LAUREL
I bit my lips out of frustration and got inside the Hall to snatch back my drive from the projector. When I rushed off I toppled over on the floor. When I came to my senses I realised I was looking at a spot in between a male's thighs. Luckily he was wearing jeans pants.
Then hurriedly I raised my head up. My eyes popped out when I met his chocolate brown eyes with thick lashes and dense eyebrows. He tilted his head right and gave me a mischievous smile. I swallowed and said "Ah!!! I… I… I'm sorry" with a shaky voice.
Then I tried to get up and rushed out to get away from the spot. I slow my pace when I'm far away from the hall. NO NO NO NO!!!! It's him. My heart raced and bounces heavily and tried to get out from my chest. He has 570k followers of insta influencer and 980k followers of youtuber.
Zayn. It's Zayn Carter. My four year obsession. No, my four years crush. Maybe my one sided love for four years. I tried to remember what happened earlier.
My legs got twisted and I toppled over on him. He fell and his bum was on the floor.His legs split into v where I fell in between his legs. He held my right arm which held his left thigh for support and my other arm was on the floor. His other arm was placed on the floor behind his pelvis. I'm screaming inside at the thoughts of that scene. It's our first encounter. It's kinda messy but it's like a teen movie scene.
First of all, why was he in the hall? No…..No…Ah... Yes, he is also a final year CSE student. He not only listened to my presentation but also knew about my humiliation there. OH FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK IT.
"Laurel, is everything alright? Why is your face so red?" Tessa grabbed my arm from behind when I got lost in my thoughts of him. I gulped and came to my senses. "Nothing. It's just the annoyance of Nick that makes me angry. That's why my face looks red. " "Oh yeah, I heard that too. Fuck him and and his gf" she grind her teeth out of anger.
"Laurel, your presentation is so good" Dr Kym Pat my back. "You didn't fail to match my expectations of you. " " Thank you, mam" I smiled at her to hide my excitement after hearing her praise of me. "Day after tomorrow is the winner announcement ceremony and the winner will get a certificate along with a medal" she smiled at us and walked away.
Tessa didn't know about my crush on zayn. She didn't even know about his existence. Actually there are more content creators with million followers around the world and he didn't have much influence to seek Tessa's attention. So, I can't talk about that to her and I'm not such an open person.
Sigh. Our first encounter was the only thing that was running in my mind throughout the whole day. It's embarrassing but I find it magical. I can still feel his rough warm hold around my arms. His mischievous chocolate brown eyes that are waiting for my eyes to meet. But why was he curious to meet my gaze? Am I over-thinking again? Me and my delusion. Ahhhh…. I can't sleep.
"Laurel, come on. Get up. We have to get ready. It's already 7.15" My first sight today is Tessa's beautiful amber eyes in the morning. I smiled at her. She removed a strand of hair on my face and said "Get up, bitch". My lips and eyes thin straight and fakely frown at her.
It's our third day of camp. "Laurel, come on. Let's go to explore the campus" Tessa removes her coat and snatches her phone from her bag. When we walked on our way to the university's auditorium Dr Kevin, my first year physiology professor. A perverted, flirty, 50 year old man. He likes girls with green eyes and blonde hair. That's why I'm also one of his targets. But don't worry, I know martial arts and whenever he tries to touch me he fails. So he tried to torture me mentally. Well, I'm not annoyed because I'm aware.
"Laurel, tomorrow is a ceremony. There are 4 students for hosting, 2 of them from Cregard university and the rest will be us. You two guys are perfect and here is the script" he gave me and Tessa a small booklet of scripts. I told him that I can't as I'm also a participant of the competition. "Laurel, do you think I don't know about your speech and your humiliation yesterday. I tried to change your losing experience of bad memories into a hosting experience of good memories". Now did he insist that I'll lose the competition tomorrow? MF
We went to that university's auditorium where the other hosting students practised their script there. At Least I have Tessa now. When we entered the auditorium, it's too big. But there is no one there. "Oh, I think they are here" we heard a echo from behind us. When we turned back two tall men with the same booklet like us in their hands were standing. One of them has light blue eyes with a bridge nose and shiny brown hair. His nose is not sharp but also not fat though it's suits him well. He wear a grey hoodie and light blue jeans. The other one is….Wait…..Oh no, It's Zayn. Why is he here with the booklet? Come on, man. Don't say, you're the host too.
Miraculously, Dr Kevin interrupted for the right time. I rushed to him and said "Sir, I think I can't. Call someone for the hosting. Actually, I have enochlophobia. Everyone knows that I don't have any disorders but I stammered to give an excuse to get away from there. Dr Kevin gave me a creepy smile. He thinks that he won and that I get annoyed by him. So he pushed me further. Fuck you bastard. First, I need to get out of here to think clearly.
I turned to them and said "Excuse me, I want to use the washroom" I stammered and walked away. I look at the wasroom's mirror to check my attire. Well, it's good. Why did he wait for me to meet his gaze this time too? Now it's not important. Think Laurel. Yes, Violet is perfect for this; she can't decline because the other two male hosts have good looks. I took a deep breath and got away from the washroom.
"You know me,right?" a well known deep voice behind me. I don't turn because we already meet our gaze through the window glass in front of us which reflects us.
"I'm sorry about yesterday. Actually yesterday I'm in a hur.." "I'm not talking about yesterday. You knew me before yesterday's incident". I turned around to meet his gaze because he was so sure about that. I make my pace and voice slow and steady to hide the lies.
"No, I don't. You're mistaken" To make it real, I gently smiled at him and said "Oh, I'm sorry. Did we already meet in my university's hospital? Actually I met a lot of patients out there. That's why I don't remember you" SHOOT. I'm not the type of person who spits lies. Actually I don't know how to lie. l always got red handed when I lied in my childhood. So I'm always honest. But he makes me lie smoothly.
He tilted his head right and arched his left eyebrow. Threw me a mischievous smile again and said " Well, yesterday was our first meeting. But we knew each other before. Maybe you forgot about your first text message to me. Because it was four years ago." I can't control my emotions. My eyes widened and unconsciously my lips parted. His eyes went to my lips for a second and returned back to my eyes.
"Laurel ... .It's Laurel Kenn. Your insta and YT account name, right?" I can't pick any words to form sentences to deny him but I want to. He leaned forward and took his phone out of his pocket and showed me a picture dated on 19.05.2020.
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"Well, it's your comment on my YouTube channel. Your first text message was about my content about saving street cats. You asked How did I come up with that topic. That's a rare question. But you deleted it after a few seconds before I tried to reply to you back." "It's not me. It's not my account" I stammered.
"Laurel, you are here. I have been looking for you" Tessa came out of nowhere.OMG.Tessa I love you. My saviour. "It's you right?" Then he showed his latest post which I liked last night accidentally. "Oh yeah, It's Laurel insta account. Do you know him, Laurel?" Fuck you Tessa. Seriously fuck you. For the first time in my life, four years of my crush's smile made me get annoyed.