Eyes Behold

19. Tyler

Sunday was a bizzare for all . Jordan was busy with his packing and completing formalities all day long . He hadn't gotten a chance to even send a 'Good morning' message to Rose . Well it meant a lot to him at least . Don't judge the poor soul .

Carlos was fussing the whole day . After returning back to their dorms all the girls were too tired after fussing about Jordan the whole day . So they just slept their way through the morning . Dragging their lazy self to the cafeteria for the breakfast or you might even consider it a brunch was a heavy task in itself. They sat down groggily on the table while Carlos glanced over at them with a frown .

" What's up with your lazy selves today ? You seem to spread it all around you . "

" Uhh late night ." Amelia mumbled almost dozing off at the table.

Everybody nodded in a daze.

" All of you ? Damn what were you all up to ? Gosh !!"

" Get your dirty mind out of the gutter . We had met Jord..." Catherine almost let it slip out .

They had to keep it low. This caused the other girls to perk up a bit as they all glanced at Carlos . They all prayed hard he didn't notice the small slip out but it was Carlos they were talking about .

" Jord ... What ?"

Ha ! Here goes any hope that they had . They all glared hard at the blondie.

"Oops ?" Catherine let out a small nervous laugh. Just then Ryder entered the place typing on his phone furiously.

" Hey Carlos ! Check out your phone buddy . Surprise practice today in an hour . Hurry up man!"

" What did we do to offend this person so bad . The coach just can't leave us to be. Ughhh!!" Carlos groaned dragging his bag behind him .

" Hii girls !!"

A series of 'hii' and 'bye' went through the table as the boys exited the cafeteria. Everyone let out a sigh of relief.

" Well! That was a close call ." Stephanie huffed

" Yeah ! Watch out Catty , that was deadly . Carlos knowing that we met Jordan without him is like telling Amelia that Ryder is dating some other chick . Don't bring hell upon us yet ." Rose played around.

Amelia visibly stiffened, any traces of sleep blew off as she turned a cute shade of pink . She swatted Rose who was laughing hard by now . Catherine and Stephanie couldn't control their laughter too and just like that their grogginess turned into a playful batter .

Rose however was a bit aloof today . She was there, laughing with the girls but her mind constantly switched back to them . She just couldn't keep her feelings at bay during these few days every year .

She started feeling stuffy in the cafeteria and so decided to take a stroll in the campus garden . It was a beautiful place with flowers lining the path all around . White gazebos could be seen after every flower patch in the garden . She was in absolute love with this place of the university. It would always calm down her racing thoughts and let her think with a cool open mind .

But today even these colourful friends of her were not able to help her. Her mind had it's own plans today . It wasn't just ready to listen to Rose . Today as every year , she again broke her promise to herself . She had promised to never cry about their memories together . Just enjoy them and she did it , the whole year but right now , at this time , it wasn't possible .

So the traitor tear fell down followed by another but before the third one could slip out , she heard Amelia's voice calling her . She immediately rubbed them off , straightened herself and put on a small smile before turning back to see her friend standing there . Amelia was bouncing on her heels jumping her way towards Rose . But she stopped her jumping spree once she looked at Rose .