Cedric was so disappointed that he started taking drugs. He used to visit a bar in Arrowglen near his apartment and started taking drugs. Soon, he became the biggest drug buyer in that bar just for himself.
He would turn mad if he doesn't take drugs even for a single day. He even fought with someone when he didn't supply the drugs he takes. That led him to be jailed. And that's when the police realized he was a drug addict too.
That was then… Nathaira entered his life. Nathaira went to the jail for Cedric to get bail for him. When the police refused she stayed a complete night there. Even then they didn't give bail to Cedric no matter what she did. Then she did one of the stupidest things in her life that was… messing with the police station. She turned the police station upside down and made it a mess.
That was then… a person from the opposite Cell to Cedric saw her innocence and stupidity. It was none other than Oliver. He watched Nathaira messing the station just to get her friend out of the station by resorting the stupidest way.
He watched as they locked Nathaira in the same cell as Cedric as there were no other empty cells. The next day they shifted her to the empty cell. Oliver can still get a nice view of Nathaira's cell.
While… Nathaira and Cedric didn't inform their parents about the situation as it was a complicated case. But somehow the police found the contacts of their parents and called them.
Both Cedric's and Nathaira's fathers came and got the bail for them. But for Cedric, the bail was complicated. He got bail only after Regan gave the admission letter in the drug rehabilitation center.
Cedric took nine months to get out of the drugs. It doesn't mean… he completely got rid of drugs. But… he left drugs by eighty percent. If his drug addiction gets triggered again… he may not be able to get out of the drugs again.
After he got out of the drug addiction center, he decided to resume his studies. And that's when Nathaira took the chance to confess her feelings.
She proposed him on the first day of their university which Cedric turned down.
Maybe because of her young love, Nathaira couldn't take rejection. She chased him persistently making him annoyed. Five months passed… but still Nathaira couldn't get over the fact that he was rejecting her continuously without batting his eye.
When she couldn't take it anymore, she invited Cedric to a party saying she would give up on him.
"I hope you will come this time. If you come, I will take it as you want to be my friend forever or else… I will take it as I lost a friend," Nathaira said as she pursed her lips.
"I will come," Cedric said as he smiled. Cedric felt relieved that he won't have to deal with Nathaira anymore. He went home and did his work for some time. When it was time for his appointment with Nathaira, he got up and got ready to meet her.
Nathaira held the party in her house itself along with a few of her friends. After getting drunk, her friends left. While Cedric stayed behind. He refused to touch alcohol due to his drug addiction.
"Why don't I get a juice for you?" Nathaira offered another glass of juice to him when she noticed his glass was empty.
"I have already too much juice. No more," he said.
"Then… how about dinner before you leave, so that you can sleep right after you reach home. Tomorrow there is a session about Digital Image Processing for me. Such a headache subject," Nathaira said as a disgusted expression formed on her face.
Cedric chuckled at her reaction. He was glad that she was getting back to their olden days. And indeed he heard her complaint that she failed in digital image processing test with less than pass mark, which shook her complete department. And the professor almost thought of attempting suicide as a top student failed his subject only.
"I will help you with that," Cedric said.
"Really?" Nathaira asked with surprise.
"Yes," he said.
"Yesh! Yesh!" she exclaimed and hugged him tight and kissed his cheek.
"I shall eat more tonight then! I will order food. What do you want?" she said jumping in joy. She acted as if she was acting out in an instinct. And even Cedric believed that she did that unknowingly to her.
"Okay… I am going with noodles and soup. How about the same for you too?" Nathaira asked as she scrolled down the food menu in the app.
"Hmm… I am okay with it," he said.
For some reason, he wasn't getting any good vibes from the moment he arrived at her. But still, seeing the change in Nathaira's behavior he stayed back. Even though he wanted to refuse her food, he couldn't. He stayed silent. After all, it's just dinner, right? It wasn't a big deal.
"Okay then. It takes fifteen minutes for the order to arrive. I am gonna change into something comfortable," Nathaira said and left.
Next, Cedric knew was Nathaira was wearing only a T-shirt. He doesn't want to notice her more, so he played with his phone.
Soon, the order came, He doesn't want Nathaira to go out in that outfit so he went to the door and took the order. When he returned to the hall, Nathaira already brought empty utensils and served them. She took the food and poured it into the utensils and served for both.
When they were done eating, she took out two water bottles. She handed a bottle to Cedric and took the other for herself.
Cedric picked the bottle and took a sip from it. He felt nothing wrong with the bottle and drank more. After he was done finishing half bottle, he put it aside on the table.
While Nathaira cleaned the table, she noticed his abnormalities. She smirked at his condition.
While Cedric felt something was wrong with him. His head was spinning like anything, and his body was getting hot, he felt like his body wasn't in his control. Just then he saw Eleanor coming with a seductive smile. She came and sat on his lap and was about to kiss him.
Wait…
Something was wrong… Eleanor wouldn't do it…
Cedric shook his head and saw Eleanor's face changing into Nathaira's face and soon it changed into Eleanor's face.
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Countdown 2. One more chap for the reunion!
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A/N: Guys don't buy privilege from tomorrow. I won't be updating any chapter from tomorrow. My semester starts from 4th Jan to 15th Jan. I will be busy. No updates for the coming 15 days.
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