Hiraeth

Chapter 3- The Book

"Hey guys! Look at our disappointment of a friend here" Jess says, holding up her phone and showing their best friend who honestly currently looks like a depressed teenager during her rebellious, puberty stage.

"Fuck you, Jess" Dawn muttered, holding up her middle finger from her left hand while busily reading another one of her textbooks.

Laughs were heard from the other line of the video call. "Dude Jess, I don't get how you can even keep up with her shit, Dawn's literally reached peak depressing stage, being a heartbroken medical student and all. Tell us your secret, Jess" someone with bold colored hair asked. Her clear skin being obviously shown in the screen, her looks obviously from someone who's always on stage.

But her personality with these people is one that no fan can ever see.

"Trust me Bell, you need to be patient as fuck" the mentioned girl answered, giggling. Dawn, the topic of the conversation, simply glared at Jess and at the people in the video call.

"Despite being a heartbroken medical student though, Dawn's pretty cool. She's talked about even amongst the people in the pedia field, and that's something because we're from different hospitals and schools" the one with a small face, chubby cheeks, small height, and overall cute aura woman commented.

"Really, Maria? Then I guess our dear Dawn is a big shot too after all huh?" someone answered, she who had thick eyebrows, dark, curly hair, wearing a floral off shoulder top.

Maria nodded, "Like how much of a big shot you are, accountant. Oh by the way Dave, how's your kids?

"Both the kids and the children are fine, Maria. But who knew being a kindergarten teacher could be this stressful? They're cute and all but...ugh I don't even want to start with that. Sometimes I love my sideline more" the woman with straight, black hair answers, her little eyes rolling.

The rest laughed. "Well, I hope your next gallery will be a success" Marie answers, a huge beam on her face, that the rest honestly found very adorable. They are quite fond of this child looking woman after all.

"How about you, Alex? How's your studies?" Bell asks the woman who's been laughing the whole time without even commenting anything. "Oh please, I'm so stressed. I don't think I can handle being a law student any longer" she pouts while letting her curly hair fall everywhere around her shoulders.

"Hey Dawn, hold the phone for me? I'll make us cups of coffees" Jess whispered. Dawn nods and takes the phone from the woman's hand and places it in front of her as she took another highlighter, preparing herself to learn more things.

"Oh? Where'd Jess go, Dawn?" Alex asked, noticing that the other woman left. Dawn removed her attention from the textbook in front of her and looks at the phone to see a reflection of herself and of her best friends. "Kitchen. She's making coffee"

"I forgot to ask, but how's Jess' café going?" Isha asked. Without hesitation, Dawn answered, "It's doing well. Getting a little too crowded actually, it's hard to find a seat already. But when you're the owner's best friend, you get a reserved table on your favorite spot"

Maria made a noise of envy. "How lucky! To be a student studying in a cafe without having to worry about finding no spot. My local café here is too crowded I usually just get a coffee to go"

"The real question is, is Dawn actually studying though? She's probably just writing her thoughts which mostly consist of someone we all know" Dave joked, laughing. The rest of the gang laughed, being reminded of how the woman used to write her random thoughts in her books, may it be her textbooks...

Or that one book she's been fond of her whole life.

Silence fills the air. The other women in the screen were hesitating to talk.