Unintentional Fate

37 | Reverse

A week has passed since Anthony's encounter with Daniel at the park, and he's been wanting to talk to him about it.

The Azurite Committee has been making very specific plans to get their Periwinkle representative back.

"We'll sneak into their hide out and take her!" Renee suggested.

Anthony couldn't help but face palm himself. "And how do you expect us to do that?"

"Oh, I don't know." She shrugged her shoulders. "It's the only thing we haven't tried!"

"How about something less... illegal." Jocelyn says.

"You're one to talk." The smaller woman puffed in her seat.

"We can think of more ideas later. It's winter break, let's just relax for now." Indigo stretched as she got up from her seat.

"I'll join you!" Josh said in a child-like voice.

"I'm not even going anywhere!" She cried as she ran to her room.

The rest of the member began to disperse but Anthony stayed back.

"Hey Daniel?" He called.

"Hm?" The other man responded.

"What are your thoughts on Malachi and Chiara?"

Daniel felt himself tense up along with the atmosphere around them but he kept his composition as he answered. "I can't do much about it, can I ?" He laughed in attempt to lift the mood.

"I saw you at the park last week." He brought up the memory in a concerned tone. "You really do like her."

"Why does that even matter?!" Daniel snapped.

Anthony was speechless after the sudden outburst.

"It's clear she chose Malachi. And even if she does come back to us, she likes you!" He yelled.

"Daniel-"

"No!" The, once shy Alabaster member, cut off. "I never understood why she chose you, I always got the short end of the stick. I actually despised you for such a long period of time." He took a breath before continuing. "But seeing you treat everyone around you, heck, I would've fallen for you too. So, now I know why she likes you. You're an amazing guy Anthony! You're smart, respectful, social, even funny. And don't try to be sympathetic with me. As your best friend, I'm happy for you." He finished as he showed an exhausted, yet gentle smile.

The Aquamarine member looked at Daniel's tired eyes with gratefulness but this didn't feel right either.

"You know that saying, 'if you love someone, let them go'?" Daniel asked, breaking the awkward silence that was hanging in the air.

"Of course I do."

The other man laughed. "So I'm letting go."

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The Azurite Club was at a café to come up with another plan to keep Indigo away from Chiara.

"She hasn't texted you yet right?" Jonas asked Chiara.

"Hm?" She turned to face him after watching the snow fall outside. "Oh." She checked her phone to see a ton of messages from the Azurite Committee group chat.

Malachi looked over her shoulder to see her scrolling through the notifications. He took her phone and began typing.

"What are you doing?!" Chiara raised her voice.

"Don't worry about it." He replied as he was typing. "And, send."

"What did you type?!" She yelled, her voice volume not lowering.

"Should you really be concerned about what I typed? They were the ones who abandoned you in the first place." He says as he put her phone in his bag. "I don't think you'll be needing this anymore."

The woman couldn't help but feel a little bit angered by his action. 'That's my phone. The only way to keep in touch with my family.'

"Aww babe I didn't mean to make you mad." He kissed her on the forehead. "But why bother wasting your time on people who don't care about you? We love and appreciate you!"

'That word. 'Love'. Should not be taken so lightly.'

*   *   *   *   *

"She texted!" Renee announced.

"We saw!" Jocelyn exclaimed.

"What does it say?" Josh asked as he slumped onto the couch.

"What happened to you bothering Indigo?" Renee asked as she noticed the once energetic guy become a potato on the couch.

"She kicked me out of her room." He puffed up his cheeks.

"Of course she did." Jocelyn muttered under her breath.

Daniel and Anthony were glued to their phones while reading 'Chiara's' text.

"Those two looked concerned." Josh pointed to the two guys. "What does the text say?"

But when Josh turned to look at Renee and Jocelyn, he saw that they were also frozen. Then, Indigo came out of her room, her phone in her hand.

"We need to go." She says with a scared expression.

Chiara: I'm leaving Galaxy Azurite.

*   *   *   *   *

"Hey Stanley? Damien?" Chiara called.

"What's up?" They both ask as they turn around to face her.

"Um, can I borrow one of your guys' phones?" She asks nervously.

"May we ask, why?" Damien raised an eyebrow.

She looked towards the front of the group to see Malachi talking to John and Gianna.

"I need to text Indigo but Kai took my phone." She whispered.

"But why do you need to text Indigo?" Stanley asked.

Chiara began to panic in her head. "Just to tell her I'm leaving Galaxy Azurite."

The two guys looked at each other with suspicious looks.

"Don't you trust me?" She smirked as she stuck out her hand.

A/N: Chiara really tryna get back onto our good side but man.... can we really forgive her?

Next chapter, Renee is set out to do some investigating!

Thank you for reading this far!