Someone Somewhere Is Made For You

#15 She is sweet and delicate inside

Ella.

"Don't worry, you have two more years ahead of you, you can always try the next time," Alex told me while offering me another tissue paper.

Alex and Vipin apologised and tried to calm me down.

I took it from him and dabbed my eyes.

The three of us were in an empty classroom.

"You don't understand..." I sniffed. "I want to do this project under Senior Michael,"

"But why didn't you say that you didn't know about this?" Vipin asked me. "You really didn't know about this,"

"We are a team," I said. "You were patient enough to tolerate me and accept me in your group," I said. "I cannot just be selfish and say that."

Silence filled the room except for my occasional sniffing.

"We are sorry, Ella..." Alex said slowly. "We...we got you in trouble,"

I wiped my eyes again.

It's not the first time that people are using me. I have gotten used to it throughout life. But what made it not okay was the fact that I am now kicked out of the project group.

"I am going to learn it." I said. "Yea, that's the only way now." I added determinedly.

Alex and Vipin looked at each other.

"Learn what?" Vipin asked me.

"Creating that web-app," I said. "You heard Senior Michael, The whole point of giving us that work was for us to be thorough with it, if we learn it and present it well, he might reconsider," I said.

"Are you out of your mind, Ella?" Alex said. "We are talking about Senior Michael here,"

"That's right," Vipin agreed. "He is not someone who gives people a second chance,"

"I am going to get inside that group again," I said firmly. "I don't want to give up like this." I looked at them. "Can you help me or not?"

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Michael.

I stilled as I saw Cinderella waiting for me on the steps in front of my house.

"Why are you here?"

I am still angry at her.

She was practically blocking my way.

"You cannot just kick me out of the group after all the trouble I went through,"

"I can do that," I said shortly.

I don't know why I am getting so angry about the whole thing. If it was in the past, I would have just kicked them out and that will be the end of it. But I am angry and bothered this time, which is very unlike me.

Cinderella just took a week off and she didn't know what Alex and Vipin did with the project. She was confused and looked genuinely shocked when I revealed it.

What makes me angry is the fact that she is keeping her silence. She can try to clear her name and come clean, but she isn't willing to do that.

That also shows how much she values the project.

"You cannot," She got up and faced me.

I stared at her, hoping to unnerve her.

"Stop doing that!" She said. "I am not afraid of you."

I ignored her and took a step forward. What I expected was for her to move back, but she didn't and we were suddenly very close.