Saturday afternoon after having lunch, I lie on my bed, thinking to take a nap. Mom went to office and Eve is in the kitchen with Mrs B, baking chocolate chip cookies for tea.
Suddenly my phone makes a pop sound indicating a notification hit it. Maybe it's a text from Michael ? I quickly pick the phone from the beside table, eager to read Michael's text through the status bar.But soon I'm disappointed. It was actually a text from Gabriel asking me how I'm doing.Gabriel had texted me Thursday evening. I actually didn't have her number with me but I recognized it was her, through her profile picture. She said she got my number from Gavin.Stupid Gavin ! He isn't satisfied with making stories about me and Gabriel but he had to give her my number too.I instantly texted Gavin why he gave her my number. And then he told me to text her back and get a bit close with her, so that I can make Michael jealous with her when I reach bNate's Pov The feeling of long fingers caressing through my hair along with the light giggle of a baby woke me up from my slumber. Feeling uncomfortable, I let my eyelids opens to see the image of my big sister standing beside my bed, carrying her baby in her arms and both of them smiling down at me. " Hey ! ", I quickly jumped up smiling in surprise. " Hey ! ", she laughed. Her one and a half year old baby girl, Angela made grabby hands at me whilst smiling cutely at me with her gums. " When did you c..come ?", I asked her whilst stretching my arms to Angela, who happily crept into my arms and onto my lap, giggling in excitement. She and I are great friends. " Just now.", Anna replied. " David's also there ?", I asked referring to her husband. " Yeah..he is downstairs talking with Dad and Mom.", she replied and sat down on the edge of my bed whilst smiling fondly at me. " Why
I finally saw Ethan after one week on Wednesday. I had reached back hostel last night and Ethan arrived this morning. On hearing he arrived, Grace and I went to his dorm before class. Ethan exchanged a quick hug with Grace but he didn't even look at me. That white bandage had disappeared from his forehead and instead there was a sticky bandage on the right side of his head. " When can you get rid of this bandage ?", Grace asked him. " Probably by Friday or Saturday. I need to go to the nurse today to redress it.", He told her. " So how do you feel now.", She asked. " I'm feeling better. But it's a bit itchy. And it's days since I washed my hair.", he replied. " Yeah...your hair smells like shit. ", She said and laughed to which Ethan replied with a sigh. I didn't talk anything. He wasn't even averting his attention to me, for me to start a conversation. And I had decided I won't act so de
The next morning Grace woke me up at 7 and told me that we are going to an Amusement park along with all the hostellers and warden and we must be in front of the hostel office at 7:40 with extra clothes and stuff. I was beyond surprised. Grace explained that our Warden Mr Garvey joined them at the auditorium yesterday after I left and played games with them. Then some guys put forward to him the idea of going for a picnic from hostel. Surprisingly Mr Garvey asked them whether they want to go to the amusement park today. Everyone was surprised and loudly shouted ' Yes'. So we 72 people who are currently in the hostel are going to the Amusement Park in a tour bus. And we don't need to spend a single penny from our hands. The expenditure for this will be taken from the school Hostel Fund. Grace said, I was sleeping when she came back at dorm, yesterday night and I looked so tired that she didn't feel like waking me up. I only remember fal
Ethan's POV " What the fuck did you do, Ethan ? Why did you let him hug you ? And why were you caressing his face and all ? That too in front of Gabriel ?", Gavin asked me as we moved a little away from the Tornado. " He got really scared when the cart entered the tunnel. He might have panicked if I didn't hug him. And Gavin, I can't control myself when he smiles.", I said brushing my hair backward, thinking about Michael's dimples. "Gavin, I don't think I can continue like this anymore. It's okay if he don't confess to me. I just want to be close to him. And I think he is okay with that now." Gavin sighed." I thought you were starting to like Gabriel.." " What ?", I asked surprised. " You seemed so happy when you were sitting with her yesterday at the auditorium. You both were laughing hard and talking endlessly. You like her, right ?", he asked. " What ? No ! Weren't you the one who told me to act close with G
Sunday passed by quickly as we only woke up when the mess bell for lunch rang. After having lunch I sat and wrote the notes which I had pending from the days I was absent. There was lots and lots to write. After sitting and writing continuously for four hours, I was completely exhausted. I still had more notes and home works to finish. Gavin suggested we go and play basketball for sometime and I agreed. We went to the court and played for an hour. After coming back, I again sat down to write. Between Gavin didn't go to Grace's dorm today. While we were playing, I asked him whether there's any problem between him and Grace. He didn't say anything clearly. But I understood there occurred some kind of word fight between them at the Amusement park. I didn't see Michael the whole day. At night I texted Grace asking whether Michael is alright or he is still upset because of yesterday's incident. Grace said he was moody and upset the whole day and
Nate's POV My eyes pooled involuntarily with tears as I walked back to my dorm after the arts class. Ethan didn't sit with me. Today unlike usual he sat in the front. I also didn't want him to sit near me after what happened in the wash room, today. His eyes were dark and he was literally shaking with anger while he had me pinned against the bathroom wall and snarled furiously at me for pushing down Gabriel. I was so angry and jealous at that time that I gave Gabriel a push. I actually didn't intend to make her fall or anything. I only pushed her very gently but she fell down and created a scene there. I think she purposefully did it. I hate her so much. And Ethan is going to officially ask her out tomorrow. He now hates me so much. Without knowing, I reached in front of my dorm room. I took my key from my pocket and jammed it into the key hole, pushing the door open. I threw my bag on the desk chair and went to my bed. Some book
Ethan's POV Just when I stepped out of the bathroom after taking a shower, my phone rang lying on the desk. Gavin who was sitting there, writing something glanced at it and tilted his head to me. " It's Grace.", he announced. " Oh..", I nodded and quickly walked to him, taking the phone from the desk and answering the calls. " Hello Grace, what's up ?", I said into the phone. " Ethan, Nate again started cutting ! " " What ! ", I uttered in extreme shock. " What happened Ethan ?", Gavin asked jumping up from the chair and looking at me anxiously. " Grace, you aren't kidding me, right ?", I asked. " No..he really did Ethan ! He was in an really angry and upset mood since he came back from school and he cut his arm while he was taking a shower. Don't know whether he was cutting since sometime.", She replied in nervousness. I brushed my hair backward and looked at Gavi
" Michael...", I called. He didn't tilt his head. " Now tell it to me in words.", I said. " No..", he shook his head. " Why ?", I asked. My smile was fading. " You are going to the b..ball with Gabriel, right ? After that aren't you g..going to ask her out ?", he asked. " No ! ", I squealed. " I'm not going to the ball with her. In fact I didn't even ask her out for the ball. I just lied to you. And I'm not going to ask her out. I don't like her. I like you !" He finally tilted his head and stared at me as if he don't believe me. " It was all acting Michael. Believe me, I don't like her. " He scrunched his eyebrows and frowned at me. He was so cute that I couldn't help but pinch his cheeks. " I only like you baby.", I said smiling as he yanked away my hand. " You were such a jealous boy.", I chuckled. " But still so stubborn. And you know, you are still being stubborn. You are