Ezzy sat down sighing she brought our her headphones and wore. She began gently nodding her head to the beat of the music. Her mirror phone beeped. It was Ria. She raised her head and saw Ria smiling. Ezzy checked her mirror phone and saw the message Ria had sent.
I can't believe it. The universe wants it and it shall be so.
What shall be so?
You and Drayce
Drayce who?
Drayce Van Draal, the captain of the basketball team and your co president. You're both destined to be together.
Say what now?
Stop acting dumb my dear. Love is in the air, I can smell it infact I can taste it.
Stop it.
Who knows? He may even ask you to be his Valentine.
That's nonsense
Hmn. Are you sure you won't say yes?
I'm not gonna waste my time with you.
I predict it Esme. You will fall in love soon.
Oh shut up!
Ezzy turned off her mirror phone and dumped it into her bag. Ria stood up from her seat and came to Esme's side. She leaned close to her and whispered in her ear.
" Love is in the air "
" Go away Riarielle" Ezzy said.
Ria giggled and walked out of the classroom. Ezzy put her head back on the table and went to sleep.
* * * * *
Before lunchtime Ezzy and Drayce met in the school auditorium to decide what they would do.
" I think we could mix up the balloons to make it colorful " Ezzy said. " Mixture of white and red balloons "
" What do you know about colors ?" Drayce asked.
" I don't know anything about colors all I know is that I hate Valentine's day " Ezzy said.
" Should we try black balloons? " Drayce asked.
" Principal Lillian would murder us " Ezzy replied.
" Let's do it this way " Drayce said. " Valentine's day is the day after tomorrow, right?
Let's decorate and arrange the auditorium for the evening party, then after school tomorrow we'll decorate the whole school with ribbons and stuff. How does that sound?"
" Okay let's do it that way " Ezzy agreed.
They moved around the auditorium arranging chairs, tables and putting things in order. After they were done with the arrangement they sat down together to plan the menu for the evening party. Ezzy brought out a small book to write the foods down. She sat side by side with Drayce. She was busy talking and writing, not really noticing anything.
It was when she moved she noticed that Drayce's hand had been on her waist the whole time. She stiffened. She began panicking, her heart began beating faster. Slowly she took a deep breath and relaxed. No need to panic. It was nothing. He probably didn't even notice his hand was there. No need to make an issue out of it.
From the auditorium they heard the bell for lunchtime ring.
" Finally! " Ezzy exclaimed. " Time to eat "
She stood getting ready to run.
" Hold your horses lady " Drayce said.
" What ?" Ezzy asked.
" We're not done with the decorations" He said.
" Oh yeah! I forgot " Ezzy said her smile fading.
Drayce quickly said,
" You could bring your food here "
" Okay good " Ezzy said. She ran out of the door before Drayce even had the chance to say something.
He turned to his pixie, Twinkle who was sitting on his shoulder.
" She could have at least asked me if I wanted something "
Twinkle nodded. Just then the auditorium door opened and Ezzy stuck her head into the room.
" Can I get you anything?" She asked.
" A grasshopper burger and sea weed fries would be nice " Drayce said.
" Anything to drink?"
" Purple death juice "
Ezzy frowned. " Okay " she said walking out.
" That was nice " Drayce said to himself.
After few minutes of waiting, Ezzy came back with their food. She dropped it on the table, sat down and began to eat. Drayce cut a tiny piece of burger and handed it over to his pixie.
" What's her name? " Ezzy asked. One couldn't help but notice her. She was a very shiny creature.
" Twinkle. I never wanted her but after my mom gave her to me I actually loved her. She's very helpful. Tiny but helpful "
Ezzy passed a tiny piece of candy to Twinkle.
" She's pretty "
" Yeah "
They sit in silence for a while until Ezzy remembered something.
" How do you enjoy drinking that?" She asked pointing at the Purple death juice. " I tried it once and I hated it "
" If you try it a second time it's actually very nice "
" If you say so "
" Do you want to give it a try " Drayce ashes passing the drink to her.
Ezzy collected the drink. Warily took a sip letting it stay in her mouth for a while before swallowing it.
" Woah. It's actually not bad " she said. She took another sip. " I love it "
" I told you " Drayce said.
Ezzy smiled sweetly and pushed her own orange plum mixed drink to him. Drayce sighed and collected it. After drinking his juice, Ezzy collected the juice she had given him and drank it. She also ate her food and still ate his burger.
" Ugh... I'm still starving " she said.
" Are you for real? " Drayce asked with a shocked expression.
" Yeah. Do you think Twinkle will taste good when fried?" Ezzy asked licking her lips.
" What?! You're not eating my pixie " Drayce said putting Twinkle in his hoodie pocket.
" I'm just kidding " Ezzy said laughing.
" Enough of that " Drayce said standing. " We still have decorations left "
Lazily, Ezzy stood up. She cleared where they had eaten and started the decorations. They decorated the entire auditorium with white and red balloons, clothes and ribbons.
After they were done, Drayce and Ezzy stood for sometime admiring their hard work.
" All done " Ezzy said.
" Finally " Drayce replied.
" We did a great job "
" We sure did "
" I'm off to find Ria " Ezzy said preparing to leave.
" Don't forget the decorations after school tomorrow " Drayce said.
" Okay, I won't "
" Esme " Drayce called out.
Ezzy turned to look at him. Her heartbeat accelerated. Does he want to ask me to be his Valentine like Ria said was going to happen?
" It was fun working with you " he said. " I surprisingly enjoyed your company "
Well that was unexpected, Ezzy thought. She nodded.
" Same here. And thanks for the ride. "
" No problem "
She turned and left the room, leaving him to lock up. Ezzy was dreading going to the main school building because she was sure guys would be getting ready to ask girls to be their Valentine and the girls would be discussing what to wear with their friends. Ezzy hated stuffs like this. And no guy in their right senses would ask her to be his Valentine because she had yelled rudely at almost all of them whenever they showed interest in her.
" Oh well " she said to herself, " I've survived all this while. I'm pretty sure I'll also survive this one "
As she made a turn into the main building, she saw Ria.