Communication

Athena was anxiously walking to and fro the corridor infront of Arthur's class. Never in her life she panicked this much just to have a conversation with a person. Just when she was mumbling in her mind out of anxiety, someone called out her name.

"Athena, what are you doing here ? "

She hastily turned around. She made many types of speeches ready for herself, so that when she meets Arthur, she can talk in a proper manner. But when she glanced at his face, her mind went completely blank. Suddenly she recalled the memories of the dream she saw that night. She couldn't help herself but blush up to her ears.

Arthur narrowed his eyebrows as he saw her blushed expression. ' She is amusingly different today. At other days she doesn't hesitate to curse at me at the start of our conversation. Something is odd.'

She coughed a little to clear her throat which was tensed at that moment. "I didn't know that you are such a dumb person, who can not even arrange the other two numbers. " Even though she was furious at him for not calling her, she didn't show it.

At that moment he realised , that the past few days, the hunch of forgetting something he was getting was the matter of her phone number. But he could not say it loud, that he simply forgot to call her. ' I can not show her, that I am nothing but an insincere fellow. This will diminish my image of mine for her. ' He accepted her rebuke as he thought it would be the best solution for then. "I am sorry... "

"Ok, ok. Now stop talking. I am giving my full number now and you give me yours. You are such an idiot! What if you are still not able to contact me even after I give you my full contact number? "

Arthur was trying to hid his smile beneath his false made up pitiful teary face. " That won't happen. I was not able to figure out your last two numbers so to apologize, how about I treat you to dinner today? "

As he spoke, her hair fluttered with the sweet breeze that flew by. His eyes gleamed, as if he was in a state of daze. With one hand he removed her disheveled hair from the side of her ear and whispered at her ear, "You, won't reject me right? ".

Her heart started beating like a drum. She was unable to process the situation in her mind. She quickly pushed him. " What are you doing? Keep a safe distance from me. " She stuttered as she spoke.

He stepped a few step backwards and raised his hands. " My, bad. Now reply to me, are you going to dine with me or not? Don't reject me. I simply want to apologize from my heart. And if you don't it will.. "

She berged in and replied, "It will break your heart right? I will have dinner with you but not today. I have some other plans today. " Even though she was extremely happy with his idea, she spoke in a cold tone. How can she show excitement, when it was him, who didn't bother to contact her for a full week, even though it was him who asked her number.

"Then on which day? "

"On Saturday meet me at ten in the morning at the Sweethill street. Don't even think of coming late, or I will really break your heart." She smirked. She didn't even imagine, that in the course of changing their numbers, she will actually be asked out by him. She ran to girls locker room to recite the whole incident to Jessica.

Both of them didn't realise that in all these things, they forgot to exchange their numbers. Later that day, Arthur somehow succeeded locating her and exchanged their numbers.

That night Arthur met Sophia while returning back to his house.

" How are you Arthur? "

He really didn't want to start a conversation with a person like her but he couldn't refuse her at her face, so he replied. " I am fine. "

"Well... Can you give me your number?.." , she spoke shyly. Even though she was never a person who would be shy while asking a guy's number.

He straight away rejected her, " You can text me in Facebook. "

The moment he tried to turn his back to return, she spoke in a manner of screaming, " If you give me your number, we can communicate freely. "

Arthur already realised that Sophia was not a woman who should be taken casually. " I think we don't have that type of relationship and it wor be better if you distance yourself from me. "

After telling this he went back to his destination and Sophia was left out to grit her teeth in anger.

To be continued ~