Made their blood boil
"Why do we need more than 5 members? Aren't we enough?" Livia protested.
She was upset that they have to cooperate with others too.
She was known to be a chatterbox but she didn't prefer it when she had to talk with strangers. Only with her friends and family she chatted nonstop.
Serene went to sit beside her and hugged Livia by her shoulders, "Don't be upset, Livi. You don't have to talk and learn about them if you don't want to. No one is going to force you."
Aza added, "Of course, she doesn't have to, we four are enough." She smiled at Livia as she gave her a pat on her head.
Livia was the most friendly and approachable girl in their gang. She used to love meeting new people and making friends. She was an extrovert. She knew that apart from these four all were fake friends. They needed Livia for their own selfishness and greed.
She didn't mind it, she always told them whenever they asked her if she knew the real reason why most of the students approached her and she would tell them the truth that she was aware of everything. It was in her personality that she didn't shake off those clingy peeps.
They understood Livia but they also warned her that she needs to be a little hostile. It was for her own good and she promised that she would be more careful now.
Livia started to change a little. It wasn't sudden, rather subtle, that her fake friends didn't realise.
All was going good and perfect until Ziya Stewart came into their life. Ziya was a transfer student. On her first day in the school, their homeroom teacher had asked her to sit with Livia. And it was the day when everything started.
Their teacher told Livia to help Ziya with the work that she had missed. Livia agreed. That day when Aza had asked Livia to join them for lunch in the canteen.
"Can I take Ziya with me? She is new here and doesn't really know anyone. Also, the teacher had given her responsibility to me." Livia requested them with a cute face.
They couldn't have the courage to reject her when she had already used the deadliest weapon; her cute face.
They sighed, "It's fine. Let her join us." Ines gave her the permission.
It wasn't that others didn't like to eat lunch with the rest of their schoolmates. But their parents have told them to be together with each other all the time and they shouldn't eat with strangers and for them Ziya was indeed an unknown stranger since they didn't know anything about her.
The girls could comprehend the reason why their parents actually didn't like when they made any new friends. From their childhood till now there had been many incidents where they almost died just because their new friend turned out to be an enemy. However, with Ziya they couldn't find those negative vibes or any danger signs so they let her sit with them.
As the time passed, Ziya became the 6th member of their gang.
"Hey! Hey! Stop living in the past. We gotta forget about it and start anew."
Diana yelled when she witnessed how her friends had turned mute.
Ines bonked her head, "You don't have to shout like that."
"Ow...ow… Then you should tell Livia that the past is the past. We can't erase it or make any change in it. It is for our and her benefit, to keep moving ahead. Dwelling in the past, won't give her any satisfaction if she wants to let go of all grievances; I have a plan." She smirked, her eyes glinting in an evil way.
They could fathom already that whatever strategic plan Diana had formulated in her mind would not only be scary but horrifying for their enemy, Ziya.
Diana in the easiest manner spelled out her idea. They were quite surprised that she could think of something like that.
The plan had a simple goal, that was to destroy Ziya's upcoming party. They wanted to create a huge pile of mess that no matter how much money or time Ziya had, she couldn't resolve it.
What they planned was comparatively an ant in front of a dinosaur. A small rock against a rocky and big mountain.
"Hehehe…" Livia laughed as the girls immersed themselves into making Diana's plan more perfect.
She held her stomach, "Aiya… you better stop laughing before you get a stomach ache and then you would have to get myself admitted to the hospital. If this happens? You will miss all the fun and drama that will take place in the party." Aza told her.
Aza was happy to see that her gloomy friend had turned back into her usual cheerful self.
'Ziya, be ready. This time no one is going to save you from me, from us.' Aza professed. Aza's bottom line was her loved ones. If anyone tries to harm her, she might give them a chance but if their target is her closed and loved ones then even God can't save them from getting their retribution by her.
"Are you feeling fine by now?" Serene asked Livia as she handed her a glass of water.
Livia gulped it, "Yeah. How can you guys be so evil?" She chirped in a happy tone.
"Don't pretend as if you are a peace loving person. You are one of us if not more weird."
Ines rebuked when she heard how Livia was accusing them for being evil while she herself wasn't any better.
Livia gave out an awkward smile, "Well… Nevermind the last question but how come you guys knew what was going on in my mind? I didn't tell or speak a word about Ziya yet you already know the reason behind my sad and unhappy face."
They stared at her with more intense eyes as if saying that you are the biggest fool on this planet.
"Serene, call a brain speciality doctor. Tell him or her to rush here as soon as possible. We have a patient with amnesia. If they ask for more details, give the phone to me. I'll explain the whole situation to them." Aza spoke. Her voice and words had a tinge of fury.
Livia shrank farther in the sofa that it was difficult to tell whether they bought the sofa only or Livia was gifted to them as a special gift with it.
"Sorryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy." Livia's voice went lower and lower as the sorry she said came out of her mouth as some gibberish sounds.
"Diana, did you hear something?"
"No, I can't really hear any sound."
"I only heard some gibberish."
"My ears could only catch a hissing sound like a snake."
Livia puffed her cheeks when she saw how her friends were teasing her.
"I SAID I AM SORRY. S - O - R - R - Y. I spelled it too." She got so annoyed that she screamed at the top of her lungs.
Her voice cracked due to the power that she had used to shout.
Aza sighed, "Livia, we don't want police to come to our home with a complaint filed by our neighbours about noise pollution. Keep your volume low."
The others tried to stifle their laughter. They saw how Livia's face was turning red with embarrassment.
"No one can stand against Aza in being savage. Her witty remarks can make someone's blood boil with frustration."
"You are right, Serene. We are lucky that we are friends and there is a limit to her savageness because of that or then we would have a glucose bottle attached to our one hand. Since we never know when we may faint with vexation." Diana convulsed at the thought of it.
".....Stop exaggerating it."
Ines defended Aza, while Livia controlled her breaths, "Aza, you shouldn't tease your elders."
"Huh? When was I teasing anyone? Who are you talking about? Who is the elder here? All of you act more childlike. I don't see any elders."
Aza shrugged her shoulders nonchalantly.
"I take back my words. Aza and her savageness would pass by heaven and reach hell." Earlier the one who had spoken in her defense ate her own words.
'This girl would be the death of us.' Ines thought inwardly. She wasn't wondering or doubting herself, rather she was sure that Aza won't need to use any swearing when her unfiltered mouth was enough to end the enemy.