“Adrian,” I turn around and I see Katharine walking towards me. I cannot deny that she is a beautiful girl but to me, she is mere dust on the floor compared to Alanna. “Yes, what can I do for you?” I say to her quickly.
“What are you doing here, sorry silly question, you are here to see Alanna.”
“Yes I am here for her, have you seen her?”
“No I haven’t seen her, but the room was very crowded were we took the exam, so I really couldn’t say for sure, how have you been?”
“Fine, is the exam over?”
“Yeah just finished, I am sure Alanna undoubtedly went back to her room.”
“Yes,” I try to walk away but she again shouts after me.
“Adrian, I want to apologise for that night at dinner.”
“Apology accepted, now I must go find Alanna.” I turn away and head back down the corridor to Alanna’s room. I approach and I hear voices inside, I knock and her friend Sophie comes to the door.
“Adrian, what a surprise,” I look at her and there is something about this girl, that I do not like. She seems like a fake person and I do not trust her around Alanna.
“Is Alanna here?” I say, in a quick to the point tone.
“No, I haven’t seen her.”
“Did she take the exam today?”
“I don’t think so, I sat by the door so she could see me when she came in, but she didn’t come Adrian, Alanna wasn’t here.”
“May I come in?”
“Yeah, sure, come on in.” I walk into the room and see that she has a male friend in the room with her; I look at him and give him a friendly nod. She does certainly not impress me and she should not have this boy in a room where to two girls live, it is very disrespectful. I look to him and say,
“Please may I have a minute with Sophie?” The boy gets up and rolls his eyes slightly.
“See you later, Hun.” She sticks to him like glue and I now feel even more uncomfortable and even surer of how I feel about her, he goes out and closes the door behind him.
“Sophie, where is Alanna?”
“I don’t know, I told you she never came today.”
“Then where is she?”
“I don’t know have you tried ringing her?”
“I spoke to her when I was in the car and she was on her way here.”
“Let me try her,” she gets out her phone and dials Alanna’s number. It rings for ages but Alanna does not pick up.
“I am worried, are you sure she said she was coming here?”
“Yes and I was going to meet her here.” My mind goes into overdrive and I worry that she has been hurt. I take out my phone and ring her, but she is still not picking up. I ring Michael and there is no answer from him. My heart begins to race and I cannot contain my worry Sophie notices it and tries to reassure me that Alanna will be Okay.
“You really love her don’t you?”
“More than anything, she is my world and I would die for her.”
“Intense, but its sweet and Alanna feels the same way about you.”
“Sophie I want to tell you something, but you cannot tell anyone is that, clear?”
“Okay,” she says a little worried. I reach into my pocket and pull out the red Cartier box, as I do Sophie’s face drains white.
“What’s that?” I open the box to reveal, a large square, platinum, diamond ring set in a diamond band.
“Do you think she will like it?”
“That ring is an iceberg, are you going to propose?”
“Yes, I am.”
“That’s great.” I close the ring box and Sophie stares at me.
“Can I see it again?” I smile and open the box as I do she gasps, her face is gleaming and I almost think that she might want the ring. I put it back in my pocket for safekeeping and my mind again worries about Alanna. I fear that something happened to her and I cannot bear that thought. Another thing that has me worried is that perhaps she is with Michael and maybe, she did make a choice. I shake off that feeling but my head begins to throb.
“Where is she?” I say loudly and Sophie moves away from me.
“I am sure she is fine, don’t worry.”
“All I do is worry about her, I need to see her.” I rush out into the corridor and look around for her, but she is nowhere in sight. I walk briskly to the head office. I do not even knock but I walk straight in.
“Excuse me Sir, but who are you?”
“Mr. Black we spoke on the phone.”
“Oh yes of course, your generous donation was much appreciated.”
“Yes, have you seen Alanna?”
“No I don’t think so, was she not at the exam?”
“No!” I walk again out of the office and march again down to her room. I see Sophie run towards me and she looks as if she is crying.