Chapter 98: Chapter 98

Mari

At school the next two days, I found myself sitting beside Fred, again. I totally snubbed him. Because of him, Eliza and I had a big fight.

(flashback)

I opened the door and walked inside the house. I was so tired I had to fall on the couch immediately.

“hey you're back. So how did it go?” Eliza asked. She was coming from upstairs. I refused to answer her, I was so mad at her for making plans for me to eat with Fred.

“hey Mari” she called again and sat beside me

I completely snubbed her and stood up from the couch. She took the takeaways and began opening them

“Fred gave these to you right?” she asked. I opened the fridge, the one in the dining room and took out a water bottle. I entered the kitchen and took a glass, filled it and drank it all. Eliza entered the kitchen

“are you angry with me? Come on don't be a sissy. I know you actually enjoyed it” she said and gave me a wink. If only she knows how irritated I am right now

“enjoyed it? I wanted to kill him and kill you for betraying me” I blurted out and her expression changed

“betraying you?” she asked

“how dare you hook me up with him knowing that I wouldn't like that! You even made stupid plans with him! What sort of rubbish is that? Do you even know him? Why are you so stupid!” I yelled.

“I... I was... just trying to help” she blabbered

“oh just shut up! You're just becoming useless Eliza! The last time you helped me with a guy it ended in tears! Hold your help, I don't need it. Or better still help yourself, you've been single for years!” I said and dropped the bottle

“don't you dare insult me because I was trying to help you. I just didn't like the way you were slowly crawling into a shell. Exams are around the corner yet you can't stay up at night without crying. I just wanted you to forget about Wilbur even if it was for a second!” she yelled and I flared up and smashed the glass cup on the floor in front of her. She screamed and shifted back

“leave me alone! I don't want your help! You're trying to turn me into the flirt that you are! Leave me alone. Or better still, leave my life. You got me into this pain in the first place. I don't even know of what use you are to me! Just leave me and leave my house!” I screamed and walked past her. I ran outside through the back door and went under the stairs leading to the balcony. I opened the door to the aquarium, the one Will had taken me to on my birthday. I come here to cry anyday I feel like.

After two hours of hiding there, I came up and didn't see Eliza but the takeaways were still on the couch. I decided that I still wouldn't talk to her. I entered my room and locked the door then went to sleep because my head was pounding. When I woke up and came downstairs I still didn't see any sign of her. That was when I noticed the note on the breakfast bar, it was neatly folded and placed in the middle. I picked it and it was Eliza's handwriting

It read I'M SORRY. I WAS JUST TRYING TO HELP

It had three water stains, like drops of water

“was she crying when she wrote this?” I mentally asked myself

She must be in her room. I have to apologize to her for yelling at her. I shouldn't have.

I went to her room and knocked but she didn't answer. I just opened it instead and entered. She wasn't in

“Eliza?” I called out and walked to the bathroom door. I knocked on it

“Eliza?” I called out again. I opened it and she wasn't in. I walked to her bed and from there I looked over at her reading table, all her text books and notebooks were gone

“oh my God” I exclaimed when I remembered that I had angrily sent her out

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