Another Cinder and Ella Story

Chapter 4: The Audition

Chapter Four

“Cindeeerrrrr!” A familiar voice from behind was calling out my name.

I know who it was.

“Jasper,” I said closing my eyes.

“Wait for us,” He added.

I quickly opened my eyes, realizing his sentence.

“Wait for us?” My eyes widened and slowly turned around to see whom he was with.

There I saw her again. With her full bangs and long black hair, walking towards me while waving and giving me the smile that could melt every boy’s heart.

“Good morning, Cinder,” She greeted me.

“G-good morning too, Ella” I greeted back with a smile.

Jasper gave a fake cough to remind me that he’s also there.

“Hi there, buddy!” I told him, “You got a cough today?”

We three laughed.

Ella stopped laughing all of a sudden and stared at me. She came near to me my face. Jasper’s reaction could not be drawn.

“E-Ellie,” I said nervously, “Is there something wrong?”

She touched my lower lips that made me turn my head to the other direction.

“What happened here?” She asked sincerely.

“Were you beaten again” Jasper seriously added, “Cinder?”

I saw Ray from afar with his friends. He was glancing at our direction.

“I’m fine. Don’t worry guys,” I answered, “Last night I tripped and fell down on the floor.”

“What a lame excuse,” I thought.

“You sure?” She asked again pouting.

I nodded.

“Okay,” Jasper uttered, “Let’s get inside now.”

We separated ways with Ella and went inside the classroom.

We went to our seats and started getting our books from our bag. I noticed Jasper’s reaction as he was facing and scrolling down his phone.

“Jas,” I called his attention, “Jasper.”

But he seemed to be not in his self.

“Jasper,” I called him again, “Hey buddy!”

This time, he’s back to reality.

“Problem?” I said while raising my eyebrows.

He came near to me and handed me his phone.

“Read it,” He said.

I then started reading the text message.

It says,

Sender: Unknown
“Jasper Rhodes, we found out the one behind it.
The boys from the section 12-E told us that it was all
Cinder’s cousin, Ray Stewart’s plan.”

That was the end of the message.

“Mind if I use it for a while?” I asked Jasper who was not in the good mood. He just nodded restlessly.

“Thanks,” I said and typed in my message.

I typed in,

“Cinder here. Thanks for all your effort.”