Chapter 15: 10.𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐩

I like many things but there's only a few things which I love: my books, my heels and most importantly my sleep. Which is right now getting disturbed by Jasmine's singing. Don't get me wrong she has the voice of a nightingale and I love to hear her sing but not when I am sleeping

Some morning suddenly the singer in her wakes up and she starts singing while doing her morning routine. She is an early bird whereas I am a night owl . I love sleeping in and cuddling myself with the blanket

"Get up lazy ass you are getting late" Jasmine says removing the curtain and the room fills with sunlight We only have 1 window in the room and it is east facing, so in morning we can watch the sunrise but it also distributes my sleep

I cover my face with sheets again but Jasmine pulls them down "It's half past six , if you don't get up now you will be late for your meeting with liam" I jolted up remembering, I check the clock and it's 6:30 am "shit I am late!" I yell and rush inside the washroom "why didn't you wake me up"

"I have been trying since an hour but you being a sleeping Beauty was waiting for me to mention your prince" she is referring to Liam

It's been two days since I met Liam and he apologized to me. Surprisingly the next day he messaged me saying that he is willing to review our project and help us. And he is meeting us this morning, at 7 because he has work later. But I just forgot about it, I strip off my clothes and hop in the shower

"You are lucky it's me, if it was my mother she would have thrown a bucket of water on you" I ignore Jasmine's words , Apparently one time Jasmine's mother threw a bucket of water on her because she was getting late for her exam

Thinking about it gives me chills, or it's because I am under cold water "can you pick out an outfit for me?" I ask Jasmine

"What do you wanna wear?"

I thought for some time but couldn't come up with anything. And i don't have much time to style myself either "something comfortable and cute" I respond

"Okay!" She says

After showering I came out wearing my robe, my hair rolled up in a towel. Jasmine is brushing her hair , I look at my bed where a hoodie and jeans are laying . I pick it up "you didn't get anything but this?" I question her choice

She turns her chair around and crosses her arms "you have less time and the cold weather I think the best option is this. So hurry up" she claps her hands

I groan in annoyance and start to dress up

"It's your fault that you stayed up till two last night to complete that book of yours!" Jasmine scolds

"It was really good I can't help it" I try to excuse myself while wearing the hoodie but it doesn't pass through my head and I get stuck in an awkward position "Jasmine a little help here?" I call her

She sighs "what am I gonna do with you?" She somehow manages to pull the hoodie down and rips the towel off my hair and drops it in my hands.

That's why the hoodie was stuck.

I throw the wet towel and robe on my bed and rush to the mirror and start to dry my hair with dryer

"You are so messy!" Jasmine complains and picks up the things and throws them in the laundry basket. It's true sometimes I get really lazy and create a mess around and Jasmine hates it

I try to dry my hair but after the cold shower because of the sudden heat , I am feeling a little dizzy. I brush my hair detangling them while they are still half wet. Say goodbye to my hair health. I don't even have enough time to apply some sunscreen, let alone the makeup.

It's already 7:50 . I only have 10 minutes to be at the campus, I take my bag and collect my books and laptop from the table and rush towards the door. When I was about to wear my shoes Jasmine called me "Did you take your portrait?"

I was about to forget it, I dropped my bag and ran to take out the portrait which contained a few sample designs for the project "What about your phone?" Jasmine reminds me again . I collect it from the nightstand "thank you!" I give her a side hug and she laughs

I wear my sneakers as I will be running "hey eat something" Jasmine throws an apple and I take a quick bite out of it . That's when I noticed her outfit, she was wearing an Indian dress , light makeup and her let hair down. Huge silver earrings hanging from her ears and silver blanges on her hands, which makes jingling sound when she moves

"You look mesmerizing" I point my index finger towards her. I am starstruck right now, she looks really beautiful. This is the first time I am seeing her in an Indian attire and she didn't disappoint me, that baby pink color suits her well . She flips her hair back in a sassy manner "Thanks!"

"What's the occasion?" I ask

"Nothing special I just wanted to dress up today" she replies

"Please dress up more like this" I request and she smiles nodding. She walks towards me and pushes me towards the door "thanks for the compliments but you are getting late so get out" she opens the door and pushes me out "be safe" she winks and slams the door shut

"I need pictures of you!" I yell from outside and i think she heard that

I check my watch it's 7:55

I am gonna be late

I secure my shoe lace and start running. The campus is a 5 minute walk from the dorm. If I run, I should be there in 3 minutes. My bag on one shoulder and the portrait in my left hand while the half bitten apple in my right hand . I try to take a bite from it but don't wanna risk choking on it

I am regretting the decision of staying up late to finish my book , in my defense it was really good and I lost track of time but in front of the other nights when I stayed up till morning to finish a book and still attend the lecture this one was nothing

The others have already arrived and are blowing up my phone with messages I don't have time to check. I don't know about Liam if he arrived or not

I think I will reach on time as I can see my campus gate. It's kinda a slope now so my speed has increased as it became easier to run. Everything seemed fine until I felt something under my foot and stumble on it, luckily I balance myself but my apple falls down and starts rolling away

I try to catch it but the apple has more stamina than me. It stops a few steps away crashing on a person's shoe, he bends down and picks up the apple. It's eaten and really dirty on top of everything it has landed on a person's shoe what more can I ask for

"I am really sorry" I say, forwarding my hand to take back the apple. But don't dare to make eye contact with him

I feel something soft on my hand. The guy placed a tissue on my hand and kept the apple on it. "Are you okay?" He asks

I look at him , he is really tall and his shadow is covering me from the sunrays, even though I am 5.7 but all the guys around me are above 6 feet and I don't know if it's an advantage or not

He is wearing a turtleneck sweater and a long russet coloured coat. People assume that those who wear glasses are nerds but if he is one of them, he is the most handsome nerd I have ever seen

"Lucas! Let's go!" another guy yells from behind. So this guy's name is Lucas, he lifts his hand and indicates to his friend to wait . I am taking his time, I wrap the apple in the tissue "I am okay thanks" he nods and walks back to his friend

I am getting late

I ran to the class, and we decided to meet at one of the workshop classes where all the instruments for designing and stitching the clothes . There are many rooms like this for us,it's early morning so we predicted this place to be mostly empty

I opened the door "sorry I am late!"

Cami and Max stood up from their seats , I think I scared them. I close the door and walk towards them "It's okay Liam didn't arrive yet" Cami reassures me , I keep my bag and portrait on the table

Max picks it up and unfolds it , spreading it on the table along with the other designs "I was thinking you would forget it" he says

I look around "Where is Julian?"

Cami bobs her head in the opposite direction, Julian is sleeping with his head in the desk

"He arrived here at sharp 6 in the morning" Cami explains

"I can't decide if he is punctual or lazy" max sighs

Max takes a wooden ruler and hit Julian lightly on his head making him wake up "what? What?" He asks in a sleep tone

"Wake up sleepy head, Liam can be here any minute" Max says

And then the door opens and Liam enters the room "Good Morning" he greets

Max and Cami greet him back

"And the devil appears" Julian whispers but it was audible to us and seeing Liam's offended expression he heard Julian too. Max tries to hit Julian again but he grabs the scale and keeps it aside

"So we all know each other and our goal is set so let's get started" Liam makes eye contact with me for a fraction of seconds and smiles but I just avoid it

He first starts with looking at our rejected project then comparing it to the two current designs we prepared. Camilia explains how we are trying to go with a theme following the latest trends. After everything he said one sentence making us question everything

"I don't think your designs were copied"

"What do you mean?" Max questioned Liam

He is going through our previous project "These designs are well drawn and created, the details are quite impressive, I don't think it's that easy for someone to copy it. I think the professor tricked you"

"Are you telling us that our professor made false accusations on us that we copied someone?" I try to summarize. He shakes his head in denial "They didn't say you copied it but they said that it's similar to other projects , it may have a similar theme, style or even color pallet"

"You don't make any sense right now" Julian comments

"Okay I will put it in simple words, your professor liked your designs but she wanted something more expressive and that's why she is making you do this project again. As you all think that somebody copied it and now they are blaming you , you all will put more effort into the new project and the professor will get better design" Liam explains

Cami sits on a chair beside me, max slams his palm on his forehead. Julian curses and takes a round around the room . I am still speechless on what to react "well mrs Grace is definitely that kind of women to put us through this misery" Cami points out

I respect her but sometimes she acts like a witch

"Do they think we are some design projecting machines? We literally skipped our lessons to work on these, while managing all the things" Julian is really annoyed and he doesn't seem to calm down anytime soon

"But how are you so sure about this?" I ask Liam.

"Because it's their old dirty trick they have been playing for years, every now and then when the professor likes someone's designs they somehow manage to make them do more" he replies. Julian scoffs hearing it , max makes him sit down as he is not coping with this all well

"So what shall we do?" I question

Liam takes a paper and pen and walks to my table, he sits on the chair and starts to write "what I am saying right now listen carefully" we all gather around him

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Author's Note

Okay this is just 1st part of the chapter as the chapter was exceeding 4k words I had to divided it into 2 parts.

The 2nd part will be posted soon

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