Serendipitous : Finding something good without looking for it.

The feeling of waking up on the soft sand of the beach did not surprise me in the least, it was something usual in my life now. After having a movie night with Will and Ellie, I had gone back to sleep in my own bed but as usual I had woken up in the middle of the night, my body trembling and covered in cold perspiration.

And so I found myself here, looking at the crashing waves and just sitting here, blank and numb. Sometimes I just felt so tired. Of everything, college, studies, family.

It was as if everyday a new responsibility was put on my shoulders and I was struggling to hold it all together.

I groaned and rubbed my eyes and sat up straight and that was when I noticed that I was unnaturally warm instead of freezing in the autumn breeze. Looking down I realised that I was covered in a thick blanket and furry socks.

What. the. hell.

Oh my God. Someone is probably stalking me right now, I mean there isn't a lot of people who visits this beach considering the fact that it was almost hidden from the view of the public.

Who could've been here?

Jumping up to my feet, I looked around for any clue of the person, my heart beating erratically but after searching thoroughly for about fifteen minutes I came to the conclusion that no one was actually here much to my disappointment. Or relief.

I honestly don't know.

I folded up the blanket and socks, placing it neatly on the corner for the kind, invisible stranger to take. But just as I turned to go back to my dorm and get ready for college I got an idea, I quickly fished out my pen from my pocket and scribbled a small thank you on a piece of tissue I found inside my pocket and tucked it inside the socks, hoping the person would see it.

Maybe I should be even more freaked out by the fact that someone had watched me while I was vulnerable, heck they ould've easily killed me or something.

God, I really need to stop being so reckless.

Just then my phone beeped and I whisked it out, muttering curses when I saw that I had only half an hour for class to start.

Rushing down the lighthouse, I quickly got in my car and drove to the dorm, hoping that Willow was already with Azrael or gone to college.

I really didn't want her to find me missing every night. Thank God for Azreal and his clinginess, which kept Will mostly at his place.

Parking the car, I dashed upstairs to the dorm and held in a breath as I sneaked in. I carefully checked if the coast was clear and let out a sigh in relief when I found the dorm vacant.

Leisurely walking to my room, I freshened up and picked out my clothes. A black denim skirt, black stockings and a black turtle neck. I threw in a wine red scarf and finished off my look with a bold red lipstick and some black ankle boots. Well I always liked anything that could make me appear taller considering that I was only a poor 5'3 but I always preferred shoes over heels.

Today I was in a good mood I guess.

Humming a light tune, I locked the door and made my way to the my class. It was quite sad that Willow didn't share any classes with me, she and Ellie both majored in Eng Lit but I went on to take dentistry.

I mentally snorted as I thought about it, a girl with passion for travelling and photography is a dentist.

It had been my dream since childhood to see the whole world. I mean what was the use of being born into this world if you don't even see what it contains, what beauty it holds. I wanted to work in different cities, meet different people, sleep under different skies and stars.

And I didn't just want to see only the famous spots, I wanted to see the nature at it's rawest form, like an uncut diamond. I wanted to see the hidden gems, I wanted to capture it all in my camera. But above all I wanted to live and simply not just exist.

Till now I had seen and captured very less, I wanted to get a job soon and wanted to save, travel with my own money.

But first I had to get through this hell, I thought with a sigh as I entered the Uni.

As I made my was towards my class a whistle made me stop and I snapped my head to the side to see a lanky boy about my age walking towards me, his gaze on my body.

I scoffed. Another one who couldn't get it in through his thick head.

"Hey baby." He smirked as he came closer, his eyes dark.

I raised a brow and remained silent.

"Wanna meet after class? I'm sure you'll have a wonderful time." He said and licked his lips.

Ignoring him, I tried to walk past but the ass apparently didn't get the hint that I wasn't interested and grabbed my arm, bruising it slightly.

In a flash he was pinned to the wall, his eyes wide as the tip of my ink pen was just an inch away from it. The beautiful silver tip just begging me to poke it in through his disgusting eyes.

Lightly smirking, I widened my eyes innocently, "Why do you look so scared,honey?" I cooed.

"P-please I'm s-sorry..." he stuttered, his eyes moving from my face and to the pen aimed at him like a dagger.

"I'm sorry, what? Why are you sorry for?" I asked in a soft tone.

"P-please leave m-me, I'm s-sorry I s-sh-shouldn't have g-grabbed you l-like that."

"And what will you do if I leave you?" I drawled, lightly grazing the nib near the corner of his eyes and when he didn't answer I pressed it harder drawing a bead of ruby coloured blood. I smiled at the sight of him wincing and thrashing wildly, trying to get away but I pressed his arm harder, the same arm that had tried to grab me.

"Answer me." I said firmly and pressed the heel of my boots into his toe.

He squealed.

"I-I'll never f-force a g-girl ever again." He stammered, sweat dripping off his forehead.

Ew. I'll have to sanitize my pen now.

"Good boy." I grinned and patted his head and loosened my grip on his arm and he pushed past me and ran away as if his head was on fire.

Pathetic coward, I thought as I walked into my class ready to face hours of torturous class.

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"Where the hell were you last night?" Willow snapped the moment I met her outside after the class. She had a hand on her waist and glared at me.

Ah shit.

"Hmmm? What are you talking about? I was in the dorm all night." I muttered looking straight into her eyes.

"Really?" She asked suspiciously,

"Yeah, I actually went late to sleep yesterday because I was studying for a test but I aced it so no biggie. Oh, did you also know that I heard an unusual sound, like someone opening the window late last night?" I asked, crossing my fingers behind my back because I knew that she usually sneaks out to go to Azrael's around that time.

The girl actually thought that I had never noticed.

"That was probably the wind or something." She mumbled never meeting my amused eyes.

1) Always look straight into the person's eyes and lie.

2) add more information to make your lie sound believable

3) if possible, try to ask something that makes the other person feel guilty.

These were the three rules that I had learned through my nineteen years of experience. And it always worked. Every. Single. Time

"Why don't we go out and eat somewhere?" I asked

"Oh yeah, I wanted to asked if it was okay if Azrael and his best friend join us for lunch, I mean it's totally fine if you're not c-" I cut her off before she could ramble even more.

"Will, breath. It's totally fine as long as his best friend is an eye candy." I smirked and winked at her.

She shook her head as if she's done with me.

"Lead the way future Mrs. Lewis." I chirped and lightly laughed as her cheeks and nose turned bright red.

Somethings never change and I'm glad for these little special moments.

We both piled into my car and I turned towards her once I climbed onto the driver's seat.

"So where are we going to?"

"Our usual place." She stated busy opening two chocolate bars.

"Old School?" I questioned.

Old School was a beautiful, cosy restaurant fifteen minutes from here and it was mine and Willow's usual hangout spot. On top of having mouthwatering burgers and sandwiches, they also had amazing desserts and if desserts are involved I'm definitely involved.

"They're here already?" I asked Will as we both climbed down after parking the car in front of the restaurant.

"Yeah, I'm so hugry that I told Az if they were late by even a minute, I'll not kiss him for a week." She said smugly.

"By told you mean threatened?" I asked huffing a laugh.

"Semantics." She clicked her tongue. I laughed and followed her inside and as promised there stood a rather pale Azrael and another tall guy who had his back to us. That must probably be his best friend.

"Hello love. I'm not late, am I?" Az said looking like he was just seconds away from pissing his pants.

Tsk. Anyone would be intimidated by him considering his all black clothes, rings and tattoos and the fact that he was over 6 foot made him even more intimidating but here he was scared out of his mind because of a tiny little human.

Hypocrite. I was just three inches taller than her.

"No. You're not late." She smiled and kissed him softly making me look away and I felt my heart clench.

I'll never have a love like that.

I wasn't jealous of them in fact I was very happy because Willow definitely deserved a guy like Azrael but I couldn't help but feel lonely when I see them together, I was never going to have someone look at me like that, hold me like that. But it's fine. It always will be fine even if it isn't today.

You just have to hang on a little more.

"Oh, Mel this is my best friend." Azrael said, pointing towards the guy.

My eyes widened as he turned.

Clad in grey hoodie and a blue denim jacket was him, that gorgeous ice cream stealer looking sinfully beautiful.

"You?!" We both yelled as black eyes clashed with gorgeous green.

His best friend is definitely an eye candy, I thought begrudgingly

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