Expectations can betray us.

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We were all here clenching our heart, too apprehensive to look in the eyes of the enemy, our heart was crumbling extremely in neverending scenarios, but maybe we have each other's presence with us we were not in a solitary state. Even the sky was with us! It was not cold, not chilly anymore.

"So, This is your last choice to fight with our star!"

The bald man tried to frighten us with his heavy voice that could drown an ocean.

"Let's go from here! Guys," Tony whispered silently with this trembling voice as he was just about to collapse soon.

"No! We are not going anywhere! And Tony now you realised we all are equal in fear or every emotion there is
nothing about being wealthy and being poor!"

"Yes! We will fight!" Sam was continuously glaring at the old man! He was more furious than we were.

Does he want to kill him?

"Alright as you kids say so!"

He whistled, and the result of his whistle made us encircle against all the dark guys I have seen in my life. The guys with piercings and tattoos with their rough cuts on their bodies as they have been fighting for years.

"Robbin, Defeat them!"

Now, who the hell is Robbin? Oh, their star in the white jacket. He was the only prominent guy who was in a white jacket otherwise everyone was already evolved in the power of black.

I saw him approaching us, his deadly footsteps were coming towards us in every second of our breath. The crack sound was unbearable yet dangerous in this dry place. Now, I can understand from where all these were having mud.

The journey of life took a whole turn when I saw in the dim light Mr Peter standing under the shadows of the tree.

He was trembling from the fear I could not understand and when he found I was staring at him he diverted his gaze.

What the hell is going on here?

Is he appears to be the Mafia?

How can a Professor like him stand here in this kind of place looking all lost?

He was also wearing all black clothes, his face has dust; dust which reminds him that he has been here all along. He even had a piercing on one of his eyebrows.

I am becoming mad or is this some kind of magic?

Robbin, the star of the Racing team approached us, he was so tall and large with his perfectly embed muscles as he will eat us with his bare hands.

He glared at all of us in a glance, roamed his eyes from head to toe, and took a very heavy breath.

Then I saw a glint in his eyes, that glint was telling me he doesn't care about us because he was too determined about his victory.

"So, these kids want to defeat me?"

He laughed in the air. The whole world was witnessing his laughter, the way a muscle in his jaw twitched was telling me he didn't admire me taking a step forward ahead of him!

"Yeah! We kids are going to defeat you! Any qualms now?"

I sensed something, about this place about all the men with tattoos and piercing that they don't think a woman can upfront them as I did!

But then again it's their pity they have not seen anything in their life if they can't face a woman.

"Kiddy, go to your country!"

Oh, so he is going to tell me to go back to my country?

Who the hell is he?

"Listen whatever your name is- Robbie- Shobbie! You are not allowed to give me orders. I hope your peanut size brain can access this information. now shall we?"

Just when I was about to cross him over he grabbed my arm with his giant one.

His powerful hands might crush my small ones but they cannot crush my determination to bring Neel back!

He was hurting me, maybe he wanted to show that a man like him can do anything to a kid like I am.

He deserves a slap on his face if he didn't let me go!

He looked at me, eye-to-eye, trying to find a hint of fear but it was not there.

"Easy kiddy, I will arrange tickets for you to go back to your country!"

Oh, the hell is enough! Who the fuck is he? To talk to me like that? To ask me to go back to my country? And how dare he say that he will arrange a ticket!

I was burning from inside, there was a fire that has been opened and that might even destroy him.

I am not going to be a coward again! You just wait white-jacket guy how you are going to pay for this!

"You know what?"

He looked at me and raised his eyebrows in bewilderment.

"Fuck you!"

"And fuck all you guys!"

I saw anger in his eyes and the defeat. Defeat- as to how a girl can insult him or challenge him. He was a man with an ego and his ego is going to be the best enemy he could ever find for him.

"You!" He was just about to smack me in my face but I was ready with my preparation to fight back!

In those minute moments, I saw Sam, Tony, and Alisha running to my side to guard me.

But he stopped, and why he stopped why the fucking hell did he stop to punch a girl? Because Mr Peter stopped him. He grabbed his arm forcefully and pulled it down.

"Calm down Robbin! She is just a kid. It doesn't suit you to pick a fight with these kids when you can easily defeat them in the race right?"

Robbin Morris, the man who was just about to knock me out, actually listened to Mr Peter.

His eyes met with him and I saw affection in them. There was something- something more to the story which they were not ready to share yet.

I felt strange, precise to say I felt as if I am an alien to their affection to their admiration. Something which I have not witnessed for so long.

They were in love!

Oh, love, what a strong word to say yet it can destroy everything if things didn't work out.

I have seen thousands of faces lost in love who got nothing from the admiration, but maybe their love was strong that's why it made him all calm; calm as he was an ocean himself.

What hits me hard, I realise everything now, the change of behaviour in Mr Peter's personality, the dirt on his clothes, the baggy eyes which he was hiding from the world.

He was afraid to come out as gay, and the guy with the white jacket is his lover.

Mr Peter saw me for a second, he caught me staring at them and maybe at that moment he realized I understood everything. When the realisation hits him hard he was shocked for a second then in a non-minute, he covered it up. He was now smirking!

Why smirk? What does he want to do now? What is going to be his next move?

Is he going to help Robbin defeat us and made the victory? Or is he going to support us so that he can get sure we won't spill a word against his affair?

There are hundreds of questions in my mind which needs thousands of answer but then again I don't want to be too lost in my expectations.

We have got to do something otherwise these guys can injure him so badly that he will never be the same Neel Again!

We can't even go to the sheriff's, as if I went we all will be in the trouble, especially Neel.

I remember, he was the one who told me to not call them because it will destroy us!

The only hope I have is luck. If luck would be on our side then we can defeat this Robbie!

But when I saw Mr Peter's impression again, he looked away with his stoned face and then the world of thinking started collapsing again.

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