Chapter 7
room. Now I'll be sleeping with Aiko. My mind was about to explode. The two other person looked hostile towards me. I felt uncomfortable around them so I decided to go by the lake and read my novel and listen to some music. I took my music pod with me and as I was about to leave Chiyo and Aiko tagged along with me. They were busy playing with the water and many other students were either busy taking selcas and just enjoying their time. I sat down under a distant tree from where I could see the chaos. I wasn't in the mood to read so I just saw them and listened to some music. Aiko and Chiyo came running to me at full speed. Aiko hit me on the shoulder and shouted, "Yeah, I won Chiyo", and both of them collapsed on the ground. "What are you fools doing?" I asked? "We were just racing," said Chiyo. Aiko took one
Soon the sun set down and we were having a bonfire at night. There was good food and DJ. Everybody was dancing. I don't hate dancing but it depends on my mood. If I'm in the mood to dance then I can dance all night. But today because of embarra.s.sing moments, I wasn't in the mood to dance at all. I was with Chiyo and Aiko was with her group of followers. Suddenly the DJ played Gangnam Style and everybody went crazy including Chiyo. She pulled my hand hard but I didn't even budged. Giving up she went somewhere and then she came back dragging Aiko with herself. "Irana see, I brought Aiko also, now we can dance together", she said enthusiastically. "Ummm, Chiyo, you go, we'll join you in a moment", said Aiko and she sounded a bit hesitant. Chiyo finally went alone and now me and Aiko were left alone. We stood in a corner, dumbfounded, beside each other. "One thing I really hate is dancing. I just can't dance and I really don't wanna try it, ugh!", exclaimed Aiko breaking the ice. "But why aren't you dancing?" She asked. "Oh me? Just not in the mood", I said. She chuckled and said, "You are so strange Irana". My heart skipped a beat when she took my name. Thinking back, whenever she's talking to me, she hardly takes my name. What is this strange feeling?