Chapter 28: A Girls Bond

After Isabella's little warning to James, James immediately reduced the way he even interacted with her. He didn't call her as often anymore or text her anymore. Meanwhile, Isabella waved him aside and tried to concentrate more on her academy and results. Since one of her course teachers had already called her and warned her that she was going down in her grades and it would not be funny if she got to repeat the semester. She felt frightened about that and decided to put in more effort, more work, and do better than she would always do. 

She used a good three days to avoid James and Alex. She made sure not to pick any of their calls, and meanwhile, Alex never even called her because he had told her they should give themselves space, and she was using her space for something more fruitful. As she sat down in her room going through all her notes and taking what she had understood, leaving out what she had not understood, Rachel into the room feeling all drunk. 

As she staggered in, Isabella turned to her and shook her head sideways. “Look at someone who warned me that I should be careful and I shouldn't do rational things until the one coming back drunk. I knew that for you to come back drunk, you would have fucked like three to four guys. Now that's a nice thing. It's a benefit to you, but to me, I see it as you also doing the same thing I did. You are just being wise and you don't have a relationship whereby you have to keep your man no matter what,” she said to Rachel, who laughed before sitting on her bed. 

“Who said I cared about your opinion? I don't care about anything you think or whatever opinion you have of yourself or you think of me. I'm only thinking about myself, and do you know what my thoughts for myself are? You are nobody. You just try to act like you are better than us because you have James, but James does not determine you. The minute James would click his fingers, he would leave your life for good and you would not be able to escape it no matter what. I promise you,” Rachel said before lying on the bed as she stared up at the ceiling, breathing in and out, feeling a bit relieved. 

It seemed as though she had released herself of all her thoughts. Yes, due to everything that was going on, she was slowly developing hatred for Isabella, not wanting to talk to her as usual, not wanting to be close to her as before, and also she could not lie that deep within her she had a little hint of hatred too for her. Isabella did not say a word as she continued going through her notes. She knew that anything she would say would be used against her because Rachel had ulterior motives, and Rachel wanted her to make any bad move for her to attack her, and she did not need any attack in any way, so she stayed quiet recalling everything that Rachel did say. 

She also got to realize that Rachel was actually jealous of her. It was all jealousy. Everything she did right from the start was just an act of jealousy towards her because she got to realize that James liked Isabella, and it angered her. Isabella soon noticed that she was losing concentration on what she was doing and stood up only to see that Rachel was already fast asleep. She hissed loudly before opening the door and walking out. This was her first time since over 24 hours since she stepped out. 

She had also studied herself for a whole day just for her to make sure her grades improved. She could not help but smile to herself, feeling so fulfilled that she was able to walk better with her grade. It felt like she had succeeded in everything as she yawned loudly, overjoyed, looking out to the other rooms as everywhere was silent. She walked out of the hostel and down only to see Alex walking his dog right past her hostel. She hid immediately, waiting for him to pass. 

After making sure she could not hear the sound of his dog barking anymore, she came out and stared at his behind as he ran off with his dog, chuckling to himself. Just as he had gotten halfway past her hostel, his phone began to ring as he picked it up. 

“I told you not to call me anymore. Let whatever happened be in the past,” she heard as she covered her mouth, thinking something was going on between Alex and someone. She felt shocked. Was this why he wanted the space? Was this why he kept insisting that they stay away from each other? 

As she was about to chase after Alex, Lily came out of nowhere and blocked her. “Where do you think you are going to, you prostitute?” Lily muttered, which shocked Isabella. 

“What is wrong with you? Why would you call me that? When did I begin to sleep around? What the fuck is wrong with you? Reduce your tone and explain to me. Why are you calling me this?” Isabella questioned as Lily could not help but laugh. 

“Since I couldn't get to James easily, I would get through to you. I saw you and James three nights ago. I saw everything you guys did. I noticed that you are the one in command. Yes, the professors and lecturers are always the bad person, but do you also know you are even much worse? You are commanding him, telling him not to see you, telling him not to come, and telling him not to think of quitting the relationship. Do you know the kind of situation you are putting him into? Do you know what would happen to him if anyone should find out? I am pitying him. And that's why I am keeping this between the both of us. I am wanting you to make changes or else. I have videos and I have pictures. I would make sure that everything will get out.” 

After hearing everything that Lily had to say, at first, Isabella felt threatened. She felt like Lily could do anything with those videos and photos that she had. But Isabella had changed. She had become even more fierce and stronger than before. No one could just joke around with her emotions like they always did before. 

“So what exactly do you expect me to do now? Oh my gosh. Lily knows about my little secret with Professor James. You can't spill it. This is a girl's bond. You can't spill it. I dare you to even try to spill anything that happened between the both of us. And every girl in this university would suffer it. Not because of me, but because of your reckless behavior. Because you don't know how to act and because you don't know what to do with yourself. I promise you, you won't like what I will do to you. And you won't like what I'll do to other girls. Just watch and see,” Isabella warned as she bumped shoulders with Lily before walking away. 

Lily was in utter shock when she watched as Isabella walked past her. Isabella had changed. Isabella wasn't the same person she was before. She was now totally different. Even the way she talked, the way she threatened Lily. Lily knew that something had gone wrong. Isabella had become too fierce.