Chapter 300
WILLA
"How was your trip?" Theron asked, lowering himself on the edge of my bed.
Carmen and Lisa were out. Thankfully. Theron and I could speak freely.
"It was... great," I said, trying to put the needed amount of excitement in my voice.
"Better than I expected actually," I added when Theron looked eager for more news. "It didn't really seem like punishment. That's apart from riding with the luggage when we were going."
"I heard quite a lot about what happened at the camp," Theron remarked after a pause.
"How did that happen?" I said with a laugh. "We just got back and most of the time, there was no cell reception there."
"You would be surprised to know how news flies, Willa."
"Yeah. I guess you're right," I said and got up to fold my things.
Theron handed me the clothes one after the other.
"Aren't you curious to know what I heard?" he said after another pause. A longer one this time.
I had a feeling all this talk was heading somewhere.
I grinned at him. "Something tells me you're dying to tell me. So spill."
Theron didn't smile back. He was watching me closely. "For one, Lucian broke up with Naomi. The campus has been buzzing with the news."
I chuckled. "That's really true. It happened a couple of days ago. I was there. It wasn't just a quarrel. They broke up for real this time. Can't you see, Theron?" I threw down the jacket I was folding and touched his arm. "Can't you see? Our plan is actually be working."
I expected him to smile, laugh or at least agree with me. He did neither.
A frown creased his brow as he asked, "How exactly did the breakup happen?"
"At the waterfall," I answered with a sigh. "I was there, washing my feet. Naomi crept up on me and tried to drown me. Lucky for me, Lucian came. He saved me, gave Naomi a taste of her own medicine and told her they were done. I have never seen him so pissed." I laughed a little. "You should have seen the look on Naomi's face then. I was too shaken up to really appreciate it at the time. Naomi's crazy, huh? Imagine trying to kill me just so she could get Lucian. Talk about obsessed!"
To my surprise, Theron just shrugged.
A little irritated at his reaction, I said, "You heard what I said, didn't you? I almost got murdered!"
"Yeah. Naomi went too far and I'm glad you're okay. But Willa, are you sure you weren't forcing yourself on Lucian? Maybe that is the real reason why he broke up with Naomi. They've been together since forever and I'm sure that girl has done a whole lot of crazy shit before."
"Not as bad as getting someone killed," I snapped.
I sprang up, went to my closet and started pushing clothes around.
It was quite annoying that someone I considered my friend wanted to talk about Lucian and Noami's breakup more than he wanted to talk about me almost getting killed.
"Yeah. Not as bad as that," Theron allowed. "You know, Willa, you are not supposed to force this thing between you and Lucian. You should let it should happen naturally. Or at the very least, Lucian should be the one pursuing you. Don't let him see you as cheap. No offense."
"None taken," I said though I was very upset. I added quickly, "And how have you been while I've been gone? Done anything interesting lately?"
"Fine," Theron said shortly. "Just schoolwork. Nothing more. Like I was saying, you need to back off from Lucian a little. Enough to make him want you..."
I sighed. Why couldn't Theron just take a hint and drop it already?
"It's happened already, Theron," I broke in. "Can we not just talk about it anymore? Anyway I was thinking... now that we've both gotten what we wanted, I think it's time to call our arrangement off. I mean there's no point in continuing, right?"
Theron's frown deepened.
"Why?" he said. "Is this about Lucian? Maybe he told you he didn't want you hanging out with me anymore and you're just trying to please him. Don't let that jerk push you around, Willa. No one should get to tell you what to do."
"It's not about Lucian," I said patiently. I came to sit by him. "It's about what we said when we started this. We agreed we would stop pretending to be a couple when the people we are interested in started to get jealous. Well it worked, didn't it? Lucian wants me. Sylvia wants you back."
Theron let out a dry chuckle.
"Lucian wants you?" he said. "Has you asked you out yet? Told you he wants you to be his girlfriend?"
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