chapter1

November 25, Tuesday (Jake),

The previous few months were so horrible that I felt like leaving school. My best friend, Harry left school and I went pretty much lonely until today…

Well, I did NOT think that chaos would begin this early. Our principal just made an announcement. It was about some kind of winter carnival being organized by the student council before the winter vacation. I know exactly why people are getting so heated up. It’s because of the pair dancing. Yes, you heard right, PAIR DANCE as in couples’ dance. There will be two teams during the carnival: a girl team and a boy team. They will compete against each other. The winning team will get to decide their pair dance partner from the opponent team. The boys are totally into it. Well, I’m not. … I guess?

Leaving all of that behind, what happened next was quite entertaining. Andrew had already started flirting with Anne but the thing is this time Anne kind of totally fell for him. I did feel a sharp pinch when she agreed to Andrew that if she won, she would choose him. But I think the pinch I got was a pinch of relief as Andrew won’t be coming after me anymore maybe. Maybe?

After school…

OMIGOD! I just heard Andrew got expelled out of school! … … Just kidding :) Well our school just texted us the venue and timings for the winter carnival. It shows on 20 December? As much as I remember, I think it’s Anne’s birthday. So, am I supposed to do something special for her? But I think if Andrew gets the wrong idea, that would be my end. Oh, how I wish what I said before was true… sigh.

In my mind:

Angel side - 

Jake, if you want to do something on her birthday, you should be brave and do it. After all, you were only being kind towards Andrew by not knocking him out :).

Devil side -

YEAH!! BEAT UP THAT CHEAT! HE NEEDS TO GET A PIECE OF YOU!

Me: Are my angel and devil agreeing to each other?!

November 26, Wednesday,

It rained heavily in the morning so the school dispatched buses for us today. The environment at our school was totally heated up just like yesterday. The umbrella that I had brought had torn from the sides, probably because I had kept it outside the bag and it might have been scratched by something. While returning I was expecting to get myself dripping wet but luckily, I was saved, well not literally because Andrew is definitely going to rain trouble upon me as the person who shared her umbrella with me was Anne:) or: (.

I felt awkward sharing the umbrella with a girl although she was the one who offered it, so, I tried to begin the conversation but unintentionally all the wrong words came out of my mouth:

“So, are you and Andrew going together at the carnival? “(:( OMIGOD WHAT DID I ASK!!!

“I had no other options; I was thinking of someone else but he suddenly popped out of nowhere and started bugging me so I had to agree else he won’t quit his nagging. “Anne answered.

Ok so she had someone else in mind while she agreed to Andrew just because he was nagging to her. Ok, that’s fine, wait... SOMEONE ELSE IN MIND?!       

It’s none of my business, none of my business, none of my business is it?

The rain had not stopped yet. It had decreased but it was still there. Anne could not walk me back to my home so I basically had to take the bus but guess what? The bus did not come. My parents were out so they had taken the car so now I basically did not have any means to reach home. If I were to walk back home, it would take me one hour as it was almost 5 miles away, and to be frank, I didn't even have the strength to walk back. Anne must have seen the look on my face when she kindly offered me to come over. I never had visited a girl’s house other than that of my cousin - sister but it didn’t seem she minded.

I had to go as I didn’t have any other options.

It was surprisingly only two hundred yards away from the bus stand. I bought her a coke for her generosity. It was almost 5:30 when we reached her home. It looked like any other house except that it had a large balcony with a swing and the color of the house was very bright - light purple. Her parents were also out. She gave me a towel to wipe my head as it had gotten a little wet from the raindrops. She told me to wait in her bedroom while she took a bath and changed into her homeware. SERIOUSLY? BEDROOM? I mean why are girls so straightforward? Aren’t they supposed to not do that? It’s not like that I have a crush or something on her, it’s just that it will be a disaster if Andrew gets to know about this.

After she was done changing into her normal clothes, she told me that she had called Ellie to come over too. She decided to make some pancakes for us, I tried to offer some help but she told me that she was fine by herself. While she made pancakes, I sat quietly in her room making sure not to touch anything. All I did was observe. She probably used a jasmine room freshener but the odor was quite faint. She had a bookshelf where all her books were organized according to the purpose. Other than that, she had a bed attached to the wall. It was a little bigger than mine. I could see a pull-drawer, which I guess she used as a study table. Ellie entered shortly.

The pancakes she made were really good (I mean it) but the thing is after eating those I did not feel like walking. Fortunately, I received a call from mom telling me that they were on their way home so I could take the car. I informed Anne about it and waited for my mom to arrive.

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