" Wha..what??" my eyes widened in fear. I don't think I could fight back four guys. Even if Pearl is on her way, can she help me? She's the only person I'm counting on. Before I could think of a way to escape, the guy behind me tied my hands tightly. He has a tight grip on my hands.
" Leave me. I didn't do anything to you. I don't even know you." I shouted. It wasn't a request but a demand which clearly isn't working.
I slowly nodded at him. I'm ready to hear whatever explanation he's going to give." Thank you, Emily. Let's sit down." he smiled and motioned his hands towards the bed. I sat next to him staying silent." Those two who kidnapped you are my friends. Dylan and Jacob. I know Patrick would do anything to harm you so he could make me angry. That's why my friends have been watching you since you stepped your foot on the store. I called you many times to tell you not to leave the house. Indeed, you avoided my call."" I'm sorry, Ryder. I wasn't in a good mood to talk," I said, regretting the moment." I know, sweetheart. I'm not blaming you. I told my friends to act as Patrick's friend and kidnap you here instead of his place. They almost did their work but failed by harming you. I should have come for your rescue." he frowned and kept his hands on my cheek. That's where his friend slammed me so hard." What's done is done, Ryder. I'm not wor
Ryder opened the door when I got dressed. I wish I could get more time with him. What are you blabbering about, Emily? I questioned myself." You both can't give me any privacy. What do you want now?" Ryder asked his friends in an irritated tone." We need to take her home right, Ryder? Her friend must be waiting for her." Dylan, the guy with a hazel hair said." I know that. I can take care of this. What you have done till now is enough." Ryder snapped." You can be a little soft to them, Ryder. They are your friends," I slowly told him, keeping my hand on his shoulder. Ryder looked at them, lost in thoughts." Yeah, fine. This is Dylan and he's Jacob." he introduced me to this." I don't need to introduce Emily Collins. You probably know her after the kidnapping scene," he said but he's calm this time."Hi, sister. I'm sorry for everything that happened. Please don't have any revenge on me for slapping you. I caught up in the
" Yeah, I'm back. I'm so happy to see my boyfriend again," she said, planting a kiss on his cheek." Actually the thing is..." Jason started, still looking nervous. He's shocked by her girlfriend's entry. Maybe he doesn't want her here where I'm standing. Why the hell he kissed me while having a girlfriend? All I ever thought about his is wrong. He's not a good guy at all. I want to leave this place now. My angry is going beyond the limit. I fucking hate Jason. I don't know why I'm getting angry
My face turned red. I want to reply to something. But I can't open my mouth. Stupidly, my mind imagines what if I make out with Ryder. Wait, What? No, Emily. You can't think like you already lost your virginity. I'm still a virgin and I can't simply decide or imagine losing it." No, Shawn. We only kissed. Now, stop asking questions like this. It's not your business." Ryder snapped. But there's no evidence of anger in Ryder's voice.
" Let me speak, Ryder." I silently said and pushed him a little away. I'm not as strong as Ryder but he's obeying my words. Now, I know what I'm going to do. He waited for me to speak. I pushed him on his desk all of a sudden." Listen up, bad boy. I promised your mother that I will teach you. You need to pass the upcoming exam." I said, folding my arms against my chest. I want to act like I'm strict in this. Well, let's see whether it's working or not. All he did was lifting his chin and staring at me." I will do anything you want if you study sincerely," I let the words out. Ryder's eyes brightened hearing those words. I wish I know what he's thinking now." Anything I want. Are you sure?" he asked with doubt." Yeah, of course. I promised you right now." I firmly said. But I'm kinda afraid. I have no idea what he's going to ask. He didn't ask anything. Instead, he pulled me on his lap." This is the best deal I ever heard," he said, almos
" Emily, Is something wrong?" Ryder asked me when I was blankly looking at a place where I feel like I have seen Jason. He surely can't be here. He never mentioned he would go to a bar. Even if he goes, he will choose royalty. Wouldn't he?" Nothing. I'm good," I told Ryder who nodded and walked again. He didn't lose hold of my hands. Not for a second. He knows that this place is all new to me. I should stop imagining about seeing Jason. He kissed me while having a girlfriend. He's not honest at
" Is it really important? You are wasting our time," Ryder said, taking a step towards him." It's only ten minutes, Ryder. I'm okay with that." I told him and Jason motioned his hands to follow him. I can see Ryder's eyes is still watching me. Then I'm out of Ryder's sight. Jason and I are standing outside the bar. I spoke first to break the silence." I don't think this is a right place to talk," I said, as I looked at all the people who are passing us in the crowd." But I got no choice. I need to talk now," He said. The vehicles noises in the road are making me difficult to talk. But if it's so urgent, I'm looking forward to hearing it." Talk," I said, folding my arms. I didn't even look into his eyes. The anger burns inside me when he's next to me. I get a remembrance of Crystal or whoever the hell she is." Why aren't you acting normal, Milly?" He asked me like nothing happened today." Why don't you search the answer by yoursel
Might be? The answer is so unsure. I don't know whether Crystal is lying to Jason or not. I don't really know her. The only thing I can see is that she's obsessed with Jason. It may be acting or not? We can judge a book by the cover. It applied here." What are you saying? What do you mean by 'might be'? " I said as my jaw dropped." I...I'm afraid, Emily. I don't know what to do?" Jason said. I can't believe he's sharing it with me. But I don't think I have a solution for this." Do you remember when you had...last time with her?" I said in a whisper and didn't mention the word 'sex'." It happened before the vacations start and then we had a fight. I'm not the one who forgets to use a condom. Now I'm doubting myself after she blackmailed me. Even if she lies, I can't prove it. I feel like I'm seeing a different Crystal after a month. She changed. She changed a year ago. She's no longer the girl I have fallen in love with two years ago. I don't know what
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