20 The Creek (3)

Adrianna looked away from the dance floor as she tried to focus on munching on her sandwich. She felt her emotions were foolish. Why was his proximity to Keisha hurting her so much? She picked up her phone to start searching for an answer to her feelings. Rather than answering her question, the Internet was full of questions, like, are you the one into it, is it one- sided, perhaps you are crazy, is it infatuation, etc.

Adrianna was trying to figure out which best fitted her situation, when she heard a throaty voice speak, making her jump, "May I have a dance with you?"

She looked up to find him gazing at her intently. Their gaze locked and she found it difficult to look away. Words left her; her body rooted to the ground. She clutched her phone tightly as she stared at the most handsome man she had ever seen. Wearing a blue shirt and white denim jeans, he looked gorgeous, as his blue eyes watched her closely.

She gulped as she tried to find her voice. Just as she was about to say something, someone called her, "Adrianna!"

Her mind was so dazed that she couldn't even decipher who was calling. She broke her gaze and she looked in the direction of the sound to see Niiya rapidly walking towards her. Niiya was staring intently at the man as he called out her name.

Niiya walked close. Breathless and panting, he asked, "Adrianna, why don't you join us for a dance?" When he saw a boy approaching her, Niiya had literally ran towards Adrianna, leaving behind a shocked Pryce. Niiya had placed his hands on his waist and was glaring at him as though he was warning him to back off his property. This was the second time he had to show this kind of behavior in front of this guy.

But to Niiya's disgust, he shamelessly continued to stand there looking at Adrianna, waiting for her to make a decision.

Adrianna looked back at him and gave a lopsided smile. Turning her face to Niiya, she said, "Sure, let's go," giving him her hand for him to pull her up.

When she got up, she dusted her dress and lied, "Thank you, but I have promised Niiya." She then walked away majestically. She had to punish him.

She finished her sandwich while walking to the dance floor with Niiya, leaving a very dissatisfied someone behind.

She had done that to teach him a lesson, but she didn't even know if he had any feelings towards her… Would he even realize that she was punishing him?

On the dance floor, the music was loud as all the people enjoyed themselves. She wanted to forget her riled up emotions , so she joined Niiya and Pryce in dancing. Okashi joined them after a while. Out of the corner of her eye, she could see him dancing with Keisha who had her back turned towards them. She could feel that he was glaring at them.

She felt happy to have declined him. Was it love? Infatuation? Hate? She believed that she definitely didn't love him, but she didn't hate him either. For if she hated him, then there must have been love at some point. Perhaps she should try to be indifferent to him.

Adrianna stepped on the floor and happily started dancing with Niiya, Pryce and Okashi. She wanted to release her energy, and dancing helped. She had forgotten her negative emotions. She was dancing wildly, throwing her hands and legs in every direction, much to Niiya's amusement. He laughed at her as her hair swayed around her whenever she moved her head. Everything stopped for Niiya, as he saw her in a new light. Her petite face was filled with laughter and brightness. Things started happening in slow motion for him as he absorbed her beauty.

Meanwhile, Keisha tried to break his gaze , holding his face and making him look at her. His face was in her hands, but he still kept staring at Adrianna, his breath getting hot due to his anger which was rising by the second.

His dark emotions were like salt each pinch adding to the pain and ruining his mood. He wanted to run to her and squeeze the breath out of her.

Keisha embraced him tightly and twirled around so that his back was now facing them. She held him tightly as if coaxing him into subduing his anger, but all he wanted was to rip Niiya apart, limb by limb. He left Keisha and started going towards her when Keisha suddenly grabbed his hand and dragged him off the dance floor and out of the creek.