Kabir's P.O.V
"I am so sorry Jenni. I didn't even imagine something like this could happen." Lola exclaimed with a sad face.
We were back at the back stage. Jenni was sitting on a bench. She totally broke down. It was natural though. She was the one who was excited most for this compition. I couldn't forget her all the effort to include me in this band as a dummer.
I was upset too, also my other bandmates. But we should stay strong for Jenni. Our most entertaining, annoying, short-tempered friend was wounded. I didn't know whether I was praising her or pointing out her flaws. But I was sure that she was very special...for us. Our band 'The blowing air' couldn't blow without her.
"Lola..it's not your fault. I have already told you many times." Jeni ran her finger through her hair and let out a sigh. She was biting her lips continously. I guessed she was trying to control her cry.
"In fact.." Jenni spoke up looking down at her lap, "In fact I should apologize to you guys. Because of me you all have to give up on this compition." Her voice cracked at the end.
How stupid this girl is! Rocky said, "Oh please! You also don't start all the emotional movies scenes. It doesn't suit you dude." Rocky playfully punched her shoulder.
"Gosh! I am a girl. Not a dude." Jenni said sternly.
"Really? I have doubt." Rocky said with cocky smile.
"Rocky!"
"Kabir will also agree with me. Don't you?" He looked at me and winked.
That was when we heard claping sounds from the audience. Then the anchor annouced that second round was going to start and welcomed first participant.
"Oh! What happened with you, darling?" I looked at the girl standing in front of us putting her right hand on her waist. She was very skiny and tall. A cocky smirk pasted on her face. She seemed somehow familier to me.
"Shirley! How dare you to interfere?" Rocky stood up in anger.
Oh! this girl was the one from the band "Rock n Shock".
"Am I interfering? I am just showing some sympathy." She put her hand on her chest acting like she got hurt by his words. "Poor girl! Tsk tsk tsk! I feel so bad for her." Fakeness was clear on her voice.
"We don't need your sympathy or anything. Just go away." John sho-ed her away with his hand swaying towards her.
"Hey, have some respect for my girl." Suddenly we heard a familiar voice. We all looked at the source of the voice and stunned seeing the person.
That's Nick, the bully from our college. He came forward and hugged Shirley girl from behind. She moaned when Nick bit her cheek from behind. We felt like puking.
"Jenni, little lioness," Nick vented, "got your punishment for messing with me?"
A sudden realization hit me hard. All these missaps that were happening with us right now, Nick somehow was behind it.
Proving me right, Jenni spoke up, "oh, I correctly remembered I put my shoes right beside our costume rack. But it wasn't there. I fround it from under the table. I wondered right then something was wrong, but...it was you who broke my heals?"
"Smart girl," Nick said. His ugly smirk was making my blood boiled. I was clenching my fist in anger.
"You scoundrel!" John yelled reflecting my thoughts, "you should be ashamed of yourself."
"No, I am not," Nick barked back. "Your bitchy friend punched, right there, on my nose in front of the whole class. You think you won't take revenge on her, ha! You underestimated me , my boy, you underestimated me."
Rocky stepped in between John and Nick. He looked right into Nick's eyes and hissed, "Jenni punched your nose, right? Now if I get chance, I won't leavea single bone of your body unbroken."
I just wanted to shout the same words as Rocky's. But.. I am f*cking dumb. I sometimes want to kick myself for my disability.
By making us surprised, Nick didn't get angry. He laughed it off. That fueled our anger more. Nick sniffed and said, "keep your filmy dialogues to yourself and get ready to lost horribly. My girl Shirley will be the winner again."
"Looser," Jenni said with her weak voice. She said while whinning in pain, "that's what you will also be called. Did you forget David brown is your college too?" she paused then said again, now directing to Shirley, "you truly underestimate your band, don't you?
Shirley crooked an eyebrow and said, "what do you mean?"
Jenni literally smirked. While still suffering in pain, she smirked at that girl. "You got scared, right? You got scared because you thought you may loose if you won't cheat. Cheating is the only way you can win. So low self-confidence you have, I must say."
I wanted to clap as loudly as possible hearing her reply. She wasn't the leader of our band for nothing. Literally nothing could break her spirit. Her reply seemed like a slap on Shirley's face. Unscramble anger could be seen all over her face.
"Looser is a looser. No matter wha-"
Lola yelled with her all vocal strength, "and a bitch is always a bitch."
"You-" Shirley was going to say something but Nick pulled her with him saying, "let's not waste our time on these loosers. We have to prepare for our celebration party after this competition."
Their conversation had faded away eventually as they walked away from them.
For a long time we didn't speak to each other. We just sat thete quitely. We were too angry and disappointed to even speak. I personally would never forgive that Nick guy. Not only he ruined our performance, but also, which was the main reason , he caused Jenni pain. Befcause of him Jenni cried, Jennk suffered. I won't let him get away. I promised to myself.
"We have to," Jenni's sudden cracky and deep voice startled us. I had never seen Jenni this serious. She announced with all the determination she had in herself, "we have to win this competition. It's now a do or die situation."
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