"How long have you been dating Asher?" Brent finally asks, tilting his face to me. For the last ten minutes, we've been awkwardly standing beside each other, listening to Mr. Henry explain the procedures to estimate the total hardness of the water. Today, I've been listening carefully as I didn't want to ask Brent doubts afterward. "Just a week," I say, grabbing the funnel from the stand and washing it into a beaker. I'm glad he finally talked to me. I thought we'd have to continue like this doing the experiment procedures in an awkward silence this whole sem. "When you told me you have a boyfriend, I didn't think it would be Asher," he says. "You guys used to be enemies." Oh, so he thinks we were dating from then on? Okay then, let it be like that. "We were enemies," I nod agreeing, placing the funnel aside. He lets out a small chuckle. "Yeah, I really thought your boyfriend is someone from your previous school. So when did you guys actually start dating?" "After he posted that
There was a small change in our movie date on Saturday. Like I thought, Aaron and Ty were also planning to go out. So, instead of going on separate dates, we all decided to go together. At first, Aaron was reluctant but I and Ty somehow made him agree. Aaron was at our home from early morning and we were working on our game. Asher came a little before 1 pm and we all headed in his car to a restaurant to have lunch first. The lunch was delicious but it was a little awkward for Aaron and Asher. Anyway, I and Ty totally enjoyed watching them. After that, we headed to the theatre. We had already booked the tickets online, so we just went inside and occupied our seats. It was a thriller, investigating the murder of a girl and hence the whole time we were concentrated on the movie, trying to guess who is the killer. Asher and Aaron were on my either side. "I bet her best friend is the murderer. She wants her boyfriend," Aaron mutters beside me. "No, she seems innocent. It's the ot
We move back to the shore when the sun is about to set. The four of us sit back on the sand with our hands and legs stretched out, watching the breathtaking sight of the sun descending below the horizon, hues of orange and red swirling with the blue of the sky behind, making a beautiful picture. We spend some more time at the beach, talking whilst enjoying the cool breeze from the sea until it starts getting dark and stars start appearing in the sky. When we finally get up from the sand and walk back to our car, the beach has fully emptied. "You change first," Asher tells me as we reach the car. "No, you guys change. I need to pee, I'll change in the toilet," I tell him, looking in direction of the public toilet which was only less than fifty meters away from us. The three of them look at me like I'm a joke. "What?" I frown at them. "You were in the water all this time, right?" Aaron asks me. "What do you mean? You all peed in there" I ask him, unbelievably. None of them r
"Oh c'mon, what are you so much worried about?" Aaron sighs tilting his head to me as we both walk towards our last hour, English on Thursday. "I'm worried they'd somehow escape the punishment and again try to hurt Asher. I want them to get at least a ten-year sentence in jail," I say. "They'll," Aaron assures. "Okay, stop worrying about that now. We'll know the judgment in an hour, anyway." I nod to him. Today is the final hearing of the case. So, Asher needs to be present at the court. He took leave afternoon and headed to the court after having lunch with me. Uncle said the trial will be around 2:30 Pm. So, it might be currently going on as it's almost 3 pm now. I can't help but keep on thinking about what might be the judgment during the whole hour. Mr. Davis even calls my name once, asking me to pay attention. As soon as the last bell rings and Mr. Davis walks out of the class, I fish my phone out from my bag and switch it on, only to see the battery 1%. "Shit!"
As soon as we reach home and drink the coffee made by Ty, we sit down in front of our laptops in my room. We work on animation until 7 and then Aaron leaves for Ty's room. I lean back on my chair, deciding to take a break for ten minutes. I grab my phone and check my messages again to see if Asher has texted me. But there are still no messages from him. Why hasn't he called or texted me yet? I can't help but frown whilst dialing his number. He picks up the call only on the fourth ring and mutters a tired 'hello.' "Did you reach back home?" I ask. "Yeah," he hums. "Then why didn't you text me?" "I got busy." "With what?" "I was checking Dad's business details and property details and all." "Oh.." "I'm a bit busy. I need to send some documents to the Advocate. Can I call you later?" "Oh..okay," I say and soon the call ends, causing me to frown. There's definitely something wrong with him. He didn't sound sincere just now. I wait for Asher's call and finally, he c
I reach the basketball court to see Asher standing at the three-point line, throwing the balls into the hoop. The girl whom I had met in the principal's office on my first day was the one picking up the balls and throwing them back to him. I felt something in my stomach at the sight. I couldn't help but roll my eyes, looking at her. I mean I'm his girlfriend and I haven't done this for him yet. Asher stops throwing the balls on noticing me. Claire also stills at the spot. "You didn't go with Ty?" He asks turning to me with a slight frown. "He and Aaron..." I pause on seeing Claire looking at me. "I mean, they both already went home," I say walking towards him. Claire shouldn't know they both bunked class together. "Went home already?" Asher frowns. I go closer to him so that I can whisper to him the actual thing without Claire listening. "Yeah.." I say and stand on my tiptoes, motioning him to bring his ear to me. His eyebrows narrow. But soon he bends his neck and brings his ear
Putting on my heels, I slowly walk back to the mirror, checking myself out once again. "You look gorgeous," Ty says with a smile, standing behind me. "Yeah, enough looking in the mirror. Honestly, you don't look like you today. I bet he is gonna confuse you to someone else," Aaron says from where he is sitting on the chair in front of my laptop. I couldn't help but leave a sigh. From the moment I let them both into my room, Aaron is making it sound like I'm actually extremely ugly but today I put on a lot of makeup and transformed myself. I haven't really done that much makeup. "What? I complimented you," he says with a frown. "Okay, but I don't know how I'm gonna dance in these bloody heels," I say turning around. "Shall I wear my sneakers instead?" "Yeah, that would be wonderful," he chuckles. "C'mon, you aren't going to do an actual dance or anything. Just moving around holding his hands. You can do it. Don't worry," Ty says. "Wanna practice with me now?" "Yeah.." I
"How was the prom?" Ty asks me as soon as he opens the front door. "It was great," I smile. "Oh my gosh, Carrie, you look gorgeous!" his Mom squeals coming from behind him, smiling widely. "Where's Asher? He already left?" She asks looking at our gates. I nod to her. Actually, Asher is hiding behind the walls. "I didn't go to sleep, just to see you guys," she pouts. "But you look so beautiful. Did you guys take a lot of pictures?" She then asks me excitedly. "Yeah," I nod, walking inside. We've actually only taken a few pics before we walked to the dance floor. Anyway, I unlock my phone and go to a gallery, opening the pictures before giving it to aunt. "Oh, he looks handsome!" Aunt starts laughing looking at the photos. "You know, I really thought you guys would become the prom King and prom Queen," Ty says. "But it's Alex Caddel and Henley Tuffin. I can't understand how they got more votes than you." Thank God, he already checked who is the prom King and prom Queen. Ca
4 years later I lean back on my chair and let out a yawn after deleting the account 'prettylul._' from Featurefolio. Now, I can freely delete any account from FF at any time. Because I'm now a Cyber security consultant at Featurefolio. This particular account I deleted now has been reported a lot of times in the last few days. Today I did a thorough investigation of the account before finally deciding to delete it. I shut down my laptop and avert my eyes to Asher's alarm clock sitting on the bedside table beside our photograph that was taken last month during Asher's graduation. The clock is five minutes fast and it shows 11:40 Pm. That means there are still 25 minutes left for me to turn 22. Yeah, it's my birthday tomorrow. And it's my first birthday that Asher is going to miss after we started dating four years ago. I still vividly remember my 18th birthday. Asher had just gone to the university. My birthday was on a Wednesday. So, I told him not to come home to wish me b
Rubbing my eyes and letting out a yawn, I sheepishly stroll down the Corridors and walk towards the students' parking lot, feeling exhausted as hell. The last two hours were History and Geography. Both I share with Ty and he didn't even let me blink an eye during both classes which were as boring as beans. Mr. Cooper still teaches us History. And instead of Mr. William, we now have Mrs. Garcia for Geography. She is so old and we can't even understand properly what she is saying if we don't keep looking at her mouth. But Ty still can be attentive in her class and he expects me to do the same. Before leaving, Asher told him to keep an eye on me and make sure I'm studying properly. Ty took his words too seriously. I've now notebooks for every subject to take down lecture notes. If this goes on like this, I think I'll score more marks than him in the semester exams. I fish my phone from my pocket and switch it on, only for it to start vibrating continuously in my hands as notificatio
"Is it actually real?" With a wide open mouth, I lean forward on my chair and scrunch my eyebrows, reading through the content of the mail again. It's a mail from Galaxy, one of the most famous shopping apps in the world. Their company had recently offered a bug bounty program and I had just participated in it. I was able to find a critical bug in their site. Now I've received a mail from the company, saying I won price money of $50,000. I look at the mail address again. It's Galaxy's official mail itself. This can't be fake. But why would they pay me this huge amount? I really didn't expect anything more than $5000. I keep on looking at the screen in disbelief. Wait! Let me check my account. I quickly grab my phone and tap on my banking app. Soon I find that fifty thousand dollars was credited to my account two hours ago. Wow! I lean back on my chair, laughing in surprise and excitement. Then I proceed to video call Asher to tell him the news. It's past 9 Pm, so he might be bac
"Oh c'mon Ann, how many times should I beg you to help me out with this?" Aaron groans averting his gaze from his laptop screen and looking at me. "Wait for some time. Can't you see she is busy here?" Asher says whilst swallowing down the food in his mouth. Aaron leaves a sigh. "Why are you feeding him like he is a baby? He still has a perfectly functioning left hand." Asher ignores him and opens his mouth again, tilting his face to me. I lift the fork to his mouth and he leans in and takes the Fried rice before starting to chew again. So, apparently, Asher wanted to have fried rice and ham before he go to university. So we got all the ingredients from the store and he made us (me, Ty and Aaron) cook for him under his supervision. We all ate it for lunch and it was delicious. Now it's evening and I'm sitting on the couch in Asher's living room, feeding him the leftover fried rice from noon as he wanted to have it again. And he wanted me to feed it to him. The wound in his right ha
I press the enter key on my keyboard and tap my feet impatiently on the floor, waiting for the rank list of the selected candidates to Amistdale University to load on my laptop screen. I bite my lips as finally, the list of selected students in Business management and marketing major appears in front of my eyes. I take a breath before I start running my eyes down the list. I get anxious as I don't see Asher's name on the first page. Praying his name is on the next page, I scroll down and I see his name lying on the top itself. Letting out a sigh, I lean back on my chair. So, he is selected. Now the task is to convince him to join the university. I get up from the chair and walk to my cupboard. I open it and fish out a jeans and a top from it before quickly changing into them. Then I grab my phone from my table and walk out of my room toward Ty's room. "Guys, I'm going to Asher's house," I say, opening Ty's room door, only to witness the sight of Aaron hovering over Ty on his
"Ty, are you asleep?" I whisper turning on my side. "No.." he says. "Why aren't you sleeping?" "I can't sleep." "Why?" "I don't know," I leave a sigh. "Why can't you sleep?" "Aaron and Asher are in one room." "Yeah.." "Don't know when they'll both start fighting." "I'm also a little worried. Aaron has a really stupid mouth sometimes." "It's just he doesn't know to hide things. He says everything that comes to his mind," Ty defends. "Yeah, that's the problem," I sigh and close my eyes. We all are in my home right now and it is night. We arrived here evening and I showed Asher and Aaron around my home. Then we had dinner with my parents and we watched a movie and played a lot of games in my room. When it got past midnight, my Dad came to my room and announced that I and Ty are sleeping in one room and Aaron and Asher will share another room. And he made them both move to the other bedroom, saying it was late. Now it's more than an hour after that, but I still can
4 months later. "Oh C'mon, is that how you pose? Smile!" Ty sighs, looking up from the camera in his hands. It's a Canon EOS 60D camera Aaron bought for him with his second salary. "And move that hat a little to the left." Asher fixes the graduation hat properly on his head and raises the diploma certificate in his hands a little before spreading his lips wide. "Wow! What a weird smile!" Aaron laughs beside Ty. "Hey Snow, look at me," I smile at Asher. "I love you." His lips immediately bunch into a natural beautiful smile. At that very moment, Ty snaps a picture. "That was good," he laughs looking up from the camera. "Now you both stand together." I giggle and rush to Asher, wrapping my hands around his arms, and pulling him close to me. He smiles, tilting his face and looking at my eyes. "Now do a different pose," Ty says after clicking a few shots. I lean in and press my lips on his cheeks causing Aaron and Ty to laugh whilst snapping a lot of pics. After we both do a lot
I wake up from my sleep, hearing some familiar tunes. Soon I realize it's my and Asher's phone ringing on the bedside table. Wait! why are both of our phones ringing together? "Hey, Wake up!" I shake Asher, lifting my hands from where it was pressed up against his chest. His arms were still wrapped tightly around my body and we both were still in our underwear with the duvet covering us. We had cuddled to sleep after what happened earlier. Asher groans, taking his hands away from my body and rolling onto his back. Soon I hear the sound of the doorbell. Our phones are also still ringing on the bedside table. Shit! It's probably Ty and Aaron. I quickly remove the duvet piece from over my body and crawl towards the table. And like I guessed, my phone shows 'Ty' on caller Id while Asher's shows 'Idiot.' And the doorbell is now going off like crazy. It's definitely Aaron who is ringing it. "WAKE UP ASHER AND GET DRESSED!" I shout, grabbing my frock from the table before hastily
"Hop in," Asher says smiling wide at me. I laugh looking at his white t-shirt with 'Mostly sweet. Sometimes savage' written on it. Underneath it, he was wearing a short beige colored shorts that freely exposed his milky thighs. I wanted to keep staring at those muscular thighs but I quickly look away and hop into the passenger seat. I had to fight with myself to not look at his legs as he drove. I didn't know he had such short shorts. It was like he purposefully wore it today to seduce me. Within two minutes, we reach his home. His house is only a little away from us. I had told him I'd walk there. But he insisted he'd come and pick me up. "What all books did you bring with you?" He asks as we hop out. "Geography and Biology," I reply. "Let's study Biology first. I like Biology more than Geography," he says walking to the front doors. I nod and follow him. He jams the key into the hole and pushes the door open. We go to his room upstairs and sit down on his bed. I fish m