Chapter 8 - Chased

"Josiah? Yeah it's me." Giving the slightest, most polite smile ever. He looked handsome with the gray shirt and matte black suit along with the similar coloured pants and glossy black shoes. His hair was combed, yet looking as cute as he was before.

"You there?" He questioned

"Ah yes yes, so you managed to come here?" I inquired.

"Well I struggled my best since I had dozens of pending assessments." He added, scanning at his exhausted look.

"Right"

"You look beautiful by the way"

I blushed and purposely scratched the back of my neck, gosh I hope he didn't notice that. "Thanks, you look good too."

He gave a smile. Suddenly someone started speaking on a mike. I turned around and noticed that Elodie and Alora was not anywhere near me. In fact they were talking with a bunch of 'unknown' guys I never met. Probably from the other schools. Kaiden was there too.

The lady on the mike started telling of information and history about schools which was very monotonous. I let out a yawn. After an hour I felt thirsty, so I went towards the bar and asked the man for a glass of water. He gave a glass and I started drinking peacefully when the lady on the mike said that there would be a dance and the celebration would start.

I spitted the water which was in my mouth and quickly grabbed tissues which we in a white box beside me.

"Miss you ok?" The bartender asked.

"Yes, thank you" I replied.

Dance. I seriously wasn't ready for all that slow drama, and with these gorgeous yet annoying pair of heels, I wasn't up for any activity.

"Addilyn!" Elodie cried.

"Shh Elodie, softly, what happened?"

"Alora....Alora....I haven't seen her since the lady in the mike started speaking. She said she was going to the washroom, but she never came back." Elodie uttered, out of breathe.

"Elodie sit here, calm down, calm down. I'm sure she's ok. She must have returned home, her parents must have picked her." I told

" But my dad picked both of us and was going to drop her too. Her parents were very busy with some meetings with her relatives."

Where could she go? All I could do now was to call her, so I grabbed my purse which was on the bar and took out my phone.

"I've called and messaged her. It says she's out of reach." Elodie remarked.

"Addilyn, will you dance with me?"

I turned around and saw Josiah letting out is hand. I turned towards Elodie. ' Go, I'll take care', she mouthed and started walking away.

"Sure." I smiled towards Josiah and let my hands on top of his. I felt butterflies in my stomach, since I never touched him. He dragged me deeper in to the crowd. Then he stopped, put his other hands around my waist and pulled me closer, in which I didn't expect. I was somehow shocked, and then we started to dance along with the song which was a piano piece.

I kept blushing infinitely, and he smiled back. Goodness, what's happened to me?! After dancing with him for a while, my feet was in pain, however I didn't want to upset.

"Josiah, please excuse me, I have to use the washroom."

"Sure." He answered and let go of my hands and waist gently.

I turned around and started walking away, searching for Elodie as well. No where. So I just headed towards the ladies washroom.

No one was in there. I went to one of the cabinets and locked the door. It was so luxurious. There was a basin, comot, and mirror. I placed my purse beside the basin and washed my hands.

I checked my face if all the makeup was ok. I checked my phone. It was 7 pm. Another hour to go. I let out a sigh and went out of the washroom.

As entered the vast hall again, I didn't realise it was that crowded. People were drunk, Students were conversing and dancing. Nobody seemed to care about anything. I wanted towards the bar again, since my dad would only pick me up at 8. As I was walking, someone grabbed my wrist and pulled me deeper into the crowd. I turned around to notice a guy, bit taller than me, but i couldn't see his face, since his back was facing towards me. He didn't look like Josiah. Kaiden? No... he wasn't that tall. I tried removing his hands. It was strong.

And when we were in the middle of the crowd, he stopped turned and pulled me closer as his arm was wrapped around my waist.

No no no no

"You!?!"