City Lights

Chapter 5

It was few more minutes walk till the joint.
Anna was thinking , probably about Niall or some other guy ,I suppose .
I was extremely bored .
I didn't mind silence but I had gotten used to Anna talking all the time and right now , since we were both just walking straight ahead with no words between us , my mind Kept drifting off the those nightmares .

Those nightmares.
They started exactly an year ago , the same time my life decided to take a huge turn for the worst.
Everything went downhill after that .

I sighed and fished out a pack of Marlboro from my bag. It was way too early to smoke but I needed relief and this seemed to be the only way.
We all have something that calms us and this seemed to be my solution.

I lit it up and took a drag of it.
It took me a moment to realize that Anna was staring at me , her expression sculpted into that of disgust.
The smoke was calming me , relieving me from the stress and in that moment I just didn't care whether Anna liked it or not .
She already knew I did it and had made many attempts to stop me from doing so.

I raised my eyebrows at her.
"You really shouldn't smoke, it ain't good for you" she said whilst staring at the cigarette in my hand.
"A lot of things aren't good for me Anna.
This place isn't good for me , these people aren't either and neither am I. I'm not good for myself either"
I probably wasn't making much sense to her since she just looked away .

We'd reached the food place and I could easily spot Ari's red hair from here.
Ari had natural red hair and beautiful chocolate brown eyes. she had few freckles and a small birthmark on her cheek.
In short , she was probably one of the most cutest person I'd come across. she had a brother , Tom , who was majoring in business administration in our university.

I could never forget him since he had a habit of flirting with me on every opportunity he could get .
Quite frankly , it was very awkward for me since Ari was my friend and she had been trying to get me on a date with Tom .

Isn't that like against the "bro code" or something ..??

Jane and Ari both had a lot in similar.
They both really enjoyed shopping and partying , just like Anna .
They had a lot more in similar than just their personalities .

Jane was a ginger , her hair a few shades lighter than Ari's .The only thing that set them apart was their eyes.
Jane had grey eyes .
If it weren't for their eyes , they might as well have been twins.

I passed a quick hi to them and sat across Ari , who was currently filling her mouth with bacon.
They had ordered chocolate chip pancakes for me , my personal favorite and I dig in immediately , blocking out their conversation about some new store.

My mind drifted off to that one time when April and I had gone shopping and had each bought a pair of similar sundresses.

Whilst hers was yellow , her favorite color , mine was black .
She'd always complained about my color choices , about how my entire closet was full of black or red outfits.

I smiled at the memory.

She'd always fill my closet with pink and orange and purple and green and all the bright little things and I'd always throw them out , enjoying every moment of annoying her .
I sighed.

If I could turn back time , I'd go back and wear all those fancy bright colors , just to see her happy , just to make her smile , just to see how bright her eyes would shine every time I'd wear whatever she wanted me to.

If I could turn back time , I'd switch places with her so she wouldn't have to go through what she had to .

It was all my fault.

Neither of them deserved what happened with them .

I shook my head.
All these memories were nothing but a reminder of how I've always managed to brought misery to every single person I've ever come close to .
This was why I should have never let anybody else close to me , not even Anna, who had somehow managed to make a place for herself with her stubbornness and her outgoing personality .
She reminded me too much of April .

I sighed and looked back at the people in front of me , all of them lost in conversation .
They were talking about some new guy , who had transferred from Greece mid year.
Ari started talking about how filthy rich he was and how he could buy anything he'd want to , even if it was the entire New York City .
I rolled my eyes.

Apparently he was even more handsome then a Calvin Klein model.
Jane was describing him as if he was a fucking sex God.

I easily lost interest in their conversation and dug back in my half finished pancakes.

They were sooooo good that I couldn't help but moan as the heavenly taste of chocolate collided with my taste buds.

Mmmm

Nothing could be better than this .

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