Chapter Seven

The next day, I felt Leigh pulling both of my legs upwards while I am still on my deep slumber. I opened my right eye to look at her and the latter is already bathe and dressed. While groaning, I push her using my feet and she immediately squeal when she fell down on the floor. I chuckled as I turn to look on the other side, wanting to go back to sleep but she smack my legs right after she stands up.

“Stand the f*ck up and don’t mourn inside this room, you b!tch!” She exclaimed.

I frustratedly get up from my bed to sat down, giving my friend an absurd look. “And who says I am mourning?”

Everleigh roll her eyes upwards before she kick me on my legs a little then throw me a towel. “Pick yourself. We will be showing that as$hole that you are fine without him.”

I watch how Everleigh walks towards our wardrobe then she started screaming while ranting how her night was boring last night and on how Nathan pick her off from the crowd. I heave a heavy sigh before shaking my head while picking the towel she threw at me.

“And guess what, he even blackmailed me to show my wasted face in front of my crushes if I won’t treat him for a week, that bastard, how did I even pick that man as my friend when he is a whole pain in the as$! Ugh! I am so frustrated at this early hour of the morning and my wholesome mood got wrecked because of that damn text messages of your friend, tell me, Dionne Fay,”

I look at Everleigh when she slide her head out from our walk in closet, looking at me seriously. “Do you know a country where killing is legal?” She went back inside the closet. “Because seriously, I am willing to spend the rest balance of my bank account just to get rid of that weirdo-“

I closed the door as soon as I went out from my room with my towel over my nape. It is still early in the morning but Leigh is very loud as hell—and I seriously don’t want to listen at her the whole time. Her voice is screaming and sharp, I could not handle it this early. Though living with her for years, that scene is very usual already but come on, not today.

While checking our dining table, I open few trays and notice that she cooked already. I grab a plate to put on some cinnamon roll on my plate before grabbing a box of cereal I can eat for breakfast. While preparing everything, my phone rang so I look around, trying to scan where my phone is.

“Where did I put it last night?” I asked to myself.

Later on, Leigh came running out from my room, raising my phone. “Here!’

I said my thanks to her before she went back inside my room, giving me a wink. I blow a little bangs off my face before sliding my phone to answer Mansrael.

“Man, I still have Levi’s bike with me, wanna come to school with this?”

I can seriously imagine how Rael is wiggling his brows right now with a playful smirk. I look at my room’s door before walking towards the kitchen and a hint of excitement is already visible on my face.

“You seriously can handle Levi, right?” I asked in whisper.

Rael is now laughing from the other lin. I hiss before shaking my head but I can’t deny that a smile is slowly creeping inside my face.

“Not me, but you of course.” He said then right after that, the line went off—leaving me dancing in front of the kitchen top with my box of oats.

“Ah, I miss.”

***

“Yeah!” Rael and I screamed as soon as he parked the bike roughly on the parking lot.

There are students who noticed us but we took off from as if no one is watching us and we are just both enjoying our life. With a wide smile, I remove my black helmet and it automatically released my long and wavy brown hair. I shake my head first to put my hair on place before holding the helmet on my side. Rael just took off from the bike, removing his helmet before we shared a funny high-five.

“That was so high!” He exclaimed, referring to that speed we had a minute ago. Leigh is still maybe driving the car going to the university and I rode with Rael as what have planned. She was even throwing rants at me since she even prepared my clothes to be used for today but since I planned about riding with Rael, I picked my black cropped-top and I put on my leather jacket and black jeans. I decided to wear my Leather Ankle Boats to pair up my style.

“Give me your helmet, let me put it inside my car.”

I gasped. “You left your car here yesterday?”

He give me a little glance with a playful smirk. “As I should.”

I decided to wait for Rael on this place while he is putting our helmets inside his car on the other side of the parking space. I cross both of my arms over my chest while checking my phone, wanting to call Everleigh but two people caught my attention.

Coming inside the university gate are two people both wearing the same smile while holding each other’s hand. I saw how the woman lean on his shoulder as they continued walking and Elric, even though he has scars on his face, is still smiling widely—which I realize, it did not came up like that when we were together. A bitter smile escape from my lips before turning around to wipe the single tear that falls on my left cheek. I sniff sneakily before someone could even saw me but it was all inside me when I saw our literature Professor from yesterday. He is wearing a white button-down polo with books on his arms.

He is looking at me with an obvious furrowed brows. I look away immediately before turning back at where I was looking earlier.

Did he saw me? I thought to myself until Rael came back while circling his key around his finger.

“Let’s go?”

We both walk towards the building where our first class will be held. I look my eyes around, before looking down on my vibrating phone.

“It’s Leigh.” I stated which made Rael stop mid-way.

I swipe my phone to greet her until she does a weird sound from the second line. “Where are you two? I thought you’ll be waiting for me at the parking?”

Rael laugh, hearing Leigh annoyingly states that so I look behind where the parking is, checking if I still can see her. “We are on our way for class! I didn’t know we’ll wait for you!”

Now, I can feel that Everleigh is already rolling her eyes upwards then a heavy sigh comes next. “Whatever. I also just wanted to make sure that Rael took you here safely and I guess you are fine since you left me here, this unfair b!tch. I am not your best friend anymore?” And now her voice shifted dramatically.

Rael grabbed my phone from my hold before he put it on his ear. “Come on, Everleigh Maricar. Don’t be so dramatic.”

“Yah!-“

I wasn’t able to hear Everleigh’s next words when Mansrael dropped down the call already. I laugh, imagining how Everleigh looks like inside the car, furiously mad.

“You know she can roast you later, she was in a bad shape earlier about what Nathan did to her and now you, you guys are bunch of dorks.” I muttered as I walk back.

Rael laugh once again before putting his right arm around my shoulder, pushing me close to him. “You seem to forget that I am a professional Everleigh handler.”

With a little laugh, I shake my head as we head inside the building side by side. There are few guys who greeted Rael and I bet they both came from the same University Club. Rael ushered me to go to our first class first since they are talking about something else so I agreed.

With my black hand bag, I carry it with my right hand until I reach the elevator. Since I am on the first floor, I waited for a little while for it to go down since I am not also in the mood to use the stairs. It opens so I went inside and was about to close it when someone hurriedly push the button from the outside, making the door open once again.

From there, I saw that familiar face from my same class. She is wearing a long earrings and silver-fitted dress that highlights her curves and I smiled inside, thinking she got a nice taste in fashion.

She is busy tapping on her phone now and we are both silently riding the elevator until she screamed. “Yah! I swear, I am not gonna forgive you about what happened with my car. Dad knows it alrea—what? Nikolai, I am not kidding this time, bring it back! You are not ruining my chance to Mister Damian, right?” And now, her voice is about to cry.

I furrow my brows a little. Did she meant that literature Professor?

“Come on, give those papers back, he will need it. No, Nikolai, you are not gonna stop me from him! Ugh! You are the worse brother ever!”

The elevator opened and she immediately went out, leaving me alone inside. She don’t seem to notice me as well so I just shrug my shoulders up before I follow her to our next class. As I open the door, a bag being laid on top of a chair is already in front and a book also being laid on top of the table.

I look around, trying to find Levi and Nathan’s shadows but Nathan is the only one there, sitting alone on their row. He is on his phone so I walk towards him and sat next to him.

“Yo!” I greeted in sassy.

He raise his look at me before he turns his head around, as if he is looking for someone.

“B!tches be out of their minds, did you ruin Levi’s bike?” He asked immediately.

I furrow my brows before I shake my head once. “What? Of course we didn’t!” I exclaimed, pushing him on his shoulder.

I then stand up from the chair to transfer on the place from yesterday—thinking that it was not my place to sit on.

Alaric will probably be there. I thought.

While waiting for the Professor, I grab my phone from my bag. I already bring my things today—not wanting to experience another batch of shame in front of the same people. As I scroll down on my social media, I notice that Elric and I are still connected with each other. I was expecting that he unfriended me already because of what happened yesterday but it surprises me to see him on my feed—but with Mhaureen though.

When it slowly began too much to handle, I look up when someone took the chair next to Nathan and stands there is Levi with a grinning Mansrael.

“Man, look at her, I told you, she started the plan on riding your bike here to scho—“

“What? This piece of egg yolk, you called me first!”

“Hell, nope. You were the one asking me to drive it off!”

I give Rael a wide glare, but the latter is just smiling playfully, making me want to pinch him off hard right now. Levi look at me this time, so I immediately shake my head.

“Trust me, I did not—“

“Good day, everyone.”

Everyone wens talent when the owner of that voice came in with a folder on his left arm. I bit my lip as I watch him piling some papers up inside it before he raises his gaze.

“Can I ask Miss Nicollete to distribute these papers to the respective owners?”

Murmurs started to play from the different women inside this room, envious on how the Professor called Nicollete’s attention. I watch how the latter walk down the center aisle with class before she reached the center table.

They both talk in a low voice so I could not hear what they are talking about. But as Nicollete began to distribute papers, Mister Dawson is thoroughly checking a certain paper from his hand and an obvious annoyance is very visible on his face.

“Can I call for Miss Dionne Fay Laurier?”