Complicated

Chapter seven

        Monday.                                                          4:15 pm

I didn't go to school today. All because of my stupid knee. Vin was right. He was absolutely right. I freaked out when I got to know that I had a meniscal tear in my knee. But what calmed me down was that it wasn't a major one but it took its own time to heal. My parents, when they came back home today morning, they gasped in shock. Especially my mom. Dad had a pure expression of concern on his face. As usual, they asked me if they wanted me for them to stay back home, to which I just shrugged and said, "I'll be fine by myself. I'll sleep all day so no worries."

And my phone blew up with messages from Ava, Luke, Ivy and most importantly, Cara.

After I woke up from my deep slumber, I had a text message from Jamie. Oh my god. I know right!

And he asked me why I didn't go down to lunch with them which ended up in me telling him about the condition of my knee. He told that he'd come up to have lunch with me and bring all of 'em with him. No one knows how happy and delighted I was, to hear that from him.

I wrote in my dairy and closed it, smiling to myself.
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I had to take the elevator to class as I wasn't supposed to use the stairs which was completely shitty.

I anyways had my knee cap on and why to worry! I thought and made my way to the class.

Luke screwed me. Ha! I so knew that he'd screw me. He screwed me for not being careful enough to which I stuck my tongue out like a two year old kid.

I was waiting for lunch. Jamie would bring all our friends to have lunch with me. I was forever thankful to him.

Holly was there too.

"How you feelin now?" Jamie asked, taking a seat opposite to me.

"A bit better. Thank you." I said with a small smile, trying to hide myself from blushing.

"That's so stupid! I mean, who falls in the theatre! Such a dumb move, Carmen." Holly stated drily.

I was hurt. I was disappointed by the way Holly spoke to me and she had changed a lot. A lot.

"Oh shut up, Holly. How can you call it dumb, huh! She had food in her hand and it was dark. Plus, the movie had resumed. She had to make it to her seat before she missed any important scene. You really can't call that stupid! Have you seen yourself? You can't even eat a cone of ice cream without letting it all on your hands. So you shouldn't be the one talking." Omar said instantly, which shut her up immediately.

She rolled her eyes in such a bitchy manner and walked away. We all shrugged.

I slapped my hand with Omar, telling him that he was indeed right.

But it really hurt. The way Holly had changed. I could do nothing but to plainly accept it and deal with it. But it took me a long time to get used to this version of Holly.
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Days passed. Holly and I didn't even make attempts to speak to each other. I don't know what wrong I did but all of a sudden, she was being a bitch to me.

So I simply ignored her and gave her the "space" which was really unnecessary (according to me) because I really wanted to know what had gotten into her lately.

But I was still pissed. Hurt. Disappointed. Angry with her. For shutting me out just like that.

One evening, I was trying to walk without the knee cap on my lawn when my phone beeped.

Holly:

Sorry.

I didn't know what to reply so I just left the message unanswered. I simply ignored it. No. I royally ignored it.

I think two days later, I had another message from Holly:

Say something at least....don't seen zone me😂

Reading that, my blood boiled in anger. And that stupid laughing emoji just hit my last nerve.

I replied:

What do u want me to say, huh?

To which I instantly got a reply:

Idk...anything. I know you're hurt.

I snorted reading that. I replied:

Huh. Who told u?

I know so. And people said so.

Well.... In that case, you've changed, Holly. You were never like this before. Idk what's up with you but I seriously can't believe that you of all people hurt me. I really don't know what to speak or how to behave with you these days. Seriously. And I'm tired of trying of putting up the charade of  "hey I'm not hurt.. I'm absolutely fine" ....

I couldn't bottle up these thoughts for a long time.

I know I have changed and I have got new friends and so do you. I thought that you'll get used to this version of me. And I know that you need time to get used to me being like this. Take all the time you want. Even you've changed. I mean, who doesn't, with every step they take in life?

Now I was incredibly pissed. I texted back:

I know that I have changed and I highly doubt that it has caused any trouble to you. I know that everyone changes and all that fiasco. Now we're spotting out our differences, eh? I hope you realise that we're drifting apart. Big time, Holly.

I know I've hurt you and that's precisely why I'm apologizing to you. Yes, we're spotting out our differences. Why don't you come down to have lunch with us?

I don't fucking know, okay? I don't know what to talk or how to behave with you or our group. I just sit there, have lunch and go back. That's all. I don't connect with y'all anymore. 

I had no control over my language when I was angry. In general, My mouth had no filter. Yeah, I had a sailor's mouth. It took me such a great deal to not swear in front of my parents.

I know that you've got friends and you spend time with them. I totally get it. But you don't really have to feel that you don't connect with us and all that shit. You can always have lunch with us.

Fine. Can we please leave this behind and go back to our normal selves? The way we used to be before?

I guess.

That was all she replied. And it royally pissed me off. It disappointed me more than it pissed me off.
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Author's note:

Hey guys!

I finally finished my exams and I'm as happy as a kid who just saw a huge room full of chocolates !!!!!!

Sorry couldn't update yesterday.

From the next chapter onwards, the real plot starts, that is, things start to happen between Carmen and Calvin.

So...stay tuned!!

Next update: soon😉

Until next time, folks!

Love,

Peaches;)