Chapter 2: New Connections

"Damn, he is cute! But where is he from?" Hari asked.

"Ah... I can't tell you because he's not from our country."

"What?! Then it's useless! Why are you talking to him if he's so far away?" Hari said, frustrated.

"What can I do? I only seem to make friends from other countries. And yeah, it's not like a dating app or anything... they're just my friends."

"Okay, okay, fine," Hari said with a shrug.

Classes started, and before we knew it, it was break time.

"Yo yo, Kaelith! How are you?" Draven called out enthusiastically.

"I'm good, just confused about some things," Kaelith replied.

"Don't worry, man! We're here for you! " Draven said.

"Thanks... uh, what's your name?" Kaelith asked.

"Oh sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Draven, and these are Zeryn, Fynric, and Thalen ."

"Hi! Draven's friends greeted Kaelith.

Kaelith said hi back, and they all headed to the canteen together.

"Oh no," Hari groaned.

"What happened?"

"Draven got him to join their group. I hate him! Why did Kaelith have to go with him? Argh!" Hari said, clearly annoyed.

"What's wrong with Draven? He seems like a great guy."

Hari sighed and patted my shoulder. "Lyra, you have no idea how boys can be."

"What?? What do you mean? Tell me, what did he do wrong?"

"Draven seems like a good guy, but..." she whispered in my ear, "I heard that he works with criminals."

"WHAAAAT?!!"

"Shh, shh! Don't tell anyone!" Hari said urgently.

"Hahaha, you might have heard wrong! Who at our age works with criminals?"

"Sigh, why are you living under a rock? It's true! I heard it from the teachers!" Hari insisted.

"From teachers?? Then why do they allow him to attend our school?!"

"Because his father is rich," Hari explained.

"Oh, I see..."

Ring ring ring!

"Wake up, wake up!! Lyraaaa!" my mother's voice called.

"Huh??? What???" I was confused.

"Lyra, get ready! The bus is waiting!" my mother said.

"???!"

I was completely confused but still got dressed and headed to the bus.

Sitting on the bus, I thought to myself, Did I already go to school today? Ahhh, that was a dream?! Ugh, no wonder dreams never come true.

When I reached school, I ran to Hari.

"Hey, Hari!!"

"Oh, hi Lyra," she said casually.

"Hari! Do you know anything about Draven? Is his father rich?"

"Huh? No, but why are you asking?" Hari looked puzzled.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, of course! If he were rich, I'd definitely try to be his friend!" Hari laughed.

"Lol Then why did we become friends?"

"That's because you're dumb! " Hari teased.

"Duh... "

"So... do you like Draven? " Hari asked with a knowing smile.

Whaa?? HELLL NOO WAYY?! WHY THE HECK WOULD YOU THINK THAT?! I almost fell off my chair.

"Oh come on! He's handsome, smart and he has good grades" Hari said, raising an eyebrow.

"okay okay first of all, I don't even find himself handsome." I pulled out my phone and showed her a picture.

Hari leaned in, then squinted. "Duhhhh... There's no face here... it's just an abs pic," she said, cringing inside.

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