IT ALL STARTED WITH A DETENTION

CHAPTER ELEVEN: Unknown number

Arohi's pov:

It was around midnight, when I was sitting in my room, I got a call.

Seeing the unknown number, I received the call hesitantly , I had no idea who was calling me in the middle of the night.

"Hello?" My voice was reflecting my tiredness.

There was a muffled sound and the call got disconnected.

I frowned looking at the phone. It was weird .

This must be Ryan pranking me again ,he knows me well enough to understand that I'm a night owl , most of my nights I stay awake to complete my paintings .

Painting is something I got comfortable from my childhood , when I look at my paintings no matter how beautiful or disastrous they are , I feel proud. I think creating something out of thin air and marking is as yours as its own way of telling how good a magician you are .

Seeing that I was almost at the point of finishing the painting, I decided to give myself a break with a sugary cup of coffee. I slowly headed towards the kitchen.

Once when I accidentally slipped and fell hitting the vase near the side of the stair Marissa rushed outside her room , she was holding wooden stick glancing towards the door to check the lock. When she realised it was just me wandering around the house in the 3:00 in the morning, made her relax a bit and as expected I had to hear her lengthy speech on being healthy is very important, I have to take my health seriously bla bla bla... Her medical side would get activated when I intentionally ruin my health to paint.

After soundlessly making myself midnight coffee , I went back to my room.

I opened the balcony door which is at the right corner of my room , my room was in the second story, not too high to get afraid to look down or too low to miss out on perfect a view of the sky and many buildings.

When i stand outside in the balcony , every time when the wind would softly blow in my direction, gives me the feeling of being in heaven.The best thing about life is sometimes hidden in small things, it may be in loosing ourselves in something we love or just sitting outside the balcony in the middle of the chilly night nursing the hot cup of coffee and looking at the million stars , for a moment feeling oblivious to the world .

My trace was broken when my phone started ringing .

Who the hell would call at this hour ?

I am going to kill this Ryan, if it's his stupid prank!!!

Before I could receive, the call was off.

When I saw the phone , there were 12 missed calls from Ryan ,

I called back, immediately after two rings he answered,

"Aro , it's Emily.." he said, my face paled hearing those words.

"I'm coming, which place this time ?" With shaky legs I managed to reach my room's door.

" Near the bridge , this time he has picked a dangerous place " There was a loud bang on the other side , and car engine being started.

"I'm on my way to your house Aro , we have to hurry up and this time be careful" I dropped the phone on the bed and took my coat and my saved up money and stuffed that into my coats pocket.

If I left through the front door , Marissa will definitely come to know about my absence. This time she won't hesitate to call my parents, The best thing is to lock my room and exit through balcony there is this huge water pipe from which I can easily get down.

Looking down from 2nd floor I gulped , imaging myself slip and fall in all ways imaginable, oh no , this is scarier than I thought. I take my words back , it is not at all easy , looking down I saw a rose bush on the other side of the end of the water pipe ; it won't be comfortable either if I land on the wrong side.