I took in a deep breath, I was trying to suppress all the nervousness in me, but it wasn't working.
Why was I this nervous? I was standing by the side of Luke Calvin that was enough reason for me to be nervous!"Hi!" I squeaked miserably with my hands behind my back and my fingers playing with each other. This was what I did anytime I was nervous.He removed his gaze from me and walked passed me.He just snubbed me!Even though he just snubbed me, I was still hesitant, I haven't given up on talking with him yet."Hi," I repeated, this time I raised my voice thinking that he didn't hear me the first time. He continued walking without turning back, pretending as if I wasn't there-- I didn't exist to him.I froze and this feeling of disappointment and sadness enveloped me.I felt so stupid and my self-esteem became lower than what it used to be before.Why did I forget that I was a nobody and decided to approach him? Why did I even decide to do something this stupid?I walked back to Emily with my face sad, and my eyes glossy, I was like an injured soldier who just lost a battle and returned to his base.I sighed."So how did it go?" Emily asked with her eyes so wide that I almost thought that they would pop out from their sockets, she was curious about how my encounter with Luke went.It was her that pushed me into all this, I never wanted to speak to him I envisaged this happening, but I didn't envisage how painful it was going to be, the way he snubbed me made me feel worthless.I could remember how cold his eyes were, they were as cold as Antarctica."I don't want to talk about it or him," I said with asad voice and Emily suspected that something bad has happened."I know you well and I am sure you want to talk about it," Emily insisted and I sniffed, I really wanted to talk about it or him but I was pained at the way he didn't want to have anything to do me...he didn't even smile back at me!"Yes, I want to talk about it," I said with a low voice and with my head bent low."Good. Could we talk about it over a drink or a snack?""Okay," I replied dryly. She placed her hands on my cheeks and raised my head and said, "Don't get sad because of that asshole, I am sure he is no better than Tom." To tell someone that he was no better than Tom was the worst insult you can ever tell anyone. But Luke was way better than Tom, he was breathtaking.She raised my head till my eyes met hers. "Now, quit being sad and let's grab something to eat."Emily had always been there for me in times of distress, she says the right thing always, sometimes I felt like I could never be grateful for all the things she had done for me--indeed she was a sister in times of distress.We went to Ginny Restaurant, they had the best meat pie and soft drinks in school, and I loved going there whenever I felt hungry and exhausted.We entered the small round building and sat down close to the entrance. The place was buzzing with students who came there to have a taste of their heavenly meat pies--I guess I am not the only one that likes them here.We ordered some meat pies and two glasses of orange juice, and in no time our order sat on the well-decorated plastic table.So what happened, Cruise?" Emily asked me and took a bite from her meat pie and sipped her orange juice."He didn't reply to me--he snubbed me," I pouted and I was still vexed at the way he ignored me, girls don't normally walk up and talk to a boy and I did that, who does he think he was?"Everyone gets snubbed... Was it that bad?" She poked her head towards me. "Maybe he is shy to speak to you." Yes, it was that bad and I don't think he was shy to speak to me he was far from that, if I could recall his eyes were void of emotions and his face was as stony as the Great Wall of China.Well, that was how life was you don't always get what you want, but fuck that, it was so rude of him to ignore me like that."Yeah it was, he behaved like I wasn't there, it was terrible, Emily, I felt so stupid." I sniffed. I hated remembering how he rudely ignored me, it makes me boil with anger. "To hell him with him.""I'ma give that bastard a piece of my mind," she said through her teeth and gripped her glass cup so hard that I thought it would break.I shrugged at the anger she displayed it was more than mine."No-no don't," I stammered. "It'll just make us look more foolish.""I know, Cruise. But what that asshole did was inhuman and unforgivable... Someone needs to do what his mama didn't do." Emily...you don't have to. Sigh. "He should be happy that a girl tried to talk to him first, normally girls won't do that." Emily huffed."And that person shouldn't be you, Emily," I told her and took a bite from my meat pie for the first time. I think Luke wasn't the type of person that likes people around him, maybe he was an introvert or he was just being annoyingly snobbish."Then who?" She raised an eyebrow. "I am the most suitable for this." She cracked her knuckles and I giggled at the way she was acting tough."I know you are, Emily, but just don't do it," I begged her, I knew what Emly was capable of, I didn't want to hear that Luke was dead the next morning and a crazy girl murdered him cause he snubbed her best friend."Ok fine. I am just letting this one pass, the next time he does it I would make sure I cripple him," she said and dramatically squeeze the plastic can that contained water. "I will make him bedridden for life." This was one of the reasons I didn't like telling Emily things like this she takes them too seriously, she was crazy and very confident, and even though she was scary at times sometimes I prayed for her confidence. "There is a party tonight, let's-""Nope, I am not going," I interrupted her and she stared at me, blankly."Is it because of what happened?""Maybe." I shrieked and she laughed."For goodness sake, Cruise doesn't allow that bastard to stop you from having fun tonight, " she grinned and placed her hands on my shoulder. "Tonight is going to be nice, trust me.""It is not that, it's-" I tried explaining."It is what?" She questioned interrupting me with one of her eyebrows raised."I want to clear my thoughts, and I don't see how partying all night will help," I said and sighed."For goodness sake, the drinks and the party will help you clear your aching thoughts." She tried convincing me but I was quite adamant to change my mind, I don't think that attending a party all night would help, I disliked wild parties and anytime I went to one I always came back with a headache, so it was just going to make things worst for me.No matter how I protested against going, I knew that it was going to be futile, Emily would still convince me to come and I would follow her"Ok, fine I'll go. But I don't have what to wear." I finally gave up and her lips curved into an evil smile."That's not a problem, Emily.""It isn't?" I asked her and she chuckled slightly."Yes, it's not a problem, remember you have me." She bumped my shoulder with hers and I giggled, I always love her vibrant energy, and I hardly felt bored or lonely whenever she was around, yes, I have her, why should I be worried about what to wear?After having a very delicious lunch in the Ginny restaurant we strolled back to my apartment which was off campus--it was just ten minutes walk from campus. When we reached the building I greeted Lewis who was our Gardner, he was tall and quite old, probably in his early 60s, but he was very friendly and he always wore a beaming smile on his face. I fished for my keys in my handbag when we arrived at my doorstep. "I can't find my keys," I alarmed Emily and continued searching for my room keys, after twenty minutes of a fruitless search for my room keys, I gave up. I turned to Emily and she immediately understood the situation we were in. "Don't worry yourself too much, Dakota," she said calmly and I began wondering why she was thus calm. She's always calm in times like this. Didn't she know that we are stranded here without my keys? "Relax, Dakota, you gotta learn how to worry less, Dakota." Relax really? Every fragment of me was worried about my room keys, if I lose them, it woul
Emily picked a very skimpy sleeveless purple gown for me and no doubt I looked kind of good in it. I looked at myself in the mirror and I noticed how the gown brought out my curves, I liked the gown, but the problem I had with it was that it was too tight and it was difficult for me to walk and breathe in it. But as they say "you have to go through pain at times just to look beautiful."Sigh.I combed my long ebony hair and then packed it into a perfect ponytail. I applied light makeup on my face and checked myself in the mirror before leaving my apartment. Emily was going to wait for me close to the party venue so I boarded a taxi to the place where we planned to meet. When the driver got there I got down from the car and paid him, I saw Emily not too far from the place I was. She approached me and she was damn hot, her red gown adorned her body and her make-up was breathtaking. She came very prepared for this party. "Are you ready, Dakota?" She asked as she approached me. I wasn
"I think I will be taking my leave now," he said and turned around. "I'm Justin Lemon, by the way," He told me and I giggled slightly, he had the name of a fruit. "Nice name," I said smirking and he chuckled."I know, I get that a lot," he said and I smiled, we'd just known each other for barely ten minutes and it felt like I'd known him for long. "What department are you in?" I asked and he ran his hand through his hair. "Criminology," he told me and I became surprised, he didn't look like it, he looked like he was in the pharmacy department--that was the den of hot boys, while in the criminology department only geeks and bookworms type of boys that were there. "That's nice, what level are you cause this is the first time I am seeing you here?" I did not know everyone in school but I was familiar with most students' faces, and I had never seen his face before."300 and I'm a transfer student." He was on the same level as I am! He was a transfer student just like Luke! But he was m
I woke up with the sun rays streaming through my room window. I blink rapidly and use my hand to cover my eyes from the brilliance of the sun.My head ached badly, I couldn't fully remember how I got here. All I could remember was that I was with someone last night and the person drove me here. Or was it a dream?No, it felt too real to be a dream.Who was I with?Justin Lemon, yes I was with Justin, the hot guy with a Spanish accent that has the name of a fruit."Justin!" I shouted and looked around hoping that he was there. Then I noticed a piece of neatly folded paper tucked by the side of my bed. I hurriedly picked the paper up, I knew there was an important message in the paper.I unfolded the paper. Just as I thought it was an important message-it was a note from Justin! It reads:I'm sorry I didn't say goodbye before I left. You were so fast asleep that I didn't want to disrupt your sleep. See ya later, my sleeping mi Belle. ~Justin.I couldn't remember falling asleep in his
Emily?" I whispered. "I have great news for you." I was eager to tell Emily how Luke stared at me for some seconds.She turned to me and I was as ready as possible to break the news to her. She perceived that it was not something of great importance and stared away quickly. I frowned."Emily this is urgent," I persisted and her eyebrows furrowed."For goodness sake, Cruise, we are in a lecture session.""I know, but this is very urgent," I pushed on and she rolled her eyes, right now my brain couldn't process whether what I was doing was sensible or not. "Ok fine." She finally gave up, she turned to me again and asked, "What is it?"I straightened myself for the hundredth time."It's Luke," I said giggling and my cheeks began turning red."Yes, what happened to him, did he die?" She asked bluntly."No, no he did not die, I won't be happy if he died," I said honestly and she rolled her eyes."I'll be happy if he did so that you can let me be for a damn second," she said through her
He stared at me, surprised, he never expected me to do this, he didn't know that I was this crazy, even though he towered above me and I had to stand on my toes before I reached his collar, I wasn't scared.He frowned and glared at me. I rolled my eyes while still holding his shirt."I won't leave unless you say something," I told him with my eyes shut, I knew that this was stupid and outrageous, and I was going to be overwhelmed with embarrassment, but I didn't care.The hall was rowdy and I thank God for that, everyone was busy and didn't notice the little drama that was going on between Luke and me."Talking to you is not necessary," Luke said with his voice as cold as the North Pole. His voice was quite deep and his American accent sounded heavenly. My grip became weak and Luke removed my hands from his shirt."I have finally talked to you, I've done my part now it's your turn," he brought out his homework and threw it at me, "submit my homework you annoying pest." He said through
I woke up and began preparing for school. I checked my phone and I saw a text from Justin, I smiled and opened it.Justin: "Buenos Dias, Mi belle"I smiled and replied to his greeting. Justin was one of the nicest guys I have ever met, he was funny and very interesting, he liked watching criminal documentary shows and he normally tells me some of the very interesting and scary ones he has watched. I imagined him becoming a very super hot detective.I checked what today was and it was Friday, today was a special day, it was the semester's cup finals and Luke's Team and Justin's Team were playing against each other. I was so excited about the match. I didn't like football so much, but I badly wanted to see Luke and Justin play against each other. Those two were like enemies and they always competed against each other. Some days while I was with Justin we normally ran into Luke, and the air surrounding us changed, the look on their faces whenever they crossed paths showed the hatred they
The second half began and I had high hopes for Justin and his team, they were going to win, there was no way Luke was going to win! Well, I didn't want Luke to win because I disliked him and I preferred Justin who was nice and friendly to him.The players came out and I began shouting Justin's name. He turned my way and he was able to spot me in the crowd, he blew me a kiss and winked at me. My cheeks became red like tomatoes and I felt butterflies in my stomach. When I turned around I saw many girls sitting beside and behind me reacting the same way I did after Justin blew me a kiss. I frowned but quickly smiled, I didn't want anything to ruin today for me.This was the best day ever, I regretted not watching football throughout my life, if I had known I would have viewed football differently.The match began and Justin's team started nicely. Justin got the ball and headed towards the goal net of the opposing team, he dribbled past the defenders and passed to one of his teammates.Jus