Janet's P. O. V

So now she wants me to stay away from him? Seriously Kiara. And that jerk, he also wants the same thing.

So, they both decide to take my life decisions. What does Janet want? Who cares.

I stomp my foot like a baby on the ground.

Like a baby. Just great Janet.

I shake my head. No, I can't be thinking about this right now. It's going to be our turn to perform any minute now and I can't let my issues interfere with the school stuff. This has to go smoothly.

I have to be mature about this.

Yeah Janet. Be mature because you're the mature one.

I start walking even faster towards the auditorium. This place is a theatre of sorts and is not exactly in my part of the town. Hence school had decided we all meet in school in the morning and take a bus ride here. Everyone was there except my great assistant. Because he thought it was a good idea to not show up.

As usual.

Well its good only, I guess. Less distraction.

I see the door and I sigh.

Finall-aaaaah.

I scream. Why? Well because I was too distracted, thinking about distractions, to see the wet floor ahead of me. The box of props in my hands is in the air and I see everything turn around me in slow motion.

The bag flying, I feel my leg turning, my hair held up in the air by the wind and my expression...well I can't imagine that.

Soon enough, my leg lost contact with the ground and I close my eyes, waiting for impact.

It didn't come.

Maybe everything is happening in slow motion. That's why it's taking time.

I'm still waiting.

Well the impact did come, but it was not the floor.

"You're not going to fall anymore. Stop waiting for it."

I open my eyes at the familiar voice and my breathing becomes slightly heavy.

It's the surprise element. Nothing else.

"Steven. You showed up?" I say shocked.

"Yeah," came his stern and serious answer.

Well, here he is, back at his old cold behaviour. Unfortunately, it's not working now.

He shouldn't expect it to work on me after everything...

You sound like...no no.

Shut up brain.

"You know, you should avoid thinking when you're around people. Because you're expressions change when you think, almost as if you're talking to yourself," he comments.

I glare at him."I'll do what I want to do. What's your problem? I don't need advice or help from you," I say and he raises his eye brow at me.

That's when I notice everything else. Well, his hand his on my waist and I'm bent backwards halfway down.

Why is his hand always on my waist? He just always keeps it there like it's public property.

He was saving you Janet. Show some gratitude.

Okay brain, you're my brain. You have to be on my side.

"Okay," he says before he retracts his hand. Well what happens to me? I go crashing on the ground.

"Ouch," I yell and turn to give him my piece of mind but he's already walking away.

Not now Janet. Not now.

I get up and collect everything before rushing towards the auditorium again.

Standing in the threshold of the gate, I see a sea of excited students in front of me.

All the schools are here.

I gulp."Uh-m excuse me?" I ask the girl in front of me but she continues to talk to another blonde girl like she didn't hear me at all.

I try again."Uh-m please let me pass," I say again but I still didn't get a response.

"Ladies," that annoying voice comes from the other side and the girls immediately stop their conversation. They look at him, stars in their eyes.

He gives them a half smile."I'm sorry to interrupt your conversation. I request you guys to carry your conversation to the side of the room. People are finding it difficult to pass," Steven says smoothly and the girls nod to their master before moving to the side.

I just glare at them and turn to see Steven shaking his head at me.

"People still don't take you seriously huh?"

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"Get ready guys, last prop shift. Lighting, please be ready," I whisper and signal everyone around me. We're currently backstage and our act is about to come to an end.

It's going really well to this point and I'm just hoping it ends well too. There were a couple of applauses from the audience as well so I think it's going pretty well.

The final and last part comes and suddenly there's this electricity backstage. Everyone gets to work and the final scene happens, just the way I had pictured it.

There's pin drop silence before its broken by a round of applause. I jump and silently squel-if that is even possible- on stage. Everyone is hugging each other and I'm standing there, only to realise I don't have anyone to hug. My cousin is on stage along with Jason, Steven I don't want to hug and Delna Andrew are- wait.

I look around to see Delna and Andrew missing.

But they were here sometime ago.

I move around the hugging groups. These groups had formed during the practices mainly because of how they were contributing to the play.

Some of them smile at me, mouth 'congratulations' and I smile back at them.

I move out the through the backstage door into the hallway, the echoes of the claps and voices of people accompanying me.

The further away I move, the more distant the sounds become and more loud the whispering becomes.

I finally reach a door where I can clearly hear them. It's sad how it's not transparent.

"You did that? Why would you send them those parcels? Are you out of your mind? Now the other one is behind my life," a familiar voice, that sounds really angry, came first.

"I was doing my job! You didn't take my threats seriously so I had to tell them. You should have backed off. You need to understand anyone near you is subject to danger," the other voice, that also sounds oddly familiar comes again.

"You need to stop reminding me how I can't be near her, okay? I get it. I'll protect her-" the first voice was cut off.

"You won't need to protect her if you stay away from her," the second voice comes but before anything happens.

"Janet what are you doing?" Kiara screams rather loudly behind me and the whispers in that room go silent.

Busted.

I turn to glare at Kiara and rush into the room to see its already empty.

What are these guys, like ninjas?

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