The wall cracked

I was still thinking about Liam and Zuri's closeness lately. She's been using the injury to get closer to him more. Like yesterday I was talking and laughing with him about what my fans said on one of my vlogs. Then Zuri walked in and interrupted us, laughing hysterically and falling on Liam's shoulder. Then she feigned a pain cry and touched her injury. Then boom Liam was distracted. Immediately taking her to the school nurse.

It went on for days and I'm hoping it wouldn't as Friday was my grand presentation at the winter gala and today's Tuesday already. 

I bumped into Liam in class, he was smiling sheepishly. I wanted to call his name but then I thought, what's the need? He'd probably notice me first but that backfired as he walked past me to his seat. I had no other choice than to walk up to him and try to talk to him.

“Hi Liam” 

“Oh hi Zara, where have you been, I've been looking for you?.....

 For a moment I wanted to smile and overlook his nonchalant attitude towards me lately- until he completed that statement.

“I wanted to show you what Zuri did today, she insisted we find you and show you but….

“Oh, it seems like you had a wonderful day with my sister again today? I quickly interrupted hiding the sting in my voice.

“ Huh? Do I smell jealousy here? common your sister’s just trying to heal and she also doesn't have many friends here, she just got transferred here last few months”. Liam sounded stupid when he said this that I couldn't control my anger.

“It's been more than 6 months Liam, and you think she doesn't have friends? how about me I've been here for the past 4 years and I only got just one friend who's probably not being friendly to me anymore”

“Zara could you just stop being petty”

Liam blurted before he could take it back, and tears welled up in my eyes. 

“I'm sorry that's not what I meant Zara, I..”

“So I just came to remind you that I'd be performing in the winter gala this Friday. I hope to see you there”.

I stood up and went back to my seat looking like a bird pooped on my hair. I was fuming because he didn't do anything, he just sat there massaging his temples. Then he stood up and left the class. And that's probably how I'd lose my crush.

I was so heartbroken I was struggling to breathe. 

“Pull yourself together Zuri” I looked around. None of my friends were there, just some few familiar but yet unfamiliar faces I saw.

Then I looked to my side and saw him – the rude boy– Kade he was staring at me like a hawk, his deep onyx eyes peering into my soul, emotionless— I was stunned and speechless no matter how many times I tried to open my mouth to ask “why the hell are you staring at me freak?” I couldn't bring myself to. Then he immediately turned his gaze away when the teacher walked into the class.

That's a relief. 

This was the last class for today. For the first time in a long time,  I was in a hurry to leave the school's premises.

The class was almost over and there was still no sign of Liam or Zuri or my friends. How and why did they miss class? I wanted to cry and scream but I was held back by a little thread of sanity.

The bell went off and I couldn't wait, I was curious so I bolted out of the class first immediately after the teacher rounded up.

I dashed downstairs and I saw her, my sister–that witch. She stood with two of her minions, Penelope and Daisy –they were daughters of influential men, but they were just as arrogant and selfish as Zuri. They stood close to the female toilet.

“Zara, my dear twin sister, how lovely of you to look for me?” 

“Shut up tramp, I didn't come to look for you. You know just who I came to look for”. 

“Sister, you called me a tramp” Zuri started staging a play there. She feigned tears instantly. Beckoning her friends to get me. 

I laughed so hard, my eyes turned red with anger and the urge to kill. I knew she was planning something and that she knew where Liam was, but what I didn't know was why she was trying to take him away from me. The one boy I fell in love with.

“Come any closer to me, and I'd show you that my holidays at the army camp wasn't for a waste” 

Oh and yes my mom sent me to the teenagers army correctional camp to correct me from bullying my dearest twin sister.

Zuri walked up to me holding a sharp object in her hand, a key knife I guess. I stood still and calm-- waiting to see what this fool would do next. The crowd had already started appearing but none could see what she was really up to.

“Look Zara, Liam cannot belong to you. He's not your type, you're so old fashioned and all.

While she was talking Liam walked out from the female toilet. Completely drenched.

‘What? Why? What was he looking for in there?’ I am super confused now.

He looked so ashamed to see me there that he didn't even meet my gaze for up to a second.

Zuri immediately tried to hug me, which was completely strange and off and I instinctively pushed her aside and she immediately used the object to cut herself and made it look like I did it. The key knife fell to the floor, showing her blood. I hate the sight of blood

“What???, Zara why did you do that? Where did you even get that knife from?”

I was dumbfounded for a split second at how everyone including Liam rushed over to her side. What a fake playlet. It isn't even novel worthy.

“What the hell is wrong with you Zara?” “She's your sister. Just now I remember telling you to stop being petty and here you are doing this.” Liam raised his voice at me for the first time.

“Li–iam, what are you saying? I didn't do anything to her. Liam looked at me with disgust, like he was highly disappointed and then he helped Zuri out to the nurse's office.

Penelope and Daisy followed suit smirking at me.

Wow, they planned this all along. They made Liam go into the female toilet for a reason, just to stage me.

But Zuri's into acting and this kind of acting is so cringed it almost felt like a comedy if she hadn't truly drawn blood from her own body. How barbaric?

Then the whole crowd present looked at me like I was a monster.

“What are we in some stupid show that no one could see that she just staged this whole thing?” I annoyingly asked the brainwashed students that gathered.

Everyone just stared at me like I was mad, and they left the hall chatting and murmuring.

Great, I can't wait to see what Mum would do to me now.

(ℌ𝔦 𝔡𝔢𝔞𝔯 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔰, 𝔥𝔬𝔭𝔢 𝔶𝔬𝔲'𝔯𝔢 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞 𝔤𝔬𝔬𝔡 𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢 𝔰𝔬 𝔣𝔞𝔯? 𝔗𝔥𝔞𝔫𝔨𝔰 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔰𝔲𝔭𝔭𝔬𝔯𝔱 𝔰𝔬 𝔣𝔞𝔯 𝔞𝔫𝔡 ℑ 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔦𝔪𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔳𝔢 𝔬𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔨.)

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