People I Don't Know

Ignorance

I stood still until there was no trace of Luis and Erin, like every day they ignored and walked away. Then I saw Colin coming towards me and asked me out for a coffee after college. I said yes this time, even though I was not interested in him, I just wanted to give it a try.

We went to a coffee shop after our college, I noticed that he's a nice guy. We exchanged our numbers because Rachel warned me to get his number. We spent an hour in a coffee shop, casually talking, I told him about my mother and why I moved here, it was just casual talk.

Later he dropped me at the mansion. I went back to my room as I felt like I had a long day. I was very tired, decided to take a bath and then sleep for a while and then go downstairs for dinner.

I slept for a while and woke up hungry. I checked my phone and it blinked with a missed call notification from Rachel. I called back her while walking out of my room. She's not responding and I called her again running down the staircase and ended up giving a dash to Erin. OMG, I hit him hard and I dropped my phone. But he didn't care at all, I tried to say sorry but even without looking at me, he rushed upstairs. What's wrong with him? I don't even deserve a look?  I picked up my phone from the floor and looked around, he already left.

I sat down at the dining table and started eating because I was hungry. This guy Erin is unbelievable, more arrogant than Luis. How can someone ignore this way? I felt bad but later my thoughts drifted as I got a text message from Rachel.

"How was your date?" She texted me.

"It was not a date baby... We just talked casually" I replied.

"Well, how was talking with him?" She replied.

"He's sweet" I replied.

"Did you get his number??" She replied.

"Yeahhhhh!!" I replied.

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It's been almost a month since I shifted to mom's place. I became close with Rachel and Tori, we started to ignore our boys because they got busy with their new girlfriends. I started talking with Colin more often, still, I didn't build any feelings on him and still figuring out if it was necessary or not.

And Luis and his friends still ignoring me like they all decided to ignore me like shit. Most of the time his friends including Erin spend their time at this mansion with Luis. It got everything, a big pool, a gym, a mini-movie theatre, a gaming room and a big backyard. It was impossible not to encounter them because Luis room is just next to mine, I came across Erin almost every day and got ignored. It became a daily routine, he never looked at me, not even a quick glance, not even for a second.

I acted like I didn't care, but deep inside I hated his ignorance. Maybe he didn't like me as I'm just an average girl, he would never kiss a girl like me even if he had a chance. He's a hot guy there's no doubt in it, everyone knows that hot guys like hot girls. Maybe he felt embarrassed by getting a kiss from me. All these thoughts kept running in my mind all these days.

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I was having my breakfast talking with Helen, she became a good friend of mine. Logan and Lynsey were getting ready for school, both of them enjoy my company, they are not like their big brother. They join me in their games, and Matthew is the son of Mr Benson, he spent most of the time with his friend Logan. Mr Daniel was not in the city, he went abroad for some business meetings. Mom is slowly getting better day by day.

Today's classes were boring, gave me a headache. I went to the cafeteria and settled down drinking my coffee and waiting for Colin. He said he got something to talk about, after five minutes he came towards me and settled beside me.

"What's up??" He asked and smiled.
I said nothing, just showed him my coffee glaring at him.
"We can go out and drink a better one," he said and smirked.
I shook my head saying no.
"Okay," he said and leaned back on his chair.
"What's your plans for Saturday night?" he asked and started glaring at me for my answer.
"Nothing" I kept my answer short and continued drinking my coffee.
"I'll come to your place," he said with a serious look.
I widened my eyes with shock, is he trying to make his moves? I need to talk with Rachel I started talking inside me and forgot to answer him.

"Neely..?? I'm talking to you" he raised his voice seeking my attention.
"Why??" I asked with frowned eyebrows.
"Party.. Don't tell me that you don't know," he said leaning on the table.
"Party?? Whose party??" I questioned him with excitement.
"Luis birthday party, on Saturday night. Don't you know about it?" He said and smiled.
"Nooo.. are you coming? Did he invited you?"

"Yeah, almost everyone will attend and I want to spend my night with you at the party," he said with a soft tone and tried to touch my hand.
I didn't tell him about the relationship between Luis and me, because I don't want him to know much about my family. I need to manage this situation.

"Of course," I said and tried to smile.

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Later that day I discussed this situation with Rachel and Tori, they are excited to attend the party because it is Luis McNair birthday party. And they wanted me to attend the party. I don't know what to do, I know he won't feel bad if I attend his party, I will be just one among the huge crowd but what if he doesn't want me to attend.

I can skip the party, but I don't want to miss the fun with my friends, I don't want to disappoint Colin, he was trying to be so patient with me. As I was not ready to face any unpleasant consequences, I decided to ask Luis for his permission. It may sound silly but I'm not going to risk it.

I went down and asked Helen about him. She said he's with his friends in the gaming room. I walked towards the gaming room, peeked through the door and entered the room silently making no noise. I saw Luis talking on his phone, everyone was playing I can see a game on the big LCD and Erin was looking at his phone, no he's actually playing a game on his phone. They are having fun and I'm here to interpret.

It was dark in there, I walked towards Luis, he looked at me but he took the joystick from Mike's hand and started playing. As I went closer he just turned his head backwards and raised his eyebrows asking me what.

I came close but now I started feeling tense, I don't know how to ask him. Then he turned all around and started glaring at me.
"Can I come to your party?" I asked him with a really low voice looking at his face.
"What??" I heard Erin say funnily and he started laughing while still looking at his phone.

Luis turned his head to give a look to Erin and smirked. Right now I need to feel embarrassed because I sounded funny but I actually started blushing because I made Erin laugh out. I tried to control the smile on my lips while waiting for Luis to turn his head towards me and answer my question.
He turned to my side and said "It is for everyone" looking down at me and smirked.

He turned back and started playing again. It was enough for me, for once I gave a glance at Erin, he still got a smile on his face. It made me blush, I quickly walked out and started smiling. I know it is a very small thing but it made me feel better. And I can attend Luis birthday party with no tension, I will definitely avoid drinking this time.

I went back to my room with a smile on my face and laid down on my bed, then Marry came to my room, she is one of the maids in the mansion and said my mom wants to meet me. I went to her room, we had a casual talk and she gave me a packet.

"What is it?" I asked her.
"Look by yourself," she said with a wide smile.
It's a dress, a red one and it was her first gift for me. She wanted me to wear it for Luis birthday party.