Who owns my heart?

CHAPTER- 02 EDGEWOOD HIGH

CHAPTER- 02 EDGEWOOD HIGHOh, my god! He’s talking to me. He has a charming and sexy voice, just like this body. Oh, Emily, stop thinking like this. I don’t even know this name.

“Nope. I am here to give this. I just want...want to greet the neighbours,” I stammered. But then I gathered some courage and said something which I didn’t prepare to say.

“Put on a shirt before opening the door. Take this cake. I need to go,”

“Really! You should stop staring at me if you want me to put on a shirt,” he said, observing me.

Suddenly, someone walked to the entrance. I wished it could be his parents. But it’s a guy in his twenties. “Who’s at the door, Ryder? How many times did I tell you not to allow a girl who’s trying to seduce you?”

What the heck? “I am just a neighbour. I regret coming here. Now, take this damn cake and shut the door.” I shouted.

“She’s our new neighbour, bro. What’s your name, Darling? Hazel?” Ryder spoke. His name is Ryder. Okay, I should get to the point. He’s calling me Hazel as my eyes are hazel.

“I am Emily Collins. Not Hazel. Do you want this or not?” I asked, showing the pie one last time.

“I’m Shawn. Nice to meet you. I want this. Thank you.” Ryder’s brother came over and took it from my hands. I wondered whether Ryder will continue the conversation. But he doesn’t. He’s not interested in eating the pie cake or continuing the conversation.

“Where are you studying?” Shawn asked me.

I replied instantly. “Edgewood high,”

“Cool. That where my brother’s going.” Shawn said.

“I guess we could meet there again, Emily,” Ryder spoke. That’s it. He went inside the room. I didn’t even get to know him. I know I can’t know within minutes. But I wish I could know him more. I have no idea whether he will talk to me in school or not. Will he?

I came back to my room and slept peacefully. Tomorrow is going to be a new day at Edgewood High. When I opened my eyes in the morning, I was pretty excited. I am going to meet Pearl after many years and I can meet Ryder if there’s a chance. I wear my favourite jeans and a black shirt. My mom was so happy about my day at a new school. When I reached high school, I am amused by the school. There’s a beautiful garden at the entrance which gives me good vibes to move on with that day. I don’t have the bad instinct I had yesterday. There’s a lot more crowd of students than I expected. My eyes wandered over everywhere to find Pearl. Where is she? I feel so lost without anyone with me.

“Immediately, someone threw their arms over my shoulder and screamed in my ear. “Welcome to Edgewood, Em,” It was Pearl’s voice.

“You are here. Wow, I don’t even recognize you, Pearl. You changed a lot.” that’s the first thing I spoke. Everyone knows that there’s a difference between seeing someone in real and photos. Pearl’s face is brightened up when she faced me. She has blonde hair which reached till her shoulder.

“Of course. I changed. What age do you think we are? We are sixteen years, not six.” she teased and grabbed my hands.

“I got to show you around the whole school. But first, we need to find the class. I got a lot to talk to you about. I don’t think these two years will be enough to do this.” she chattered non-stop. Soon, we found our classroom. Then she dragged me again to somewhere.

“Let’s have a coffee before going to class. We got a lot more time for first-class,” she said and ordered two cups of coffee. When we got the coffee, I slowly sipped it and explored the school with Pearl. We walked around the garden, talking about my days in Paris.

A few minutes later, I caught a crowd of students in the distance. They all are gathered around something or someone.

“What’s going on?” I called Pearl, motioning my eyes towards the crowd.

“Who knows? Let’s go,” she instantly responded by emptying the cup of coffee with one sip. She ran towards them, leaving me alone. I looked at my surroundings and felt so calm and relaxed. This is my mood every single day. I never felt sad or angry. Everything is easy in my life. My life always goes calm like a parallel line.

“It’s nothing but a magazine. Do you want it?” Pearl came back with a small magazine.

“What’s in the magazine?” I asked, getting it from her hands.

“I didn’t ask them. But I got to go now. I will meet you in the first class. Sorry.” Pearl apologized and hurried off.

“Where are you going? You can’t leave me alone. Pearl?” I shouted like a mad girl. She can’t leave me here. I guess I need to spend the rest of the time alone till class starts. I opened the magazine and flipped it over continuously.

“Did you see page no.23? The boy from the magazine is going to study here? We got to be so lucky. I will do anything to attract me.” a girl walked past me talking with her friends.

I turned to page 23 to see who’s she talking about. The heading and sub-heading caught my eye.

Idol for the teenagers

Jason Byrne

It’s a hot boy as a model. I turned back with the cup in my hand. I accidentally hit someone as my eyes are in the magazine.

“What the f**k?” I heard a loud voice straight next to me. I dropped the paper cup. I already spilt the coffee on that unknown guy. Damn it. The beginning is worse. I don’t want any enemies.

“You ruined my shirt. Can’t you watch where you are going? You are going to pay for that.”