Solace

Chapter 10- Missing him

I woke up late on Monday morning and carefully got out of bed without waking moony up. I quickly put on an olive green shirt with black pants and a black jacket and grabbed my bag and glasses, as I headed out of the room.
Amber was making pancakes. I still wasn't use to her being here or the smell of lovely pancakes in the house. She taught me how to make pizza yesterday. And I was excited to make them for my friends. I had invited them over today, to meet moony.

"Amber I'll miss the bus, hurry up! And don't forget to feed moony before you leave."

"Why don't you take the car? And Yes, I won't forget to feed the cat." She brought pancakes on the counter "No, I hate the car." and I devoured the pancakes as quickly as they came.

"You're gonna make me fat Amber. Thanks. Bye."

I ran outside. The sun was bright and warm today. When I reached the bus stop, the bus door was almost closing. I shouted and waved at the driver. He held the door for me and I got in. I knew I was late because this was another bus. This bus comes an hour later from the one I took every day.

The bus dropped me on the stop and I walked towards my school building quickly, before I missed another lecture.

"Hey Sofia, how ya doing?'' I turned around and spotted Rayhan walking towards me.

"I'm er, good. Walk fast if you want to sit in the next lecture." I said, walking ahead of him.

"It's too late already. I'm going to the cafeteria. Come along if you want to." He showed me time on his phone.

"Huff! Mondays are the worst." I slowed down and walked with him to the cafeteria.

"So what were you up to this weekend?" he asked, his eyes on the screen of his phone.

"Nothing. It was okay. Oh, I just got a new kitten and Myra and rest of 'em are coming to my place to see him, after classes. Do you wanna come?"

"Aww cute, we can stop by for half an hour because we have to go to Sara's birthday party. Is that cool with ya?"

"Yeah, okay." We went to counter. He ordered omelette and I ordered a latte. I told him go to sit and I'll bring his tray too. He thanked and went away. I looked at a girl who was staring at me, she quickly looked away. I adjusted my glasses and took the tray from the guy and went to sit with Rayhan. I almost dropped the tray when I saw Emerens sitting with Rayhan. Shit!

"Hi!" I said as I sat down and he stared at me like a hawk. "Hi", he replied coolly. I felt the need to look away but I dared not to. I took the cup from the tray, which was a perfect excuse to break the eye contact without looking like a coward.

How am I gonna sit with him for an hour? I run my fingers through my hair and took a sip from the cup. It was hot. I burnt my tongue. But I didn't show.

"How is the latte? Can I take a sip?" He reached for it and took it out of my hand. I was about to warn him that it was pretty hot but he drank all of it in one go. "Not bad. I'll get another cup for you. Do you want anything Ray?" He shook his head without looking up from his omlette.

I tried to slow my heart rate. He was doing it on purpose, he was making me uncomfortable on purpose. But he seemed nice in the beginning? What happened?

He put the cup in front of me, when a girl came and hugged him. He hugged her back. It seemed quite...intimate. I recognized her from my class. She always sat behind me. Natasha.

"How's your song coming along Em?" she asked, chewing gum and playing with her perfectly highlighted brown hair.

Ray looked at me and said, "Em writes and sings song, you know?"