Where I Belong #Wattys2021

Chapter 7

"So what's the deal with the Vice Prez?" Vivienne asked out of nowhere twirling a strand of her hair with her fingers and looking at me directly.

Why I'm with Vivienne? Don't come up with something as absurd as us being BFF's now.

Everyone in the class, well majority at least had wanted to hang out somewhere. Since it is going to be the beginning of exam week soon, a little fun was needed to ease our minds.

So here we are at a family restaurant, the whole class eating and talking and giggling and shouting and disturbing every single customer.

And thus which brings Vivienne and me being in the same place.

She was still waiting for an answer to which of course I had no clue.

"She lives in the same house but that doesn't mean they pry into each other's lives" Ninnon helps me out. Vivienne who seemed to care less turned away and once again continued staring at Ethan seductively, who was two seats to my right beside Pierre, laughing away with a bunch of guys from class.

I play with my food, not in a mood to enjoy it.

"Amelia?" Ninnon interrupts my thoughts.

"Hmm?" I reply absentmindedly.

"I meant what I said."

"What?" I give her my fullest attention now.

"What I said to Vivienne. It applies to you as well. Don't concern yourself so much with the Vice Prez. He would have turned to you if he needed your help."

Is that true? Am I not needed? But didn't he come to my aid even if I never wanted him to?

"You've been so absent-minded and lost in a train of thoughts lately. Basically, ever since you went to meet the Principal in his office." She continues. Pierre and Ethan were paying attention to our conversation now. The rest of the class were all in their own worlds thankfully. With us four seated beside each other, we avoided eavesdropping.

"Yeah. You were so cheerful and fun to be around with ever since the festival. But now, your back to being your solitude self, like how you were when you first arrived." Pierre joins in.