Romancing The Stone [H.S]

CHAPTER 14

I'll sit and watch your car burn
With the fire that you started in me~billie Ellish
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I hop out of bed after half an our of a
nap, the room is completely black out due to the atmosphere outside.
My head snapping at the opening door, Emma stood there sliping out from her shoes.

I turned my attention back to the work I was doing. A loud thud broke as Emma flops on the bed with her arm under her head.

"We need to talk" I raised my eyebrow demandingly, with my arms infront of my chest. She noded sceptically after comprehending my words, knowing what she's putting herself through.

"But first we need to clean our room" I patted her dangling leg, from her appearance she looks like a person keeping her lifestyle messy, but she's exact opposite. One thing we got inherited, taking care of tidiness and hygiene.

We started from the carpet stains from my acrylics, applying the shampoo it smears, I dab the stain because vigiours rubbing can damge the carpet, while Emma dusted the desk and our night stands, spraying after shining. We both took our clothes out folding them sleekely, hanging the others, our closest racks looks funky at one side it's all glittery while the other is light colours.

I badly wanted to redecorate our room but I can't, sometimes dull colours frustate you,With simple steel framed beds. We both give our cleaning a last look, and Emma broke the silence.

"So, you needed to talk?" She asked with her hands on her hips, I gestured her to sit. Our relation is worth than anything, I don't want it to be ruined by a random guy okay scratch it a friend. She need to be cautious about her doings. Nobody is trustworthy in this world I said nobody.

"Listen a vigilant girl can cope with every phase in life, huh?" She rolls her eyes as I air quote my words.

"Fine I'm sorry I shouldn't had given him keys but still yea-" she mumbled with her head hung low, I frown but it removes after a nano-second when realization hit me, she knows it that Harry came. I set my finger below her chin lifting her face up, she looked in my eyes with guilt, my facial expression soften at her puppy face and a small smile broke instantly.

"Never do that again, and I'm not saying you to resist your friends, your friends they are always welcomed in our room but not without our presence" she nodded as I warned her.
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I walk briskly on the patchy patch leading me to campus aware of the current time, with no chances of missing the lecture. The cool breeze whipped my hair, blocking my view.
Brushing my spreaded locks behind my ear, I hear a similar voice getting near a near. I turn my head as the person belonging to voice pat my shoulder gently.

"Thought so didn't miss me?" Ashley raised her eyebrows quizically, it's been a long time we haven't seen each other,
The week was fussy with the same process repeating, I didn't say anything in response as a content smile appeared itself.

She shook her head exasperatedely as she gestured her two fingers walking and then asking me why?

"I talked about it with father and everytime a large amount isn't in your pocket, so." I shrugged not talking about it further.

She nodded her head in understatement, poundering over something while I looked back at shadow the rising sun is casting.

"If you don't mind, then I've a respectable job for you. If you don't mind" My eyes flited from down towards her as she broke the silence, for good. The scholarships are enough to bear our college fee but sometimes everything isn't enough. I tuck my lip inside choosing the right descion, I'm in my freshmens and leaving all the lectures wouldn't get me to line.

"Ah, don't worry about the timings it'll be after college" She proclaimed, sensing the delimea radiating from me.
So it's set I'm going to have a job for a better living, like I always work for the same sake, typical. But I needed that gentle prod from a-long time to remind myself that life is only what you make it.

"I'll be glad to accept your offer" I said my final descion, while she smiled a toothy grin.

We reached our classes while she unfolded the details and instructions, warning me not to tell anyone until the whole thing isn't official. And to be honest I never tell anyone where I work, this is nothing to be in there concern. I need to be ready for an interview coming ahead after three days. I was surprised when she told me that most of the students of our college work in the company she's making me apply to so I've to be cautious. I didn't asked her further still I'm confused.

As I set foot in the class, hushed voices of people talking indistincively is everywhere my eyes roam and stuck at the familiar little body of Anna. Her's ducked towards the side as she is proded on her elbows, she watches quietly and soon a small smile tug as the guy she's looking at laughs falling his head back. We all are interacting with each other, the time when we didn't knew each other was tough then now.

I exhale a huge sigh dragging my feet towards Anna, she's still wrapped in her thoughts that she didnt took a glance of any passing by body.

I briskly walked through the chair aisle, when a voice made my feet froze to their place.

"I said, Hello cupcake." Harry again sang from the far repeating what he spoke first.

As the nickname tumble from his mouth my fists automatically balled up.
I could feel everyone eyes boring into me.

Raising my head high I retreated back to position I'd recently standing, he's going to pay for it, for being so presumptuous.

"You were saying something Styles?" His head snapped at my presence infront of him. I raised my eyebrow at his silence, still he didn't say anything playing with his pen making clicking it vigorously. I repeat my question but it came back roaming in silence.

"Is it bad to call your friend's pet names?" He straight his back leaving his half laying position, giving me an ironical smile. I'm feeling a little victory in my heart as I broke his cocksure cacoon. I stumbled backwards as he stand, to my height towering me.

"First thing to keep in your little fucked-up mined that I'm not your friend and second if I'm not your friend then you have no right to call me pet names." I wide my eyes raising my index finger poking it in his chest, quite ohhs' were heard as everyone watched our little bickering show. What happened to cheeky polite Harry? I miss him.

Before I can react I'd pushed bitterly by the person I was insulting, colliding with chairs all the air knocked out from lungs and all my notes flew scattering over the place everyone gasped at what happened, my breaths coming in sputters as I tried to stand up.

Instead of helping he ran out of the class shutting everyone including me.
Anna and some other I didn't recognize gave me help making me sit. I wasn't expecting this, he's an asshole alot of times. His treatment towards woman is suppressed with abominable cowardice. Shit I shouldn't say it at all. He's nothing like these with woman I've never seen him not being respectful.  Anna rubbed my back gently trying to calm my disturbed breaths, whispering assurance in my ear. I got knocked out when he stood up it's nothing else.

I didn't know college periods are that awful.