Something About Him
Cynthia's POV A week has passed by since Damien said that he wanted to talk about whatever happened that day at the play, that was the last time when I saw him. I mean I did catch his glimpse once or twice at the school, here and there. But that was it, other then that I haven't seen him much at the school or maybe it was just the fact that I haven't been spending too much time at school lately, like I used to. This past week I have been going to school just to appear for my exams. I would walk into my examination hall, write my paper and come back home right away. I have been avoiding everybody at school, even my closest friends, everybody except Bethany. And today being my last exam, I knew I would have to leave as quick as possible or else I wouldn't be able to escape from my friends today. I know they must be planning some party or some trip maybe, since today is not just our last exam, but also our last day of school as our winter vacation would be beginning from tomorrow. "Hey! Miller!" I heard Steve's familiar voice as soon as I walked out of my examination hall after completing my paper. "Steve..." I said turning around. "Miller! You cannot run away today" Steve replied walking towards me. "I wasn't running away, Steve" I said rolling my eyes and just as Steve was about to say something Sean and Madison walked towards us. "Oh sure you were" Sean said with a playful smile. "But we won't let you run away this time..." Madison paused. "Enough now, Cyn, you have been avoiding us since over a week now" She continued. "No. I haven't been avoiding anybody, Madi" I replied shaking my head. "Oh is that so? Is that the reason why we are seeing you now, a week after the play" Steve said sarcastically as Bethany approached us. "Look, Steve..." I trailed off with a sigh. "After whatever happened at the play...I was just embarrassed and didn't want to see anybody" I explained. "But why were you even so embarrassed?" Madison questioned. "You are not the first girl to kiss a guy" She added in a duh tone. "Yeah...so just over it" Sean said. "And Cynthia, I'm sorry for whatever I said at the backstage right before the play" He added with a sorry look on his face as I smiled at him. "Just forget about it, Sean" I replied. "Yeah let's all forget about whatever happened at that stupid play and let's go home and get ready for tonight" Bethany said excitedly. "Get ready? For what?" I asked, confused but just then I realized that they were all planning something. "Oh no, no. Whatever you guys have planned, I'm not gonna be a part of it" I added shaking my head and tried to walk away but couldn't as Bethany and Steve both blocked my way. "Seriously guys! I'm not in the mood to party" I said. "I'm just gonna spend my entire winter vacation sleeping in my room" I added with a puppy look. "No. No. That look is not gonna work on us" Steve said, shaking his head. "Yeah. So, Steve's throwing a party tonight at his country side farmhouse, and we are gonna stay over and party all night" Bethany said. "But, Beth..." I said only to be interrupted by Madison. "Ugh! Now stop sulking, Cyn and go home and get ready for tonight" Madison said, rolling her eyes. "Come on, Cyn, Steve has invited almost our entire school" Sean said. "And no, I haven't invited Stella" Steve said raising his hands up in the air as I sighed glancing at Sean. "Steve, you didn't have to do that, it would have been fine with me even if you invited her" I replied. "So does that means that you are coming tonight?" Bethany asked as I held back the urge to roll my eyes. "Well, do I have any other option" I replied as they all replied a 'no' together and I just shook my head at them. Later that evening both Madison and Bethany stopped by my place to get ready. But we weren't getting 'ready' ready as it was just a casual 'bonfire' kinda party, and yeah obviously there'll alcohol involved too, which I'll be staying away from. Soon enough Bethany got a text from Steve, saying that he's waiting for us outside my house, so grabbing some of our stuff as we would be staying there over night, we walked out of my room. "Hey! Princess! Where are you three going?" I heard my father's curious voice just as we were about to walk out and it was only then that I realized that I have just informed my mother about this plan of ours and she said that 'go have fun, I'll handle your father'. Well, I wasn't expecting my father to be home this earlier. "Hey, Paa" I replied. "Where are you going?" He asked, forrowing his eyebrows. "Oh about that..." I paused. "Paa, since today was our last exam and also last day of school before our winter vacation begins, so Steve is throwing a small party at his farmhouse by the country side" I explained. "And who all would be there at the party?" He asked. "Almost everybody from our school, Paa" I replied hesitantly. "I'm sorry, sweetheart but I cannot let you go" He said firmly before going back to doing whatever he was on his laptop as I walked towards the couch that he was sitting on. "Paa, come on, it's just a simple party and I'll be back by tomorrow afternoon" I said. "Tomorrow afternoon? What is that even suppose to mean? What will you all even do there overnight" He said in disbelief. "And Beth, how did your father allow you for this?" He asked. "Um...I don't know, he just did" Bethany replied hesitantly with a slight shrug. "He doesn't know, does he" My father said as Bethany blushed red out of embarrassment. "I'll just call Mack and inform him about it" He added as Bethany gasped and looked at me for help. "Paa, come on, you can't be serious" I said. "Yes, I am serious, sweetheart" He replied before grabbing his phone and just as he was about to call uncle Mack, thankfully, my mother walked in. "Stop it, Edward" She said rolling her eyes. "Ashima, you knew about this, didn't you?" My father questioned. "Yes, Edward, I knew about it and I was even going to tell you" My mother replied. "When? After they left for the stupid party" My father said in disbelief. "Exactly" My mother replied grinning. "Ashima, you cannot be serious, I mean look at them, they are little kids, what will they even do at such parties?" My father asked. "You all are just gonna get bored, trust me" He added and I was amazed at how desperately he was trying to convince us that this was a stupid plan. "And how do you know that such parties are stupid?" My mother questioned with an eyebrow raised as my father opened his mouth to say something but shut it again. He seemed to be speechless. "Yeah...because you have been to such parties when you were their age, so now it's their time, let them figure out for themselves if they find this party boring or not" My mother added. "But, darling, they are just..." My father said only to be interrupted by my mother. "Edward, come on, you have enjoyed your teenage life and even your adult life to your fullest..." My mother said. "Hey! That was all before you" My father said in his defense while interrupting her. It seems like they were having their 'secret code word' conversation yet again. "Yes, I know, darling" My mother replied sweetly while sitting next to him. "Cynthia, you girls go, carry on with your plan, I'll handle your father" She added and that was all we needed to hear. "Alright bye, Mum, bye, Paa, see you tomorrow" I said before we three quickly started walking out before my father could stop us once again. "No alcohol, Cynthia, keep that in your mind" My father said and him calling me by my name and not some endearment, was enough to let me know how serious he was about this. "Yes, Paa" I replied. "Ashima, you always do this" I heard my father's fading voice. "And when are you gonna stop rolling your eyes at me" He added. "Never" My mother replied and that was all I could hear from their conversation as their voices slowly faded away. "Hey!" Steve said. "What took you guys so long?" He asked. "An obstical" Madison replied playfully. "Hey! Don't you dare call my father an obstical" I said in all my seriousness as Madison raised her hands up in surrender. "Alright, come on, hop in" Steve said.After the ride of an hour or two probably, we reached Steve's farmhouse and boy! Sean was not kidding when he said that Steve has invited our entire school to the party. It almost felt like I was at school, only this time there were no teachers and also no discipline. "Oh my God! Steve you have literally invited everybody from school" Bethany said, amazed. "Yeah, I'm feeling like I'm back at school again" I said with a chuckle. Yeah, everybody from our school seems to be here, everybody except...Damien. Ugh! I need to stop thinking about him. Later as evening passed by and night rolled in, the party was going on, on full swing, Steve was busy with his other friends that were from his class and also his age group, while Sean was probably drunk somewhere and Madison was also nowhere to be seen, maybe she's with her 'boyfriend' Luke. And that leaves just Bethany and I, who were sitting by the pool with our legs dangling into water, getting bored to death. My father was right apparently, such parties are boring, not for everybody though because everybody else seemed to be having the time of their lives, they were enjoying, they were dancing, they were having fun or maybe they were just drunk. Anyways, as I was saying such parties could be boring for people like me. "I'm getting bored" Bethany mumbled resting her elbows on her knees and supporting her chin with her palms. Yeah, such parties could be boring even for people like Bethany. "Yeah, Beth, me too" I replied with a sigh. "I have a plan" I almost squealed thinking about my 'oh so awesome' plan. "What?" Bethany asked. "We go into one of Steve's guestroom and watch some horror movie" I replied. "Just imagine, watching a horror flix in the middle of nowhere but forest..." I paused. "Look at our surroundings, all you'll see till far, far away is woods and just woods" I continued. "Sounds like a plan" Bethany replied. "Let's go then" I said as we got off the floor and just then Steve approached us. "Beth, would you come with me for a minute" Steve said. "I want to show you something" He added before grabbing her wrist."Yeah, okay, but Cyn, is all alone here and we were about to..." Bethany said. "Oh no, don't worry about me, just go with him, I'll be fine on my own" I said interrupting her. "No, you come with us too" She insisted. "No. Beth" I mumbled shaking my head. "Just go, I'll be fine on my own" I added. "But Cyn, I cannot leave you alone here" Bethany replied as I couldn't help but roll my eyes. "Just go, Beth" I said. "And I'm sleepy anyways, I think I'm gonna go and sleep now" I lied. "Oh, just go inside and take any room you like, Miller, make yourself at home" Steve said. "Alright, just stay here okay, I'll be back in a minute" Bethany said while walking away with Steve reluctantly. Oh I know you won't be back for quite a while now. I just smiled as they walked away. I sighed. Now what do I do? Should I really go inside and get some sleep? But I'm not at all sleepy. Maybe I should just go for a walk and catch a fresh breath of air. These lights, this crowd, this smell of alcohol is suffocating me anyways, thinking so I decided to take a walk outside of this huge farmhouse. I walked out, shivering and regretting my choice of not carrying a jumper along with me. I looked straight, then to my left and then right, everywhere I looked all I could see was woods and just woods. I sighed before walking straight into the woods. Even though I should have felt scared while walking into the woods alone at this hour of night, any normal person would have, but I didn't, because my mind was too occupied. Yes, I was thinking about him once again...how could I not? I was thinking about that kiss that hasn't left my mind even for a second. I couldn't help but question myself that why did I kiss him back? Why did I feel like doing it again? Even though I knew it was wrong. I halted in my steps as I saw a lit bonfire but there was nobody around. I think, most probably some of the people from Steve's party were here and they might have just left as the bonfire was still lit. I decided to sit near it, wanting some of that warmth from the bonfire as I was feeling cold. Soon my mind wandered back to Damien. Almost everybody from our school was here today, and Damien and Steve are in the same class, so most probably Steve must have invited Damien too, but as usual, he was nowhere to be seen. Was I hoping to see him here tonight? Yes, I was. Ever since I got to know about this party and the fact that Steve has invited everybody from our school, deep down in my heart I was hoping to see Damien here, as much as I would like to deny it but this was also the reason why I agreed to come to this party in the first place. Yes, I know, the last time we met, when he stopped me saying that he wanted to talk to me, I was the one who gave him no chance to even speak. But now I just...I don't know, I was just mad at him at that time and I think there's no point denying the fact that yes, I wanted to see him again. And what I am about to admit to myself might just be the biggest mistake of my life, as everybody says that I should stay away from Damien, that he'll prove to be the worst influence on me, but there's no point denying it anymore that yes...I have grown to like him...I don't know how, but I have. Yes, I do like him...I have felt this strange, undeniable attraction towards him ever since the moment I saw him in the basketball court, when I didn't even know his name...and even though he keeps pushing me away from himself, even though he doesn't wants me in his life even as a friend but yet I like him. Even though he tried to humiliate me on stage, in front of our entire school but still...I cannot help but like him...I cannot help but think about him. But I need to suppress these growing feelings because as far as I have got to know him, I can tell that I'll end up hurting myself and...The chain of my thoughts broke as I heard some commotion coming from the woods and once I snapped out of my thoughts, I realized that those were someone's footsteps that I was hearing and for the first time tonight, I felt scared of the unknown who seemed to be approaching me. "Who's it?" I questioned, getting up. If it was a ghost, would he or she reply? And do I even want to hear that reply? "Hey! Hey! It's me, Ishaan" He said walking towards me. God! Not him again. Even though I was relaxed now that it wasn't a ghost, but trust me, I would rather be in the company of a ghost than this guy, whose name I now recall is Ishaan. I don't know, there's just something about him that sets me off completely whenever he approaches to talk to me. "You're so beautiful, Cynthia" He said. And he's also drunk. I have this weird feeling that I better be leaving right now. Deciding to leave, I tried to walk past him without even saying a word to him, only to be stopped harshly by him as he grabbed my arm. "Ishaan!" I snapped as he roughly pulled me towards him. "What the fuck do you think you are doing!" I yelled while trying to remove his fingers that made a death grip around my upper arm. God! It was hurting! "Trying to treat you like that bastard does..." He replied as I jerked my face as far away from his as possible to avoid the stinking smell of alcohol that his mouth reeked of. "Maybe then you'll notice me and maybe even like me...maybe even start following me around like a lost puppy" He continued. What was he talking about? "Because getting complimented...getting treated with respect, isn't your thing, is it?" He added. "Rather I know what's your thing, getting ignored all the damn time, getting treated like shit...getting humiliated on stage in front of hundreds of people, being kissed forcefully..." He paused. "Yeah that's exactly your thing and type" He continued and it didn't take a genius to realize whom he was talking about. "You like him, don't you" He asked. "The guy that treats you like trash, you have fallen for him, haven't you?" He added. "And here I always treat you so nicely, as if you are some damn princess and I bet you don't even remember my name, until I remind you every time" He said. "Don't you see how much I like you...how I have liked you ever since the first day I saw you in the auditorium...I bet you didn't even know I existed, I bet I have always been invisible to you" He added. "Ishaan, you are drunk, just let go off me right now" I said firmly but deep down I was scared...scared of what I was suddenly seeing in his eyes. I need to leave right away...because his intentions are anything but good. "No! I won't!" He snapped. "Not this time. I lost my chance that day...at the play, I lost my chance to that prick, but not today..." He paused. Jesus! What was he talking about? Has he lost his mind? "I planned to do exactly what that lover boy of yours did...but he did it to humiliate you, I planned to do it to show how much I love you" He continued. What the fuck!? Is he for real? "But he ruined everything that day...he ruined everything" He added. "Well, now I'm so glad that he did" I snapped back. I felt furious just thinking about what he planned to do, how dare he! "He came in between us...but not anymore, he won't be able to come between us anymore" He said before leaning his face down towards mine as I pushed him away with all my might and he stumbled a few steps back due to the sudden force. "What?" He asked sarcastically. "What do I do to make you like me? Huh. Do I forcefully kiss you? Because that's your thing apparently...that's what he did and you liked it" He added. "You have lost your fucking mind" I said before trying to walk away once again. "Let go off me" I yelled as he grabbed me by both my arms and leaned in towards my face, trying to kiss me as I jerked my face towards the other side. "Please, Ishaan, let go off me" I pleaded as a lone tear slipped down my eye. "You are hurting me...please, let go off me" I added as I felt his nails piercing into my skin. "Let her go..." A deep, familiar voice boomed into the silence of these dense woods. "Now!" ••• Hey, Please vote, comment and share. Until next time. Love, Crystal ❤️
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