Filed to story: A Girl Nobody Wanted Book by SansaR
“Hmm… ” I said drowning to my own thoughts… It would be amazing to spend the whole weekend with him. Without being afraid of people seeing us or suspecting anything. We can spend time together as we desire… But as he said, it is not an easy decision to take… It will be totally different from spending a day at his place… I know you all may think, what is the big deal, you both love each other… That’s true. But I have never been that far from home… Other than the visits required by school or university, I have never been to any place far away from home.
On the other hand, anything can happen when we two are alone… Am I ready for that? No matter how much I crave for him, I am not sure if I am ready to take such a big step yet…
“What you are thinking, Sarah…” he asked, concernedly.
“Even if I score 3 goals, I was not going to push you for it… I always value your decision… I never want to make you uncomfortable…” he added.
“You know, Jake, as you said it is not easy for me to take that decision… But with you, I am willing to go to the end of the world, if it is required…” I said, placing my head on his shoulder. “Really? Thank you, Princess…” he said, kissing my forehead.
But I don’t want to do that, yet… I wanted to tell him… But I didn’t… I know I will look so stupid if I tell something like that now… He will definitely make fun out of me… Sometimes, he may not have even think about something like that… He may just want to spend some time with me…
God! You are so naive, Sarah… When are you going to grow up?
Luke gave me a lift to come home. We both were so worried about Jake, but we couldn’t go beyond his words
When I entered home, mom and dad were in the living room.
“Where the hell you were last night?” my mom screamed as soon as she saw me.
I was startled by her voice.
“I called dad yesterday…” I replied.
“That is not the answer to my question!” she yelled.
“I stayed at my friend, Penny’s house,” I said slowly.
“You can tell… How we know where you stayed exactly?” mom yelled again.
“Let her go, honey…” dad said.
“We can let her go now, but what are we going to do if one day she comes carrying a baby? You will worry when you have to feed another mouth.” mom said.
Not just me, even dad got horrified by what she said.
“Mom!!!” I said, a bit annoyingly.
“You are not allowed to sleep over at your friends’ houses anymore. You must come home no matter how late it is,” she said firmly.
I knew by experience that there is no use to argue with her now. It will only make her angrier. So, I jus nodded my head and walked towards the staircase to go to my room. “Where the hell are you going now? Can’t you see, there are thousands of work to do in this house?” mom yelled.
“I will come after changing my clothes…” I replied without even looking at her.
She sets rules and asks me to come home not because she loves me and she cares about me. I know she is not afraid of me coming with a baby one day, because she knows I am not that stupid. She just sets all these rules because she wants me to do all the household work. When I am not around, she has to do everything, and she hates it.
I went to my room and changed my clothes. I sent a message to Jake, saying I came home and I am going to do some work at home because I had no idea when my mom will release me to get a break today.
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I spent the whole day doing several household works. The next day morning, I went to work at the caf wanted to go and see Jake, but he said it is not good if I keep coming everyday…
The next week Jake didn’t come to lectures, as doctors advised him to give complete rest to his leg.
When I had to stay home because my leg was hurt, he recorded all the lectures for me and sent me all the notes. He helped me a lot to understand all the lecture contents, though I couldn’t attend lectures. So I wanted to do the same for him. But I don’t have a good phone to record the whole lecture. So I asked Luke to do that for me.
However, every evening, I called him and helped him to understand the subject matters. For the whole week, I got to see him only once. He was getting better pretty fast. Cleark takes care of him in the best way possible.
I just spent that evening cuddling to him. It is so hard to stay away from him even for a day now… I want to at least see him.
His bright smile, his warm touch… God! I missed him really a lot these few days…
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The whole week was utterly boring except for that day I got to see him. Nothing special happened…
Oh! Wait!!! I almost forgot… I met Mr. Patterson for his session to finalize the lecture content.
That day morning, I got a call from an unknown number.
“Hello…” I answered the phone.
“Sarah… It’s me, Mr. Patterson…” Mr. Patterson’s deep voice raised from the other side.
“Oh! Yes, Mr. Patterson…” I said, wondering how he got my phone number. But then I remembered, all the lectures have access to student’s contact details.
“Sarah, if you are free can I take that session today around 1 pm?” he asked.
“Mmmm…” I said thinking about the lecture schedule I had that day.
I didn’t have any lectures from 1 pm to 3 pm.
“Okay, Sir… I can come around 1 pm.” I replied.
“Okay then see you later…” he said.
As soon as he kept the phone, I remembered what Jake told me about him. But how can I refuse a request from a lecturer?
So I went to his room around 1 pm.
“Sarah, The ultimate goal of these sessions is to understand the attitudes and behaviors of the group of students I am going to teach. Also to understand the common problems you all are facing. I have prepared a few questions to ask from you. You may find some of these questions are a bit personal, but please remember I just want this information for academic purposes only.” he said after offering me a seat.
I was a bit worried after hearing his explanation. God knows what type of private questions he is going to ask.
“If you are feeling uncomfortable, please let me know.” he again said.
I nodded my head in agreement.
Then he started asking about some basic questions related to my early academic performances, and high school life. I answered them all without any hesitation.
“Do you have a boyfriend?” when he asked, I was actually shocked.