CHAPTER THERE: RICH KID
"Oh my gosh! Chrisler, you actually own this?" Nat asked pointing at the motorcycle Chrisler showed her.
"Do you expect me to borrow it to impress you? Don't kid yourself Nat, you're not worth it." Chrisler said.
"Hey!" Nat exclaimed as she eyed him.
"Come on, let's go." Chrisler said as he grabbed Natalie's hand, and dragged her.
"Here" he gave her a helmet "hope you know how to hold tight."
"Ohh I know, how to hold tight." Nat said sarcastically and smiled at him.
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"Natalie!" Chrisler shouted on top of the bike "I ca..n't bre..e..th."
"What did you say Chrisler. I can't hear you." Nat said and held him tighter.
"Just what did I get myself into." Chrisler said in his mind.
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"Whoa! That was such a sweet ride." Nat said as soon as she got down.
"Really Nat?? Really??" Chrisler said as he also starred at her.
"What?" Nat asked pretending she didn't know what he was talking about.
"I rest my case." He replied as he got down from the bike.
Nat just smiled to herself as they walked into the restaurant.
After they placed their orders and we're served, Chrisler then said
"So where did you say you will be staying?"
"At my cousin's house in Wellsville." Nat replied.
"Isn't that really far away from school?"
"I don't know yet as I haven't gone there myself."
"Well, it is, and I'm not sure you'll be able to cope with the distance."
"Even though it might be really far, I have my car so I'm pretty sure I'll be able to cope."
"Well, just in case you change your mind and decide to go house hunting, you can call me. I know alot of places."
"Thanks. But I'm not sure your help will be needed."
"Ohh.... okay. If you say so."
After a lot of contemplating, Chrisler finally decided to ask
"Uhmm, so how are you coping with your asthma? That was the reason you took a gap year right?"
Immediately he said that, Nat paused eating. Before she finally said
"Actually, that wasn't the main reason."
"You know how much I wanted to come to Imperial? Well, it almost didn't work because my parents where on the verge of getting divorced, curtsey of my mom on grounds that, she suspects him to be cheating. Without any evidence. Can you imagine? And she was also going to take me away from Dad which would ruin my chances at imperial. So I had to take a gap year to get them back together. I didn't want anyone to know about it cause it was kinda embarrassing. So I just told everyone that my asthma was kicking in again very seriously. I'm really sorry for lying."
"It's fine. It's your personal life.I can't blame you. I'm just glad you told me."
"Sometimes, I just wonder how you can be so understanding." Nat said and smiled.
Just then, Nat's phone rang.
"It's my cousin. I wonder what she wants."
"Lillian, what's up."
"Nat, where the hell are you?" Lillian asked.
"I'm at a restaurant around the school. But I'll be back soon."
"So now you're making me wait. Did you go with your car?"
"I didn't. But still I promise to be back soon."
"Just be fast. I need to rest." Lillian said and ended the call.
"What did she say?" Chrisler asked.
"That she is waiting for me and I should come back quickly. Are you done?"
"Yeah. Let's head back. Let me just take care of the bill."
"No I'll do it. Or better still, we can split it." Nat said and was about to stand up when Chrisler stopped her.
"Don't worry about it Nat. I asked you to grab a meal with me, not the other way around. So, let me take care of it." Chrisler said and stood up.
"Rich kid. Carry on." Nat said and Chrisler turned to look at her and said
"Between the two of us, we both know who's the rich kid." Then he walked away.