It was another sunny day in Nottingham. It was a bright fine day for a great fight in the breath-taking landscape, the garden.
Natasha walked with her high heels, in a fast forward motion towards Ely who was enjoying her milkshake on the bench in the garden. Ely crossed her legs and put her Dolce & Gabbana handbag on her lap. She loves milkshake with whipped cream on it so much. She didn’t notice the big wave coming to her till Natasha yelled her name.
“Ely, we need to talk,” Natasha pulled Ely’s hand. The milkshake Ely was holding slumped on the grass. Even worse, her handbag fell on the dirt. Natasha showed no regret doing that. “You have to stay away from Noah,”
Ely was so surprise by the sudden attack from her best friend. She let her hand free and grabbed her bag on the grass. She wiped it with her hands. “Look what you have done to my bag, my fingernails… they are ugly now,” Ely frowned. She threw her bag on the bench. She fixed her blouse and put her hair to back of her ears. She wants to look pretty even in a fight.
“You have to end the relationship with Noah. He wants nothing from you. He just wants the one night stand and he will dump you like he did to the others,” Natasha explained with soft tone. She put her hands on her pocket. Her face looked remorseful.
“You said this because he dumped you, right?” Ely defended Noah. “You are just jealous of me. Jealous of what I got. You’ve always been unsupportive since… since forever! You don’t want to see my happy, do you?” Ely looked into Natasha’s eyes. “I want you to be happy…. Always. That is why I’m asking you to call it off. He will hurt you, like he did to me,” Natasha held Ely’s arm. Ely pushed it away and stepped a foot back.
“And… yes, I am jealous of you! You got everything you wished for but I have to work hard to make it real. You got an easy life; I don’t want you to make it hard,”
“Easy life huh?”
“I’ll always be here next to you. Helping you, all the time and today, I am stopping you from making a stupid decision,”
“Buzz off, Nat. I don’t need you to give me your pathetic advice. You, yourself are a failure in relationships,”
“E, please, listen to me,”
“Just… Go away,”
“What kind of best friend are you?” Natasha raised her voice.
“The one who didn’t stopped her friend from having a happy life. Now, get lost!”
Natasha was shocked by the words Ely used. The friendship between both of them cracked. They had been best friends since they entered the school. Now, because of Noah, the ship is sinking just like Titanic. So close but too bad, a small leak can sink a great ship. No matter how strong is the ship, someday it will sink to the bottom of the sea.
Natasha turned and walked away from Ely. She took small steps one by one; she didn’t want to lose her best friend. She was looking to the grass and hoping Ely will come and hug her from the back. “And silver is so last year!” Ely yelled at Natasha. Natasha stopped, she was stunned. She turned back and Ely was already making her way to the rest room, to clean up.
The 7teens are breaking apart, piece by piece.
Roxanne, on the other hand, waited for Keith in the parking lot. She wasn’t really sure whether she’s doing the right thing or it is just another step that will lead her to heartbreak. She was expecting Keith to appear at the front door, but unfortunately, God seems to hate her that day. Instead of Keith, Izzy came out from the door with Herman. They were holding hands, and heading to Izzy’s car. When they got to the car, Herman opened the door for Izzy. Izzy hugged Herman. Herman put his hands on Izzy’s waist and pulled Izzy in. Izzy’s hands ran to Herman’s hair and kissed him, mouth to mouth. Roxanne who was watching them, held her chest. There’s one massive impact hit her chest. She couldn’t breath. Izzy stole her heart and had just eaten it.
That boy is a monster.
Keith hugged Roxanne from back. “Are you okay, Roxy?” He noticed something was wrong with Roxanne. Roxanne released herself from Keith’s hands and nodded. Keith opened the door for Roxanne and let her in. She was still in shock. She couldn’t believe what she’d seen. She turned the radio on and tried not to start a conversation with Keith. Keith understood the situation and remained hushed.
And I'll never love again ,Oh boy you've left me speechless , You've left me speechless, so speechless. Lady Gaga’s song was on the radio. And the song was right, Izzy left Roxanne so speechless. She stared out from the window and ignored Keith. Keith turned to her every time he had to stop for the red lights. The mall was right in front of them, but Keith was fed up. He pulled his car to the side. Roxanne looked at him, pathetically.
“Do you want to go out with me or not?” Keith combed his hair with his finger. He looked disappointed with Roxanne’s cold treatment. He put his hand on Roxanne’s lap. Roxanne put hers on his. “I’m sorry… My head…” she said, she looked down to her converse shoes. “Hush now,” Keith stopped her. “Let’s watch Monsters Vs. Aliens. You will love it,” Keith added with smile carved on his face.
They planned to watch the romantic movie but Keith somehow managed to read her mind. He knew she was not in the mood for a romantic movie right now. So, he chose Monsters Vs. Aliens which will make Roxanne laugh out loud. So, he drove his car to the mall.
Keith went to the ticket counter and bought two tickets. Roxanne followed him, still can’t get over the incident in the parking lot. Keith was so excited about the ‘date’ but Roxanne was not. He got the ticket and pulled Roxanne to buy the popcorn, chirpily.
“So, Roxanne, Caramel or Light?”
“Light”
“Combo”
“Large” Roxanne’s mouth curved up a little bit.
“One please,”
Keith ordered the pop corn. He was glad to see Roxanne’s smile. He paid for the popcorn and walked to the theater. Roxanne followed his back. He turned to Roxanne and grinned. “You might need an oxygen tank. You will be laughing a lot in there,” he joked. Roxanne giggled and called his name. “Yes?” Keith looked at her. Keith wanted to take her hand but she kept it inside her pocket. So, he put his hand on her shoulder. “Thanks. If I were you, I will leave myself dead in the drain,” She took out her hands from the pocket and grabbed Keith’s hand. He smiled. She smiled. Both of them walked into the theater hand in hand.
During the movie, Roxanne couldn’t stop herself from laughing. She was the loudest in the theater. Keith smiled from the start till the end of the movie. He had watched it before, so now, he didn’t really focus on it. He was staring at Roxanne the whole time. He kept stretching his arms to the sky (the ceiling to be exact) and was about to put it on Roxanne but he dared not to do that. Roxanne did realize what he was trying to do but pretended she was giving hundred percent attention to the movie.
“So how’s the movie?” Keith asked Roxanne as they were going out from the theater. “It was hilarious, awesome, funny, great, entertaining .... funny, bizarre, hillarious. It was a fantastic movie!” Roxanne, answered him. She loves to repeat some words in her sentences and her cheeky voice was back. Keith loves the way she speaks. It is unique to him. “Told you, you would love it!” He said.
“Okay, genius, what else do you think I love?”
“Girl like you surely will love Archie! Don’t you?”
“Gosh! You are good. How you know?”
“Because I like him too,” He blushed.
“Really?”
“The best song from him is…”
“Zero Gravity!” Both of them said it at the same time. Roxanne giggled and clouted Keith’s chest.
Roxanne finally moved on. Did she? At least, she finally found a remedy for the wound Izzy left on her heart. Keith is a reflection of Izzy, perhaps, a better one. They have the same interests and one thing is for sure; they both know how to make Roxanne laugh non-stop.
“Hey Dy!” Harold was on the line with Dylan. Harold still wondered why Dylan left the dance early yesterday and he didn’t see Dylan around in school today. He was worried about his friend, of course. He treated them just like his own brothers, or even better. He dislikes his annoying brother Cameo. “Why you left…”
“I’ll tell you guys in school. One shot!” Dylan answered before Harold finished his sentence. He immediately hung up the phone. He was in the hospital. He went to visit Comfort. As what he promised to himself, he will be more concern. So, he decided to accompany Comfort in the ward. Rufus was with both of them. Mr. and Mrs. Walker had to be in their offices, they got something to settle down.
“Comfort, how are you?” Dylan finally found out her name as he saw it on the ward’s door. He sat next to her. His dashy eyes lock to Comfort’s. He brought some fruit along with him. “I brought you apple, and if you don’t like them, there’s grape, orange and strawberry in the basket,” He pointed his index finger to the basket on the table. “Thank you,” Comfort mouthed. She was glad to see Dylan by her side. She felt better knowing someone is holding her back.
Rufus ignored both of them and switched the TV on. He was a little bit happier than yesterday. The doctor had just told him that his sister was allowed to get back home tomorrow. But, is it really a good thing for her? Can she survive in the high school after what happened to her? Dylan’s heart kept wondering about tomorrow.
Can you put your trust on the sinking ship and hold on to what you have? Or, you rather let it sink and hop on the new one. But what if the new one isn’t good as the old? Life is about choices. You better choose the right one ‘cause it might change your whole destiny.
-credit to Suzanne for the picture
