Her Sanity

Chapter 17

Joshua's pov:

Riiiinnnngggggggg

The interval bell rang and all the students started rushing outside. I saw Brandon beside me packing his stuff, I also packed my stuff. He turned to me and said "Hey will you show me where is the school canteen?"

"Yeah, why not? I'm also going there come with me." I said to him.

"Okay, cool." he put his arm on my shoulder and started walking beside me. We went to the canteen room and saw the usual crowd.

"Whoa whoa what's happening here? Any celebrity came or what?" he said laughing.

"They are always like wild animals. We should wait for sometime." I said to him.

"That's the only thing in my mind now." he sighed.

"If you don't mind, can I ask you something?" I asked hesitantly.

"Yeah sure." he asked turning towards me.

"When you were coming to sit with me I saw you winked at Candice, but why?" I asked curiously.

"Oh that, that's a secret." he whispered.

"Oh come on tell me." I pleaded.

"Okay fine, I know her before coming to this school." he said and smirked.

"How are you his boy or cousin?" I asked.

"No not boyfriend but kind of friend we were talking online, so she recognized me in the class." he explained.

"Oh so is it a coincidence that you got admission in the same school?" I asked amusingly.

"No I have option of choosing school in the city and I've read in her profile I'm which school she goes, so I thought it would be a best decision to come here." he smirked.

"You came here for her. Do you like her?" I asked teasing him.

"Maybe or maybe not." he said and started whistling.We were standing then I saw Grace and Candice passing from there.

Oh shit I have to apologize to her.

"Hey Brandon I've to go, you stay here." I said hurriedly.

"But where?" he asked me.

"Somewhere important." I said running out of the patience. If I don't caught her who knows where she will go and then I couldn't find her.

"I will come with you." he said.

"Okay come." I said not wanted to waste my time on arguing.

We both started walking where Grace and Candice went. We were following them and they stopped at the same place where they were smoking. We stopped few meters away from them and keep watching them.

"Hey dude why are we spying on them." Brandon whispered beside me.

"We are not spying, I just want to talk to Grace." I said watching her standing infront of Candice.

"So go and talk to her why watching her from far away." he shrugged.

"It's not easy you know." I said frowning.

As we were standing there Candice took out a cigarette and light it up and took a puff from it and passes it to Grace. Grace took it as she was also going to take a puff her eyes caught me staring at her.

Oh no she saw me

She clenched her jaw and threw the cigarette on the ground. Now there is no way of hiding. But if I will talk to her now Candice as always will interfere in between so I got a brilliant idea.

"Hey Brandon can you call Candice her and keep her engage for few minutes?" I asked him.

"But why bro? What will I talk to her?" he asked frowning.

"You can talk about anything you know don't act like an idiot." I pleaded him.

"Okay fine." he said.

"Thank you so much." I said grinning at him.

We both started walking towards them and I stopped infront of Grace. I turned to Brandon signalling him to do for what he is here. He get it and said "Hey Candice how are you?" he asked her.

"M-me I'm fine." she stuttered getting flustered.

"Can you please come with me for sometime? I want to talk to you." he said genuinely smiling at her.

"ye-yeah sure." she again stuttered.

What happened to her?

She was not like this until yesterday.

They both went in the direction of the music room. Pheww! When I turned to face Grace I saw she was already staring at me crossing her arms on her chest. I again notice the blue and purple bruise on her cheek so I asked her about it.

"What happened to your cheek?" I asked genuinely concerned for her.

"None of your concern." she spat.

I guess she is still mad for yesterday.

"Look I'm sorry for what I did and said yesterday if it hurted you, but I swear that was not my intention." I said apologetically.

"So what was your intention?" she asked raising her brow.

"I wanted you to stop smoking. That's why I lashed out on you." I explained her.

"Why do you care? If I smoke or drink or whatever I do?" she asked nonchalantly.

"Why can't you reply normally? You always snap on me." I said frowning.

"Because I don't want to." she said and shrugged.

I sighed she is too tough to talk. "I just wanted to apologize for my yesterday's behaviour." I said.

"Okay I heard you now go." she spat.

I glanced at her not knowing what to say anymore. Why she always end the conversations so fast? I want to talk to her more.

"Now will you tell me how did you get that nasty bruise?" I asked her.

"No." she replied curtly.

Wow what an answer!

She didn't even band-aided the cut and dry blood was clotted in the slit of it. Did she even put ice pack for the swelling? Didn't she know how to do it? I can help her but I know she will not ask for it specifically from me.

"Come with me." I said to her as an order .

"What?" she asked surprised by my tone.

"I said come with me." I again said in the same tone.

She didn't reply anything and keep staring at me. I sighed she will not give in that easily I grab her wrist and started dragging her with me.

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Joshua is constantly getting on Grace's nerves. What do you think she will do?👀

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