Episode 24

Ava's Point Of View,

I was already tired. But somehow I managed to go out and get a cab to college. I was not worried about my car. It would be standing outside of the bar or maybe Lucas would take care of it. I know him so well. He did not leave it just like that, and I also did not even feel like driving. I just do not know why I feel like I do not have any strength left in my body. I just never felt that tired for so long, god knows what the hell he did to me last night. Soon I reached the college and headed inside. After paying for the cab, I went into the staff room to fill out the formalities.

"Good morning Miss pretty", I heard a familiar voice and I turned my head and I smiled at him.

"Good morning Mr overactor", I said to Mr. James as he laughed at my joke. He is my friend, the true friend I talked about. We are really close friends. He helped me a lot. He even helped me to get this job, so that is why I just respect him so much, but no one knows that we are close friends because I did not want anyone to think wrong about us. So we kept our friendship a secret at the workplace.

"Ava, what happened to you", he asked me all of a sudden as he came close to me. Luckily there was no one, so I just took a deep breath.

"James, someone will see us or hear us. You should not talk like that here. I do not trust anyone here, if someone found out about us then everyone would get the wrong idea", I said, but he just put his hand on my head and I just took a step back.

"Ava, you know so well that I do not care about anyone, I do not fucking care what others say or think. I only have a few special people in my life and you are one of them. So I do not care what anyone says. I will do what I should do, and you also should not think about others. Now tell me why you look so pale. What happened to you? Did you not sleep well last night", he asked me. He was looking so worried and I would feel so guilty because there was no way that I could tell him the truth and lying to him is really painful.

"James, I am fine, do not worry. I am just tired. I wanted to take a leave but I got a call from Sir that we lack staff so I had to go. So I could not ask for leave. But do not worry, I am fine. You should just go, the class has already started", I said to him, but I could see how worried he was looking.

"Then why did you tell me before? I could have talked to him and I am sure that he would not dare to say no to me. You do not need to come if you are not well. Why are you so stupid? I do not understand Ava", he sometimes scolds me if I do things like that and I just smile at him.

"Just go, I am fine, I will see you at home, okay", I said and pushed him out because he was not leaving me alone there. I somehow feel so blessed to have him in my life. I just do not know what I would have done if I did not have to find him here with me. He has been helping me so much since he met me, and I do not know if I will ever be able to repay his kindness. I just drank some water and went to class. I felt that my head was getting dizzy and my eyes were also getting heavy, but I could not leave it.

I just washed my face and made my way to class. It was so hard for me to even stand up straight, but somehow I managed to attend that period. I walked out and made my way out when I saw him. I wanted to ignore him, but it is still hard for me to ignore him. No matter how hard I try, it sucks that I can not ignore him. He came to me when we were like kids. But I did not want him to get involved. I know him so well. He can not stay away from my business.

It was useless to make him understand, and I was so shocked when I got to know that the principal was calling him. I thought that he was gonna do something maybe. Maybe a problem for me, but the way he was looking at me, I just got relaxed. Because deep down I know that he will never do anything that will hurt me. So I just started walking back to the staff room. My eyes are now really tired, they need sleep and my body is aching and my legs are already giving up on my body, but I still managed to walk. On my way to the staff room, I got a call from the principal. I just do not know why I feel that he did something, he really did something. That is why Sir told me to take a half day off. In the morning, he called me and asked to come because of the lack of staff, and now he is saying to go home. That is really strange, but at this moment I do not care.

I really want to go home and take a long nap, maybe for two days. I really need sleep for some good days. Gosh, seems like my mind is also tired, it is thinking nonsense.