Chapter three
Lilly POV
After what seemed like forever, the class finally kicked off, as different lecturers kept coming in and out of our class for teaching, and at some point, I felt like screaming my lungs out. For goodness sake, they're frustrating me.
Hours later, lecture was finally over, and without wasting time, I arranged my bag, and hung it on my shoulder, before standing up, after which I headed straight to the door, before storming out, with Nina, walking beside me. Gosh! I'm so damn hungry, if only I had known that they were going to take forever to get done with the lessons, I wouldn't have made the mistake of coming here without eating, now I feel like I'm going to faint anytime soon.
"Urgh! That was one hell of a lesson. I was already suffocating in there." Nina whined, as we walked through the hallway. She's so damn lazy, she's worse than me, but I feel the same though. Those teachers are just some bunch of frustrations.
"And the thought of having test tomorrow makes me cringe, like urgh!" I cringed, and she chuckled. For heaven sake, what's funny about this now? I love studying, but it's natural not to like a particular lecturer, right? Our literature teacher disgusts me, and the thought of having his test tomorrow, makes me wanna strangle him to death. He's just too strict for my liking.
"Not that you can avoid it though. I hate that man more than devil himself." Nina ran her fingers through her hair. This girl is damn crazy, even more than myself.
"I'm famished, so right now, eating some food, is the only thing on my mind. Why don't we go visit the restaurant downtown, who knows, luck may just shine on us, but I don't have a dime on me." I groaned frustratingly, while tamping my foot on the floor.
"I really want to eat some good food today, but there's no foodstuff at the dorm, and I don't have a dime on me either, what do we do? Is this how we're going to die of hunger?" She whined, while dragging her feet along with me.
"I don't know." I heaved a sigh. This is what we go through almost everyday, stranded without food. At times we have to go hungry all day, and at times, we go to bed without eating, but no one ever know what we're going through, as we always smile, and act like everything is fine. What do you expect from two best friends, who are born with an iron spoon? I don't have any means of income, neither does she have, she's on a scholarship, same with me, we're two people from same world, stuck in poverty, it's crazy, right? But that's the truth.
"I have an idea." She suddenly said, once we stepped out into the veranda, and I couldn't stop rolling my eyes at her, knowing she wouldn't come up with something helpful. She's only going to worsen the situation, and listening to her, is the last thing on my mind.
"Just shut your mouth Nina, let me think of something. Not that you're going to come up with something that'll help us." I scoffed, while clutching my hands on the hands of my backpack, as we walked through the veranda. Racking my brain to come up with something that can help us, but I just couldn't come up with something.
"How about we go eat at a restaurant, and run away? We'll go back and pay when we have the money." She smiled foolishly, as she suddenly stopped to look at me.
I glared daggers at her, and shook my head unbelievably. Is she kidding me or is she being serious right now? How can she even suggest we do a thing like that, huh? For heaven sake, we're two adults, even if we don't have money to eat, doing something as shameful as that, shouldn't even cross our minds, right?
"What?" She shrugged, and rolled her eyes.
"You're unbelievable Nina, how could you even suggest we do a thing like that? What if they trace us to the dorm, and disgrace us? I can't do such shameful thing." I said dismissively, and started walking away.
"Hey cmon, not that we're gonna steal it, we'll still pay back, just to save our lives for today." She whined, as she kept tugging on my arm, as we walked through the veranda.
"Urgh! Nina can you just let me be please?" I groaned frustratingly, as we finally started climbing down the staircase. Nina can be very crazy when hungry, not that I'm different though, but suggesting this, isn't a good idea, I'm having a bad feelings about this.
"Please Lilly, my ulcer will soon...."
"Argh! It's ok...fine...fine...I'll go with you." I said frustratingly. She's always fund of getting me to do what she wants with this ulcer stuff of hers, and it's so annoying. The truth is, Nina is an ulcer patient, the doctor advised her to eat good food, and make sure not to stay hungry.
"That's my girl." She squeaked excitedly, and hugged me tightly, before grabbing my hand, and started dragging me away.
"Let me go." I cried out, while running with her, but she didn't listen.
After what seemed like forever, we finally got to the restaurant, and I glanced at her, giving her an 'are you sure about this' look, and she gave me an assuring smile.
Taking a deep breath, I watched as she pushed the door opened, and we walked our ways in. Stepping inside the fancy restaurant, the aroma of delicious pasta, filled my nostrils, as I found myself, salivating. I just couldn't wait to have a taste of it.
There were a few people around, making so many chairs empty, and walking over to the set of chairs, close to the door, we sat down. I guess you know why we choose the seat close to the door, right?
We ordered for four plates of pastas and two chicken laps. At least, if we're gonna do this, we should eat to our satisfactions, right?
Few minutes later, the waitress served us, and we started eating. We made sure to take our time, in order not to look suspicious, and after almost thirty minutes, we finished our food. After gulping down some water, I cleaned my mouth with a napkin, and damn, I feel so alive again.
"When I count one to three, we're running." Nina leaned in on me and whispered, while I nodded in affirmation, as we both stood up.
"One...two....three!" She said, and in a flash, we turned to run, when I collided into a strong surface, and fell roughly on my butt. Oh shit! We're screwed...