One step before me

-{Chapter 10: Knowing}-

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Vanessa's POV
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I started to play with my salat, not feeling that hungry. I stared at my plate. What is wrong with me? Why do I feel this way?  I glanced at the table where she sat. My body felt cold. I started to remember again. The memory replaying once again in my mind.

{Flashback}

"Alexander... can I please hold on to you?" I said, shivering.

"Sure Essa if you are that scared" He responded. I took a grip on his arm. As kind as he is, Alexander has never rejected one of my requests before. No matter how crazy or ridiculous they may have sounded, he never complained. I don't care if I am spoiled by him, I would do the same thing to him if he had a request. But unfortunately, he has never requested anything before. I looked up at him. He doesn't like to be en debt by people. He hates injustice. Despise cruelty. Alexander, deep down I know that you are a kind person without any doubt.

We heard a scream and stood still for some seconds. Wren started to move forward, walking faster into the hall. What is she doing?
She then went to the end of the hall and looked down for some reason. We started to slowly move towards her. Then she suddenly started to run in the opposite direction from the others. "Hey! Wren! Where are you going!?"Alexander exclaimed, getting out of my grip. Before he ran away, I grabbed his arm, panicking

"Alexander... please don't go... I'm scared...I don't want to be alone" I told him with a voice that sounded like I was about to cry. He looked at me for a short while before saying, "Vanessa. You have Tiffany by your side. I have to go and check on Wren. I'm the reason why she is here in the first place. This is my fault, I need to fix this" He said, dead serious. I was in shock. Never have I ever seen him this serious before because of another person. On top of that, he declined one of my requests.

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My eyes started to become a bit watery. Why is Alexander putting her before me?
I turned my head away when I realized that I was staring at her. Alexander is acting strangely. Is it because of her? did she do something? First, he denies my request, then he feels guilty and is suddenly serious for some stupid reason. He barely pays attention to me! is he tired of me? Am I a boring person?

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Wren's POV
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I entered, finally I was home. Timathy always ignores me when I ask him what his phone number is or when I tell him mine. This guy is still keeping a long distance somehow. I thought we finally became good friends. Well, you know what they say; goals are not always easy to achieve. Don't worry Timmay-boy! I will become such a good friend that you will end up crying!

'in your dream' I imagined him saying. Why does that sound like something he actually would say if he heard me? Who cares. I wrote my number on a paper and put it in his pocket. I will not stop till the end, hehe.

MAN. I sound like a creep.

I could feel a vibration in my pocket and knew immediately that it was my phone. I fished it up and saw an unknown number. What the...? I saved Alexander's number, so it's not his. On top of that, I am 100% sure that Timathy would never call me, even if he was in life danger or of some sort.
I slowly started to press on the green button before pressing it against my ear. It's now or never Wren.
"H-hello?" He stuttered. Why did I suddenly get so scared? Where did may bravery go?
"Idiot you forgot your notebook" I heard a known voice say. Suddenly my fear turned to excitement.
"OH MY COOKIE TIMATHY!?!? IS THAT YOY NO WAAAA-" I exclaimed before he cut the line off. I looked at my phone for some seconds and stared at the screen. The very same screen that showed the call had ended. What did I do wrong?