5 Sharlow

So...boring...

I'm sitting in front of this stupid television for hours. Just now, dad went out as he got a call from his superiors. I jumped from where I was sitting and took my phone from the table and closed my room. I settled on my bed and opened my phone, as usual, nothing from Jake. He must have slept.

Poor guy...

Oh gwaaaad why do I like him this much!!!!

I opened Instagram and swiped over the pictures of my friends. Nora put her new profile pic and another as a feed. She colored her hair, and it's shortened too. But it looks great on her anyway. I am happy for her.

And then... April !!!

April...is so April... She put a story. I opened it.

"Lies are like the ocean. It doesn't matter how small or harmless it seems because it can still kill somebody."

Seriously, when I read it. I burst into a laugh. This girl is so...lame.

I started to reply to her :

Sharlow: like really, April? Get over it, girl. He doesn't deserve you. If u r 'kay .... I'm ready for a relationship w/ u. I will not complain about a sexy girl is my gal!

April: Am not Lesbo!!!!

I couldn't hold back my laugh. She's so cute. If I ever saw that Lee asshole, I will kick his butt.

I don't know how much time I spent online. I didn't realize time went by... because it's 10:30 pm! Damn!!!

"Sharlow, do you want anything to eat?" my mom asked, opening the door.

"Uhhh.......nope."

"It's been days since you ate something, young lady!" mom raised her eyebrow.

"So sleepy mom....; I am going to sleep. Goodnight." I shut off my phone and switched off the lights. Mom stayed some more time there. Then she left. This is the only way to make them sleep early. I already know that dad came home. That's why I shut off my phone. But... my eyes... are... slowly drifting off by the time they slept.

* * * * *

I think it's almost midnight when I woke up. I took my cell phone checked the time. Yup!!! It's 11:55 pm. 5 more minutes to midnight.

My notification panel was full. Fuck!!! I forgot to off my data! Shit...

I opened my Instagram and gone to the direct.

April: I AM TRYING TO FORGET HIM. AND YOU ARE TEASING ME!! It's NOT HELPING SHARLOWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jake: You were online and didn't even text me! Wow!! So happy... Shaar!!!

Luke: Mrs.Leotard, how's it going?

Luke is Luke. He's a dirty-minded prick. But at the same time, he's a nice guy. I like him a lot. After me, Jake is close to Luke. And sometimes that pervert flirts with me too!! And I will be furious with him. A typical character he is.

I texted Jake first.

Sharlow: Hey, it was April there. I just answered her—Tat's ol. And I knw you were sleeping. So.....

Then I texted April.

Sharlow: Okay, WOMAN!! Don't have to shout. I get it. Ring me if you needed any help. Okay.....

Then to Luke, the pervert.

Sharlow: Huh?

After that,... I just run through everyone's stories. Some are funny. Some are like... Geez... Terrifying...some are interesting... But none will be boring. Then I went through someone's story.

"People around you don't care about you. Better care for yourself. They can do theirs by themselves"

I didn't understand what the fuck that meant. I replied to it.

Sharlow: Huh....could you explain what is this?

But then I noticed the profile name.

It was his!!

It was Aiden freaking Cage!!!

The guy I am crushing from the second I saw him!

OMG! Why didn't I noticed it earlier? I thought about deleting the message. I selected the message, but then I thought again...

I never had the confidence to message him just a 'Hey". This happened suddenly, accidentally...

Moreover deliberately...

However, I messaged him anyway. So why I am undoing it. Let it be. We can see what he'll reply...

Then, I continued what I was doing.. swipe, swipe, swipe,...

It took him 3 minutes, 55 seconds to reply.

Yes! I counted!

Aiden: moral of it is..."don't care about others."

Hmm...

Sharlow: Then you could write that!

Simple!

Aiden: I didn't write it. I typed it.

Huh... I wanted to continue the conversation. But I doubt he'll get bored of me. I typed various messages... but I couldn't send one. So I finalized on one.

Sharlow: Whatever. I took back what I said.

Aiden: Good

That's it. That's what all you got?. Just a 'good'? Goooddd... why I am always expecting too much!!.

Shut up and move one, Shaarrr... My inner voice said to me.

Then I again, I continued to go through the stories... Finally, I couldn't resist, I put a story of an anime. I watched the show recently. But I didn't know what happened after... its season ended there abruptly. Still, I like it. So I opened Pinterest and Searched for it. There were lots of pics. I was confused about which to choose. So I have decided it's an anime comics page. It wasn't complete. But still... I chose them. And put it as my stories.

***

It's around 12:36 am. I guess! I am still online. A message popped on my Insta Direct.

Aiden: do you know what happened after this?

It's him! Uh... should I reply...What if he thinks that am a wanker? Wait! He won't text unless he wants to talk. God, please let it be right!

Sharlow : nope . . .

Sharlow: Uh... do you know?

Within seconds he replied.

Aiden: Mm. It's a simple story. That guy will beat the hell out of the villain, as he's the most powerful person on earth. But the villain wanted to be the one, so he tries to find various ways to kill him.

Sharlow: What? That's it?

Aiden: I just said the summary. There are a lot of scenes, just like the other seasons.

Sharlow: Hmm... But how do you know that?

Aiden: I read the manga. That's where I know.

Sharlow: Oh, the comics? Which site?

Aiden: Wyt, I will screenshot it for you. So you could read it whenever you want!

Sharlow: Mm.. 'kay...

After a minute, he sent the screenshot, and I looked over the page in Google. Yup! I got it. But it was more than I thought. I could read it thoroughly. He again messaged me.

Aiden: Got it?

I gave him a thumbs-up as a reply. He just said, 'Mm.' I think he doesn't speak that much. But he's always online till 1:30 or something. Maybe not interested in talking with a girl like me.

Stop. Now. It's late. Go to Sleep. My mind said to me.

Aiden: y r u still up?

Wow! He messaged again!

OMG!!

Did I mention my heart stopped for a beat?

Sharlow: Huh... I don't sleep much. That's why.

Aiden: So definitely something's wrong w/you!

Uhhh... Yup!

Sharlow: There is something wrong w/ me. I still don't know. I need to find it out.

Aiden: Ha!!! Go to sleep. Girls need their beauty sleep, don't they?

Sharlow: Yeah, maybe. But I don't!

Aiden: I didn't know you weren't a girl!

Sharlow: ha ha ha... hilarious!

Aiden: You said it

Sharlow: but u knw what I meant!!!

He replied with a smirking emoji! I don't know why I was smiling over it.

I was still stupid enough to keep that smile till I sleep!