*******(Warning)*******
{Author's Note => This chapter contains some words of depicted abuse, that might be upsetting for some readers.}
One Day Eden was sitting and eating pasta in the cafeteria of his University, he got a video group call from Larry and Zhi. He received the call and connected his phone with the earbuds. Eden settled his phone with an empty glass of water.
And waved at them while eating the food.
Zhi: "Hi Eden, how are you?"
Eden: "I am perfectly fine what about you both."
Larry: "We have news for you."
Eden: "What news."
Zhi showed a trophy.
Eden: "A trophy what is this for?"
Zhi: "I won the first taekwondo Championship tournament in Japan."
Eden: "Wow! Congratulations on your success."
Larry: "hahaha."
Eden: "Larry, why are you laughing. You know what Zhi, If I were you, I would ask you for a party in the joy of victory."
Larry: "She is in Japan."
Eden: "Oh I see."
Zhi: "Honestly saying, I miss you so much, guys."
A girl behind Eden was noticing him, Larry was observing that girl.
Larry: "Zhi, Are you looking at that?"
Zhi: "What, where?"
Larry: "Right behind Eden"
Eden: "Really?"
Eden look at something that Larry and Zhi observing, but he couldn't find anything.
Eden again looked at Larry and Zhi.
Zhi: "You are right Larry."
Larry and Zhi laughed at Eden.
Eden: "Oh my God, you guys almost breast my ears. Why did you put laugh?"
Zhe: "You'll find later."
Larry: "I have captured the screenshot don't worry, will show you later."
Suddenly Scarlett appeared behind Larry and looked at the phone. Larry was unaware.
Eden: "Hello Aunt!"
Scarlett: "Hello dear how are you?"
Larry turned back to look at his mother and said, "Mom, what happened?"
Scarlett: "Nothing, you were laughing so hard so I came here to see you that everything is ok or not."
Zhi: "He was doing silly stuff."
Scarlett: "Bought some painkillers for me and cook a soup for me, I am feeling headache."
Larry: "Okay, guys I need to go and you guys have fun and have a good chat together bye."
Larry hung up the call.
Eden: "So, tell me now what you hiding from me."
Zhi: "Hey, I want to see your University."
Eden: "It's my class time so I am going to my class."
Zhi: "Can you lead me away to you are class? hahaha"
Eden chuckled and said, "Okay."
A girl was looking at Eden and Zhi, Eden was continuously walking while talking to Zhi on his phone.
A sound of barking was coming from Zhi's side.
Eden: "Whose dog is barking."
Zhi: "My dad's friend gave me a dog on my birthday."
Eden: "Oh I see.
........
That's how they ended up the call.
A girl was noticing Eden.
One day Eden was sitting in his room and doing his homework. A sudden suspicion came to his mind that tomorrow was his parents' (Brooklynn and Erwin) wedding anniversary.
He leaned back and thought, "I should surprise my parents just like I did last time."
[Last time, Eden surprised Brooklynn and Erwin with the help of Nick, Larry, and Zhi.]
Then Eden thought again and said to himself, "No, No, I think I should plan a different idea than before."
Then he got flash in his mind, "Oh I think I should arrange a romantic candlelight dinner. Even they don't have time to go on a date or a dinner. Yes, perfect Eden there is no doubt you are an intelligent person."
"I am also an intelligent person just like you," Charlie mumbled.
Eden looked back, it was Charlie.
He (Charlie) stepped forward and asked, "What were you talking about with your soul?"
Eden: "My parents' anniversary is tomorrow. I was planning to surprise them."
Charlie: "By the way, I got a paid internship offer, I am deciding to take you for the interview with me next Tuesday, are you willing to go?"
Eden: "Ummm okay."
Eden called Nick and Larry to tell them the idea about Brooklynn and Erwin's wedding anniversary.
They helped Eden in surprising them once again.
Eden was doing great in his studies. He was a top intelligent student in his class.
*The next Tuesday arrived*
Eden went on an interview with Larry. They both got accepted and started to do a part-time (internship) job in a medical pharmacy.
*Two years passed like this*
Eden, Charlie, Henry, and Darrik were sitting in their dorm.
They were completing their assigned thesis. Darrik's phone rang.
He received a call but he put that on the speaker, everyone could hear that.
It was his (Darrik's) girlfriend.
[The name of his girlfriend was Tiffany. She was German. She was the girl who was observing Edwin with his friends in the cafeteria.]
Tiffany shouted during the call: "Darrik you Jerk!"
Darrik looked at Eden.
Eden was wearing earbuds, he could hear everything but he didn't express any expression and doing his work.
Darrik: "Now what did I do?"
Tiffany: "You went you watch a movie with my best friend?"
Darrik: "Yes she requested me to join her and I couldn't reject her."
Tiffany: "Why did she just request to you she could ask anyone else. And you also agreed."
Darrik passed a smile and replied: "By the way she is cute and we watched a romantic movie."
Tiffany: "I hate you, you Rascal! you ruined my life."
Darrik: "If you hate me then go ahead and let's break up."
Tiffany: "You are right you should learn from your roommates."
Darrik: "Huh my roommates don't dare to date anyone, it's just me."
Tiffany: "Oh really, then I'll prove to you that they are more good-looking than you."
Darrik: "Ahahaha, nice joke."
Tiffany: "I shall date your roommate."
Darrik: "Wow! Charlie is such a dumb guy and Henry is useless and worthless. No one can deserve you."
Tiffany: "What about you junior."
Darrik: "Junior, who's that?"
Eden stood up while holding his laptop and putting it on his study table.
Eden stepped out of the room and dialed Brooklynn's number.
*In the room*
Tiffany (on a call): "I don't know his name. But I do know that pretty boy. I'll make him deserving and I think he is more deserving than you."
Darrik: "We'll see."
Tiffany: "Now I'm glad to know that it's over between you and me."
That's how they hung up the call.
Next day,
Eden was typing on his laptop in the library.
Tiffany appeared and sat on the chair next to Eden.
Eden wasn't even looking at her. Tiffany was continuously looking at Eden all the time.
She broke the silence while raising an interrogation, "Are you a student here?"
Eden replied in a rough tone: "I am studying right now, so it simply means that I am a student you don't need to ask that question."
Tiffany: "My name is Tiffany, you are Eden. Am I right?"
Eden: "You already researched about me, I didn't ask your name and by the way, If you don't mind I can tell you one thing you are disturbing me I have to study, and can you go somewhere else but not here."
Tiffany: "I am so sorry for disturbing you but I have to talk to you can I talk to you."
Eden continued typing and focusing on his laptop and responded, "I am listening. You can talk."
Tiffany: "Do you have a girlfriend?"
Eden: "If I have a girlfriend or not, what do you have to do with it? Why are you asking me? and By the way, this is my matter."
Tiffany: "I am gorgeous, if you want to have a girlfriend or you don't have a girlfriend so I am available."
Eden: "You are my senior, seniors are used to teaching their juniors good facts but asking your juniors to date you."
Tiffany: "I don't care as if you are my junior or younger than me, you look attractive I want to date you."
Eden: " I am sorry but I am not interested in you and please leave if you are done."
Suddenly a message pinged on his cell phone and he (Eden) picked up his phone and gazed at his phone while smiling.
It was a message in the group Zhi sent the pictures of the tournament in which she was holding a trophy.
Larry reply to her pictures, "Congrats Champ, you proved to be my brother."
Eden lightly chuckled during reading Larry's reply.
Eden replied to Zhi's pictures, "Great our brother has got the trophy in our group!"
{Eden and Larry often summoned Zhi as a brother.}
Tiffany: "What are you reading your girlfriend's message?"
Eden looked at Tiffany and mumbled, "Yes!"
Tiffany: "What, do you have a girlfriend? "
Eden: "Do you have any doubt regarding this?"
Tiffany: "No, you can have a girlfriend because you are charming but I have an offer for you?"
Eden: "I am not interested in any offer?"
Tiffany: " your personal lives in your hometown whether I live here with you. I will never tell your girlfriend about our relationship. Come into a relationship with me and you will have girlfriends here and there."
Eden stood up while packing up and looked at Tiffany and replied, " thank you for your offer mam but I am not interested in you just me you will find a better one but not me I don't deserve you. And by the way, I am here to study not to get into a relationship so please stay away from me."
Tiffany: "Are you rejecting me?"
Eden: "No, I am rejecting myself for you."
Eden stepped a bit, stopped, and then turned back towards Tiffany.
Eden: "Darrik is a good guy, He was not alone when he went to see the movie with your best friend. He was with Hendry and the rest of his friends and he didn't watch any romantic movie. He watched a science fiction movie. And besides, your best friend wanted to talk to his friend Hendry, so he took her that way. I don't know who broke the news to you, but whoever reported it to you is wrong."
Tiffany: "How do you know that?"
Eden: "..."
Tiffany: "And why did he tell me that he doesn't like me anymore and wants to get rid of me?"
Eden turned back and headed to his dorm.
After sometime,
Eden was looking at his childhood pictured with Larry and Zhi.
Suddenly, Charlie leaned forward to Eden from behind and whispered, "Is she your girlfriend?"
Eden: "They are my childhood friends."
Charlie: "Hmm friends, man! You have to get some sleep because it's too late and tomorrow is your lecture's first time in the morning."
Eden: "You are right, please switch off the lights."
They slept.
{Author's note => Please vote with a power stone and add your reviews (via comments) to my story. Let me know how much you like my story.}
:)
To be continued!!!