The bell echoed through the empty hallway of our 'not so fancy collage' and soon , the hallway stormed with students.

"Steph, are you gonna come with me or you have different plans ?" She gave me a mocking smirk , even if i wasn't looking at her , i knew she was directing the 'other plans' sentence while looking at Liam....I really want to kill her . Yes , she is that one annoying friend of mine , but i can't actually survive without her mocking.

"Stop grinning, rosie . Unless you want to have a nice fight with me" i rolled my eyes and i heard a laugh.. i am sure she wants to have a fight today .

"Come on babe , stop being so moody" She nudged me with her elbow "lets go outside and have a talk , I know something ain't right with you today" She gave me a look of concern which was quickly replaced with her usual smile.

I too smiled , trying to bury this topic right here as i didn't wanted to flood the classroom with my tears. I am sure if I bring out the topic of my sadness , I won't be able to control my urge to fucking cry out till i ran out of tears.

"Steph , don't even think of dismissing the topic" She sat besides me again , the classroom was already empty as everyone rushed out.

I sighed "Rosie.. i" Taking a deep breath , i tried to hold back the tears "Can we talk about it later ? At my apartment ." I gave her a puppy eyed look , and i knew it worked as she was looking pissed. She always gets annoyed whenever i pled her by using my puppy eyed look , she really can't say no now . This was me who smirked this time when she got up and gestured me to get the fuck up.

"By the way , what is going on between you and Aiden ?" I asked while eyeing her as she unwrapped the packaged chocolate cake--the one i bought for myself-- and she suddenly stopped her actions to look at me with a shit eating grin on her face.

"He is coming over tonight" She said while flicking the wrapper in the dustbin and shamelessly gobbling the cake in one bite.

I wanted to punch her in the gut so badly that she won't be able to eat the food , especially the ones she steals from me. My foot 'accidentally' landed on her knee and i laughed while she made a nice 'ouch' sound..i am relieved now.

We were in a small convenience store, it was our daily routine now to come over here and pass our time by arguing over trivial matters and laughing our asses out while having cheap packaged food -- the only ones we can afford.

"Steph" she winced , even if the pain wasn't lingering there anymore.

"Stop acting Rosie , i ain't buying it" i tossed a wrapper of chocolate on the table , it was our favourite chocolate and as it was very expensive , we always share it.

She quickly got up and hanged her bag on one of her shoulders , looking like a hot baddie as always.

"Are you going to stay there , Steph ?" I quickly got up , trying to push aside the thoughts of simping over my goddamn bestfriend.

The door of my silent room swung open and revealed my usual messy interior.

Rosie face palmed herself. She is a cleanliness freak , so she hates coming in my room , but i care too less about that.

We both sat on my bed and i finally layed down.

"So Steph , tell me , what the fuck happened and why were you acting so moody and strange today ?" She shifted back on the bed before leaning her back on the headboard and placing a pillow on her lap , so she can appear serious.... Really ?

I rolled over to her side , till my face was almost in her lap "Rosie , i.... I don't know how to put this up..." Sighing , i kicked off my shoes, which went flying towards the pile of my clothes. I heard Rosie's painful hiss , followed by a pillow which landed straight on my ass. It didn't hurt . Not at all . I glared her with a grin and she gave me a disgusting look..

"Stephhhh !" I know she became desperate to know the Matter that had my head spun around the whole day.

"Fine.." i rolled over on my stomach and placed my face in my palms , while resting my elbow on the soft mattress."Mom..i got a call from her yesterday night" My smiling face betraying the sadness from which i was suffering. But i knew Rosie definately reads my mind like a fucking magician...i can't fool her.

"And ? What she said ?" Her face grew more impatient.

"She.... She told me that , dad had made a decision..." I can feel the tears pricking the back of my eyes , i can't help but push them back again , just like i have been doing since the day I got to know that it's not normal for a father to call his daughter names... "She said that , if i didn't scored more than 80% marks in the upcoming half yearly exams.." The tears , i was holding back , finally came out of my eyes. My vision became blur and i wasn't able to see clearly ." They'll take me back...to that house.., keep me as their puppet again..lock me in that cage again..and I don't know what i will do..i will fucking die there-"

I was interrupted when Rosie hugged me and rubbed her hand on my back to calm me down." Steph...its okay honey" she coons "we both know that you are a scholar ! You will definitely score more than 80 percentage ,babe"

I know . But it still shakes my bones whenever i think of going back to the place from where i escaped not too long ago.

"Rose.. I don't want to go there." I buried my face in her arms as she tried to soothe my over-working mind.

"Babe , you aren't going there , never again" She cupped my face in her palms. "Steph , you know you can do it , do you doubt yourself ?"

I looked aside , trying to hide my confusion... I always knew that no one can believe in me better than i can , i have always been a soldier for myself..but i think this soldier is soon to retire...as the age of hope is passing day by day.

"I... I do believe but... I don't know" i closed my eyes and let the darkness take control. My light was nowhere to be seen right now.

"Shh...its okay , just relax ,and cry as much as you want ,but remember its the last time you are crying for this matter... Understand ?" She really does deserve a badge of best therapist ...

I smiled and nodded before crying my eyes out in Rosie's arms .

"He said - 'Rosie , can we skip dinner ? I wanna eat you tonight' "

"Really ?!"

"Yesssss !" Rosie chuckled and blushed

She was telling me how her night went with her boyfriend Aiden.

After i cried out and we both ate instant ramen while watching 'my fault' on my laptop , Rosie left as she had a "night out" with her boyfriend. I already knew that their 'innocent' night out will lead to a nice 'cardio in bed' session.

And here we were , sitting on the last bench of our classroom , discussing her fuck-session like it's something of our syllabus , while mr. Fowler gave us a pissed look from the front of the class ,.

"Can both of those pretty ladies stand up" he said mockingly.

We stood up , and he asked us some questions related to what he was teaching while we were busy in our own world. And , as expected , we were standing like damn robots without battery before he kicked our asses out of the class.

"You should have told me that he was watching ... Dammit" I rolled my eyes .

"I would've told you if i knew" she too rolled her eyes and we both laughed.

Standing right outside the door , i was eyeing Liam , who was my ex-crush now. As i got to know about how much of a playboy he is , and more of a womanizer.

"You still like him ?" Rosie side eyed me , keeping an eyes on Liam whose hand was beneath the table...under the skirt of a girl sitting next to her . Rosie dramatically gagged and looked at me with a disgusting look on her face.

"No...I..it has become my habit of looking at that fucker" i quickly looked aside as that fucker caught me starting at him and smirked as he knew he got another three holes for his puny dick.

"Glad you didn't said yes" She cracked her knuckles , i couldn't hold back my laugh...

And as per a fucking habit , my eyes drifted towards the dickhead again...the girl next to her was now under the bench....I was really feeling like a damn idiot to ever have fallen for that dickhead...like seriously , what i must have imagined ? We having a nice blowjob session under the bench ? I won't lie if i said yes , i was so fucking crazy for him that if i didn't got to know about his slutty habits , i would be in the place of that girl next to her.

"Steph , i really want to kill you , how can you even fall for a fucker like him ?" Rosie eyes me from head to toes before looking at the directed 'fucker' .

"I don't know... If I were in the place of old Stephanie , i would've killed myself for even having a minor crush on that jerk " i smirked "but now , the new Stephanie , isn't a crazy fan girl of Liam" i said proudly before my eyes drifted to Liam again -- i will pull them out of the socket-- his head was tipped back and i knew that he was planning to cum in that poor --or rather manipulated-- girl's mouth. He came and the girl quickly got up , he face flush red , matching the colour of her shirt . But the fucker wasn't looking satisfied enough as he scribbled something on a piece of paper and handed it her , it must be his address....

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