Rhapsody

Chapter:- 15 ✧*。

Ella didn't know whether she wanted to remain in this sick environment any longer. The mere thought of the people surrounding Will all the time made her feel putrid. She picked up her bag and began stepping away from the table when Will sauntered inside with the sicko on close call behind him. She didn't know why she stopped dead in her tracks for a moment before gaining her composure and took her step towards the door of the cubicle.

"Hey what's the hurry. You put up quite a show just now. Spend some more time with me...with us" ,said Will softly.

"I don't want to", was her sharp response.

"Why not? You should be grateful that a handful of good-looking men are conversing with you, at whom no one would even spare a glance. Still you were bold enough to slap one of us and I appreciate your daring for that", said Will as a matter-of-fact.

Whatever image of Will Ella had formed in her mind shattered at that instant. She had been a foolish fly and had stepped into the lure of a greedy spider.  But her heart still wouldn't stop skipping a beat. 

Whatever Will had said didn't reach his eyes. His eyes. .the oh-so-gorgeous eyes, held a different emotion. Still Ella needed to focus on the moment. But as always her throat was clogged. The blow was too harsh.

"I'm leaving Will. Don't ever contact me again",said Ella and began her long journey to the door of the cubicle.

"Wait", saying this Will pulled her by her arm till they were mere inches apart. Ella couldn't focus anywhere except the heat flowing into her arm from the strong grip. But as her eyes made their way up to his face, they stopped at a mark on his neck and another one half hiding merely brushing his collar bone.

They were lipstick marks and not to mention Will was sporting them quite unabashedly. 

"Oh I see, you've already seen the surprise I brought for you on our date. I don't need to beg in front of girls to lend me their time, as you can see Ella. How did you even imagine that I would spend my entire time with a girl like you who is nothing in front of other chicks walking around. And moreover…."

"Enough,who are you to comment on my life and judge me? I don't need a false facade just to put up and date boys like you who don't even have any humility in them. And moreover (smile) I'm not a characterless being like you who thinks girls are equivalent to tissue papers. So you don't even deserve to talk to me !" ,saying this she began storming out of the cubicle.

"So that's why you are running away now? Instead of facing me and the rest of us? We know girls like you. You just pretend to be aimless deers who step into the lion's lair in expectation of getting something in return but are actually cunning foxes. Have you ever seen yourself in the mirror? Your dark skin, the chubby physique, the light hair on your arms, the black wavy hair.…just look at yourself. Do you attend all the invitations given to you by strangers at a single talk? So, if you are attending this one, it is our responsibility to tell you the reality which is you are filthy ! Nobody wants you around them", said Will.

Ella didn't know why she was still standing there and had not left earlier. The tears had started flowing endlessly as if they were not under her control. She wanted to retort back something, but the blow was too hard as it was coming from Will. She would never forgive him.

"I don't need to be beautiful in the eyes of a lowly-being like you. Real beauty comes from within. The world accepts me the way I am. I neither need your acceptance nor discernment. I am who I am. Atleast I am human", saying this Ella left without looking back even once.