Eyes Behold

43. What am I ??

" Jordan should I set your hair real quick ? It'll be better. That stupid girl messed it up ." Mia sneered at the end.

Of course she had thought about it a lot and had finally concluded that Rose was nothing more than a girl with whom Jordan was entertaining himself for a while.

Jordan stopped instantly in his tracks and the smile from his face dropped. As he turned to look at Mia , his soft honey suckle eyes darkened dangerously. His normal friendly aura dropped as he took small menacing steps towards Mia . The fact that he had decided to wear a navy blue suit today did nothing to cool down his dangerous aura and quite the opposite just escalated the effect and when he opened his mouth , Mia was no more sure he was the Jordan she knew .

" Watch your mouth Ms. Franchis. One more word about Rose and I'll make sure you'll curse the day you dropped into this world and ...." He stopped , his voice dropping to a mere cold whisper "....  That's . A . Promise. "

Mia stood frozen . She had never heard his voice this hardened and menacing. His voice even though calm and slow enough for even a toddler to enunciate each word, held cold serious warning . It was clear from the look in his darkened eyes that he wouldn't give a second thought before fulfilling his promise.

Jordan took some steps back , still staring at her and slowly turned around to leave. His shoulders were still tense and so was the way he moved towards the entrance to the stage.

Rose who had been observing all this from a distance was also frozen . She had never seen Jordan like this. Still an unfamiliar warmth spread through her body as a small smile crept on her face. No matter how much sadistic she would find herself after this encounter, she just couldn't help feel special , needed and loved . No matter how much she would find herself heartless for this later , something urged her to look at Mia who was already glaring at her .

Rose couldn't help but grin wider , slowly moving towards her , painstakingly slowly. She reached her , never dropping the 'friendly' grin once. Then slowly, only for her to hear , she warned her.

" Watch your steps and your mouth Ms. Franchis. I would greatly appreciate it if you leave my boyfriend alone. He normally doesn't appreciate anyone around him except ... of course me and I like it that way too. Try anything funny and you'll regret knowing me ever. "

With that the smile on Rose's face grew wider as she patted Mia on her shoulder. Anyone would believe they are friends talking about , what ? The weather or maybe the sale in the next mall ? But one look at Mia would crumble their assumptions.

The girl was a second away from lunging at Rose . She was fuming and embarrassed. Never had she imagined that Jordan would stomp over her for an ordinary girl , a no-one like Rose who was now feeling powerful enough to threaten her ? to threaten Mia Franchis? This was the largest blow she could have to her ego. But Mia knew better.

" Who do you think you are ? Huh? " Mia suddenly smirked crossing her arms over her chest .

" Who are you ? A film star? A popular singer ? Do you even belong to the industry? " She looked over at Rose who was still as calm as sea. Her anger riled up seeing she wasn't being effected.

" You think that you are with Jordan now and so you have won the world ? But you don't even stand at par with him ! Look at him ...." she pulled Rose to the side of the stage . From here they could see the whole crowd which was probably the largest Rose had ever seen here.

" Look at him , his world , his glamour ... and now look at yourself." she motioned back to Rose. " Where do you think you stand in front of him? You are a no-one . A No-one in this world of him . "

Mia could see the gears moving in Rose's head. She smirked again . Her plan was working.

" You think he is with you right now ? It won't last dear. The moment the fog clears from his eyes , he will see it sooner or later. You have nothing while he has everything. Why would he want you ? Have you ever thought that ? " she continued.

" Have you ever asked him ? Has he ever told you that what is there in you for him to like ? Hm ? Looking at yo- "

She was cut off immediately by an intimidating Tom . He had come looking around for Rose on request of Jordan who couldn't locate Rose anywhere near her group. He was worried, Rose had left long enough to reach the place by now . So where was she ?

Tom hadn't heard much but judging from Rose's slightly pale face , he was sure she didn't need to hear any further. Whatever Mia had said till now was enough, more than enough and Rose couldn't hear any more. These doubts were always there . They had to be . It was normal . Of course being noticed and then liked by a popstar like Jordan wasn't something common in the world .

What were the chances of being noticed in a concert by Jordan River and then being persued by him ? Not more than finding a needle in a haystack. Yet it had happened and rightfully so to her . Whatever Mia said made sense, at least to Rose . She had just stated the obvious, the truth.

Why would Jordan River go behind a no-one like her ?

Then again he had done this and had given Rose no reason to doubt him . But the question still stood as clear as ice. Why ?

Rose knew better than to listen to a riled up lovestruck girl , much less the one she and Jordan had just threatened. But Mia's every word had struck home , unfortunately and Rose couldn't help but think and think and think about it.

Against her better judgement, Rose found herself considering reasons and possibilities, but she found none , none at all except for love .

Could it be possible? Could Jordan River have fallen in love with a nobody like her ? Rose pondered as she glanced at Jordan who was rocking the stage . She was however not given a chance to dwell on the feeling for long as Tom started escorting her to front.

Still her mind kept repeating Mia's words . Her words had impacted Rose hard . Her mind had gone numb as if in complete control of that conniving witch , as if it couldn't think anything else.

Before she knew , she was again standing ahead of the barricades , amongst her gang who were squealing like crazy . She could hear the banging sounds of the speakers , the loud squeals of the fans just behind her, she could feel someone pulling her , trying to make her dance and she could barely register Carlos kissing Claire as they danced in each other's arms ,but all she could see was Jordan , her Jordan who was staring back at her.

She saw how despite the numerous lights on the stage , his face had suddenly lit up the moment he locked eyes with her which now showed relief. She could see how his frozen feet had suddenly sprung to life and he was now bouncing around the stage like the 4 year old child who got his first ever Christmas present from Santa . She could see the happiness glistening in his eyes , eyes that were just on her since she had entered the hall. Heck ! She swore she saw something close to love flashing through them .

She knew it was true. They were true. Yet this small voice which had now been rooted inside her couldn't help but repeat everything in her mind like a tape recorder. But she didn't let it come out .

Jordan wouldn't lie to her . Right?

Why should I believe that girl instead of my Jordan? I shouldn't, right?

But now , now her mind wasn't ready to listen to her . It was as if it had grown it's own feet and set up on a completely different journey .

Mia couldn't keep that smile off her face. She knew she had succeeded in planting the seed and she knew it would eventually spring up to grow into the devil she wanted it to be. She knew they were in love ,of course , everyone knew that . But now she was sure it wouldn't last long.