EMILY'S POV
"Where's she?" I asked already getting anxious
"Relax we'll find her, let's just look around" Nessa replied
"Right, before I forget, I'm meeting up with Logan for dinner" i told her as we kept looking around for Kim and her boyfriend
"hmm are you guys like a thing now or something?" She asked teasingly but earned a look from me
"What!!! You guys hangout more often this days than usual, so I'm free to think whatever i want"
"We're just friends I keep telling you that, and besides yesterday yiuyou had your little time out with your guy friend David" I said making air quotes on the guy friend
"Seriously? We... I mean i brought you takeouts on my way back, it's not like i forgot about you or something"
"Tell me about it?" I replied sarcastically
"What i should be telling you about is that you guys should use protection before entering yourselves" She said and gave a mouthful of laughter
"How dare..."
"Here there are" She said cutting me off my statement as she located where Kim sat
"An nyeong ha se yo"
"An nyeong ha se yo" Both of them said simultaneously
"Huh?" I and Nessa said confused which made them laugh
"We just said 'good afternoon' in Korean" Kim clarified
"Oh..."Nessa and i both chorused
"Well hi there, I've seen you around in my department but never approached, nice meeting you... You look cute by the way"I concluded
"Gam sa ham mi da" he said with a little bow
"Seriously?" I lamented frustratedly
"Now what did he say?" Nessa asked
"He's..."
"I just said thank you so much, you know, for the compliment" Park cut Kim off at the middle of her sentence
"Oh okay" I replied
"I thought you couldn't speak English, cause you were always replying in Korean" Vanessa stated
"Hello? I school in WSU, why would i leave Seoul to come down here if i couldn't speak nor understand English" He questioned
"Good point" I said thoughtfully
"I just like using it on people who i just met for the first time, so they might think i don't speak English, just like you guys now, FYI it worked" He said again laughing
"And i could as well use it whenever i wanna cuss someone, you know, so they won't understand, that's my edge" He had an evil smirk on while saying that
"Just don't use it on me cause I could do the same thing in Spanish" I said
"You speak Spanish?" Both Kim and Park asked simultaneously
"Well yeah, I'm actually from Spain, Nessa didn't tell you?" I asked and faced her
"Oh don't give me that look, it might have slipped my mind" She said, going back to her fries and smoothie that faced everyone of us
"Logan?" Vanessa said in surprise as we drove into our driveway and saw him standing by the corner
"Hey, it's been a while i saw you, you're busy with Emily most of the time now and we don't hangout" Nessa said, and i caught a smile on his face, Vanessa saw it as well i think
"That's what i actually came to fix" He replied
"How do you ..."
"I and my friends are throwing a frat party this Friday, which is tomorrow, so i came by to invite you both, but you should see them first"
"Where" Came my question
"My place, i told them i wanna go get a couple of friends, so they're waiting there"
"But we just got back, shouldn't we..."
"Of cause we're going Nessa, remember you said you wanna catch up?" I tried convincing her
"Well yeah, but ..."
"But nothing, Logan let's go" I commanded cutting her off
"You gotta stop doing that Mily?"Nessa said
"Doing what?" I asked obviously
"Cutting me off, it annoys me" She plainly stated
"Okayyyy, let's hop in" Logan said referring to his car
"Why do i feel like you want this more than i do?" Vanessa asked with a questioning look which left unanswered as we drove away.
"Guys I'm back" Logan voiced as he approached his friends in the lounge
"Took you long enough" One of the guys said
"Are this the chics you talked about?" a blonde guy asked
"Yea, this is Vanessa and this is Emily" He introduced us both to his clique
"Nice, the Emily you've always been talking about huh?" A guy with a dark low hair asked, which made him widen his eyes a bit
"Oh come on Alex, i don't talk about her that much"
"Is it just me or am I sensing something going on between you two" Vanessa then asked which i opposed to
"Of cause it's just you"
"Nope, not just her, the air seems a bit foggy between you two" A dark girl with full curly hair, who had a slender body posture, tall and has big bust, she looked African and she was approaching us
"Hi, I'm Gwen" She said and stretched out her hands toward Vanessa who reached for it, then did the same for me
"He's a keeper, trust me" she told me as she shook me
"Not you too Gwen" Logan lamented
"Sorry, already at it" She replied, which left me with a small laugh
"Come on, you girls should have a drink" a long blonde hair guy stretched two cups to us as well sat
"Cole, i hope that's not vodka?"
"Chillax Log, they won't be driving anyways" He said comfortably
"Well Alex, since you cut me off my introduction, let me continue" Logan said still standing
"Vanessa, Emily, meet Alexander, Cole, Gwen, Todd and Claire, Claire's Todd girlfriend and you two already know Chad right, he traveled for the weekend, so no need for his intro" Logan meticulously listed
"You girls are like freshers right?" Claire said with some sorta scornful tone
"Well it's our second semester so we're not longer freshers" Nessa said exactly what i could have said which made everyone let out an "Oooohhh" reaction
"You're still technically freshers" She said still trying to stand her ground
"Babe that's enough, you're still in your second year too remember" Todd defended
"So you just wanna take her side now huh!"She said, huffed and dashed off
"I'm so sorry for that" Tod said and looked directly at Nessa before chasing after her
"Is she always like that?" I asked this time
"She's a bit insecure"Gwen voiced out and got a look from everyone
"What, isn't it the truth?" She asked rhetorically but no one answered
VANESSA'S POV
"What's up with you and Todd" Emily asked from my side
"What do you mean by that" I asked
"He came back and had a chat with you, soon after Claire left" She said further and i saw Logan throw a glance at us from the rearview
"He just apologized for Claire's behavior, that's all" I said plainly
"Are you 100% sure, cause I'm pretty sure i heard laughter coming from you both" She persisted
"Mily don't be delusional, we just met today and besides he has a girlfriend"
"That Gwen said is insecure remember" she said again
"And how does that concern me, i don't have ..."
"You know she's right about that" Logan voiced out interrupting me, eyes still fixed on the rearview, which faced us both
"I noticed something between you two, but don't let it get out, cause Claire can act like a psycho atimes" he said again
"Of cause you'll be on her side, don't know what you two are playing at but what i wanna know is when you two would stop the pretence of not likeing eachother, i know something's definitely going on" I said, smirked and got down from his car cause we were already at our apartment building
"I wanna say something" i told Emily as i laid on my bed to sleep and she gave me a go ahead look
"I would be taking a week off, next week"
"Why" Came her question
"I wanna visit Seattle" I simply said, but got a weird look from her
"Nothing personal, just wanna go say Hi"
"And you can do that on phone? Something's up, tell me, wait is your Mum sick?"
"Jeez, why would you suggest that, of cause not" I corrected
"Then just spit it out"
"Remember what you said the other day about Mrs Caroline? Well i just wanna prove you wrong and clear my thoughts"
"That's why you wanna travel all the way to Seattle?" She asked looking bewielded
"Isn't that enough reason, and why are you making it sound far, it's not like I'm traveling to another continent am I?" I asked again but she didn't give any answer immediately and i was already feeling super sleepy, so i think i dosed off after that
"Vanessa hurry up, it's few minutes before the party starts and we're still at home" Emily complained
"Good thing we aren't the ones throwing it right?" I asked simultaneously as i came out to reveal my outfit
"What do you think? Too revealing?"
"Perfect" She said to the cream coloured spagetti party dress i wore, my cleavage was visible down to the upper part of my breast cause i didn't put on a bra
"Alright, let's go" Emily said, literally dragging me out as i took my purse
"Ladies welcome, you two look ravishing" Cole said politely, which seemed really weird cause he's always the rough type. He then led us to a different corner of the room where the others sat, they adjusted a bit so we could fit in the couch, Emily sat beside Logan and i sat beside her, i was actually adjacent to Todd who sat with Claire
"Great" I said inwardly
"Who's up for a game" Alex said raising his voice above the music
"Drunk Jenga" Cole suggested which we all agreed to and re-arrenged ourselves, surprisingly Todd was beside me and Claire at his other side
"This would be fun" I muttered inaudibly.
VANESSA'S POV That scourging hot sunday afternoon, i stood right infront of my parents house contemplating when to go inside and how to explain what brought me back home from pullman. I actually intended to leave on Saturday the day after the party, but i had a throbbing headache so i had to rest for the whole day, before i finally decided to sail early this morning"You're gonna keep standing there or what?" Came a voice which sounded like it belongs to an old lady, I turned around and found out that it actually belongs to Mrs Robinson, our grumpy neighbor, she's been like that ever since we moved in, since i was still in highschool"I'm going in now, was just taking a quick look around" I said and gave out a fake smile which she huffed to "Baby, you're back? What happened" mum asked once she opened the front door to let me in, she had a shocked yet happy expression written all over her "Honey who's there?" I heard dad ask from one of the rooms"Come see for yourself, you're not g
AUTHOR'S POV Raymond Perkins, a twenty year old second year college student of Stanford, who was once the most celebrated during his highschool years, in football, debate, quiz competition etc and was even nominated and won the prom king title. His family are well known around various countries, but mostly Seattle, he's the second child among his two other siblings, Daryl Perkins (his older brother) and Ashley Perkins(his younger sister). His girlfriend from highschool, Alison Delaware which he broke up with during his first year in college won the prom queen title, and that brings about Vanessa Holland, the first girl he met on his arrival day during their 7th grade They became friends, really good friends at that, but during their 12th grade feelings erupted, they once shared a kiss but that was it, he wanted things to go back as they were and not destroy the friendship bond which they shared cause he was already dating Alison since 11th grade and want to break that aswell V
CLAIRE'S POV I knew he'd freak out, that asshole, if he really thinks he can dump me for her then he's really gonna regret it. I heard their little talk after everything that day about hanging out today evening, but that's not happening under my watch I did a little background check on her cause i think I've seen her around campus once or twice and i know she works in 'BEAUTY AND ELEGANCE' which's great cause i have few people there, so j could just call in some favour against her will "Claire" I heard someone call me"Yeah?" That was Lisa, my close friend"Professor Liam called for you" "okay, I'll be back soon, hang around if you want" I said and went into staff building, took the elevator upstairs and went towards his office door, i didn't give a shit about knocking cause i knew i didn't had to"Who the hell..." "Oh it's you Claire" He said immediately he sighted me, i turned around and locked the door behind me "You sent for me?" I asked walking forward"Yeah come sit" H
VANESSA'S POV (Continues)"What are you doing here, i mean Hi David" I said a bit unsteady like i did something wrong"Vanessa, didn't know you'll be here" David said looking towards both I and Tod "You know this guy?" Todd asked while he held my arm, David's eyes immediately drifted to that direction"Yea, he's..." "Looks like i interrupted something, i need to get going" David said cutting me off"Nice meeting you ..." David said again bringing his hand forward"Todd" he replied reciprocating the same action, they kept their hands in that position And it felt like they were never letting it go "See you around Vanessa" He said to me, smiled and left"What was that about, who is he?" Todd asked as he unlocked the car so we can get in "He's a friend, David, it seemed pretty awkward meeting him like that""Why, you have a thing for him or something and does he attend WSU cause i haven't seen him around there before and i know almost everyone there" Todd asked "No, he's not ... Well
DAVID'S POV "Can we see" I asked Vanessa over the phone"Sorry but I'm kind of busy today and ...""No i mean after work, i know you're at work now" I said while cutting her off in the process"Please don't blow me off" I pleaded "David, i said I'll be busy okay, someother time perhaps" She said again"What would you be doing after work anyways, I'm just asking for a bit of your time" I persisted sounding a bit angry "Fine, if you really would want to know, I'm going for a party, happy now?" She said a bit raged up as well and hung up after thatI don't even get why the hell she's angry, if there's anyone who should be then it's me, i know we don't have anything going on officially but at least she could have respected the fact that there's someone who has feelings for her "Dude you're alright?" A friend of mine from work walked in front of my desk and asked cause obviously he saw me fuming"I'm fine, don't worry too much" I said dismissively and he didn't hear me speak again, he
EMILY'S POV The scene before us was mesmerizing, we couldn't look away, i turned to where Raymond stood, he looked shocked like some kinda static pole and i turned over to where Claire sat which was like five feet from here, she seemed thrown off a bit but she pretended not to be affected"Didn't know they've gotten to that stage" Gwen said behind me "The signs were pretty clear, didn't you notice?" He answered with a question"And Claire?" Alex asked this time"No one gives a bloody fuck about her" I responded which made them surprise "C'mon let's go play a game inside, I'm pretty sure there's a lot" I suggested a held Logan with me, the rest of the guys followed suite except for Claire who was already gone by the time i looked to that direction"Nessa" i turned my direction towards the pool while i yelled "We're going in for a game" I yelled again and saw her give a nod Inside was already filled with different people, playing all sorta games at one side, while at the other sid
VANESSA'S POV "Mily I'm home" I called out once i and Todd entered the sitting room, he decided to see me off inside after our trip from his place, don't worry about the other bathroom sesh, nothing happened, well except for some few foreplays Todd didn't mind that we didn't have sex, he enjoyed everybit of our time, though last night he was really jacked up and wanted to blow it out but i didn't let him for reasons i can't even think of, i felt so bad afterwards but he assured me we were cool, made it up for last night this morning."Vanessa why weren't you picking up your phone, you didn't even call to let me know you were at Todd's, for two freaking days" Emily lashed out on me "I'm so sorry Mily, i just wanted to rest in anew environment, I swear it won't happen again" I tried assuring"Yeah, yeah whatever, anyways your...""Dad?" I cut her off immediately i sighted my Dad approaching us from the inner room"What the hell...""That was part of the reason i kept calling you, yo
DAVID'S POV I couldn't believe I was standing right in front of my dad after all these years, someone I haven't seen since I was born for the past 24 years of my life was just seated in front of me, I didn't know if I should be happy to see him or angry he made us pass through those hard times years back, but one thing I knew for sure was that he owes me a detailed explanation, Mum had already gone to to attend to some other customers so I took Vanessa seat."Why did you do it?""Rebecca told you? I know nothing I'll say now would mend my mistakes or carelessness but I'm gravely sorry" He blurted out "My mom didn't actually say anything, anytime I asked her she will dismiss the question and it's made me believe that she was truly hurt, so I want to hear it from the horses mouth, what happened?" I demanded authoritatively "First of all I'm Bryan, Rebecca and I were dating in high school behind her parents back because they didn't approve it, I think it happened during prom night ca
AUTHOR'S POV The winter season was already close by, Vanessa and Emily prepared their stuff for the trip back home for thanksgiving, the semester had already ran out and most college students had already gone while some few others were yet to go and the duo were among this set, they didn't want to go just immediately.EMILY'S POV "Okay babe, I'll see ya in Seattle, call me when you get home incase we loose ourselves in traffic" i said to Nessa as well were about getting into our separate cars"And hey don't pick a fight with them okay" I said again referring to her parents"Jeez okay Mum, you're done?" She said sarcastically and asked but i didn't understand and i guess my expression gave it away cause she clarified "With your little talk, it sounds like you're giving a pep talk or something" She said and entered her car "Haha real funny" I replied sarcastically and got in as well, checked my mirrors and all"Let's go" I instructed and reversed out of the apartment Ever sinc
DAVID'S POV I couldn't believe I was standing right in front of my dad after all these years, someone I haven't seen since I was born for the past 24 years of my life was just seated in front of me, I didn't know if I should be happy to see him or angry he made us pass through those hard times years back, but one thing I knew for sure was that he owes me a detailed explanation, Mum had already gone to to attend to some other customers so I took Vanessa seat."Why did you do it?""Rebecca told you? I know nothing I'll say now would mend my mistakes or carelessness but I'm gravely sorry" He blurted out "My mom didn't actually say anything, anytime I asked her she will dismiss the question and it's made me believe that she was truly hurt, so I want to hear it from the horses mouth, what happened?" I demanded authoritatively "First of all I'm Bryan, Rebecca and I were dating in high school behind her parents back because they didn't approve it, I think it happened during prom night ca
VANESSA'S POV "Mily I'm home" I called out once i and Todd entered the sitting room, he decided to see me off inside after our trip from his place, don't worry about the other bathroom sesh, nothing happened, well except for some few foreplays Todd didn't mind that we didn't have sex, he enjoyed everybit of our time, though last night he was really jacked up and wanted to blow it out but i didn't let him for reasons i can't even think of, i felt so bad afterwards but he assured me we were cool, made it up for last night this morning."Vanessa why weren't you picking up your phone, you didn't even call to let me know you were at Todd's, for two freaking days" Emily lashed out on me "I'm so sorry Mily, i just wanted to rest in anew environment, I swear it won't happen again" I tried assuring"Yeah, yeah whatever, anyways your...""Dad?" I cut her off immediately i sighted my Dad approaching us from the inner room"What the hell...""That was part of the reason i kept calling you, yo
EMILY'S POV The scene before us was mesmerizing, we couldn't look away, i turned to where Raymond stood, he looked shocked like some kinda static pole and i turned over to where Claire sat which was like five feet from here, she seemed thrown off a bit but she pretended not to be affected"Didn't know they've gotten to that stage" Gwen said behind me "The signs were pretty clear, didn't you notice?" He answered with a question"And Claire?" Alex asked this time"No one gives a bloody fuck about her" I responded which made them surprise "C'mon let's go play a game inside, I'm pretty sure there's a lot" I suggested a held Logan with me, the rest of the guys followed suite except for Claire who was already gone by the time i looked to that direction"Nessa" i turned my direction towards the pool while i yelled "We're going in for a game" I yelled again and saw her give a nod Inside was already filled with different people, playing all sorta games at one side, while at the other sid
DAVID'S POV "Can we see" I asked Vanessa over the phone"Sorry but I'm kind of busy today and ...""No i mean after work, i know you're at work now" I said while cutting her off in the process"Please don't blow me off" I pleaded "David, i said I'll be busy okay, someother time perhaps" She said again"What would you be doing after work anyways, I'm just asking for a bit of your time" I persisted sounding a bit angry "Fine, if you really would want to know, I'm going for a party, happy now?" She said a bit raged up as well and hung up after thatI don't even get why the hell she's angry, if there's anyone who should be then it's me, i know we don't have anything going on officially but at least she could have respected the fact that there's someone who has feelings for her "Dude you're alright?" A friend of mine from work walked in front of my desk and asked cause obviously he saw me fuming"I'm fine, don't worry too much" I said dismissively and he didn't hear me speak again, he
VANESSA'S POV (Continues)"What are you doing here, i mean Hi David" I said a bit unsteady like i did something wrong"Vanessa, didn't know you'll be here" David said looking towards both I and Tod "You know this guy?" Todd asked while he held my arm, David's eyes immediately drifted to that direction"Yea, he's..." "Looks like i interrupted something, i need to get going" David said cutting me off"Nice meeting you ..." David said again bringing his hand forward"Todd" he replied reciprocating the same action, they kept their hands in that position And it felt like they were never letting it go "See you around Vanessa" He said to me, smiled and left"What was that about, who is he?" Todd asked as he unlocked the car so we can get in "He's a friend, David, it seemed pretty awkward meeting him like that""Why, you have a thing for him or something and does he attend WSU cause i haven't seen him around there before and i know almost everyone there" Todd asked "No, he's not ... Well
CLAIRE'S POV I knew he'd freak out, that asshole, if he really thinks he can dump me for her then he's really gonna regret it. I heard their little talk after everything that day about hanging out today evening, but that's not happening under my watch I did a little background check on her cause i think I've seen her around campus once or twice and i know she works in 'BEAUTY AND ELEGANCE' which's great cause i have few people there, so j could just call in some favour against her will "Claire" I heard someone call me"Yeah?" That was Lisa, my close friend"Professor Liam called for you" "okay, I'll be back soon, hang around if you want" I said and went into staff building, took the elevator upstairs and went towards his office door, i didn't give a shit about knocking cause i knew i didn't had to"Who the hell..." "Oh it's you Claire" He said immediately he sighted me, i turned around and locked the door behind me "You sent for me?" I asked walking forward"Yeah come sit" H
AUTHOR'S POV Raymond Perkins, a twenty year old second year college student of Stanford, who was once the most celebrated during his highschool years, in football, debate, quiz competition etc and was even nominated and won the prom king title. His family are well known around various countries, but mostly Seattle, he's the second child among his two other siblings, Daryl Perkins (his older brother) and Ashley Perkins(his younger sister). His girlfriend from highschool, Alison Delaware which he broke up with during his first year in college won the prom queen title, and that brings about Vanessa Holland, the first girl he met on his arrival day during their 7th grade They became friends, really good friends at that, but during their 12th grade feelings erupted, they once shared a kiss but that was it, he wanted things to go back as they were and not destroy the friendship bond which they shared cause he was already dating Alison since 11th grade and want to break that aswell V
VANESSA'S POV That scourging hot sunday afternoon, i stood right infront of my parents house contemplating when to go inside and how to explain what brought me back home from pullman. I actually intended to leave on Saturday the day after the party, but i had a throbbing headache so i had to rest for the whole day, before i finally decided to sail early this morning"You're gonna keep standing there or what?" Came a voice which sounded like it belongs to an old lady, I turned around and found out that it actually belongs to Mrs Robinson, our grumpy neighbor, she's been like that ever since we moved in, since i was still in highschool"I'm going in now, was just taking a quick look around" I said and gave out a fake smile which she huffed to "Baby, you're back? What happened" mum asked once she opened the front door to let me in, she had a shocked yet happy expression written all over her "Honey who's there?" I heard dad ask from one of the rooms"Come see for yourself, you're not g