Chapter 11 Chapter 10
'It only takes a few seconds to hurt people we love, but it takes years to heal'
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Kathleen was admiring the painting that she almost forgot that she has to pick up Laura and have lunch together in the Cafeteria. She came to her senses after few seconds. She could now sense someone standing behind her.
She wondered who it was. She couldn't see his face in the reflection on the glass of display board. He was tall and well built. And his cologne seemed familiar to Kathleen. She has smelled this strong fruity cologne somewhere before.
She turns around and her forehead hits his thorax. She was shorter to him. She looks up and finds a familiar face staring at her. It was none other than the Great EJ.
Kathleen's eyes widened in awe. She dropped her head and avoids looking at him. He opened his mouth to say something to her but Kathleen ran away from him.
Kathleen ran as fast as she could, she turns back to find if anyone was watching her. Kathleen dashed someone on her way and continued walking. The person catches her arm before she could walk away.
"Hold on, Barbie!! Why do have to run like this?", questioned Robert holding her right arm. Kathleen takes a breath and snatch her arm from him.
'I'm having a great day indeed!! Got away from a devil and was caught by another one! Maybe Shakespeare was right! Hell is empty and all the devils are here! ' Kathleen thought herself.
"I'm just having a jog", blurted Kathleen with a fake smile .
"Oh is it?", Robert raises his eyebrow.
"I got to go, see you later!!", Kathleen started to walk away from him.
"What are you up to?", questioned Robert, walking beside her.
"I'm off to the Cafeteria!", announced Kathleen.
"Great! I'll accompany you since I'm heading there as well", expressed Robert.
"Oh, okay", said Kathleen. She doesn't know how to avoid him for good. They walked together to the Cafeteria in silence.
The whole Cafeteria looked up at their direction. She could find Laura in shock. She couldn't find Janice anywhere inside the Cafeteria.
She could spot EJ and his circle of friends, Zachary, Brandon, Oliver, Liam and Doris, Melissa, Rachel, Marilyn glaring at them. It was horrifying to have them stare at her like that for no reason.
Robert walked beside her in silence. Kathleen looked around and all the students was astonished to find them together. Kathleen found it uncomfortable to have all the attention towards her. She walks faster and collects her plate from the food counter.
"Robert, see you later", she whispers, walking away from him. Kathleen sits beside Laura and starts digging her salad.
"What was that, Kath? You have got the attention of the whole Cafeteria", asked Laura munching her sandwich.
"I don't know! He said he would accompany me since he was coming here as well !", said Kathleen in a low tone. Still people were looking at her.
"Where is Jay?", added Kathleen.
"There is she is", said Laura, pointing at Janice who entered the Cafeteria with a 'n' number of books in her hand. She looked restless.
Robert sat beside Kathleen and Laura choked her sandwich in surprise. Kathleen was filled with wonder when she found Robert sitting beside her while his friends were hawking at them. Janice walked towards them in amazement. And she sat right opposite to Kathleen.
"Robert, what are you doing?", asked Kathleen.
"Can't you see I'm having my lunch", spoke Robert, sipping his juice. Laura and Janice looked at each other in bewilderment. They can't guess what was going on between them.
"Hey, you don't sit here usually!! Your friends are at the right corner of the Cafeteria and of course they are hawking at me", stated Kathleen looking at Robert who was cool and pretended it was no big deal.
"Is it?", said Robert and glanced at EJ and waved his hand. Laura and Janice looked at Kathleen for an explanation for what was going on right now. But Kathleen showed an confused face. She remained expressionless.
"Hey, guys. Come on, Eat up!! You are Laura, right? And you have to be Janice, I have heard enough about you", stated Robert eating up from lunch. In the mean time, EJ and his friends walked towards Robert holding their trays.
"Hey, have a seat. Make yourself home", teased Robert. EJ smirked at him and sat beside Janice. Kathleen was startled to find them taking up seats to have lunch along with them in their table.
Janice froze up to find Gerald approaching them with his tray. Even, Gerald was confused to find EJ and his friends sitting along with Janice while Robert sat along with Kathleen and Laura on the opposite side.
"Hey guys, what's happening?", confessed Gerald, sitting beside Laura.
"Robert wanted to have lunch along with our new friends", EJ stressed the word 'friends' with a smirk. Kathleen never looked up at his direction, she avoids looking at him.
"Oh, great!! Hey, Janice!!", greeted Gerald.
"Hey, Baby!! How was your day?",spoke up Doris, who ran towards Gerald with her tray in hand. She sat beside him leaving no space between them.
She was clinging to him, holding his right hand and not letting him to eat. Rachel sat beside Zach, Melissa and Marilyn sat beside them. Marilyn face was plastered with a frown when she saw Robert sitting beside Kathleen.
"Doris, I need to have lunch. Will you let me do it", snapped Gerald snatching away his hand. Kathleen, Laura and janice glared at them. Janice's upper eyelids raised in a stare. Kathleen no longer had the appetite to eat.
"So, EJ!! Are you free tonight? I wanna take you to a party", confessed Rachel for which Melissa gave a giggle.
"No, I'm not", chided EJ looking away.
"Believe me, EJ !! It will be the best day of your life!!", teased Melissa. Kathleen, Laura and janice looked at each other and didn't know how to escape away from these people. They weren't comfortable around them especially around those girls- Rachel, Doris and Melissa, Marilyn.
"I've had enough best days and I'm interested in parties", hissed EJ. His gaze fixed on Kathleen who looked down at her salad.
"Eat up, Barbie!! You have barely eaten, anything!!", said Robert and everyone looked up on hearing the word Barbie.
Kathleen's face turned red.
Marilyn smirked at her. While EJ's eyes was wide open, glaring and Janice wanted to laugh so badly while Laura looked at Janice with a shocked face. Janice giggled up which made EJ and his friends suspicious towards Robert and Kathleen.
"There is nothing funny here !!", snapped Marilyn. Janice stared at Marilyn for the comment.
"Yeah, of course it is funny!!', said Janice with a smirk.
"Baby, have these as well", said Doris feeding him fries on compulsion.
"Yeah, Doris!! I'll have them!", taking the fries from her hand. Janice was losing her patience. Zach and Liam were teasing them.
"Janice, maybe you could concentrate on eating than hawking at Gerald and Doris", gushed Rachel. For which Janice remained silent with a stern face. Gerald looked at her but she looked away, trying to avoid him.
"Baby, how about we go to that party tonight?", asked Doris making puppy face, while Gerald looked at Janice. Janice was furious that she almost looked like the red bird( angry bird).
Janice stood up with a bang on the table, "I'm leaving, Kath", she grunts
and left the place carrying her books and her bag.
They were all confused on Janice's behavior but Kathleen and Laura knew why she acted so. Janice was never fond of those girls and these girls always wanted to create troubles for them.
Kathleen was annoyed at Robert for creating a bad situation for her as well as for friends.
Kathleen and Laura left the table immediately without looking back or waving them a bye because they don't deserve it. The lunch time was totally ruined by them. Laura and Kathleen followed Janice who walked towards the dormitory furiously.
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Janice put down her books on the table that made a loud sound. It was very clear that she was exasperated. Kathleen and Laura looked at each other and wondered what they could do to change her mood.
Laura had a spark.
"Alexa, play Savage love by BTS !!", said Laura with a smile. Janice peeps at them and Alexa starts singing Savage love !
Savage love
Did somebody, did somebody break your heart?
Lookin' like an angel but your savage love
When you kiss me, I know you don't give two fucks
But I still want that
If I woke up without you, I don't know what I would do
Thought I could be single forever 'til I met you
Usually, don't be fallin', be fallin', fallin' fast
You got a way of keepin' me comin' back-to-back
I just found out the only reason that you lovin' me
Was to get back at your ex-lover, but before you leave
Usually, I would never, would never even care
Baby, I know she creepin', I feel it in the air
Every night and every day (and every day)
I try to make you stay but your
Savage love
Did somebody, did somebody break your heart?
Lookin' like an angel but your savage love
When you kiss me, I know you don't give two fucks
But I still want that, your savage love
Your savage lo-lo-love
Your savage lo-lo-love
You could use me
'Cause I still want that
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Every night, every day, I'm swept away by the waves
Don't know what I'm thinking (can't get you outta my head)
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Every night and every day
I try to make you stay but your
Savage love
Did somebody, did somebody break your heart?
Lookin' like an angel but your savage love
When you kiss me, I know you don't give two fucks
But I still want that, your savage love
Your savage lo-lo-love
Your savage lo-lo-love
You could use me
'Cause I still want that, your savage love
Your savage lo-lo-love (ooh-la-la-la, ooh-la-la-la)
Your savage lo-lo-love (ooh-la-la-la, ooh-la-la-la)
You could use me, baby (ooh, la-la-la-la)
Janice finishes up singing with a huge smile on her face.
"Oh Woah!! That song has really lifted up your mood", insisted Kathleen looking surprised.
"Of course!! They are my everything!!", Janice said dreamily.
"Who?!! ", kathleen asked doubtfully.
"Come on and have a look at these posters!!", stated Janice dragging Kathleen to her study table.
They were lots of posters on the wall. She had posters of Justin bieber, selena gomez, Taylor swift, Ariana grande, Billie ellish, Emma Watson and the biggest one among these was the poster with a group of 7 boys who looked similar to one other for Kathleen.
"Jay, I knew everyone on these posters except for that one",said Kathleen pointing out the purple poster on wall.
"Well, it's my boys. You can't remember all their names even if I tell you!! So, I'll give you the basic information for now", affirmed Janice.
"I'm gonna hear this for the 10th time I hope", joked Laura. Janice said her to shut up and began narrating about bts. It was happy to see Janice's excitement while she talks about the things she love. Kathleen listened to her.
"BTS, also known as the Bangtan Boys, is a seven-member South Korean boy band. Let me tell you their names but not the original ones!!
This is jin, he is known to be worldwide handsome.
This is Suga, he happens to be my oppa, the love of my life", beamed Janice.
"What?? O...PP..A? How do you even pronounce that?? Where do you get these words?", proclaimed Kathleen.
"Oppa means boyfriend who is elder to you and you can address them in other words as well, like 'namjachingu'. Anyway everything is gonna be suga for me", added Janice.
"Oh, gosh. This is confusing!! I can't remember anything she said so far!!", mumbled Kathleen to Laura.
"Hey, kath! It's just the beginning", teased Laura. Kathleen chuckled for her comment.
"Just don't listen to her, kath. I'll let you know about other oppas as well!!
This is J- hope, the hope of the band. The cheerful one among them.
This is RM (rap monster), the captain of the ship.
And look this is jimin. I lose my mind when I look at him", drooled Janice.
"Hey, he looks cute!! Who is he?", asked Kathleen examining the posters.
"This is jungkook, the youngest and the most adorable one in the band. The one next to J hope happens to V, the most sensational member of the band. He is the most popular one right now!!", Janice finishes narrating.
"Oh, jay!! That was huge to store it in my brain", concludes Kathleen.
"Maybe you don't have to. They happen to be my happiness in all the worst times. Now, talking about them made me feel happy!! So, I did that for my own sake. You don't have to stress yourself over it", smiled Janice and started humming Savage love.
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Hey all !! Hope this chapter was good and this is dedicated to the real life Janice who has supported me in writing all these books!! Hope she likes it and continue reading to find interesting things about Kathleen, EJ and Robert.