Next day Lara woke up, showered, had breakfast with her aunt and went home.
She knew that coming to her aunt's place was the best decision at the moment. She always felt refreshed whenever she visited Rose. Rose was such a positive and bubbly person that anyone would feel at ease wherever talking to her or even just in her presence. She always shoved dark topics aside and knew what to talk with a person, something Lara was really bad at. She couldn't talk easily with new people but when she got to know them, she was very open minded, friendly and very protective of those she cared for.
She returned home and went to her room. She planned to slept for some more hours as her brain was exhausting her. Just as her lids were about to close, the doorbell rang.
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LARA'S POV
I got uo from bed frustratingly and headed towards the door to see who ruined my sleep.
When I opened the door, a pink shadow walked past me towards kitchen while yelling "Good morning!!! I'm sooo hungry so I'll just help myself! You can do whatever you were doing! Don't mind me!"
I sighed. This particular pink shadow was my best friend, Annapurna Pandey. Yep, she is Indian and such a food addict. I met her in my yoga class and later found out that she is our yoga instructor's daughter. She was very friendly and we became good friends soon. We went to same middle and high school and she got along well with Oliver too. She is beautiful. He dark, curly hairs are long and goegeous. She has the most brown eyes I've ever seen. Beautiful dark chocolate pools is all I see whenever I look at her.
She can eat anytime and still maintain her figure. I'm sometimes so jealous of that. Where I need to train everyday, she can just eat like a pig and still not gain a bit of weight. Why, god why? Why only some people are blessed with this gift? Even if some are gifted, why ain't I one of them?
I broke out of my trance when Anna waved he hand in front of my face. "What were you thinking? Did you hear anything I just said?"
"Yeah. You said you were hungry." I replied.
She just looked at me and then frowned then sighed and then facepalmed. How can she do everything altogether? "You just heard that? I said a lot of things after that sentence."
I was confused. She said? I guess I was just very much lost in my thoughts. Sigh! I tend to do that a lot these days. Anna have made a sandwich for herself and was eating leisurely. I sat beside her "So? What were you saying?"
She finished her sandwich and put the plate down then opened her mouth "Oliver called and told me that you were in a bad mood. So, we are going shopping." She squealed after saying that. Oh, did I forget to tell you? There's this one friend in your group who always loves shopping? That, that friend of mine is Anna. This girl can never get tired of shopping. "Oh! By the way, you look damn sexy in that red hairs. Like fiery sexy!" She smirked. I smiled at her, acknowledging her compliment
I knew that it would be useless to try and convince her to not go so I got up and went to my room to change. I chose a dark blue jeans with a white V-neck sweatshirt and paired it with brown boots and my black rado watch. I love my watches. I pair it with everything. Like, everything. I usually don't like any accessories but watches are a must.
We went to shopping and as always Anna bought almost everything she liked. After 4 hours of shopping, we finally came to food court to relax and satisfy our empty stomachs.
After lunch we went for bowling where Oliver, Sebastian and Claus were already waiting for us. I was shocked to see them there as I was not informed that they were going to be here. I looked towards Anna and she just shrugged her shoulders and nodded towards Oliver. I turned to look at him and voiced out my thoughts "You planned this?" I pointed towards Sebastian and Claus and thought. Then it suddenly hit me "He told you everything?"
Sebastian stood up and hugged me "If our friend is sad, then we'll always be there for her. Come on now. Let's forget about all that and just enjoy."
After he retreated, Claus came and literally pounced on me. Like wrapping his arms around my neck legs around ny waist. It was as if I was carrying my baby monkey, except this monkey was 6'2" something and weighed around 200 pounds. He licked my cheek and grinned at me sheepishly. "Hello Lorry!"
I sighed and smacked his head "Get off of me! You're heavy." He detached himself from me and pouted like a baby getting told by his parents that they don't love him. This guy is never going to grow up. I smacked his head again "If you pout for one more second, I'll beat you to pulp in our next session." I lifted my fists up to show him that I was not joking.
He immediately ran off with a frightened look but not before shouting "Red is making you a bitch, I don't like it." He stupidly stuck his tongue out to show his displeasure regarding my new hair colour.
I went to where Oliver who was sitting in one of the booths and took a seat beside him. He offered a beer and I took it saying "Thank you Oliver. You are best." I thanked not only for passing me a beer but for sending Anna home to lift up my spirit and then organizing this amazing surprise. Can he be anymore sweet? I really feel lucky to have this amazing guy as my best friend.
He smirked "I know, right? I am such a good friend." I slapped his arm. I looked around and saw Sebastian, Anna and Claus playing and laughing. It felt good to change the environment sometimes. I'm lucky to have such amazing friends.
Claus was my dad's business partner, Andrew Jenner's son. We first met at a business party. He was a very mischievous kid, not that he is not now. At a business meeting when we were 12, I was bored and taking a stroll in garden when I saw him at the back of the house, hiding in bushes. He was doing something but I was not able to see what so I went forward and said Hey. He got shocked at first but when he looked that it was not any elder and just a girl, he heaved a sigh of relief. Then he told me that he was cutting off the main power line of the mansion. I'd never done anything like that so I supported him and then everything became dark. Eventually, our fathers found out that it was us and we got scolded but that was definitely worth seeing everyone panicked. We got along well and he became one of my best friends.
Sebastian was in football team with Oliver in highschool. They got along well and then Oliver introduced us all and he just fit in. Although he was shy first, but later loosened up.
We five were always close. Me, Oliver, Anna, Sebastian and Claus. Oh, and not to forget Lily, Sebastian's girlfriend. She is an amazing blonde. A very supporting and damn emotional friend. She cries in every romance movies. But we all love her. But, we absolutely hate it when Sebastian and Lily have sex. They are just so fucking loud, and the worst part is, they don't believe that they are loud. We had to record their audio once just to prove that obvious fact. Their faces were as red as a tomato after listening their own voices.
We drank, had fun and went on our way back after midnight. Sabastian went home with Lily, Claus drove back to his home and Anna went on her own. I was going with Oliver as I didn't drive while going to shopping.
Oliver said that his car was parked down two streets so we had to walk there. We were walking when suddenly four guys came out of dark wearing black clothes and blocked our path.