Her First Love

Chapter 19

EMMA POV:

I woke up to someone opening my room's door. Mom entered the room with my washed clothes in her hand.

'When did you come back? I didn't saw you.' mom asked surprise.

I looked at the time and it was 3 pm. Girl, you slept a lot.

'A while ago.' I stuffed my face in the pillow.

'How was your night? Did you girls enjoy it?' she asked excitedly.

Yesterday's incident flashed through my mind. Stuck in the room, panic attack and all that. I masked all of the bitter emotions and smiled 'Yeah we enjoyed it a lot.'

Suddenly my phone rang and I looked for my phone. It was somewhere hidden in bedsheets. I finally found the phone and Alyssa was calling.

'Hello.'

'I am dying.' came Alyssa's voice.

'What? Why? How?' I was so tensed that It felt like the floor slipped beneath my feet.

'Because you are not telling me details and replying to my calls and messages.'

Girl, you will give me a heart attack one day. I checked my phone and indeed she called and messaged me a couple of times. I looked at mom who was also looking at me with curious eyes after my first outburst on Alyssa's joke of dying.

' I will come over shortly.' I replied to her and ended the call.

I can't tell mom the last night incident and that I slept the night in some unknown guy's house. I have to come up with some solid statements.

'Mom, Alyssa lost her phone. I have to go and help her.' i said trying to be somewhat believable.

Great Emma, you came up with this lie. Note the sarcasm.

She looked at me ' then how did she call?'

I was searching my mind for an appropriate answer.

'from a random number I guess,' it looked more like a question than an answer.

Before she could speak anything, I got up from bed to freshen up. Mom nodded and went towards the closet to place the cleaned clothes there.

I am forgetting something serious that too related to my closet. As soon as mom opened the closet door, the dead bulb in my mind lits up. Oh damn, that male shirt was in there.

I hurriedly went into my walk-in closet and stand in between mom and the closet.

'Yes sweetie?' she questioned.

'Uh hh, I was' why am I stuttering today?

Mom tilted her head in a gesture to show she was waiting for my answer.

'I thought I should help you.' saying this I grabbed clothes from her and started putting them in place while avoiding that shirt. Later, I will keep it in a more hidden place.

'That's good. Eat something before you go' mom smiled and went out of the room.

'Thank god' I wiped the imaginary sweat from my forehead and blew a sigh of relief.

I went to the bathroom, did my business and took a relaxing shower to ease my muscles. I went to the closet to look for clothes to wear. I chose black cotton pants and a white shirt with the front having 'Awesome' written in golden.

I was not in the mood of keeping my hair open today. I braided my hair and put cute clips on the side. I wore my white sneakers, grabbed my purse and phone and went downstairs.

I ate very little in the morning therefore my tummy was begging for food. I went into the kitchen and opened the fridge. There was a bowl of cheese pasta in there. My mouth watered at the mere sight of it. I place it in the microwave to heat it up.

While it was heating, I poured myself a glass of juice. The microwave binged and I took my food out.

I put it on the countertop and began eating. I messaged Alyssa to meet me at 'Happy cafe' in half an hour. After getting an OK from her, I continued enjoying my food.

Mom entered the kitchen to prepare for dinner. We talked a bit while I finished my food. I thanked her for this delicious pasta. I also drank my whole glass of juice. I wiped my mouth and stood up to leave. I kissed my mom's cheeks and made my way outside.

I went to the bus station but there was no bus today. I waved at a taxi and it stopped in front of me. I gave the driver the address of my destination and he started the engine. Shortly, I reached the cafe, I got off the taxi and paid him.

I entered the cafe and Alyssa was already present there. She waved in my direction and I went directly to her table.

I sat down on the chair and put my purse on the table. I smiled at her which she returned back.

'Hey' i cheerily said.

'Emma, Are you Ok? What happened last night?' Alyssa directly asked.

'Slow down, I' m gonna tell you everything.' I laughed. 'But let's order first.'

Alyssa waved at the waitress and she came to take our orders. I ordered Mocha and Alyssa ordered a Machhiato for herself.

While waiting for our orders, we continued our discussion.

'Who do you hook up with?' Alyssa laughed loudly.

'Alyssa, It's not true.' I looked horrifically at her face.

'Alright, let's start from the beginning.' Alyssa clapped her hands and sat a little attentively.

'You remember when I went to the bathroom' I started telling Alyssa how all that happened to me.

'When I return, you and Drake were nowhere to be found.'

'But how's that possible? We were there all the time.' Alyssa said with a worried expression.

'No, I looked everywhere but...' I was telling when Alyssa interrupted.

'Oh I remember, a little fight broke out and we went aside. You must be searching for us at that time.' a light blush appeared on Alyssa's face.

'what fight?' i asked curiously.

'Actually, when we were dancing, a drunk guy began dancing with me closely which made me quite uncomfortable. Luckily Drake saw that and came to my rescue.' Alyssa told me the reason for the fight.

'Ooh,' my mouth formed O shaped.

Alyssa continued 'He punched that guy. In return, that guy also tried but drake easily dodged it.' She sighs dreamily.

'But guards came and took us away from the dance floor. Enough of my story, when you didn't found us where did you go? You were also not picking up our phone last night.' she asked.

'This is the point where the tragedy happened to me.' I laughed lowly.

The waitress also returned with our orders. She placed the coffee cups on the table and smiled 'Enjoy'.

I nodded at her and continue telling Alyssa my side of the story.

'I was searching for you when I came across a group of girls from our university. One of them was a red-haired girl, she told me that you were down in the basement. Thanks to my dumb head, I went there in the storeroom but there was no one. As soon as I returned, the door closed accidentally or someone intentionally closed it.' i said thinking of any possibility.

' I was stuck in there for a couple of hours and I also got a panic attack.' i added, my mind revolving around those horror feelings

' I think you are talking about Charlotte and her minions?' Alyssa said.

' Oh right. I now remember that red-haired girl was Charlotte, famous b***h of our department and always leeching off Josh.' I said bitterly.

'Talking about me?' someone said from behind.

Both Alyssa and I looked at the incomer with surprised faces.