Romeo vs Juliet ✓

2. The Guy on the Front Porch

(AN) 

So here it is! Oliver a.k.a. Olly's POV! He is Zara's best friend...so let's see what's up with him! :D

Enjoy!

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Chapter 2

Oliver's POV { His picture on the side! :D }

The party was in full swing despite the lack of alcohol...Mom din't allow plus I am not really into drinks...everyone turned up..except one...Zara. I had been loitering around in my own house, as lost as a stranger would be.

Josh came up to me & offered me his 'special' mocktail, but honestly it looked disgusting in a way. The purplish-brown colour making me feel pukish just at the sight of it!

The smell however wasn't so repulsive so I took a gulp of it. Josh looked at me with a questioning look. His face almost comical.

The drink was actually nice! 

'That repulsive looking drink was actually nice, way to go dude! My best bud will be a bartender some day! You'll get me free drinks, right?' I raised one eyebrow at him which made him smirk at me.

'So you liked it? Eh? Cool! Then, bye! I am going to sell in the party! A dollar for every glass!'

'Hey you aren't even paying for what you are going to put in it and still are planning to mint money by selling it at my party! But what the Hell have you mixed in this?' I asked as I took another swig of it.

'Well, umm...coke, with cranberry juice, some freshly squeezed lemon juice & some maple syrup with a bit of orange soda to top it all!'

His reply made me nearly choke on my drink! I couldn't believe that this disgusting combination could taste so...yummy!

As I stood there, gaping at him, a tall slim blonde, whose name was I guess Alex, came by & took Josh to dance.

There were couples all around, some dancing, some talking, some just cuddling up, some making out and some special ones just staring into each others eyes, saying a hundred things without saying a word to each other. 

The rest of the people were having fun with their friends. Laughing, talking, dancing, playing pranks...and for the first time in my life, looking at all of them, I felt lonely.

I stood there and saw all the pairs dancing to Enrique's 'Hero'. Zara's all time favourite song.

In a corner I saw that somehow, Josh had got rid of that blonde Alex and was now dancing with Seri. I couldn't help but smile at the two of them.

He definitely has more than a little crush on her, but he ain't man enough to accept it. Douchbag.

Seeing him with her, I felt stranded.

Josh has always been there for me, but today I am not feeling lonely 'coz he isn't standing next to me.

I am feeling lonely 'coz I miss my other best friend, my Zara. 

I miss texting her, I miss IMing her, I miss calling her up over nothing, I miss her telling me what to do, I miss teasing her, I miss being annoyed by her, I miss her smile, her comments, her laugh, her looks, her everything. I MISS HER!

But it's all my fault that I lost my best friend...I tried my best to avoid it...but I guess Serena was right...Fate catches up with all of us at some point.

I moved out of my house, away from all those happy people and towards the front yard. I needed some solace.

As I sat down on my front porch and gazed up at the stars, I was reminded of all those times when Zara & I had spent ages in each others backyards, doing nothing but staring at the stars.

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Serena's POV

Kate, the school's queen bee/wh*re just called up to tell me that she got the role of Rosaline, Romeo's initial love interest and she is so proud of it and blah blah...bloody show off..but what is important is that she told me she had gone to meet Zara for some work. That meant Zara was home & still didn't turn up for the party. Moreover, when I told Oliver that she won't come, he said he expected her to not turn up. After that he just turned around & left. It was almost as if he was too lost to even realise my presence. In fact, he seemed oblivious to the whole party!

These thoughts clouded my mind when all of a sudden I felt a tug at my arm. I turned around to see that it's Josh. His one hand rested on my arm while the other was mid-air with the palm facing skywards.

I gave him a confused look to which he responded 'Shall we dance?'.

My heart beat stopped & then when it started again, it was at a pace double than it's normal.

Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump.

I stood their for a moment, admiring his features before finally giving him my hand. He pulled me in a lose embrace and we started dancing.

By the third song, I was in his arms and we both were clinging to each other as if our lives depended on it! Staring into each others eyes, we kept on dancing and soon lost track of the world.

Suddenly we heard the main door shut right behind us. We turned to see who had left, but were surprised to see that the person leaving the house was none other than Olly!

We decided it was best to leave him alone for a while.

It had been over an hour that Olly was sitting on the front porch doing nothing! Josh & I had long stopped dancing and now he was managing the party in place of Olly. I was seriously getting worried. It didn't seem that Olly & Zara had one of their regular fights. This was something massive & I had to find out what it was!

'Josh come here for a while!' I called over the music.

'So what happened Seri?' He beamed at me. 

'You noticed how Oliver has been all upset since the last few weeks? And if you come to think of it Zara has also not been herself lately...you have any clue what's going on with the two of them?'  

Josh looked thoughtful for a moment before saying 'C'mon, Oliver is my buddy...of course I noticed...I even asked him what's troubling him, a few hours back...since then he has been on the porch..must be another of their epic arguments over nothing!'  

He himself didn't look convinced about what he was saying though.

'I don't think so Josh...they never act this way...it's something much more serious this time...and we being their best friends still have no clue about it...'

'Maybe you are right...'coz I don't remember seeing Oliver like this ever before..you think we should confront them together?'

I nodded quietly. He held my hand in his and said 'Done...I will go and talk to Olly...he seems pretty lonely on the porch at the moment..and you, stop spoiling your mood over nothing. You have no clue how beautiful that smile if yours makes you look.' 

With that he left me to talk to Oliver, a blush creeping up my cheeks. And my heart going a hundred miles an hour.

'Ok...let me know if he tells you anything' I called after him & then decide play hostess till either Olly or Josh got back.