PHONE SWAP
” Back to reality, Milly. What are you thinking?” I heard Jason’s voice which brought me back to the present. Pearl is already out of sight.
” Nothing important. What’s up?” I asked, giving him a space to sit next to me.
” I was just thinking about swapping our phones. I’m aware that everyone is doing it. I could give it a try before the next class begins.” He asked without holding back. Pearl’s right and I’m not going to refuse it. But I need to say something before swapping my phone with him.
” Yeah, sure. But first, I have something important to admit. Yesterday I got another…”
” You don’t need to say it, Milly. I know Ryder proposed it and I know you haven’t said your reply yet. As I said, you can take your time. Right now, I wish we could talk anything than this.” Jason instantly said. He knows. How?
” Okay. I won’t continue this further but can you tell me how you came to know about this? I was planning to say it to you now. I don’t want to ruin your mood by breaking it to you yesterday itself. I hope you aren’t upset with me.”
” Well, I came to know about this in the morning by Ryder’s friend. I literally forgot their name but I do remember their faces. Then I’m not upset with you. I know you would say anything honestly.”
” Thank you for the trust you have in me, Jason.” I placed my hand on his hand and smiled.
” So, here’s my phone. Where is your phone?” he eagerly asked, handing
his iPhone 12.
” Here goes nothing,” I gave my Samsung phone without hesitation. If the person is someone close to us, there’s no need to think twice before handing our phone.
Jason already unlocked his phone. Now I can decide where should I explore. The first thing I noticed on the home screen is our picture. Jason and I are standing near the artificial waterfalls in the theme park. This theme park memory is gotta be the best and worst in my life. Okay, let’s not think about Patrick, Emily.
I opened his Instagram account. It has to be the first time I’m looking at an account with a blue tick in the profile. As a growing celebrity, Jason has one million followers in his Eighteen years.
” You do have a lot of pictures which you never shared it in Instagram, Milly,” Jason commented while scrolling my gallery.
” Hey, don’t explore in my gallery.” I gave a warning which doesn’t sound serious but funny.
” You already swapped your phone. You can’t undo it, Milly,” he grinned.
I shifted my eyes back on his account and opened his message. Is there anything interesting to read? There’s gotta be something interesting. I scrolled further to find his chat with Ryder. With Ryder? I can’t stop myself but open it.
Jason: Why can’t you stop coming after Emily? She already got detention because of you. You ended up in jail twice. Don’t involve her in it.
Ryder: Why the hell are you texting me in the first place? This is none of your business. You weren’t her protected or a saviour. I will make it up with her for the issue I caused her today.
Jason: I may not be her protected. But you are nothing but trouble for her.
It happened weeks ago. This isn’t good. I’m gonna scroll. I don’t know that they texted a lot because of me. I’m the cause for all of these messages.
Ryder: You would have ended up in your father’s hospital if it’s not for Emily. I won’t hesitate to do that if I ever saw you kiss Emily and take advantage of her again.
Jason: Mind your own business, Ryder. I’m not involving between you and Emily. Likewise, you should learn to respect our privacy.
I scrolled further…
Ryder: Thank you for booking a hotel. If you weren’t in that place, I would have not got us a place to stay after that asshole harmed Emily. You weren’t that bad.
Jason: You are welcome. I don’t want to misjudge you again but try not to involve Emily in any issue like this if you ever care for her.
Ryder: I do care for her. I already made sure of it. There won’t be any problem.
I left the chats after that. They both are harsh at each other in the beginning and somewhat better now. But I couldn’t find their chat without my name and something related to me in it. Then I spotted a new chat with an unknown account without a profile.
XXX: Why did you block me? All I asked you is to give me one more change, Jason. Please, don’t ignore this message. Let’s meet somewhere and fix this out.
It must be Crystal.
Jason: I won’t be seeing you again. Just forget and move on. Sorry, I forgot that you don’t even need to move on. You never loved me, right? Right. All you ever wanted is my popularity. Atleast, try not to betray that boy with who you hooked up.
The next moment, I left Instagram. Maybe it’s not good to go further. I feel like I’m stalking Jason’s phone even though we both swapped our phones.
We both scrolled, scrolled for more minutes. I almost caught up with all his pics in his gallery. There are many pictures which aren’t even available on google.
” Did you ever googled yourself?” I asked him after a long pause of silence between us.
” It feels weird to do that by myself. I only did it once,” he admitted.
” There’s nothing wrong in looking at yourself on the internet,” I opened his google to see all the tabs which haven’t been closed. He searched for the best place to stay in the Maldives, some models tips, stuff, etc… Then live interviews of his mother, a romantic place for couples.
” Don’t look more. I don’t have any illegal searches in google,” he said.
” I’m not searching for anything illegal to find.” Finally, I handed his phone back while I got mine. The bell sharply rang at that time and everyone’s back to the seat.
” Wait outside the school in the evening. I will take you to the library today. Did you bring the key? Cause I didn’t bring the spare key.”
” Of course, I brought it with me. I can’t wait to go there.”