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Chapter 8 - * Consider it Sweet Revenge *

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Taylor's POV.

On the way back home, Scarlet was oddly silent. The whole way, she kept her cool which got me really frightened. The Scarlet that I came to know of in the past few days would give me a long lecture till we reach home. She would even go to the extent of punching me square on my face for imposing something like that on her.

Her behaviour was freaking me out. I mean, it wasn't that she was avoiding me because she was showing out her cool, casual self. I wondered what was going on in her mind.

Oh gawd!!! Was she was going to take revenge for what happened today to win the quarrel? If yes, I don't even want to know what she was going to do! I, for sure, knew how evil she can become when it came to her taking revenge on somebody. I hope that was not going to be the case with me. If that was it, I was sure that I would literally die.

My dear God, please save me from this girl if she was planning for a revenge in that little brain of hers!

Relax, John! Be optimistic, man! Can't you see that's he is calm? I am sure she was recalling all the incidents that happened today...she must be reliving all the fun moments...that must be the reason for her calmness, dude, Relax! She doesn't care about the kiss! I could hear my inner thoughts trying to calm my anxious heart.

From the way her cheeks heated from the touch of my hand when we kissed, I knew that I had an effect on her.

Just because you had an effect on her doesn't mean that she likes you, John. Said my inner thoughts again, making me roll my ayes at myself. Didn't you see the way she spoke continuously about that Stan guy?

I was sure that she had a crush on him. Why else would she talk about him on every stage of our date?

I couldn't help but feel jealous of Stan, even though I didn't know him at all. The moment I laid my eyes on Scarlet, I knew that I was attracted to her. The attraction only increased as I came to know more about her. It was just that her beauty and personality was really hard to resist.

May be she just gave in to me because of the bet.

Oh shit!

My eyes widened in realisation that I had compelled her to go on this date with me and more importantly, compelled her to kiss me! Oh God! I felt very guilty for having done that and realized that I needed to apologize to her.

But I guess I couldn't apologize immediately, seeing that I didn't know what was going on in her brain. If she was angry, I should probably give her some time to calm down as me apologizing, especially after kissing her, might ignite her anger.

If she wasn't going to be in a romantic relationship with me, then I want her at least be one of my best buddies. I shouldn't lose such a good girl as my friend for the sake of my feelings and mere relationship.

I was snapped out of my thoughts by Scarlet clapping her hands near my ear.

"Taylor, why are you driving so slow? There is nobody on the road other than us..."

The perplexed expression on my face had Scarlet laughing. I was a little relieved to see her laugh, which confirmed me that she was not hot in temper.

"You know, Taylor, though I don't want to admit it, I really enjoyed the date today. First, the movie, which was just awesome. I loved it. But you really pissed me off with that hug-kiss drama in front of that cousin of yours. Urghh!! That was so annoying!" She exclaimed, emphasizing on the 'so'.

"I know you loved the close contact with a hottie like me." I winked.

"Pfft, no way in hell!" She rolled her eyes. "I might agree for a moment that you are handsome but you sure are not hot." She smirked.

"Haha! Nice kidding. I know I'm hot. People say I look like a Greek God. Chicks die to get my attention, but you?" I put it more like a question than a statement. Scarlet raised an eyebrow then started laughing.

"Taylor, your so hot, irresistible like chocolate and that kiss... I think I'll pass out!" she said seductively, artificially fanning her hand in front of her face. Sarcasm was obvious in her tone. She then turned to face me.

Instead of being offended, I stared at her bewildered, then started to laugh on impulse. She looked at me puzzled, as a few seconds ago, I was the one who was mocked at and not the other way round.

"Hey! What are you laughing at?!?!", she grumbled, giving me a deadpanned stare. I couldn't help but laugh even more.

"You look too cute when you act all stereotypical." I grinned which made her roll her eyes. She then began to curse profanely under her breath.

Silence filled us as we did not talk the rest of the way. We shared some smiles though, whenever she caught me looking at her. Her smiles were heart melting. She became so precious to me and I did not want to afford to lose my friendship with her because of my thoughts of a stupid relationship.

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By the time we reached home, well, Eva's home where we were staying for some days, it was half past eleven. I turned to Scarlet to see her dozing on her seat. I smiled at her sleeping form. She looked cute while sleeping. I got down, opened her door and bent down to carry her bridal style. When my hands reached her, she jerked and got up. She had a confused expression on her face, confused as to what was happening.

"I am not drunk, you know!" She snapped my hand off her, once the realization struck her. I chuckled, finding her reaction funny.

She got out of the car but stumbled as she was too sleepy. I helped her up with her arm over my shoulder and we walked together to the door. Eva opened the door and gasped at Scarlet's state.

"Is she drunk?!".

"No, she's just tired I guess. You don't wanna wake her up, she all grumpy right now." I warned her.

I saw Eva's excitement die down. "Hey! But I wanted to talk to her about your date." She whined and pouted. I just tapped her cheeks gently.

"Its a long but interesting story. I'll tell you everything in detail, tomorrow. I guess I'm tired as well."

"Okay!" She replied, all excited. Then I helped Scarlet to her room, where Eva dressed her into her night wear.

"Eva!!"

"Yes?" She shouted from Scarlet's room. I helped myself with a glass of water until she came out. She sat next to me on the couch.

"Why is my presence required here?" I chuckled, finding the way she put it very funny.

"I am joining your college and its confirmed. It would take a while though, probably a week and a half, as I am not yet settled and there are still some paperwork needed to be finished. Also, I am waiting for your examinations to end." I smiled.

"That's a great news, John!" She cheered, giving me a hi-five.

After having some talk related to college and studies, we both called it a night and went to our respective rooms.

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Scar's POV

I woke up to see that it was already 7:30. Eva was ready and as she informed me before, she was about to leave to the airport. Her elder brother, Mac, was returning from New York. It was not planned as Mac was returning a week earlier but I was not complaining. I no longer had to stay with Eva. Its not that I dislike staying with her, but I was just missing my home sweet home.

I left to the washroom and soon got ready for the day. I wore my usuals and I went to the guestroom to see Taylor, only to find him still sleeping. I thought about the revenge in my mind, which made me smirk.

Taylor stirred in his sleep, snapping me out of my evil thoughts about the payback. I slowly went to the other side of the bed so that his face was in front of me. I shook his shoulders lightly to wake him up, but he simply shrugged unconsciously.

"Go away Eva, you know I have work later on." He mumbled. I shook him harder this time, calling his name. That made him peek open his one eye to see who was waking him up. He jerked up sitting.

"Oh, Scarlet, its you!" He said, opening and closing his eyes to get used to the light. "How come you are here? Missing me already huh?" He smirked.

"In your dreams, jerk!"

"Okay, what happened? Why am I woken up early?" He asked as he leaned on the bed rest.

"It is just tha Eva is out and I have to go and get some books for me to study, you know, for the exams this week. I have kept some Marmite and chips sandwich to suffice you for the breakfast. Eva will be returning in an hour or two. I just woke you up to tell you these." I said everything in a hurry.

"Okay, okay, I get it that you are in a hurry and thanks for informing me. Now, you can stop annoying me and go, so that I can continue my peaceful sleep." He whined.

"I liked the sweet talking Taylor better, you know!" I pouted.

"So you agree you like me?" He grinned.

"I...I...Shut up! Stop flirting early in the morning." I snapped at him.

"But you said you like me!" He laughed. Jerk.

"Okay, I like you! But no more than a friend." I say bluntly.

"A friend is a good start, don't you think?" He said, wiggling his eyebrows and earned a punch from me on his arm.

"Will you go on a walk with me later today? I just wanted to talk with you." I stated, which got him startled.

"I'm not tired anymore, now that you've asked me to a walk."He grinned and got up from his bed with a pout and left to take a bath.

Now was my chance for the revenge. I had already started my payback plan and only a few things were left to do.

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Taylor's POV.

I was busy taking a shower when I remembered that I owed an apology to Scarlet and going on a walk with her will be a perfect time for that. After the shower, I felt really fresh and absolutely ready for the day ahead of me. I heard the doorbell ring and called out for Scarlet.

"Scarlet, there is someone at the door!" About a minute later the bell rang again.

"Scarlet!" I yelled again but did not get any reply.

That's when the realization dawned on me that, that girl already left. I sighed and reached the rack to grab a towel only to see the rack empty. I looked around in the other hooks and there wasn't any towel in any of them as well. The only wearable fabric in the bathroom was a pink coloured yoga pants, probably Eva's as Scarlet hates pink.

I searched the bathroom again, to find something else to wear, but to my disappointment I couldn't find anything else.I hesitated to wear it but when the bell rang again, I forced myself to wear it in a fie, as I had no other go.

I came out of the bathroom into my room and searched for my other clothes, but there were none! I then crouched down to take my suitcase from under the bed only to find my suitcase also missing!! I thought of at least wearing my old clothes and went towards my laundry bin and guess what? My laundry clothes were also missing!!!

Now the door bell was ringing again and again. I took a look at myself at the mirror and felt disgusted of wearing a girl's yoga pants, a pink one at that. It fit me as they were made of Lycra. The way the fabric was stuck to my legs. Urgh!!! If only girls were to see me like this, I'm sure I'd be left single my entire life.

[Please dont hate me for this...No offence guys, I was just proving how hard of a revenge it was on Taylor..... You bet it sure is funny 😂... This is the definition of ROFL ... I can't stop laughing....I'm sorry if you're offended]

I was sure that someone was messing with me and I couldn't hell but think that that mysterious person was Scarlet.

I felt very disgusted to open the door wearing yoga pants. So, I went to the other rooms to search for my clothes. I went to Eva's room and searched there but all my searches went in vain. My stuffs were not there in Scarlet's room as well.

All this time, the door bell was ringing again and again and I could sense that whoever was at the other side of the door was getting very impatient, hitting the bell a thousand times.

Giving up on finding my stuffs because of the constant ringing of the bell, I went towards the door.

"Coming!" I screeched.

Shit! how the hell am I gonna open the door. I suddenly remembered the fact that Scarlet was staying in Eva's brother's room, so possibly there might be some manly clothes to wear. I went in to check but to my disappointment, all the cupboards were locked. The bell rang again and I gave up.

I muttered a chain of curses and turned the lock. I slightly opened the door to peep out but the person on the other side pushed it open and came in.

"John, what took you so lo-" Eva gasped as soon as she saw my miserable state.

"Eva..." I trailed, feeling disgusted of myself. That's when I heard some footsteps following her. I don't know why but when the footsteps brought Eva out of her dazed state, she began to panic as she looked from behind her to me again and again.

I looked behind her to see what made her to panic to see a tall man coming into my view. He had a good physique and his hair was black.

"Hey, Eva, you forgot your handbag in the ca-" his speech stopped in half as soon as he spotted me.

He stood dead on his tracks as he gazed at me from head to toe. His face turned red in anger as he took in my 'dressed' state.

"Eva! Who is he?" He questioned, more like yelled. But, Eva, who was still in panic, just stared at both of us wide eyed.

Eva's! Is something going on between you two?" He glared at me and then at Eva.

Before I could register what was happening, I was cornered by the man and he began to yell at me.

"Who are you, man? How the hell did you get in here and why the hell are you wearing my sister's pants?

I just stood there stunned, trying to analyse what was going on. I looked at Eva and the guy again and again that I did not notice the punch that was thrown at me. A cry of agony came out of my mouth when the guy threw a fist on my torso. He then kicked me hard in the shin making me jump on one leg.

He aimed for my face ,one hand grabbing my shoulder and was about to throw another punch on it when the sound of loud laughter filled the tensed atmosphere. Confused, the guy immediately stopped the punch half way, making me to mentally thank God for saving me from another blow.

We all turned towards the source of laughter to see the Evil Scarlet coming out from the now unlocked balcony. She even had a camera in her hand. "Scarlettt!!!", I gaped.

Scarlet was laughing hysterically, rolling on the floor. The guy retrieved his fist away from my face but still held on to my shoulder firmly, preventing me from moving.

"Scar, at least tell me what is going on here..." He pleaded to her, but she continued to laugh.

That's when it hit me! Oh heavens, please don't tell me it was one of her plans...

Crap!

I fell for it and my gut feeling told me that I was going to regret this.

"Scarlet, what's going on?...please explain!" I tried to hide the embarrassment in my voice.

"My apologies, people." She said to Eva and the guy and turned to me. "Consider it my sweet revenge, Taylor!" She said and resumed her laughter giving me a flying kiss, leaving me embarrassed while the other two were puzzled.

Oh God!

That Evil Reckless Devil.

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Okay. So how was Scar's revenge? Hope this chap was good enough as a start of this New Year.

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