ar

as suspicious. It was like she had done something wrong an

e everything was related to me. The

aybe try to understand what her eye contacts were all about becaus

er too. She expects everyone to bow to her, to accept every o

ed with worry and her pen tapping slowly on her desk. The sound irritated

yes. They had words hidden in them, I wished I could rea

esumed chewing her lips. Few secon

urious. What exa

ing?" I asked her in a mumble as t

ts got a noticeable mark looking like a tiny dark tattoo right at the left side. "

y question with a questi

tion in the first place" She re

een like this since

glances at her and saw how lost she was in her own world

er voice, holding no force

ying to stay calm at the

eeds m

aire's daughter act

he needs my help after being so rude to me, did sh

etly. "Will you

e even when she needs help, m

ing. "No, I won't help you" I

e called ag

you" I said witho

p me" She said wi

ng you" I stuck

do to chang

a fleeting l

ed loudly, going back to bein

No

undertone wa

No

stration, brushing off long, brown braids off her f

ing a heart, but not my heart. People had said my heart was

ide and was taken aback wit

to what I have to say then you can just. . ." She trailed off

fingers. I saw her eyes follow my ac

's lunch

s solely on my face. She

ria and wait for m

er at my words with twinkles brighten

es. "That was a

and turned her face away before mu

just. . . . "What

me a big sm

. .she called

her helper

*

with Diane. I was curious to know what trouble she put herse

g her head, her big brown braids swinging as she searched the area for me.

r believed there would be a day I would be having a normal conversation with Diane in the school c

. "So what do you want to talk about?" I a

ckly. "So....uhmm" She cleared her throat "I...." She stopped and rubbed her forehe

ut internally, I was

e swallowed the saliva in her mouth. "I lied about some

king, not moving, but getting really impati

what the lie is?" She ques

point, or I leave you here with you

brown braids pridefully "I l

nt to let the new information sink

s turned p

t guys left and right but I think

rned about is why she was telling all those things,

ntently "Diane, yo

air from her m

the mess and now you'r

hair away from her face "I told you about

and what exactly you want me to h

o talk again. "My dad asked me who my boyfriend was" S

and I noticed she has not touched he

him a name, so I uhmm...." She rubbed side of her neck, right where the d

ead a little "

igger and mouth parted "I told my dad

nds, I blinked again. "You told him that

whispered an

iend" I said, taking away the questionin

d fastly. "Harry,

y" I retor

hed any other guy to do this for me, but my dad knows you and he wants to meet you. H

dly with them. We look alike a lot but our expressions are different. I would never laugh

. "What exactly do you want from me?" I asked directly even whe

you, I don't want it" she corr

my eyes "J

e my boyfriend, H

me with her gaze fixed on mine, I di