Chapter 29: Friends?
Noah's POV:
I was going back to the room when a notification hit my phone. I saw it.
"These are the things that she likes—
1. Amusement Park 2. Ice cream 3. Songs 4. Coffee 5. Every food present in the 'Lovely food' restaurant.
6. Movie 7. Black and red colors Things that she doesn't like and probably hate—
1. Tea 2. The school canteen food 3. She is afraid of heights, so Ferris wheel 4. Green color.
I have written whatever I knew by my observations. It's your choice.. If you trust me, you can take this as a peace offering and let's be friends and if you don't.. Then you can just ignore.. But you really don't know what she likes, so I think this can help her. The choice is yours"
This message was from Liam. I was shocked. Is he really changed??
I didn't reply and went back to the room. She was sitting on the bed, scrolling through her phone.
I sat on my bed, which was somewhat far, with a table and two chairs in between.
"Tomorrow, we'll go to the Amusement park" I said.
"okay" she said.
Yes, I trusted Liam. Looking back, he never did anything wrong himself, even if he did, that was in a limit, he never did anything against a girl's dignity as I doubted.
I replied back to Liam.
"Meet me in evening at 5, at Café near the college" I said.
"Okay" he read and replied.
She was still scrolling through her phone, and it has already been thirty minutes. I went and sat beside her. I took her phone.
"Just a minute" I said to her.
I looked at her mobile. Oh, she was talking with Ava. But what can she possibly talk about when she can't feel anything. I looked at the messages.
"Hey, are you alright?" Ava asked.
"Yes" Astrid had replied.
"When will you return to school?"
"Ask Noah"
"Oh. How will you do the work?"
"Ask Noah"
"huh, Will you even come this week?"
"Ask Noah"
"Astrid, At least say something other than 'Ask Noah'"
"I can't"
"Why?"
"Ask Noah"
Huh, really! She is literally saying Ask Noah like I'm some beast who captured her here and she doesn't know if she will be alive or not.
I replied to Ava.
"Ava, actually you know that Astrid is not well so she can't answer any questions.. She will be fine in a few days.. Don't worry.. If you want then you can ask to me"
"Noah? Ok."
"Hm, bye"
"Bye" she said and went offline. Then I looked at Astrid.
"Astrid, listen. If anyone messages you, calls you, first tell me"
"Okay” she said, and I gave her phone back. I have to make sure she talks to good people, that Lucas stays away and that she is far away from all the people in college.
"Are you hungry?" I asked her.
"Hm" she said.
"If you're hungry, then also you have to tell me, be it in the middle of the night. If by chance, I'm not around, then call me"
"Okay" she said. I took her out, to the restaurant mentioned in Liam's message.
"Order whatever you like, Astrid" I said as we arrived at the place.
"Hm you order anything" she said. I ordered literally anything, because if Liam's right, then she likes everything.
She ate the lunch and at the end I ordered an ice cream.
"Do you like the food?"
"Hm?"
"Nothing" I said. Of course, I'm stupid. How can she know she liked it or not??
She ate it and then me too, and we headed back home.
"Astrid, I'll return in sometime. Don't leave this place and call me if anything suspicious happens. Don't answer any calls. Any means any be it Ava or even your mom"
"Okay" she said.
I know that's just too much to stop her from calling her mom, but I can only allow that in front of me.
I went to meet Liam because it was almost time. He was already there.
"Hey, Noah.. Thank you for giving me a chance" Liam said.
"Liam.. I'm trusting you because you're not that bad. Now, the things you sent me, are you sure she likes them?"
"Well, yes. Because I've seen many times her with—"
"Yea, yea. Okay"
"Friends??"
"Hm. Friends" I said and then I went home saying that I had some important work, and it's really very important, that is taking care of her.
It was almost night. She spent her time with reading books, listening to songs, eating, etc. and I spent my time by praising her beauty, in my mind of course.
"Do you want to sleep, now?" I asked her as I saw her closing her eyes in between reading. She was surely feeling sleepy.
"Hm" she said.
"If you want to sleep, then you should sleep"
"Okay" she said and closed the books. I turned off the light and she went to sleep. After she was almost asleep, I went near her. I made sure she was sleeping well. I got lost in her beauty. Her hairs were covering her face. I wanted to remove them, but I dared not do that. I bent down the little.
"I don't know by sleeping in the same room is correct in your eyes or not, if it isn't, then get well soon and beat me for it" I whispered and went back to my bed and fell asleep. I kept the alarm for 6 the next day, because I have to make sure I wake up before her.