"Wow! It's beautiful." Jennifer said as she entered the party hall. Her father had surely outdone himself this time. She went inside and saw the crowd growing by the minute. Sexy guys, half-naked girls. Since, this was a private party, no media coverage meant exposing the ugly side of the so called 'sophisticated and rich class.' They were noting more than a bunch of perverts.
Jennifer went over the buffet area and started stuffing her face with Mexican fries and every other food there. A guy in a white shirt, striped pants, neutral loafers with tassels approached her. "Miss…" He started the conversation. "Williams." Jennifer passed her appealing smile. "Miss Williams, how do you do?" He spoke in an equivocal tone.
Jennifer kept talking to that guy, whose name she forgot just as he told her. Guilt was eating her insides, painfully. They talked about music, hobbies and other random stuff. Jennifer kept zoning out after every few minutes. She silently prayed for Adrian to come and take her away. Sadly, this wasn't possible. The Rains family wasn't invited.
"May I get you a drink?" Another guy pounded on Jennifer as soon as the previous one left. Jennifer fake smiled again and nodded her head. That guy got her a Brandy Crusta. Jennifer hated it. Nevertheless, she took it from his hands. The guy made sure their fingers touched as he handed over the drink to her. Jennifer was getting uncomfortable now.
The guy advanced to her direction and placed a hand on her waist. Jennifer wanted to shake his hand off but then Adrian came to her mind. "For him. Please for him." She repeated in her mind. Jennifer caught the eye of her mother and she nodded happily as she noticed the hand of the boy on her waist. When the guy finally left, Jennifer was so relieved.
She resumed her eating. Jennifer was peacefully eating her chicken drumsticks when she heard a lot of people shouting. Ladies gasped loudly and men shouted in loud voices. Jennifer felt as if there was a fight going on and the people were cheering to keep up the fight. She doesn't know what happened to her but Jennifer found her feet moving towards the chaos.
Finally, after pushing people aside, she got a glimpse of the fight. There were two guys. But one of them seemed to hyper and his face was all red. As if he will kill anybody who came in front of him. And the other guy's face was covered with blood and it seems as if he had already given up. Both the faces were strangely familiar.
She heard the people cheering, "Whohoo… go Adrian! You are doing so good. Yah! Smash his face off." Adrian? No. Not possible. Might be some other Adrian… Then, Jennifer heard his voice, "C'mon! Is this all you got?" Oh my god! It was Adrian. Adrian Rains was present in the party where Jennifer was searching for her future suitor . Jennifer pushed all the people aside and went near them, on pure instinct.
She could hear whispers like, "Does she have a death wish…. Wants to act like such a badass…. Today's going to be fun…" but she couldn't care less. Suddenly, Jennifer's mother called her out from the crowd, "What are you doing there? Jennifer, come back." She shouted but Jennifer shook her head in a no. Jennifer's mother had no option but to stand back and sigh.
Jennifer went towards Adrian and held his wrist before he could punch the guy again. Adrian looked up at her with his bloodshot deep eyes. If it was some other girl, she would have ran away but Jennifer was so sure that he wouldn't hurt her. "Please stop hitting him, Adrian." She said, still holding his wrist.
"Leave my hand and get lost…" he shouted. "We need a clean break. I'm doing this for you. So sorry Jennifer." Adrian kept repeating these lines to himself. Somewhere, he knew Jennifer wasn't going to give up so quickly. As expected, Jennifer stood there looking into his eyes. "I won't go until you get treated and stop this fight." Jennifer shouted at him.
"Do you want to die?" He asked her. "Omg!! God kill me. Please kill me." Adrian was cursing himself mentally. Jennifer took steps towards him. There was only an inch gap left between them. His grip loosened on the guy and the guy fell on the floor. It was then Jennifer noticed that guy was the one who held her waist.
"Come with me. You!" Jennifer pointed his index finger at Adrian. She tried to pull him away from the crowd but he stood still on the ground. "I won't. Okay? Just stop it. You don't know me. I can kill you." Adrian screamed at her with anger fuming in his eyes. "Fine then. I'm also not going to go." Jennifer said and stood besides him with his hands crossed.
"Aish this!!! Bloody hell." Adrian said as he ran his fingers through his hair. "Why are you so stubborn? I don't even know you!" Adrian shouted again. "He doesn't know me!!" Jennifer was besides herself with anger. Adrian was acting cold, shouting at her like she was owned by him. Adrian could sense the heat radiating from her. "Oh. No. I messed up!" He thought.
The crowd gasped as Jennifer slapped Adrian hard on his cheek and dragged him by his collar to a room where first aid was stored. She practically threw him on a seat and took out the necessary bandages and ointments. "Don't you dare move." Jennifer spit out the sentence, like some royal decree. She took a cotton ball, dipped it in antiseptic solution and wiped off the blood on his forehead. Adrian hissed due to the stinging sensation.
"Shh.. it's okay… not a big cut… hmm.." Jennifer's heart melted when she saw him in pain. Whatever show Adrian was putting up, didn't matter to her. "I don't care" he replied, keeping his eye closed.