Chapter 2

“Alright guys, that’s all for today’s lecture. You all can leave now.” The professor said as he closed his laptop. His comment was followed by several sighs of relief and even yawns. The students were tired out after the two-hour-long lecture and all they wanted at that point was just to get out of there. 

Siana was sitting in the back of the classroom and had started to pack up all her stuff. She didn’t have any lectures for an hour so she just wanted to relax and stay alone for some time. 

Just as she had thought, she did get several weird looks and whispers from people but no one dared approach her. They were just talking about her or giving her judgy eyes. It was also the reason why Siana-someone who always sat in the front rows- decided to sit at the back to avoid everyone and sit quietly for some time. 

She was about to leave and had packed up all her stuff when suddenly she heard footsteps approaching her. She ignored it cause people were walking around her anyways and got up to walk out of the room. She was looking at the table to see if she got everything and wasn’t looking around her at all. 

“BOO!!” Someone screamed and Siana dropped her bag on the floor because of the shock. She flinched and just froze where she was and fear took over her. The next thing she could hear was laughter and her body relaxed cause she recognized that laugh very well. 

“Alex…” She sighed as she looked up to see her childhood friend- who was now also the most popular guy in the college- laughing like a child just because he succeeded in scaring her. 

“Hahaha!” He kept laughing loudly. It caught everyone’s attention cause they all were kind of intimidated by Alex and when it came to Siana, he was protective of her. 

It was a strange friendship, they both were complete opposites. Siana was an antisocial person and was introverted while Alex was the popular guy who got along with everyone very easily. 

Since day one, Alex had declared that Siana was his high school friend and he didn’t want anyone messing with her after he heard a few people talking bad about her. Ever since then, all people could do was talk about her. No one dared approach her or mess with her, all because they feared Alex. There were rumors that he did beat up some people in high school, all because of Siana.

“What are you doing here, idiot?!” Siana asked as she laughed along with him. She couldn’t help but smile when she saw him laugh so purely. He was the same as when they first became friends and it comforted her in some way. Alex stopped laughing and hugged Siana; she hugged him back without a second thought. It had been a few days since they had talked to each other and even longer since they last saw each other because they both had pretty busy schedules. 

“Ah how can I miss the aftermath of the drama…? I had to come see the girl who got so famous for bumping into someone.” Alex laughed again as he explained his reasons and Siana just rolled her eyes at that. He moved back and picked up her bag which was dropped on the floor when he scared her off. 

“Of course you’ve got to know everything about that crush of yours.” Siana rolled her eyes as she stood in front of him. She was sitting on the table edge cause she knew very well that this conversation was going to last pretty long. 

“Ah yes I remember when we started college, I used to be crazy about her.” Alex said as he looked at her with a cheesy smile. He was remembering that time when he fell in love with Chloe at first sight and chased after her for a long time.

“You still are crazy about her, dummy. But just as her boyfriend now.” Siana said as she glared at him. She had witnessed the whole process of them falling in love with each other and dating eventually. 

The whole college was crazy about them because they were both the most popular and desirable people in the college and their dating was a big scandal for everyone. They had people who loved them and also people who hated them and were jealous of them. But they passed all stumbles and even after a year they both were still together. 

“That’s very true, she’s a very special person to me so I’m always going to be crazy about her.” Alex replied; his eyes still dreamy thinking about the girl of his dreams. 

“I know that lover boy.” Siana said, patting his head as she walked past him. And now stood behind him. Alex turned around and held out his hand that was carrying her bag. He knew very well that he couldn’t hold her for too long and that she was eager to go to the library. 

“Tell me atleast what happened?” He asked with puppy eyes. “I wanna know if i should be worried.”Siana could see the worry on his face. Chloe was someone Alex loved dearly and if she was also the wrong person and not what he had expected, it was going to break him. She knew very well that he would leave her if she was in the wrong but it made her happy that she was the right person for him. 

“Relax, dummy.” She said as she took the bag from him and put it on her shoulder. “Your lover didn’t do anything, she was too busy fixing her clothes. It was only her friend who created a scene and kept asking me to apologise but it's alright, I wasn’t looking forward and crashed into them and their drink spilled all over our clothes.” She could hear Alex sign in relief after she finished explaining the whole incident. 

“So she didn’t-”

“No she didn’t.”

“That’s great.” Alex leaned on the table and took a deep breath. He was drained out from worrying about it the whole day. 

“You need to trust her more.” Siana said coldly and she stood next to him, both of them facing the wall now. “And stop worrying so much about me, I can look after myself. You don’t have to cut people out of your life just because of me, you know I really don’t like that…” 

Alex was able to hear the frustration in her voice and did feel a little bad for her. But he also couldn’t help it cause he saw her as his sister and couldn’t bear someone messing with her. 

“I don’t do that just because of you, they are not good people because of their actions and that’s why I cut them off.” Alex tried to convince her but it was of no use cause she had heard the same reason several times already. 

“Well, Chloe is surely a good one, so I hope you’ll keep her by your side. I want you to have someone that you like and someone you can trust.” Siana said as she looked at the ceiling. They both knew very well what that meant and Siana didn’t want the past to repeat itself. 

“I know and I’m trying, you know. It’s just hard sometimes…” 

“I know it is, but that’s life. We just gotta keep trying.” Siana said as she rested her head on his shoulder. She could feel the tension on his face and just smile at seeing it. “Thank you for being by my side for so long…it’s alright now okay. You can protect me while loving someone dearly.” 

“Goodness, how do you always know what to say to make me feel better.” Alex said in an annoyed yet funny tone; it made Siana laugh out loud.

“It’s the magic I gained after knowing you since childhood you know.” She joked and he just rolled his eyes at her corny comment. 

“Of course, my princess.” He said just like how he used to when they both were kids. 

“She’s really good, okay, treat her nicely or I’m gonna hit you.” Siana warned him as she glared at him and he put both his hands up like a person being arrested. “And ask her to make nice friends.” That made Alex laugh cause he was going to do that as well. 

“Yeah I’m going to do that madam.” He joked and Siana punched him lightly. 

“Okay I’m going now!” She said as she started walking away.

“To your heaven?” 

“Yes, to the library.” She answered excitedly and Alex burst out laughing. Siana rolled her eyes at him and turned around to walk out of the room. 

“Hey you put on the keychain I gave you?!” He asked excitedly as he saw the glass keychain hanging on the front zipper of her bag.