The Magician and The Goose (Completed)

Chapter 71- NEAT NOVEMBER

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THIS CHAPTER...OOOOF....I WAITED SO LONG TO WRITE IT!

Sourovitas was now turning into an icebox as the month of November arrived. Shayla's leg was healing. She wanted to move back to the hostel but it wasn't possible as Aric didn't allow her to. His parents and he took very good care of her. Mrs. Peppila personally wasn't happy with Shayla for not letting her parents know about her condition. You should hide nothing from your parents was what she advised. But then Dane told them how last time her parents weren't very pleased to meet Aric and others. It took Dane some while but he somehow convinced Mrs. Peppila. 

Nattie and Bianca came to meet Shayla and they cried and cursed when Shayla told them everything. Nattie and Bianca hugged Gabrien for saving their friend. Well, Nattie became a little over-excited seeing her friend alive and she kissed Gabrien's both of the cheeks. Gabrien's face was worth seeing as it turned into a red balloon. Aric chuckled and teased Nattie saying that you and Shayla somewhat react the same when you are over-excited, which in turn made Shayla blush as she recalled how she kissed Aric after he gave her a limited edition book.

After Shayla's much insistence and cheering up, Gabrien finally gathered the courage to ask Nattie for her number. They started texting on daily basis. Gabrien thanked Leslie saying she was right about how her prayers always work.

Respina and Trivil started dating which was the biggest good news for the group. Everyone thought that Leslie would give a lecture to Trivil about never hurt her little sister and so on, but to everyone's surprise, Leslie lectured Respina about how good a person Trivil is and never take him for granted.

Basil, on daily basis, was boasting off about how he defeated Kalier but Dane kept on ranting the same sentence- IT WAS A TEAMWORK. WE ALL DISTRACTED HIM.

Gabrien didn't remember a single thing from the party until Oliandrin told him everything. He literally cried with happiness after knowing that he shot Wiana, who earlier shot Aric and then Shayla. Although he suffered from a fever when Aric made him imagine what would have happened if his bullet would have pierced Wiana's brain. I would have died single, behind the bars, was what Gabrien kept chanting for days.

Every business magazine of Sourovitas was covered with the headline that Mr. Hiken Ribert's son Kaliker Ribert is charged with an attempt to murder case. This piece of news tarnished Riberts image. They were earlier respected in the society and the city, but now looked down with the words- Oh! Their son is a criminal and addicted to drugs too. We guess that the whole family is like that. Big, rich people! What more is expected from them.

 Many people, who knew how self-centered and gitty Mrs. Vitina Ribert is, started saying that when the mother is like a bitch-vamp, what more can we expect from her son. The public can be cruel with their words and that was what exactly happened with Riberts' case.

Vitina made her daughter, Elliema, tell her everything about Wiana and stuff. Elliema told her about the new girl Shayla and all the other crazy events. She told her mother how it all started at Aric's concert night. Mrs. Vitina, instead of accepting her and her son's mistake, blamed Shayla and Aric. She was vexed beyond par as their family's name was glowing in a negative light now. She decided to face the cameras or better give an interview to a magazine and bend the things in her favor.

Aric, on the other hand, was progressively getting anxious as Shayla's birthday was approaching. Apart from him, only Basil knew what he was about to it. 

Basil was editing some tunes as he and Aric were in Aric's personal recording studio when Aric spoke up while biting his nails, "She will like it right?"

"Like it?" Basil raised his head to connect his eyes with Aric and spoke incredulously, "Dude are you for real?! She will practically tear your clothes apart and will plant kisses all over your body after this!"

"Shut up!" Aric said and rolled his eyes. "Be serious Basil-"

"I AM SERIOUS. I never thought you are capable of being THIS romantic. The Aric I knew wasn't like this, not even a bit." Basil's eyes grew soft as he spoke further, with softness in his tone, "Shayla changed you man, FOR GOOD."

"Okay, okay. I got you," Aric spoke dismissively. "You haven't told anyone about this, right?

"I don't wanna die by your hands. Not a word spilled about this plan. Don't worry," Basil spoke distractedly as he went back with his tune editing. 

"Good," Aric spoke and sighed as thumped down on the chair beside him.

"Umm...Dane will stab you if you won't tell him. Do you know that?" Basil spoke with his eyes glued on the laptop screen.

"I know," Aric rubbed his face tiredly as he spoke, "I will tell him today."

"Once you tell him, you have to tell everyone else. Trivil, Gabrien-"

"I know that too. I just don't trust Res. You know her. She can't contain any new information," Aric said.

"Yeah, the biggest blabbermouth of this world," Basil mumbled laughingly.

"I'm afraid she will puke out everything, mistakenly, in front of Shayla and her surprise would be ruined. I want everything to go as it is planned," Aric spoke sincerely.

"What if we won't tell Leslie and Respina about it. No, NO NO! I don't want to hear Leslie long lectures about friendships, no secrets, and bleh bleh," Basil spoke with a horrified expression.

Aric, unwillingly, told the whole group about his master surprise for Shayla's birthday. The whole group hugged him while Respina and Leslie got emotional. They all cheered him up and wished him luck saying that Shayla would love it and everything would go smoothly.

On the 30th of November, at 11: 30 night, Oliandrin along with Shayla made his way to Lacsial Garden of Fame, where Shayla attended Aric's concert. No matter how hard she pressed, Oliandrin didn't tell her why Aric has asked him to bring Shayla there.

Shayla was wearing an orange plain dress that Nattie and Bianca gifted her when they came to see her after she was shot. 

"Good luck," Olandrin spoke in his usual deep voice, devoid of any emotion, but his eyes were shining amusingly which elevated Shayla's nervousness.

"Strange. This is exactly how I felt when I entered here last time," Shayla whispered to herself as she made her way inside. She took small, careful steps and saw the stage and rows area enveloped in red and yellow lights, the same way it was back at the concert night. Shayla felt a funny feeling inside her stomach and a smile crept to her lips. She made her way up the aisle and held the banister lightly under her palms as she rubbed it while reminiscing how she cried when she saw Aric performing for the first time.

"Aric?" She yelled as she looked around for any sign of the boy with rectangular specs, who stole her heart and soul.

She kept moving slowly and carefully and finally reached the exact same spot, at the front row, where she stood earlier. Anxiousness and nervousness were hitting her hard as she frantically looked around for Aric. Only ten-fifteen minutes were left for her birthday and she knew Aric was trying to surprise her. 

Her stomach and palms tingled and her breath became quick. Her heart flipped strangely as she felt him around her.

Shayla drew in a long, shaky breath and spoke to herself, "Oh, Aric. What are you planning to do. Please just don't say I love you, tonight. I will faint."

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I WILL CRY *insert laughing emojis*

CAN YOU GUESS WHAT ARIC IS ABOUT TO DO?????? COMMENT.

Until the next chapter xoxo