Next Day
Liam's pov
I woke up on my alarm clock ringing, meaning it was time to go to school…
Only three months were left for my school to be over and then I would get myself admitted to a university…
I want to become an entrepreneur but I don't want to run my father's estate, I want to form my own estate and become more successful than him…
My parents have strictly warned me that I will have to join their company after my studies get over…
They are so pathetic, I hate them…
I quickly finished showering and hoped downstairs only to find a sweet aroma filled in the house…
I could sense some sweet, honey cakes being cooked, but where is the smell coming from…
Aunt Jina is on leave then who is cooking in my kitchen….
I ran to the kitchen and saw Scarlett making pancakes …I had totally forgotten that a girl is staying in my house….
I went to her and glanced at the pancakes, they looked delicious…
Was she trying to impress me?
I mentally did a happy dance that Scarlett cooked for us….
But why was I behaving this way?
I had never been happy or impressed with a girl's action before accept that queen-ka who had rejected me and I hated her for that…
Author's pov
Scarlett was so much immersed in her cooking that she didn't notice Liam entering the kitchen…
After she was done making pancakes, she quickly plated them in two plates and then she felt someone staring at her….
She glanced at the owner of the eyes, Liam …
Scarlett waved her hand and then signed Good morning
Liam didn't understand what she said and twisted his face….
Hearing no reply from Liam Scarlett's face fell but then she cheered herself up and tried to ask him whether he wanted strawberry on his pancake or bananas…
She held onto both the fruits…
"Strawberry", Liam spoke….
Next, she showed him honey or chocolate…
"I like chocolate", Liam told her….
Soon Scarlett chopped some strawberries for Liam and a banana for herself, she gave him the food and sat herself to eat…
Liam felt a sudden wave of happiness when he ate the food…
No one in his life ever cooked him a meal…
He always ate food cooked by maids or from the mess…
Or more of it from outside…..
He had been staying alone ever since he was three years old, he was sent to a hostel back then..
Whenever he used to return back to home, all the maids took care of him…
His parents had no time for their child, in the process Liam started to despise them…
He considered himself a loner.
Scarlett's small gesture of cooking for him made his heart flutter and he felt a sudden warmth and love….but soon he jerked off the thoughts and told himself…
Don't be so happy, she just cooked because she was hungry, it's not some special treatment for you idiot.
After finishing with the breakfast Liam came with his bag…
He asked Scarlett,
"Listen to me carefully silly girl.I will be heading off to school. Don't you go to school?"
Scarlett quickly nodded in yes…
"So why aren't you ready? You will be late", Liam asked…
Scarlett bit her bottom lip, she wanted to explain so much, but she couldn't, she felt so pathetic for herself, what a big load was she for others…
Liam understood her problem and again handed her phone…
Scarlett wrote *I go to school, but I don't know how far is my school from here*..
She made a puppy face, which could even melt a stone heart…
"What is the name of your school?"
The Orchid High school
"Okay!!"
"Come with me I will drop you".
Scarlett showed her five fingers to him which meant she will be ready in five minutes...
She ran upstairs and in no time she was back wearing her school uniform carrying a bag on her shoulder…
"Let's go", Liam said…
The duo was out heading to their respective schools…
Liam preferred using a bike to go to school, he loved bikes, he had three of his own…
But today there was a girl with him, so he preferred going in the car…
He hated sharing his bike seat with any girl…
The journey to school was silent…On reaching Scarlett's school she quickly unlocked the door of the car and moved out…She made a nighty degree bow to thank Liam for dropping her and then turned over to go...
"Hey Silly girl, when will your school get over?", Liam asked…
1:30 pm, she gestured with her hands."
1:30 pm", Liam asked
Yes, she nodded
"okay", Liam said and drove away...
Scarlett went to her classroom, she felt lonely again.
Today her best friend wasn't present, she was all alone to herself…
She became sad, she missed Emily a lot…
Only one year was left for them to drop out of school…She could have stayed, she thought to herself…
The whole day she just sat to herself, friendless and isolated..
Like every day, her other classmates were trying to make fun of her inability to speak, but today no one was there to scold them and stand for her, Emily would always fight them and shout at them for making fun of her …
Scarlett sat unbothered about the teasings and tantrums her classmates threw at her…
She chose to concentrate on her studies…
Soon the school hours were over…
Scarlett waited for Liam to come and pick her up but he was nowhere in sight…
Meanwhile at Liam's school
Liam's pov
"Hey !! Dude wanna join us, we go to a coffee shop", Sam asked me…
"Sure bro", I said.
"Good then, let's go ", Sam chanted excitedly…
We three hadn't hanged out for long and this was a good idea….
I was actually craving for some drink and an iced Americano would be best for my dry throat…
Three of us headed to our favorite cafe…
We ordered our favorite beverages and some dry snacks and began munching them…
Sam and Mia were doing some cringy couple shit…
They held hands and Mia wiped away some chocolate on Sam's lips…
"Oh I want to kiss your lips rn ", Mia spoke and blushed a bit….
I was getting cringed from inside…
"Guys I am sitting right here, Can you just carry your couple of drama at some lonely place", I told them annoyed…
"Fine Fine, but I think you should find a girl for yourself Liam, then you will also like this couple drama", Mia said to me...
"No never, I hate it", I declared…
Author's pov
A lot of time passed and they were just fooling around here and there in the city…
It was very casual for them to just sit in a car and go for long drives, the best friend thing they did…
Liam would most of the time drive the car, but he was the quietest one, he spoke little just enjoyed the moment….
Suddenly Liam looked at his wristwatch..
5:45 pm, it read…
"Shit!!", He cursed under his breathe….
He drove the car the opposite way and dropped Mia and Sam at their residence and stormed to Scarlett's school…
"What's wrong with him today ?" Mia and Sam thought to themselves…
At Scarlett's school
Scarlett sat on the bench outside the school waiting for Liam to show up …
She once again started regretting her decision of trusting Liam, but somewhere her intuitions told her that he would show up for sure….
Every time a vehicle made an appearance, she would glance in that direction hoping its Liam, but he was nowhere in sight….
She got all the negative thoughts in her head...
What if something happened?
What if he met with an accident?
What if he is in trouble?
So many what-ifs were haunting her head….
She was a very sensitive girl, she easily cried for her loved ones and again here she was shredding tears, she didn't know why she wept for some boy whom she just met but she felt miserable and worried for him….
The Soulmate effect was eating her up…
You get worried for your soulmate easily
This was one of the drawbacks and even the advantage of being soulmates…
Soon she heard an aggressive honking of the car and looked in that direction…
She immediately recognized the owner of the car….
Liam strode down of the car and came towards Scarlett…
She wasted no time and embraced him in a hug…
She wanted to speak and ask him where did he go?
Was everything okay or not?
But again her inability to speak stopped her from doing this…
Liam was baffled by this sudden act of hugging carried by this innocent girl…
When he heard sobs, he looked at her...
"Why are you crying?"
Sob and more sob, only this much came out of her mouth….
"Here take this and stop crying", he handed her his phone…
Are you okay? , she wrote
"Yes I am perfectly fine, I forgot to pick you up, I ….I am…I am sorry", Liam spoke…
Sorry was some word which Liam barely spoke, it never came out from his mouth ….
This was the most sincere, sorry he ever said to anyone…
On the way back home both of them were quiet, there was a kind of tension in the atmosphere…
Liam all the way thought...
Why did she worry about me?
Any other girl would have screamed at me for leaving her alone, but she didn't. Meanwhile Scarlett was relieved that Liam is safe and healthy,she had totally forgotten about the fact that he was more than 3 hours late in picking her up from the school..
6 DAYS LATER
Liam's pov
It's been 6 days since that girl is living with me…
She does whatever I tell her to, she cooks delicious meals for me. Today Aunt Jina is back, but she still helps her in the kitchen…
I barely talk to her, anyways it's very difficult to converse with her because she can't speak…
Well, it's okay!! Who wants to know about her …
I want her to go away as soon as possible,I want my privacy back…The devil in me spoke…
But the angel inside was telling me that I wanted her to stay with me forever…
I was equipped in my thoughts when a sudden knock on the door brought me to reality…
Knock knock
"Come, in"
"What do you want?"
Food
She signed with her hands…
"Oh ohkay"
"I am coming"
Then I headed downstairs with her to eat my meal…
Next day
It was the weekend today, meaning we two will be alone at home. Aunt Jina is always on leave on weekends.
So today again she has to cook for us…
Author's pov
Scarlett was in the kitchen cooking something from the magazine she found today on the top shelf of the Library when she was cleaning it…Yes, Liam had a mini library in his house and Scarlett loved books …
She felt that books could understand her very well because they couldn't speak but carried hundreds of emotions in them….
She had been happy all these days..
She had practically forgotten about her foster family and now she considered this place as her house and Liam her friend…
Tho Liam never spoke to her, but she did everything for him, like cooking, cleaning, laundry, etc…
She thought that this was the only way she could pay him in return for giving a roof to a loner….
She was just about to call Liam to come and join her for breakfast when someone knocked on the door…
She went and opened it…
Mia and Sam were standing there…
They were bewildered on seeing a girl in Liam's house…
"Who are you?" Sam asked
"Are you Liam's cousin or his girlfriend?", Mia poked Scarlett with her elbow….
"Why don't you speak anything and where is Liam?", again they both asked….
Scarlett panicked on seeing them…Liam came downstairs on hearing some familiar voices …..
"Oh hey!! Liam, who is she? Your girlfriend? You had one and you didn't tell us", Sam made a sadistic smirking face….
"No, she is not my girlfriend, and you...I told you not to open the door without my permission, then why did you do it?", Liam pointed at Scarlett and raised his voice….
Scarlett flinched on the sudden outburst and lowered her head….
Her hands were entwined with each other, meaning she was sorry for what she did….
"Why doesn't she speak anything?", Sam asked…
"She is mute", Liam told them…
They made an Ooo expression…
"Now go from here", Liam again shouted…
"...and that is how I found her", Liam had completed explaining how he found Scarlett to the other duo…
"So do you like her?", Sam asked...
"She is cute", Mia told …
"Cute my foot, she is so irritating, plus she can't speak, it's so hard to handle and understand whatever she wants to say. I choose to be quiet rather than make a conversation with a mute girl, she is in all total a burden and I don't know why did I bring her to my house", Liam sighed in annoyance….
Meanwhile, Scarlett had brought juice and some snacks for everyone, she had overheard their conversations…
Her face saddened but she tried not to be affected.
It wasn't the first time someone insulted her for her muteness…
"Oh you are here", Mia said…
"Come sit", Sam told her…
Liam just ignored her presence and sipped on his juice….
"We can be friends from now, okay", Mia told her ….
She was a nice girl. She felt bad for Scarlett because she was mute, she even looked down on Liam for tagging her as a "Burden"….
She could see how her face fell when Liam was insulting her ….
*Phone* Scarlett signed to Mia…
Mia got confused but handed her phone to her…
Then Scarlett typed something in it...
I have made egg rolls, would you like to eat
"Ya sure.."
Mia and Scarlett went to the kitchen to bring the food…
"Wow these look good, how did you make them?"
Scarlett handed Mia the magazine where she saw the recipe….
"Oh wow, I will also try them"…
After having food Scarlett took Mia to her room….
"So tell me about yourself Scarlett", Mia asked her…
Scarlett went mute and then she signed something with her hands…
"You are 17, and you live alone", Mia said…
Oh, you understood, how, do you know sign language Scarlett signed again…
"Yes I know sign language, I had learned it from my neighbor who was mute", Mia told her…Scarlett was happy and satisfied that she can converse with someone in her own element….
They both enjoyed each other's company...In no time Scarlett had opened about herself and her past to Mia and vice versa...It was evening, Mia and Sam were taking their leave..."It was fun with you Scarlett", Mia told excitedly.." Wanna join us for the party next week?", Sam asked...
"What party?"Liam questioned back ...
"Oh actually we two are hosting Valentine's day party next week, since its 14th feb and a year to our relationship",
"Okay",
"Why don't you join us too Scarlett?", Scarlett got perplexed by this sudden question...
"Plz don't say no, plz Scarlett", Mia forced a little...
Scarlett looked at Liam, but he turned his face away...Okay, I will come, She signed...
Mia and Sam were beyond happy while Liam showed no interest...