Chapter 4 - Coincidence(a snippet of chapter 4)

“Sabiiineeeeee…..,” I groaned, stretching my voice as far as I could. What the hell was I thinking? Obey? What an improper term. Where was she anyway, this Sabine. Gosh, I seem to recall her saying “I will not leave you alone there”. Hmm..Was I merely imagining it? Whatever. She has to be around here somewhere if not with me.

“And there I was, minding my own business when suddenly this stranger came up behind me and covered my eyes with his hands!” I heard Sabine say, probably telling her “how I nearly beat up my boyfriend” story she told to almost everyone new she met. I had already memorized half her lines just listening to the same thing all the time. How dreadful.

“And it must’ve been my super fast reflexes cause I immediately whirled around and punched him in the guts! You should’ve seen it! He was wincing in pain!” The crowd erupted in a loud roar of laughter portraying a typical happy, lively and oh-so-glam scene.

I could see Paul with Sabine being all love first, life second. I rolled my eyes in unison and walked steady paced towards them. It was enough to be miffed by Sabine’s outstanding disappearing act habitually, but to come and look for her to see Niko standing there? Mingling with them as if he were really close friends. Oh right. Shoot! He was friends with Sabine! This means, he’s friends with Paul as well. Which means, he’s friends with the rest of them as well? It keeps getting better.

“Sabine,” I called out, hoping she heard me, which she did because she looked at me and smiled for a brief second.

“Everyone, meet my gorgeous friend Nabilah!” she exclaimed, as though she was announcing a lucky draw winner’s name. Her friends looked at me and said hello but no more than a hello. What a nice bunch, I thought.

“Isn’t she lovely?” Sabine tried. “Come here, Bil.” I went to sit by her in silence and pure awkwardness. Did she even think I will be liked by her friends? Seriously, her new friends are the kind of people who dress like they’re hookers. I don’t mix with such people but since Sabine’s so desperate to fit in, she doesn’t mind hanging out with them. I tried to make a conversation with her using my eyes as she was too busy yapping away to her new blondes.

Niko was sniggering at me being all alone and silent next to my best friend. I guessed he was just the same as me cause he wasn’t speaking to anyone either. He plopped himself down next to me as though it was the most natural thing to do considering we fought every time we met. I just stared at him make himself comfortable on the sofa we sat on meant for only two people.

“Aahhh... This couch is really comfy,” he said, looking smugly at me. I rolled my eyes, again.

“You seem to be enjoying yourself pretty much,” I said, folding my arms. “Tormenting me is one of your activities.”

APOLOGIES

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Chapter 4 - coincidence

The ceremony was to begin in about another 1 and a half hours time and I wasn’t going to be buying a new dress anymore. All I did was rummage through Sabine’s closet and scavenge on whatever appropriate looking garment there was. Fortunately for me, a simple yet elegant looking sequined dress in pretty blue was waiting for me. I wonder why she didn’t want to wear this gorgeous thing. But I wasn’t about to complain. Her loss is my gain.

“Bil, your underwear’s so visible. Pull up your pants please,” said Sabine, holding a bag of chips heading to the TV area.

“Whatever man! Who’s gonna look at me in the house? There’s just me and you,” I answered.

I still hope to kick Miss Marion’s ass one day. Which “sweet” parent would actually name their child Maron? Niko Maron Ulliel… What kind of a name is that anyway? Freak. How unlucky am I till I could actually bump into him? I don’t think he’ll force me to pay him back for his spoilt guitar though. I’m never ever going to see him again anyway. That’s the good part though, not seeing him again. He was really good looking anyway. I’d say it’s hard to forget those piercing blue eyes and sharp striking features. He didn’t look this good that day at the gig. I don’t know, maybe meeting him up close and personal was a great experience. He may be cute but he’s still an ass.
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“Welcome to Germany’s University of Performance & Media. My name is Mrs. De La Cruz and I happen to be your principal here. As you should know, our institute is very well known for its ability to produce world ranking performers from singers to actors and actresses. As surprising as this may sound, Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt were former students here. Look how successful they are now. Should you wish to follow in their footsteps, I suggest you pay full attention while you’re here and no nonsense either. I wish you all the best of luck. I’d like to end my speech here. Thank you,” said the head of the university.

People were clapping for her as she bowed and waved. Seriously, she sounded like Professor Umbridge from Harry Potter as her mannerism was similar. Ironically, the university looked like Hogwart’s School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Ok, maybe it doesn’t look so much like it but the similarities are there. No denying that. There were many new students this year and I do hope I’ll gain some new friends. It’s sad that all of all of us, only Sabine and I have interest in this particular field. Romina was venturing into fashion designing and the others were doing business.

“Cool place huh?” Sabine asked, smiling happily at me. “Don’t you want to join in the dance and games?”

“Let’s go!” I answered, feeling a little adventurous. Free food had always attracted me. Don’t ask me why. I kind of got it from my parents. Evidently, there were many fit guys hanging around. Why wouldn’t there be? Cute guys live to be actors girls can drool over in the near future.

Food served was absolutely delectable! Mmmm… I was attacking the beef pasta ferociously, chewing every bit and swallowing each mouthful with love and respect. Everyone knows guys like girls with a huge appetite because they can’t stand that “I’m on a diet” crap. It’s cute to see a skinny girl wolf down huge helpings of food but rather unsightly if a big girl does it? Well, let’s not go there. I have always considered myself as plus sized. It’s not that I’m overweight or obese. It’s just that I’m a little on the large side. Partially, it’s because Sabine looks like a stick next to me. Look at her, eating such miniscule bites but a fairly large amount of food. Paul seems to find it so adorable he’s even feeding her. Bleah! No jealousy though… What? Now what on earth? Why on earth is he here? Oh my goodness!

“What are YOU doing here?!” I hollered at the face who looked equally shocked. He stared at me in unison and blinked his eyes repeatedly. “I asked you what you’re doing here.”

“Well, I could ask you the same thing but it’s freaking obvious that we’re in the same school!” he half shouted, glaring at me looking dissatisfied. “Were you stalking me or something? Huh?!”

Me? Stalk him? No! That’s Justwin’s job! How is it that he’s in the same school as I am? Oh right, he’s a performer. Damn it! Looks like I can’t run away from paying for his guitar.

“Mr.Niko, I’m so sorry but I will pay you back for your guitar. And NO! I’m not stalking you for the love of God! Coincidence much?” I said, wishing he would forgive me so this awkwardness will end. Come on, I’m a girl, you’re a girl… Are you? Never mind. My point is which girl will actually want such a hot guy to stay mad at her? NO ONE!

“What’s up with MR.Niko? Just call me Niko. That’ll do, for now. I’ll think about how you can pay back for it. But don’t think I’m gonna let you off so easily!” he said, holding up a finger and shaking it at me. He looked so cool, so mysterious like.

“I’m sorry again. Anyway, looks like we’re stuck here for a while,” I said, looking at my feet as he brushed his hair from his forehead. His once knitted eyebrows were now softened as he calmed down.

“Yep. Seems like it. We might as well be nice to each other. You better be nice to me or you’ll regret it. You owe me after all,” said Niko, folding his arms, standing straight and tall to show his power.

This was not going to be fun at all. How on earth was I to live with this threatening presence. Not that threatening but I had a teeny feeling that he was going to be really mean to me. By that I mean he’ll be ordering me around like hell. I kind of deserved it anyway. Not that I’m accepting it but I can’t do shit right? Look at him. He walked off leaving me agape in the middle of the hall. I’m going to have to learn to deal and cope with him then. After all, he is Sabine’s friend. I have to treat my friends’ friend nicely right? Oh gosh, that’s just a horrible excuse to treat him well. Truth is I’m going to obey him because he’s what we would call, HOT.

Chapter 3 - Hi, i'm Bil (Last part of chapter 3)

“Bil, does this look good on me?” Sabine asked, holding up a low cut deep turquoise gown which had a train against her body. This was I think the 10th garment she tried on and she was as indecisive as ever. Was she joking? “Sabine, it looks terrific on you. That’s for sure. Everything looks good on you,” I said, hoping she got the gist.

“Are you absolutely sure Bil? Because I’m not feeling this one either,” she said, looking quite worried. “Do you think I should just go with the pink one I chose earlier?”

“Sabine..I think, you should just take the pink one,” I said through gritted teeth. All her wavering has caused me to not be able to pick out a gown for myself. She was eating all the time having me follow her around aimlessly as she never did make a final decision. Please God, choose the gown for her! I know she’ll definitely listen to You!

“The pink one? Are you sure? Just now you said the turquoise one looked nice,” she said, looking dubiously at me.

“Dude, take the pink one or the turquoise one. Whatever, man!” I said, exasperated. “This is like the 10th time you’re asking for my opinion and never listening to me.

She looked at me dumfounded and wrinkled her nose wondering what she did. She hugged the pink dress and sniffed it, sighing, knowing very well she was going to be buying that particular one. I on the other hand hadn’t the chance to browse around for a dress yet. Pitiful me eh? No? Yes actually. The dresses she had looked at were almost every single dress there was in the store and no way was I going to purchase something which she had earlier called “Looks like my mom wore this to conceal her pregnancy!” or “If I wore this, I’ll look like I just ate an entire cow and still had room for one more!”

“I think we better leave now so I can go to another floor and search for something I can actually wear!” I exclaimed, making sure I emphasized on the word “I”. I don’t think she understood because she actually asked me to wait while she looked for some more dresses!

“Sabine! Just take the pink one for the love of God!” I cried out, feeling much more frustrated than ever. “Please…please…take it. I need to look for mine too you know? You’re wasting too much time here.”

“You’re right, Bil. I’m sorry! I got so caught up with myself till I forgot you had to find something too. Let’s go right after I pay for this,” she answered.

“You damn right we leaving after this!” I retorted jokingly. “I could just kill you now, Sabine.”

She took out some cash from her purse and headed to the counter to pay for the pink dress I coaxed her into getting. I was just inches away from the counter when suddenly a guy knocked into me from behind which caused me to trip over and fall.

“OUCH!” I screamed, rubbing my hurt knee from the fall. The guy who unintentionally knocked me over quickly helped me up apologizing profusely for his silly actions. He looked really familiar. I just couldn’t recall where I had seen him from.

“Are you alright, Bil?!” asked Sabine, looking at me bewilderedly as I was staring at the guy who helped me. I think I just saw him for a split second recently. His eyes are so familiar. I think he’s-

“Niko? What are you doing here?” Sabine suddenly says to this mysterious stranger I can’t seem to remember. Did she know this guy? Where did she meet him? Where have I seen him?

“Hey Sabine, I was just looking around if there was anything that actually suits me..but you know, nothing here’s my style,” he said, looking around and raising his eyebrows. That was when he looked at me and made me recall where I had seen him from. He was the guitarist from that band we went to see! What was the name of the band again? Oh yes! It was Fettes Kartoffel!

“This is Bil, the friend who followed me to your gig the other day. And Bil, this is Niko Maron Ulliel,” said Sabine, pointing at me. Oh great, I can rephrase that sentence for her. Ahem. “This is the friend who followed me to your gig the other day and destroyed everything because she just HAD to find her missing purse. Oh wait, she made you drop your guitar as well. Oh you know the EXPENSIVE one.” If only I actually said that out. That’ll be a one way ticket to hell and an empty wallet.

“The friend who followed you that day? You mean the one who wrecked our show? And what’s with my full name?” he asked. I flushed. This was utterly embarrassing for me. “Come on, she didn’t wreck your show! It was only a lil accident,” said Sabine. Oh thank you so much Sabine. Oh no, he’s looking at me. Shit!

“So, so. You’re the one who made me drop my damn guitar! Its internals are freaking spoilt now you idiot!” he shouted. “Huuuhhhhh!!!” he sighed exasperatedly and rubbed his head eyeing me angrily. “Look, if you’re that into Zack, why didn’t you just ask Sabine to hook you up?”

What the hell? He too thought I was into the lead singer? OMG.

“Well excuse me! I do not like him, I don’t even know him! That guy’s just full of himself! I’m sorry about your guitar, I’ll try and make up for it but seriously, I’m not into that vain guy. So, squeeze me!” I said, feeling pleased with myself.

Sabine was just standing there watching us argue like the other shoppers were. It was rather tense, the situation. We looked like we were about to punch each other, hard. He seemed to realize what was happening as well and quickly tried to ease things up. In a silly way, obviously.

“Hi, I’m Niko! You got some good acting skills too hey?” he said, hinting with his eyes to play along. Oh well, what the heck?

“Hi, I’m Bil! You’re not too shabby yourself!” I replied, sounding very convincing till I felt shocked with myself. “What about we get out of this place and talk somewhere else?”

“That’s a fantastic idea Bil! That way, we can escape the prying eyes of the crowd who’s watching us like we’re making a movie!” said Niko. With that, the crowd hurriedly dispersed returning to whatever they were doing before this. Niko, Sabine and I exited the department store without hesitating.

“Way to go Bil! Why Bil? That’s like, a guy’s name. You switched gender?” he taunted.

“Hahaha! Very funny, Marion!” I said, laughing at my clever retaliation.He scrunched up his face and said “Till next time, Bil!See you guys later.”

Number one, I didn’t get to find a dress yet. Number two, I found an annoying guy.