Quick recap to refresh your memory:

"Princess, you look fine as hell."

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"BAHAHAHA,"Sana began to laugh,"The way you stood frozen when I said 'princess you look fine as hell'."

"Not funny, okay I thought it was someone else who said it!"I replied.

"Hmm...right and I wonder who that would be."Sana sarcastically responded.

I was thinking of an answer but she interrupted my thoughts.

"Now get in the car, Sania and I have been waiting for god knows how long."

And with that I stepped inside the car.

I couldn't pin point what just happened however I knew that one person that would say 'princess' and that was Lucian.

No matter how hard I try to convince myself that it's all over like it never happened; me falling in love with him and everything.I can't because just by trying to forget certain things about someone that use to mean everything doesn't mean it will all vanish within an instinct.

It takes time, sometimes an eternity but I guess you can't change what's written for you in life,right?

I stopped myself from overthinking and put my mind into reality as I turned to face Sania who was sitting beside me.

A song was playing on the radio but because of me gathering all my thoughts together, I wasn't able to concentrate on the music.

"Hey, are you okay?"Sania asked me.I could see that she was worried for me and noticed the quietness that was beside us today in the car.

"Yefgh"I cleared my throat and smiled before continue "I mean yeah,I'm fine."

"Really because usually you could be singing with Sana all of the songs that just played on the radio."Oh God this girl knows me too well.

"HAIN Areeba ajj Kia hoa ap ki awaze ko?"Sana's dad interrupted."Usually you and Sana sing your heads out I mean main heran hoin kay windows iss car ki tuti nahien ab thak."

"Huh, nahien mera gala kharab howa woa hai ajj."I added a laugh afterwards.

"That laugh was so fake.Whenever you go 'hehe' we know you don't find it funny."Sana blurted out."And baba that wasn't funny,okay we both have decent voices."

"Hmm...depends on a chart of that pakistani 'eye to eye' guy and Stormzy, you both are decent I suppose."He added in return.

EYE TO EYE VIDEO:

"Ahh..baba don't compare us to that eye to eye guy, okay!His voice is like one of those kusra people you find in Pakistan."

"I agree with you Jaleel uncle, them two sound exactly like how you've described them.Just wait until the day they realise their voices aren't meant for the human population in this world to listen to but just when they realise, we'll all be dead."Sania said gesturing her hands within the response.

"Oh shut up."I spoke while faking being annoyed.

"That's what I say whenever you two sing."Jaleel uncle said." 'shut up' but do you two listen...no,never."

"Baba this isn't fair,okay.Now can you put on the songs."Sana begged.

"Please."

"Sana we are nearly at Hania and Areeba's house, I don't want the girls to listen to you two screeching like cats, you know what I mean."

"What would they think?Will they still stay as your friends?I think they will probably run away."Sana's dad replied with a laugh.

"Not funny."Sana glared.

"Really, let's ask Sania.Sania tell her the joke was funny."He dad searched for Sania's response.

I glanced at her to see her laughing silently while I saw tear come out of her eyes.Wait what?

Tears!

Yeah they were tears of laughter.Her face while laughing was the best thing in the world that it made me laugh.

We both started laughing and when Sana turned back to face us probably to criticise my laugh.She stopped and stared for a minute.

And started laughing with us afterwards leading to her dad joining us with a trail of stomach aches because of laughing so much.

"Ho...Ho...hooooa hahahhahahahaha.I can't stop your face bahahahahha."I faced Sania as I continued laughing.

"I don't even know what you're on about but bahahahhahahha."Sania said as she hit her thigh with her hand cause well she couldn't stop laughing.

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After arriving at Hania and Carlos' house, we decided that we were going to talk for a bit just to catch up on what's been hapPUNing lately.

Carlos started of by showing us her art book from school.I was looking through the masterpieces and I have to admit she's really talented.These pieces looked like they took ages to be as perfectly looking as they were seen now.

And I'm proud to have a friend gifted with creativity and inspiration.A smile appeared with the thought of it.

The pages covered different style and area of art as I flipped through them.Areas such as graffiti,still image,surrealism and so many others.

I was sitting beside Sania, Sana and Hania while Carlos turned on her laptop to check for good film that we could give a try.

Flipping through different pages worth of taking a breath of excitement over, I began to question her, "hey, how long did this still image take you?"

She smiled and replied, "well we spent 3 lessons over this and within those lessons, I couldn't concentrate because of this Lucian guy that I was sitting next to so..."

Wait who?

Lucian?

No this can't be the same guy, I mean there are so many guys with that name, right?

"...Around 3-4 hrs at home for this to look the way it does."

"Oh my god, I hate him so much.Dude literally doesn't get the hint of this thing called 'personal space'.He try's to flirt with every girl in our class.He's one of those 'I can get any girl I want' kind of guy if you know what I mean!"Sania burst out.

"Yes!I don't know how I've stopped myself from slapping him all this time but he gets on my nerves so much!"Areeba agreed with Sania but all I could think of was whether Lucian was the same guy I know.

Well...knew.

"Umm...guys what's this Lucian guy's surname?"It's better to question now than let random assumptions plague my brain cells.

"Gardner, why you know him?"Carlos answered.

I froze with seconds.

Yes I know him.

How could I not when we spent so much time comforting eachothers company.

Things he said to me stayed with me.And the things he did to me-

"Areeba you know that guy?"Hania asked.

"Yeah...umm...h-he went to my old school."Why was I stuttering?Its not like he's here at front of me right now.

Sana put her hand on my shoulder and said,"Wow...you look like you just heard Hitler's coming back from dead.Chill."

"Wait...that's not it?Something more hapPUNed didn't it?You can't just be freaked out by some fuckboi that went to the same school as you."Carlos continued with a worried expression.

Should I tell them?

Will all of them judge me?

No, they are my friends.They won't do that!

It was all a mistake.A misunderstanding.

My head was facing the brown wooden floor,different arms hugging me from all the sides and I felt a stinging pain from eyes slowly making its way down.Tears slowly rushing down with each fragment of the memory instantly replaying through the weak cells of my brain.

The back of my hands reached my face as I began to wipe the tears away with hurt and regret forming through each time that memory played in my head.Everytime making it more difficult to forget that it happened within instinct and realisation struck way after.

When it was too late.

I opened my mouth only to close it again because this was way too hard to say.

"Areeba..."Sania squeezed my wet hand drained with the tears that I wiped off to give ease."You're making us all worried; say something.Please."

"I..I...shot Lucian's best friend."

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Dush dush dush there goes the Luceeba ship.Well tell me what you guys personally think of this chapter.And....Yaaaaaaa now go read 'Perfidious' chapter 2 if you haven't already xx

AND THE EYE TO EYE SONG HAS A LINK ABOVE SO GO CHECK IT OUT AND I HOPE IT HAUNTS YOU AT NIGHT