Chapter 1
Scarlet'sPOV
Ever sincethe day you were born, you were surrounded with lots of love and care from yourparents. You loved your parents. You enjoyed every laughter you shared at thedinner table whenever you ate as a family. But as you entered your high schoolyears, you planned on leaving the nest and see the world to seek a highereducation. Unfortunately, I am not like you. Consider yourself a lucky child.
I lost myparents five years ago. There was no doubt in my mind that they loved me, butsomehow, I missed their love now more than ever.
Fortunately,I have two best friends named Elisa Ana and we shared literally everything withone another since we were in K-12. Now that we were in our fourth year atcollege, we live in this so-called "apartment" owned by my father. Iwas supposed to live in the apartment all by myself, but there was no way Iwanted to live there. Just think about it; a single girl living all by herselfin an apartment...I just had to invite them. The plus side was, the rent wasfree.
These twoladies have been there for me since the start and up until now. I could neverthank them enough. They have been through hell and back with me even in mydarkest hours when I attempted to commit suicide.
After takinga warm shower and later dressing myself with a blue frock covering down myknee, I brushed my hair, and wore a little makeup. I lightly added some mascarawith a touch of lip gloss. I didn't add any powder or lipstick. Who liked thoseanyways? Powder creates so many pimples!
Momentslater, I headed downstairs only to find the girls at the kitchen bar sippingtheir hot coffee. I loved the aroma of hot coffee in the winter.
"Morninggirls," I greeted with a smile as I headed towards the stove to heat mycoffee.
"MorningSky," Ana greeted as she took a sip of her coffee.
I glancedover at Elisa and found her glaring me. Oops, she must be having a bad day.
"Eli,"I began as I took a cup from the cabinet and placed it onto the counter."You should at least smile. You know I don't want to see your glare.Glaring will only make you look older," I turned the stove off and gentlypoured the boiled liquid onto my coffee cup. As I glanced back at Elisa, shestill had that same expression on her face.
"Shutup, Sky," Elisa mumbled underneath her breath."And FYI, you arealmost ten minutes late." With that, she got up from her seat, tucked apart of her brown hair behind her ear as she washed her cup and placed it inthe washing machine to dry.
Wow, so muchfor the little attitude! Even though she is my best friend, it sometimes makesit so impossible to live with her.
Elisa's likeme. Despite her having to be the smooth and skinny one, she had brown hair overthe shoulder and had the bluest eyes. On the contrary, I had black hair andgreen eyes. We both lost our parents, and to this day, she still cries about itlate night. I understood she doesn't want to share but, as her best friend, Iknew why she doesn't want to and I completely respect her for that. She's thetype of girl who keeps everything to herself. At times though, she would tellme and Ana.
"Oh,Eli. Pardon me, I will not repeat it the next time," I pouted with a fakesob to make it more dramatic.
She sighed,shoots a smile, and rolls her eyes. "You are such a drama queen."
I almostjumped and hug her tightly. Oh God, I can't live without her. Ana clapped herhands and motioned us to leave us towards the door to head to our college. Allthree of us headed to the garage with our bags. We drove to college for abouttwelve minutes using the car that I received from my uncle on my sixteenthbirthday.
"So,what's today's plan?" I asked the both of them.
"Notmuch, we could just hang out after college," Ana said with her black eyesglued to her phone. She's a texting queen. This girl will never change. Shecouldn't last a day without it.
"Yeah,we can in the café near our college," Elisa added taking out her makeupkit from her bag.
I parked thecar in the parking lot. Luckily, there was a few more spots open. Usually,there were hardly any which forced us times to park in the back. Today though,I found one in the middle aisle.
As the threeof us headed to our classes, I noticed three guys heading towards us. My theywere almost blocking our pathway.
Ladies andgentlemen, let me introduce you to the bad boys.
Noah Swift,the famous bad boy and a total player. He's the perfect definition for hot ands**y with his dark brown hair. Noah always wore tight black jeans with a spikedbelt and black sleeve full shirt. With a smooth and shaved cheek and hisshining blue eyes, any girl will fall for his mesmerizing eyes.
Second comesAndy Stew, the perfect examples for cool and a hunk man. With his black hairand shaved cheek, he wears tight blue jeans, and a full sleeve black shirt. Hisblack eye says "you" something but will only be known to the one whocan read.
Last but notthe least is Leo Parker. Like the other two guys, he's hot. However, he doesnot have a smooth and shaved cheek. Maybe he likes to keep his cheek littlerough? I loved his eyes though. It's green and sparks as the sun shined onthem. Maybe he uses lenses? God! I am not sure about this guy much, but wellanyways, all of these three handsome guys, are known as the bad boys.
"Guyslook the bad boys are heading toward us," Ana nervously whispered. Whydoes she get nervous? I'll never understand. She is also a shy girl though Inever mind being around her, but what makes me irritated is the fact that shegets nervous around them. Oh yes, she only knows how to boss Elisa and Iaround. I don't understand these girls; they are out of my mind.
"So,what? They aren't going to eat us, are they?" I looked into the blueshining eyes which almost captivate me. There was no doubt his eyes hypnotizesone. Ugh! Scarlet, come out of your thoughts and focus!
"Hey,morning," Andy Stew greeted with his perfect pearly whites shining.
"Uh!Good mo-morning," a girl said from nearby. I snapped my head to my leftand saw Elisa.
Wait asecond; did she just talk to him? I thought looking at Andy. Okay, I might be going mad but,looking at her blushing cheek, I confirmed, that she really did. Oh God, myfriend is blushing. God of the Universe, please take me to you I can't handlethis. Is she having crush on him? Maybe, but why the hell did she do that?
"So howwas your last day?" Leo asked looking at Ana. Alright, I was missingsomething here, because Ana's cheek has turned to crimson red. Oh yes, I wasnot definitely missing something, nor of my friends were telling me anythingabout their blushing and crushing. Okay, I have to give them some silenttreatment so that they couldn't do it next time.
Leaving thembehind, I walk passed. As I turned around, no one was with me. What inthe world is going on here? Do hell with their lovey-dovey moment, Ipassed the corridor to bring my schedule when a hand grabbed my arm and turnedme around only to collide with a hard chest and the same shining blue eyes. Histouch made my spine shiver; my started to beat rapidly and my breathingincreases. My throat blocked to utter a word. Wow! Not good Scarlet, not good.
"So whydo you always avoid me?" his husky voice whisper in my ear, ok, that wasunexpected, I mean I thought of something else like hey, why are youleaving your friends behind or like don't you have manners,Somehow I thought of a force full kiss. Damn, I was getting distracted with hisdelicious looking lips. Wait, what's going on? Why was I thinking like this? Iyanked out from his grip, but he tightly gripped my waist.
"Willyou please sto-"
"Baby,c'mon. Let's bring your schedule." He made his way to the lady on thereception, with his arm still wrapped around my waist. I wanted to run awayfrom him, but I felt safe with him. Uh sh!t, what's happening? I don't wantthis! I don't want any guy to be near me. But why was I not pushing him away?Ugh! This was so confusing.
We headed tomy class after getting the schedule. I had most of my classes with him.However, I barely had any classes with Elisa and Ana. The strangest part of itall, there was something really fishy going on. I mean, Andy and Elisa hadmostly the same class. Leo and Ana did, too. Hmm, strange. I got to speak tothe girls about this. I do not want any more problems in my life.
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