From thoughts to spending a Lazy Sunday, Zara's day was pretty adventurous which ended with Aly and Leo beating up Ray and the landlord who pretty much deserved it . She had paid her part of rent and then she gets messages from them that she hadn't paid and so he would adjust her deposit accordingly. The landlord tells her that she owed Ray and so the money she paid was for him(an obvious lie on Ray's part and then Ray was telling her to go along with his lies).
They were bickering and fighting and she didn't want to deal with it she called Aly asking if she could stay over at his place or his sister's. Next thing she knows they start fighting physically over stuff that Ray broke. She was trying to stop them and thats when Aly and his dogs and Leo came throwing the door over and beat them up bloody.
And then she had a little rebuttal with Leo who looked like a starving wolf ready to bite off the opponents head. Seriously, the way he beat the guy up was a little scary.
While getting cozy in the guest room after Leo and Aly left, she wondered what would have happened to Ray if she hand not interfered. Leo had this look in his eyes which scared her a little, and told her never to be at cross with him .
She felt like he was trying to control his anger and trying not to shout at her and well Scootie peed on him. It really was a black comedy unfolding right infront of her.
But he sure seemed considerate as well, as by the time she came down to the street with Aly he had booked a big taxi van ( the kind used to kidnap in movies) and so she even carried some of her canvas and equipment and her plants off course. To which he surely snorted but well she ignored him for it.
It was always good to see Selena, she was always so welcoming and it appeared she knew Leo, maybe she knew them knowing each other. Things like these made here feel very awkward. While she was playing with the kids they were both talking outside in the balcony, she could see them through the glass door leaning against the railing with trees in their background and talking casually and then Leo had warmly rubbed her belly.
It was then she heard Aly tell her, ' They dated each other for sometime when they were in London.'
Zara had turned red as she realised Aly had noticed her interest in Leo.
To be fair he looked great leaning as if he were a model posing for a cover magazine. At that moment Zara had realised she wanted to paint him nude, as she thought his portrait might turn out to be good.
Thinking about her behaviour she blushed some further, covering her head with the blanket and tried to calm her breathing.
She kept tossing around her bed and then suddenly remembered she had a lot of pending application and portfolios to make and this wasn't the time to be smittened by the angry young man she met who might be dating Ash. She locked her thoughts and decided to sleep and finally drifted to her world of tireless nightmares and screams.
Zara woke up with another jolt and she saw it was around 4 am, and for a moment she felt she was in her old room but when she turned to look at the window and there was none.
It struck her that she was at Selena's house, she drank some water went to the washroom to look at her face in the mirror. Her forehead was sweaty and her face looked quite pale and eyes looked sunken.
She washed her face with some cold water and carefully crept through the loby towards the back door which led to a narrow step of stairs down the hill.
She liked the location of Selena's and Adam's place, the house was connected to the main Street Ilica through a street which went far up the mountain deep inside the forest and in between the hidden trees and foliage was their glass house. It was in the center but not really in the center.
The dawn felt nice to her skin as she stood at the bottom of the stairs after she went up and down them rigoursly. She looked up at the sky and saw the stars slowly fading. She felt some enthusiasm as well as some void in heart she could feel something slipping away from her grasp. Something she remembered but could not remember.
She went back to the house, went to her room and picked up her equipment and left a note for Selena that she were heading to the studio.
Zara made her self some coffee, Aly always kept a working kitchen in his studio and she pitched in whenever and wherever she could.
She placed a canvas and called to Alexa, 'Alexa, play Coke studio season 14,' and started splattering colour with her hands abandoning her brush.
She kept going till it seemed sunny outside and by the time she had finished it was already afternoon. She would have continued on her jam, when she heard her phone ring, and went to check that there were couple of missed calls.
'Hello, who is it?'asked Zara
' You got a new number?' asked Zara.
'No this is my work number, you better save it now since i will be calling and texting you from this often.'
'Hi Zara, it's me Ivana. I have been calling you, the bell isn't working, is it? Can I come in, i have some delicious croissant," said Ms, Ivana.
Zara, sighed a little but the prospect of croissant made her mouth water.
She buzzed her in saying, 'I hope you got the chocolate one as well.'
Miss. Sudar walked in holding two large brown bags and placed them on the coffee table and walked over to Zara's canvas completely ignoring her.
Zara was used to her ways, as she was an art enthusiast before anything else so she put some plates and cutlery and turned on the coffee machine while Ms Sudar examined her painting.
Ms Sudar finally walked over the table and sat opposite to Zara who opened her hair to discipline them and tie it again.
'Oh dear, you need a new hair cut,' said Ms Sudar
'You think so?'asked Zara
'Let me book you an appointment with my stylist, she is very good. '
They stayed quite again as Miss. Sudar got busy on her phone and finally said well 'It's done, I have sent you her address, it's not hard to miss as it's nearer to Selena's.'
'Oh, yeah nothing misses you! Does it?' Zara returned flatly.
'Well, I am quite the center of everything when it come to you kids and that includes you as well. Since you are the part of the squard now,'
'So i take it that things are going well for you other than last night's mishap ! ' said Ivana breezily.
'Hmm hmmmm,' said Zara who was gulping the crossant like child with chocolate oozing out her mouth and falling all over her fingers.
But suddenly her tone changed and she spoke with seriousness,
'Your expression has changed, it feels a little chaotic but in a good way.'
'Made me curious and so it might have a chance to attract the viewer and gather audience.'
'You think so?' asked Zara alarmingly.
'Yes and we might be able to put it up for an exhibit, not now but soon and i would need you to email me or make a profile and hand it over to me along with your sketchbook as i want to see the themes you have been developing recently.' said Ms Sudar looking rather pleased .
'Sure. I would send you as soon as I can. Thank you,' said Zara.
'Now i have to be somewhere, i will be waiting for you response. Take care dear and don't deprive yourself of nourishment .'
'Next time I will have to get you some salad as today i got you a rather indulging meal,' she said leaning over the table and smiling at Zara.
As she got up dusting off her pantsuit and headed out without looking back.
Zara felt pumped after the events of the afternoon and more vigorous.
She stuffed her mouth with more crossant and went to her paints, mixing some more and started off again.