Chase Of Love...

Chapter 3: Hidden truth and lies

I reached home and was thinking about what happened today. "Lini, come downstairs and have dinner" My aunt called me. I went downstairs and sat on dinner table. "So how was your day? Did your teacher scold you one more time?” she asked. "No mom, she didn't". I lied because i knew she would make a huge fuss out of it. I never called her aunt in my whole life. I always called her mom. I ate my dinner and went back in my room. There was so much going on in my mind. I decided that tomorrow i will ask that guy about how he knew about my birthday.

Ironically, i reached school before time. At 10 45 am Ms. Georgia entered in the class. "Oh look, Ms. Miracle is finally on time today. Finally, this MIRACLE happened." She said. Sarcastically I replied "Thank you Ms. Georgia, because you motivate me so much i came on time today". And once again everyone laughed. Ms. Georgia was clearly pissed off by me now.

Ezekiel was nowhere to be seen. I searched for him everywhere but i couldn't find him. "Who are you looking for, Hazel?" a voice came from behind me and it was Lisa. "I was looking for you" I lied. I couldn't tell Lisa about yesterday because i wasn't myself sure about what was happening around me. Me and Lisa went to canteen and I ate a burger. I had already lost my appetite. "Why aren't you eating anything? Is everything alright?" Lisa asked. "I am just full. I ate a lot in the morning" I lied. Clearly that guy didn't come today and I became more anxious.

One more week passed and that guy was nowhere to be seen. I sat at the place he was sitting in the class that day and I looked outside the window. There was that same apple tree he was sitting under but something caught my eyes this time. There was one apple that wasn't red. It was BLACK. OH MY GOD... A black apple, it doesn't make any sense, it's not possible. I stood up and grabbed Lisa's hand. "Lisa... Look, there's a black apple on that tree" i said. Lisa looked outside the window. "Are you insane? That tree is far away. I can't even see a red apple. How are you seeing a black one?” she said - clearly pissed off. She was right, that tree was indeed far away, then how was i seeing the apples so clearly and that too A BLACK ONE. I think that must be some kind of illusion. I might have overburdened my mind ,that's why I was seeing things. Suddenly the bell rang and it was our P.T class.

"Ok students, are you ready for the run" Mr. Dominic said. "Yes sir" all of us replied. There was a girl group in our class who were basically 'bullies' and their head was Alicia. She came to me and stepped on my shoes and said "Hey douche bag, ready for the run". I didn't reply and left for the track. I could clearly see that something was going on with her. I might not be good at anything else but running had always been my thing. I was great at running. Everyone took their position and started running. I ran as fast as I could. But then Alicia and her gang surrounded me. I was about to run more fast but Alicia pushed me and  I fell down with a loud thud. Suddenly I heard a whistle and came back to my senses. Mr. Dominic came to me and said "Hazeline, Are you okay?". I was clearly not okay. My ankle and elbow were hurt badly. With Lisa's help I tried to get up but the sharp pain in my ankle didn't allow me to stand up. I was badly hurt. "Wait, let me help you and take you to the hospital" Mr. Dominic said but before he could touch me I heard a familiar voice "Stop, I will take her there myself" Ezekiel said. I was surprised. When I was looking for him he was nowhere to be seen but suddenly he appeared from nowhere. And i grew more suspicious. There was something about this. He gently picked me up and carried me in his arms. Everyone was looking at us and i felt quite embarrassed. Lisa was passing me smiles and she looked happy but I absolutely don't know why. Before leaving, he gave Alicia a very angry look and I could see that she was scared. He put me in the car and was about to drive. I said "aren't you a minor?”. He didn't reply and drove the car. There was something about him that I couldn't tell. We had only met twice and so many things happened. I could easily recognise his voice, his smell and that was strange. He was a stranger but i felt protected when i was with him. I was sure that he was hiding something. I tried to initiate the conversation because I had a lot of questions in mind. "So where were you hiding when i fell?” I asked but he didn't reply. Now I became damn angry, one moment he comes to my rescue and the other he treats me like a damn stranger. I had enough already. "Stop the car right now" I said. He looked at me, puzzled. "I said stop the CAR." I shouted this time but he didn't stop, instead he said "I told you to take care of yourself, didn't I?" His voice was calm this time unlike the last week. But i couldn't melt right now. "You are no one to tell me anything! I will do what I want to do so stop stalking me" I said. Suddenly he stopped the car and moved closer to me and said deeply "You don't know that you are in grave danger. You need to be careful otherwise something bad will happen to you and I really can't afford that. It took me a lot of time to find you and now it's my duty to protect you". I was shocked. Protect me? From what? Who's this guy? What does he mean? There were so many things going on in mind. "Who are you and how do you know so many things about me?” I said. "Trust me, You don't want to know.” he replied. With a smirk on his face he continued " Sweetheart, I know a lot of things about you some of which you don't know yourself. Just one more week and you will find out". My head was going to blast at this rate. "And one more thing, don't eat the black apple" He said and started driving. That means he can also see that apple. That was not an illusion. Oh My God.........