DARK DREAMS.(TORN).

CHAPTER 4: FIRST TIME DESIRED 2.

"OH MY GOD" Tyler said, from the entrance, I was a little relieved that it's his best friend, he wouldn't snitch on us. "Dude, is this what has been going on here?". he said to Chris. Chris stood up immediately. "It's not actually what it looks like" "It's okay, I mean it's cool and a relief" Tyler said, that got us confused. "What do you mean?" Chris had to ask. "I meant..you know... I haven't been seeing you with girls lately, so I started having the thought that you're gay". we all suddenly bursted out laughing. "What's so funny, that I'm not invited to witness". Steph said coming in, I guess break's over. "Nothing, we're just discussing how pretty you are" Tyler said, he's a total player. "I'd rather talk about dead monkeys" I chimed in immediately. "Oh,umm you didn't go to your stupid auditions for the day, wait don't tell me that you were kicked out because you're so imperfect". She said, smiling devilishly at me. "No... you know, I left there cuz biology is not really my thing. And mostly I left cuz you weren't there". I said smiling at her. she looked taken aback for some minutes and finally said. "So.. you're finally admitting that you're nothing without me and I'm that perfect". "Nope.. I'm only admitting that I got bored out of my wits cuz you were not there to display your foolishness as usual". immediately I said that, the whole class gasped, I picked up my stuffs and went back to my seat, she just stood there shocked. She didn't think I'll stand up for myself.

School was almost over and Stacy hasn't entered the class room since break. is she ditching class again, she knows that this our final year and every grade counts. I excused myself from the class and went out to look for her. I looked for her at the cafeteria but she wasn't there. I know only one place to look for her .. I went to the library, walked slowly in, I heard sobbing from the other end of the library, I hurriedly ran to the direction and saw her scooted on the floor crying. "Stacy? what happened?" I knelt down and held her. "I hate this school, I don't ever want to come here again". she said sobbing and crying. I sat down with her on the floor. "Is it something you wanna talk about? I'm always here for you Stacy, what happened?". She looked at me, for the first time, I actually saw hurt in her eyes. "You weren't at the cafeteria today". "Why? what happened?" I said impatiently. "Tyler made this big stupid announcement there, he got a bouquet of flowers and.. and..". "And what?". "He asked Pamela to be his girlfriend". "What?!!" I shouted, but that's so cruel. "Why would he do that?" I asked. she bowed her head and continued crying. "It's enough, okay? I'm going to confront him for you tomorrow". "You don't have to do that, I mean..he probably doesn't know that I have feelings for him". she said flatly. "I'm really sorry, I wasn't there to.." "It's okay, it's not your fault". she simply said. "It kinda is my fault.. I was getting swoony with Chris, when I should have come with you instead" "Firstly,you couldn't have probably stopped him even if you were there. And again, you were what? with who?". "Ohh, I don't think this is the right time to tell you..". "Tell me what?" She said sharply. "Chris kissed me". "What?!" "Yh,we were alone together in class, things got heated up and we..kissed". I said smiling, she only smiled and looked away. I wanted to say something but the bell rung for closing. I looked at her and snuggled her once more. "Just wait here, I'll go get your stuffs and we'll go home" she nodded, then I stood and went back to class, everywhere was almost empty. Chris was also packing his stuffs ready to go home. "Umm, Chris?" he turned to me and kept his gaze there. "If it's about the kiss.. I'm sorry, but I'm sure you enjoyed it too.." "No!, I mean of course I enjoyed the kiss, but,it wasn't about the kiss". "ohh okay, so what is it about?". he said still keeping eye contact with me. "Did you know anything about Tyler's big announcement at the cafeteria today?". "Well.. the both of us were here during lunch, so.. you don't expect me to know, but although he told me he was going to make the announcement" he said nonchalantly. "Does he really like her that much?". I said, and he looked at me with something else in his eyes. "Don't tell me you like him too". "Eww, no". I said feeling disgusted thinking about it, although Tyler is a cool guy, but.. he wasn't just my type. "Then,why do you care if he likes her or not". this time he raised his voice, I could Sense a touch of jealousy, wait, he's actually jealous?. "Relax, I'm just asking on behalf of my friend Stacy". "Stacy likes Tyler?". he asked with a raised eyebrows. "Yh, she's been head over hills for him, but he doesn't seem to recognize her..". "Yh, like the two of us". he said, giving me those charming eyes. "What do you mean like 'Us'?" I had to ask. "I knew you liked me, even before I kissed you". "What?!" wait, he knew? "But how?". I said confused. "I overheard you and Stacy talking about me in the library" "Ohh, but it wasn't cool to eavesdrop". I said. "Well.. but I heard my name, I had to eavesdrop.. and I'm glad I did". he said moving closer till he was standing in front of me, although, I was a bit taller than him, but it doesn't seem to matter. "Which means, you didn't kiss me cuz you liked me, you did it just to play with my feelings" I was now mad and furious. "Don't blame me for not having feelings for you, I mean, when I heard it, I kinda started taking liking towards you". he said, it looked sincere. but I wasn't getting any of those drama. "Excuse, I have someone waiting for me" I said and hurriedly ran out of the class. I headed to the library, and Stacy was still there. "What took you so long?" she asked. "I just had some other things to take care of" "Anyways, thanks for cheering me up, you're really a friend indeed" I hugged her, and we left together.

On getting home, I took my bath,ate my food and headed out. I have an appointment with an editor. My sister's friend, who's a guy and he also deals in photographic design, he loves my work and he connected me with an editor. I spoke with the editor on phone and he told me to meet him at a nearby gas station, he'll pick me up from there. I know that this is dangerous, the worst part is that I didn't even tell my parents the actual place I'm going. if they knew, they wouldn't have let me. I trust him, I mean.. it's going to be an open place right? I could do anything to make sure that I achieve my dream. All I need right now is a good editor by my side...

After some moments of waiting,a car finally pulled over in front of me.. "Are you the upcoming author?". I smiled,he gestured me to get in the car and I did, then he drove off... He was what I imagined him to be.. he's in he's late forties, has dark skin like myself and also a father figure... We finally got to his office,he sat down and gave me a seat too. "So.. how're you doing?" he asked with a nice smile on his face. "I'm good". "What's your name?". "Precious Nuel" I said and he slightly nodded. "Fine, let's cut to the chase, I usually use to charge for consultancy fee, but.. I see that you're a very young shinning bright star, I'll just let that pass by" "Thanks". "Okay, so are you with the novel?" I nodded and handed it over to him. after going through it,he raised his brows at me. "Wow, you're a talented one I guess" he said. "Thank you very much sir, I really put all my efforts in that book". he smiled and nodded. "Okay, so.. it'll cost you 80,000". "What?!" My eyes wanted to Pop out of their sockets, where will I get that amount of money. "I thought, publishing is free" I said and suddenly, his aura changed. "Do you think we run charity works here? please leave my office" "Wait.." I tried pleading but he still kicked me out. another time wasted.