Oh my god! He's talking to me. He has a charming and sexy voice, just like this body. Oh, Emily, stop thinking like this. I don't even know this name.
" Nope. Iam here to give this. I just want..want to greet the neighbours," I stammered. But then I gathered some courage and said something which I didn't prepared to say.
" Put on a shirt before opening the door. Take this cake. I need to go,"
" Really! You should stop staring at me if you want me to put on a shirt," he said, observing me.
Suddenly someone walked to the entrance. I wished it could be his parents. But it's a guy in his twenties. " Who's at the door, Ryder? How many time did I tell you not to allow a girl who's tryna seduce you?"
What the heck? " Iam just a neighbour. I regret coming here. Now, take this damn cake and shut the door." I shouted.
" She's our new neighbour, bro. What's your name, Darling? Hazel?" Ryder spoke. His name is Ryder. Okay, I should get to the point. He's calling me Hazel as my eyes are hazel in colour.
" Iam Emily Collins. Not Hazel. Do you want this or not?" I asked, showing the pie one last time.
" I'm Shawn. Nice to meet you. I want this. Thank you." Ryder's brother came and took it from my hands. I wondered whether Ryder will continue the conversation or not. But he doesn't. He's not interested in eating the pie cake or continuing the conversation." Where are you studying?" Shawn asked me.
I replied instantly. " Edgewood high,"
" Cool. That where my brother's going." Shawn said.
" I guess we could meet there again, Emily," Ryder spoke. That's it. He went inside the room. I didn't even get to know him. I know I can't know within minutes. But I wish I could know him more. I have no idea whether he will talk with me in school or not. Will he?
I came back to my room and slept peacefully. Tomorrow is going to be a new day in Edgewood High. When I opened my eyes in the morning, I was pretty excited. Iam going to meet Pearl after many years and I can meet Ryder if there's a chance. I wear my favourite jeans and a black shirt. My mom was so happy about my day in a new school. When I reached high school, Iam amused by the school. There's a beautiful garden at the entrance which gives me good vibes to move on with that day. I don't have the bad instinct I had yesterday. There's a lot more crowd of students than I expected. My eyes wandered over everywhere to find Pearl. Where is she? I feel so lost without anyone with me.
" Immediately, someone threw their arms over my shoulder and screamed in my ear. " Welcome to Edgewood, Em," It was Pearl's voice.
" You are here. Wow, I don't even recognize you, Pearl. You changed a lot." that's the first thing I spoke. Everyone knows that there's a difference between seeing someone in real and photo. Pearl's face is brightened up when she faced me. She has blonde hair till her shoulder.
" Of course. I changed. What age do you think we are? We are sixteen years, not six." she teased and grabbed my hands.
" I got to show you around the whole school. But first, we need to find the class. I got a lot to talk to you. I don't think this two years will be enough to do this." she chattered non-stop. Soon, we found our classroom. Then she dragged me again to somewhere.
" Let's have a coffee before going to class. We got a lot more time for first class," she said and ordered two cups of coffee. When we got the coffee, I slowly sipped it and explored the school with Pearl. We walked around the garden, talking about my days in Paris.
A few minutes later, I caught a crowd of students in the distance. They all are gathered around something or someone.
" What's going on?" I called Pearl, motioning my eyes towards the crowd.
" Who knows? Let's go," she instantly responded by emptying the cup of coffee with one sip. She ran towards the, leaving me alone. I looked at my surrounding and felt so calm and relaxed. This is my mood every single day. I never felt sad or angry. Everything is easy in my life. My life always goes calm like a parallel line.
" It's nothing but a magazine. Do you want it?" Pearl came back with a small magazine.
" What's in the magazine?" I asked, getting it from her hands.
" I didn't ask him. But I got to go now. I will meet you in first class. Sorry." Pearl apologized and hurried off.
" Where are you going? You can't leave me alone. Pearl?" I shouted like a mad girl. She can't leave me here. I guess I need to spend the rest of the time alone till class starts. I opened the magazine and flipped it continuously.
" Did you saw page no.23? The boy from the magazine is going to study here? We got to so lucky. I will do anything to attract me." a girl walked past me talking with her friends.
I turned to page 23 to see who's she talking about. The heading and sub-heading caught my eye.
Idol for the teenagers
Jason ByrneIt's a hot boy as a model. I turned back with the cup in my hand. I accidently hit someone as my eyes are in the magazine.
" What the fuck?" I heard a loud voice, straight next to me. I dropped the paper cup. I already spilled the coffee on that unknown guy. Damn it. The beginning is worse. I don't want any enemies.
" You ruined my shirt. Can't you watch where you are going? You are going to pay for that."
Chapter-03" Iam sorry. It was an accident. Sorry." I apologized politely. But that guys seem extremely angry. He acts like I have ruined his life. But I just ruined his life. It's just a coffee." This is bullshit. Already my day isn't good enough. Now you ruined my shirt. No one can easily walk away after spoiling my mood." he shouts at me loudly. Everyone's attention is on me. I walked back slowly when he stepped forward, yelling at me. I didn't want to talk any words he's cursing at me for a silly reason. Suddenly, my heels slipped and fell on the ground. It's embarrassing. My first day in Edgewood high turns out to be the worst." Step away, you idiot. Iam gonna fucking beat you if you didn't apologize to her." I heard a new voice who is trying to help me. It's me. I was the one who caught up in an embarrassing situation." Why...why should I apologize? she did this to me." that guy shows his ruined shirt. He's scared and shocked at the same ti
" You are not going to change, Ryder. Just take your book for god's sake," she shouted with irritation. But still, Ryder was calm to the core. He's looking like 'I don't give a damn care about anything'. I turned behind to see him. I wish I could say 'Hi'. Can I say it? Will he notice or ignore me? Getting embarrassed is not what I wanted. The teacher was busy writing the sum on the board. My hands took the minute as an advantage and waved at him. Ryder noticed me. He little shakes his hand and smiled at me. Oh god, he does remember me. Of course, he can remember. I only met him yesterday." Sorry mam, I won't come late like this. Forgive me. Can I come inside?" I heard my best friend, Pearl's voice at the class entrance. She's back." You have never been late to class, Ms.Brown. Try not to make this mistake again," she said and let her inside. Pearl came panting." Iam sorry, Em. I caught up in a situation. I had a fight with my boyfriend. He's pissing me
He left just like that. Who's back to the city? What are they talking about? Iam still upset about his opinion in relationships. I absent-mindedly stood up from my table. I stopped myself before I bump into someone." Hey, Milly. Do you want to have lunch with me?" Jason's voice rings in my ears. Of course, I can." Yeah, sure. But I think my friend will be joining us too. Is it okay? She really wants to meet you." I told him, looking for Pearl in the class. She's sitting looking at the ceiling, lost in thoughts." I'm okay with that. I guess." He said with hesitation. I guess he's not comfortable with that. I can't leave my friend alone." I will get her now. Wait here," I walked towards Pearl. " Hey, I know how to get your mind out of Andrian thoughts. Do you want to meet Jason?" I patted her shoulders. Her eyes brightened up." Oh,really. Where is Jason?" she stood up fastly as her eyes wandered over the whole class. When she got a g
" Don't go, Pearl," I called her but she already ran away. She doesn't need to bear her pain all alone. She should have let me stay with her. I can make her feel better. A relationship always comes with trouble. I'm glad I never been in a relationship in my life.I attended the rest of the class without my best friend. I felt a little alone but I practised with that in my life. I always stay alone with myself. Half of my life has been like that. Anyways, the rest of the day goes faster than I could imagine. All the students are walking in groups, laughing with their friends. I was walking absent-mindedly on the road. How am I going to pass the rest of the day in my home? This thought ran in my mind before someone grabbed my waist and pulled me back from crossing the road.Before I could scream, I saw a car passed the way on the road. I would have taken a step without realizing it. Thank god." What are you thinking, Emily? Can't you be careful?" that famil
Jason: It's not a difficult job to get a girl's number...lolBefore I could text back, my phone rang with the same number. Jason is calling me. I stumbled to hold the phone steady and attended the call." Hey, Jason," I spoke." Hey, Milly. What are you doing?"" Nothing. Just going to binge-watch any series on Netflix. What are you doing? " I told the same thing I said to Ryder. That's what I'm going to do. Somethings never changes." I'm standing in my balcony and talking with you."I listened and remembered a moment from the morning. He said he will teach me swimming." Hey, you told, you're going to teach me swimming. When are you going to do that?' I asked out of curiosity." Oh, yeah, I will teach you, if you come to my mansion."" Won't I learn it in school?"" Nope. I have a swimming pool in my mansion. I will teach you here. I don't want any disturbances. We can get some privacy in m
Oh, god. Can you transport me to any somewhere else? I never watched this scene with a boy sitting next to me. I'm having a different sensation between our thighs while watching this sex scene with Ryder. I could have skipped the part. But I didn't. Instead, I choose to watch it till the next scene comes. Unfortunately, the scene continues for more than five minutes." Are you enjoying this scene, Emily? I thought you are a bookworm who doesn't like these things." Ryder asked, trying to make eye contact with me. I choose not to look at him." I'm a bookworm but I like these things. Can't I watch a sex scene?" I said. But I think I sounded more like ' Can't I watch this scene even though I never kissed a boy or had sex.'" Yeah, you can watch it. But it's all a theoretical knowledge. Don't you want to experience it? " He said. At last, he made me look at me. Why am I getting nervous over this silly thing? Maybe, somethings going to happen." I...I..d
" What the fuck? Who is she?" I shouted." Who the hell knows? I don't know. I don't want to know. I stormed off the moment I came to know the truth. Now all the memories I had with him is going in my mind. Even if it's three months, it hurts like a bitch." Pearl complained, still sobbing." Don't worry, Pearl. You should move one. But one thing is bothering me. You should found out and confronted him." I told her." I know. But I'm stupid. I didn't even suspect. I want to take my mind off this issue. I don't know how Iam going to do it." she frowned." You should have told me earlier. I will do anything to get your mind off that asshole. But first, let's get out off here." I told and make her wash her face and guided her outside of the restroom." What are we going to do now? I already missed too many class in these two days." she rubbed her eyes and followed me in the crowdy hall." I will make sure you won't miss any class and
" Yes, I am. Are you one of his fans?" she questioned me. I'm not a fangirl for anyone." Nope. He's my friend. We are classmates." I told her." Oh, I didn't know that. You are studying Edgewood High too," her eyes widened when she realized I'm not a crazy fangirl but the one who really knows her brother. Wait a minute. What's her name?" Yeah. Don't take it wrong. What's your name? Jason only told he has a sister."" You don't even know me. It feels like an insult. Anyways, I'm Eve Byrne," she's saying everything in a friendly way. Even that warning comes in a friendly way." So, what's your name again?" she added." I didn't say it in the first place. I'm Emily Collins." she smiled and shook my hands. We talked for some minutes till the class gets over. Like I guessed, she's a 9th-grade girl studying in a private institution. I told her that I would come to her mansion today. She looked like she's little excited about it.
I embraced this moment with Jason but I know there will be more memories with him for the rest of my life." Are you calm now, Jason. I don't want you to hide your emotions in front of me." I worried." I can't say I'm a hundred per cent happy, Milly. But you are still in my life. That's the important thing for me. Months ago, you drowned. I can't take the scene out of my mind. This thing is far better than that. You could have died that day and it didn't happen. I'm grateful for it every day."" You are the one who saved me, Jason. I could never forget that. I feel like I don't deserve it." I frowned. He saved my life but what did I do for him." You deserve it, Milly. If we never met, I would have never felt true love. You helped me with Crystal's stupid games. I would have caught in it forever without an idea about it. You took the risk to delete our footages. Overall, you are the best thing that happened to me. All the time I have spent with you is pr
I bite my lips and stared at him for his reply. He doesn't even take a minute to respond." You don't even need to ask me, Emily. I will be your boyfriend. Like you said, officially. I love you so much. I have been longing to hear these words from you. All I want is you to be happy no matter who you choose. But I always wished I could be the one for you. You have no idea how happy Iam feeling right now." Ryder said as his hands went to either side of my hips. He lifted me and swirled in a circle. We both smiled and laughed at each other." I'm feeling much happier than you, Ryder," I told him." No. I feel happier than you," we continued arguing who's more happier. Atleast, he helped me land on my feet.
A week passed by after all the chaos. Patrick was taken to the hospital. He lost more blood and I'm the one who caused it. I wouldn't have done it if he didn't point the gun at Ryder. If Patrick tried to kill me, I would have stood like a statue in fear but it's not me. It's Ryder. I couldn't do that. My hands moved to take the gun within a fraction of second. I can't wonder what would have happened if I didn't shot him. Maybe it's time to get over that incident. The police officers encountered me at the station. But Ryder was with me the whole time. My parents are called to the station. Somehow the news was gone to Jason's ears too. He came to the station for me. Ryder and I told about Patrick's psychotic activity. At last, they filed a case against him and he went straight to jail for all the things he tried to do. Of course, there are a lot of proofs. Patrick almost tried to kill all other students. So, they all stood up for me. It took a week f
" Shut up. We aren't going to do that." I shouted at him while Ryder tapped in his phone. I heard the ring and soon a girl attended the call." Are you still in school, Anna. Meet me in the backstage of the hall." Ryder ordered." What? You haven't talked with me for ages. Now why are you..." the girl is in the call sounded angry." I wouldn't call you unless it's necessary. Just come here. I will explain everything." Ryder tried to keep himself calm." He called her. Now, let us go to get the first aid. I'm not going to let his hand bleed." I shouted at Patrick when Ryder hung his phone.Before he could reply, Pearl spoke. " I know where the first aid is," she said and got the first aid in the same room. Time passes as I helped Ryder wrapping a bandage on his hand and waited for Emma's friend Anna. I almost lost hope in her. What if she doesn't come here? with that one thought, a blonde girl came through the door casually. But when her eyes looked
" Please don't freak out, Em. I will explain it. Don't tell anyone." Pearl pleaded with fear in her eyes." Say it now. Why there's a gun here? I'm still freaking out." I lowered my voice this time." This is a real gun. We are supposed to bring one duplicate gun for the play. You have probably seen it in the play. The main female character tried to use it for self-defence but didn't pull the trigger."" So, are you saying that she used a real gun in a school play?"" Yeah. She bought them here. But something wrong happened in her house. The real ones and duplicate got switched and then we couldn't tell the teachers at the last moment. So, we carefully used it. I'm just keeping it until she comes back and takes it with her." Pearl explained." You got to be kidding me, Pearl. You all should have told the teachers. It's not safe to have a gun in school. Anything
Three months later:" Psst.."" What?" I slightly turned my head towards the backbench to see Ryder's trying to get my attention. Do you know where we are? In the exam hall." Give me your answer sheet," he commandingly asked. He also has the hope that I will help him." You haven't studied anything and now you are..."" No advice, Emily. I could hear all day just to watch your face, but not now. Paper, please..." He told and pleaded in the end with all hope. How could I say no?" Take it. But promise me, we won't get caught,"" I will make sure of it," He smiled and got the paper while the teacher was distracted by eating something which she took from her handbag. I highly doubt that her handbag is a Doraemon pocket. She eats a lot as an invigilator.......Finally, we all headed out of the
" Her iPhone drowned too. It completely destroyed. Now, tell me why you care about it, Milly. You don't need to think about her phone when you could have died today." Jason said seriously. I know he won't say this if he knows what happened." It's the phone which caused this, Jason. Ryder was right on that day when we three went alone to sort this issue. Crystal was spying on me to get photos. She's been following me all this time. She caught the moment on her phone when you proposed to me on my birthday. She did the same when I was with Ryder. She even took a photo of us when we stayed in a hotel for one night. I don't know how she's capable of getting the photos. She threatened me that she send it to my parents and ruin my whole chance of graduating." I started telling him and explained the part happened in the locker." Now, you know why I did that, Jason. Tell me the rest of the part. I want to know what happened after I blackened out. W
It's done. "I did it,"" And then there's a thief. Give it to me." I heard Crystal's harsh voice. My hands started shaking. I ost the grip on her phone but managed to catch it before it falls." I'm just here to delete my personal information. Deep inside your heart, you know who's the thief?" I managed to speak in all the bickering noises coming from all side in the dressing room." Give my phone back, bitch. Where is beck? Beck? I couldn't have trusted her. I should have thought that the stupid girl is your friend." Crystal shouted, making a scene." She's not stupid and she's not here. I won't give your phone unless I know you don't have any backup of these photos."" Do you think I will wait and watch until you find the backup photos? Who do you think you are dealing with? You can't over-smart me, bitch. Don't test my patience." She shouted at the top of her lungs. The one th
I stared at the empty place where Crystal was standing a minute ago. The next batch lined up for the match. Jason already got out of the pool. He's surrounded by his friends. I can't go to him to ask for help by explaining the situation. I have no other friends with me right now. All I have left is me. How am I going to save myself from Crystal's plan? I have to delete the photo. Footage plays a large role in my life." I will wait for you here," Lexi told Crystal and crossed me as she made her w