Crystal

chapter 15

The movie started...

They were quiet, paid attention to a big screen in front of them. Sometimes, Preston glanced at Crystal. She knew his act, the edge of her eyes caught his act, but she pretended like she didn't know it.

"Ack!" Suddenly, Daniela yelled. She reacted to a scary scene. She almost closed her face with her hand and raised her feet to the sofa. Crystal giggled when she saw her action. Preston smiled when he knew she giggled. He turned his head to face her to see her more clearly. She knew his action but didn't want to give him any reaction. She sucked her smile. She thought that maybe only she was in that room who didn't feel like watching a horror movie. She felt like she was in the middle of a sitcom with a boy on her left side always glancing at her and the funny actions of her new friends. Crystal's expression made Preston more spellbound by her. It was his first time he saw a girl watching a horror movie with that face. He wanted to know about her, he wanted to get close with her. He didn't care if he was in a relationship, having a girlfriend at that time.

The movie finished, the movie credits were running up on the screen. Crystal was stretching her body to relax her body. They were in the same position for around two hours.

"I'm starving, let's get some meals." Preston said while stretching his body. He also wanted to make his body relax. They almost didn't eat the chips because they focused on the movie. The chip packages were in their condition before, only one package had opened. It was a package in Nellie's hand and there were a lot of chips resting in it.

"What do you want to eat guys?" Preston asked his friends after he took his phone.

"I want pizza!" Nellie answered while chewing chips.

"How about you, Crystal?" Preston asked Crystal while looking at her. He wanted to give her more attention.

"Pizza sounds great." Crystal nodded her head while glancing at him. She didn't want to be troublesome.

"Okay, let's get some pizza." He said while his thumb working on his phone.

They moved to the living room while bringing the snacks and the bottles. They wanted to change the atmosphere while waiting for the delivery. They were chatting in the living room while snacking until the pizza came. They became quiet when they got the pizza. All of them hadn't lunch yet on that day. Preston ate the pizza while sometimes glancing at Crystal. He observing her. As a Casanova, he knew Crystal was not in a relationship and somehow he knew that she never had a boyfriend. It made the Casanova spirit in his body challenge him to get her. He knew it would not be easy to get her and it made him want her more.

The day was getting dark and they wanted to go home.

"Sam, drive me home please." Nellie asked Sam.

"Okay, I'll drive you and Danny home." Sam nodded his head. He approved her, he knew Nellie and Daniela were living in the same area and his house in the same direction as them.

"Where do you live, Crystal? I'll drive you home." Preston didn't want to waste a chance to get close to Crystal.

"Thanks, but my bike's waiting for me on the outside." Crystal said while smiling at Preston. She knew that he wanted to get close with her.

"I'll ride it to campus and give it to you tomorrow." Preston didn’t want to give up.

"Wow! A nice idea, but thanks, don't bother. I can handle it." Crystal was smiling at him, she made a soft border. She felt that he was a nice guy, but too early to get close. She still wanted to focus on her studies and didn't want to ruin their relationship. She thought that it would be joyful if they were friends.

"Okay..." Preston shrugged his shoulders, he gave up. He didn't want to force her and made her avoid him in the future. He knew that he couldn't treat her like another woman.

Crystal was riding her bike to go home. She must come back to reality, facing her father who wanted her to marry Marco. She didn’t know how many times Marco had seen her, but she only met him once. She also didn’t know how her father wanted her to marry Marco.

She arrived at her house, she was riding her bike slowly in the yard. She wanted to know the situation in her house and didn't want to make any noise. She stopped when she heard any voices in the workshop. She was freezing while hearing people talking in the workshop. She wanted to make sure one of those voices was her father's voice, so she would not go to the workshop. She turned back and parked her bike in the front yard when she noticed one of those voices was her father's voice.

She went directly to her room. She didn't want to know any things except go to her room safely. She didn't want her father to catch her. She was sure if he caught her their conversation would be a war and she would lose. She was really afraid about it. She had no power in her father's house.

She decided to change her routine for a while, clean the kitchen in the morning and avoid her father as much as she could.