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Chapter Six:
"Pens down", finally my exams are over. I put my pen down and sigh. I have officially left University, I now have to enter the real World, whatever that is.
It's been an extremely long week, especially since Monday, I haven't seen or heard from Christian since I left him at the restaurant so I can only assume he didn't really want us to be friends after all. I make my way outside the exam hall and spot Kate sat on a bench waiting for me. She jumps up when she sees me coming towards her.
"How did it go?"
"Fine, I think, I'm just glad it's all over"
"Me too, we have officially finished! We are so partying tonight Steele" I try and protest, I don't want to party, I want to stay home, read books, watch films.
"Look Kate, I don't think…"
"No, I won't hear it, we are going out, Jose is coming with us along with a few others, it will be fun!" I sighed, there really wasn't much point in arguing with her.
"Fine"
"Excellent, now let's go home and get ready and get drinking, I've already bought the wine!" I groaned, I needed a nap first.
Once we got back to our apartment building, I checked the mail, apart from our usual bills to pay there was another one handwritten addressed to me. I followed Kate up to the apartment and into the kitchen. She straight away got the bottle of wine out along with two glasses, I guess the celebrating starts now. She passes me a full glass of wine and demands I start drinking. I can just see how this night is going to go. I left the kitchen and my glass of wine and walked to my bedroom to dump my bag, jacket and shoes. I sit down on my bed and open up my mail.
Dear Anastasia,
I want to apologise for the way we left things on Monday, I understand why you left but I want to explain everything to you. I do want us to be friends but I need you to give me a chance. I hope your exams went well. Please call me so we can talk.
Christian.
He's left me his number, he wants me to call him, call him and say what exactly. I picked up my phone and typed his number in, I debated on whether to call him now but after several minutes staring at my phone and I decide against it, instead I just save his number and head back out to find Kate and get ready for tonight.
Several draining hours later, we were out drinking and celebrating our freedom with our friends, I try hard to socialise and celebrate even if my mind was on Christian, I still haven't called him, I don't know if I should, maybe it's for the best we don't become friends, if that's what he's even after, I don't even know him. Pushing my thoughts aside, I stand up to go and use the restroom, I stand in line and wait to use the toilet. I pull out my phone, unlock the screen and stare at my phone, I scroll through my contacts until I reach Christians number, I almost press call but instead open up a new text message.
I don't think we should be friends.
I hit send before I can even think about changing my mind, he will just have to understand my decision. I shut my phone off so I'm not tempted into looking at it or call him. After for what felt like a long time, I headed back to my table where my friends are and find it empty, I look around and it doesn't take me long to spot them, Kate and Jose are at bar and our other friends are on the dance floor, I spot my half-drunk bottle of beer still on the table, I make my way over to pick it up drinking some and then head over to the bar where Kate and Jose have just ordered tequila shots, they pass me one before I even have the chance to decline.
I should not be feeling like this, after just two bottles of beer and only half a tequila shot because I couldn't do it all I should not feeling this bad, I feel like I've had ten shots of tequila and can no longer see straight or walk in a straight line. I don't know where Kate is, or Jose, I've lost everyone. I've somehow made it outside and into the parking lot. I can hear shouting, laughing and screaming all around me but I can't see clearly where it's coming from, I don't even know where I am. I start to panic, maybe I could try and walk home, at least I know no taxi will let me in in the state I've got myself in or didn't get myself in because I did not do this to myself, I know I didn't. I stumble onto the side walk and try to walk in a straight line. This is not good. I manage to stumble a little further before hearing voices behind me, male voices. I try to keep moving as quick as I can, but I can still hear them only now they are shouting me. Somewhere in my drunken-memory state I pull out my phone, I wonder why nothing is happening and then I realise I turned it off hours ago, after several attempts I manage to switch my phone on, it feels like hours I've been waiting for my phone to start up, I feel really ill and really faint and exhausted, I must not pass out, I must not pass out, just keep moving Ana! Finally my phone comes alive, through my blurred vision I ignore all the texts and missed calls I've received, I notice most of them are from Christian, I bring Kate's number up and press call, she doesn't answer, neither does Jose, why is nobody answering their phone! I bring up Christian's number and press call, desperate times calls for desperate measures. I just hope he's not asleep, but it is after 2am. After only two rings, he answers:
"Grey", I try to speak but my throat is all dry, speak Ana!
"Chris…Christian" I croak out.
"Ana…Ana is that you?"
"I ne-eed your help, please…I…please"
"Fuck Ana! What's happened, where are you?!"
"Chris...Chri…Christian…please"
"Ana, listen to me, talk to me, and stay on the line"
"Help me…Christian, please" I say just before stumbling forward and hitting the ground, my phone drops out of my hand, into a puddle, the screen smashes into a thousand pieces ending my call with Christian. Now I am completely alone or so I thought.