“ The moon is the reflection of your heart, and moonlight is the twinkle of your love. ”
Debasish Mridha.
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“ you look awful. ” were the first words that left Harry's mouth when he saw Kiya at school on Monday.
“ thanks, I'm so glad you pointed it out. ” she said with the roll of her eyes.
“ sorry about that, I just tend to get brutally honest on Mondays. ” he said as they walked together along the school hallway. “ that's not being honest, its being rude. ” Kiya said.
“ you don't sound so good right now, are you alright? ” he asked.
“ oh! So do Mondays make you nice too? ” she retorted.
He shrugged “ what happened to you, something seems to be bothering you. ”
Kiya knew he was trying to be nice but she couldn't help but get angry, all the lack of sleep has been getting to her. She felt annoyed even by the slightest words or actions, she didn't want to come to school today or forever on that matter but her mom had insisted she needed to go to school because she thought it was the one place Tyler wouldn't dare to go after her.
Kiya also didn't know what she would say to her best friend if she saw her today, she did make a decision days ago that she would stop her friendship with Harry but now that he was right next to her she couldn't bring herself to say the words. She liked having him around.
Harry looked at Kiya and knew that she was deep in thoughts, he wandered what had been going on with her. She hadn't brought up any of her jokes which wasn't a normal for her, and as he properly took in her look he knew she wasn't okay. Within the days he hadn't seen her, she had managed to become even more thin than she was before.
“ I heard about your dad, sorry about that. ” Kiya said, her voice coming out low. She didn't know what his reaction would be when she brought up the topic, she looked at his face to read his expression but Harry didn't look even the slightest bit angry, his face held a look of concern as he regarded Kiya.
“ yeah! That's messed up stuff, but the police are working on it now. You shouldn't worry, but if he ever goes to see your mother again you would have to tell me. He could be dangerous. ” he said. “ but I also want you to tell me if there's anything bothering you, you do remember what you had once said to me about keeping problems to yourself? ” he asked.
Kiya stopped right in front of her locker and opened it while Harry leaned on the locker next to hers, his eyes set on her face. “ are you going to be like this for the whole day, you aren't even saying any of your terrible jokes. ”
Kiya gave him a nasty glare before slamming her locker shut and started heading to her first class which she had with Phoebe.
Harry knew he had to increase his efforts if he at least wanted her to talk to him about her worries, he grabbed on her wrist holding her back. Kiya turned to glare at him, then she yanked her hand free.
“ I'm fine, I just don't want to be late for class, I need to go now. ” she said before walking away and Harry didn't bother stopping her for a second time, he knew he would get his answers eventually.
Kiya walked in the class and her eyes land on her best friend who had a frown on her face, Kiya sighed before moving to sit on the spot next to Phoebe.
“ hey! ” Kiya started but she only got silence as her answer. “ I'm sorry about Harry, I didn't think it would make you upset like this. ”
“ does this apology come with the promise of you staying away from him? ” Phoebe asked turning to face Kiya for the first time, once her eyes land on her best friend her face softened. Just a glance was all it took for Phoebe to know that Kiya had been having her nightmares again, the darkness under her eyes was more visible.
“ are you alright? ” Phoebe asked leaning closer to her friend, “ you haven't been sleeping well?, are you having nightmares again? ”
“ yes, but that's not what I want to talk about right now. ”
“ well as your friend I demand we talk about that right now, why didn't you tell me all this time? ” Phoebe asked.
“ you were angry at me, I couldn't just call you. ”
“ K! It doesn't matter whether I'm angry or not, you're my best friend and I'll always be there for you. ”
Kiya smiled for the first that day and she knew that no matter how much her and Phoebe fought they would always be there for each other.
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Tyler sat in his car parked beside the road, he had to see Kiya again. Things hadn't gone according to how he planned the last time and Kyle wasn't being helpful, but the fact that Kiya had ran away from him made his blood boil. He thought after all this time she would at least have acted nicely towards him, his polite approached hadn't been appreciated he thought.
Tyler thought if she didn't like him being nice this time maybe he should treat her like he did when she was fifteen, maybe making her fear him would be the best way to make her his.
Tyler's obsession for Kiya was pushing him deeper and deeper into the dark end but he wasn't ready to acknowledge that fact.
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Phoebe and Kiya walked out the school building together, “ are you sure you don't want me to give you a ride to your place? ” Phoebe asked.
“ no, my mom said she was going to come and get me. After I told her that I met with him she made it her job to be my personal bodyguard. She's even considering quitting her job. ” Kiya explained.
“ yeah! I do get her point, I'll see you tomorrow then. ” Phoebe waved at her as she walked to her car. Kiya turned to the school gates, she knew her mom wouldn't take long to be here and she didn't want to be waiting inside the school.
She left the school compound and stood outside waiting for her mom when a car pulled right next to her.
She watched as the driver got off and walked towards her.
“ do you need a ride? ” Harry asked but Kiya only shrugged looking ahead and completely ignoring Harry's gaze.
“ you really aren't going to tell me what's bothering you? ” Harry stood right next to her by the side of the road.
Kiya sighed and turned to face him that's when she noticed how close he stood, but it didn't bother her. She didn't feel afraid by their close proximity it actually made her get a weird feeling at the pit of her stomach.
“ you have your own things to worry about, so stop bothering to think about me. ” she said.
“ I can't do that. ” he shrugged.
“ why not? ”
“ I just really wanna know what is bothering you, I'm not used to you like this. A whole day without your constant knock knock jokes, I have to be concerned. ” he joked.
“ I feel like you are only using me for my jokes. ” she smiled at him.
Harry looked at Kiya's smile and couldn't help but smile too, there was something about her smile that made him happy. He knew whatever kind of feelings he had for her weren't the ones he could easily ignore.
Tyler glared at the guy that Kiya was talking to, he had been watching the whole exchange between the two and he didn't like the fact that this guy could make her smile like he used to do. He didn't like that the guy stood way too close to Kiya and she wasn't making any effort to move back. His knuckles turned white as his grip on the steering wheel tightened.
His hate towards Harry seemed to increase, the guy just kept on getting on his nerves. Tyler decided he needed to do something to get rid of the new competition.
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Not the best chapter but please vote and comment.
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