24th August 2017

L U K A

I jump back onto the second level of the Eiffel Tower, my skin tight suit already wet from the rain that had started, not too long ago.

I saw Ladybug and Cat Noir, fighting Hawkmoth on my left while on my right, the white and black-suited heroine handled Mayura on her own. I was about to rush towards her and help her tackle Mayura but my peripheral vision caught a blur of black and the next thing I knew, I felt a sharp pain in my left cheek.

My eyes suddenly flew open only to land on the painted silhouettes of the birds on the ceiling. I felt something cold, resting on my cheek and I picked it up to realise it was Juleka's hand. I turned my head towards her to see her body splattered across almost the whole bed leaving me no place to sleep.

So, she was the one who slapped me.

I touched my cheek, which was now burning red from the impact of her hand. I pushed her body towards her half of the bed and lay down on my pillow with a huff.

That was a weird dream.

I decided to shake it off and looked at the phone to check the time.

6:03 AM

My brows furrowed in confusion as to why I woke up at this time again. Ever since I had been staying in Kolkata, I have been having weird dreams and woke up every single time at six o'clock in the morning. The dreams usually evolved around this particular white-masked girl, whose face I could never recall. I always forgot these strange dreams when I woke up but I knew that a white-masked girl was a part of it.

I got up from the bed and walked out of the room. I headed down the stairs to the washroom. On my way, I heard a faint laugh. I followed the sound to see my Mom and Sharma aunty standing near the window, with a cup of coffee in their hands, gossiping about something.

"Aye Luka! Good to see you awake this early!", my mom said in her same enthusiastic voice. I simply smiled at her when Sushma aunty spoke, "Well Luka, I hope you, along with your sister have become good friends with Preeti."

"Yes. We have", I said and shifted my weight from one foot to another.

Why do I have to get this awkward during conversations?

"That's great! Preeti's Mom called me a few minutes ago asking us when you three were going back to Paris, and since it was on the same day, she was also leaving, we decided to book the tickets together", Sushma aunty spoke and smiled at me while I stood there, grinning like an idiot for no particular reason. "That's wonder- I mean yeah it's great!", I stuttered out.

Get yourself together, idiot.

Mom and Sushma aunty launched into another conversation, on a different topic and I went to the washroom to freshen up for the new day.

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I plopped down on the bed and sighed as I stared at the ceiling. The last three days were spent sightseeing and today, we were just staying indoors, to rest. After lunch, Marinette and the others had called me up and Juleka and I settled down to talk with them via video call. It was fun to catch up with my friends after such a long time but now I had nothing to do other than to sit idle. I picked up my guitar and started strumming a few strings as a new idea for the sing, I had been working on, came into my head. I noted down the lyrics and started to play different tunes that would go well with the song.

After an hour of song-writing, I found the perfect notes for the song but realised that the lyrics were not that good. Some words didn't rhyme together while some of them were misplaced which ruined the mood of the music. I heard my phone vibrate on the table and picked it up to see a text from Preeti.

✿Preeti✿

Preeti
Hey Luka!
What's up?

Luka
Nothing much...
Just writing songs

Preeti
That's nice
I would love to hear your music ♡

Luka
It's not that good, trust me

Preeti
That's not for you to judge~
😉

Luka
The words are all over the place and
I can't find the perfect lyrics to fit the song...
🥺

Preeti
Aww...
You'll find the right words don't worry!
Take rest coz it helps 😌

Ignore that aww thing
I don't know why I sent that
🙄

Luka

😂

Preeti
DON'T YOU DARE LAUGH AT ME
COUFFAINE BOY!

Luka
Couffaine boy huh? 😏
Someone's giving me nicknames all too soon~

Preeti
Oh, shut up 🙄

Btw do you wanna join our chat group?
It includes me, Aisha, Abhinav,
Abhishek, Swastika and Utkarsh...

Luka
Sure why not!
Add Jules too!

Preeti
Okie!

Seen
5:34 PM

This was fun. A break from music would perhaps help me find some new inspiration.

The Lazy People

Preeti added you

Preeti added Jules

Luka
I didn't know I signed up
as a lazy person...

Unknown Number
Ei ei tui ke bhai?
Preeti tui kake add korli?

Luka
🙄 ?

Aisha
Preeti added Luka and Juleka...
The two Parisians... remember?

Preeti
Swas! He doesn't know Bengali!
@Luka, that was Swastika,
@Swas this is Luka

Juleka
Where am I?

Luka
Chill sis.
You haven't been
abducted by an alien 👽

Preeti
And this is Juleka

Abhishek
Hey

Unknown Number
Hey guys! I'mma Utkarsh ✌

Juleka
Aisha's boyfriend?

Utkarsh
The one and only

Swastika
Sorry for blabbering in Bengali Luka
I just couldn't catch my tongue before it flew off!

Luka
•-•

Preeti
Don't mind Swas, she's always
sitting in a drama club

Swastika
Hey! I'm not 😡

Luka
😂

Abhinav
Hi?

Aisha
Finally, you opened your mouth 😑

Abhinav
Don't we have a Maths Test tomorrow?

Aisha
I'll rock it 🤘🏼

Utkarsh
Chappa dena

Aisha
Sure, sweety 😘

Abhishek
...

Preeti
Gross 🤢

Juleka
Guys, why don't you go, study
If u have a test tomorrow?

Luka
Jules giving study advice?

Not something you see every day 😂

Juleka
😡

✿Preeti✿

Preeti
Looks like everyone went to study
:'(

Luka
Don't you have to study too?

Preeti
No. I'm not going to school tomorrow...
Packing and stuff... so today was my last day

🥺

Luka
You okay right?

Preeti
Yeah, Luka, I'm good

My friends threw a small party at the cafeteria today

And I loved it!

Luka
That's lovely 😄

Preeti
They are literally the best...
I'll miss them *sigh*

Luka
You can always call them up
And you'll surely made new friends in Paris

*make

Preeti
Idk about that tho...

👉🏻👈🏻

Luka
Why?

Preeti
Idk if they'll like me or not

Luka
They'll absolutely adore you

Trust me :)

Preeti
Thanks Luka 😊

Luka
You're welcome

Besides you already have me
and Jules as your friends

At least I'll never let you down,
don't about my sis tho 🙄

Preeti
😂

Well I gotta go
Mom's calling

See ya 💝

Luka
Ttyl 💛

Seen
5:56 PM

I lay down on my bed thinking about how life might change, now that Preeti would be a part of our group. She was sweet and fun-loving but I knew that she was worried whether my friends would welcome her or not. I knew all my friends would be beyond happy to welcome another new friend except perhaps Lila and Chloe. I had to warn Preeti, beforehand about Lila and her manipulative lies. She was a dangerous person because no one would ever know what was going on, inside her head or the plans she formulated. The saddest part about this situation was that almost everyone believed her lies apart from Adrien, Marinette, Juleka, Rose and me. It was hard to convince Juleka and Rose because they didn't want to think wrongly about someone without proof but when Lila almost got Marinette expelled, they knew that she was lying.

Marinette.

She was trapped. Even though she did say that Lila could change for the better but I had too many experiences with liars before to think otherwise.

Suddenly, my phone buzzed, pulling me out of my thoughts and I saw a text from Aisha.

Aisha

Can you help me?

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I always wanted to do a text thingy chapter!

I hope you liked it ♡

Translation Time!

Ei tui ke bhai?
Preeti tui kake add korli?

Who are you bro?
Preeti whom did you add?

Btw how much do you like Lila?
Tell me in the comments!

P.S. The pic in the media box os made by me so don't even dare try stealing it!!

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