Even though the incident with Charlotte had been over one week ago, I still felt uneasy. Whenever she smiled at me, I would feel a chill run down my spine. I decided to talk to Ray about it during lunch.

"So, Ray.. Has Charlotte talked to you recently?" I asked carefully.

"No, why?" Ray looked up from his phone.

"Well.. During the carnival, Charlotte spoke to me. She talked about how I wasn't ready for something and that I would need a lot luck. She even gave me this bracelet," I said, lifting my wrist and shaking it slightly to show off the bracelet.

For a second, Ray looked surprised, but he quickly covered his shock and raised an eyebrow.

"I must've just imagined that. There's no reason for him to be so shocked anyway, probably the lack of sleep I'm getting," I thought to myself.

"No.. I don't know what that's about," he said slowly. I shrugged.

"Anyway, do you want to go on a date tomorrow night? There's this diner that I haven't gone to in ages and the food's really good. You should try it," I smiled.

"Yeah.. Yeah, sure. Meet you at six?" he said distractedly. I nodded.

"See you tomorrow, then," I waved, walking away.

third person's point of view

"Ugh, look at her. She's all over Ray," the girl grumbled, crossing her arms.

"Now, now, patience. She'll probably find out next week. We did plan did for so long, it'd be a waste if you just barged in and ruined it," Charlotte mused.

The girl rolled her eyes.

"I can't stand her. She's so annoying. Why couldn't the plan be played out sooner?"

"Because we need her to get more attached to Ray. Otherwise she wouldn't be as heartbroken," Charlotte explained for what seemed like the millionth time.

"Really? I think Bianca's starting to grow on Ray. If he starts liking her back, things could get messy."

"Oh please, I doubt Ray would actually like her. Besides, my plans always work," Charlotte said triumphantly.

"Yeah? This was more of my plan. You barely did anything. Need I remind you of how you got carried away in the carnival? You were supposed to scare her, not let her know that something was about to happen!" the girl replied hotly.

"Relax, all I did was make her even more worried. I was doing you a favour. Now could you shut up?!" Charlotte said, annoyed. The girl rolled her eyes again and stole a glance at Bianca and Ray.

"Don't be so full of yourself-"

"You're one to talk-" Charlotte countered.

"Anyways," the girl continued, ignoring Charlotte, "When our plan works, who's going to get Ray? We can't possibly share him." Charlotte smirked.

"Hm.. We'll see. Ray just has to pick the right girl," Charlotte said coolly.

"So me, then? Seeing as he dumped you-"

"He did not dump me! I broke up with him," Charlotte shouted.

"Sure." The girl made a face behind Charlotte's back.

"Piss off," Charlotte snarled.

"Beth! Where were you?" I smiled.
Beth waved happily.

"Went to the library. Why are you so happy?" Beth asked, a curious look on her face.

"I'm going on a date with Ray at the diner I told you about," I replied.

"Oh, so the plan will commence earlier, then," Beth muttered.

"What was that?" I looked at Beth. She plastered a smile on her face.

"Nothing."