stuck in the middle.
This new guy , who will be called as my"informer" from this point onwards had special plans for his birthday that was coming up really soon and he even told me about it . He told me that the first invitation goes to me , and i was like oh thanks . I was hoping that Logan would be invited because what would i do without him , like seriously? My informer told me that all my close friends would be invited and he even asked me if i would like to bring some of my friends . Its kinda weird honestly , all of this. I mentioned Logan‟s name first and he was like oh okay sure ,Logan will be there.
I messaged Logan the next minute to ask him if he was already invited and Logan was like "yeah , just got the message" and i felt relieved like as if someone reliable would be there with me ( well , its not like its compulsary for me to go but who wouldnt want to go for a birthday party especially if ur bestfriend gets invited right?) Finally , Logan helped me pick my outfit (as usual) and he chose a simple black dress for me . He also told me that i should do something to my hair , like"design" it or something even though he knows that im clearly against all those things . He finally told me that he isnt gonna debate with me and he wanted me to bring my straightener (well , my mom‟s hair straightener) and so i did to satisfy him look how nice i am to Logan right?We all planned to go to the birthday venue together and since it was my informer‟s birthday he said he would pick us up individually but he would prefer if we all would like gather in one place as it would save time . My mom dropped me to Jordan‟s relative‟s house ( Jordan used to stay there a lot so it was more like his house) and i ran upstairs to Jordan‟s room as i wanted the ac on my face . I was perspiring badly like how bad can the weather be ? To top it all , my car‟s ac was somehow not working usually so we all had to manage with the window and"natural air" . When i opened the knob of Jordan‟s room , i saw Logan laying on the bed as if it was his own house and i giggled upon this sight.
He gave me a welcoming smile and i entered the room. I was sitting on the sofa and Logan was on the bed while Jordan was roaming around his entire house . Finally , Logan was like soo..."you didnt listen to me , did you?"and i was like whatt i kinda obey whatever this kid tells me to and he‟s like i didnt listen to him? Anyways , back to the story... I told him that i brought my straightener because i didnt have time to straighten my hair at home . I took hisleave and went down to look for someone who could straighten my hair for me as , i actually couldnt . The last time i tried curling my hair (because of my mom obviously ) i ended up burning my pinky finger . So , i went downstairs and sat in the guestroom looking at the straightener as if something magical would have happened and my hair would have been perfect automatically . I heard the room door open and i thought it was some female who understood all this unecessary things . Well , it wasnt . It was Logan . He entered without acknowledgement and trust me , i couldnt guess that it was him until he appeared infront of the mirror that i was sitting nearby to. He was like"so, i see that this princess is having trouble and didnt call for her assistant ?" i was like .. " how many bottles of alcohol did u drink ? what assistant?" he laughed and he was like "me silly! Im your assistant who else? Dont expect Christian to run and help you afterall im uncomparable .am i right or am i right?" and the look on my face spoke for me . Logan apologized and was like , hmm nevermind Christian"let me take a look" .
He took the straightener from my hand and told me to come upstairs where Jordan‟s room was . I followed him and he made me sit on the chair facing a small mirror next to the bed . He started straightening my hair like a professional and when i asked him not to , i pittied him for standing so long just for me . He told me that Jordan is frying chicken nuggets for me and by the time my hair is done i would be given food . I laughed at him and the fact that he knows me so well in and out made me laugh even more. The chicken nuggets came , and Jordan fed me because i was busy texting my mom."Damn it , ur a queen" said Jordan one guy here is feeding you and the other is straightening your hair for you. I gave afriendly smile and continued texting although in my heart i knew i was blessedcompletely with the best.
We heard the doorbell ring and my informer reached . My anxiety was starting to come back and like Logan is too nice to be treated in this way by a stranger . He‟s too nice for anyone to talk behind his back and the amount of guilt i had for not sharing this to Logan , to the one guy who knows me as much as my parents do. Noone would understand. But i had to. My informer opened the door of his car and stopped me from entering. He instructed his driver that i should sit in the middle row so Logan had no choice but to sit behind . The middle row was occupied by me and the guy . Jordan chose to sit infront and i looked at Logan as if i wanted him right beside me and he whispered "its okay". We picked up Logan‟s "sister" on the way to the venue ,and she sat beside me like thank god i had company.
The venue was a restaurant situated inside a mall , we loitered around the mall before finally entering the restaurant i was mostly talking to Logan‟s "sister" . When we reached the restaurant , the birthday boy(my informer) pulled out a chair for me to sit and it was right beside him . I really wanted to sit with Logan and "his sister" .Logan didnt have a choice but to sit across me , it was nice because he was right infront of me . We ordered food and right before i could take a slice of pizza from the table , my informer kept it on my plate. I had eye contact with Logan , i think he understood that i was not feeling comfortable and he couldnt do anything about it this time. This informer guy showed me some chats from his phone ,well birthday wishes to be precise. He asked me if i was willing to reply the messages for him and i willingly did , at that same time he was explaining me about his family tree and i had no choice but to listen.I was still hungry somehow and when my informer wanted to pass me the salad ,Logan has already kept it on my plate.This went on and on , there was more food appearing on my plate it was Logan who kept adding food on my plate he seemed to be disturbed somehow and my informer kept staring at him as if he‟s doing something bad while the truth was just that he was adding food on my plate .I had no idea what was going on and i asked "Logan‟s sister" and she was like ,Logan doesnt want me to feel uncomfortable with the informer guy ,thats why he was adding food on my plate.
It was already 5 pm and Logan had the responsibility of dropping me home , we loitered for a while in the mall and Logan alerted the guy that i should be dropped home . Upon that notice , we all headed towards the car with the same sitting arrangement . We dropped Logan‟s"sister" and Jordan . Only me , Logan and the informer guy were left . I was happy as i thought they would drop me home first and i could use "being late" as an excuse but Logan was dropped first instead .Inspite of being reluctant to leave me alone with the guy , he had no choice as my mom was already calling repeatedly and i had to be dropped immediately.Logan didnt leave me though , he kept texting me till i reached home . I had no words for the guy i was with , i didnt even know him that well and we had no conversation . When we reached my house ,all he said was "becareful of who you are close to , the person is toxic" i knew very well he was referring to Logan but i could only reply him with "thanks for the lunch" as i closed the door and proceeded to enter my house.
The next day itself , i received ananonymous message from this social media that was trending during those days. It was a web where we could share our ideas and chat either with our name shown to the other person or hidden.These anonymous messages i received were nothing but pure insult towards me .There were assumptions that me and Logan were secretly dating and then my phone literally overflowed with notifications of more messages telling me about how one guy would never be enough for me and how i loved to break hearts and act popular . I texted Logan and he checked out those messages , he was strartled as much as i was and"Logan‟s sister" assumed it to be Logan‟sex behind the anonymous button .Although i was disturbed , i was still strong enough to handle myself . And trust me , as long as Logan is with me as my support system and just his presence is enough to make me feel okay. And , with this i decided to end the investigation here itself and to forget about it.
Did i forget to mention that my birthday was around the corner? Yup!Just a week left!Even though i was damn excited , i acted like i was not because um.. mature people dont get excited for their birthdays? Well my assumption might be wrong but in my school this was the case .Me and Logan were chatting as usual and so was the informer guy although i replied him very late in comparison to the others .All of a sudden , Logan asked me if there was anything in particular that i wanted for my birthday , and well.. he told me that i could ask for anything except Christian .He also told me not to expect him to wrap Christian in a huge gift box as my birthday gift . But to be frank , thats what i always wanted . Him , just him. Logan promised me that this year would be the finest year for me and i would have a blast on my birthday but he wasnt telling me about the plan and i wasnt expecting anything as well.
When we came to school , the teachers announced that we would be having a mock exam coming up next week yup ,next week on my birth date i would have my foreign language exam and the next day we would be having our Literature exam . I was so mad like so mad at everyone that day because i felt like out of all the days couldnt they choose another one? So , i did my exam on my birthday and surprisingly it wasnt all that difficult. Right after submitting my exam paper , i stood infront of the exam hall waiting forLogan . I thought i could talk to him while we were on the way to the lobby but i was wrong . He came out of the hall , stared at me and walked away as if i was trash. I was so dissapointed i waited a whole 15 minutes for him but i did not say a word .I proceeded towards my car and my driver told me that we needed to drop by someone‟s house to take some "parcel" .Although i was exhausted , he told me that it was an order from my mom . The parcel we took was nothing but my birthday cake and it had a label in the front that quoted"For victoria‟s surprise". Great! Now i know about my surprise could this day get any better? Sense the sarcasm.
When i reached home , i did not bother to change to my pyjamas or anything i laid on my parent‟s bed with my school uniform on and my hair tied into a bun . I was sitting recklessly because i was alone. I recall that i was also chatting with Jasmine and Katty at that time when all of a sudden Jasmine told me that she was busy and she had to go . Katty on the other side, was explaining me about how useless friendships are as noone seemed to care that it was my birthday .It was surprising indeed. I received a long birthday wish from Logan at midnight , but thats about it. Did i mention about the paragraph? It was really nice , i mean it had all good things about me and how he liked my qualities as a friend. I told Katty about this but she insisted that Logan didnt care about me and he‟s just using me and for him , this friendship i shared with him was useless.
While chatting with Katty, suddenly Jordan popped in the room sighing and he asked me to teach him literature for our exam the next day . I wanted to kill him so badly , but before i could say anything Logan entered the room with a huge triple layer chocolate cake followed by "his sister" and Jasmine and other members of the gang , except Logan‟s ex. Literally ,mind blown. I never had a surprise of my own before this and i looked so messy i was shook . I trembled while cutting the cake Logan kept smiling at the entire scene. He told me to get dressed and that everyone would be waiting in the hall downstairs so we could have lunch together , and mom had apparently ordered pizza for everyone secretly . It was brilliant. I went to my room and ransacked my entire wardrobe with nothing but a simple tiger printed dress to wear . I had cake all over my face although i didnt even get a chance to taste it , Jordan on the other hand got his hands on the cake before everyone else did.
Logan knocked on my room door and asked if i needed help , well yeah i needed to clean my ENTIRE face that was full of cream and sprinkles. He led me to the basin and held my hair backwards while i was washing my face . It was just us and we had a conversation , i asked him about how he managed to plan and all he said was "shh its time for us to go downstairs". We went downstairs , everyone was seated and we played music . Everyone started dancing it was really fun. All of a sudden , my two cousins popped in with another cake it was another surprise overall . One of them was a more quiet kind of person , the other one (Mia)was a more hyper and fun version of the former. Both of them were really nice though , i introduced Mia to Logan and the rest and i was so contended to see all of them blending in very nicely with each other .Logan pulled me to a corner and told me if it was okay for him to go home as he needed to study for the exam the next day.I had no choice but to say yes , everyone left as Logan was in charge to drop everyone home . Only my two cousins were left and we had a blast . The next day itself , when i reached home i saw a blue bicycle with my name printed as a sticker on it , i was so confused like why would some retard prank me in this way.I called my mom and she told me that it was my gift from my friends . I texted Logan , and he said "hope you like it" . Logan knew that ever since i shifted my house , i never went on cycle rides because Christian was no longer my neighbour , so whats the point of cycling right? Oh and also , i lost my interest in cycling ever since my cycle got stolen while we were busy shifting so i was happy to be able to cycle again! I thanked Logan because it was his idea afterall , i remember even calling him to thank him.
My dad gifted me a brand new phone the day when i got my cycle because he felt that my phone is no longer in good shape and to top it off i think he was basically just fed up of me asking for a new phone again and again . It was the latest model ,and i barely understood any of its features. Since i wasnt a "tech" kind of person but Logan was ! see isnt it cool how we somehow complete each other ? no wait ,nevermind that statement . Isnt it cool how he completes me AS A FRIEND?Like the things i can never do alone ,Logan would always find a way somehow .Call me emotional , but its true . So , i brought my phone to school and had to ask Logan for every minute detail like howto adjust the saturation and colour while taking a picture and so on.
The next week itself , Katty asked me if she could borrow my phone as she wanted to mess up with my gallery well , to be precise she wanted to send my horrible pictures to herself for some reason that made her happy . Looking at her expression , i couldnt say anything but yes. I left my phone with Katty and proceeded to the canteen to grab a milkshake with my other friends .Suddenly ,while i was walking to class one of my classmates stopped me and tuggedme by my collar . She said that my phone is in bad shape , and its shattered completely . Katty did something to it . I gave her my milkshake to hold and ran to my class only to see Katty infront of me saying " hey um.. Vic is it normal for your phone to look as if its cracked?" and i was like "are you out of your mind? Show me the phone!"I looked at my phone and couldnt say a word . I got it a week back and what would my dad say? I ran to look for Jordan and all of us including Katty went to the parking lott to settle the problem . I was pacing back and forth without talking to anyone all i hoped was for my dad to not kill me .
Jordan dialed my dad‟s number and he told us to call my mom instead as he was busy . So , we did. My dad is generally a more chilled out person who is playful with kids , by kids i mean me . My mom is moody and if she‟s having a bad day then you are gonna get it bad from her . My mom picked up the phone and told Jordan to hand over the phone to me . She literally screamed and called me irresponsible for lending my phone to a stranger and although i told her that Katty is my classmate , she just wouldnt care .She told me to let Katty get me a new phone or else i wouldnt be having a phone anymore . Jordan passed this message to Katty , and i was completely silent i didnt have anything to say . Katty called her parents who disagreed to pay for the phone so Katty had to debate with them . Finally , i saw Logan coming towards the lobby to check if everything was okay . I looked up at him with gleaming eyes ,hoping that he would do something . He took my broken phone in his hand andtried to do something to it but he was like, "Vic this is completely broken " and i just looked at him with nothing to say ,well because he just said what ive already known.
Katty came back and told us that she would arrange for a new phone , but my other friends took this opportunity in a wrong way to bash Katty . They called her careless and all but i couldnt do anything ijust gave them the "look" asking them to stop. I really didnt notice who all were there in the parking lott and for what purpose but a crowd gathered for sure .When we were about to go back to class ,Katty looked at me and said " u happy now?" i was so confused so i was like"happy for what? For the fact that i dont have a phone now?" and she was like "i know you told all these people to gather here just to embarass me " while the truth was that i only called Jordan to help me handle the problem.
I got ignited suddenly and told Katty to watch her mouth before i loose my temper and show her the side of me that noone has seen before and she tempted me by saying "try me" and thats when i lost it. I screamed at her and told her to not accuse me for something i never did and that it wasnt my fault that i had to end up with a broken phone . She was literally stunned ,everyone was silent . Logan wasnt present anymore as he was called by our teacher and i looked at everyone gathered around me and Katty and went back to class .Little did i know that there was someone recording the "screaming"scene behind my back . On my way to class , this person showed me the video of me screaming at Katty and i couldnt even respond to these jobless freaks . I told them that it wasnt right and they had to delete it that instant itself . In class , Logan kept staring at me for no reason and i couldnt even concentrate for my science class . After the period ended , Logan came to my seat and showed me the same video of me screaming so i asked him regarding his source who sent the video to him and he was like "thats not important Vic , but you.. Victoria Savannah shouted at a person for the first time how does it feel?"i was pissed trust me i was . I told him that it wasnt funny but i can never get mad at Logan even though he was annoying ,because i would end up looking for him the very next second . Katty and I werent in good terms but she apologized to me and im not an easy person so it would take time for me to forget everything.
I had to chat with Logan with a temporary phone until Katty gave me a new phone the next week . There were controversies that she "dropped" my phone on purpose, but i couldnt care less as long as i would be getting my new phone.
One fine night , Logan texted me and said that his ex was present during the whole"phone" scene and she called Logan only to scream at him. She told him that he is nothing but a heartless jerk that only knows how to play with feelings and that he cared more about my broken phone then he ever did for his ex. Logan is somehow an emotionally calm person , so i predicted how he would react to this even before he told me . I asked him " and you said sorry didnt you?" He was like .. " yeah but only so that she would stop"I told him that "apologizing would fix everything so he didnt do anything wrong in general but he shouldnt let people shout at him for no reason"
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