“See I had said it earlier. If only you had listened to me, then this would never have happened,” said Kristen on the other side of the phone.Sighing heavily, I grumbled, “Krist, don’t make me sink deep in guilt. I know it was a naive move to tell him that I was not showing up at school, but you tell me, what was I supposed to say? He kept on pestering me and I had to do something about it.”“Hmm! You got a point!”“See!”“So, what have you thought of doing? When are you planning to tell mom and dad?”“I don’t know. I guess I will wait until the event ends.”“You know what? You can go back in words, like he did. You can just come back to school and pretend like nothing happened,” she suggested.“No, no, I cannot do that. I cannot be in a place where I am not welcome,” I replied, being stubborn.“Stop talking nonsense. Let me tell you that these last few days every member of Aster’s squad has been coming to me asking about your whereabouts. Not only that, even Jessica and Newt both in
‘Aster?’ muttering underneath my breath, I let go of the dress and looked over my shoulder before seeing him a few inches away.He seemed as surprised as I was. I was still watching him, when suddenly Aadora walked past me, brushing her shoulder against mine.“Yes, I am taking this!” she announced, raising the dress in her hand.She was about to walk away, when I shouted, “Stop!”As I made my way towards her, she turned around and glared at me.“Oh! Come on, Prisha. Stop being ridiculous,” she grumbled.Snatching the dress from her, I replied, “You stop being ridiculous. I was the one who got this dress first.”“Prisha!” As Aster tried to talk, I raised my palm in front of his face and said, “Don’t you get into this, Aster. If you think teaming up with her can make her get this dress from me, then you are so wrong. I am not letting it happen.”“Princess!” Placing his hand on my shoulder, he leaned close to my ear and said, “I guess you know these people. So, isn’t it better for you to
Leaning on my elbows, as I stared at the yellow dress, I was overwhelmed with emotions. There was so much to say, but sadly, no one was by my side to pour it out.It was the event day and I was having mixed emotions as the dress I got from my buddy was not as I had expected. Deep down I was regretting telling him to get me the dress.‘Why did I not pick the dress when we both had gone shopping?’ I whined, and sighed heavily.Suddenly, my door was pushed and there stood my bestie who I was missing badly. “Krist! What are you doing here this early?” I asked, getting on my feet. “And what is that?” I pointed at the box in her hands.Handing it to me, she replied, “It's for you!” Wrapping my hand around her shoulder, I said, “Oh! Krist, you are truly a life saver. I can't believe it, just last night I complained to you about the dress bought by Buddy and you got me another…”“Woah! Slow down, Prisha!” She peeled my hand off her shoulder and added, “I didn’t bring it for you. I don’t eve
“And we are done!” When the beautician finally announced, I opened my eyes and turned to the mirror.Gradually, I got on my feet, looking at my reflection. Even though I had made it clear that I wanted light make-up, she had still painted my face with so many products whose names I couldn’t even remember.“Is… Is there a problem?” as she asked, I turned my gaze to her.“Don’t… don’t you think it's too heavy?” I stammered.“What? Are you kidding me? This is the most light makeup I have ever done in my life. And trust me, you are looking very good!”Even though I was not ready to believe her, I still nodded and glanced back at the mirror. This time it was not just the makeover, I checked my dress as well.As the note said, I found myself looking great in that lavender dress, but deep down a sense of regret was hitting hard and making my heart pound. I had a feeling that Buddy would feel bad for not wearing what he brought for me.“Princess, I…” when Buddy entered the room all of a sudde
‘What the hell is going on?’ musing, as I turned to Buddy, he took my hand and said, “This is our time. Let’s do our best!”Getting that it was not the right time to talk, I saved my interrogation question for later and got prepared to rock the stage. As we started to walk, suddenly an announcement was made, shocking me to hell. “Please let's welcome our today's guest of honour, Dr. Lewis Everdeen, who will be providing his services at our school this year. Dr. Lewis is going to take care of you all, so you need to respect him just the way you all respect our working personnel."Eyes widening in shock, nonchalantly I turned my head to him only to find a playful smile on his face. “Is… Is this the surprise you were talking about?” I stammered.Looking straight ahead, he replied,“Hope you like it. Now let’s focus on the stage. I don’t want you to trip and get hurt.”When we were done with our walk, we returned backstage. Suddenly, I was wrapped in a tight hug which nearly choked me to
*To make up for not updating for long, I am compensating for it with another additional chapter for today! Enjoy!*~~~~“I just want to talk! Please!”After hearing him, my hands came to a halt, and I could no longer escape him, even though I could. I did not know what persuaded me to stay and hear him out. Even after being hurt by him so deeply, I know I was a fool to do that. Sipping in a bit more oxygen than usual, slowly I turned to him. “Fine!” I folded my arms across my chest and added, “Make it quick. I don’t want to miss my best friend's performance.”Rubbing his hand on his pants, he then shuddered, “Why… Why didn’t you tell me he is your uncle?”Raising my brows, I asked him back, “And why is that suddenly important?”Planting his hands on his hips, he paced back and forth with no words. I guess he was struggling with words, but it already bore me. “I think you are done. I better leave!” saying, I had just turned to open the door, but suddenly he stood beside me and push
“Any updates from him?” When Kristen suddenly plunged beside me, I was dragged out of my trance with zero memory of where I was and what I was doing. To overcome my short-term memory loss, I had to scan around, only to find myself seated in the third row of the bus, heading towards school. Snapping her fingers in front of me, Kristen called me out again, “Hello! Prisha, back to earth.” “I am back on earth,” I replied, pulling my gaze at her. “I am just trying to figure out what part of earth I am in.” “If so, then let me help. You are on the school bus, going on an important mission,” she replied, chuckling. “Hahaha! Not funny!” “So, I was asking if there are any updates to the part which was left unanswered since yesterday,” she said, getting back to the main topic. With the urge to get a little bit of more oxygen, I gasped and then, with a heavy heart, I replied, “No, I tried calling him but he's unreachable. I don’t know if I was just overreacting or it was what it meant to b
With a heavy heart, I headed to my classroom. The first thing I did after reaching my desk was to take a glance at Aster’s class, but there was no sign of him. Sighing deeply, I tossed my bag on the table and plonked on my chair, not wanting anyone to come and see me. I was not in the mood for socialising with anyone. But Newt appeared before me out of nowhere with a smile which used to make my heart pound and butterflies linger inside my belly. I found out that his smile had lost its magic as it had no effect on me. ‘Was it because I was too stressed regarding Aster?’ ‘Or was it because I had learned my lesson of not falling into guys who already have a girlfriend?’ Whatever it is, I was happy with it as I didn’t have to carry panic alongside stress. “Hey!” Forcing a smile, I replied, “Hey!” “You were looking awesome yesterday. Really, I was not able to recognize you…” Getting the same compliments over and over from different people was making me sick, but controlling my e