White and a touch of aquamarine
White and a touch of aquamarine
Fortunately, Ellie had come inside the hospital room just when Jeremy was about to go look for her and he promised her he was going to return soon and with that, he left the hospital with Chloe. He had literally ran out of there before any doctor or the nurses suspected he was about to leave the hospital.
Chloe got down from the back of the taxi and stopped walking to wonder why he wasn't following behind her.
She turned to see a funny scene of Jeremy in a tug of war with the hem of his shirt which got stuck when he jammed the door close.
Chloe sighed wearily as she watched him. "Can he ever do something the right way for once?" How did that even manage to happen?
She asked herself and looked at him like he was stupid before simply opening the door to release the shirt.
"Oh... that also works fine." He said with an embarrassed smile while she rolled her eyes and reminded the driver to wait for them, before she began to head towards the entrance.
After ringing the doorbell once, Amara hurried to open the door and hugged Chloe tightly when she saw her.
"What happened? Where is Leo?" Chloe asked as she tried to look inside the house.
"He already left but not without hurting Benjamin. What was he thinking?" Amara asked as she moved away from the door to usher them inside.
"I am so sorry. Was it serious?" Chloe asked.
Jeremy had told her during the drive about what Benjamin did to Mia and so even though she supported her brother's action, she had to show care since Amara was her friend.
Jeremy feigned indifference even though he was pleased about what Leo had done. If he could, he would have done worse to Benjamin back then.
As they went further inside the house, Jeremy looked around the place and nodded in approval before his eyes landed on Benjamin who was sitting on the couch with an open first aid box on a glass stool in front of him.
"I'm sorry about Leo, I hope you wouldn't make an issue out of this." Chloe said, looking at Benjamin whose wounds were being treated by Amara.
"Of course, he wouldn't." Jeremy said as he looked pointedly at Benjamin, challenging him to say otherwise. Benjamin was the one who had sexually harassed a lady, if he was smart, he would shut up and not make an issue out of being beaten since they were all letting him go.
Benjamin simply looked at him without saying a word but his eyes went up to the stairs.
He wasn't surprised to see Jeremy there beside Chloe, he had noticed that they had both been hanging out with each other for a while now.
"You were ill?" Amara asked when she finally took note of how Jeremy was dressed.
"Nothing serious." Jeremy answered with a shrug.
"We should return to the hospital now." Chloe said before turning to look at Jeremy. They had come to stop Leo from doing something really bad to Benjamin, but it seemed like they were late.
Just then, they heard someone taking the stairs down and when they looked up, Jeremy frowned when he saw the last person he ever wanted to see, Kelvin Hank.
Kelvin's steps slowed when he saw the two people standing there beside Benjamin and Amara. His eyes dimmed when it settled on Jeremy.
He looked like a complete patient in his hospital pyjamas and head warmer.
The others noticed how both guys glared at each other until Chloe coughed once.
"Let's leave." She turned to tell Jeremy.
She didn't bother to give Kelvin her attention at all. Everyone who had eyes knew she disliked him. She always made it obvious whenever he came close to her.
"My stomach hurts." Jeremy said in a whisper to Chloe, who looked at him in alarm.
"Is it serious? We should leave now." She said in a hurry while he nodded and draped his hand around her shoulders. Chloe didn't push him away, in fact, she placed a hand around his waist to help him walk faster.
Jeremy took the opportunity to lean even closer before he looked up at Kelvin. Seeing how angry Kelvin looked, he smirked at him and turned to leave with Chloe.
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There was a smile on Leo's face when they arrived home. On Mia's face however, she had an embarrassed blush.
As usual, they both waved at each other before going into their different rooms. Mia hadn't said a 'yes' to being his girlfriend. She had said a 'yes' that she would still like him as much even after two years, but that just made him conclude they were dating. Whether Mia liked it or not, they were already in a relationship.
Tara followed him inside the room with her tiny legs and jumped on the bed beside him.
"You know, you contributed in making this happen." Leo said to Tara before ruffling her hair.
He remembered he was yet to call his grandmother so he dialed her number. Now that Mia was officially his girlfriend, even if she was uncomfortable with it, she had agreed to meet his family this weekend. He had seen how tensed and nervous she was and had told her he could cancel if she still felt very uncomfortable about it but she assured him that she was going to be fine.
His eyes went to the picture on the wall of his mystery dancing girl.
He stood up and went to where the picture was hanging. "Are you jealous?" He spoke to the picture like it could hear him.
"I'm sorry.." He said before running his hand over it. "You were the only person I had a genuine feeling for these past two years, but now... there is someone else." He said with a small smile.
"I have always wanted to meet you at least once to thank you for making me a bit happy. I also wanted to see your face one time... but I guess that wouldn't work. Besides, I have a girlfriend now and she is also a dancer." He said with a proud smile before removing the picture from the wall.
He was a bit sad to remove it since it had been there for the past two years even though he hadn't really stayed much in his house, but now that he had Mia, he didn't think it was wise making another girl his muse when he had a girlfriend. He was going to replace the now empty space with a photo of Mia.
Now that he thought about it, he had never taken any good photo of her. How silly of him!
He suddenly remembered something and ran back to his bed to pick up his phone. He had totally forgotten he dialed his grandmother's number. Why was he suddenly acting so recklessly?
The call had already ended but he noticed the call had been going on for quite a while until his grandmother decided to end it when he said nothing.
He hissed before dialing her number again.
"I was beginning to think you had gone crazy." His grandmother said when she answered the call, making him chuckle. He was glad that, the wall where the picture was hung was from the bed so his grandmother had obviously not heard anything he said.
"I'm sorry, I was a bit distracted."
"That's what happens when one falls in love. I am always distracted by your grandfather."
"Eww! I didn't call to hear about your love story right now."
"And he is also distracted by me... a lot." She continued as if he hadn't just told her he wasn't interested.
"Grandma, I understand. You are both distracted by each other." He said with an eye roll.
"Is your lady also distracted by you–"
"Jeez! What's it with you and distractions all of a sudden!" Leo blew up in frustration making her giggle.
"Such a foul temper you have. I hope you called for a good reason." She asked.
"I called to let you know we'd be coming home this weekend. I mean, with my girlfriend." He added that part with a smile.
"Of course! Did you have any choice? The preparation is almost completed. Oh! You both have to make sure you dress in a complete white outfit."
"What?" Leo asked in confusion.
"The dress code is white and a touch of aquamarine. Since you are both the protagonist of the day, you both are to be dressed in complete white outfits." She said in an excited tone making Leo sigh.
"What the— that's not going to happen. What are we? Angels? There is no way I am doing that with you and just so you know, I'm going to be wearing black. You all can go ahead and wear your aquaman or something, I love you grandma, goodbye." He ended the call before she could say anything else.
How troublesome!