"miss Sashah you are so over today get your ass down here right now or mark my word you will be no longer in this world "the lady from the kitchen seemed quite the devil today anyways opening the timber entrance to my cupboard with a besmirched glass on one of its side that transpired to be this morning after i spilled some coffee over my lipsticks marks making it more substandard than it already was i yelled "at least allow me to cover my ass in peace please" as soon as i wore the evening gown i headed downstairs to a two bhk apartment that is definitely not the size but happens to be tall i guess . i entered the kitchen with a wide expression of hurrah for being on time there but unexpectedly i got the only two things in return that made me swell one the sunlight from the insanely tall window which happened to be more like a gate and had no curtains cuz of my mothers dilemma that she couldn't have cheap and ugly curtains on the window that is visible to most of the guests and apparently there is no such discounts going on the expensive ones and second well my mothers nostril's that were flaring so up andtight like i have never seen before. "you have no idea how talented you are miss sashah in ruining the most important events of your life" my mother said without a damn flicker in her previous demeanor. "well about your statement mother brilliant of course but ruining an important event i clearly don't see what's so heavenly in a ball function that is so low budgeted that you made me practice for two weeks straight just for this one stupid dance i have to do with your best friend's six feet brown headed and totally American son . he clearly don't deserves to be here in London . i remember when i was eight and you both took us to this fair which was about art and culture not that i cared about it so much and yet he told me not to have my hot chocolate with croissant cuz it was the worst a hot chocolate could handle and of course his disgusted look for that made the surroundings so much better i can barely explain that to you" my mother conveyed me a huge judgemental stare for five seconds straight and continued " he's an amazing boy who knows how to treat his parents unlike you and how many times i have told you this before this ball is important the chief guest Mr. Dubey from Dubai will be there and there's a word going on that he's looking for a female as well as a male lead for his upcoming movie or it could be a series too after his remarkable success in drama career and considering your interest and talents for hobbies which could make you successful is so below the water miss sashah". well this is my mother as always the typical Ginny Markson she's not my real mother tho my real parents died in a car accident atleast that's what i have been told . my present father Andrew Markson my role model and the best yet strongest person alive on this entire planet promised me to share the details of the car accident my real parents had at the age of seventeen which I'd be tuning to next year . There must have been something huge about the accident that my father decided to keep it from me all these years but keeping the thought aside and returning to my mother she really seems to be a nice person with others but with me ummm i not so sure she has this custom of comparing me with everyone else , speaking harsh statements about me and sometimes she even accomplishes the goal of making me believe that i am useless as well as worthless . but not that she always behaves like that with me sometimes she's nice too which makes me sentimental thinking that she's not that bad Afterall for a day or two until she returns to her own pace. Mr. Dubey and my mother have known each other since their childhood which is the only reason she thinks that he will be selecting two highschoolers for his upcoming project . i quickly grabbed my morning coffee before leaving for the last rehearsals in the ballroom itself and as per the instructions i wasn't allowed to have my usual peanut butter and jam toast today so i left the counter at my kitchen preventing further starvation . we reached the ballroom quietearly this time yet the green rooms were fully packed and so was the stage with everyone doing their final rehearsals . i have been to this place before for various occasions but this time it wasn't quite like usual or people just scrolling over their phones and making them available in community functions . this time everyone seemed occupied ofcourse my mom wasn't the first in line to take action about the news . just when i managed to found a decent corner for my touchup a voice echoed around me like a sad lofi song which was destined to kill the vibe more . "god look at you!! how little you used to be and now how big and handsome you have turned not that I'm complaining but looks like my boy is gonna break thousands of heart this year " a glorious smile carrying that statement and not any soon got backed up by a reply " haha thanks for that ginny well i can promise not to break your heart anytime soon tho its a really hard job anyway". i really wish to be able to escape this but whateverrr i turned to make it more of a party just when a bumble came from my stomach making my cheeks turn a whole new shade of red and also getting disappear in a sec "Sarah my pretty angel heyy!! how have you been dear" " hey pretty its really nice to see you how are you doing" just then i felt a pair of eyes staring at me and i couldn't resist the urge to bawl them out but i couldn't handle more of those flaring nostrils today that too with a starving stomach so i decided to play safe instead of playing nice "hello to you too big handsome Jackson Janes " Jackson replied with a wicked smile "it's nice hearing handsome from your mouth especially when it's for me and no need to be so formal jellybean the pleasure's all mine " ughh this man i just hate him so damn much why the hell can't he keep his mouth to himself i was five when i decided to change my name and rename it as jellybean sashah i know its stupid but again i was only five and my mother as always couldn't resist to spill the damn beans . i stepped forward like all the grudges i hold belonged to him " if you don't stop calling me that your body parts might end up having a hell of a sprain tonight" "come on jellybean it seems like you are the one who needs to keep her body intact after all your stomach do likes wishing me a hello" before i could coutinue futher my mother raised an eyebrow and Mrs. janes or pretty that's what i like to call her guided us to proceed from where we were being stuck i have never ever had any sort of issue with my Mrs. pretty she's the most kind hearted soul i have ever met i remember her making me my favourite meals after i used to get in a fight with my mom or taking me to shop whenever i used to feel down or felt i wasn't enough since the past years she has been a great mentor and friend to me . i really hoped she would be my mother or sometimes even end up wondering how she and my mother ended up being bffs . as we continued to walk across the hall several ladies and girls stopped our way and complimented me about how terrific escort i'm having i can't even stand to believe what people see in this idiotic idot i shifted my gaze towards him just to check the competition even tho i hated to admit this but jackson never looked ugly actually he's really good looking only that my hate for him intends to hide it every time we meet if he would be someone else then i'd be drooling over him the way his veiny hands looks so much hotter than any usual hands and those dark brown eyes can get any body lingering over his dammit even his hair feels like properly styled brown silk threads that are just waiting for someone's hands to dug into them and the sharp edges on his face just fits so perfectly into how to be the sexiest man alive on the planet guide I have never had an appreciation fill me with this much of disgust tho it makes me feel like i my saliva is turning into poison quietly. at an instant his gaze felt over mine and our eyes locked each other for two seconds and got unlocked after some forced coughs got into our ears we smiled and passed our way through everyone and by the time the choreographer instructed us to get ready for our final rehearsals we were done spiraling . just the time i was about to rise my foot on the staircase a strong muscle pulled me over "you know that if you keep on checking me out you'll end up loosing your energy for the dance right and i hate losers who spoils my game " "i'll rather poke my own eyes out than checking you out and don't worry the judges will happen to give us some extra score Afterall watching me dance with you won't resist them to show pity" my stern replies to jackson always makes him smile at me idk what he thinks his idiotic smile will do to me he started taking his steps forward towards me but how can i be the sad little helpless girl who takes her steps back i stood there with the confidence of burning him just when he reached so close to me that i wished to have taken some steps back " don't tempt me jellybean you might end up showing pity on yourself ...here take this" i looked aside at his hand holding a chocolate bar and wait no way it's my favourite there's a lady who sells these homemade chocolate bars all way across the town i always used to buy tons of these when my father used to take me out and i haven't had this for so long it's been five months since my father left for out of town for some work and i miss him everyday. i gave the chocolate bar jackson was holding a full five sec potential stare to see what's happening here "UMM nice try to poison me janes but better luck next time" he replied with a slight groan "there's no need to worry jellybean i won't kill you today after all you don't want people to believe that you actually slipped on me do you?" Even if i processed the thought of that cholclate bar killing me i wouldn't mind having a bite i was half way to being dead due to starvation torture already . as soon as i grabbed the bar from his hand something caught up his attention and he parted his way to the right of the corridor i quicly finished my snack and managed to get on the stage . jackson accompanied me within a few minutes and we had managed to set everthing perfectly to give a pop to our top.