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College Diaries.

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COLLEGE DIARIES                   EPISODE:79                 ...Ethan left me home that day in his car. I entered my house all tired up but mom was still so excited, she came ahead and said, "Daisy!!! Do you like him?!", she questioned. Good joke. I looked lost when she asked me that question because clearly, what should I have answered? Then, she started laughing like a crazy person.  "Come on! You need not blush, okay?", she said, keeping her arm on my shoulder. Can someone just tell me when did I blush? "Saw mom, Lucy? I told you Daisy is going to love Liam! And mom? You were simply worried!", she said with a laugh. Grandma looked at me like, 'What did I just hear?' to which I just smiled and winked. Liam was not going to tell my mom about what I had done to him, nor was Audrey...but I totally just forgot about the newspaper! The next morning was a pathetic and horrible one! She came into my room and just grabbed me out of bed, eyes all teared a

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  COLLEGE DAIRIES         EPISODE:78               ..."Are you Liam?", I asked when I approached his table. "I am. Nice to see you, Daisy.", he said, gesturing me to take the seat. "It's really good to see you up this close", he said, smiling. Creeps ran through me.'What kind of a sentence was that?', I thought, however, I managed to smile a fake smile in front of him. "So, what should we order?", he asked, giving me the menu.'Umm...I am not here for a date with you, okay...? I am here to just tell you-', I began thinking. "You seem too lost in your own world today. What's the matter?", he questioned. I shook my head, "Nothing...just thinking something..." "Look, what I got for you..", he said, taking out a bouquet,"...some pretty Daisies for the prettiest Daisy!", he said, giving them to me...wait! Pretty Daises for the prettiest Daisy!? shivers ran down my spine again...I've h

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  COLLEGE DIARIES           EPISODE:77            ... Mom started behaving extra crazy on Friday. In the evening, she came all excited. "Look, Daisy! I got this beautiful top for you to wear tomorrow!", she said, showing me a lemon yellow colored plain turtle neck top...' beautiful? Eww, what a choice!', I thought to myself. "Do you like it?", she asked, when she saw me staring at the top. "Yes...beautiful.", I lied. "Okay, take this and do wear this tomorrow.", she said, giving it to me. It looked okay and I also remembered the fact that she hadn't given it to me out of love or as a gift, she had given it to me because I was going to meet a boy she wanted me to marry. That evening, Ethan texted me, "Are you sure you want me to come tomorrow???" "Of course.", I replied. "Why so?", he texted to which I replied, "Friends support friends, don't they?", along with a smiley emoji.                

College Diaries.

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COLLEGE DIARIES                     EPISODE:76               ...The next day, I woke up for college and went downstairs to fix breakfast. Who knew mom would be up already that early in the morning. "Daisy?", she said. "Yes?" "Where do you store almond milk?" "We don't use almond milk!", I said. "Why not?", she asked again. I decided to keep that question unanswered because come on! who answers stupid questions. I began putting some cereal in the 'normal' milk that we had and then started preparing tea. "Do you people have rosemary herbs for the tea...or just some different kind of tea powder?", she asked again. "Sorry...no." "Then what do you have?!! How do you people survive? No problem, don't worry, Daisy. Once you leave this house-" "I am not leaving this house!", I said. Grandma woke up by dint of my loud voice, Lucy did too but it wasn't my fault, right? She was just makin

College Diaries.

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 COLLEGE DIARIES                      EPISODE:75                        ...During the lunch break, Ethan asked, "What's wrong, Daisy?".I smiled, "What's wrong? Everything's right..." "Then what happened over here.", he said, touching the scar and I swear I jumped ten feet high...okay, that's a bit of exaggeration(or is it a lot?) but trust me I never saw that coming. I was looking down at my food when he touched the scar. "Sorry!...", he said, when he saw me panic. "So, what happened?", he asked again. I knew he will continue asking me the same question till I gave him an answer he believed so I said, " I got hurt during martial arts practice." "You are telling me that a black belt will get 'hurt'? That's a lie! So, Miss.Daisy, what's your next lie?".I laughed, "So what? Anyone can get hurt, right?", I asked looking at Sophie. She sipped her lemonade and said, "Why don&

College Diaries.

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  COLLEGE DIARIES           EPISODE:74         ...The unnecessary drama didn't stop in the morning, it started again in the evening when I was sitting in my room and trying to complete one of my pending assignments. Grandma had told me to not 'back answer' her but what does one do when even answering is titled as 'back answering'?! It was around seven pm when mom came into my room, stood in front of the mirror, and started braiding her very much dyed hair. I had preserved the box in which Ethan had gifted me the necklace as it was a lovely rose-gold box with little pastel-colored floral patterns all over it. It also had a name tag over it which read, 'from Ethan, Happy Birthday!'.I always kept that box along with the necklace in it on my dressing table, in front of the mirror. Unfortunately, she saw the box with 'Ethan's' name and she picked it up. Though I pretended to be busy completing my assignment, out of the corner of my eye, I was observin

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    COLLEGE DIARIES           EPISODE:73              ..."Come here, sit! ", she said before cracking the 'news' to me. A million thoughts were running in my mind. I glanced at grandma and Lucy and then finally looked at mom who was searching for something on her mobile. Then she did something which enraged me. She opened her mobile to a picture of a boy, who looked...weird...he had a very thin face with dark curly hair. "What?", I asked. "You didn't guess already?", she asked with a smile.No mom. I guessed it. But I just don't want to believe it, okay? "He's handsome, isn't he?", she asked. I looked at her and shook my head, "I am sorry, he isn't", I answered. She cleared her throat and took her mobile from my hands. I glanced at grandma who already looked worried and anxious. "Well. He's my friend, Audrey's son...he is polite, calm, and rich...I mean Audrey's rich and so is his son...and Au

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    COLLEGE DIARIES           EPISODE:72                     ... It was Saturday and I had called Ethan over to my place as I  needed help with editing one of my assigned projects and just letting you know, I am unlucky when it comes to my editing skills while Ethan is a pro. So, I had asked him to help me out with the same and he agreed. We were in the drawing-room, working on the laptop when our doorbell rang, "I'll see who it is", Lucy said, going toward the door. Turned out, opening the door was a big bad surprise. It was Mom.'Why can't she inform us she's coming?!!!', I thought to myself. "Surprise!!!", she said, throwing both her hands in the air. She had two large suitcases beside her which meant that she was here to stay for too long.'Oh God!!! Whyyyyy?!!!!'.If I had known earlier that she was about to come as an 'unpleasant surprise'...I would never have called Ethan because she's so vexatious! "Oh, Daisy! Just h

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    COLLEGE DIARIES           EPISODE:71         ...It was Monday of the new week, I saw Pete while I was going towards the locker section to grab my books. "Hey! Daisy?" "Hi." "I heard about Ethan...it was a misery to hear...", he said. "I know...but he's alright now, thank God!" "Oh, and yes!...", he said and started rummaging in his backpack.'Which book did you forget this time, Daisy?!', were the words running in my mind. But he didn't remove a notebook, instead, he took out what looked like a bunch of notes. "Here...these are last weeks' notes since you missed college...maybe, they will be helpful.", he said, giving them to me. "Thanks a ton, Pete!" "No...no problem, Daisy. By the way, have you guys started speaking?", he questioned. I nodded with a smile. That day, during the lecture breaks, as I and Sophie headed over to the hallways, I told her about Ethan's 'I love you&#

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  COLLEGE DIARIES                   EPISODE:70            ...Going to college only one day in a week made zero sense to me so I decided to skip college that Friday and instead start from the new week. That day, I decided to visit Ethan's place in the morning as I had my martial arts classes later in the afternoon. I prepared a cream pie for him... "Why do you always make sweet dishes for him?", Lucy questioned while I was gathering the ingredients. I wanted to say something like, "because he's sweet?", but then stopped and said, "He likes sweet dishes..." "How do you know that?", she asked with a smile, though I wasn't looking at her, I knew she was smiling. One of her 'very-mischievous smiles'...I shrugged my shoulders and decided to keep that question unanswered. As I was leaving my house, grandma said, "Daisy?" "Yes?" "I worry for you to even step out now...you know, because of the stalker thing...

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   COLLEGE DIARIES         EPISODE:69                          ..."Ethan...won't you ask us who bought you here to the hospital at the right time?", Mr.Jones asked."Who did?", he asked casually. His dad pointed to me. He looked at me like he couldn't quite believe it...I smiled and said, "No big deal." "Thank you so much, Daisy...I owe you my life...", he said, still looking at me. "No problem!", I said. The doctor came in after about a few minutes and said, "Ethan Jones! I doubted your life if you would have been bought even a minute late over here!" "All thanks to, Daisy!!!", he said with a smile. That day when I went home, I told grandma and Lucy about Ethan and they both were very happy. I quickly had dinner and went up to my room to get a good night's sleep.                                             **********************  My mission for the next day? Apologize to Ethan for my stupid behavior...but

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  COLLEGE DIARIES                   EPISODE:68                   ... Sophie called that night after dinner and when I told her about Ethan calling my name, she said, "Daisy, I do believe you...don't get me wrong but...how can he call you out?" "I swear I heard him!!!", I said. "It must have been your notion...what do you think?" "It's okay, Sophie...no problem if you don't believe me, it's perfectly fine...everyone has their own perspectives.", I said sarcastically. "Miss. Sarcastic you are!", she replied.                                                                      ***************  The next day, I quickly prepared breakfast for Lucy, grandma, and myself and started setting up the table. It was a Thursday and I hadn't been to college since Monday... "When do you plan to go to college?", she asked me. I continued bringing all the dishes and glasses to the table and said, "I can't possibly at