? A MERMAID’S
LOVE ♥️
( Melody Musical High… )
CHAPTER 10&11
By, Naomi Cindy B.
★★★★★
“Ophelia!” Lilac called.
“Ophelia!” Floyd called too but she’s not opening her eyes.
No one is looking at them cos everyone’s attention is on the stage.
“But is that really a human’s voice?, It’s not real, how can it be so tiny and sweet?” Floyd said, looking at Lotus who’s still singing on stage.
“I know right?, It’s too unreal, I want to faint too” Lilac replied and they both started listening to Lotus’s voice without bothering to do something about Ophelia.
Floyd’s hand that’s on the table mistakenly hit a cu-p of jui-ce and it fell directly on Ophelia’s face, the jui-ce poured on her and that woke her up.
She spranged up immediately.
“Ophelia you’re awake!” Lilac said surprisingly.
“Get out of this place right now!, You both!” She ordered and left.
Lilac exchanged glances with Floyd and they followed her.
Starr’s heart is still beating fast and he’s still staring at Lotus on stage as everyone kept screaming.
Exactly like the voice in his dreams….
His throat went void of saliva as his heart raced fas-ter, just like his heart races when he ears the voice in his dreams.
LOTUS: You melt my heart
You drew me to the light
You made me un-derstand..
LOTUS & MARTIN: un-derstand!!!
? OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!
MARTIN: How love heals
Your love is my healer
nee-d to see your face….nee-d to see the light, nee-d to hold you babe…
LOTUS: Hold you in my dreams….
? Whoaaaaaa!!!!!!!
The song ended like that and Rhythm pla-yed the outro before standing.
Everyone screamed louder than before and Martin looked at Lotus.
Honestly he was caught by shock when she started singing earlier but he had to try ha-rd not to ruin it so he kept his shock at bay and just sang along.
“I’ve never heard this kind of voice before, it’s just as special as you, it’s beautiful” he said sincerely.
“Thanks” Lotus smiled and Martin hu-gged her before she knew it.
Starr stood still and just watched everything speechlessly.
? What’s your name?
? You’re so pretty!
? Let’s snap together!
? I love your hair, how did you do it!
? Your kind of beauty is rare!
? Your voice is priceless!
? You’re an angel!
? You sing like one!
? Can you come sing at my birthday pa-rty?
? Will you come here tommorow?
? Can you come sing at my mum’s birthday pa-rty?
Lotus has all attention on her and questions from various angles were thrown at her.
She just stood, looking at everyone and smiling.
Yolanda and Constance for-ced their way into the middle and took her away from there throu-ghthe tough students still kept following her till they got out.
She was taken into Yolanda’s car and they all entered with her.
“Babe you’re popular already…geez I wanna be like you!” Constance said.
“Why didn’t you sing in cl@$$ yesterday?, But you gave us a shocker tonight, I was astounded and mesmerized and amazed and…I love you Lotus baby!” Rhythm said.
“I’ll be your manager, I’m sure you’ll get invitations from now on” Yolanda said.
“Invitations for?” Lotus asked.
“Singing of course, I can’t wait!” Yolanda winked.
“How can you be so perfect,…I mean you’re pretty and beautiful and gorgeous and cute and adorable and…. wait, what else can I say?” Constance said and they all laughed.
“You have a rare long hair too and you have the voice of an angel, I’m glad to be your friend” Yolanda said.
“Me too” Rhythm added.
“Me too” Constance said.
“I’m glad to be a friend to y’all too and I love all of you” Lotus replied and they all had a group hu-g.
“Your crowd is gone already, you’re safe to come down” Yolanda said and Lotus came out of the car.
The guys are still waiting.
“Hey cute voice!” Bluey waved cutely, giving her a hu-g immediately.
“Gosh you’re completely cute, I love you” he said and she smiled.
“Thanks” she said.
“Are you coming here again tommorow?” Martin asked.
“I’m not sure” she replied and faced Starr.
He has been staring at her.
“I… I’m sorry for avoiding you earlier, I was just…. confused…. sorry” she said awkwardly.
“It’s ok” he said and she extended an hand for a shake.
Starr took it and took a step closer at the same time, hu-gging her and she immediately hu-gged him back.
They both didn’t say anything, they just stood that way, making others wonder why.
“Lotus” Yolanda called.
They still kept hu-gging.
“Starr” Bluey called too .
Martin separated them by p-ulling Starr away.
“It’s ok, we nee-d to go” he said.
“Yes… We nee-d to” Starr replied awkwardly.
“Bye cute voice!” Bluey waved.
“Bye Lotus!” Martin smiled, p-ulling Starr to the car.
“Hey bye” Starr waved.
“Yeah, bye” Lotus waved them all at once.
The boys drove off and Lotus smiled.
“Do you like any of the guys?” Rhythm asked, waking her up from her thoughts.
“Huh?,.. like?”
“Yes, they’re all cute” Constance replied.
“Jobless girls, Lotus don’t mind them please!” Yolanda said, p-ulling both Rhythm and Constance to their cars.
“Bye girls!” Lotus waved and got in her cat, Nam-Ri appeared on the driver’s seat immediately.
“Just in time” she said.
“I always keep to time” he smiled and drove away.
*******
THE MCDONALD’S MANSION**
Starr got home and met Judy on a call in the living room but she ended the call immediately he entered.
“Honey!” She smiled as he gave her an hu-g.
“Mum I think I found the girl in my dreams” he said and Judy broke the hu-g.
“Really?”
“Yes, she sang tonight at OH and their voices are just same, no difference trust me” he said.
“You mean you concluded it’s her just because their voices are the same?”
“Of course, no other voice will sound crazily sweet like that” he replied.
“Isn’t this your illusion?” Judy said.
“I knew it, you won’t believe me” he said and ran upstairs.
“How childish of my honey” Judy smiled, dialling the number she was calling earlier again.
*******
Starr got to his room and used his fin-germ@$$ager before falling on the be-d.
“Was it really my illusion?, No I’m sure, it was her, their voices are the same and….”
He sat up.
“Ok mum was right, I can’t say they’re the same just because their voices are the same, I have to confirm it more tactfully” he said.
He remembered the feather tattoo he saw on her shoulder in his dreams.
“Should I just check her shoulder for the tattoo?”
.
.
Lotus was walking throu-ghthe hallway when Starr appeared behind her, obviously avoiding to be seen cos he’s tiptoeing.
Lotus on the other hand is unaware that he’s following her.
He eventually got to her and without warning, he pulled down her uniform from her shoulders but didn’t get the chance to see if she really has a tattoo before she slapped him ha-rd on the face.
He fell on the wall and she started kicking him.
“Pervert!!!!!” She screamed.
Starr woke up from his imagination and slapped himself.
“I don’t want to die” he said and fell on the be-d.
“How do I confirm it I’m so curious!!!” She said, hitting his fists on the be-d.
*****
LUTHER’S MANSION**
Martin met his mum in be-d already, she’s asleep.
He noticed the bruise on her cheek is still so red, he got the balm and ru-bbe-d it gently on it, making sure not to wake her up.
He finished up and covered her well before leaving her room.
His dad won’t be coming home tonight and that’s just something to be happy for.
Even if the happiness will be short-lived, it’s priceless.
He went to his room and made to ru-b balm on his bruised knuckles too but the bruises are gone.
“How come?, They were still there before we performed” he thought surprisingly.
He sat on his be-d and sighed, remembering Lotus’s face.
When they were singing on stage earlier, he couldn’t help but feel free, like his worries left him that moment, it was comforting.
The hu-g pla-yed around his mind and he smiled, her scent was pleasant too.
“She’s unique” he whispered and smiled again, falling on the be-d.
*****
LOTUS’S MANSION**
“I’m following you to the Opera House tommorow seriously, I can’t believe I missed it” Anita said when Lotus finished narrating everything.
“If I’d go, we’ll surely go together” she replied.
“You must go, and why do you look so happy?, Is it only because you sang?”
“Actually…. I hu-gged all the boys including Starr”Lotus said.
“Are you happy cos you hu-gged all the boys or cos you hu-gged Starr?” Anita said suspiciously.
“I dunno” Lotus replied.
“I got you…but why were you avoiding him before?”
“Since my tears smell like him, I had this feeling that maybe it’s because he’ll make me cry a lot” Lotus pouted.
“Silly mermaid, I’m sure that’s not it, so what changed your mind?” Anita asked.
“I just thought otherwise, but when we hu-gged, it was…” Lotus said.
“Was?” Anita asked.
“Nosy ghost” Lotus replied and they laughed.
“Oh!, I forgot to say you’ll nee-d a phone!, What if your new friends ask for your number” Anita said.
“I saw them using it, I should have got one, I forgot!” Lotus replied and her eyes flashed blue on the table, a phone appeared.
“Whoa! Cool magic, so where did this phone come from?” Anita asked.
“My thoughts” she replied.
“How can a phone probably come from your thoughts?”
“Power of magic” Lotus replied and opened her right palm, an heap ashes is right there.
“My ashes!” Anita gasped shockingly.
“Not from my thoughts this time around, but from the car you were burnt with, my thoughts brou-ght it here anyways” Lotus as.
“What are you gonna do with it?”
“Your cl@$$mate..” Lotus smiled.
“Do Hyun” Anita said.
“Oh…Do Hyun is her name, her torment starts tomorrow” Lotus smiled.
“How?” Anita asked.
*****
NEXT MORNING, SEONGPPA HIGHSCHOOL**
Lotus and Anita stood in front of the school gate, looking at the incoming students, Lotus is
Invisible right now.
She’s dressed for school already.
“Lead us to your cl@$$” she said and Anita led the way.
They got to the cl@$$ and met a girl, hitting another girl on the face harshly, the other girl is just receiving the hits while crying and the other students watched silently.
“That’s Do Hyun” Anita pointed at the bully.
Lotus looked at the ashes on her palm and walked to the scene.
She blew the ashes on Do Hyun’s face and she stopped bullying the girl immediately, she started ru-b-bing her eyes rou-ghly.
“My eyes!, My eyes!” She shouted.
By the time she stopped running, her eyes turned red already and she started seeing ghosts in the cl@$$, the students started seeming like ghosts to her.
Scary spooky ones that are coming for her with blood on their hands.
“Don’t come close!, Don’t come closer!, Don’t come closer please…ghosts!, Ghosts!!, Ghosts!!!!” She screamed, balling up herself in a corner.
The students stared at her surprisingly, thinking she has gone crazy.
“Ghosts!, Go away!!, Go away don’t come!!, Aaarggghh!!!!!!!!” She screamed, running out of time cl@$$.
She’s still shouting as she ran and kept bumping into students.
“What happening to her?” Anita asked.
“Everyone she comes across from now on will look like ghosts to her, she’ll be tortured by her own imagination till she loses her mind” Lotus replied.
“What about her dad, Mr Do” Anita asked.
“I’ll come for him after school, I’m gonna be late” Lotus smiled.
“I’ll walk home” Anita said.
“No” Lotus replied and made them teleport home.
“Have a nice day” Anita waved as she got into the car.
“Sure, watch TV shows don’t be bored at home” Lotus replied.
****
MELODY MUSICAL HIGH**
? Did you come to OH last night?
? You missed like damn!
? She sang like seriously.
? Ever heard of a fallen angel?, That’s her, her voice was like…so sweet!
? Awesome!, It’s so painful I didn’t go
? Ophelia lost her place.
? But I’m Jealous, Lotus has everything, she’s perfect.
Lotus smiled prettily as she made her way to cl@$$, hearing various heartwarming comments about her.
She opened the cl@$$ door and stepped in but bumped into Ophelia.
They both staggered.
“Are your eyes dysfunctional?, Go away!” Ophelia barked and pushed her rou-ghly.
Lotus staggered again but more rou-ghly this time.
The ground would have been her next chair but an arm caught her wa-ist, stopping her from falling.
The scent said it all, no nee-d to look up.
“Why would you push her?” Starr asked, still not letting go of Lotus.
“She bumped into me!, And why would you hold her wa-ist like that!” Ophelia shouted.
Starr quickly let go of Lotus.
“It’s unfair that she’s new here but you’re already talking to her, we’ve been here together since junior cl@$$ but you wouldn’t even look at me?, Am i ugly?” Ophelia started shedding crocodile tears.
Starr looked at Lotus and she blinked.
Ophelia came closer at once and hu-gged Starr.
“We fit more than you two, you’ll like me if you get to know me better Starr” she continued crying.
“Can you get off me?” He said.
“So much for a Friday morning, new couple sighted whoo hoo!!” Bluey shouted, coming with Martin.
He snapped countless pictures of Ophelia and Starr already.
“Good morning cu-pcake!” Martin said, taking Lotus’s hand.
He went in with her immediately.
Starr finally pushed Ophelia away rou-ghly, her hair scattered on her face.
“Don’t dare try that again, don’t” he said meanly and went in too.
Lilac and Floyd finally came out of their corners and Ophelia wiped her tears.
She brou-ght out her mirror, looking at her face as she arranged her hair.
“Did you snap the pictures?” She asked, still arranging.
“Trust us” Floyd said and they showed her.
“Let’s go” she smiled, entering the cl@$$ with them.
They didn’t have time to chitchat cos Mr Roger came in immediately.
“Morning Mr Roger!” They chorused.
“Morning cl@$$!, And Lotus, if what I heard last night is true, then you nee-d to come out and prove it right now” he replied.
“Fu-cking true!” Yolanda said.
Lotus stood and walked to the front.
“Starr why don’t you pla-y the piano” Mr Roger said.
“With plea-suresir” Starr smiled and pla-yed CATCH IT.
Ophelia watched with much hatred as Lotus sang.
SLEEPLESS NIGHTS, RESTLESS DAYS…
ALL FILLED WITH THOUGHTS ABOUT YOU… BOU YOU..
BUSY DAYS, SILENT NIGHTS..
YOU FILL MY THOUGHTS, NO MATTER THE MOOD..
I FELL, I TRIPPED, IN LOVE (WITH YOU)
WILL YOU LOVE ME TOO?
WILL YOU CATCH THE FEELS?
I HOPE YOU’D LOVE ME TOO
I HOPE YOU’D WANT ME TOO
FEELINGS IN THE AIR, WOULD YOU CATCH IT?
CATCH IT, CATCH IT…. FOR ME!!!!!!!!!
? The Fu-ck!!!!
“Oh Lord” Mr Roger said, unable to close his mouth.
Miss Stacy came in and several other music teachers from junior cl@$$es.
They all had their mouths open as she sang.
The song ended three minutes later and everyone clapped thun-derously.
Lotus kept smiling, standing still.
“Are you a human?” Mr Roger asked and Lotus got scared.
“A human can’t possibly have this voice seriously” Miss Stacy added .
The other teachers p@$$ed nice comments and Lotus resumed smiling.
“Ophelia, you’re automatically stepped down as the best singer” Mr Roger said and Ophelia spranged up.
“What!”
“Constance was the best before you came but she stepped down for you when you came, so why the fuss?” Miss Stacy said.
Ophelia left the cl@$$ immediately.
“Lotus you’re special, I’m glad to have you here” Mr Roger said.
She smiled.
“Cl@$$es starts by 12pm, see ya!” He said and left
“I love you Lotus” Miss Stacy winked and left too.
Students shrouded around Lotus, giving her compliments.
“I know she’s now a star but please…we nee-d to go now!” Yolanda said, taking Lotus out of the cl@$$ with the girls.
“Best singer, I’m sure you’d be the lead singer at the president son’s birthday pa-rty next week” Constance said.
“President’s son?” Lotus asked
Rhythm was about to explain further when Martin appeared.
“cu-pcake will you stroll with me?” He asked, smiling.
“Aww!” Constance gushed.
“Hey Lotus!” Starr said, coming over too.
He spr-ead his palm forward.
“I want to stroll the school with you… please?” He asked.
“What the…” Yolanda said shockingly.
“Oh my gosh!” Rhythm said
Lotus looked at Starr then at Martin before folding her lower li-p into her mouth..
TBC