I washed myself up, fixed my mid-waist reaching wavy blonde hair into a ponytail, applied some lipgloss and made my way downstairs to the drawing-room.
Gran was in the kitchen, baking my favourite lemon tarts.I shoved one into the mouth and Jesus! If this is not heaven then I don't know what is.Grandmother always loved cooking, she followed her passion and now proudly owns a restaurant here in Boston.Even though it's small and cosy, it's still got its warmth of delicious delicacies that makes people feel like eating at home.I have always felt immensely proud and pleased in helping Grandma out with managing the restaurant.With a short staff and me going to school, sometimes I worry how would Gran manage to do it all.Even though she always reassures me, I still sometimes get worried about her.I saw Chris sitting on the couch, casually one arm slinging over and legs crossed. His gaze was solely fixed on some documentary about aquatic animals that were going on some cable network.Chris looked even more handsome in his khakis and a buttoned white shirt that has something written over it, but I couldn’t read it clearly due to his sitting position.“Hi handsome“ I greeted Chris by planting a kiss on his cheek.“What took you so long Sky?” He asked taking off his eyes from the TV.“Hope you had a great morning “I teased him looking towards Gran.“Oh yes of course I was actually until your grandmother called me to shop you I mean to take you shopping “He huffed playfully.“Dude, that’s what I love about you, always ready to give me company,” I replied to him honestly.“Oh common Sky, I am not giving you my precious company, I am coming with you to check out the hot girls.“Liar”I playfully nudged him. Seriously, he should learn how to take a compliment. As he stood up to his full six feet height, from the couch I saw what’s written on his Shirt*MY ONE SMILE CAN KILL YOU* each word spelt in red and bold!“You bought the wrong shirt, Chris, replace that ‘smile’ with ‘fart’ and you are good to go” I teased.“Oh I have a better one, next time we will go somewhere I will wear my ‘She loves it when I fart’ one” Chris teased back making me burst into a fit of laughter.Gosh! This is insane! “Please tell me I am not going outside with you when you are wearing that?” I gestured at his shirt.Chris laughed and said, “That’s the plan, So let's go.”Chris laughingly grabbed my hand and dragged me outside.Coming outside I saw a new motorbike, not so new but new to me .” Don’t tell me you built this!” I said with complete amazement.“Skylar Carter, I made this beauty, all by myself and you are going to be the first one to take a ride with me of course” Chris was so happy and proud.“Boy, You are a genius! I am so proud of you” I said returning him his smile.“I knew that you will like it ““It ? common Chris, it's your first handmade motorbike, we are not calling it -It. I said to him.“Sky, no one can change girls. What are you going to name it ?” Chris was still being playful.“We will figure that part later. For no,w let's call it...'Bike'.” I said because hello! I am very bad at giving names.“You just named her that cause your brain is malfunctioning at the moment.”"Now I will make yours malfunction too."We laughed and sped through the motorbike and went inside the luxurious Mall that has been recently opened. I was sceptical though I have heard it’s truly expensive.I bought a leather jacket as a gift for Chris for his first bike completion, at first he was refusing but I can be very persuasive.Thanks to Chris for getting me a new dress, and for giving me a gift card for which my nails were now manicured and pedicured and my hair smells like heaven after the spa treatment.No matter how much I refused, he did not even listen and said I deserve it all for all the hard work I did for the scholarship.I spent the money I saved in buying out some other dresses, heels and a nice school bag and zero hoodie thanks to Chris who dragged me out of the hoodies section.Chris was full of patience with me at the mall. People were staring at us like we are a couple, but who cares. I even noticed some stupid boys checking out me and some even winked, but in reality, they did not even get a second look from me and I resisted the urge to show them middle my finger.“Chris, I am exhausted, we should go home now. I was so freaking tired.“Let me carry those bags for you Sky.” But before he could, Chris phone buzzed and he told me to wait for five more minutes.I was dying with exhaustion, so I decided to meet him directly outside.I left him inside the mall and started walking, no scratch that running towards the exit gate.I saw some men in black suits were ahead of me going towards the exit gate as well. One of them was wearing a black leather jacket, denim and biker boots, making him stand out among the others.He was striding in the middle and as far as I could think the men in suits were following him. He was tall, maybe around six feet two or three, it was hard to comprehend. He constantly kept checking out the time from his wristwatch while walking. Maybe he was in a hurry I thought.As he was walking ahead of me, so I was not being able to see his face.I got distracted when my phone buzzed, both of my hands were full of bags and Chris was nowhere in sight.I ignored his absence and keep walking forward. After a lot of struggle, I finally managed to get my cell out of my purse and saw who’s the caller.“Hey, Gran! I just finished…” before I could complete my sentence I realised I had collided with some solid wall or you could say rock hard muscled back and I lifted my head to find out with whom I had collided.It was him.The odd one from the group.After the collision, all that left to deal with was the aftermath. I didn't know the impact of colliding with the hard muscles could be this brutal.I never knew a fateful collision with this person would imbalance my life itself.Looking back now I wonder what would have happened if we could have never collided.Was it fate or a mere mistake? It's futile to ponder.~~~Mere moments ago I was tired and frustrated clutching these stupid bags.All my shopping bags were scattered on the floor. My phone was lying on the floor like a dead body. Cracked display, back cover and battery scattered far away from my line of sight.Shit, now I have to repair this phone again! Oh lord rip my bank account.It was quite a floor show, to be honest.As I looked around and saw many pairs of eyes zoned in my direction. I have always hated being the centre of attention and especially in an embarrassing situation like this.Mother earth please open up and swallow me. I saw
Curiously I looked up to see who's the person, I saw deep black pools staring at me. Its him. God I felt the spark.A chill ran down through my body by this mere contact.I concluded that Its not only his presence, but also I was letting his electric touch affect me so much.That thought was enough to bring me back to my senses. I seriously need to get a grip here. Taking a deep breath I decided to tackle this mess ASAP so that I could finally go my home and take some kind of mental rest ."I am sorry, I really didn't mean to hit you like that, not that I am hitting on you." I offered my kinda awakward apologizy again. I hoped he would respond with something like -its ok or all good but since he was choosing to stay quite, I decided to continue."Look I am really really sorry ,My Gran called me and as you can see my hands were full of bags, Chris was also nowhere near my line of sight for help, so I picked up call while running and smashed into you. Its a joint phenom
Still, in a daze prior to the previous unfortunate event, I let Chris pick me up from the floor where it feels like my knees have been frozen to the core.Like the gentleman Chris is, he dusted off my knees and helped me stand straight."I am so sorry Sky, I was on a call with mom and she asked me to check on Elle. News flash, that clutz just broke her leg" Chris declared.Ouch! Must be very hurtful.Elle and Chris were childhood buddies and I got to know Elle, very recently."That's terrible Chris. Is she okay now?""Yeah, she sprained it somehow, but I have to go to see her at the hospital.""You should definitely go, send her my regards as well.""I hate leaving you alone, let me drop you home first " Chris requested with pleading puppy eyes.I kept my hand over his chest in a gesture to stop him."Don't worry about me, I will take a taxi. You should go to the hospital first, now shoo" After some more persuasion finally Chris left me outside the
Elle was a sweet girl. She was your girl next door type.Curvy, petite and stunningly beautiful, Elle was the complete opposite of me with her talkative, outspoken, extrovert nature, but still, we bonded and became very good friends over this summertime.I liked her curly brown hair, but she doesn't, she never believed me whenever I told her how much lovely they are. She likes my black, straight hair, which runs in a thick mass up to a little above my waist shielding my backside like a screen.Back to the conversation, I asked -"So how things are going with you and Andrew?"Andrew was her third or fourth boyfriend, within the three years. Elle was such a good girl but every time she mystically chooses the bad boys. What's it about bad boys? I wonder if I would ever fall for one, though it sounds ridiculous even to my ears.There was a sudden pause on the other side. I thought maybe she ended the call."Andrew-he is an SOB...We broke up babe." A serious and emotiona
'Today was going to be my day' I thought to myself, because why not?I was feeling excited from the morning cause I will be going to Archibald Academy today. I was kind of an introvert and my friend circle consisted of several friends that are less than the fingers of both hands. Preferring quality over quantity was not a bad thing, to be honest. I still hoped that maybe there I would make some new friends. At least make the numbers reach above the fingers of both of my hands as well as feet.But I was also a little nervous, to be honest. I mean who would be not?Chris drove me towards the Academy. Gran was also there in the back seat."How can I miss such a big day of my Skylar?" Gran cheered.Gran has always been my #1 support system. I have packed my suitcase and she helped me with it. Thankfully I have secured myself a dorm to live in. Soon enough we entered inside the majestic campus. My heart was beating erratically with excitement regarding the start of a new b
"Hey, Elle."I smiled at my new roommate. The loneliness that I was feeling before now has vanished into thin air."Finally you are here! We are going to rule Archibald Academy."Well, I am not sure about ruling over Archibald Academy. The only thing that I had any interest to rule over was my grades."I can't be too sure about that.""Oh, hush! I will introduce you to many of my friends and we will have so much fun together."Fun? I could get used to the fun but not too much fun."Before we do all that, tell me about this school a little."Elle and I both talked about the academics and facilities available in the school. She especially told me about the dos and don'ts.Like if you want to go for a booze party then Stella's place was the hub. In case you want to bunk the dorm and chill outside for late nights then bribing the RA with a little booze would do the wonders.And the most important part was not to get caught by the minions of Mr Archibald, th
Mister Arrogant was Victoria’s boyfriend! How does she handle such a rude jerk like he was beyond my imagination? Well, it was not my problem, but judging from the scowling expression of Victoria, one thing was crystal clear. Victoria was irritated with me. I guess I could expect that from her since I was the one who interrupted her French kissing session with the handsome hunk. So Mr Arrogant also goes to this school. Was it fate or some silly coincidence? He was gazing at me with his poker face like he was busy deciphering my identity. Before he could do that, I decided to change my direction. He offended me once. There was no need to repeat the same mistake twice. Before I could embarrass myself further, Elle grabbed me by my elbow. “What are you doing?” She whispered through her clenched teeth. “Running away.” I started running towards the track field without giving any one of them su
Saturday was officially here.Today was also Elle's birthday.The first thing I did today was wished Elle for her special day.But like earlier days, only wishing by call or text doesn't work for our generation.Could you even call yourself a real friend if you don't wish for your friend on social media?But, to be honest, life was quite laid-back before all of these prominent social media networks were created.My presence on social media was like finding water on the moon. Which was almost negligible.My advisor once told me that I need to have a significant online presence if I ever wanted to be admitted into any ivy league.From then on I broke my social media virginity. My account has twenty followers and I had uploaded the picture of cherry blossoms as my profile picture.The only four pictures that I had uploaded were basically of me with grandmother, our little restaurant, one with Chris and the last one I recently uploaded was with Elle, wishing h