thing but it was worth a try."Idiot." She murmured as she bent down and took it off and carried it in her hands. If I would have been her, I would have chucked them in a bin.I saw the red lines on her feet. "Why do you wear them if they are so painful and uncomfortable?""I love them. And I don't have many heels. And they also make me look tall and sexy." She clutched her stomach."Are you okay?" I asked her.She immediately let go of my hand and ran towards the washroom. I followed her and saw her puking her guts out in the toilet. Ew.I looked
"Julie," I heard someone whisper to me. I stirred a bit before losing myself to sleep in the silence."Julie!" This time the voice was a bit louder.I opened my eyes slowly. I didn't see anything. It was dark. Or maybe I still had my eyes closed. I opened them furiously, widening them till they were the shape of saucers."Julie," I heard the same voice coming from beside me. I turned my head towards my left.There she was. Olivia."Hey Olivia. What're you doing here?" I asked, smiling a bit at her, my eyes wanting to close shut for forever.She gave me a disbelieving look."Did they hit you on your head?""What?" I asked."We're kidnapped!""Wait, what?!"I looked around, the previous day flooding in my awareness.I was in a room. Thank God Olivia was with me at least.The room was big and it was dark. I could hardly see anything. I could make out a bed in front of me and the windows were clos