How Things Changed Forever.. PART - II

CH 55: Club Restructuring

The rest of Hillary's Monday morning was rather uneventful. She sat through her classes, smiled with pride whenever her teachers brought up the fundraiser and finally got to replying to all the messages she'd received, both on her personal and club page.

By lunch, her usual table was already buzzing.

A quick look around the cafeteria revealed that the Blade Breakers table was down by two people.

But since it was Kai and Cassie that were missing, she didn't think much of it. Maybe Cassie had wanted a more private place for them to have lunch. She could never imagine Kai of all people to give in to such whims, but what did she know about dating anyway?

Aubrey, Luke, Ahanaa, Andrew, Noah, and Aarushi were all in mid-discussion when she joined in.

"Look who finally decided to grace us with their presence," Aubrey teased as Hillary slid into her seat. "Too cool to sit with us during the fundraiser, were you?"

"I was literally doing a hundred different things to make sure you enjoyed the fundraiser." Hillary replied dryly.

"Oh right, martyr work," Andrew said, giving a mock salute. "We salute your service."

"We were just going over everything you, Luke and Aarushi missed," Ahanaa explained. "You know, the fun parts."

"I heard about the flying muffin," Luke volunteered, eager to show off he still had fun despite being busy with the organising part. Hillary had no idea what he was talking about.

"Oh, that's not even top five," Noah clarified, turning a sly eye to Andrew. "There was this guy who was trying to flirt with one of the stall girls in the Waffles section. He then accidentally poured chocolate sauce into his own backpack!"

"Hey!" Andrew cut in, "At least he bought five waffles to 'make up for it.' Respect the attempt, dude."

"Of course you'd say that, waffle boy!" Aubrey said, rolling her eyes, causing everyone to break out laughing.

"You missed a lot, President." Ahanaa sighed, patting Hillary's arm reassuringly. "Also, can we please talk about the actual headline of the night?" She announced loud enough to grab all of their attention, looking pointedly at her twin.

Everyone immediately turned to Aarushi then.

Aarushi sighed, blushing profusely. "Do I have a choice?" she muttered. She couldn't seem to hold back her grin.

"No," came their unanimous response, excited now.

"Fine!" she mumbled, cheeks tinged a deep pink. "Royson asked me out after the concert."

Everyone started talking at once. Noah let out a low whistle. "Look at you, the newest power couple!"

Ahanaa whined teasingly. "Now I have to pretend I don't have a crush on Royson! This is going to be so hard..."

Luke gave his best friend a side hug, grinning mischievously. "I'm so happy for you Aarushi, really, but i think Royson could have done so much better than you... On the bright side, I don't have to listen to your rants anymore. I better wish that poor guy luck." He mocked, and quickly ducked to he side as Aarushi brought down her bottle to his head, making everyone laugh at their antiques.

"I'm so happy for you," Hillary gushed. "You two sounded great together." she added.

Aarushi turned to her then. "Thanks." she beamed, before joining and Aubrey and Ahanaa on their intense debate about what Aubrey's chances were with the lead guitarist in Royson's band.

Meanwhile, Noah leaned towards Andrew and said in a mock whisper, "Don't you think it's high time we tell Ahanaa that someone's been making doe eyes at her for the last two years?"