12 Chapter Eleven - Friday...
The next day comes around, it's a morning when the school bell rings, signalling the first, and only, break time today.
Both Nadia and Briella head outside and stand at their usual spot.
"Thankfully today's weather is better..." Nadia begins. "Its finally sunny again!!" She adds before jumping up and down with joy.
"True..." Briella agrees. "Although I am not going to complain, it did stop raining just before art club finished.".
"True to that..." Nadia says. "But still... it began to rain again like an hour or two later...".
"Anyways, I cannot express my joy because of the fact that its Friday," Briella states. 'But also because Ryan is meant to publish a new chapter in like a day or two...' she thinks to herself as a big smile takes over her lips.
"Yeah, Fridays... can't wait to get home and order my usual Friday takeaway..." Nadia replies.
"Sounds super unhealthy," Briella says as she chuckles.
"It's super delicious, that's what it sounds like..." Nadia replies as she begins to chuckle.
"Alright, I don't think I can argue with that.".
Seconds later, they both break into gentle laughter. It takes a moment for them both to calm down, and in that time, they both look around themselves.
"Ummmm..." Nadia begins. "Who is that exactly??".
"Hmm? Where??" Briella asks.
"There!..." Nadia points out.
"Ahh, him..." Briella says, referring to a tall boy with dark-brown hair. "Yes, what about him?".
"He... looks new..." Nadia says.
"Wait... what do you mean?...".
"What I mean is..." Nadia begins. "I would usually see people around the school, a lot of people. Almost the whole school..." Nadia pauses.
'Okay, that's a bit exaggerated...' Briella thinks to herself.
"But I have never seen him before..." Nadia continues. "The kid looks like he could be in 5th, maybe 6th year..." she adds.
"Yeah... he rather does look like a senior in the school. Also, I can assure you he does not look like a kid!!" Briella replies.
Nadia continues looks at him, his face.
Then, he breaks into a smile, causing Nadia's eyes to widen as her cheeks redden ever so slightly. 'Dammit!' Nadia thinks to herself.
Seconds pass before Briella notices something about Nadia...
"Hmm? Nadia?... Are you okay??" she asks.
"Hmm? Y-yes, yes..." Nadia replies.
"Are you sure?...".
"Yeah... let's go now, we will be late for your next class!!" Nadia replies. But yet, Briella is not convinced that everything is okay. She notices the way Nadia's cheeks are red, her behaviour tells Briella that she is feeling shy. In other words...
'Nadia is not her usual self!!' Briella exclaims in her thoughts.
Nadia still has her eyes on the new guy, which is what Briella notices. It does not take long before she pieces together what could have happened.
A teasing smirk that grew on Briella's lips went to show that she has an idea of why Nadia blushed.
"Nadia?..." Briella begins.
It must have been the smirk that Nadia picked up in Briella's voice when she began to walk away from her. "Come on, as I said we will be late...".
"I am not gonna let you get out of this!!" Briella replies as she catches up to Nadia.
"Briella?..." Nadia begins.
"Yes?" she replies with a big smirk on her lips.
"Whatever you thought, or whatever you think has happened to me may have most likely been a total misunderstand and possibly a huge misinterpretation..." Nadia replies.
'I believe she is trying to hide the fact that she has a crush on someone!!' Briella thinks to herself. "Okay, fine. Whatever you say...".
"Hmm? Really??" Nadia responds.
"Yeah!" Briella says. 'Not really!!' she thinks to herself.
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The school bell rings at 1:15 PM, dismissing all the students for the weekend.
Nadia and Briella make their way towards the gate of the school.
"So, have you gotten any plans for the weekend?" Nadia asks.
"Well... to be honest, not really..." Briella replies. "You?".
"Well..." Nadia begins. "Same here really... nothing worth noting...".
"Ah, okay..." Briella replies.
Both Briella and Nadia talked as they made their way to the gate. Just as the walked out of the school grounds, Nadia turns to Briella and asks her...
"Do you want to take a bus with me?".
"Ummm..." Briella begins, but divers her eyes up to the sky. It's lovely weather, the broken up clouds drift across the blue, sun-lit sky. "I-I think I'll walk home, that is if that's okay with you?".
"Yeah, of course!" Nadia replies. "Also, I wanted to ask. Are you free tomorrow?".
Briella bites her lip as she thinks. "I-I should be..." she answers.
"Well, if you are, I want to invite you over to my place... you didn't come to mine in so long!" Nadia says.
"True! I'd love to, I don't have anything against that," Briella replies with a huge smile on her lips.
"Well, at least we have that settled! I'll chat with you later, okay?" Nadia speaks.
"Sure thing! See you tomorrow, Nadia!".
"See you!!" Nadia replies as she runs off.
With that, Briella adjusts her bag before beginning her journey home.
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Briella arrives home, takes off her shoes and immediately goes up into her room.
Firstly, she drops her bag by her work desk before letting herself fall back onto her bed. She lets out a deep sigh, allowing herself a minute or two of rest. Then she stands back up before undressing herself from her uniform and putting on something more casual.
After that, she gets down to doing the little bit of homework she got for the weekend.
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She finishes not too long after. She looks back at her clock. 3:20 PM.
Just as she was about to go and so something, the chiming of her phone grabs her attention.
Her jaw drops to the ground when she sees who texted her. Ryan!
Ryan - "Hey, Briella. Are you free?".
'Am I free?...' she furrows her brows in confusion to his question.
Briella - "Hey Ryan! Yes, I am free, why do you ask? Do you need any help?".
Ryan - "Please... if you can... I need to hear more opinions on something that I'm working on... Can you come to mine now?".
Briella - "Of course, sure!".
'Ryan needs my help! Ryan needs my help! Ryan needs me...' she sang happily to herself. Then as if she has come to a realisation, her eyes widen. "Ryan needs my help!?!".
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"So, basically, do you know the way Iris and Tom have split up? The way how Iris and Tom are trying to continue trying to like a normal, comfortable life, despite them feeling the pain of not having each other anymore?..." Ryan asks.
"Yes?" Briella replies. 'Apart from the fact that Ryan's writing is on point, the last two chapters were very depressing...' Briella thinks to herself.
"Well, I am planning to have the two characters get back together...".
'WHAAA!? Then why separate them in the first place???' Briella exclaims in her thoughts.
"So I was thinking if you could give me some ideas as to what I could write to get them back together..." Ryan says while looking at his black sheet of paper, getting deeper and deeper into his thoughts.
"Ummm... Ryan, I am sorry to burst your bubble... but... I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN A RELATIONSHIP AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU COULD WRITE. BUT I DONT WANT TO FAIL YOU SO I WILL TRY MY BEST!!..." Briella says. Her eyes widen when Ryan looks at her.
Moment of silence...
"Looks like we are on the same page! I have never been in a relationship either!" He replies.
'HUH!? B-but... his writing style all this time got me thinking otherwise!'.
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"Alright, so... can you draw for me two people... hmmm... two people sitting on a bench!! The sun is setting, the birds are flying all in a flock... There are other people here and there holding hands. I want them two, sitting on the bench, to stand out the most..." Ryan says.
"Wait, why them two?" Briella asks.
"Because..." Ryan begins. "Because I want to capture the feeling of... Melancholy... Misery... The gloom of not being in love..." Ryan adds.
'Oh, I see...' Briella says in her thoughts, diverting her eyes down to the pristine sheet of paper in front of her.
"I also want to show the joy of being single and not having to care if you are being cheated on or not..." Ryan says seconds later.
'Woah! That went deep very quick! Not to mentions how they are two very different perspectives!!'.
