My heart beats for Siju

It was 11:pm and I thought I had my eyes on Stacy, but when I looked around, I couldn't find her, I couldn't find Siju, I couldn't find any of the other guys, I was panicking. So I tried calling her phone, it wasn't going through, my heart was racing, where could they have taken her to? I didn't have Siju's contact, so I ran out of the party, no one was out there and the guys that were standing by the side were all drunk so I couldn't ask for help. I decided to track her phone, thank God I got a signal, it directed me to the bathroom, I immediately ran there and started calling out her name, it was silent at first, until I started hearing muffled responses. I pushed each door open until I found Stacy, tied up! I untied her and she was in tears, I took her out of the place and we both returned to my house. She couldn't catch a breather, so I left her for a while and gave her space until five in the morning when we both awoke. I asked her to tell me how it all happened because I thought she was behind me, but for me to turn around, I couldn't find her. She let out a deep sigh and said "I was with Siju and we had drank to our fill and I told him, I wanted to ease my bladder and he said he wanted likewise, so we both parted ways and when I got in, a couple of guys, with masks, tied me up, I tried fighting back as I removed one of the masks and I couldn't recognize the person because I had never seen him before". Did they touch you? I asked her. "No, they didn't, they only said they were gonna get the car and that was it, I tried calling but my phone fell when I was being dragged and tied up, I thought I was gonna die", she began to cry. "Don't cry stacs, I'm glad it didn't go beyond this, i continued " What about the guy, he could have at least come find you, right?" She got on the defensive, " he probably was too drunk to find me",at that I scoffed, and that's supposed to be an excuse? I mean, he's your boyfriend isn't he? How did you two meet?

She went silent for two minutes and said " it may not sound all that romantic, but we met on a site and we had chemistry, so yeah we decided to date". I sat there in disbelief at the bombshell she just said, and I asked her "So you'd rather find love on a site with some random stranger, than realize, you've had it all along?"

"Siju's not a stranger" she backfired, "of course he's not, he's a two faced back stabbing bitch!". Stacy got really mad, "You don't get to talk about my boyfriend like that, you know what, I'm done with you, I'm not gonna let you spoil this for me, like you always do!

What!!! When have I ever spoilt anything for her? I asked this rhetoric in my head and so she continued " I'm not some toy you can control you know, I have feelings and I will stick to Siju no matter the medium of which we connected". This was the last thing she said before slamming my door and leaving my house. In that disarming moment, my heart began to ache, I couldn't breathe, it felt like my chest had just been pierced with a dagger, the girl I love will probably never ever speak to me.

And so we went on for weeks, I dropped texts of apologies, but Stacy never responded, when I'd meet her at school, she'd ignore me and so I hated myself. I never even got the chance to tell her about my experience with him, or I guess he must have changed, it really isn't great to judge people. My grandma noticed how down I'd been feeling lately and so she decided to talk it out with me, I told her everything from when I liked him, to when Stacy crashed out. She encouraged me to go over to her house, probably get her something nice, it wasn't something I was used to but I had to try. After finishing from school, I decided to visit the gift shop, on my way out of school, I overheard a couple of guys talking about the sick party Stacy's boyfriend was having. I paused, Stacs was having a party? And I wasn't invited? What the hell!!! I immediately tried to call, but she didn't respond, I ran over to her place but couldn't find her. So I gave up and decided leaving was the best option, I bumped into her on my way out and I felt her heart skipped a beat. I called out to her and she pretended not to hear me, and then I said

" Stacy, I'm sorry", *You're probably gonna speak bad about him again" she responded, "I promise you I won't, forgive me?

"I'm sorry too, I didn't return your calls", she hugged me and I let out a sigh of relief. Tears began rolling down my cheeks because I couldn't imagine my "Ray of sunshine" leaving me. But even after we reconciled, she didn't tell me about the party. We played it cool for a while, and I honestly hoped she would let the cat out because I didn't wanna ask, but Stacy never did. Four days before the party as I had already done my findings, a text popped up on her phone and It was from her "Dearly Beloved", he said, "I hope you're getting ready for me, can't wait to a bite out of you". I can't believe I had a crush on this guy for years, how disgusting! I also hadn't told Stacy about my encounter with him and I'm pretty sure she wouldn't care to listen. I assumed she wanted to go have sex with him, she kept on staring at the black dress in her wardrobe and so I asked, "Stacs, going somewhere? You've been staring at the dress for a while", "No, I just got the dress, that's why I'm staring at it", Stacy had never lied to me before, what's happening? Was he making her do it? She got up to get me cookies and then I copied his number from her phone. I returned back home and used my other phone to text him, we began flirting and then after a day, he broke the ice and invited me to the party, he told me to come in a black dress, with no heels, and that it was the dress code. I wondered what that meant, but I responded with an "Okay Love, I'll meet you by eight". Nothing was making sense at this point, who goes to a party without shoes? So we'd have to get there on barefoot?

Something was definitely off, but I couldn't put a pin on it.