Next day,
Martha made to school stumbling thinking that she's got no one to get along with. She entered the school gate as her hands begun to shiver. She clenched her fists tight and faced down. Her shoulders seemed heavier that the both guys were holding her shoulders that Victor was left to her placing his hand on her right shoulder and Vincoln was right to her resting his hand on her left shoulder. She tried to shrug but seemed like it wasn't possible to.
She looked at them both but they were smiling at her as if they were saying 'Go for it!' that she looked down again and heaved a deep breath and crouched down a little bit to let them go of their hands on her shoulders. As soon as she crouched down her shoulders felt light and she moved forward stretching her neck in all the directions. She sped up to her class when she saw Tessa in her way and her face lit up.
"Tessa!!!!" She yelled her name because she was way too farther to Martha. She could run but she didn't. She was excited that she acknowledged she had her on her side. Tessa turned back and she waved her hand at Martha to come quick. Martha then ran towards Tessa and without waiting a second she spoke the instant she reached her as she panted.
"Morning!! You look cute today!!!" Martha smiled wide as she gave her a compliment. Her words made Tessa laugh in a high tone as she placed her palm on Martha's shoulder.
"What's with you?? You're a girl, Remember. Don't flirt with me!!" She said still laughing.
"Haha, But that's the fact Tessa." Vincoln popped up in between them and he smiled at Tessa but she turned her face cold at him recalling what happened the day before.
She turned her face towards Martha ignoring Vincoln as she puffed her cheeks and the both girls begun to have a chat and started walking. They moved straight to the class they were laughing all the way when the boys were wandering their eyes on their surroundings of the school. The both girls were immersed in their chat that before they knew they were in their class.
"Ahaha!!!! I didn't expect you did that!!" Martha was guffawing as she placed her palms on her stomach and laughed hard.
"Ohh, Stop it Martha!!! That wasn't on purpose. Even I didn't notice that." They were having a pleasant conversation, Tessa then looked around and she raised her brows as she shrugged.
"Ohh, we're here." She said and looked at Martha whose facial expression had a dramatic change that her eyes begun to wander about. She turned to look at the surroundings of her seat as she spotted Lorries who was looking cold at her books indicating that she had noticed Martha. Tessa then placed her arm on Martha's shoulder and Martha looked at her. She smiled and begun to push her gently and they stepped ahead to their seats. They were seated beside eachother. Lorries was seated next to her but she didn't even pay a glance at Martha.
Martha didn't look too as she covered her table with books and placed her hands on them waiting for the class to begin when certain silhouette from the door covered the sunlight into the class and Martha turned her head towards the door and her eyes widened as her hands begun to shake. It seemed that her past was going to be repeated. It seemed that the circumstance which made her school days turned into bad terms was going to be repeated. These tough thoughts in her mind made her frail.
Martha's actions didn't escape from Tessa as she held her shivering hands and followed her sight of vision and she could see a girl at the door. She didn't understand why this girl was trembling looking at the girl infront of door, she then turned to Martha and begun to give her voice.
"What's wrong?? Who's that??" Her brows frowned as she looked kind of worried. Martha didn't respond which made her to get even more doubt that she turned her head backwards to face Victor who was busy in the chat of the boys.
"Hey!!" She then poked his arms letting him notice her and he moved front looking at her.
"What's the matter??" He asked as Tessa turned her gaze towards Martha. Victor followed her sight and looked Martha's hands shaking. His eyes widened as he looked at her face that she was looking at door so did he. He saw the girl too and he asked Tessa,
"Why's Little Grape trembling?? Who the hell is she?? How dare she could frighten her!!!!!" He raged his eyes as he starred at the girl who was still at the door. She stood there for a while as if she was thinking about to go in or not. Her hands waved from down to up clapping in air in a joyous way and eyes wandered around as if she was looking for someone. Martha clenched her fists and mumbled inside.
'Not me!!! Not me!!!'
She mumbled again and again that without her knowledge she was synchronising with 'Not me' on her lips. Tessa noticed that and said it out loud expressing doubted words.
"Not me??" And she looked at her again.
But what Martha didn't want to happen, fated to happen. That girl's eyes stopped at Martha and she smiled wide that she begun to step towards her which made Martha even weaker. She then heaved heavy breaths as she pulled herself down by her weak back. The whole scene happened above Victor and Tessa which he didn't like at all as he poked Martha and begun to give his voice.
"Hey, Little Grape. Who's that girl??" His voice reached Martha's ears that her lips got moved. Unable to hear, Tessa moved her ears closer to Martha and she still didn't get it. She moved back, looked at Victor which left him in high spirits. He didn't ask Tessa but did what she did. He moved his ears closer to Martha and his eyes widened listening what her lips were uttering.
"Nyna."