Take Me Away

"I have to go, Sophia." Fiona waved at her friend as she slung her bag over her shoulder.

"How about you wait for me? I’ll go out to buy some dinner from a nearby restaurant. I’m a little tired of the food from the school canteen." Sophia leaped off the chair.

"Okay." Fiona nodded, then turned to Ella. "How about you, Ella?"

"You two go. I’m sticking to my diet."

"Oh okay. Be safe!" As they walked out, Sophia asked, "Why did you want to go home tonight?"

"Spencer’s there," Fiona confessed.

"I knew it!" Sophia clapped. "Why do you listen to that guy? He does nothing but threaten you."

"Nope," she replied, smiling faintly.

"Why are you siding with him all of a sudden?" Sophia blinked and looked at Fiona with a snicker. "Have you two been romantic since he saved you in Maple Mountain?"

"Right," said Fiona in a joking tone.

Sophia smiled broadly. "By the way, who called you just now?"

"Ryan said he wanted to talk. He told me he was waiting for me at the main gate."

"Oh my gosh, Fiona." Sophia shook her head. "One is your husband, the other is Ryan! I say this without any ill will, I really do envy you."

"What are you jealous of? Didn’t you tell me that someone confessed to you yesterday?"

"Oh come on! If that guy was half as handsome as Ryan and half as powerful as Spencer, maybe I’ll consider him." Sophia pursed her lips and sighed. "I just remembered...I don’t know how George is doing."

"George, huh. You still remember him," Fiona mumbled.

a handsome guy?" she replied

Fiona smiled softly.

gate. As they got closer, they noticed the

"It looks like there’s something going on

stood on tiptoes. "I’ll leave you to it. I’ll go find

It’s still early!" Sophia

called for them, running from the opposite side of the crowd. His excitement couldn’t be

We can go to check together." Sophia glanced at Fiona before pulling her towards

however, he suddenly took out

"Roger that! Everything’s ready."

phone and walked to the center of the

but as Fiona approached, they parted as if

"What’s wrong?"

Fiona didn’t respond. Instead, she stared at the gap amongst the crowd, astounded by the

Ryan

Ryan propped a guitar on his lap, while prepared on the ground was a heart-shaped arrangement of candles. As soon as he and Fiona locked eyes, he started to play. The guitar strings were accompanied by Ryan’s clear, soft voice. "If I had to live my life without you near me, the days would all be empty, the nights would seem so long. With you I see

there, frozen and

the steering wheel, Spencer stared at the school gate. He refrained from blinking in fear of

good mood today and decided to come pick up Fiona. Hopefully, she’d even be moved by

the crowd coming and going through the gate, none of them was Fiona. Was she

out of patience, he pushed the door

you hear? Someone’s serenading a

"Who is it?"

the guitar and everything, too.

I wonder who the lucky

be this girl called

heavy steps, he caught up to a female passerby. In a cold, cruel voice, he asked, "Where