“Oh Amber... Did you hear that? It's my favourite song! How romantic!! This was one of the guideline he took from me...” Acacia voiced in her impressed tone.
'Trashy guidelines…' I thought in my head and gave just an ignoring expression to that.
As Acacia was walking behind me she couldn’t see my facial gesture and I was relieved.
My eyes caught a sparkling sight in the deep dark woods. I saw a well furnished place with lot of pink and white lightening, shimmery curtains, glittery frieze all around, some aromatic candles, roses decorated at the entry gate and also a bunch of those thorny flowers at the two chaired dining table. All of this stuff was under a four pillared roof.
Acacia was dazed to amusement. This seemed absolutely perfect to impress a girl like my inane sister but not me.
“Wow! This is so miraculous I wish I could be as lucky as Lisa...”
I noticed Acacia was busy admiring that shiny but tacky place.
So I quietly sneaked towards the music system. While staring on the dining table, which was even more, decorated with shimmery cloth, and roses. Although, I have always hated flowers but Roses have always been in my personal hate list. I could see Dre nowhere around. I got a great chance to muddle up things perfectly. I knew how good I am at spoiling plans. Acacia always gets to see my wrecking efficiency.
I picked up a stone with sharp edging I had to be precise and quick, so that Acacia doesn’t catch me.
I pulled out wires out of the music system by hitting the stone on its outer lid. Then I vigorously rubbed that stone with the wires which were covered with soft covering. It was easy to tear them off.
Acacia didn’t even notice that the music has ended; it was clear how deeply she was engrossed in those bits and pieces.
My next move was to simply spoil the food. I grabbed sand in my fist, as much as I could. I was amazed to see the meals.
Yummy...
It was my favourite red chilly pasta along with grape wine. How could I resist myself? , so I ate a bit and then sprinkled the sand over it. It was so sad that Drake and Lisa won't be able to taste even a bite... but sad for them, not for me.
Lastly, I broke one leg of one of the chair. But I did a favour on Drake by doing that with just one chair. Whereas, Acacia was still engrossed in the décor.
I was careful for the fact that she doesn't looks at me when I'm doing this.
Just then I heard some footsteps along with sound of crushing grass.
“Babe, you look red hot! I swear on that!” I heard Dre's voice.
I held Acacia’s hand and dragged her in the woods to hide. She was about to shout, so I held her mouth tight. Her slimy pink lipstick blemished my hand.
I whispered in Acacia’s ears,
“Yuck... do you apply tones of layers?!”
Dre complained,
“Why did the music stop...? Hmm ... I think silence is also a good music... don’t you think?.”
Lisa gave a weird expression and replied,
“Whatever…!”
Dre held the chair and said,
“Come sit.”
Trying to be so decent and sophisticated, which he is… not!
Thankfully the leg of the chair didn’t fall apart then.
Lisa stepped towards the chair with her usual rude attitude and suddenly, as she sat on the chair, the chair broke apart. Exactly the way I imagined. Lisa shouted madly over Dre. That was one epic moment for me. He hastily picked her up.
Subsequently Dre innocently offered Lisa the one and only chair and he himself kept on standing. Lisa was like growling over poor Dre. The groggiest part for them was when Dre took off the food lid.
“Drake!! You are so pathetic! I don’t wanna see your face ever again!!” Lisa angrily shouted and stood up.
Her heel slipped off and she was just at the verge to fall. Her face showed her annoyance. She walked away from that place while struggling with her hilly heels and a red face out of anger. I heard sound of ignition of car engine and rushing of her car.
“Now she looks red hot... Hahahaha...!!” I said with a loud voice.
Acacia pushed me away and went towards Dre. She held his shoulder.
Dre was somewhat upset and he knew who did it. I stopped hiding and decided to face him. Dre turned his head towards me and stared without a flicker.
“What the hell?! Amber!! You lied to me! When?! How did you spoil all things...? You are just so smart in doing all this... aren't you!!”
“Amber... You don’t know... I have been chasing her since 4-5 months... I finally got an opportunity and you... you ruined it!!---”
I forced Drake to take a pause and added on my words,
“Aha... Chasing her... so that phase is absolutely apt... ‘All men are dogs’! Right...?”
“You will have to pay for this... Maybe later... pretty good revenge... on account of me taking away your bike...”
“Excuse me... You not just took it away but it had a huge scratch over it!! And also you started it..! You spoiled my friend’s date..!”
“What are you saying? Which friend? Which date?! Dre never spoils anything.” Acacia asked.
“Yea...w-w-Which one? Amber..”
“You know my friend Silvia??!” I questioned.
Dre grew nervous and said,
“Yes... I know... we had a date which turned out disastrous... but that was not my fault! It was her fault!!”
“How could you say that?!”
“We were having dinner at ‘Dine & Drink’, and we ordered chocolate mousse and...”
“Stop narrating the story, come straight to the point...”
“Then I gave a him... a heavy tip, just so that no one disturbs us and he plays violin for us...”
“Was it what I asked?!Come straight! To the point!!”
“Then she farted!!” Dre shouted aloud.
“Yuck!!” I and Acacia said together.
Then I started laughing.
“So it wasn’t my fault! She embarrassed us both... so I left her over there!” Dre gave his peculiar explanation.
My laughter stopped and just rolled my eyes at him. He didn’t knew how to handle that situation, so he left my friend just like that. Whereas, Acacia trusted and supported him like always. She ignored the fact that Silvia had to bear so much of humiliation.
“Amber... look... this is not the right thing, you didn’t even gave a second thought before ruining everything! You wrecked his night! My best friend’s date!! How could you??!”
“Hold on a sec, let me tell you both why did I did all this! Grade 5, the time he ruined my science project and instead of soda flowing out of my volcano it exploded.
High School, You ruined my Birthday party and all the decorations were pink, I knew… you wanted give me the worst party ever. I knew Acacia will love that and I will undeniably disgust that. And ... And that’s not it… You also ruined my date with John and that... I didn’t tell Acacia. That was just a date, and I didn’t even said yes to his proposal.”
“Amber?! Are you a psycho? That was long ago!! All of it was childhood!”
“No... John and my date wasn't a part of childhood!!”
“Amber! If you Acacia wasn't your sister... I swear, I would have been so bad to you!!”
“Drake! Don't stop... be as bad as you want to be... I don't remember any time when you were good to me!”
Just then I saw Acacia's face, she grew upset as she had a huge crush on John, but that cracked- head always ran after me since high school, so I dated him for once. Before I could say a word Acacia added on,
“I really regret... the fact that you are my... twin!! Just... Just go away!”
Then Dre headed out of the forest towards his car.
Acacia followed him without giving me any glance. Acacia punched me hard, not physically, not on the outer side but on the invisible side, inner side.
I stood still.
I was hurt, broken from deep inside but I still held the potency left within me.
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