Whisper Destiny

Chapter 1

  -Natasha~
 
  She walked slowly to the cafeteria to get her coffee. She stayed late last night doing last-minute revisions for her final year paper. She is so sleepy right now and wants to get her much needed caffeine.
 
  She can't wait for this final exam to finish so that she can return to her apartment and continue sleeping comfortably in her bed.
 
  "Hola, Natty..." she heard her best friend Chase Rowe's voice from the entrance of the cafeteria.
 
  "Oh god, you look like a 60-year-old grandma. Last-minute revision again?" He asked with a sarcastic tone.
 
  "Shut up, Chase! I'm not the right mood to talk to anybody right now which includes you," she replied harshly.
 
  But Chase being Chase, since when will he listen to you? Sometimes Natasha wondered  why they are still stick together like a glue. He's so annoying.
 
  "But you do look like a grandma right now, Nat. Just imagine if Nick sees you like this, he will not think twice to break up with you" Natasha grunted. She gave Chase her dead glare, but Chase just ignored it completely.
 
  She looked into the mirror in the cafeteria. She did look horrible. Her long wavy hair being tied in a lazy bun with a lot of stray hairs everywhere. Her eyes looked like a ghost in a scary movie, red and puffy, and to make it worse, she was not wearing any makeup this morning.
 
  It's not like she needs makeup anyway to make herself presentable. Thanks to her parents, she has that natural beauty that every girl envies. But she does love to put in extra effort into her appearance. She loves the attention she receives when she walks around and makes people gravitate towards her. She somehow feels like she holds the power to control them.
 
  Today is different from any other day; she just wants this exam to finish in a flash and go back to her apartment to continue her sleep. Not that she has plans to meet with her boyfriend anyway. So, she is okay with her appearance.
 
  She took out her glasses to make it less obvious her puffy eyes and went straight to the cashier to order her much-needed caffeine, ignoring Chase's comment on her appearance.
 
  "Good morning, Natasha," Benjamin, the usual barista gave her a wide smile. Chase always said that he has a big crush on her.
 
  "Morning, Ben. The usual with a triple shot today, please," she said dryly. She's not in the mood to socialize today.
 
  "And a hot peppermint mocha, extra pump of chocolate for me, please Ben," Chase dropped his order without forgetting to wink at Benjamin.
 
  Natasha smirked at the contact. "Too bad, bestie, he's straight as a pole," she whispered slowly so that only she could hear it.
 
  Yes, my best friend here is the gayest man to walk on the earth. He is my childhood friend, and we have been best friends for as long as I can remember. I love him, regardless of his annoyance, because he always be there whenever I need someone.
 
  "Where's the dickhead?" Chase always call Nicholas like that. Something that she's not comfortable with. Even Nick and herself has been dating for almost 2 years, both of them still could not be civil with each other. She could not understand why.
 
  "Shut your mouth, Chase! I'm not in the right mood right now to argue with you" she warned him. He just raise his hand, know the best what I can be in this moment.
 
  "Good luck, Pumpkin-Pie. I know you will do wonders in your final paper," he said as we walked to the academic building. He gave me a side hug and a kiss on my head. For the record, only Chase and my parents are allowed to call me that pet name.
 
  "Thanks, Chase. I really need the luck, though. See you later," she said before giving her final goodbye.
 
  Natasha is currently in her second last term before she will be graduating from the London Business School. This is not something that she is passionate about, but she does not have any option since she is expected to take over her family's business.
 
  She is smart when she wants to be, but she chooses to just be the dumb girl. Just because she does not desire to give what her parents want. She does have a love-hate relationship with them.
 
  Since Catherine Ortiz, the unwelcome stranger comes to their life, she despises her parents. She feels that her parents' attention has been divided in half and most of the time, she will be at the bad side, while Catherine is always the good side. Because of that, she really hates Catherine, her number one enemy alive.
 
  Catherine has become her parents' favorite since she is the definition of a true angel in their eyes. Graduating with a double degree and becoming the most successful businesswoman at a young age, she will comply with everything her parents want her to be. She's the perfect Catherine like his father always said.
 
  Because of that, she became rebellious, stubborn, self-centred, doesn't careless about other people feeling and a player. She's aware that her parents don't like it, hence she becomes this person in which sometimes she doesn't even recognise herself.
 
  *****
 
  Someone woke her up from her dreamland. Whoever it is, this intruder will be dead of her. But when her sleepy eyes meet with those so familiar brown irises, she smiling
 
  "Hey, babe. I miss you" those simple words make my heart melted.
 
  He kisses me intensely, which makes me fully wake up from my slumber.
 
  "Nick, I feel gross. I just woke up from my nap." I try to stop him, but he is too engrossed in exploring my body to hear what I say.
 
  His kisses make me excited and turn on make me forgot everything else.
 
  "I famished. Haven't eat anything since morning. Let's go grab something quick, babe?" I ask Nick while we're cuddling on the bed after our heated sex.
 
  Nick doesn't react to me, he just tightens her arm around me.
 
  "Babeee...." I try again.
 
  "Let's just cuddle. You're so warm and your bed is so comfortable. I don't want to go anywhere. And I'm tired, babe. I promise we will go to your favourite cafe tomorrow morning, okay?" Natasha was frustrated with Nick's response.
 
  She move Nick's arm around her and gets up from the bed. She needs food in her system or else she would not able to sleep tonight.
 
  "Hey, babe. Where are you going? Come back here, please." Nick protested.
 
  "I'm hungry Nick, I want to grab something" she said firmly.
 
  "It's not healthy to eat your dinner at this time, babe. Let's sleep and have fancy breakfast tomorrow morning, yeah?" Nick was still trying, but he knows how stubborn Natasha could be. So, he just let her be.
 
  Natasha quickly puts on her clothes and find her handphone at bedside table. She types a message to Chase, to have dinner with her.
 
  His response comes in less than a second. "Yes, mi lady"
 
  "Be safe okay, babe" Nick gives her kiss before she left her apartment.