Episode 2

Belle's POV

"This is all your fault!! Because of you, I've lost Lisa, and now, look what you did!"

"Believe me... it's not my-

"SHUT UP!!"

"Please...let me explain-

"Leave!"

"But...Da-

"LEAVE!!!"

I jolted up. I was out of breath, my face and body were covered in sweat.

"T-This... nightmare.. won't let me sleep," I mumbled to myself catching my breath.

While rubbing my face, I noticed the clock placed on the nightstand, it reads 5:00 am.

"I hardly slept for an hour or two."

Then, I got up and went to the bathroom to wash up. It was useless to lie on the bed like an alligator, as I knew, I won't be falling asleep again. These days, even these sleeping pills don't make me sleepy. I should tell Agnes about this, as apart from being a best friend, she is also my doctor.

It took me around 15 mins to wash up. After washing up, I came out of the bathroom, wiping my face with a towel. I noticed the time, it was 5:20.

"Come on, it so early, what do I do now?" I asked myself, throwing the towel on the bed. I went towards the window, stretching my arms and neck.

It was a beautiful morning and the weather was also nice.

"Ahh...my muscles are stiff from the lack of sleep, maybe some exercise and fresh air would help me relax my body, " I thought and walked towards the wardrobe to put on some sportswear.

I don't have many fancy clothes. My wardrobe is mostly filled with comfy clothes like oversized t-shirts, shorts, pajamas, and some knee-length frocks. To be precise 50% of my wardrobe is filled with comfy clothes other 35% is filled with sportswear and the last 15% is filled with some fancy clothes. I choose to wear a pink half sleeves t-shirt with gray leggings and pink sports shoes. And then I was ready with my water bottle and earphones for a run.

As soon as I stepped out of my house, I could feel the cold morning wind touching my face and relaxing my nerves. I love to exercise 'cause this the only way I feel my mind and body relax. After a little warm-up, I started jogging which eventually turned into running.

After running in the neighborhood for an hour or so I came back home covered in sweat.

As soon as I entered the house, I went straight to the bathroom to take a nice cold shower. The feeling of cold water touching your skin after a nice workout was amazing. And, the feeling, after a nice refreshing shower, when you wear a loose top with a pair of loose shorts is even more amazing.

I checked myself in the mirror one last time before going to the kitchen to have breakfast, I was wearing a solid white half sleeves loose top with blue shorts, my long brown hair was tied in a messy braid. This look was good enough for a lazy person like me.

I went to the kitchen. There pretended to happily search for something delicious in the fridge. And like always, in the end, I ended up having cereal for breakfast. I was eating when I got I call from Agnes, asking me to join them for lunch as Mrs. Smith was coming over to their place.

As an answer, I said yes. Why? Because, Mrs. Smith, is a close friend of Mr. Scott and is a very important person to the Scott family, I don't know why. But this is not the point, the main point is, there are going to be many delicious things to eat. And I am too lazy to cook for myself, today, which is why I can not miss out on this golden opportunity.

As Mrs. Claudia Smith is an important person to the Scott family, Agnes, like always had asked me to wear something which will make me look like an elegant girl. Truly speaking, to me, what I am wearing right now is elegant enough. But, for Agnes and her family, I have to wear something which they find is elegant.

So now, I am standing in front of my wardrobe's 15% of fancy clothes section looking for something 'elegant'. It's hard to find something 'elegant' in the wardrobe of a person like me. But finally, after searching for 30 mins, I found an 'elegant' dress. It was a plain, peach sleeveless, knee-length dress.

"Ok...It's Time To Dress Up!!" I shouted to motivate myself and went to the bathroom with the dress.

Normally, I take hardly 5 mins to get ready. But to look elegant today, it took me 20 mins to get ready. Still faster than most of the girls, I guess. I looked at myself in the mirror, I was wearing this 'elegant' dress. I haven't done anything much to my hair, just made them fall loose, as I am too lazy to do anything to my hair now. I don't wear makeup, but a little mascara and a nude lipstick are fine.

Unfortunately, don't have footwear to match my 'elegant' look. But somehow, I was able to find a pair of flat beige sandals. I wore them with the thought that Mrs. Claudia is not coming over to Scott's place to look at my feet. And, finally, a beige sling bag to put my phone and money as this 'elegant' dress doesn't have pockets.

After doing some other last things, I came out of the house. Agnes and Eric, the Scott's, live close to my place. I took a short cut which was only a 5 mins walk and I reached Scott's place. I noticed a luxury car parked before their house, this was Mrs. Smith's car.

Mrs. Claudia Smith is a nice lady. I've met her a few months ago, she treats me like her daughter. She is a lovely lady.

I went inside the house and found everyone well dressed. Mr. Scott, Eric's father was also there.

"Hello everyone!" I greeted them.

"Oh, you're here!" Mr. Scott said happily.

" Long time no see, Mr.Scott, " I greeted him with a smile.

"Hello, Mrs. Smith" I greeted her, and she embraced me in her motherly hug.

"Child, I missed you so much," she said, and I smiled.

After the greetings were over, we were seated. We did a little chit chat. Asked about each other's well being and did all other things you do when you meet a person after a long time.

After talking for some time, Mrs. Smith, suddenly asked me "Belle, how old are you?" "I'm 24" I replied.

But my first thought after listening to her question was Why is she asking my age? Am I behaving like Zach again?" Agnes told me, that most of the time I behave like a child.

"Do you have a boyfriend?" Mrs. Smith asked with a smile.

"Belle and boyfriend! Mrs. Smith, you are funny" Eric said laughing.

"No, Mrs. Smith, I don't have a boyfriend," I told her.

Inside my mind, I was begging her, "Now..please don't ask me why...please, Mrs. Smith."

I was a little annoyed because I was here to eat and not to answer all these weird questions.

"Do you have any plans?" she asked another question.

"Plans?" I was confused.

"I mean plans about marriage, do you have any?" she clarified.

"No, Mrs. Smith, why would I think about marriage? I mean, I am doing great on my own." I told her hurriedly.

I was surprised by what she was asking me. It was not like her, talking about marriage.

"Why not Belle, do you know you should've gotten married by now," Mr. Scott said with a concerned expression.

"Why is everyone talking about my marriage?"

the question was all over in my mind.

"It's not like that, actually I don't have anyone to marry, I mean, I don't know the right person to marry," I said to change the topic but regretted it the next moment.

After listening to my statement, Mrs. Smith happily said, "My son, Jason Smith, he is around your age. And, I think you two are the great match, so what do you think, Belle?" after listening to Mrs. Smith's words I cursed myself for being so lazy to cook myself a simple lunch.

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𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙎𝙤 𝙈𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜.😄💜

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