CHAPTER 5

Author's note :
              Hey guys! Hope you all had a great weekend and had a glorious start! Check out the fifth chapter!

CHAPTER 5

A STALKER EVEN IN THE MORNING TOO, ARE WE?

We all sat on the floor on our hallway forming a circle staring at each other faces.

“So you were stalking Jason…”, started Jessica.

The look I gave her made her shut up.

“Alright. So basically he called you ‘pathetic little college girl’ , ‘crazy stalker’ and asked you to mind your own damned business. And all this within few minutes of meeting you. Ah! I am impressed!”, stated Reshma and started to crack up.

Unable to control their laughter anymore all three of my friends started laughing . I just sat there looking at them and placed my right elbow on my lap and rested my chin on my right hand waiting for them to stop.

It took them a few minutes to control their laughter and notice that I am glaring at them.

“Now enough of laughing at my expense . I have already damaged most of my pride and dignity in one night as it is and I intend to keep the rest of it intact, so,I don’t want to meet him and moreover I don’t ever want him as my ‘friend’. So WE are not going anywhere for breakfast tomorrow.” I said to them.

“ But Ray, just because you got off on the wrong foot with one of them doesn’t mean that they are all bad guys. We spoke with all of them and they all seemed pretty nice to me. Sure they may flirt with all the girls,”, Jhansi stated glancing at Jessica, “but that’s what all guys do. Let us all go tomorrow and then decide whether we want to be friends with them or not. But first, we must go and get to know them. They are our neighbors after all.”, she concluded with such certainty thereby ending the conversation.

We all went back to our rooms.

So my fate is sealed and decided.

I have to go tomorrow to meet the guy whom now I greatly dislike. But maybe Jhansi is right. Maybe his friends are not as bad as he is.

There is only one way to find out.  I must go tomorrow.

With that thought I laid on my bed staring at the ceiling until sleep consumed me.

The next day I woke to the noise of wood cracking somewhere. I got down from my bed and stretched my arms out. I walked to the door that opened to a balcony facing the next house.

When I opened the balcony door, I was greeted with the sight of Jason doing pushups on his wooden balcony. So that’s where the noise came from. Hmm…I was so busy embarrassing myself yesterday that I didn’t notice his sculpture like perfectly chiseled worked out body. Though I could not see clearly from afar I bet he has gorgeous bed hair even in the morning.

Suddenly he stopped doing his pushups and looked at my direction and said, “A stalker even in the morning too, are we?”.

Only then I realized I was staring at him with my jaw open. I quickly shut my mouth , shook my head and ran inside my room.

Oh, please someone kill me. This boy is going to be the death of me.

“Ranina are you awake?”, knocked Jessica.

“Yea, Jess. What’s up?” , I answered without opening the door.

“You have 30 minutes to get ready. Then we are leaving for The Diner to meet with Jason and his friends. So hurry!”, she answered .

“Do I really have to come Jess?”, I pleaded her.

“This meeting is basically for you to meet Jason’s friends. Plus you heard Jhansi yesterday. You don’t want face her wrath , do you? So get going Ray. Meet you downstairs in 30!”, with that she skipped downstairs.

So I quickly brushed my teeth , took a bath and wore a blue shirt with my dark blue jeans.

I applied pink lip gloss and completed my look with eyeliner. I then pulled my hair into a ponytail and prepared myself ,“ Let’s get this over with. Nothing can scare Ranina anymore.”, and let out a deep breath.

With that I descended downstairs.

Author's note:

Hello Readers. So what do you guys think you will do if you switched position with Ranina? Fingers crossed that she does not do anything to embarrass herself as she did yesterday. Come back next Tuesday to know more! Have a great week and plunge into February with positivitiy!

“Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.”

                                                                  - Michael Jordan