JULIET MUST LIVE

'No Designer Label was selling Love'

CHAPTER 1

I was coming from a house warming party; it was too noisy in the house the old one chattering, the kids running around, adults making out and of course teenagers checking out each others. Lemonade in my right hand I walk out of the house. I sat on the small wall of the house beside the front gate suddenly my eyes landed on the guy sitting on the bike on the road in front of the house. He was all wet his cream color shirt sticking to his body his same colored pants was little muddy from the bottom. His hair was scattered all over. It seemed like his was all out when it was raining an hour back. I looked at him his face… it was not that I was seeing him for the first time, I had met him many time like this same function and get-together. We were friends not best friends, but we knew each other our families knew each other. Today it was something different about him when I looked at him; my heart increased its speed… I wanted to go over him and say him ‘hi’ instead I walked inside the house…silly me I know…

3hrs LATER…

I was restless we were sitting on the same table he sitting in front of me, I wanted to say him ‘hi Haze’ but I couldn’t jolt out the words…I took a look at him he was silently eating his food. I nudged at my friend Abby or Abigail “where was he? when the party was happening?” I asked whispering and she whispered back “he was enjoying the rains outside” she said. I could sense a lie in her talks so I told her “meet me in my room after dinner” and she smiled at me

AFTER DINNER…

“So what’s wrong with haze? I didn’t see him around? And he was so quiet, before he never used to be?” I asked Abby

“He just became a psycho, after they call out of the wedding” Abby said

“What!!!”i screamed

“Yup your mother didn’t say about it?” Abby asked me confused

“NO…noo I mean why…why did they call out the wedding?” I asked coz haze was in love with Shelly from past 5years they were in relationship everybody knew including me…then 3 years back they got engaged. Shelly’s parents wanted them to get married after Shelly’s graduation. Shelly was 2 year elder to me so last year she got graduated so we all thought this year Haze and Shelly will get married. And BAM! I get the bad news

“yeah…I don’t know the exact reason why…but 6 months back Shelly’s parents said they don’t want her to get married to haze so from last six months Haze has been acting weird, he gets angry soon he started abusing a lot and yeah I guess he is doing drugs and he is sleeping around with few girls” Abby replied

“Are you mad Abby?? I mean c’mon you are talking about Haze, he is decent gentleman” i said

 

“No Ziya I am not, Shelly and haze has been together for like 8 years and suddenly when they are departed anyone will be changed. But there are lot of things he is doing which he shouldn’t do..I mean yeah break up happens but he shouldn’t sleep around and do drugs” Abby said

“I don’t believe it…I mean yeah he was a smoker but drugs I don’t think so…” I said

“Whatever we stay in this town so we know….you is just a guest so we know better…anyways gud nite” saying she left….

THE SAME NIGHT…

I couldn’t sleep I had his number on my phone I wanted to call him and talk to him but I couldn’t do it…I don’t know after hearing all the crap from Abby I was little nervous. Before haze and I use to talk and have fun around yeah I was 7 years younger to him but I never felt I was younger to him coz the talks we had were always teasing. Yeah haze use to tease me with every cute guy I called cute, and I use to tease him with Shelly. If not that we are playing beach ball or horse ridding. Nothing personal at all, somewhere haze always considered me as a kid… but today why his face was running in my mind… I was too tired but sleep was not coming… I was looking at his number but couldn’t find courage to press the call button. Why? I did not know the reason.

I walked out of my room and in the hall I went. Zed [Abby’s brother] was watching repeat football. I sat beside him. “Hey you didn’t sleep?” he asked me

“NO…” I said

“Hmm…” he said and got busy watching the match

“Zed…” I Said

“Yeah ziya” he asked without even looking at me. I looked at his wrist watch it was 11pm night

“I want to have ice-cream…can we just go and have ice-cream…you have bike right” I said

Zed looked at me confused “its 11pm which ice-cream parlor will be open now” he said as if I am some stupid

“Hmmm…we can just go to that hotel….” I said looking down

“Haze’s hotel!!!” he looked so shocked

“Yup…it’s no harm in going there we always did went there” I said to zed

 

“yeah but now things have been changed ziya.. you have come here after 3 years and things have been different here… if we go there and if he speaks to us,…this town you know there will be more rumors anyways his name is spoiled and I don’t want you to spoil your name. You are guest here and Haze’s is not the way he was… he has been weird…so forget about ice-cream” zed said

My whole plan was just going to hotel just to see his face; I don’t know why I was desperate to see him…and ice-cream was just a reason to go there 

“zed…plz you are my sweet cousin plz will you take me . we will just go... Order ice-cream and come back” zed looked at me and said “NO” I gave him my best puppy face. And finally he said “all right lets go”

It was cold out on zed’s bike the night breeze’s was touching my skin…making me shiver….i was in my black night dress…didn’t bother to change…coz zed said we will be back in 15 minutes.

SUN OAISIS haze’s hotel…

Zed parked the bike in front of the gate. I got down and we walked inside. Sun oasis was a tourist hotel with 40 rooms. Yes haze’s father was hotelier and they were quite rich according to the town. He had three bikes and one car. His father was in gulf he was handling sun oasis another branch there. He had three older sister’s married one in Russia, one in America [Texas] and youngest one was married to the pilot she revolved the world, currently she was in Italy. Haze had one younger brother who was studying in U.k haze stayed in this town with just his mother. Thou most of the time he slept in one of the room of the hotel.

I walked and sat on one of the hotel table in the lobby, zed ordered ice-cream parcel, we waited for the parcel to arrive, zed got busy in his cell phone. I looked at the desk there Haze was sitting; he was wearing stripped shirt and cream colored pants. He was smoking inside the cabin; the smoke leaving his lips was making my heart tremble with pain. I don’t know why I felt hurt; it was not the first time I was watching him smoke. But this time something was happening to me, he looked at me, his eyes hazel brown very deep; there was thin red line under his retina. He looked angry and sad. He avoided my gaze and continued smoking. After two minutes his cigarette got over. I don’t know what happened to me I walked up to his desk…. Zed asked me where I was going but I didn’t bother to reply him. I was going to talk to haze; I didn’t care if rumors erupted like zed said I was guest nothing will affect me.

I walked to his desk standing in front of him suddenly my hands went cold,… and I lost words… I looked at him and he said “your parcel will be in 5 minutes” saying he looked at the magazine kept there. 

“hi” I said 

“hi” he replied

“I am sorry I just came to know about your wedding” i tried to make conversation

“See ziya…don’t be sorry…coz I am not sorry” he was rude

“If all your plans fail there is a universal plan” I said

“Hmm” he replied

 

Suddenly zed walked and pulled me by the elbows “lets go we got the ice- cream”

I turn around Saw zed with the ice-cream parcel in his hand ready… I walked away with zed….but then I turn around took a look to Haze…he was watching me go..... with zed……

to be continued...

Author's Note

A/N please ignore if grammatical errors. YEAH please give me you PRECIOUS COMMENT even if you don't like you have full right to criticizes. Thank you