Through the Curtain

6th Part ~

"Can I name you?" He asked.

A few hours ago,
A loud noise came from downstairs. I ran immediately towards the sound of the noise.

When I was on the third stair, I noticed some boys and girls the same age as of mine.

A girl hugged Ryan. That was so uncomfortable.

They started talking, laughing, then I thought to leave. But a girl saw me going upstairs.

She said - "Hey!" The voice was louder than usual. I turned and everyone was staring at me as if I had stolen their cooked fish.

I immediately made an Innocent face and they were behaving like a detective solving the case.

Ryan asked me to come there and I went with full confidence. I stood beside him.

I knew what he would say. He will start the story that I was hit by his car and then he took me to the hospital and I went all blank. So he took me to his home as an act of humanity.

Then all the people present in the hall will give him a round of applause and will praise him. But again he proved me wrong.

He said - "She's my friend. She is new here and came here to visit all the famous places. So I asked her to stay here instead of the hotel."

They reacted with the oh sound.

A boy approached me with a rose and give it to me.

I said, "Um?" He said, "You're cute so I thought to give you this." He saw me raising my eyebrow and added, "As a friend."

"Oh Thanks." I said and took the rose.

"By the way, I'm Goyle. Ryan's Cousin and his best friend." He said.

"Oh, Nice to meet you." I said. And he left.

One of his female friends said - "Can I talk to you in private for a minute?"

He replied yes. They went to the corner of the room. I mixed up with his friends. They gave me a mocktail.

I took two glasses of mocktails and went in the direction of them. Within a specific distance, I heard their conversation and they were talking about me.

That girl said - "Are you driven mad or what? She is so clownish. You are very person-specific. I don't know how she became your friend."

He said - "Helly, I don't - "

suddenly She said - "Hello? When you come here? Hearing our conversation? Don't you have manners? Ryan, your so-called friend is mannerless I guess."

I gave a blunt reply to her - "Talking in private seems to have something between you two, Can we make rumours about you? And about driving mad, I think, you are his friend is the biggest sign of him being mad. About being clownish, making an issue of such a small thing is the most clownish behaviour I guess. And Mannerless, right? Talking rubbish about someone without knowing them is such a parentless thing."

The silence spread all over the hall. A sudden crying sound broke out from Helly.

She said - "We came here to surprise you and your friend humiliated me."

The other girl said - "You were the one who tried to humiliate her first."

"Whatever," Helly said with an ignoring smirk and went out of the mansion.

"She is so arrogant, just ignore her. Well, I'm Clara and you?" The other girl said to me with an intriguing smile.

For instance, I was going to say Blair but I stopped. I was speechless. Ryan had a glance at me and he understood that for real.

"Hey Clara and you all I have an important meeting. Can we meet later?" He said.

"Okay Ryan, I can understand." One of his Male friends said with a playful look.

He didn't reply but instead went into his room. All the friends left and I was alone.

I thought about what happened today and I realized that I overreacted. I wanted to undo this but we can't. What he would think? That was so childish to answer every statement. To get rid of these thoughts, I decided not to overthink.

In the dining hall, at 8:00 pm sharp, we were eating quietly. It was shameful for me to make eye contact as if I killed his sheep.

I noticed that he was feeling ashamed of what his friend did with me. I wanted to break the silence but it was not appropriate at that time. We finished the dinner and went without uttering a word.

I felt restless and I wanted to talk to him about that. I hate Silent treatment. So I decided to go.

I went outside and headed to his room. I was going to knock but he opened the door and his eyes met mine.

I was slightly on him and my hands held his shirt for support. He put his hand on my waist as I would tear up his shirt.

We were close and my heartbeat fastened. I was inclined on him and it made a tingling sensation on my skin.

I stared into his eyes. Those beautiful hazel browns were so deep. The more I saw, the more I went deep into it. His eyes were connected to his heart and at that time I was feeling it.

To end this moment, he coughed. I pulled myself back from him and shyly made my eyes see the ground.

He started explaining hesitantly - "I- I was going out and all of the sudden you were on me, I mean- not on me but on me- What I am saying? Sorry, I didn't mean to "

I cut his explanation and bashfully told him not to justify this, it was fine.
He said - "Fine?"

I was awkward. I didn't even know what I said. "I didn't mean to say that, it's totally un- "

I was finishing my sentence but I heard him saying something. "I can understand what you want to say. Well, do you want to ask something?"