A Beautiful Catastrophe - Chapter 173

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After the morning filled with sweet revenge, I went back to my room to change my clothes—at least before we all met for breakfast. I could already imagine Hora’s and Crystal’s faces if they happened to see me with Kaiden wearing “that” night gown. What more if they saw me coming out of his room in the morning? I would either be teased to death, or reprimanded to death.

And so, the rest of the day continued as usual. I spent most of my time doing homework and writing my new book. This time, I didn’t type words in my computer but instead, fixed my corkboard of ideas. The recent events in my life made me consider a couple of things in my story so I decided to add it into the plot.

I wrote down short notes in a sticky note, pinned them on different areas of the corkboard, used strings to relate events, color coded them so it was easy for me to understand, and even added some reference pictures. If someone barged into my room and saw my corkboard, they might think I’m up to something bad. By the time I finished, it looked like those boards used by criminals or stalkers in planning out their crimes. Only, mine was a lot colorful and cute. The cute stickers and flowers added to its pastel beauty.

Satisfied with my creation, I sat down on my desk and stared at it, hanging on the wall in front of me. I made sure it hung there for ease of reach and visibility as I wrote my stories—that, and to serve as a reminder for me on where I am with the plot, plus a little motivation for me to continue writing.

Hours passed afterwards as I busied myself with writing. Feeling inspired, I continued writing until I spent the whole weekend doing just that. Hora and Crystal visited me for a few minutes but they went back to their rooms right after. It seemed that they were busy with their own stuff, too. Hora still hadn’t opened up to me but it’s fine. I decided to give her more time.

Kaiden visited too, but I drove him out when he seemed to plan on staying long. I had to remove all distractions when I write. I literally couldn’t write if my surroundings were even the tiniest bit noisy, or there was someone with me. I lose focus and get irritated whenever that happens. As much as I wanted to spend the rest of my weekend with Kaiden, my full focus completely went into writing. I was on fire and no one could stop me. Wraaaaa!

Time passed by again and the next thing I knew, it was Monday again—time for school. There were times I hated Mondays but that was mostly from my past life since I didn’t enjoy my job and had to drag myself to work, but in this lifetime, I came to love Mondays. This time, I’m in college and attending classes for a course I love. Of course I would be motivated to always go to school.

Kaiden, Crystal, Hora and I, all went to school as usual, and met Callan and Verrill on our way to class. Everything was perfectly normal just like how life usually was. It’s not like everyday, something exciting or dramatic would happen. Most often than not, it’s the usual stuff. The day started without a hitch—well, at least until lunch time.

“Hi everyone,” Silky suddenly arrived and greeted us. She stood up smiling happily beside our table while we all sat down, thinking what to order for lunch.

Silky didn’t arrive alone. She was with “that” kind and beautiful lady with platinum blonde hair—the one I saw outside the female shower room back when I was bullied by those, well, bullies. Yeah… the girl I used as an inspiration for the character development of my female lead in the new book I was writing.

“Woah,” I couldn’t help but be awestruck by her charms. She really looked like lead material. She could be a celebrity if she wanted. I wouldn’t even mind if she played the role of Rania in case my new book somehow got lucky too and be turned into a movie.

“Meet Sarah,” Silky introduced her. “She’s my room-mate and also a new friend.”

Ohh… so her name was Sarah. How befitting of her. Sarah meant “princess” and she really looked like one.

“Hello Sarah,” I greeted her with a smile. “And good day to you, Silky.”

But then I wondered why she was suddenly introducing herself to us. It was too random for Silky to just appear. We weren’t that close. And she wasn’t that close to Hora either. Hmm… maybe she’s just feeling a bit lonely since she’s studying all by herself in a different country? I didn’t mind it though. She was Hora’s cousin and it’s not like she’s planning on something nasty. Having a new friend didn’t sound so bad, especially with Sarah. I could even pick up notes on her personality and add it into my book. That would make my characters more alive.

Everyone else greeted Silky and Sarah with a polite smile—everyone except Hora. Instead, she looked rather… anxious. Did she happen to have a fight with Silky? If that’s the case, then maybe that’s why Silky was suddenly approaching us. She probably wanted to apologize and make up with her. Whatever it was, it definitely had something to do with Hora’s trip to Aunt Vora’s house.

“What are you doing here?” Hora asked Silky in a soft but wary tone. Her eyebrows slightly furrowed as she stared at her eye to eye.

Silky returned Hora’s gaze, then smiled.

“I’m just feeling a bit lonely and maybe, if it’s okay with you all,” she replied in a shy manner, “C-can we join you for lunch?”

Worried about Hora, I made sure to observe all her actions. When Silky said that she wanted to join us for lunch, Hora’s eyes widened a bit and her body flinched. She was probably trying to hide her anxiousness but sitting beside me, it was impossible for me not to notice.