Chapter 31: Chapter 31

Sheila's POV:

Tammy engulfed me in a warm hug once I entered the college campus. He scooped me in his arms and spun me around.

"Oh, My baby girl! You have grown a lot." he cooed.

"Tammy! Put me down." I screamed between the laughter, clutching his shoulders for my support. Finally, he decided to set me down. Oh, God! My head is still spinning.

"Sheila, you have no idea, how much I had missed you and how sorry I am." He said after inhaling the huge amount of oxygen.

I folded my arms against my chest and gave him a pointed look. "Yeah! you must be. You are a busy man, you didn't even find a time to wish your friend." I faked a hurting expression.

"I'm sorry, Sheila. I was so distracted about the project that's why I couldn't able to make it. I hope you would understand." He said, his face dropped a bit as to say he meant every word he said.

Now I feel sorry for asking those stupid questions. "It okay, Tammy. That's not a big deal anyway." I patted his shoulder as a comforting zone.

"Wait a minute." He said and took a small box from his bag and gave it to me. I raised my eyebrows at him silently asking what's for that. "It's a small gift to your birthday from this poor guy."

"Ohh! Thank you, Tammy. You are so sweet!!" I cooed and unwrapped the gift paper, eagerly. Inside was a set of bracelets that looks so beautiful.

"It's a friendship band, did you like it?" he asked nervously biting the corner of his lips.

"Are you serious, Tammy? I loved this. Thank you so much." I gave him a long friendly hug.

"Give me your hand," I asked and took the one bracelet from the box and wrapped it around his wrist. "Here put this on my hand." I handed him another bracelet and stretched my hand towards him.

He did the same what he was told and we both grinned like a maniac. He has a 'friend' plate while I get a 'ship' plate.

We brought our hands together and read the sentence over the plate "Friendship".

"See now our friendship bond has even tighter than before." I showed the bracelet to him and he nodded his head as a response.

We both went to our class once the bell rang. As usual, the class was boring and my mind drifted into Harry's and our great moments.

After the fine two hours of class, I went to the cafeteria where our usual place was. I took the empty seat around the table and waited for their arrivals.

"Hey!" a familiar voice greeted me from behind, as a result, my lips tucked upwards. Well... truth to be told, I was kinda expecting his arrival. After all, he is the last one who hadn't given my birthday gift.

"I knew you will come to meet me," I told him once he took the seat beside me.

He grinned at me and handed me a large box which I assume is my birthday gift.

"What is this, Karl?" I asked in a husky tone as curiosity taken over my mind despite the fact that the box is in my hand and I can see what was inside once I open but I'm lazy to do that and asked him already.

"Open this," He replied meeting my same husky tone.

I opened the box and found a lot of chocolate inside it, my mouth became water at the sight and I wanted to empty the box right now.

"Thank you, Karl. I loved it." I wrapped my hand around his neck.

"Belated birthday wishes to my dear girl." He kissed my cheeks for a few seconds.

"Ahhmm..." Someone cleared their throat making us pulled away and I saw a serious red looking eye which giving a murderous glare to Karl.

Karl ignored his stares and stood up from his place. "Okay then, See you later." He said politely and walked away.

"What is this, Sheila?" Harry asked taking a seat beside me where Karl was seated before.

"Harry, it's just a birthday Gift." I shrugged my shoulder.

"I know that but why did you accept. I'm not sure about this guy." He began to talk about disgusting things about Karl.

"Harry, he has changed. Could you please stop talking nonsense about him?" I warned him. He twisted his lips but said nothing.

"Hey! it looks beautiful," Quinn said eyeing the bracelet on my wrist.

"Yeah! Tammy gave me this as my birthday present. He also has one and we are..."

"I don't think it is a good idea of you hanging around with them." Harry said in a harsh tone cut me off in my mid-sentence.

"Harry, what's your problem? They are nice. Will you please shut your mouth?" I raised my voice at him.

If anything happens to you because of them, I'm not guaranteed for their lives." He said harshly and strode out of the cafeteria.

Quinn squeezed my hand sensing my terrible state and I gave her a weak smile. "It’s okay. I will talk to him later." I assured her. I don't know where he found the flaws as me talking with them.

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Days flew and Saturday kissed our forehead lighting our moods but he is still mad at me. Quinn and I came with an idea to convince him, that's how we were ended up in the theatre to watch a romance movie.

The funny thing is during the whole movie time he had held my hand but didn't utter any words, playing the role of an angry lover.

The movie was so interesting until the word "Interval" popped up on the screen. I groaned in defeat, "Shitt!! Is he going to propose to her or not?" All the heads in the theatre looked in my direction. Oops! I think I said the word so loudly.

Embarrassment!!

"One popcorn and a coke," I ordered while they were ordering their snacks. After bringing our snacks, I set mine on the tray followed by Harry and Quinn.

When we were about to go inside the theatre, someone from our behind called Quinn's name. His voice was hard and sent some negative vibes to our surroundings.

"Quinn Lolita Parker." He called once again using the same hard tone and I looked at Quinn who was freezing on her spot, her skin paled and she looked like she will faint anytime soon.

On the other hand, Kevin clenched his jaw and fisted his hand. I looked at Harry but he has a blank expression on his face. Somehow, he walked towards me and wrapped his hand around my waist protectively.

"What do you want, Jace?" Kevin charged towards him with a clenched jaw.

Quinn dragged his shoulder and pulled him towards her. "Kevin, leave it." She said somehow her voice barely audible as she was not sure about.

The guy named Jace smirked and turned his attention towards us. He eyeing me up and down and I felt uncomfortable under his gaze. Harry pulled me on his behind and took a step forward.

"Oh, Harry! Here you are!! Pleased to see you!" he said sarcastically and stretched his hand towards him.

Without wasting another second Kevin charged towards him and threw a punch on his face. He fell on the floor with a heavy thud but Kevin didn't stop to hit him, neither Quinn didn't take any step to stop him.

It's my first time I'm seeing him hitting someone aggressively. "Kevin enough! He is not worth it." Quinn said smirking at Jace who was not able to open his eyes.

Throwing one last punch on his stomach, Kevin stood up from there. "If I see you next time, I won't hesitate to kill you. It's better to dig your own grave." Kevin warned him.

I feel bad for him but somehow he had something to do with them in their past.

"Come on, Let's go!" Harry grabbed my hand and led me into the theatre. All my curiosity about the movie has completely vanished and my mind involuntarily wandered around the incident.

Who was the guy? Why did Kevin get angry when he saw him? My concentration was no longer on the movie screen, and also it brings lots of questions.

Harry noticed my states and squeezed my hand. Once I looked at him he raised his eyebrows. I shook my head and looked at the screen but the questions didn't leave my mind.

After the movie, we went to the restaurant to have dinner. We ordered our food and ate peacefully.

The drive to our home was dead silent. I plucked the headset to my ear and laid my head on the window listening A.R Rahman's song.

Once we reached, I hopped out of the car and went directly to my room. I tried my best to sleep but no vain. I let out a long defeated sigh and unwrapped the bed sheet from me.

I hesitantly stood in front of her door, thinking whether to enter or not and even before I could turn the door nob, the door flew open and Quinn stood there apparently waiting for my arrival.

"I know you will come." Quinn told me desire was evident in her voice.

"Who was the guy, Quinn?" I asked straightly once I entered her room. I had waited for a long time, hereafter I can't, So I let my question out.

"Sheila, both of them were used to hate each other. I'm not sure but he was also suspected of Harry's accident."

When the word came out of her mouth, my heart thundered in my chest. "Oh, God! That means he is in danger?" I asked in a panic tone.

"No. He is safe now. At least that's what I can say right now. But don't worry Sheila, nothing will happen to him." She assured me. I hummed in response and walked out of her room.

I'm not convinced by her words. She is saying this to me just to comfort me but I know a bigger thunder is waiting for us.

I opened the door of his room and for my sake, the door was not locked. I entered his room and locked the door behind me. He was sleeping peacefully on his bed. I crawled onto his bed and rested my head on the pillow.

Being with him brought peace to my mind. Somehow, sensing my presence near him, he turned around and wrapped his hand around my waist and pulled me closer to him.

I placed my head on his chest and looked at his sleeping figure. He kissed my forehead and mumbled something in his sleep but I couldn't catch his words exactly what he said.

I wrapped my hand around his chest and hugged him tightly not leaving any space between us and I wanted to be like this, forever. I wanted to be with him for the rest of my life. I closed my eyes and welcomed the sleep enjoying the steady rhythm of his heartbeat.

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