“One sec” I stopped him. I looked at him, got frozen.
“Today there’s a party. I will tell you about the venue. Will you come?”
“Sure, I will come for you.” For me? I didn’t expect this answer.
After an hour I met hazel at a shop. “Is that boy coming?”
“Yes, yes, thousand times yes. Can we go to another topic?”
“Okay, sorry. So, can we take some dress?” I nodded and entered the shop. There are many nice outfits but I don’t think it suits me. Most of them are short. I never wore anything like that.
“Are you going to take this or not?” she pointed her hand at a glittery black dress that will come above my knees?
“Um... I am looking for some cosy dress”
“Are you having a girls’ night? Take this please.” I looked at it and I think I can give it a try. We exited the shop and went straight to the party. I hope he will come. I searched to see him but I could only see many uncountable teens are drinking, kissing, hooking up etc... when I turned away from them, hazel was gone. She went without telling muttered with frustration. I took my phone and messaged Maddy to come here. I need some company which should be here.
“Stella,” someone called me slowly.
“Hi Chris,” he looked at me twice. “You look so beautiful.”
“Thank you” I tried not to blush, but I did.
“Can you accompany me? I have never been to the party”
“Same as me” he took my hands and sat somewhere alone on a couch away from the others. I don’t know whether a boy like Chris never met at a party. He’s a perfect boy and it will be sad to hear if he’s single.
“Now I already about me, talk about your family or anything.”
“Nothing much interesting to hear”
“I am not looking for an interesting story, just talk”
“I am a single child.”
“Oh, same as me. Anything other than that?”
“Nope. So how are things with Adam?”
“What... I don’t want to talk about that.”
“No, actually, Adam is trying to talk to you. Look ahead.” I turned from Chris, and Adam is looking at me and waiting.
“Adam didn’t speak a single word after that thing happened”
“Maybe he wants to. If you don’t want, I will talk with them,” He volunteered willingly.
“No, I don’t want you to intrude in this.”
“It’s okay I am going.” he got from the couch and walked straight to him. I didn’t take a single move to stop him. I also don’t want to hear their conversation. I saw them speaking normally, but suddenly Adam looked furious and slapped Chris. Temper raised inside me. I will surely kick his ass. Chris gave no reaction after he slapped him. Adam looked afraid.
“What the hell do you want?” I yelled at him. It’s difficult to raise my voice in high party music.
Adam ignored my question. “Who are you, man? My hand hurts like hell”
“Answer me,” I yelled again.
“I just want to talk to you and ask sorry. Why is the interrupting me?”
“He’s my friend. I asked him to talk to you. I don’t want to see your face”
“You are changing Stella, is it because of this stupid friend?”
“Don’t you dare talk about him? I think I should have not loved you.” I let out my real feelings for the first time. I never, ever had this much courage.
“What? Are we breaking up?” I looked down, not answering anything. I am trying not to cry.
“She said, she doesn’t want you. Now leave,” Chris spoke this time, wrapped his arms around my shoulder.
“I didn’t ask you. You answer me Stella” I know I should tell you something. I think I will rather be alone than with a backstabbing boyfriend.
“YES,” I said out loud. He looked stunned for a minute.
“You are going to regret it. Do not trust him,” he yelled furiously and left. When he left, Maddy spotted me and ran towards me. She looked confused, not knowing what happened. She reached the party at the wrong time.
“Do you want to go with her and relax?” Chris asked me. He doesn’t know Maddy, but he can guess it from the way I looked at her. She’s my stress buster. I nodded.
“Take care of her,” he said to Maddy.
“And…” he added.
“Don’t take your ex-boyfriend’s word. You can trust me”
“What happened?” Maddy asked after he left. I hugged her, not telling anything.
“I will give you time, don’t worry dear” we got out of the house to get some air. I told her everything, and we sat in silence.
“You did the right thing. You should be happy now. “
“Really…” I frowned. I felt like I wasted all these years with the wrong person.
“Yes, let’s enjoy the party. I will teach you,” she grabbed my hands and went inside.
“Here, drink this,”
“What’s that?”
“Don’t act innocent, it’s just champagne”
“I won’t drink,” I shoved away.
“No, you should. I am telling you this. Whatever I said will be good for you. So don’t resist” I took the glass and drank. Maybe I am trying to have some fun hereafter. But I forgot about Chris.
After some shots, I spilt the drink. “Hey, don’t you like it?” Maddy asked.
“No... I mean yes, but I need to find Chris.”
“Oh cool. You can’t live without seeing him,” she smirked.
“He’s my friend. A friend. Don’t misunderstand it.” I left with that word. I searched and searched and can’t find him. Suddenly someone pushed me. I am standing near a room. It opened, and I fell.
“Can’t they see clearly” I got up, and I heard a voice nearby.
“You should be here. Your intention is purely evil,” someone said, approaching the room.
“The voice seems familiar,” oh I should hide somewhere. I went inside the closet and closed it.
“It’s not my intention. Iam just working for them. I should finish my task and you are interrupting me,” Chris said, entering the room followed by professor Alaric. What are they talking about? I should have not hidden here. I tried not to make any noise.
“Whatever you say, I won’t let you get it.”
“Then I won’t leave here without it.” Chris stubbornly said.
“Try me, I rather die than give it to you”
I have no idea what they are talking about and why the hell a professor is at a party. So weird. I can’t understand Chris. He’s hiding many things. Iam sweating in the closet, I should go out. I am insane. I can’t open the closet. I will be caught. First of all, I should have not drunk. Iam feeling giddy.
The argument stopped for a minute, and something crashed into the room. I surely can’t look at it.
“I now know your weakness, Chris. Remember, I can kill you,” the professor says, and there’s no reply from Chris.
“But I won’t kill you. I will escape from here while you stay here,” the professor murmured to himself and the door slammed shut.
I opened the closet and saw Chris laying on the floor. His hands are on his other arm, holding tightly with pain.
“Chris, what happened. Why he is hurting you?” I asked him.
Instead, he looked shocked. “What are you doing here?”
“I came here looking for you. That’s not important. You need to go to the hospital,” I told, glimpsing his arm.
“What’s that?” I yelled. There’s no injury or blood, but his hands look like some sort of mechanical machine. The skin is peeled off, revealing android like parts. Just the one part of his hands look like that. He immediately hid it. “No, there’s nothing here. Please leave now,” his voice barely audible to me.
“No, I won’t, what’s happening with you?”
“Stella, understand me. I will explain it to you later. Leave now,” he shouted this time, and I took some steps backwards with a hurt look and ran away. I should have not run away, but what’s wrong with him.
Who is he???
Maddy saw me crying and running like a crazy girl. “What happened again?” she asked with sympathy, but I ignored her and ran straight into our professor. If Chris can’t answer it, then Alaric should tell me whether or not he wanted to tell. I am pissed off by Chris. He is an unpredictable man and I don’t know why I can’t ignore him. I want to know about him. I ignored me three times since I met him.I grabbed the professor’s shirt collar without being feared of him and without thinking of any consequences. “What the hell you did to Chris. Why did you hurt him? “ I shouted in front of everyone.“It’s not a place to talk about this and why are you even caring about him?” he spoke silently, which only be heard by me with an uncomfortable look.“No, I need the answers. I saw him. He looked different. I..I mean he is not injured, but I saw something different about him. It’s like some robotic parts in his hands,” I
“From the outer space,” he added.“What? you got to be kidding me. I came here for the truth, not to hear something crazy,” I laughed off. I believe in cyborgs and outer space, but I can’t go around everywhere and trust whatever anyone tells.“I am telling the truth and I trusted you, only you,” he shouted and everyone turned to our side. I think he’s serious. I got nervous. “Okay Chris, calm down. I am sorry. I think you need to explain more,” I talked silently.“I said the truth. That’s all.”“That’s all. That’s all you are hiding. Then what’s your connection between professors. Why do you have a fight? Why he dies?”“I have nothing to do with his death. He knows I am not from here and he sees me suspiciously because I already told him I have a mission to finish and it is…” I stopped him.“Confidential. You can’t share. I know that. So, you met up with an accident and become a cy
I attended the call “Stella, I need you at our lab. Nothing serious but need some help.”I hesitated for a minute. “Yeah, sure coming” I cut the call, and he is standing next to me.“who’s that?” Chris asked.“That’s my friend. I should go now,” I said without looking back.“Mind if I join you”“Why... I mean okay”“Thanks, and other things never talk about me to anyone.” he sounded serious but not threatening.He locked the room, and we reached her house after some minutes. I told the guards that he’s my friend and they let him go inside.“What’s going on, Maddy?”She looked annoyed. “Why you got him here?”“He said, he want to accompany. Is that a problem?”“No but I don’t think I can trust him” she was talking, but he went inside without an invitation. Bella was struggling with some work and he walked towards her.
I opened my eyes and saw Maddy going somewhere out.“Hey, where are you leaving”“I am...” she stammered and stood still. I got up from my bed, confused.“Are you angry that I got Chris here or kissed him? And are you keeping secrets because of who he is. Did you lose your trust in me?” I suddenly spoke about all this.“I didn’t know you kissed him and well, I was about to go to LAPD without your help because you don’t care about that. You should have come yesterday, but you went to see Chris so...” she trailed off.“Yeah, I understand. You go on your own. Fine. Good.”Hey. don’t be mad at me. I thought you were not interested in solving this?” She spoke calmly.“Who said, I am not? I really want to know about that. I am so confused right now” She said nothing and hugged me. “I understand you. trust me. I won’t try to leave you again.”“And also, I don’t see
We walked holding hands together and reached the crumbled looking house and got inside a splendid room.“So, you want to change your clothes?” he took one of his shirts and gave it to me. I hesitated and went inside the bathroom. I am embarrassed about walking out of the room in his shirt, which is above my knees. I stepped out, and he tried not to see me. I sat next to him in bed.“I was just thinking maybe we can take a break like going to a theme park or something tomorrow.”“Really, I never thought you would ask something like that. I’d love to,” he grinned. “I never enjoyed it and I want it to be with you.”“Why me?” these words escaped my mouth.“I don’t know. You make me feel something. I never helped anyone or tried to be nice to others. That’s not who I am. But now I am acting differently when it comes to you.”“Then who you have been before? If not a good person…”
We celebrated like a festival and I have never been this happy. we smiled, laughed, and finally reached the destination. We got out of the car and got the best view. Everyone’s happy around us and more rides to enjoy. I hold on to Chris’s hands and we two walked in front of my other friends.“So, everyone’s going to separate, right?” Bella asked excitedly.“Separate, why separate?”“As a pair or couple,” Scarlet added. "That's good, I take it as a couple," I replied. Me, Chris, in one way, Maddy, Alex in another way.The day went so exhausting and fabulous." I want to go to Ferris wheel now," I asked Chris.“At first we should eat now”“Really, can you eat?” I asked cause he’s a cyborg.“I can, you already saw me eating,” he left me in the crowd and kept waiting. Suddenly someone bumped me in the crowd. I fell a minute, opened my eyes the next moment to see professor Al
“I can’t take you there in this state,” Chris said, not convincing.“Then, I will drive by myself” I yelled and got up with pain in my legs. "Fine, don’t be stupid. I will take you there. Guys, get in the car," he said to me and others. Iam glad he’s convinced. I do know what I have to do.We drove to the grave, and I tried to manage until we reached it. I stumbled to get out of the car. Chris caught me." Thanks." I started walking up to Alaric’s grave. Alaric doesn’t have a family, so we are the only ones who want to know what happened to him. I still wonder why am I searching for who murdered him. I started digging with my own hands because I can’t wait any longer.“Stella, you got to be kidding me. You cannot dig with your hands,” Chris said and everyone joined to dig it. Finally, we reached the coffin. Shivers ran down my spine when I was about to open it.“I can’t do it,” I said, getting my hands awa
“Bloody hell, I’m going to die in a spaceship,” I murmured, closing my eyes, thinking I could go back to the way my life has been. My past is no good to think but neither is this situation. I sat down next to Chris and felt so dizzy. "Are you okay?" Chris placed his hands on my shoulder." I don’t think so. It’s getting hard to breathe".“I don’t think we are going to end up like this. Sorry for fighting with you today. I mean it.” he sounded sad.“I’m sorry too, but it doesn’t matter. Soon I’m going to die without air.”“Don’t talk like that. I have the courage and I can’t lose you.” he hugged me and there’s a sudden collision on the spaceship. Each one of us tried hard not to lose balance. "What's happening? ".“We are going to be saved” Alex sounded happy. He added can see the surface of the earth. we are back. I don’t know-hows that happened, but it did." I rushed to him and I