7. Juliet--- And the Mystery Girl

                                    

                                          

Juliet --- and the Mystery girl 
Chapter 5

Loving You was,
The Most-
Exquisite Form of-
Self-Destruction. 
-- David Jones
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Zhan felt his jaw would hang to the floor as he witnessed Yibo put his hand on the beautiful girl's copper hair and smile into her ears.
Zu Ai ( pretends to faint)- Pinch me, pinch me! Godzilla Lan Yibo is hugging a girl and being nice to her!....From what i heard till now he is anything but that. Yet here we are having the biggest show on Earth !  Dear life-- don't kill me with such unprecedented emotion! Wuah... ' she gives a dramatic show of fainting and bolts straight again 'wait ...this is a bigger shock than imagining "Ji Li "  playing  jither at Eifel Tower.
Heng ( narrowing his eyebrows)- I think this is the first time that I can see a human trait in Lan Yibo . I have seen him in the recent parties as well, he is dead cold. Hugging a girl? So impossible. 
Zhan ( fumes )- He can hug all crocodiles for all I care. Let's go to the rehearsal hall. We have just an hour to rehearse and then, lectures!'
Lang Hui ( seeing Yibo speak affectionately to the stunner)- Ya, let's go. I will just call Yibo. 
Zhan looks at her quizically- 'you know him?' 
Lang Hui -- 'of course not. Just as the student council head, it's upto me to guide him about the script and everything..so I know him as much as I am required to'
Zhan left a breath he was holding unknowingly, and smiled. 'Well--then let us get going. '
Everyone nods in agreement and stand up from their seats.
Heng puts an arm around Zhan's shoulder and as they pass by Yibo , Zhan takes a good look at the girl and the girl's eyes meet Zhan's. 
The girl looks at  Zhan strangely or rather appears scared of him and the girl goes behind Yibo . Yibo  throws Zhan and Heng a sharp look and holds the girl's hand to reassure her that he is here and everything is fine. Lang Hui taps Yibo on the shoulder. She was the only one apart from Zhan who wasn't intimidated by Lan Yibo's dark aura. 
Yibo turns to her.
Lang Hui ( showing him the watch)- 11.30 is the time to rehearse and'
Yibo ( raising a hand )- I will be in the rehearsal hall by 11.35.
Lang Hui eyes Yibo and the girl and the gang proceeds towards the rehearsal hall.
Girl ( looking at Zhan's retreating back again)- For a second I was...those eyes...the ...the lips...that face...so much...'
Yibo ( kindly)- Scared? Don't be'.. 
he is not 'HER''. And just wait and watch what I do to that.. that desss. Come along. I am not leaving you alone in this jungle... with all these men, women and Animals'...
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Rehearsal Hall.
Ji Li was filing her nails and looking at the door again and again. Yibo had told her that he would see her there but he still hadn't shown up. Heng was helping Zhan with his  lines while Zu Ai and Lang Hui were setting up the stage. 
Zhan was dressed in that same dazzling green Victorian dress given by Carmen Lee and his hair were all tied up. Nobody could tell he was not Juliet. He looked ethereal.