Edwin couldn’t forget the words the man said last night. He tried to ignore them, but he was unable to get those words off his head. He never saw Ace helping or talking to someone politely. Ace, being good, was unimaginable to him.
While he was getting ready for his college, his cell phone buzzed. Seeing Liam’s name on the screen, joy overtook him.
“Hey Li.” Edwin spoke, smiling.
“Hey Ed. Done with your last night hangover?” Liam asked, laughing.
“Not totally, but I have to attend classes.”
Then Liam apologized to him for not being with him, last night. They both talked for a few minutes, and Edwin left for his college.
After a few hours of boring classes, he reached his basketball court to practice. He told Ralph that happened last night, and for Ralph too it felt shocking and unbelievable. That’s how much, Ace showed his evil side to them. Following two hours of practicing, everyone left to their houses.
Taking rest for an hour, Edwin started to the clothes store, while talking to his parents on call. He was too tired to work, yet he managed to put on a fake smile, while showing and selling the clothes to the customers. At times, he felt quitting his work, but his pockets always kept reminding him the necessity for him to work.
It’s night, he finished his work, had his dinner in the nearby canteen and started to his home, that’s when he received a message from Kate asking him to meet her in the playground that was located near their college. She also added that it’s important, and come alone. He then called her, but she started to cut his calls.
Surprised with her actions, Edwin reached the place after few minutes. There were no one in the ground and the surroundings were filled with darkness. He wondered why she wanted to meet him at night in that place. He took out his cell phone from his pocket, and opened Kate's contact to call her, but before he did that, he felt someone’s presence from behind. When he was about to turn, he was kicked from behind that made him fell to the ground.
Before he could understand anything, he was getting beaten with a hockey stick. Edwin started to cover himself from the beatings with his palms, but his attempts went in vain. He then realized it was Ace, fuming in anger.
“How dare you, try to insult me in the store?” Ace shouted while beating him, angrily.
“Ahh! Ace, stop.” Edwin tried to stop him, but Ace was not listening to him.
Ace kept beating him while shouting at him. Blood started to ooze out from Edwin’s body with Ace's beatings. Edwin stood from the ground holding the stick, and he fought back. He too started to beat Ace so badly and their fight resulted in the destruction of the things that were in the ground.
They both kept beating, kicking each other while cursing one another. Edwin kept shouting to stop, but Ace wasn’t listening. Finally, after many minutes of fighting, Edwin pushed Ace to the ground, shouting “I said stop it.”
Ace looked at him furiously, wiping his blood and sweat with the dorsal side of his hands. Edwin held his head, irritated, looking at Ace. He shook his head in annoyance and sat on the ground, making heavy grunts, frustratingly.
“Are you going to become a killer by killing me or what?” Edwin shouted.
“I wish I could do that.” Ace said, gritting his teeth.
“Why the fuck you hate me this much?” Edwin scoffed.
“Because you gave a reason to hate you. Bastard.” Ace said.
Edwin tapped the ground with his palm, angrily. He shouted, “Why the hell you are taking the defeat personally? It’s a bloody one win. Grow up, man. Stop this bloody rivalry.”
Ace kept silent, still furious with Edwin. Edwin continued saying “Why do have this much hatred, this much venom in you? It not only destroys others, it will destroy you, Ace.”
“Enough.” Ace shouted.
Ignoring him, Edwin kept speaking that was irritating Ace. Ace stood from the ground, and walked to Edwin angrily. He then bent to Edwin’s level and held his collar.
“I said enough.” He shouted again.
Edwin pushed him and stood straight. He said “Ace, someone said you are a good guy. But everything that you do, proves you are an evil one. Question yourself. What are you exactly?”
Ace let out a sarcastic chuckle with his sentences. He spoke “So cinematic... so dramatic.” He then pointed his finger at Edwin, shouting, “I warn you, if you do something against me the next time, the consequences will be worse.”
Ace then gave a final punch at Edwin’s face and walked away. Edwin held his nose cursing Ace under his breath. Then he also started to go away, but suddenly he reminded Kate. He called her, but her cell phone was switched off.
Edwin ran after Ace, shouting, “What the hell you did to Kate?”
Ignoring him, Ace drove away in his car. Edwin kicked the dustbin beside him and started to Kate's house, muttering “Bloody hell. I guess I won’t sleep this night.”
After an hour, he reached Kate's house. He slammed the door, shouting her name. In a minute, the door was opened and Kate was shocked to see Edwin.
“Ed?” She narrowed her eyebrows. She held his hand and dragged him to the backyard shouting “What are you doing here at this late night? Mom and dad are sleeping inside.”
“You... you alright?” Edwin asked.
“What? Of course, I am.” Kate was confused. She then noticed scars and cuts on his face and hands. She asked worriedly, “What happened to you? Are you alright, Ed?”
“Yeah.” He nodded his head.
“Let’s go inside. Let me treat you for these wounds.” She said.
“I’m fine.” Edwin said and sat on the ground as he had no energy to even stand.
“You... you stay here. I’ll be back.” Kate said and walked away.
In a few minutes, she approached him with a medical kit in one hand and a juice glass in another. She then treated his scars and plastered them with band-aids. Edwin started to drink the juice while she kept looking at him with a questioning face.
Edwin put aside his glass, saying, “You... you texted me to meet you in the college premises.”
“What? I didn’t.” She shouted.
“I mean, I got a text from your cell phone. When I called you, you cut my calls, then it’s switched off.” Edwin said.
“My cell phone? How is it even possible? Few minutes back, my cell phone got switched off, and I was outside.”
“Outside? Did someone take your cell phone? I’m sure Silver High members did that because instead of you, Ace came to the place, and he beat the shit out of me.”
Kate shut her eyes, shaking her head in annoyance. She said “It’s Jacob.”
“Jacob?”
“I was in a restaurant with my cousin. To my bad luck, Ace and Jacob arrived. Jacob wanted to talk to me personally, so I walked away from my cousin. I left my handbag on the table. Ace might have taken my cell phone from there, secretly and after calling you, he might have deleted the call list.”
Edwin started to curse them, hearing Kate. He then asked, “Why did Jacob want to speak to you personally?”
Kate’s eyes widened, and she bit her lower lip. Edwin continued, “Kate, what’s happening? Are you hiding something from me?”
Kate shook her head, saying, “Edwin...”
“Don’t tell me you are fraternizing with the enemy.” Edwin raised his eyebrows.
“Shut up, Ed.” She let out a sigh. She said “Okay. I’ve been hiding something from you. Jacob had been asking me out. He even proposed me many times, indirectly. In the restaurant, he was trying to convince me.”
Edwin stood from the ground, shouting, “What?”
“Shhh! Don’t overreact, Ed.” She said standing straight.
“What do you mean by not overreact? From when is it happening? Is he bothering you, Kate? If it’s the case, I swear we are going to...”
Before he finished his sentence, Kate shouted, “That’s why I didn’t say. Ed, you guys loathe eachother so much, and I didn’t want to add fuel to the fire. It’s not a big thing, I can manage this.”
“That bloody Jacob... we should do something to him so that he should feel scared to even look at you.” Edwin said angrily.
Kate held his hands, saying, “Ed, calm down. Promise me, you won’t tell this to anyone.”
Edwin kept quiet, as he didn’t want to let Jacob go easily. Kate said “Please.”
“No Kate. What if they are planning something to do to you? I can’t take this risk.” Edwin said.
“Come on, Ed. Nothing happens. If I feel something wrong, I’ll inform you till then promise me, you won’t tell this to anyone.”
After thinking for a second, Edwin said, “Fine. I won’t. But you also have to promise me that you’ll tell me everything.”
“Yes. I promise, Ed.”
"Also, don't tell about this fight to anyone, including Ralph. Things will really go worse, if they know about this."
"But..." Kate was not ready to accept to him as she wanted Ace to pay for the things he did. After a lot of convincing, Kate said "Okay then. I won't tell to anyone."
He nodded his head and started to walk away. Kate realized he couldn’t be able to reach his home easily, seeing his position, so she convinced him to stay in her house. He accepted and they both walked inside.
Ace was at his house, lying near the swimming pool, with his hand inside the water, thinking about the fight he had with Edwin few hours back. He was still angry with Edwin, and he couldn’t get him off his head. No one in his life irritated Ace, like Edwin. When Ace was in his thoughts, Jacob walked to him, shouting his name. Though his shouts were audible enough, Ace didn’t respond to Jacob, as he was in his own thoughts. Jacob gritted his teeth, seeing Ace, and he pushed him into the swimming pool, angrily. “Bloody hell!” Ace shouted, while coming out from the water. “Jacob? What are you doing here? Damn, in a few hours, it’s morning, man.” “What the fuck did you do, Ace? Have you lost your mind?” Jacob shouted. Ace asked, wiping the water from his body with a towel, “Me? What are you talking about?” Jacob pushed Ace back, shouting, “You bloody attacked Edwin.” “So? Don’t say you feel bad for him.” Jacob rolled his eyes with
Edwin and Ralph kept roaming the city to buy gifts for Kate as it’s her birthday. After spending few hours in roaming the city, selecting the items, they ended up buying chocolates and few accessories that she loved. Exhausted, they both reached Edwin’s house and fell on the bed. Edwin stretched his arms to relax his muscles, whereas Ralph was on the bed like a dead man. “It’s already evening. I doubt I’m not able to attend the party.” Edwin chuckled. Ralph replied nothing though he heard Edwin as he was too lazy to even open his mouth. Edwin turned to his side, asking, “You alive?” Ralph made a sound, proving him that he was alive. Edwin started to laugh with his actions, then rested for few minutes. Edwin’s slumber was interrupted with the buzzing sound of his cell phone. He sat straight, taking his phone that was on the table, beside his bed. Seeing Liam’s name on the screen, his lazy body got alerted. He noticed Ralph still sleepin
Edwin couldn’t forget the night of Kate’s birthday. He didn’t understand from where did he get the courage to call Ace, a loser. It’s been a week since it happened, yet he wasn’t able to forget it. Deep down, he had been cursing himself for calling him as a loser. Edwin was getting ready to go to his college, while talking to Liam on the phone. They had been talking to plan their next meet, and after a few minutes, Edwin cut the call. When he was about to leave the house, he got a call from his father that made him smile. He spoke “Hey dad.” “Ed... Edwin...” His father stammered. Edwin frightened hearing his tone, so he asked, “Dad, are you okay? You don’t sound normal.” Edwin heard his father’s cry on the phone, that scared him. He started to sweat in fear. He asked “Dad, dad calm down. What happened?” His father said, “Your mom got into an accident. Her condition is so critical. We are in the city.” “What?” Edwin shoute
With a broken heart, Edwin started to walk away. He didn’t understand what to do next. All his hope, vanished. He started to frighten for his mother, and sweat started to trickle down his brow. The tears in his eyes weren’t stopping from rolling down, pondering his mother’s condition. He decided to ask help from Liam, and his friends, so he took out his cell phone from his pocket. He understood they were the only people, who could help him. When he was about to call Ralph, the cell phone was taken from his hands by Ace. Looking at him angrily, Edwin shouted “Give me my phone.” “Do you know how ugly you look? The ugliness increases with your anger.” Ace laughed. “I said, give me my phone.” Edwin yelled and took his cell phone from Ace's hands. Edwin started to walk away, but his walk was interrupted by Ace. Ace stood in front of him, asking, “Going to ask help from some others? Trust me, I won’t let it happen.” He then laughed out loud.
Ace and Jacob were in a restaurant, waiting for their order to arrive, impatiently. Jacob was too hungry, and he was really annoyed with all the waiting. “I swear I’m going to burn this place down if they won’t give us what we ordered, within five minutes.” Jacob said with an irritated face. “Do it after I step out of this place.” Ace spoke, laughing. “This isn’t a joke. Damn, they are making us wait for too long, Ace. Is this how they bloody treat us?” “Calm down. You, don’t get irritated and don’t make me irritated.” Ace rolled his eyes. When Jacob was about to say something, the server brought a tray of food items that they ordered, and put it on the table, apologizing to them. “Sorry sir, it got a bit late.” “You saved this restaurant.” Jacob rolled his eyes. The server didn’t understand him, but he didn’t dare to ask him. He served the food, and then left from there. Jacob started to eat like he had been starved for years.
Edwin couldn’t believe what he was seeing. The person, whom they all loathed, was kissing Kate, and the most surprising thing to him was Kate kissing him back. Jacob held Kate’s face in between his palms, speaking something that wasn’t audible to Edwin. Anger gripped through him, watching them in that way but he controlled his emotions, stepping forward. Kate and Jacob turned to Edwin’s direction when they heard footsteps approaching them. A gasp escaped Kate’s mouth seeing Edwin and she pushed Jacob away creating space between them. Kate started to fidget while Jacob kept looking at Edwin with the usual irritated expression. “Kate?” Edwin narrowed his eyebrows standing in front of her. “E-Edwin.” She stammered. “What’s happening here?” He asked Kate and looked at Jacob, furiously. Jacob stepped front, speaking “I guess you saw us. There’s no need for an explanation.” “I didn’t ask you.” Edwin gritted his teeth holding Jacob’s co
Days had been passing, and only a few months left for the competition. Everyone began practising too much though they had few months time, as both of the colleges didn’t want to lose the competition that year.Edwin was in the classroom, trying to focus on his boring classes. Though his eyes started to droop, he kept trying so hard to concentrate on the classes as he had been neglecting his studies from many days.Unable to concentrate, he started noticing his fellow students. Ralph was gazing at Leila, who returned from her trip yesterday, while few of his teammates were already sleeping. His gaze then fell on Kate, who sat on the chair next to him. She looked tensed. She had been texting over her cell phone, in a nervous way. She was pressing her palms together, chewing her lips.He thought of calling out her name but he dropped the idea as the entire classroom was silent except the voice of their Professor. He slowly leaned sideways, and hit her arm for
Ace was at his house, thinking about the incident that happened with Edwin, a few hours ago. He didn’t understand why he reacted in such a way, that could’ve exposed the truth about him. All he had been doing with Edwin, was torturing him but whatever he felt because of his touch few hours before, wasn’t something normal to him. It was irritating him.‘Am I still feeling guilt?’ He questioned himself when he began thinking about Edwin too much. It was clearly not guilt as it already faded when he helped for Edwin’s mom's treatment.He shook his head annoyed, mumbling “Why the fuck do you always disturb me, Edwin?”He turned on the music to enjoy his favourite beats. When it wasn’t helping, he started to drink alcohol to deviate.When he was involved in his thoughts, Olivia walked to him, that increased his irritation. As usual, they both began fighting over their relationship topic, that’s when F