His Dark Side

Two

"Sometimes I feel like a butterfly that never really flourished." - S.M. Pastour

"Evy?" Nat pats my back slightly. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing." I murmur at her looking at the stage where students are performing. The sun is fading away so is my future. A mere distraction can really affect you deeply.

"Something is wrong dear, you know you can tell us anything." Mrs Smith says in a concerned look. She has always been a type of mother for me. Nat is so lucky to have her as her mother.

"I'm sorry everyone if I'm worrying you guys. But I'm okay." I smile at her sweetly.

"Don't worry, everything will be alright once you give it some time." She murmurs back.

I didn't replied but offered her a small smile.

Meanwhile, everyone was taking turns on singing on the stage. Wish, I had the guts to do so. I'm very much shy at these stuffs.

Nat slightly nudges my elbow.

"What?!" I snapped at her because she's disturbing me from listening to this beautiful girl sing beautifully. I wish I was at her place, but that would be so bad, I don't want people at my place cause it's worse.

"I know something is wrong, so till I don't know what is, I'm not gonna let you live in peace." She murmurs at smiles at me and then look away as if I was invisible. Damn, this girl!

I signed. "Can you please just drop it, for today? I'm just tired."

"Ex-cuuusess me, girl? This is your best friend you're talking with if I remind you." She tilts her head and looks at me in disbelief.

I covered my face with my hands and mumbled at her. "Nat, you're killing me here."

I didn't knew she was leaning towards me. "Is that hot guy reason for your disrupt mode? Did he did something to you? I know you're damn hiding something from me. I know your problem is related to him," she whispered in my ears. "and for your kind information, he's right across the room, staring at you. Right now."

I moved away my hands from face and stared at Nat in frustration. "First of all, my problem is not related to that guy. And second, you're a bad liar." I leaned my weight on the chair and signed, looking at Nat.

"You think am lying? Just look to your right, straight ahead." She rolled her eyes, tossing her hair.

I did and maybe yeah that was the biggest mistake I did. Well, he surely was looking at my direction. I rubbed my eyes and then stared back and then glanced at him. He still had his eyes on me. Little butterflies glooming in my stomach, my heart beating in a weird rhythm.

She tapped my shoulder and there was sarcasm powder all over her face. "Tell me what's wrong."

I stood up and then excused myself from the Smith family and walked over to a quieter place.

I just needed some air to calm myself down. I don't know why but I was feeling like I was in war with myself. And I feel horribly bad for shutting out Nat but she was chewing my head off that moment. You know am having one of those moments when nothing feels right, like the whole world is against me right now and the most important thing is I don't know why am feeling this way suddenly. Was it because of the strange encounter with Mr Seducer or the fact that my parents aren't here with me to celebrate my big day or that my future is nothing but pitch black.

Cold winds cover my body as I wrapped my arms around myself as I closed my eyes and sinked in my thoughts, diving deeper and deeper but as deeper I go it becomes difficult for me to breathe.