The next heir

20. Black

Pia's pov - "What?" I asked. Henry and carter turned their heads somewhere else. The tension was still there between us but neither of them decided to acknowledge my presence yet and I took that as a sign to go. I sighed and started walking towards my car.

"Sunshine" someone called from backside, I knew who it was by the name he called me. I hesitantly turned around facing all the 8 boys were facing me.

"Y-yeah?" I asked shuttering. Xavier came front and placed his hand on my shoulder.

"I can understand your situation right now but we are still friends no matter what sunshine" he said smiling sadly. I returned the smile.

"Hey I missed you ding dong" edi came and hugged me.

"I missed you all too" I said looking at all the boys. Henry and carter were not looking at me but rest were smiling sadly.

"I think we shall go but you can join our group again storm" Liam said.

"No it's ok. It's your gang group and we can always talk on personal chat" I said. He nodded at me in understanding. They waved at me and took tensed carter with them. He didn't spoke a single word with me. I looked towards Henry but he was ignoring me so I sighed and went to talk with the boys.

"Hey" I said to no one in particular.

"Hey" And to everyones surprise it was Rick who replied first. I smiled at him and waved to Daneil and James. They waved back smiling and again there was awkward silence.

"You promised to take me to the orphanage to distribute gifts" Rick said breaking the awkward silence for which I was thankful. I smiled at him.

"Sure. I completely forgot about it. I think we should skip school today because my schedule is completely packed for two days atleast and this is also important. What do you say? I mean... If you are ok with it" I asked. He waved his hand in front of my face dismissing me.

"Offcourse I am, come on we will go by my car" he said. I grinned at him and nodded.

"We are also coming" Daniel said folding his hands on his chest.

"Why? I am not a presidents daughter" I said mocking him. He rolled his eyes. Rick was controlling his laughter unlike James who burst out laughing. Henry was standing there with mix emotions like amusement, grief, rage. He not even said one word to acknowledge me. He looked up and met my eyes. I thought of looking else where but his captivating dark eyes kept me drowning in it. His jaw was so sharp and the most I miss that devilious signature smirk, which was irresistible to fall for. Not a surprise so many girls are ready to throw themselves on him. But now there was only a thin line of his lips. Then again I looked into his eyes and he was also still looking at me, maybe calculating something. Then I saw the most heartbreaking thing in his eyes - grief and regret. Maybe he regretted to like me, maybe even he regretted having me as his friend in the first place. It was taking everything in me to not go and kiss him with so much love that he remove all the uncertainty from his heart. I wanted to hold him so close to me so that there will be no doubt in his mind that I love him as much as he loves me but all I can do now was stand still and look into his dark eyes, it was like we were holding each other tightly in grasp with our eyes. We were standing there still looking at each other for eternity and the rest world felt blur.

"Uh.. Can we? Pia...?" someone said from behind. We both looked elsewhere immediately. I looked backside and saw the three boys waiting there looking amused and sad at the same time.

"uh.. Y-yeah... Uh... Let's go I guess" I shuttered. James and Daneil smirked at me. Rick smiled. Henry looked on the other side of the parking pretending to not hear anything.