C5 Chapter 5

“How do you feel now?” Eleanor asked as they got to the small apartment they where managing.

“Wait don’t answer that I’ll get you some hot soup and some effervescent and you would be fine take off your clothes” Eleanor said running around the house to make sure Celine was not being stressed out and shivering than she was back in school.

After having to spend the entire day at detention missing all the classes they had for the day, they had finally been left to go home and guess what? It was all courtesy of Rolnd who had called the Dean and they both knew this because he addressed the other person on the telephone line as Mister Banks.

In her bid to get her friend comfortable she stumbled on her back pack and fell on her face with the bowl of noodle soup she had made for Celine.

“Oh, no” she grumbled while Celine came down to the floor from the couch and hugged her tight tears dripping down her eyes.

“You don’t have to baby me this much Elle, you’ve done enough for me even things I could never think of I do appreciate and I wish to hope you know this” Celine managed to say in-between her sobs.

Instead of being mad at the soup which had been spilled and the anger she felt for having to serve detention for something they didn’t do, she just was calm and quiet and turned to Celine and they hugged for what seemed to be hours before she looked deep into Celine’s eyes, wiping her tears.

“Don’t bother these things would come to pass”.

“You sure?” Celine asked.

“Yes they would be over and I would not tell you what to do but I believe you shouldn’t let your crush for this rich entity cause you to forget yourself babe” Eleanor said

“I know you are still hell bent on being with him but I want you to also see that you are worth more than that and if you want to be valued you would not let him play you because you are trying too hard for a guy like him who would never acknowledge you” Eleanor explained to her and she just nodded.

Eleanor had never know what drew Celine to Roland but like they always say opposites do attract or maybe it was the phrase love is blind or maybe she was just obsessed whichever it was Eleanor prayed Celine would be out of it before it landed her to a point where she could not return.

The next day she didn’t go to school because she was still having a fever and since she and Eleanor attended most classes except for Bio Chemistry which was Mrs. Philips specialty.

Eleanor did her best to stay off Roland but he managed to catch up with her when she was leaving the school for home.

“Hey Steel, where the hell is Black?” he asked.

“Good afternoon to you too and as for Black she died yesterday after your torture so thank the heavens you’ve achieved what you wanted” she said and turned to leave when she heard him speak.

“You can’t be serious Celine cant be dead” he said and she could swear she saw a flicker of remorse which was only for a few moments in his eyes.

"She can't he dead? What do you mean by that uhn? You can't kill her just yet, because you have plans for making her life more misreable before eventually getting rid of her?" Eleanor said sarcastically.

"That's not what u meant Steel, don't twist my words.* Roland warned.

"Or else what? You're going to make my life a living hell just like you made hers? You don't scare me and you know that." She declared.

"I'm not scaring you off or anything, I'm just finding it hard to believe what you said, how could Celine be dead just like that." Roland said.

"I should be asking you that, you know it better than anyone else, seriously, don't you have any sense if humanity at all or you're a monster as you're rumored to be?" She asked, her hands on her waist.

Roland scoffed, he wasn't interested in her chit chat, he was a bit scared and surprised that Celine was dead, he knew it should being him some peace and quiet but instead he felt an emotion he didn't know still existed to him; fear and remorse, and Eleanor wasn't making hungs easier or any simpler for him, she was speaking in riddles and wouldn't go straight to the point, for a split second, he felt like strangling the right words out of her.

"Are you sure Celine is dead? You are not making a mistake are you?" He asked her.

She snickered, he was pretending to be sad on hearing Celine's death but she knew more than anybody else that he was devour of any emotions, it killed her to see Celine madly in love with a boy like him who deserved her not.

“Don’t bother I’ll send the funeral and I can’t seem to believe you know her name ” she said and turned to go before she turned again and decided to say something else.

"That's not the point here Steel, you've mentioned it countless times, it doesn't make any difference to me.* He said sarcastically.

She couldn't believe her ears, he was still sarcastic even after hearing Celine was dead.

“You really hurt my friend and I don’t even know what she sees and admires in you” with that said she left without another word.

Roland contemplated going after her but he paused and processed her words, he heard her loud and clear when she said Celine was dead but now she said something like she didn't know what Celine saw in him to admire him, it soothed him as calmed his nerves that it meant Celine was very much alive and breathing.

Her words still struck him, Celine admired him, he shook his head, thinking he heard it wrong but his hearing was perfect and there was no way he could hear such thing wrong.