Chapter 6 - Dream or Real

Natalia's POV :

"What?! You mean he touched your kitt―"

"Shut up! Stop screaming!" I whisper-shouted at Reema through my gritted teeth.

We were standing in our locker room. I told my two stupid best friends about last night and now they were screaming their hearts out.

"Hell, Natalia! He squeezed your ti―"

"Reema!"

"I know you did enjoy that, didn't you?! Oh god!"

"Shut up! Of course not! It was a dream!"

"So you were horny, huh?" Marjan smirked.

"NO!"

"Why the hell do such kinds of dreams not come during my sleep?"

"Oh no, you are such a bad girl, Reema!" I laughed loudly.

"Stop you two! Someone could hear us!" Marjan giggled.

"I think that was just a dream but what about the window. I clearly remember I locked it before sleep."

"Come on. Maybe you forgot to lock that window and it opened for heavy wind." Reema rolled her eyes.

"It's just a dream, Talia. Don't overthink." Marjan said.

"Yeah, you're right." I nodded.

But I couldn't brush off the anxiety. It felt real. I mean real like someone touched my cheeks, breasts, stomach and my vagina through my panties. God, it was so shameful. I tried to convince my brain and my mind that it was only a dream, nothing else.

"Natalia! You b*tch! How dare you?!"

We heard a very angry voice as someone was storming toward us. We turned back and saw Delilah rushed into the locker room with Amrin and Sima.

"What? Why are you screaming?" I crossed my arms on my chest and frowned.

"I told you to stay away from my boyfriend! You met him yesterday behind the football ground, you shameless b*tch!" She stood one inch away from me and shouted.

"Delilah, you're screaming without knowing anything. At first, ask your boyfriend why he wanted to talk to Natalia and then come to us." Reema uttered.

"I'm talking to Natalia. Who are you? Her babysitter?" She scoffed.

"You're passing your limits, Delilah. Stay away from us." I slightly pushed her back.

"How dare you touch me?!" Delilah slapped across my face.

I was stunned and my mouth hung open as my hand automatically rubbed that place where the slap landed.

"What did you do?" I looked at her.

My blood was boiling and my breathing became fast in rage.

"You deserved it, sl*t." Amrin laughed.

Sima and Delilah also laughed loudly and clapped their hands.

"Natalia, are you okay?" Marjan and Reema hugged me.

"You b*tch! How dare you slap her?!"

Before Reema could say anything else, I grabbed a bottle of juice from my locker which I bought this morning and poured it whole on Delilah's head.

"What the f*ck?!" Delilah screamed.

"You deserved it." I smirked and clapped my hands with Reema's and Marjan's hands.

"You hag! You messed up with the mayor's daughter! You'll regret it later! I'll make your life a living hell!" Delilah screamed and ran toward me.

But Amrin and Sima grabbed her arms and pushed her back.

"Not now, Delilah! You're making a scene!" Sima muttered to Delilah.

"We'll wait for the right time. Now let's go. You're ruining your image for those shameless bitches." Amrin inputted.

"Get out of here, bitches! We're tired of seeing your ugly caked faces." Reema rolled her eyes.

"You know what, f*ck you. Do whatever you want. We don't care." Marjan showed them two middle fingers.

They glared at us and stormed away from the locker room. I sighed and rubbed my face with my shakey palms. I really didn't want to mess up with her. She was capable of doing every bad thing.

"Natalia, don't worry. It was all her fault." Marjan wrapped an arm around my shoulder.

"She's capable of doing bad things you know. What if she does anything stupid to us?"

"She won't do anything stupid. She hasn't got that nerve." Reema patted my shoulder and hugged me.

We stayed like that for a few moments and then headed to our classroom. I was so confused as to why I started facing new problems everyday though I didn't do anything wrong. I was so upset and exhausted.

Reaching home, I took a long shower and slept for a few hours. I stayed in my room in the whole evening. I had dinner with my family at night. They noticed my gloominess and asked me what happened but I told them I was fine and ate silently.

• • •

"Good morning, mom, dad."

I sat on the table and smiled at my parents. They were having breakfast but granny and Ellerie was nowhere to be seen.

"Morning, princess." Dad smiled.

"Where's granny and Ellerie?" "They're out for a walk." Mom said.

"I'll be back home early today. Our classes will end within 12 am because of the interschool football tournament." I chewed my sandwich.

"That's good. Your granny has an appointment with the doctor today so I'm going with her and we can't take Ell with us. So try to come back early, honey."

"Ell can stay with dad for a while in his store. I'll take him with me on my way back home. I was planning to watch the game with my friends."

"Sorry, princess. I was also thinking about that but I've got to go outside of the town for some important business." Dad gave me a apologetic look.

"Oh it's ok. Don't worry. Then I'll come back within 12." I smiled.

"We're sorry honey. You've to miss the moment with your friends for us. But next time you won't miss it I promise" Mom said with a bright smile.

"It's ok, mom." I kissed mom's cheek and left for school.

School went very well today because we had few classes. Everybody was gathering beside the football field as it was already 12 am and the game was gonna start within a few minutes. Marjan and Reema asked me to stay for a while but I had to go home so I told them to enjoy it.

I was walking toward the main gate then I saw Fardinn standing there with his friends, dressed up in jersey and shorts.

"Hey, Natalia!" Fardinn ran toward me. I ignored him and walked fast.

"Hey! What happened? Why are you ignoring me?"

"Go and ask your girlfriend. Don't ever try to talk to me, Fardinn. Please." I looked away and started walking.

"Wait. Delilah did something, didn't she?"

"Just go and ask her." I walked away.

"Wait, Natalia! I'm sorry! I'll talk to her!" He shouted as I walked out of the school gate.

I couldn't understand why he was caring about me suddenly. It was really confusing. I took a cab and ten minutes later I finally reached home.

I paid the cab driver and entered my house. Ell was watching Tom & Jerry alone as mom and granny were already out.

"Hey, cupcake. Have you taken lunch?" I smiled and hugged him.

"Hey, sissy. Yeah, I have." He giggled and hugged tightly.

"Ellu-bear, you watch Tom & Jerry, I'm coming downstairs within a few minutes. Okay?" I kissed his cheeks.

"Okay." He smiled.

I went upstairs and took a quick shower. I slipped into grey jeans and a long sleeved black blouse. I brushed my wet hair and left them open to dry naturally. Then I came back downstairs and sat on the couch beside Ellerie. I saw my phone's battery was down so I plugged my charger in an outlet and slid the smallest part into my phone as it opened and beeped.

A few minutes passed and my phone buzzed. It was mom calling.

"Yeah, mom."

"Are you already home, honey?"

"Yes. I arrived half an hour ago."

"Oh, I wanted to call you earlier but thought you would be in the class. Can you go to a nearby store to buy some groceries. I've messaged you the list. There is some money kept in my closet. We'll be late. So you have to prepare dinner."

"Ok, mom. No problem." "Thank you honey, see you." Mom cut the call.

"Ellu-bear, get ready. We're going out to buy some groceries."

"Really?! Yay! I'm gonna eat chips, chocolates and ice creams!" Ellerie started dancing and ran upstairs.

I laughed and went to my room and put on some lipgloss, mascara, sunscreen and took my black sunglasses because it was sunny outside.

"Are you ready, Ell?" I pocked Ell's room.

He was standing in front of the mirror and brushing his hair. He took his sunglasses and put them on.

"Yeah. I'm Ready, sis." He grinned.

I grabbed my purse, mobile though it was barely charged and anytime it would die, keys and then went outside. I locked the door and tossed the key in my purse. I grabbed Ellerie's tiny hand and started walking down the street.

"Talia, aren't we taking a cab? My legs will hurt." Ellerie huffed.

"We don't need a cab because we're going to the nearest store. Let's go." I bowed down and kissed his cheek.

We walked for about ten minutes but every nearby grocery store was closed due to lunch time. We walked another ten minutes and reached the supermarket.

Ellerie was blabbering the entire time and talking about some rowdy kids whom he had met this morning. Luckily he didn't complain about walking for twenty minutes. We kinda enjoyed this walk because the weather was awesome and the streets were lifeless. I bought all the groceries following the list and chips and muffins for Ellerie. I went to the counter and paid the money then we stepped out of the shop.

It was already 1 pm. I looked around and looked for a cab. I couldn't call a cab as my phone's battery was down. At first I didn't want to bring my phone with me but I needed the grocery list.

Cold breezes were blowing as I took a deep inhale. I pulled up my sunglasses and shoved it over my head and started walking forward.

"Talia, sissy, I want more chips." Ellerie flattered his eyelashes.

"What?! You already finished two packets. I can't give you another one. You'll catch a stomach ache and mom will blame me for that."

"Okay, I'm gonna pee in my pants right here." This felt like someone punched me on the face.

"What?! Are you kidding me?!"

"No, I'm serious." He frowned.

"I can't give you another packet." I shook my head.

"Okay then I'm peeing."

"No, wait. Here." I huffed and gave him the last packet that was in the bag with groceries.

I couldn't believe this kid. God!

We turned left and walked down a calm street. Nobody seemed to walk around in this street as it was very calm and cool.

Heavy wind was blowing although it was not stormy weather. It was so refreshing.

But suddenly we halted as a black BMW stopped ahead of us. Two big tattooed muscular men stepped out of the car. They were looking so scary around 6'4 tall, where I'm only 5'3 feet.

The black jeans with white shirt one's left eyebrow, ears and bottom lip were pierced. His neck and arms were covered in tattoos that made him more scary. The grey jeans with black shirt one had few tattoos on his neck and arms but only his left ear was pierced.

I stepped back and looked around but there wasn't a single creature in the street. My heart started racing fast as I panicked.

"W-what do you want?" I gulped the lump in my throat.

"Sis, maybe they're lost. So they want to ask you the directions. But they are looking so scary." Ell whispered though it was loud, placing a palm beside his mouth.

"You're wrong, kid. Get into the car." The man in black shirt uttered with a strong foreign accent.

"W-what?" My heart was hammering hard like it would explode at any moment.