Fake people can surround you anywhere but have you seen the clouds clustered in the sky?

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                          Chapter-40

The infinite world of dreams in which the stars were shining and the ballads were singing. The only thing that has made the difference between hope, and numbness is- hope is mysterious, yet astonishing at the same time, but how if I tell you? Dreams were only made for dreaming. Now listen to me; carefully. if they were supposed to be true they never meant to be dreaming? Isn't that true? You know everyone hates you.  You know that right? And maybe you are just a small bird caged in the storms of the ocean, and your dreams are never going to fulfil, want to know why? Because you are not good enough to have dreams, you are not good enough to see the ray of hope, you are insecure about everything, and everything looks fake to you? Isn't it right tell me isn't it right that every time you try to do something you broke your heart in the process. Tell me if I'm wrong, abolish me if I've realized you the fucking truth of yours, but trust me, darling, you are going to suffer until I've your soul in my power. You are going to tie up in the shudders of the unrealistic world.

I'm anxious about the anxiety, and I've you to work for me because you are all alone. Are not you?

I don't understand Amanda, why you feel alone? You have books to read. Don't you have? Then tell me why you feel alone? And who said dreams were only made for dreaming? maybe They are a slight reflection of the future.

Don't you believe in the past?
Don't you believe in the present?
Then why can't you relate your dreams to the future?
And I don't understand why you feel suffering when you have dreams.
Anyone cannot be lost in this world until they have dreams.

Just like the clouds cluttered in this lost sky, you have me to endure your dreams and a fainted image has been memorized in my view.

"Amanda Parker,  wake up I'm telling you this the last time."  a fainted voice, engraved in my mind and before I could open my eyes. I had thousands of sprinkles of water on me. Like a splash in the midnight of the ocean, my thoughts were damped in the water.

"Now, don't look at me with those horrendous eyes of yours, I had to do this. Now if you have overcome with your sleeping in my class now pay attention and answer the question that has been printed on page number-34"

It may be recorded as torture but that's how our new Maths teacher works. She is strict very strict and if you didn't pay enough attention to what she wishes for, she will do anything to make you present in the real world.

And I might have some of the thinking that maybe she is not pleased with me, not just by this incident but with those whispers of all the other students who had been whispering so many things about last night. Yes, I was too naive for the word to be sound like a playgirl for me, but if you think about this, it is kind of hilarious, I've not had sex with anybody, right? Yet, these rumours were whispering as I've had sex with more than one boy last night. Stupid people and stupid rumours.

I should not be worried about these things. I've big things to do, and I don't understand what this new teacher wants with me.

"Solve this question now!" she was challenging me with his slightly knitted rosed eyebrows. That little crook of a subtle smile beneath her nose made me feel that she was going to give me deletion as she already believed that I'm not going to solve this trigonometry question of Maths.

But what she didn't know that I'm Amanda Parker, and no matter what happens in her life her mind will still work the same.

I took the marker and went towards the whiteboard which was hung on the solid rock wall of the room.

In just a swift movement of hands, the question was solved before she could even adjust herself on her seat.

"How did you? I mean you are good." she looked astonished. "Well, Ms Hannigon, you can check on my record."

And I walked away not because I was showing too much attitude or self-esteem, I walked away because that period was over.

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"Amanda Parker, you are listening to me or not? Where were you went last night I've brought down the whole universe to find you but you were missing."
oh my, poor Vannesa was looking too concerned for me, rambling about last night she was continuously mumbling while we were ranting the queue to pick up our tray of food which was contempt with fries, soda, and a one huge Berger.

Ah! What a blissful meal to remove our hunger ours.

"First tell me; is there any way if we could go with our school team to Miami?" I asked, slightly crossing my fingers in a hope that I would receive a yes.

Her eyes squinted then fainted at once only at last they became dreamy, "yes," she uttered with a wink.

"And can w-" I was mildly stopped by at mid-sentence.

"Can we talk about what happened last night now?" 

The bubbling voice has converted into the exasperated one when it clicked to me that she needed to know everything about what happened last night, and yes what is happening with his parents the divorce thing. I don't know maybe she doesn't remember it or not because if the secrets have been spilt out they needed to be discussed, to be shared and to be revealed.

"You remember when.."

I told her everything, every inch of last night, but what surprised me the most was her judgment, "I don't know but Cole is hiding something, it's like he is on and off. Something is holding on to him or maybe he is hiding something." she sounds reluctant, but is he hiding something? Is he seriously knows something that I didn't know?

"And what about that boy Joseph?" as we sat down on our side corner tables where only we were seated, gulping down the soda in the throat, burning it at the same time. "What about him?" I munched some fries down my throat.

"Isn't he was flirting with you last night?" now, this isn't the question to be asked because she already knows the answer, but still, after all, she is Vanessa Carlson, "yes, he was, but that's it nothing happened!" I slipped before even thinking about what I was saying.

"Maybe I'm wrong but these rumours and all something is fishy there."  on casually days it may sound normal, but today it sounded stupid to my ears.

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However, I'm not going to care about it. I've reserved my fucks for those who deserve it better.

"So you remember me talking about how my mother had broken my heart in the process of declaring her undying love for the perverted man."

Her eyes looked crooked at first then when the realization hits on her she looks lost. And that the meanwhile time she gulped down some water.

"Yes. I remember!" she nodded her head.

"So, you also remember that at the last night you told me about the divorce, about your parents."
The question which was too personal that it has invaded several of heartbeats which were sounded too personal before.

"You know I was waiting for the whole time that you would ask this, and you did. And the key point here is some secrets are only spilt because that were planned to be spilt."

"And that was a deep shit to dig a hole in my friend," I exclaimed.

"Yes. Mom and dad finally decided to have a divorce in their relationship. At first, it was hard to digest to be separate from anyone. Meanwhile, in the whole process what thing I realized is  I can't pressure them to be together for me it's their call to be together and if they don't want to then it's ok. It is not like this world is going to end I can manage myself and you are here for me. Even I ever broke up with Dylan I'll marry you.."

"Oh my god! I knew that I knew that you like Her more than me. How did I never realized I was dating a lesbian like Ross?"

Dylan yelled, whined like a baby. Well not like a baby if we go to his physique, I mean just look at his broad shoulders that abs, and those perfect eyebrows scrutinising every moment with it, "If you didn't stop bickering like a donkey I would seriously break up with you for gaining attention in the cafeteria." by resting her face on her right hand Vess's looks bored into his eyes.

"You can't babe because I'm your sugar and you are my spice which is not at all nice," he winked at her.

"You!!! Are b-"

I abruptly had to stop them to start fighting and at the end up having sex in the cafeteria. Yes, I've observed many times that their relationship works like this. "I'm seriously telling you guys I'm not interested in watching a live porno movie."

Oops! Maybe I said more than they had expected, Vess turned red like a tomato, deep red with flaws of tomato on her skin, and Dylan?
Well, he said this- "what's wrong in watching a live porno?"

For this, he received a smack on his head. "If you guys  are done with yourself I've to go and do the management for our team."

Like a thousand stars blazing in the right at the same time, I got overenthusiastic by the fact that Dylan is the key to go to Florida on the school trip.

"Hey, Dylan," I batted my eyelashes ahead of him. Oh, come on now don't say that I'm selfish but you can have some exceptions in your life and you also can be selfish.

"What do you want? Playgirl!"
There was no need for Challenging or was there?

"I want you to do something so that I and Vess can also join this school team in Florida."

Hoping that I will get a positive response I breathed.

He raised his eyebrows, "where is the keyword sweetheart?"

Ok, he is not that good he is a donkey, "please do this for me!" I muttered in a baby voice just to show him how much desperate I am.

"Well, it's done then  my girls are also coming with me and C-" 

His cell phone started ringing, at first we all tried to ignore it, but it didn't stop. It kept ringing and ringing finally Dylan had to answer that Call,

"Hello?"

All the colours were gone from his face, and he was looking like a ghost,
"I'm coming!" these were the last words he yelled before running the whole hallway down outside the school.

And we kept following him, my breathing was getting fast, and it was hard to digest the scenario which was playing in the real-life ahead of my eyes.

Cole and Joseph were fighting, But Cole was looking at something else with his bloodshot eyes, he was punching Joseph like he was going to murder him, and Joseph? He has a smug on his face. Like he was giving Cole a free way to punch him. But why? Why was all this happening?

And where was Cole after all this time?

"Cole, stop it! Mr Bennett is coming here at any time. And you know what will happen after this!" Dylan screamed.

I want to shout what will happen! I want to scream until my throat gets dry to ask what the fuck is going on and most importantly I want him to stop this madness. Whatever the reason I don't him to fight like a ruthless.

However, he didn't stop! He didn't stop!

And like in a zoo we gathered to see animals; all students who were near the parking area of the school gathered around that spot where it all was happening.

And everyone was cheering, or maybe I should say 'fight! Fight! Fight!'

Seriously? The fight is all we want?

"Amanda, he is not going to listen to me, and I don't know what happened why he is so mad, but we can't let it happen his future is at a stake. Do something, please say him to stop, yell at him to stop!"

I don't have answers to some question, and I'm lost already in this world but at least I can try with him. And I'll never let his future be at a stake, and it doesn't matter if he was busy fighting with Joseph, and it doesn't matter their fight was bad, because it is needed to be stopped!

"Stop!" I yelled and screamed at the same time by making my voice thirsty at the same time.

Do you know what surprises me the most? They stopped! Not just one both of them stopped.

"Boooo!" the voices get echoed by those students who wanted their entertainment by seeing the blood of these two.

I ran towards where he was stood looking lost himself, and asked looking at his scratched fists. yes, I was demanding him to answer my question that why? Why?

And you would be surprised to hear what I received, "look into my eyes and tell me you don't know me!" and before I can digest his words in my head to think he fades away.

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