Chapter three
Lilly POV
After what seemed like forever, the class finally kicked off, as different lecturers kept coming in and out of our class for teaching, and at some point, I felt like screaming my lungs out. For goodness sake, they're frustrating me. Hours later, lecture was finally over, and without wasting time, I arranged my bag, and hung it on my shoulder, before standing up, after which I headed straight to the door, before storming out, with Nina, walking beside me. Gosh! I'm so damn hungry, if only I had known that they were going to take forever to get done with the lessons, I wouldn't have made the mistake of coming here without eating, gosh! Not that we have foodstuffs at home though, now I feel like I'm going to faint anytime soon. "Urgh! That was one hell of a lesson. I was already suffocating in there." Nina whined, as we walked through the hallway. She's so damn lazy, she's worse than me, but I feel the same though. Those teachers are just some bunch of frustrations. "And the thought of having test tomorrow makes me cringe, like urgh!" I cringed, and she chuckled. For heaven sake, what's funny about this now? I love studying, but it's natural not to like a particular lecturer, right? Our literature teacher disgusts me, and the thought of having his test tomorrow, makes me wanna strangle him to death. He's just too strict for my liking. "Not that you can avoid it though. I hate that man more than devil himself." Nina ran her fingers through her hair. This girl is damn crazy, even more than myself. "I'm famished, so right now, eating some food, is the only thing on my mind. Why don't we go visit the restaurant downtown, who knows, luck may just shine on us, but I don't have a dime on me." I groaned frustratingly, while tamping my foot on the floor. "I really want to eat some good food today, but there's no foodstuff at the dorm, and I don't have a dime on me either, what do we do? Is this how we're going to die of starvation?" She whined, while dragging her feet along with me. "I don't know." I heaved a sigh. This is what we go through almost everyday, stranded without food. At times we have to go hungry all day, and at times, we go to bed without eating, but no one ever know what we're going through, as we always smile, and act like everything is fine. What do you expect from two best friends, who are born with an iron spoon? I don't have any means of income, neither does she have, she's on a scholarship, same with me, we're two people from same world, stuck in poverty, it's crazy, right? But that's the truth. "I have an idea." She suddenly said, once we stepped out into the veranda, and I couldn't stop rolling my eyes at her, knowing she wouldn't come up with something helpful. She's only going to worsen the situation, and listening to her, is the last thing on my mind. "Just shut your mouth Nina, let me think of something. Not that you're going to come up with something that'll help us." I scoffed, while clutching my hands on the hands of my backpack, as we walked through the veranda. Racking my brain to come up with something that can help us, but I just couldn't come up with something. "How about we go eat at a restaurant, and run away? We'll go back and pay when we have the money." She smiled foolishly, as she suddenly stopped to look at me. I glared daggers at her, and shook my head unbelievably. Is she kidding me or is she being serious right now? How can she even suggest we do a thing like that, huh? For heaven sake, we're two adults, even if we don't have money to eat, doing something as shameful as that, shouldn't even cross our minds, right? "What?" She shrugged, and rolled her eyes. "You're unbelievable Nina, how could you even suggest we do a thing like that? What if they trace us to the dorm, and disgrace us? I can't do such shameful thing." I said dismissively, and started walking away. "Hey cmon, not that we're gonna steal it, we'll still pay back, just to save our lives for today." She whined, as she kept tugging on my arm, as we walked through the veranda. "Urgh! Nina can you just let me be please?" I groaned frustratingly, as we finally started climbing down the staircase. Nina can be very crazy when hungry, not that I'm different though, but suggesting this, isn't a good idea, I'm having a bad feelings about this. "Please Lilly, my ulcer will soon....""Argh! It's ok...fine...fine...I'll go with you." I said frustratingly. She's always fond of getting me to do what she wants with this ulcer stuff of hers, and it's so annoying. The truth is, Nina is an ulcer patient, the doctor advised her to eat good food, and make sure not to stay hungry. "That's my girl." She squeaked excitedly, and hugged me tightly, before grabbing my hand, and started dragging me away. "Let me go." I cried out, while running with her, but she didn't listen. After what seemed like forever, we finally got to the restaurant, and I glanced at her, giving her an 'are you sure about this' look, and she gave me an assuring smile. Taking a deep breath, I watched as she pushed the door opened, and we walked our ways in. Stepping inside the fancy restaurant, the aroma of delicious pasta, filled my nostrils, as I found myself, salivating. I just couldn't wait to have a taste of it.There were a few people around, making so many chairs empty, and walking over to the set of chairs, close to the door, we sat down. I guess you know why we choose the seat close to the door, right? We ordered for four plates of pastas and two chicken laps. At least, if we're gonna do this, we should eat to our satisfactions, right? Few minutes later, the waitress served us, and we started eating. We made sure to take our time, in order not to look suspicious, and after almost thirty minutes, we finished our food. After gulping down some water, I cleaned my mouth with a napkin, and damn, I feel so alive again. "When I count one to three, we're running." Nina leaned in on me and whispered, while I nodded in affirmation, as we both stood up. "One...two....three!" She said, and in a flash, we turned to run, when I collided into a strong surface, and fell roughly on my butt. Oh shit! We're screwed...Chapter 30It's midnight and I'm still yet to fall asleep. A lot of things have been running through my mind and all effort to get some sleep have proven abortive. Even if I wanted to shut my mind out of all distractions and get some sleep, I couldn't do it as I always found my mind drifting off. For hours, I've been having the delusion that someone is watching me, I feel like I'm being watched by an unknown creature and I must confess that it's really driving me to the edge of craziness. Why would anyone watch me? It's late in the night and everyone should be asleep, right? Letting out a sigh for the umpteenth time, I sat up on the bed and glanced at Nina who was fast asleep on her bed, she slept so peacefully and I wished I could get a peaceful sleep like her too. The sudden violent wind from outside motioned the curtains violently and penetrating the room and I realized that the windows were left opened. Nina was the last person to sleep yesterday, she must have forgot to close th
Chapter 29I thought my dear friend is useless, but turns out that she wasn't entirely useless. Nina told me about a job vacancy in a company, and I'm so going to apply for it. I learned that there's slot for part-time secretary and I'm so going for it. "Remember this, first impression counts most, so you have to do your best and impress them," Nina said for the umpteenth time, adjusting the collar of my shirt. Of course, I'm wearing something professional, a black skirt and a white polo shirt. Well, all thanks to Nina I have to dress like this. What would I have done when she was on my neck to dress like this, even after knowing that I'm not yet employed in the company. "You've said that like a million times already, and j always told you that I will remember that each time you had said that, so can I go already?" I asked frustratingly and she smiled, straightening my chin with her fingers. "One more thing," She excused herself and rushed to pick her body spray, almost emptying th
Chapter 28The thought of the incident from earlier keeps replaying in his head and he just couldn't help the scoff that keeps teariing through his throat. He keeps wondering where the guts came from, he had been wondering where the girl came from, no one dares to do that and to think that the person doing this was just an ordinary human, keeps driving him crazy. Raising his gaze and staring deep into the mirror, his red eyes penetrated the mirror with anger written all over them. His breath thickened as it now came out in grunts, he was just trying so much to control his anger and he didn't know how long he'd be able to control himself. He closed his eyes briefly and threw his head back, trying to calm down. Of course, he knew what would happen if he happens to lose control of himself. He washed his face and changed his clothes before he finally left the restroom and straight to the exit door. Stepping out of the restaurant, he walked over to his car and drove out of the place afte
Chapter 27Raising her gaze to check who she had just bashed into her eyes almost popped out of their sockets at the sight she beheld, it was Kai. She clenched her fist and gritted her teeth as waves of anger flashed through her. She couldn't believe that she had just lost her food to the bastard again. "You again?" She scoffed while pointing out her index finger at him and bit her lower lip, trying to control the waves of anger that sparked through her. Her eyes darted to her food that was now staining the beautiful and well-cleaned tiled floor, she closed her eyes tightly.Meanwhile, Kai stood rooted to the floor with his hands tucked into his pockets while staring at her blankly like nothing had happened. Is he being serious right now? "Are you mad, huh? You just made me lose my food, why the heck didn't you look where you were headed, huh? Why do I always have to bump into bastards?" She yelled angrily, glaring hard at him but what annoyed her more was the fact that he was just
Chapter 26"Here..." He said, holding out something, and taking my gaze to his hand, my eyes almost popped out of their sockets. Wait! Isn't that my hairpin? "Wh...isn't...""I'm cool, aren't I?" He asked, and I scoffed. I snatched it from him then opened the door and stormed out of the car. I wanted to thank him, but hell no! After all, he made me pass through because of this hairpin, I can't thank him again, not now and not forever. "Hey! Not even a thank you?" I heard him yell at me but I strode to the entrance door and entered the dorm, not sparing him another glance. He can stay there for all I care. I strode through the hallway, till I got to the front of our door and I pushed the door open before making my way in. Stepping into the room, I breathed out as I threw myself on the bed, a smile laced up my lips. Seeing my hairpin in my hand, I couldn't be any less happy. I remembered how I cried my eyes out when I lost it, and having it back now, makes me kind of happy. I know yo
Chapter 25Lilly POV I stopped abruptly on the spot, as I was welcomed by the least expected person, it was that jerk that threw my hairpin away, if you're still confused about who I'm talking about, then it's our new coach. Wait! How did he know about this place and why's he here? "Hello, aunt!" He smiled at mom like a gentleman he's not, while I just scoffed unbelievably. This dude is obviously losing his mind, and this whole thing is confusing, it's damn crazy. "Hello young man, I don't think I've seen your face before, how may I be of help, please?" Mom asked him, and I chipped in. "Mom..., go have some rest, I'll take it up from here." I said to mom, and she gave me an 'are you sure' look. I nodded, giving her an assuring smile and with that, she turned and walked back inside, while I stared at her till she was out of sight. I sighed softly and turned to glare at that jerk, who was still standing in front of t