The Star In Our Hands(lesbian story)[#Wattys2016]

Chapter 13

Even though I thought Angel saved me from the extremely difficult and awkward situation,Viv was nowhere to be seen even though the teacher was right in front of the door,ready to start the lessson.

As time went by, my mind started overflowing with thoughts.I was worried about her.Where is she?Is she okay?

But I shouldn't care.That's what I kept repeating in my head in order to get rid of those unnecessary thoughts that were not only devastating me, but also making me hate myself for what I did to her.

Luckily, Angel interrupted my thoughts and cleared my mind by whispering softly in my ear.

"Do you eventually owe my a free coffee?" She said.

I turned to look at her with a confused expression drawn on my face and asked; "Why would I owe you one?"

"Don't you remember what the letter said?"

Then I remembered that she actually did a correct prediction about my reaction when I saw the letter so I obviously had to treat her after school as written on it.

"What about going to Starbucks after school then?I really fancy a frapuccino to be honest." I suggested.

"Deal!" She said excitedly right before the bell rang.

Viv was absent, something that meant that I had to find someone to hang out with during the break.My first choice was Angel so I followed her outside.Angel was a really famous girl in my school as she was not only beautiful but she also had a great character which made her perfect for every guy and completely popularized her.That meant that I had to deal with all of her friends if I didn't want to look "forever alone".

All of them looked really rich and it was obvious that they were overestimating themselves.When they saw me one of the guys spoke up; "Do we have new blood here?"

Angel gave him an angry look and ordered him to shut up.

"This is my friend, Ash." She pointed at me happily.

"We know what friend means for you Angel!" A girl said from the backround.

I freaked out with that sentence.What did that girl mean by this?Was Angel somehow taking advantage of me?However when Angel heared what her friend said she stepped forward and slapped the girl hardly on her cheek.

I really hated how Angel treated her friends.She looked like she was the leader of the "team", treating them like slaves.Her friend started running away, holding her face with her hands.

I was about to walk away when Angel stopped me by grabbing my hand and pulled me for a gentle hug.I instantly forgot everything and travelled to another world, away from sadness, hearing only our heartbeats, as time was frozen.The butterflies in my stomach were dancing in sync, performing their amazing show and leaving me breathless.

At that moment, Angel broke the hug and carried me back to the real world, leaving me weak ,as I was a bird with broken wings.As a result, I realized how much I was craving for this hug for a long time.She looked at me deeply in the eyes for some seconds, which felt like hours, months, years.However, the girl who usually sits next to Angel in the class came to interrupt her by whispering something in her ear.

Angel became pale all of a sudden, looking like a ghost combining her expression.I started worrying about her as she had frozen, seeming unable to move.

I was about to ask her what was wrong when the bell rang again.I took her hand and started leading to the class as I couldn't leave her alone standing like this.

All she did was follow me and then she silently sat on the chair.

"What's wrong?" I asked her breaking the silence.

She slowly turned to me and answered; "My...my ex propagated rumours that you are my girlfriend."

I instantly understood why she had reacted that way.Something like that would ruin others' opinion about me and the most important; it would completely destroy the relationship I had with Viv.As far as Angel is concerned, her friends would probably laugh at her and her fame would get destroyed in one fingersnap.

"You know something?" She said.

"Unfortunately not." I said in response waiting for what she was about to say curiously.

"This is not going to hold me back from talking to you, hugging you and going out with you.I've finally found someone like me and I am not really going to give you away for a stupid rumour."

I felt extremely satisfied with those words that came out of her mouth.She obviously wanted me to be her friend and I would give her what she wanted.

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Four days passed since I last talked to Viv who was constantly denying to answer my calls or messages.I was worried about her and I wasn't hiding it.I passed by her house but no one was in so I kept on calling her.She had missed many classes as she was absent from school for those days that mostly felt like months to me.

All of her social media were disabled and I couldn't reach her in any way.I loved her, I needed her, I had to find her.

And I would.