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My vain

You hold me still with your mesmerising orbs,

The demons inside my head don't let me fall,

You were my vain,

A sin to behold,

But you're scent doesn't let me go,

You're my drug,

Your're my escape,

Living without you everyday is nothing more than hell,

I wish to tie you with me forever,

but then I realise I can't feed to my selfish desires,

You're a free bird who is hard to tame,

And that's what makes you remarkably gorgeous in my eyes.

-Trishala. A .

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I opened my eyes to view a blurry light, there was a strain inside my head, soon I started to get the perspicuity of my surrounding, as I found myself in the infirmary of Elite High, Shirley by my side wearing a face full of concerns.

" Kiara, you're finally awake, how are you feeling" holding out a glass of water, Shirley helped me up from the bed.

"I feel okay Shirley, just a tad bit of pain in my head that's solve"

"We were so worried for you Kiara, doctor said you got a minor concussion, but now you are awake thank god! The moment when the jock hit you on your head everything and everyone stopped doing whatever they're doing and ran towards you."

"I'm so sorry to make you all so disquieted for me, how's Calypso doing, I'm glad that everything is settle down by now, but I do wanted to know what actually happened in the cafeteria that created such a war" I asked cautiously call me stupid or shameless, more or less I was interested in the fight that happened in the Cafeteria.

"About the banter that occurred in Cafeteria it's truly regretful, all thanks to Zenith, because of his actions, the issue got more than requisite attention than it should have. Calypso was standing in the queue for buying her meal, just a sheer luck that she was all alone and Zenith standing right in front of her, some stupid jock apparently passing by made an illicit comment on Calypso, as much as I have known Calypso she isn't the one to get affected so easily after all she is a Trystine, confidence runs in her blood, but the comment that jock made was nastier one and the cherry on the top was Zenith by her side." Mused Shirley as her face scowled into a stressful manner.

"Does Zenith being there and hearing that comment makes any sense, as much as I have known... Chris and Zenith aren't in good terms, so definitely Zenith couldn't care less then helping out his twin sister."

"And that's where you get wrong Kiara, as much Zenith and Chris hates each other, it's rather than amusing to know that Calypso and Zenith were once used to be best of friends."

That kind of information raised my suspicions, is there a possibility of such kind of friendship to have occurred in past, so what went wrong. Also the possibility of Zenith dating Calypso created a pang inside my heart, I don't know why but I kind of now hate Calypso for this.

"But the way Zenith acted for you when you went unconscious made me wonder about his motives towards you Kiara, after all he was the first person to reach by your side and help you out. Even Zach and Christopher were more than ecstatic with what happened to you, Aditi on the other hand went all maniac to kill that jock who hurt you, but she was stopped by Lucifer who was there at the right time to hold her back. Thanks to Jovie by the way, cause he was the one who handled the situation smoothly, by keeping the teaching staff busy was the best idea, so that they won't interfere" as soon as she said 'that, came in Jovie with Eigen hanging by his arms, poor guy was beaten quite ineptly.

"Kiara you're up, I'm glad that you're alright, I just came in to drop Eigen..." said Jovie as he helped, Eigen to lie down.

"I heard your tales from Shirley, that was really shrewd of you to hold back the teaching staff running into the middle of the war, no wonder if they arrived at the wrong time, we all could have been expelled out of here" as soon as I said that, both Shirley and Jovie looked at me nervously.

It was Jovie who spoke first.

"Speaking of expelling, I don't think that everyone of us is lucky" said Jovie in an uncanny manner.

"What do you mean by that" I couldn't help but ask him back.

"It's Zenith .....Kiara, apparently after you're passing away, Zenith got quite rebellious and out of control, let's just say he made sure that the boy that hurt you, wont dare to look at you till his last breath"

Hearing the news of Zenith from Shirley was appalling, most importantly, what made him loose so much control for me?

"Lucky him, that he only got himself banned for a week or else the stunts that he pulled out today can even land him into a jail if I'm not wrong.....times like this really makes me wonder who is Zenith related to, that guy is one hell mystery" chuckled Jovie, as he found this little piece of information as amusing as ever.

But the idea of Zenith being let off so easily, made me uncomfortable with the fact that how little I know about him, even for the people of Elite High he is still a mystery, which I'm so ecstatic to solve apart, but I have a task in my hand and that to find my father.

"Shirley I'm heading straight home, I feel much better now" I tried my best to persuade her to let me go, but she had already made this her first priority to make sure I'm not left alone, according to the rumours the group of jocks who attacked on us, were still pretty enraged by Zenith's cruel act to their kind and the worst thing is they already made themselves convinced that Zenith and I are a thing.

High school rumours spreads faster than fire I exhaled.

On Shirley's Request I was forced to take a ride from Jovie, as she had some errands to run for, which more or less made me suspicious that involved her brother Lucifer, as I can see her scowling the moment Jovie said her brother would be waiting by the library.

As a person Jovie Ottonoha has a meticulous personality, whatever he did made me believe that he already knew what he is doing, he was that hard one whom you can't catch of guard, which honestly gave him a sense of upper hand on the others.

Walking out of the school, we passed the schools lavish corridors, even when there are no students around; Elite High still maintains the same ravishing aura around it.

"Zach was worried about you" said Jovie for the first time starting a conversation with me.

"Is it so, but the jerks truly deserved every punch they got, I'm glad Calypso was unharmed she was quite agitated when the jock tried to manhandle her"

"Yup, Calypso was lucky to have you by your side, Zach was evenly thankful of you to support her at the right time" said Jovie opening up his cars door; it was a fancy sports car, which at first look wouldn't give you the sheer idea that a cold guy like him can own it.

"Talking about Zach and Calypso, I do want to know the past you guys shared, even if you guys hates the guts out of one another, Calypso was the only reason you guys came together and fought" , I put forth my thoughts in words as I couldn't help but mention about the little piece of information.

"For a person, you really kind of notice more than anyone else, 'that's true Calypso was the only first and the last requisite person for whom we will fight for, because as pathetic as it sounds, somehow in the middle of these rivalry she was the only sane person who kept the harmony between us, as per the equation she shares with Zach I'm afraid I'm not the right person to talk about that" said Jovie as his face slightly jerked up in a blank stare.

His comment on Zach and Calypso was quite befitting to notice.

"Even though Chris being a dick head, it's really hard to digest that she is twins with that Star boy" continued Jovie as the rest of my ride back to home was more or less me tapping my foot and getting bored off my mind.

"Shirley seems quite fond of you, it is rather strange of her to make friends usually, she is more of a shy person" said Jovie as he took over a minivan.

"Yeah , she is sweet, it's just we kind of clicked together well, but I do feel strange, with the enmity she is keeping with her brother, Lucifer seems to be funny rather than being devilry in any kind" , as soon as I mentioned about Lucifer, Jovie unconsciously grew nervous, he held the steering wheels tightly until I can see his white knuckles.

"You shouldn't interfere in their personal matters Kiara, a fair tip that I would like to give you. As long as I have known Lucifer he may seem as a fun loving affable person, but he can get the exact opposite of the person he is.... for his sister, trust me you don't want to witness that side of him" before I can say anything further he pulled up at the drive of my old weary looking apartment.

For some strange reason, Jovie was more than shocked when he noticed my apartment, never have I ever seen someone's face go all white, I really wondered is my apartment looking so horrifying.

"If you want you can come in, I can at least make you a cup of coffee that's the least I can do for your ride" I tried to act polite, but Jovie was behaving all strange, honestly at that moment I want nothing more than give him a tight slap on his face, for ignoring my offer and rather peaking out of his driver seat not even bothering to open the glasses at least.

The way he was stealing nervous glances around the apartment, made me really suspicious of him.

Was there any unheard monster around that I'm not aware of?

"Dude, are you alright, you kind of look all nervous and sweaty "At this he finally looked up at me.

"No! Everything is fine, a... aa... I just got to be going, yeah I should probably head back before-"

Jovie couldn't complete his sentence, as all of a sudden I got a wave of nausea inside my head back, as I fell straight on the ground not before thinking.

What the hell is wrong with me!

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I was curled up in a soft and fuzzy bed, mentally thinking how the hell I got myself landed in this situation, but the moment I got up from the duvets which were neatly placed above me, my whole heart was threatened to spill out of my mouth, A red dragon was currently staring at me, the Japanese art which was so neatly printed in front of me was a fact that I did got myself landed into the hell hole of Mrs Cordelia Chan. Damn how much I love this woman!

I took a deliberate step towards the living hall of the old hag, by far I'm fortunate enough not to be blessed by her presence, but I did hear someone arguing by the living hall.

"So Joviechan did your father finally kick you out of your house, just like he did to me or else you're just fooling around by my apartment building" taunted Mrs Cordelia Chan as I saw a very nervous Jovie standing in front of the old hag.

"It's not the case Grandma, it's just Kiara all of a sudden collapsed and I got no other option to call you for help" The fact that Jovie was acting all so abnormal and nervous with her was rather more surprising then the fact that he just called her his 'grandma'

"Oh! How cruel the destiny is playing there games, my only grandson is not willing to visit his ailing grandma, is that what you're white mother taught you all these years to hate your elders, how despicable " , said Cordelia Chan with a cold monotone voice , each of her words hurting as sharp as needles.

For the fact that, Jovie was indeed a half breed that is his father was Japanese and his mother was American was by far known to me, but I never thought that his own grandma would be so racist to his own grandson, was really appalling to watch. But I'm damn sure that Jovie didn't noticed the lies behind the white truth her grandma was saying. Living under the roof of this old hag made me understand her well. I do know now when she is acting or telling me lies. But I guess her own grandson couldn't read between the lies.

"Dare, you say another word about my mother or my father" screamed a very furious Jovie, with the amount of edge in his voice it was damn sure he was doing his best to control his temper.

"Don't you talk about them to me anymore grandma, I don't care what enmity you guys share with one another, but please do me a favour by leaving me alone by all of these......for fucking sake leave me alone! " By the time Jovie was raging in fury, this side of him was never seen by me.

He was shaking with rage, his eyes all of a sudden looked a lot remorseful, I wonder what made him so aggravated.

"Pretentious facade won't help you in any way Joviechan. How long are you planning to have this pretentious facade, it's not long before you should come to that conclusion that your parents-" before the old hag can continue with this interesting story of hers, I heard the huge ear splitting noise as I saw Jovie tossing away a coffee table in a sheer rage, for a second I thought that some demon has possessed his body, he was looking a lot more dangerous now.

But the fact that Cordelia Chan was untouched and unmoved stilled as a frozen statue made me wonder what will take to scare this woman off, I really wonder. She seemed totally unaffected by Jovie's wild doings.

But as a sheer spectacle it was my right to take an action as I finally decided to slow down this banter between the grandma and her grandson.

"Jovie! Stop it! You will hurt Mrs Cordelia are you out of your mind-" but before I can continue any further like a shadow in the dark, with one quick movie a very angry Jovie was in front of me, grabbing me by my shoulders as he hurled up in his arms heading straight towards the windows.

Terror filled in my eyes as I thought about the possibility of this situation, was he really thinking to throw me off the windows and the fact that he shares some wild genes with the old hag, was rather a bad news for me, enough this isn't the Jovie I have known, the Jovie I know is a calm person who doesn't get angry with anyone, but then again I don't know about his past, maybe the wound that Mrs Cordelia Chan dug of his past made his demons escape.

"Jovie leave me Alone!" I screamed as I vigorously started panicking in his arms, he was totally lost in his fit of rage, I somehow managed to get off him, but to my dismay he captured me on the ground, leaving no room of my escape as both my hands estranged by his hands above my head, a very pissed off Jovie Ottonoha hovering above me, his head closed to my face, all so blood thirsty for having his way with me.

"Jovie Back off, you don't want to hurt her, do you?" A single loud command from the old hag did wonders for me.

As a good puppet Jovie is, he followed his beloved grandma's wish as he regained his senses back.

"Shit! ....what's happening, oh my fucking god.....what the hell you're doing below me Kiara"

"Really! Dude seriously you're asking me that.....trust me man you are lucky enough cause I was two seconds away from kicking your family Jewels, Thanks to your grandma, surely the lady saved her next generation of children's" I huffed in a pissed off manner as I stood up straight.

By the time Jovie was all red, ashamed of his acts.

"You're still incapable of controlling your anger Joviechan, I'm seriously still upset of your decision to live in that house with those idiots, move on before your past eats you and stay away from Kiarachan she has a boyfriend." said Mrs Cordelia Chan to Jovie, at her comment Jovie arched his eyebrows at me.

"What! That's a lie I don't have a boyfriend"

"Don't be so modest Kiarachan, Eigen is such a fine man with his luscious green eye's kind of reminds me of my herbal green tea" I gagged at her elude comparison, but I did felt Jovie burning holes on my head.

"Eigen Carter huh, I just wonder how would Zenith react to this news" said Jovie wickedly.

But why does Zenith care, we aren't dating it's a lie.

"I don't care, what you say Jovie, it's a lie and you know well"

But then again, if I want to get some information out, it won't be so much easy if I date one of them, with that wicked idea inside my head I slept a dreamless sleep that night.

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Yo! Guys an update!

Sorry guys for a late update, currently I was busy with my college.

Exam, meetings blah blah blah.....

And the worst thing is these creature called teachers in my college called up my dad......

For getting my name into the blacklist of my year *sobs in the corner ;(

Getting back to this update.

*Question of the day, what do you think of Jovie Ottonoha and Mrs Cordelia Chan, also the relation of Zenith with everyone.

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