“Stop!”she screamed but he’s not listening. He punched him again and just then, a sound was heard in the water.

She fell in, fainting.

—-

** AN HOSPITAL **

It took twenty minutes for her to gain consciousness. Richie and Alex paced round the ward for the twenty minutes.

Arabella’s eyes was blur at first as she opened her eyes, not recognizing the two guys in front of her.

“Bella”

“Arabella”

Both called as her sight became clear. She sat up slowly.

“Are you okay?”Richie went to her immediately and she nodded slowly nodded positively..

“You remember him?”Alex voice made them both you at him.

“You finally did”he said again and she pulled off Richie’s hold and came down, walking to Alex.

“I thought it’d last for a while or…..”the remaining words got stucked as she landed an hot slap on his cheek, using lot of strength on it cause her five fingers was visible on his left cheek.

“You went real far for this and you deserve that”she said and walked to Richie, hugging him, real tight.

“I’m sorry”she muttered.

“It’s not even up to two days Bella”he patted her hair and she sniffs.

“How did you cope with it? I’d have cried real hard if you were the one”she pulled away from the hug.

“Cry baby”he smiled, wiping the little drops of tears on her face.

“I’m sorry”she said..

“It’s not your fault and I miss you”he cupped her cheeks..

“I’m just sorry”she muttered, burying her face on his chest.

“Want me to carry you out?”he chuckled.

“Hm hm”she muffled and jumped on him slightly, wrapping her legs round his waist for balance, her head still buried on his chest as he walked out, smiling largely.

He seem to be the happiest person right now cause he finally got back his girlfriend.

Not noticable but Alex left immediately he received his package, slap.

—-

** NEXT DAY, GIRLS DORM, ROOM 102 **

“Flowers?”Fiona muttered with sleepy eyes as she stood by the doorstep, allowing the delivery guy do his thing.

“Just hope it’s not Alex’s doing cause I’m not ready for any commotion right now”she muttered after shutting the door.

It’s just Arabella and her home since Julie didn’t come.

“Ara!”she tapped her but Arabella won’t wake.

“God!”she groaned, walking to grab a glass of water when the door opened, revealing Julie on a new clothes.

“Good morning”she waved at Fiona who responded with a nod.

“What’s the flowers for?”Julie asked, going to the flowers on Arabella’s bed to have a look.

“A delivery guy came by and dropped it, he won’t say who sent for it”Fiona replied.

“Oh, it’s Richie’s handiwork”Julie said as a knock came on the door and she went for it.

“Breakfast? For who?”she asked as the chef pulled in the carrier of food in.

“For Miss Bella”the chef said and walked out.

“Cool, he’d come in to brush her teeth, obviously angry Alex did this for her”Julie shaked her head, going for her bed.

“You didn’t come home last night”Fiona said, deciding to say that since she have been thinking about it despite not wanting to.

“An hotel”Julie replied.

“Hotel? You could have come to the hostel instead”Fiona said.

“I know right”Julie muttered, covering herself with the duvet.

“Got no class?”Fiona asked.

“I’m skipping, got a family lunch with Vince’s family”she said.

“Oh”Fiona mouthed, walking to the bathroom.

“Good morning….”Arabella yawned and they both Shaked their heads, ignoring her.

“Just hope you don’t sleep over your exams”Fiona said from the bathroom.

Arabella took her phone to see a message from Richie already.

RICHIE: Good morning babe, slept well right?

She read and smiled before reading the next one, not noticing the flowers and food.

RICHIE: I’ll be there if you’re ready to eat, I wanna feed you

She turned to the flowers and gasped.

“OMG!”she screamed, sighting the foods.

“This is seriously more than breakfast in bed”she gushed, taking a bite from a piece of cookies.

“He’s so sweet”she smiled and faced Julie who’s videoing her.

“Julie!!”she screamed, running to her on bed.

“Oh gawd!”Julie groaned as she jumped on her.

“Thanks for breaking that phone of mine”she said..

“Thought you were angry?”Julie laughed. Richie texted her about Arabella regaining her memory so she knows about his plans.

“I’m sorry for acting out”she muttered.

“It’s fine”Julie said as a knock came on the door.

“Go go”Julie pushed her and she rushed to her own bed, pretending to still be asleep.

“Come in!”Julie said as the knock came again, it’s Richie as guessed.

“Still asleep”Julie muttered and entered the bathroom, gaining a scream from Fiona.

“I also have those”Julie snapped, pointing at Fiona’s b00bs.

“I h@ťě you!”Fiona shouted as she quickly wrapped a towel round herself.

“And the back one”Julie laughed.

Richie walked to Arabella, planting a peck on her lip but she won’t wake so he kissed her, not long cause she opened her eyes with laughter, blowing everything.

“You weren’t asleep?”he smiled.

“I really was”she smiled back and stole a kiss.

“Thanks for all this”she smiled.

“Remember when you told me thank for the first time?”he asked and she nodded. It was after helping her out on her first day.

“Remember my reply?”he asked.

“You did be helping a lot so I shouldn’t say that”she replied and he smiled.

“Let’s go brush”he smiled and carried her out of bed. Fiona and Julie already came out of the bathroom, both stood by Fiona’s bedside, staring at the lover birds .

“How cute”Julie gushed, hugging Fiona who pushed her off.

“Get a guy!”she snapped.

—-

** ROOFTOP **

Emily snapped the last photo of a couple walking in the college. She’s really bored and needed to do this. Almost everyone is free right now. Julie and Vince left for family lunch, Richie and Arabella are together and May, she’s busy with her unknown lover while Fiona is married to her books.

Her phone rang, bringing it out of her pocket, she smiled on seeing it’s Paul.

“Hey kid!”she smiled, walking to sit since it’s a VC.

“I’m twelve”he pouted and she laughed.

“You’re going somewhere?”she asked, seeing he’s in a car.

“Nah, mom came around school so I’m waiting in to talk to her”he replied.

“Cool, why did you call?”she asked.

“I missed seeing your face”he said.

“Hey kid!”she snapped and he laughed.

“That’s part but I wanna talk to Alex”he said.

“Oh wow! I’m an errand girl”she said sarcastically.

“Come on!”he groaned.

“Respect!”she glared and he sighed.

“Please aunt Emily”he pouted.

“Aunt? Wow!”she laughed then turned to see someone behind her. He’s close to her like he’s talking to Paul who’s on phone.

It’s Alex.

“Dude!”Paul gushed and before she knows it, Alex took the phone from her.

“The heck!”she snapped, going after him as he walked round the rooftop.

“I’m here now”Alex said, still keeping to his fast pace while Emily chased.

“Give me your contact at least”Paul said.

“Nah”

“Come on!”

“Respect Paul!”Emily shouted.

“I think she’s a granny, I’m just twelve”Paul scoffed. “Your contact”he said again and Alex stopped walking, Emily hit her head on his back through the process.

“Hey!”she screamed.

“You can keep calling hers and she can pass it through me”Alex smirked.

“A little cool, I’ve got to go, bye!”Paul waved and the call disconnected.

“My phone!”Emily snapped with a let go hand.

“Nice wallpaper”he commented while she eyed, snatching the phone from him.

“You should…..”

“Paul can’t be the reason we talk so don’t think we’re ever close!”she cut in.

“You think I think that?”he scoffed.

“Was just stating”she said, taking her bags, she walked away.

“Rude, sassy”he mouthed, pulling out a stick of cigarette to smoke.

—-

“May!”Finn dropped a can of soda on the table before sitting opposite her.

“Hey Finn”she said and faced back her phone.

“Busy?”he asked with a smile.

“Ye….not really, he just went offline”she dropped her phone.

“Oh….”

“Thanks”she picked the soda.

“I was thinking we go out tonight”he suggested and she raised her brows.

“Thinking”he smiled.

“I’m gonna be busy”she said.

“An hour”he said.

“Real busy”she said.

“Thirty minutes”he said.

“Come on! You never give up?”she said.

“Maybe”he smiled.

“Thirty minutes then”she said and he smiled.

—-

** NIGHT, OUTSIDE THE GIRLS DORM **

A little tent could be seen as the couples (Richie and Arabella) sat out on a spread sheet, having the stuffs needed for a picnic.

A bottle of wine, few dishes, fruits, flowers….. could be seen as they both smiled at each other.

“It’s crazy right?”Arabella asked, smiling..

“But I love it”Richie replied and she picked a piece of apple.

“Open up”she smiled and he did while she fed him.

“Oh my!”she gasped silently as she watched some students passing by talk and point to them.

“Worry less about them but me instead”he held her chin, facing her to him and she smiled.

“I wanna tell you something”she said after a while.

“Anything”he muttered.

“When I got the photo you sent two years ago, I mistook you as Alex”she said but he still maintained his smile.

“I crushed on Alex instead of you…..”

“You love me?”he said, more like a question.

“Yeah, I love you Richie”she said.

“I love you Bella and that’s only what matters”he said and she smiled.

“You’re amazing”she smiled.

“You’re cute babe”he smiled.

“You’re awesome”

“You’re segzy”

“You’re wonderf….”he kissed her before she could complete it and she laughed.

“I love you really hard my Bella”he said and captured her lips again, kissing her real hard this time.

They both fell down, him on top but they cared less as they both devoured each other lips.

TBC