Nate's POV
" Hey Nate, will you be coming for tomorrow's party ? ", Andrea asked me as we walked out of the chemistry lab, evening after the two hour's practical." Party ?? What p..party ?", I asked clueless." Oh..you didn't know ? Our volleyball team is throwing a party at Noah's house tomorrow cause they won the match.", She said." Oh..your best friend?", I asked." Yeah..", She nodded. " Ethan and Gavin will be coming. So you also will be there, right ?"" Ahmm..I didn't g..get any invitation.", I replied." Oh..you don't get any special invitation for that. Just come. Everyone will be there.", She said."Let me see.", I replied, although I had already decided I wasn't going. I have never been to this kind of parties yet. But I know what it'd be like. Just drinking and dancing like crazy to heavy raucous music. Isn't that what is called party ? I'm clearly not interested." Oh c'mon..it's gonna be fun ! ", Grace whined stomping her feet in front of me. I sighed and crossed my hands. " I said I'm not c..coming." " But why ? What are you gonna do sitting here ?", She asked annoyed.It's sometime since she is nagging me to go to the party happening at Noah Franklin's house. I've already decided I am not going and I'm not changing my decision. " I'll d..do something. I've homeworks.", I said. " Oh C'mon Nate, tomorrow is goddamn SATURDAY ! ", Grace groaned. I can't understand why she want to drag me there when I don't really want to go. "Grace, please...I don't want to g..go. I don't l..like parties. ", I said. " You don't like parties ?", she left a sigh. " Or is it because Ethan would be there ?" " No. Ethan has n..nothing to do about this. It is he who is ig..ignoring me. Not me.", I said. " You told him not to come in front of you.", Grace sai
I smiled and took Andrea's hands in mine. I decided to take it as an opportunity to prove to Ethan that I don't like him. I and Andrea started moving along with the music, a bit awkwardly.I again glanced at Ethan and saw he was looking extremely pissed and annoyed now. But then he suddenly grabbed the hands of a girl who was dancing beside him. I watched through side eyes as he said something to the girl and the girl giggled in reply. Soon Ethan rested his hands on the girl's waist and my head involuntarily tilted to look at them. I saw the girl laughing excitedly whilst snaking her dainty hands around Ethan's neck. Ethan then pulled her closer and held her close. " Nate..", Andrea called. " Y..yeah..", I responded and looked back at her. Andrea withdrew one of her hands and proceeded to twirl holding my hand. I moved along with her whilst side eying Ethan.There he was moving his body fast along with the unknown girl in short
Ethan's POV I lay on a lounge chair by the edge of our school's pool in my swim suit, looking at Gavin and Grace swimming and splashing water at each other by the other side of the pool. It's ten or fifteen minutes since we came here and it's almost 10:30 Am now. The sun is shining brightly above us. There's more than twenty people here, both boys and girls who hasn't gone home for weekend. Most of them are in the pool, swimming and playing and laughing cheerfully. A few are sitting by the sides relaxed, dangling their legs in the water and applying sunscreen onto their body. But I don't feel like swimming or joining these people. It was Gavin who forcefully dragged me here. Last day I had told Gavin that it'd be nice to go swim in the pool on weekend. But then when I said that, I was thinking about swimming along with Michael. But things changed just in a day. Michael isn't here in the pool. Grace said she called him a lot of times to
Ethan's POV " How long are you both continuing like this ?", Gavin asked me in a cold tone, standing at a little distance from me, his hands akimbo. I was sitting on my bed fiddling with my fingers in annoyance and frustration. " I don't know.", I replied. Grace who was sitting on the desk chair let out a long sigh and took off the floral scarf she was wearing. She, Gavin and Michael together had went to a nearby church, since today is Sunday.Gavin didn't really tell me they were going to church and I was wondering where he went when he suddenly disappeared after breakfast. I thought he was in Grace's dorm.Anyway they just came back ten minutes ago. Grace said it was Michael who proposed to her the idea of going to church yesterday night, as he hasn't gone to church after he came here. Also she said Michael told her not to tell me. Michael directly went to his dorm after they reached back, while Grace came here along wi
Nate's POV " Why are they h..here ?", I asked tilting my head and frowning at Grace. We were at the nearby McDonald's. Grace wanted to have lunch from outside and I agreed to go out since by now I also hate the lunch from our mess. When I asked whether Gavin is coming, she said he went out with his friends. So I didn't expect to see Gavin and Ethan sitting here sipping on lemonade. " Coincidence ??", Grace said. I deepened my frown a bit more. " This isn't a c..coincidence." "Okay, c'mon..let's go sit and talk ", she said and grabbed my hands. " I don't want to. Can we go s..somewhere else?", I asked. " Don't start behaving childish. Ethan wants to talk to you. And we are talking and solving your problem today.", She said. " He isn't gonna understand. I already t..talked to him a lot of times. It's better I s..stay away from him.", I said and quickly glanced at the table they were sitting. Etha
" Hey, are you here alone ? ", Ethan asked walking towards the girl, smiling. He slightly hit me as he enthusiastically barged towards her. " No..my friends are there.", she pointed at a group of girls who were standing on the other side of the claw crane trying to win a teddy bear. A few girls were looking in her direction. " Oh Yesss ! Got it ! Yeah ! ", I then heard Gavin and Grace squeal loudly. They have finally got the unicorn out. Gavin gave it to Grace and she hugged it to her chest whilst smiling. Gavin then turned around proudly to see Ethan with the barbie doll girl. His lips bunched into a surprised smile. " Oh hey! Gabriel ! What a surprise.", he said looking at the girl. Grace also turned around, smiling slightly at her. They both also know her. So she is probably from our school. " Oh you guys were also here ?", Gabriel smiled. "I only saw Ethan." "Hmm..we were also here.", Gavin laugh
Nate's POV Ethan was completely ignoring me the last two days. Monday, in Calculus class, he went and sat at the back even though there was a free chair beside me. During lunch although we sat together, he didn't speak a word to me or look at me. I tried to talk several times but each time he ignored me like I was nothing. I thought Gavin or Grace would interfere and ask him to drop that attitude and talk to me. But they didn't say a word. I'm sure they noticed I was miserable. Still they didn't do anything. Tuesday he bunked history hour. I can’t explain how much angry I felt. I was hoping to finally sit with him in history and he didn't come to class. Then at lunch, Gavin asked him why he was sitting with Gabriel in the canteen during first hour. " I didn't feel like going to class. And first hour was free for Gabriel.", was his nonchalant reply. So he now like to sit with Gabriel than me. Earlier he was sayin
Soon the opponent team arrives and the players start parading around the ground. Our school team has a white flag with a golden eagle on it. The other team has a light blue one with some other bird imprinted on it, maybe a skylark ? I stand up from my seat as the crowd around me jumps up and starts chanting together something along with the cheer girls, which sound totally gibberish to me. " Hey..", Andrea says over the sound of the crowd and I tilt my head to her. She stretches her hand to me. Simultaneously Grace also reaches out her hand and holds mine. I look around and see everyone is holding hands. I take Andrea's hands and my both hands are suddenly raised by the two girls on my left and right. The whole crowd and the cheer girls are now holding up their hands and cheering loudly.I look at our team and see number twelve standing in the front, just behind the captain who is holding the flag. I can't see him clearly as they are standi