Finding True Love

Prank goes wrong

Risha POV

Mum-mum won’t come back tonight. And I sent Bella early. So I can implement my plan for getting revenge from Alex. Well, more like some prank on him.

Alex went into the dining room after a while. He looked handsome in his shorts and t-shirt anyway. Well, though he is a jerk, he always looks handsome. Risha, don’t get yourself distracted. I reminded myself. When he sat on a chair, I served him mushroom soup, some pan-cake and water and sat down on a chair on the opposite side of his.

He didn’t say anything, just started eating. “First he ate a spoon of soup and then took a bite of the pancake. Ahh...it’s….water…” he screamed after one bite of pan-cake.

“What happened?” I asked innocently. But I enjoyed the scene in front of me inwardly.

He didn’t say anything. Just tried to drink the water. Opss..

“What the f**k,” he glared at me. I looked at him clueless. Then he abruptly stood up and went to the kitchen to drink some water. When he came back, I was sitting on the chair and watching him. I was a little bit nervous. Yeah, pranks are fun, but when you get caught, you might face some punishment.

“Are you playing with me?” he yelled. He was coming closer towards me. His face got red with anger. That’s not a good start.

“What are you talking about?” I asked him while sounding clueless. “Oh really! Now, you don’t know what I am talking about?” Then he put the plate in front of me. “Eat,” he ordered.

What! I can’t eat it. I myself added chili powder and soda in the pancake and salt in the water. Now I can’t be that stupid to eat that.

“Why are you insisting, anyway?” I tried to ignore that eating part.

“You made this food, right? Then why don’t you want to eat it?” I was silent. I hadn’t got any answers and tried to avoid eye contact with him. He brought himself closer to me. Then he held my wrist and I tried to push him away, but his hold grew stronger.

“What are you doing?” I asked, getting nervous. “Alex, leave me. It hurts,” I cried. His grip loosened a bit. When I looked at him, I felt his breathing grow heavier as if he was having a hard time breathing. His eyes were red.

“Don’t play with me, Risha. Cause when I start playing, you can’t be able to handle it,” he stated roughly, looking straight into my eyes. And he left without looking back.

Whoa. What was that! Was that prank a little bit extra? Maybe not. He deserved that actually. He was the one who always made me upset. I finished my dinner. Alex didn’t come back for dinner. Maybe I should get something for him? No! Why should I? He can make something for himself. Why am I even thinking about it? He can take care of himself.

I was watching a drama series when I heard a scream. It’s coming from Alex's room. He was screaming. But why? May it be because of….my prank? Serves him right. Should I go there? Nope. Doesn’t he deserve that! But it’s because of me. After a long conversation with my subconscious mind, I decide to go check upon him.

But when I reached his room, what I saw was totally unexpected. He was sitting in a corner of his room. He kept his knee closer to his chest, with his hand hugging himself, his head between his knees. He was beyond scared.

OH GOD. Did I do that! I went to him. I kneeled down. When I kept my hand on his shoulder, he jerked away. He was so scared.

“Alex. It’s me, Risha. Don’t worry, it’s only me.” When he saw me, he just threw himself at me. He hugged me for his dear life. I just kept holding him like that and was saying soothing words to him. After a while, he calmed down and pulled apart.

“You okay?” I asked him and he just nodded. “What happened?” he directed his finger to the spider on the ceiling and then again went into panic mode.

Shit. What had I done! I regretted my decision. I shouldn’t have done that. I placed my hand on his cheek, then he looked at me.

“It’s fake, Alex. It’s not real.” He looked at me confused. “The spider, it’s fake. I…I only wanted to…I didn’t have any intention of scaring you that much. I am so sorry.” When I confessed, I saw a disgusted look on his face. No, I didn’t want that.

He stepped back from me. “You won’t change at all. Out,” he whispered.

“Alex…”

“GET OUT!” he yelled at me.

Tears were fighting to fall from my eyes. I blinked several times, not wanting to cry in front of Alex. I stood up. Saying one more sorry to Alex, I exited his room. I went back to my room. I couldn’t stop myself any more. I started to cry. Am I really that bad? I didn’t want to hurt him that much. I had already lost someone for my stupid behaviour. I didn't want to lose anyone else.

I was lying in bed but didn’t get any sleep. I was thinking about Alex. Was he still scared or was he sleeping? I wanted to go and check on him but was scared that he refused to see me. Now he definitely hated me.

It’s 3 am. I still didn’t get any sleep. I decided to go check on Alex. I was standing in front of his room. His room’s door is a little ajar. I slowly pushed it and saw Alex was sleeping. I went inside and sat at the end of his bed.

I was watching his handsome face. There was a discomfort on his face and I badly wanted to remove it. I just can’t take it that I am the reason for his pain. I don’t know why I am feeling all this, but I just can’t see him like that. I wouldn’t be able to forgive myself if Alex didn’t forgive me. How can I ask for his forgiveness? He wouldn’t want to see me now after what I had done.

'Mom, dad, please don't leave me. please...' I heard him mumbling. It feels as if he was having a nightmare. I stood up and placed my hand on his forehead. He was burning up. I stayed up to look after him until his temperature went down.

I didn’t want to leave him like that in the first place. But he would be angry if he saw me when he woke up. So I stood up and went closer to his face one last time, slowly caressed his head, said to him good night one more time and then came back to my room. This time when I went to bed I fell into a deep slumber.