Chapter 4!! ;))

 Chapter 4

She didn't care if people are staring at her... She cried and cried... Her eyes were red and swollen. And yes, she knew how awful she looked. But she could not stop... No, she didn't want to stop!
   "Huh?" Nicole looked when she felt a pat on her shoulder. She stared at the man who was looking at her. Tim!?! She quickly turned away, avoiding his eyes.
    "Erm..." There was a long awkward silence. Nicole's heart can't help pounding furiously as she wondered what Tim wants from her. She hated the way hope always rekindles everytime she see Tim. Even through Tim is a jerk who broke her heart thrice already, she still...
   "I am sorry. I didn't know you will be so upset!" Tim looked at Nicole warily, trying to be as sincere as he could be. Nicole nodded her head, still trying to avoid his glances. Maybe Tim wasn't such a jerk after all...
   Nicole wiped the tears away (subtly) and looked back at Tim. She smiled at Tim assuring-ly, hoping he will not see the tears. She tried to pretend that nothing happened...
 "Um... So can you... give me Christine's number?" Tim asked unsure-ly, afraid that Nicole will suddenly have a break-out again. However, this time, Nicole knew and had already accepted the fact that she and Tim were just not meant to be.
   "Here..." Nicole passed a piece of paper teared off from her notebook, with Christine's number scribbled on it. She tried to compose herself even though deep down inside, her heart is throbbing and hurting. Tim accepted the paper.
"This is perfect!" Tim mumbled to himself. Once he got the paper, he practically ignnored Nicole. Nicole was not surprised, just upset. Part of her was jealous of Christine but the other part of her told her that Christine had nothing to do with this... But it seems like the "evil" part covers a larger percentage.
(Back in class)"What's wrong?" Christine immediately spotted Nicole's silence when she returned. Nicole ignored her and kept staring at her empty desk. She did not feel like talking at that time, especially not to Christine. She knew that she was being childish, but she just can't help herself.Christine nudged Nicole, which Nicole returned with an "evil", devil-looking glare. Christine sighed, finally giving up. She sat down there, watching Nicole, and enjoying the peaceful silence...

"Hmmm..... What did Tim do to Nicole Now, she is ignoring me!" Christine pondered, frowning slightly as she tried to concentrate.

"let's grab something to eat..." Nicole pulled Christine, clutching her pinic wallet in one hand. Christine was so surprised that she almost tripped over when Nicole finally talked! "The world is back to noraml again", that was what is in her mind at that very moment. She nodded eagerly at Nicole, smiling at her.

As they made their way to the near-by stores, Christine finally can't bear it anymore. She stopped all of a sudden. Nicole looked back, ushering her to come. Christine shook her head stubbornly. Nicole held her hands in defeat as she smiled at her. Nicole, feeling slightly amused, waited patiently for Chrisine to start speaking...

"Do you mind if I ask you a question?" Christine asked while giving an innocent cum please-say-yes look and sparkling puppy eyes. Of course, ou of sympathy, Nicole agreed.

"Yes!" Christine punched the air with her bare fist, smiling at Nicole when suddenly , her expressions changed when she thought about something. "But you must promise me that you will not be angry. Okay?" She placed her both palms together, as if she was begging Nicole for something.

"Okay?" Nicole answered curiously.
"Really? You sure?" Christine asked again to double-check.

"yes..." Nicole answered again.

"Really really sure???"

"Can you just go straight to the point?!"

"Okay, okay. Alright. I get it." Christine tried fanning NIcole to calm her down.

She took a deep breath in, and out. And closed her eyes hard enough before opening them again.

"What happened between you and Tim?" she finished the whole question in just a twinkle of an eye's time.

Seconds went past as Nicole stared directly into Christine eyes.

"What?"

Christine repeated her question again.

Once she said  that in a slow, robotic mode, Nicole 's mind flashed back the scene whereby Tim had asked her for Christine's number.

Tears were about to roll out and she felt a surge of feeling, the feeling that will make you want to cry out, coming through her throat. She swallowed her spit and blinked hard enough to hold back her tears. She left Christine with only a "sorry" before turning away and walking out of the class.

"What exactly happened to the both of them?" Christine whispered to herself as she saw Nicole walking off. For once, she tough she saw a drop of water dripping down from Nicole's chin.

"Beep Beep....." she felt her phone vibrating inside her pocket as she managed to fish it out after squeezing her hand in.

Text message content:

Hi! Tim here. You free now? Wanna chat? 

At that moment, Christine finally knew what had went wrong as she deleted the text message...

~ To be continued~