Chapter 11

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"We should place these on as well" I told my friends

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"We should place these on as well" I told my friends. "Oo yeah those are pretty" Alayna said. She helped me line up the fairy lights around the booth.

"This one's going to be one of the food stands" One of the students in-charge told us. "Place this nameplate on it when you're done" She instructed.

There was an annual college carnival in NYU happening this Saturday. People have been talking about it for weeks.

Apparently it is always one the biggest events in the college excluding all the dances like prom of course.

The students have been prepping for the carnival as if their life depended on it. Everyone was helping out wherever they could.

Maira was down with a cold so we told her to rest for today. We'd rather her be well on the carnival night itself.

"I've heard carnivals in the US are dope I can't wait" I excitedly told Alayna as we stood on chairs to put up the nameplate on the top of the booth.

We got off the chairs once we were done and I dusted off my blue jeans. Wearing a light coloured outfit on a day where I have to manage labour work was not a good idea.

"Alright what's next?" I asked as I looked around. "Hey can one of you help some arts students paint that wall?" A sweet girl with blonde hair ran up to us.

"You guys are painting a wall?" I asked. "Yeap every year some of the art major students paint a little something for the carnival" She said excitedly.

All I could think about was that's a lot of effort for a carnival. "But this time we need a few extra hands" She requested.

"Well your mom's a designer, you do art stuff with her all the time" Alayna turned to me. She wasn't wrong but I wasn't that good.

"But I just did that to bond with my mom" I told them. "Oh don't worry you wouldn't have to do anything major just some small stuff" She assured me.

"Well alright then I'll give it a shot" I told her and she started dragging me away. "Hey you go imma help somewhere else" Alayna said before she walked in the other direction.

The girl, Emma, took me to where the wall was. I could see several art students on ladders and stools painting a wall.

"This really is an arts school" I mumbled to myself. "You can just do some simple stuff" Emma told me.

"All you have to do is paint this portion so we can paint some intricate details over it once it dries" Well that seemed simple enough so I agreed.

Before I knew it I was climbing on a ladder with the bucket filled with purple paint. "Easy princess don't hurt yourself" I didn't even have to turn around to know who it was.

"Easy Rohan or I might think you actually care" I fired back as I continued painting the wall. "You two really fight like a married couple" Someone said and I whipped my head around to him.

Rohan too was looking at the guy in disbelief. "Gross!" We both shouted at the same time. Rohan must've known him because he smacked his arm.

I looked over at Rohan who was wearing a sleeveless shirt that exposed is biceps. He had been helping to build the stage so his hair was a mess along with his appearance.

Somehow, he looked handsome and I hated that. He must have noticed I was looking because he flashed me a smirk and raised his right brow.

I rolled my eyes and went back to my painting. Rohan came up to me after a few minutes and said, "Let someone else do that" I rolled my eyes.

"No thanks I'm definitely capable enough to paint a wall" I told him. I tiptoed on the edge of the ladder because I couldn't reach the top.

"Look this is not a job for some palace princess" He said. He was getting on my nerves. I reached over to access the end of the wall.

"Seriously Suhana let it go" He said loudly. "I'm fine! I can han-OH!" My foot slipped from the ladder and I stumbled down.

Thankfully there was a thick mat below that cushioned my fall. However, I still got hurt and held my ankle in pain.

I looked up to see the pail of paint falling from the top of the ladder. I shut my eyes and in mere seconds the paint fell all over me.

The pail thankfully fell next to me and not on me. I looked down to see myself completely covered in paint.

I looked around to see everyone looking at me in shock. There were a few murmurs going around. I tried to pick myself up but the paint was to slippery and I fell back down.

I heard a bunch of people laughing around me. "Here come on" To my surprise the only person who helped me was Rohan.

He picked me up and let me lean on him since my ankle hurt. He walked me away from everyone. "I told you to stop" He told me.

"I was doing just fine" I muttered. "Right I can see how fine you were doing" He joked. "Okay just stop" I said to him annoyed.

I pushed him away but stumbled because I couldn't stand on both feet. He grabbed my arm. "You're hurt" He told me as he pulled me to him.

"Because of you" I said. He stopped. "Because of me?" He repeated in shock. "Yes you!" I couldn't believe he was pretending to be in shock.

"How was this my fault?" He asked. "You distracted me!" I shouted. "I was doing just fine and you came up to me and started annoying me" I shouted.

"Annoyed you? Why? Because I said the truth?" He was now shouting back. We got the attention of a few people.

"You know what just get the fuck away from me" I told him. I limped away from him and this time he didn't help.

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