My eyes widened in disbelief and just to be sure that I wasn't dreaming I pinched Ella's arms . She cried in pain and gave her "what was that for" look. Bursting my bubble of thoughts Mr Koay introduced us to the new head of the college drama community. This is Mr Florel Holmes, you may as well call him Mr. Holmes. Essie was already extending her hands to greet Mr. Mysterious, completely drooling over his magnetic personality. "So you share the genes with Sherlock? no wonder you emit detective vibes Mr.Holmes" I said satirically. Essie and Mr.Koay gave eachother baffling looks while Florel gave his iconic smile making me weak at my knees again.
Come back to your senses Celeste! you are not supposed to feel this way, I thought to myself. We are getting late for the lecture Mr.Koay, we'll talk to Mr.Florel in the afternoon, I said as I hurridly grabbed Ella's denim jacket dragging her towards the corridor. I'll be in the college theater this afternoon Vanya, said the now familiar alluring voice. Oh! I thought you were omnipresent Mr. Stalker, I shouted as we ran towards the lecture hall. I threw open the lecture hall door and banged it shut behind us. Ella was gasping for air from all the running while I peeked out of the window to make sure we were not followed.
"What on earth was that Celli?" Who is that dashing man? and how do you know him? Who is Vaanya? Oh! I so regret not being single she said and looked at me with her puppy eyes.
Based on the way you were staring at him moments ago you might as well become single soon Ess, I teased her.
She giggled and stopped midway as if she remembered something. Don't change the topic! How do you know him?
I know him just as much as you do. Don't fall for his beautiful face sweetie, he's a stalker!
Oh common Celli, I would never buy that! He looks like someone who jumped straight out of a fashion magazine. I think it's you who's stalking him, she winked and laughed hysterically.
Just then, there was a soft knock on the door and somebody requested us to open it. My heart started pounding. As Essie turned the knob and pulled it I softly patted my heart to pacify it. "Hey there! umm I was told there was no lecture today in this hall so I'm supposed to lock it, mumbled Aisl. Aisl is the vice president of the college student council, a real sweetheart who is actually the inspiration for the male protagonist in my story, the one I wrote for the drama competition. Rumors are that Aisl has been crushing on Ess for a while now as he never misses out any of our performances. Apparently he is waiting for Ess to have a heartbreak so that he can heal the hurt. I envy Ess for this because Aisl has everything I would ever want in a partner.
"Hey there buddy! yeah sure you can lock it. We were searching some stuffs here but couldn't find it" said Ess in her usual cool tone"
You guys want to have some coffee? They sell amazing brownies in the cafe outside the Uni, he asked as he turned to us after locking the door. All this time he was talking to Ess as if I wasn't even there. He sure didn't want me to join them for coffee. "It's me whose mouth waters just by thinking about brownies, Ess hates them!" I wanted to tell but I was invisible to him.
Maybe later Aisl, we need to be somewhere else now, replied Ess. She is always this calm and polite while turning guys down.
Oh! I'll be looking forward to that day, Aisl said earnestly which made me kind of sad because I would never say no if he asked me personally, not that he would ever.
As he looked at me to say goodbye, for a brief second our eyes met. I felt as if two galaxies had collided. I could forever look at those honey colored eyes but would he let me? I guess not because now he's smiling at Ess. I should stop watching too many dramas, I thought to myself and glanced away to not let anybody know that I'm completely smitten with him.
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