Chapter Nineteen: The Other Angle
Mark wasn’t in a mood to go to school that morning. So that meant I had to take the bus to reach school. I was walking on the pavement, my curls swinging in the fresh morning breeze. I stuffed my hands inside my sweater pocket. Winter was settling in & hoping there would be snowfall soon. I love snow.
Just then a car came & stopped adjacent to me. The windows rolled down & I saw Daniel behind the steering wheel.
“Hey.” I greeted.
“Well, I can drop you to your school cause coincidently I need to go there too.” he grinned goofily & pushed the car door open for me.
I chuckled, getting in the car. He started to drive again.
“Heard Susan’s throwing a big party.” I commented.
“Yeah but I’m not going.” he responded.
“Why? You should go. You’re invited. Besides, there will surely be many hot girls in there.” I teased.
Daniel laughed, “There surely won’t be any beautiful girls there. For example, you won’t be there.”
I raised my brow, “Are you polishing your sarcasm skills by any chance?”
“Oh no no! Can never ever be a Sarcasm Expert like you so yeah, I really complimented you on your good looks!” he grinned widely.
“Sarcasm is in my blood. And yes, thank you for appreciating Nature’s best efforts to make me, well, look beautiful?”
“Are you being sarcastic?” he enquired.
“That was for you to guess & me to know.” I pretended to sound mysterious.
“Smart.” he remarked.
“Are you into something like Daniel and the Compliment Factory cause you’re sort of praising me today.” I gave a confused look.
He laughed. Actually, we both laughed.
On reaching school, we headed to our respective rooms. On my way to the Physics class, my eyes happened to fall on me of the notices on the Notice Board. It was about an Ad Filmmaking competition that was to take place. I thought of Laura. This time I am not going to force her into anything. Its entirely her call whether she wants to take part in this event or not. Hope she does.
I sat on one of the back benches of the classroom. Thankfully, there were no practicals in the lab today. Just then, Drake came from nowhere & sat next to me. I rolled my eyes as a mischievous smile crept from the edges of his lips.
“Why aren’t you sitting on your usual front benches?” I asked him, irritated.
“That’s because I know you were missing me.” he said that as a taunt.
“Yes, I was missing you so much that I didn’t eat a single morsel since the past 72 hours. Happy?” I snapped sarcastically.
He smirked widely. I looked away. I was about to get up & sit somewhere else when the professor walked in with his usual strict air.
“Saw you with Daniel in his car this morning. Seems you like to be with him.” Drake remarked in a whisper as the teacher took to explaining a chapter.
“What’ve you got to do with that?” I retorted in a low voice, “Are you jealous?”
I blurted that out without a thought. Damn! Why the hell did I say that for? This is so irrelevant!!
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