Unexpected Turn of Events

Chapter 22

That's all she needed to say for me to become paranoid.

I felt his presence behind me. I was scared, but I sure as hell wasn't going to give him that satisfaction of showing it.

"Yes, can we help you?" I said in a professional tone, not turning around to look at him.

"What are you wearing?!" it came out as a whisper, but in a dangerously calm manner.

"A shirt."

"I can see that, but don't you think just wearing a shirt is suitable for this type of gathering?" He whispers yelled.

"Why would you have preferred me not to wear this shirt either?" This time I looked up from my food to face him behind me.

Maria dropped her fork, and her jaw fell open.

I really don't know where all this courage came from, but hell, I was having fun.

If looks could kill, for sure, I would've been dead by now.

Saying he was mad was an understatement.

He was furious, livid, and other big words you can think of that basically mean mad.

I expected him to go off and start yelling like he usually does, but he smiled.

I turned back to Maria and gave her a questionable look.

"Why is he smiling" Maria whispered

"I don't know."

"It's creeping me out. Tell him to stop."

"How can I just-"

"Um, excuse me" We both looked up at him. "If you two are done, can I please have what I came here for?"

"And what would that be?" Maria asked in a snooty manner.

"Syrup."

"Syrup?" We both said at the same time.

"Syrup" We gave him a confused look. "Well, you see, this breakfast buffet was supposed to be for 10 teams, but it looks like your friend here took all the food, so I came to ask if I could have one of her 20 cups of syrup."

Maria's face turned bright red.

"She likes her food no need to make her embarrassed."

"I've really never seen a woman eat this much," He continued furthering Maria's embarrassment, but she quickly clapped back.

"That's because you never met real woman unit you met us. Now leave. I am most definitely not sharing ANY of my syrup with you. Eat your pancakes with butter or something. BYE." She yelled and continued cutting up her pancake and eating.

"Well, that leaves me no choice" He sighed and quickly and reached over the table to steal a cup.

"Give it back!" She yelled

"Never!"

"I won't let you have it" She got up to chase him

"If I cant have it, no one can."

They chased each other around, and I laughed. It was cute. I see the sweet and goofy side of him in times like these, the way he showed me back in college. If things were different, and Hardik wasn't the way he was, he and Maria could've been good friends. I zoned out while they were still chasing each other.

I was quickly pulled out of my thoughts when I felt hot syrup fall all over my shirt burning my skin.

I screamed in pain, and I looked up to see him laughing, Maya at his side now laughing with him.

This. This is the real him. All that bs in college and even with Maria, it was all fake. This is his true colors.

Tobias was the first to run up to me and push Hardik out of the way.

"Hey, are you okay? Here take my shirt" As soon as he was about to pull his shirt off, Hardik stopped him.

"She'll wear my shirt. It was my mistake, and so I want to fix it. She will wear no one else's shirt but mine."

Tobias looked at him funny "It was no accident; you were laughing with your girlfriend. Stay away from her." He turned around to give me his shirt when Hardik punched him in the face.

Everyone gasped.

"Don't tell me to stay away from what's MINE."

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