Plan-A

They reached the school with Eloise and Outis goofing around. Carmia was very irritated with those two, but still ignored them both. Eloise goes to her classroom, leaving Outis and Carmia alone. As they both were in the same grade, their wing was the same. They both were walking to their class when suddenly Carmia stopped and asked Outis, "What were you two talking about in the morning?" Outis replied, "Nothing." as he didn't want to spoil things for her, "She just asked me if I have any ill intention due to which I was hanging out with you. Seems like she really cares for you. No offense, but I must say, she is freaking terrifying. If she takes the role of a demon in a horror movie, then she would be a perfect fit." he said. Hearing Outis's words, Carmia burst into laughter, "She is pretty terrifying, but she is sweet." he added to his words.

Carmia said nothing to him which made Outis bit awkward, "Well, don't you also think that she is kinda sweet?" he asked. "Hm... I will be heading to my class now...ciao!" she said as she left the scene. "I wonder why she doesn't like Eloise."

Some time past, it was lunch hour. Kids were running here and there. Carmia was in the music room, laying down on the floor. Outis was setting free the firefly which somehow got stuck in the room at night. "Fly, little firefly." he said as he set it free. "Why do you like fireflies so much?" asked Carmia. "Well I like them due to many reasons but let me tell you the top three reasons. 1. Because it is beautiful, 2. It is magical and 3. It doesn't hurt itself while glowing like stars do." he answered, "Not to mention, they were my only friend ever since I was created." with a smile.

"That sounds lonely." said Carmia.

Eloise suddenly opened the door, shouting Carmia's name. "At least knock first." said Carmia. "Take part in the upcoming violin competition!" Eloise said as she handed the contestant application form. "And why would I?" asked Carmia. "Because it was no fair game yesterday.... or, you finally found out that you are nothing but a loser." said Eloise. "It was a fair game and I won." said  Carmia.

"Really? Well, if you somehow forgot the rules, then I would be delighted to remind you again. You would immediately disqualify from the competition if stop playing in the middle of your performance, and you stopped playing in the middle of your performance, which means nothing but. Disqualification. So, you are disqualified, ma'am."

Carmia was filled with anger, but she still remained calm. "I don't care." she said. "Look at your knuckles turning white, are you sure that you don't care? Well, do what you want, Outis can you please give the kid his hat. And, please come with me." she said and left the room. Outis gave the crying kid his hat and went after Eloise, leaving Carmia all alone, who was looking down at the form.

"So....why did you call me?" asked Outis. "To inform you that our plan-A has started. That form that I just handed to Carmia was the starting of the plan. Knowing her, she never accepts her defeat, and it's me who we are talking about. She hates getting defeated by me. You see this scar on my face?" she asked. "Yeah." said Outis. "Carmia was the one who gave it to me. The scar also known as the sign of rivalry. I won in the competition, and she launched at me like an injured snake. Hurt, but deadly enough to kill someone. If her dad wasn't there then, you wouldn't have been able to see my elegant face. You think that I look scary, don't you. But, when you will see the angry form of little Mia, then you will realize that she actually has a demon inside of her just waiting to be free." she said. After hearing Eloise's words, Outis started rethinking his decision's to be friends with her, wondering if she will kill him one day and gulped in fear.

Eloise laughed at Outis and said, "Dude, she will not kill you.........unless you make her mad." she whispered in a creepy voice. "You two should be delinquents  instead of musicians, to be honest."

Eloise laughed again and said, "Well, see you after school." as she patted Outis's back. They both waved goodbye and Outis again entered the music room just to find Carmia playing on her phone and the form in the shape of a ball. "Does it mean you are rejecting her offer?" he asked. Carmia didn't even look at his face and said, "Yes, as I already won the competition."

"But, she said that according to the rules you have been disqual-" before Outis could finish his sentence, Carmia said, "I. Won." after hearing Carmia's words, Outis fell silent and took out his phone to inform Eloise about it.

Time pasted by, and finally it was after school. Outis made Carmia wait with him for Eloise on the bridge. Eloise finally came outside, waving to them. "So... your answer?" she asked to Carmia. Outis was sipping his water. "No. My answer is no." calmly said Carmia.

"No? Well, that means you finally accepted that you are a failure and got defeated by me." she said. Carmia didn't hesitate and said, "I have always been a failure, and now I am finally accepting, aren't you happy."

"Excuse me?" Eloise was confused by hearing Carmia's.

"Well, you were always my parent's favorite, even when I was their child. You got all the love, and love left me alone. I never had felt the same comfort that you felt with my parents. I used to feel loved when my mom abused me, she turned me into a masochist. Furthermore, I grew up scared of abandonment due to you. "The light of the stadium is fading" why would I fricking care when my whole life was faded. All because of you. You were too great. You were everything my parents wanted. Every day, my father used to talk about you, all day. I wanted to be noticed too, but all I was noticed for was mistakes. I thought maybe, if I will win a competition against you, they will know that I was not so bad either. But, you won in that competition. It made my blood boil. I wanted to kill you, but I didn't because then, my parents would have hated me more." said Carmia with tears filled in her eyes.

"I understand your feelings. Your hatred for me. I understand." Eloise tried to empathize with her, but Carmia said with a cold tone, "You don't, and you will never know. As, you are everyone's favorite."

 "My whole life, I was told that I was nothing but a burden. Hiding my feelings. My parents fought just because they couldn't win the championship. I was scared to live inside my own house. After my dad's dead, my mother started drinking and  used to hit me with anything and everything she found. And it's all my fault. I wasn't as great as you were. I was- I-"

Carmia started crying, and she said, "All I asked from my mom was love for my birthday. She literally hanged herself the next day! It's all because of .....me. I regretted every decision I had made that time. Only if I hadn't asked her for love... maybe she would still be alive. It's all my fault."

Outis hugs her and gives her a shoulder to cry on, "It's okay. It's not your fault. It was written in your mother's fate to die. Not only that, but it might sound rude, but it was written in her life to die like that. It's no one's fault. Don't blame yourself."

All those words that came out of Carmia's mouth reminded Eloise about her best friend who sadly died in an accident. Eloise fell all silent. "Hey.... Carmia....listen, I am very sorry for what I did. I promise that I didn't want to ruin your relationship with your parents. I am sorry that it was all my fault." she said as she held the hands of Carmia with a smile, as tears were running down her cheeks.

Outis was confused on what to do. Plan-A slowly was turning into plan-B. Eloise was walking away and Carmia was in a deep thinking. Outis whispered, "Sorry." to Carmia as he pushed Carmia off the bridge. Carmia hit the water, making a huge sound. As Eloise heard the sound, she looked behind to see what was the cause of the sound.

Outis was shouting, "Eloise, do something! Carmia fell off the bridge and I don't know how to swim. Please help." Eloise was shocked and came running. She threw her bag to the ground and jumped down the bridge. Eloise tried to look for Carmia but couldn't find her, so she swam deeper.

"Hope this will help." Outis whispered to himself.

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