Not in this life

“Stella! Stella!” I came out from my deep sleep hearing my mom’s shouts. I stretched my hands, yawning. I walked to the door and opened it. I saw my mom got ready to go somewhere.

“Stella! We are going out.” My mom said while fixing her hair.

I made a tired face saying “Mom! How can you be so cruel? I’m your daughter. I’m not in the position to go anywhere with you.” I leaned to the door with irritated expression.

“I didn’t say you are coming with me.” My mom said raising her eyebrow.

“But you said ‘we’.”

"Your dad and I are going out. We have a small work at bank. We may come late.”

“Fine.” I said and lazily strolled out from my bedroom. My dad came out of his room and they both started going out.

“Bye dad. Bye mom.” I waved my hand to them. They both drove off in the car. I freshened up and ate. As its Sunday, there was no college. I sat on the floor with a drawing sheet in front of me. I do pencil sketch. I may not draw perfectly but I draw well. I started drawing a Labrador while looking at the picture on my cell phone. After many minutes, I drew it and smiled gazing at it.

Then I folded the sheet and put it in my bedroom. I fell on couch watching TV.

“Holiday. Jolly day.” I mumbled.

I watched TV till I get bored. Then I started spending my time by skimming magazines, playing online games, solving puzzles and many more. Then I turned on the music. Listening to it, I swayed my body. I stood from the couch and started dancing. Dancing is one of my hobbies and I got many awards too for my dance. Yeah! This is another reason for mine and Vickie's enmity. She too has good interest in dance and whenever we had school or college dance competitions, I always beat her. So a bit jealous of me. Not a bit. More than that.

I kept swaying my butt to the beat. I shut my eyes feeling the music. I stopped noticing the surroundings. Of course there’s no need to notice anything as no one was there and the main thing- it’s my home. The thought gone wrong when my back hit a hard body. I opened my eyes and turned back immediately to see the arrogant emerald eyes.

“You?” I muttered and turned off the speaker.

I noticed my door was not bolted. I let out a sigh and shouted “What the hell are you doing here?”

He smirked looking at me then said “You are quite a dancer.”

“I know. Now tell me! Don’t you have atleast a basic sense of knocking someone’s door before entering in?” I crossed my arms looking at him.

“Why should I knock? After all it’s my beloved aunt's house who loves me the most.”

“Beloved aunt?” I muttered and huffed. “Why are you here?”

“Well! Stella.” He started saying and sat on the couch.

“You shouldn’t forget your things in others house. Not every guy would be as good as me to bring you the things to your house.”

I narrowed my eyebrows not understanding him. He took out my cute little round shaped purse which I love, from his pocket. It’s so small that it can fit even in a pocket. I took it to his house yesterday and I understood I forgot it after seeing it in Harry’s hands. There was nothing much important in it. Just a lipstick and eyeliner.

I tried to take it but he didn’t give me that easily.

“Take it if you can.” He said and raised his giant hand up. I tried to take it but my height... Damn! I hate it. I jumped to take it but I couldn’t. I stood on the stool but my efforts went in vain. I was trying to take and at last I stopped trying. I kept hitting his chest and stomach with my fisted palm. I hoped he would feel pain or perhaps make a hiss sound because of my beatings. Instead of that he was smirking at me.

“I didn’t know you wanted to touch me so bad.” His sentence made me drop open my mouth.

Infuriated with his words, I tried to push him but I fell down.

“Ouch!” I began rubbing my back.

Instead of helping, that tall douche was laughing at me. I kicked his leg with my foot so hard that made him fall down. But I did a wrong thing. He started falling on me and obviously I would crush under him. I enlarged my eyes looking at his falling posture but he didn’t fall on me. He straddled over me with his hands on my either side, balancing himself.

We both kept looking at eachother for a moment. His gaze fell on my lips and kept looking at them without even blinking. Sweat formed on my forehead looking at him. He balanced himself with his one hand as he was so good at exercising. His other hand’s fingers started stroking my cheek. I was frozen. I didn’t know why but I didn’t even move. He then started touching my lips saying “Oh my Stella! I didn’t know you want this.”

Hearing him, I pushed him to a side which made him fall down beside me. He kept laughing which was making me more furious. I stood from there and took my purse. He too stood straight without stopping his stupid laugh.

“Out!” I pointed my hand at the door and shouted.

“You can’t send me away without offering me at least coffee.”

“Harry! Get out.” I shouted.

He raised his hands in surrender and nodded. He walked out and when I was about to shut the door, he pushed it open saying “I too dance well. Hope there comes a day when we both dance together. As a pair.”

“In your dreams.” I said and shut the door at his face.

I strolled to my bedroom and put the purse in the drawer. I sat on the bed thinking about the moment we had a minute before. Unknowingly my lips started curving up with smile but before it formed a curve, I narrowed my eyebrows and muttered “Player. He is a douche.”

I walked to the living room and turned on the TV. I watched it till my parents arrived. Then I strolled to my bedroom and did my college works. At evening, Anna and I began roaming the town talking about Roman, Harry and other gossips.

The next day as usual Anna and I reached college. When we were about to reach our classroom, Anna saw Roman talking to a blondie laughing and they looked close. Anna felt jealous looking at them and gritted her teeth.

“Who is she?” she asked looking at me.

“How could I know? Might be a girl from another department.”

Roman and that blondie started walking away. Anna too started walking... no literally ran behind them. I stood still cursing Anna. I banged my forehead with my palm irritatingly.

“Your friend is so in love with my cousin.” I heard Harry’s voice from behind.

He stood beside me looking at Anna running behind Roman. I didn’t utter anything and I started to walk away.

“You are so selfish. Your friend is dying for my cousin yet you are not at all helping her.”

Why the hell does he always make me angry? I thought. I gave him an angry look and said in a low angry tone “I tried many times to unite them yet I couldn’t. I’m not a selfish girl who doesn’t even care about a friend’s problem.”

“Hey! Calm down. You don’t need to get serious and most importantly, don’t become a fighter who fell down for trying to push me.” He started laughing.

I crossed my arms saying “And that fighter kicked your leg that made you fell down.”

“To make me fall on you.” He smirked.

I didn’t want to argue or talk to him anymore so I again started strolling away. But his sentence made me stop from walking.

“I can help your friend in her so called love with my cousin.”

Immediately I turned back and asked “Can you?”

He nodded hearing my question.

“Does your friend know Anna is in love with him?” I asked.

“Of course he knew it. But he was into other girls. Not love. Just a kind of enjoyment with them.”

“Whatever! Can you do it? Can you unite them?”

“He is my cousin. I can help your friend. If I try hard, I may unite them.” He smirked.

“Then what are you waiting for? Do it.” I shouted.

“What for me?” he asked.

I thought for a while and my senses told me to offer him money. But if I offer it, then no one would be so stupid as I was. He is a rich dude and I can’t offer it. I offered him doing assignments, helping him in studies and many other things but he rejected.

“I don’t have anything to offer you apart from these.”

“You have one.”

I narrowed my eyebrows and asked “What?”

He stepped closer and said in a hoarse tone “Be my girlfriend.”

“Not in this life.” I retorted.

I turned back and walked away irritated. Why the hell he asked me to be his girlfriend? Did he get bore of all other sexy girls who drool over him? I muttered irritatingly.

I sat on my chair and within few minutes Anna entered in.

“She is not a girlfriend or anything. She is his friend’s girlfriend. They were talking about Roman's friend.” Anna said smiling.

She then sat beside me. After few minutes, Harry and Roman entered in. I rolled my eyes looking at Harry. The classes were started and I started focusing on them.