Chapter 97: Chapter 97

Gabriel’s two friends are also with her. But I'm sure she itself is my partner for ad cause she is wearing a pink knee length beautiful frock and has done her hair nicely. The other two girls are wearing jeans and t-shirts.

The three of them stop walking and freezes on spot with widened eyes as they see us. I think they also didn't know I'm her partner.

" Hey guys ! C'mon..", Riley squeals waving at them. The three of them looks at each other and starts murmuring something. I look at Ethan and he has a similar surprised expression.

" What's wrong ? Why are you all looking shocked ? ", Riley asks us confused.

" Is Gabriel his partner ?", Grace turns and asks her.

" Yeah..", she nods, her eyebrows furrowed in confusion at Grace's surprised voice and the shocked look on our faces, especially mine. Gabriel and her friends finally starts walking towards us.

" Why didn't you guys t..tell me earlier ?", I ask turning to Violet.

" You didn't ask. Is there any problem?", she asks a bit nervously.

" I can't do this ad with her.", I say.

" Why ?", Riley asks.

" I can't ! That's all.", I say. Riley and Violet looks at each other tensed.

" Hey ! He will do it. Don't worry. Just talk to Gabriel and ask her whether she has any problem.", Ethan says and grabs my hands. Then he drags me a little away from the others, while I protest saying I can't.

" Why you can't?", he asks.

" Cause I....pushed her at the amusement park. I'm sure she also don't want to d..do this with me.", I say.

" You said sorry and it's solved. She probably don't have any problem.", he says.

" But her looks clearly says she has p..problem. And I don't like her Ethan. I- I can't do this ad with her.", I shake my head.

" C'mon Michael, don't be silly. It's just an ad.", he says.

" Okay, then do one thing. You do this in..instead of me. You and Gabriel will make better pair.", I say. He instantly clicks his tongue on his cheeks and looks away angrily. Then he turns around and walks back before I can say anything more. I quickly follow him. Gabriel and her friends are now talking to Violet and Riley, who seems really awkward.

" So, who is my partner actually?", Gabriel asks Violet just as we reach near them. Violet fiddles with her fingers and looks at us without responding. Riley then moves to us. " Are you okay, Nate ?", she asks me, lowly. I shake my head ' No'.

" C'mon..who is her partner ?", Gabriel's friend Tessa asks, annoyed.

" Uhm..her partner is actually.."

" Gavin ! Your partner is Gavin ! ", Riley squeals cutting Violet off, causing Gavin to look at her surprised. Then she quickly grabs Gavin's hands and drags him away from us, before he can say anything. Grace quickly follows them behind.

" Oh..yeah Gabriel, your partner is Gavin.", Violet laughs awkwardly. " You are okay with doing this ad with Gavin, right ?", she asks.

" Ahm..yeah..I'm okay. But what's happening ?", Gabriel asks.

"Uhm..It's Nothing. Gavin just didn't know you are the girl and he's a bit surprised. You please sit here now.", Violet says.

" O..kay.", Gabriel nods and sits down on the bench with her two friends who looks suspiciously at Violet, Ethan and me. Ethan turns and walks to a bench a little away from there. I again follows him behind.

" Are you...mad at me ?", I ask sitting down with a little gap from Ethan.

" Don't talk to me. ", he says, crossing his hands.

" Ethan, it’s because...it will be really awkward if....if I do it with Gabriel.", I say.

" Don't talk to me. I'm mad at you.", he says. I sigh and lean back on the bench. I know I clearly disappointed him. But I can no way do it with Gabriel. It will be so awkward. I tilt my head in Gabriel's direction and her two friends are eying us. They quickly turn their head, the moment I catch them staring at us.

Soon Grace, Gavin and Riley goes back to Violet, who was impatiently waiting for them. Seems like Gavin agreed to do this cause Violet suddenly smiles brightly and hurries to pick a paper that was lying on the bench. I guess it's the script for the ad.

Yes thank God ! Gavin has agreed. Violet and Riley starts explaining the script to Gavin and Gabriel while Grace sits down on the bench and starts a conversation with Gabriel's friends.

" Okay you guys may rehearse now. I'll go get the Ice-cream from our car.", Violet finally says and hurries away.

" Okay..", Gavin nods and turns to Gabriel. " Shall we ?", he asks.

She nods but then her friend Tessa calls out to her. " Gabs..your Dad's calling.", she stretches out a phone that’s ringing.

" Oh..one minute..let me pick the call.", Gabriel says to Gavin and grabs the phone from Tessa, moving a little away from there to answer the call.

I look back at Ethan and he is still sitting with that pissed face, arms crossed over his chest. "Ethan..", I call tapping on his arms. He just yanks it away.

I reach my hands again to tap him but then someone taps on my leg. I look up to see a little girl standing in front of me, smiling. She stretch out a pink coloured chocolate to me.

" Oh your birthday ?", I ask smiling. She nods to me.

" Happy birthday sweetie. ", I say, taking the chocolate from her. She smiles and taps on Ethan's arm, stretching out a blue Chocolate to him.

" Thank you baby. Happy birthday.", he tells her taking the chocolate and smiling at her. She then runs away giggling. And Ethan again crosses his arms over his chest.

" Look Ethan..I'm sorry..", I say.

" You could have done it. ", he says and looks away.

"Jeez..why can’t you understand !”, I ask. “ C'mon don't be mad at me. let's go p..play on the swing or something.”, I say.

" I'm not playing with you.", he scoffs.

" So you are going to continue to be m..mad at me ?", I ask.

" Yeah..", he nods and unwraps the chocolate, putting it in his mouth.

I sigh and lean back on the bench, looking at the chocolate in my hands. It is wrapped with a plane pink foil. I think I have seen this kind of chocolate somewhere. Oh yes ! This is the same chocolate I got in that box last day along with that love card. Seems like this chocolate is so popular nowadays. But why there's no name of the chocolate on the wrapper ? Whatever, let's eat it now.

" You know Ethan, I can make a d..doll out of this.", I say unwrapping the chocolate. He tilts his head a little. I smile at him wide, making sure he can see my dimples. " Give me your wrapper. I'll make you a b..blue doll. Mine is pink." He looks away brushing his hands through his hair, his lips threatening to curl upward. I giggle at that and he can't help control his smile.

So my smile and giggles are really effective, I see.

I laugh at him and reaches the chocolate to my mouth. But then someone yanks it away and the chocolate falls to the ground below. I look up from the sudden shock and it is Gabriel who is standing in front of me. Her eyebrows scrunched and face looking all tensed.

" What did you do ?", I ask getting up furiously. Jealous bitch ! She didn't like Ethan smiling to me.

" Look...I..that chocolate was..", she pants, placing her hands on her chest and tilting her head to the side. Ethan stands up from the bench, frowning at her, unimpressed.

"Oh..where is she ? Where did she suddenly disappear?", she blabbers looking around.

" What happened Gabriel ?", Tessa and her other friends comes running to us followed by Gavin, Grace and Riley. Gabriel just looks around nervously.

"Whom are you talking about ? What's wrong with you Gabriel?", Ethan asks.

" Sorry Ethan...but that chocolate...It was drugged.", she says, looking back at us and breathing heavily.

" Drugged !? I just ate it.", Ethan scoffs in shock while I and all the others look at Gabriel utterly confused.

" No..It's..only pink's drugged.", she says.

" What ? What are you saying Gabriel? It's a little girl who gave us the chocolates.", Ethan says.

" Yes. But it was drugged. It was your...that girl..what was her name ? Oh hell ! Why am I not getting her name now ?", she curses in frustration. " Ethan, that girl who is behind you, who got suspension and came back. "

" Amelia ! ", Gavin says.

" Yes she ! She gave that kid the chocolates to give you. She was here a minute ago. Now she suddenly disappeared. ", she says.

" What !?", Ethan utters in panic.

"Wait ! How you know it was drugged ? ", Grace asks her.

" I was talking to my Dad on phone near there when I heard her talking to someone on phone. ", Gabriel says pointing at the side fence, a little away. " I didn't hear everything properly. But I heard her telling that nothing is happening to Nate, even after four dosage.",

" What ! Four dosage ! What the- ", Ethan utters wide eyed while I look at Gabriel taken aback.

Amelia is trying to kill me ??

And I already took in four dose of the drug !? Will I have to go to de-addiction treatment ? Or will I die ?

" Guys, What all is happening?", Riley asks looking at as in utter confusion and horror. " Drug and all..! isn't it serious ?? Why is this Amelia trying to drug Nate ?"

" Cause this Amelia likes Ethan. And she knows Ethan likes...", Gabriel pauses in horror. "Ahm..it's actually...it's after she and her friends tried to hurt Nate that Ethan spoke against them. That's why.."

But I and everyone here knows that it was not what she was about to say. So she clearly knows that Ethan likes me. She almost exposed us. And she knows that Ethan was just using her to get my attention ??

"Yeah..this is serious.", Gavin says after a few moment's surprise. " Say everything clearly, Gabriel. What all you heard ?"

" It's when I heard her saying Nate's and Ethan's name that I moved closer to listen to her. She was facing her back to me. So she didn't see me overhearing her. But I didn't hear a lot of her talk. When she said she now successfully gave the pink chocolate to Nate and is waiting for him to have it, I turned and looked at Nate. He was about to have the chocolate. So I quickly ran to here to yank it away. Now Amelia has disappeared. Probably she saw me running to here that she quickly escaped."

" I had got the same chocolate l..last day.", I say and look at Ethan. " In that box along with that card. I didn't h..have it.", I say.

So one dose missed. Still I took 3 doses !

"Did you get the chocolate yesterday also ? Is that why you got headache yesterday ?", Ethan asks in panic.

" Oh ! ", So I got the headache because I took drug ? " No..I didn't get any chocolate yesterday.", I shake my head.

" It maybe through juice or water or something. I heard Amelia saying about water bottle and orange juice too.", Gabriel says.

" I had Orange juice from c..canteen yesterday evening. It was after that I started feeling d..dizzy.", I say. Ethan looks at me in terror.

" Wait ! Did Gavin got drugged instead of Nate ?", Grace squeals. " Gavin got that terrible headache after he drank from Nate's bottle !"

" Oh my God ! Did I get drugged !?", Gavin starts panicking.

Woah ! So a lot of people got drugged. Gavin and the five people from English class who ate those chocolates.

" So I missed t..two doses out of four. But I got headache only once.", I say.

" Maybe you got drugged only once, yesterday.", Grace says. " Maybe the other one also somehow missed."

" What will happen to me and Nate ? We got fucking drugged ! ", Gavin shrieks.

" Hey guys...", Violet calls from behind. " What are you all talking over there ? Ice-cream is here. Let's start shooting."

" Vy, you know what..", Riley squeals and rushes to her while Gavin continues to panic and screech saying 'he got fucking drugged'

" Gavin, let's go to some Doctor. Don't worry, you got only drugged once. You won't get addicted by a single dose. So stop freaking out.", Grace says.

" So I won't have any problem, right ?", Gavin asks.

" Probably not. ", Grace says. " Anyway thank God Gabriel found out at least now ! Nate has great luck. Or else how the doses go divided between different people. It would have been a big problem if he took the whole dose himself."

"This is serious ! We need to complain about this, right ?", Ethan asks.

" Yes ! We should. Let's complain in police.", Gavin says.

" Amelia will go to jail.", Grace says.

" She should ! ", Gavin exclaims. " She is a dangerous bitch. She should go to jail for the safety of others."

" Yes Grace. Call your Dad. Or lets go to the nearby police station ourselves.", Ethan says.

" Okay, I'll call my Dad.", Grace nods and fish out her phone from her pocket.

I finally slump down on the bench in horror.

I thought of Gabriel as a bitch. But she now almost saved my life !