It happened one night

chapter 15

Cathy (POV)

What am i to do? What am I to do?!

I had totally forgotten that the rooms in the villa were not cleaned. I hadnt been upstairs at all. I just cleaned the hall kitchen and garden.. but those rooms!

Cathy sat on her bed swinging her legs and holding her phone in her hand. She had to think fast. She barely had some hours to complete cleaning the rooms and then be ready to meet Ching at the dorm again.

But she needed help.

Cath knew she couldnt tidy the rooms within the given time all by herself. If she wanted the work to be done before Sam and Ching came, she needed more hands.

She looked at her phone and searched in her contacts for the right names to ask for help.

She paused at Connor's name, but then continued down again. On Joel's name she stopped scrolling. And she started thinking.

Connor is a good friend but he can be weird at times. He was more or less a bit unpredictable. With Joel, it was not that way. He was a responsible guy and Cath had learned during the football practise that one could depend on him.

She called him.

It was a short conversation. As soon as she told him that she needed help in tidying up some rooms, he agreed to join her. He even said he will try to bring along someone with him as more the people, easier and faster it is to get a job done.

They decided to meet at the food joint within a quarter of an hour. Cath asked them to bring their skates or bikes. Because it was quite a long distance, that villa from the campus.

In the meanwhile, Cath spoke to Suzanne and found out if she was free to help her too. Suzanne also was asked to join at the food joint then.

Everything went according to her plan. Cath got dressed in casuals and took her bag filled with the cleaning equipments. She ordered her breakfast and sat brooding.

It was the fifth day since I shifted here in campus. And so much has happened during this time! I have made some new friends, I am the second striker in the College Soccer Team, I even cleaned the villa's ground floor and its wild garden. I have been to the College Library, made my Library card.

Okay. I have made an enemy too. That bitch! But, it was not my fault. She is a bitch!

Now today, the villa will be cleaned upstairs as well. Then after Ching and Sam joins us, we can fix the lights and such other electrical appliances. Maybe, tomorrow we could finish off with the painting of the walls.

My order was ready, they called out my coupon no. I collected my tray of food and resumed my usual table.

I was almost mid-way through my meal when Joel and behind him Taren, walked up to me and sat down at my table. They looked sleepy. Both of them.

Their hair were looking odd today, without their daily shine and smoothening gel. Their eyes were so tiny as if drooping involuntarily.

I laughed at them, before gulping down my mouthful and saying; ''What? You guys dont seem to be such morning persons?!''

Taren grumbled and Joel made an effort to widen his eyes innocently but failed utterly. He gave a big yawn closing his eyes completely and ended up resting his head on the table.

I did feel Joel sounded slightly off in the phone, but I hadnt realised he would be this sleepy in the morning, until now.

I turned to look at Taren. He was staring at Joel's head on the table, with an expression that would have melted even the strictest of all the Wardens into letting him go sleep again!