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The Gathering

Hailey's POV:

I had forgotten how much of my life I had spent in these 7 star, classy restaurants, But that didn't mean that I enjoyed it. It was booorrriiinng. We used to have a ball, or charity function, or a celebration, or something else, and the list never ends. These public meetings were almost every day and by the time we used to come back home my cheeks were swollen because of smiling for the entire time.

I totally preferred my university life, but this is something I can't run away from. I was only doing this for my family. Anyways back to why we were here?

"Wait, why are we here?" I asked suddenly halting on my way up the stairs to the restaurant.

"To meet some people.." He said not even glancing back at me.

I ran to him and pulled him by his elbow.

"I know that, but whhyyy do we have to meet them??" I asked whining like a kid.

"Oh comeon, it will be nice, plus I don't wanna face this torture alone."

That's when I remembered how me, him and Hayden used to escape from these parties sometimes. That was the ONLY time all three of us got along. Maybe that's why our parents didn't really mind us running away, and let us have it our way even when they saw us.

"So why do we have to go there? We both can runaway right? Like the old times??"

"This time that's not really possible since my family are the hosts and my parents are not here, so that makes me responsible."

"That does NOT explain why I am here!" I said emphasising on the words.

"I am going to repeat what I said before. I don't wanna face this torture alone."

And then we resumed our walking and reached our destination. I was surprised to see only one table with 8 chairs reserved for us.

"I expected this to be some huge gathering" I whispered.

"Well.. It is not, now is it?" he said looking at me like I am stupid.

I ignored his look.

"Well a small gathering is better than a large, but I would have still preferred sitting at home and watching a movie." I said whining again to which he responded with an eye-roll.

We took our seats and just sat in silence.

"The guests will be here in 15 minutes." He said breaking the silence.

"They are all coming together?"

"They are all only 4 people. And before you ask me any other questions the booking was for my mum and dad also, which explains why we have two extra chairs."

"Tell me something about the guests." I said wanting to know about them solely for only one reason and that is small talk. I want to be included in their conversations after all, and for doing that I will have to know something about them. Right?

"I really don't know much about them, hell I don't even know why my parents arranged this. I must have met one of them in a charity function but that's it. They are all of our age group so I think it won't be that boring."

I just nodded my head.

Soon we were joined by 3 guys and a girl. Kyle, Parker, Kaden and Elsie and none of them gave off a friendly vibe. Ignoring the fact that they looked like they could murder me the very next moment, I greeted them.

We introduced ourselves and talked about our lives which was mostly about universities since we were all students. We talked about a lot of things but somehow one of them always ended up describing how good their universities are.

Would have Zach done this on purpose? According to my observations they were all from some really famous universities of England and it was like they were advertising for their university.

I glanced at Zach the next time they had brought up their universities and I was surprised to see that he was trying to hide his frustration and was trying to change the topic. I calmed my curiosity and left this conversation for later.

We finished our dinner and called it a night. I patiently waited till me and Zach were in the car on our way back home. My brain was going haywire because of my curiosity and questions and could burst at any moment. So I started asking questions one by one.

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