? ARIZONA ?
( His Crazy Queen… )
CHAPTER 22&23
By, Naomi Cindy B.
★★★★★
Chrissy looked confused for a minute but after processing it in her head that Arizona has no right over Vince, she regained her lost posture.
“Who are you to tell me that?” She questioned.
“Isn’t it ridiculous?, You attem-pted to k!ss a slee-ping guy who’s not yours” Arizona replied without blinking.
” He’s not yours either” Chrissy replied.
” I’m just protecting him from the unwanted”
“Unwanted?” Chrissy said.
” Chrissy?” Vince’s voice called out and they both faced him at a time.
“Vince!” Chrissy rushed to him, bu-mping into Arizona without bothering to say sorry.
Arizona stepped back as Chrissy sat beside him.
His eyes are opened fully.
“How are you now?, You’re perfectly fine right?” Chrissy asked, feeling his temperature.
Arizona felt uncomfortable, watching how Chrissy showered him with attention.
“I’m fine, where’s mum?” He asked.
“She’ll be back soon, I’m so glad you woke up” Chrissy replied, holding his hand.
Vince looked at Arizona but her eyes is directly on his hand.
The one Chrissy is holding.
She folded her palms, rolling eyes slowly.
“Are you trying to make your eyes fall out?” Vince asked, ma-king her stop rolling the eyes.
“Go unconscious again!, Not like your consciousness will make me richer, anaconda!” She spat and left the ward immediately.
“What’s wrong with her?” Chrissy asked.
Vince remembered seeing her cry last night, she looked so sad and different with tears.
Tears made her look like a vulnerable baby and that made him wonder if she was crying cos he was unconscious or cos of another thing.
Then how he ran into the road to save her during the accident.
He saved her again and this time,it almost costed him his life.
“Why am I always getting involved with her since I met her?, Why am I always saving her?” He wondered inwardly.
” Vincent!!! ”
That resounded in his memory.
He can remember hearing that from her last night before losing consciousness and her voice when she called his full name sounded like she was crying.
*She cried for me?*
*How did she know my full name?, Is it that obvious?, Vince.. Vincent… maybe….* He thought
Even his mum never calls his full name, since he grew up to know himself as Vince, no one has ever called his full name.
Not even Blaze.
“Vince?” Chrissy called.
He kept thinking, unaware of her.
“Vince” she nudged him.
“Huh?” He looked at her.
“What’s up?” She asked.
“Nothing”
******
Arizona got in her car in front of the hospital and slammed the door shut.
She remembered Chrissy’s hand on Vince’s and scoffed.
“It looked like cobweb or something ugly, my fin-gers are prettier” she said, looking at her fin-gernails, it was painted black.
She remembered how he called Chrissy’s name first after he woke up.
“I even got hurt because of him but he woke up and called her name?” She muttered, rolling up her sleeve to look at her bandaged arm.
“I thought he was responsible but turns out he’s unbelievable” she said but when she remembered he actually saved her, she sighed.
She got her phone and started placing orders for everything she comes across, even the things she doesn’t nee-d.
She kept pouring her frustration on online shopping till she got tired and threw her phone beside her, letting out a gro-anafterwards.
“Miss, are you ok?” Her driver asked.
“Drive me to the institute, I nee-d to go start work on the modern Hanbok” she ordered.
******
NEXT DAY, THE BANKS MANSION**
Alena entered the house with a big smile on her face, ma-king C@$$idy stand quic-kly.
“How’s he doing?” She quic-kly asked.
“My Vince is responding to treatment and the wounds on his head are healing up” Alena replied happily.
” I’m so happy about that, nanny won’t be moody anymore” C@$$idy smiled.
” I know right?, Let’s get you re-ady for school” Alena said, taking C@$$idy’s hand
Paulson c@m£ downstairs immediately, he’s on a call.
“The hall is all re-ady?, Then the bride’s dress?, What of the photoshopped pre-wedding photos of the couple?, Yes!, So we can proceed with the wedding this coming Saturday right?, I’ll call you later”
He hung up and laughed.
” Finally my Arizona will be getting married on Saturday, isn’t that awesome?” He said happily.
“You thought I was joking when I said ? failure?, She’s not someone who can be tricked into anything, you know how smart she is” C@$$idy sm-irked.
” No matter how smart, she won’t have any choice but to get married to Chang-bin on Saturday once she gets to the hall and sees their wedding pictures” Rita replied, coming downstairs.
“Is my Adam coming for the wedding or not?” C@$$idy asked.
” Adam will be coming back on Friday, I’ll be seeing my son again after so many years” Paulson smiled, taking his sit.
” My son will surely be more handsome by now” Rita said, sitting beside him.
” I love you Rita!” Paulson said, hu-gging her.
“I love you more Paulson” she replied, hu-gging him too.
C@$$idy giggled and Alena smiled as she took her upstairs.
After C@$$idy took her bath and Alena helped her dress up, she sat in front of the mirror and Alena started brushing her hair.
“Nanny?”
“Yes C@$$ie” Alena smiled.
“You’re really ok right?” C@$$idy asked, looking at her eyes in the mirror.
” Why?’
“Your eyes look abnormally white” C@$$idy replied.
” I’m fine trust me” Alena smiled to cover up.
“Actually, I once had a nanny when I was ten” C@$$idy said sadly.
“Where’s she now?”
” This is exactly what I noticed in her,…pale white eyes, she always told me she’s ok just like you,but…..I lost her, she died and then it was revealed that it’s cancer, I was so devastated,I still miss her till now and I don’t want same thing to happen to you, I’ve come to love you so much, you’re like my second mother and I don’t want to lose you” C@$$idy cried.
” Hey why are you crying?, I’m fine you have to believe me” Alena said, pu-lling her up from the chair.
C@$$idy hu-gged her ti-ghtly.
“Promise me you won’t die and leave me” she sobbe-d.
“I promise so stop crying right now and don’t make that pretty face red” Alena stro-ked her hair.
C@$$idy hiccu-ped as she tried to stop crying and Alena broke the hu-g to wipe her tears.
“I love you so much nanny” she said.
“I love you too C@$$ie” Alena smiled as she wiped her tears.
” My Adam is finally coming back on Friday, you’ll finally see him” C@$$idy said happily.
” I can’t wait, but your sister’s wedding” Alena said.
” Leave my parents alone and let them keep deceiving themselves, I just can’t wait for dramas, I trust my crazy sis” C@$$idy smiled.
Alena ru-bbe-d light powder on her face and usedl-ipstick on herl-ips.
“You look prettier” she said.
C@$$idy checked herself out in the the mirror and smiled
“Thanks nanny!, Blaze is coming to school today right?” She asked.
” Of course” Alena replied.
” I’ll make sure to say hi to him when we cross paths” she said and hu-gged Alena before leaving for school.
Alena sat on her be-d and sighed.
“Death?, Can it elude me?” She thought sadly.
*******
HAESUNG UNIVERSITY**
Chrissy isn’t listening in cl@$$ at all, all she wants is for the cl@$$ to end so she could go see Vince in the hospital.
Her b©dy is in cl@$$ but her heart and br@in is currently with Vince.
She thought about Arizona again and squinted, remembering how she pu-ll-ed her hair back and the ACCESS DENIED drama.
“Vince doesn’t seem attached to her, why is she behaving like a possessive girlfriend?” She thought.
Then she remembered her redl-ips and the redl-ipstick on Vince’sl-ips the other time.
“Wait!, Was it her?, Vince k!$$£d miss Arizona?” She thought.
She started tapping her foot on the ground repeatedly, disturbing the cl@$$.
“Chrissy!” The lecturer cautioned and she spranged up.
She took her bag and ran out of the cl@$$ only to bu-mp into Summer .
“Are you going to see Vince in the hospital?, Let’s go together” she said.
” He doesn’t appreciate visits from bit-ches” Chrissy glared.
” I un-derstand I’m at fault for what happened between us but can you just forget that right now and let’s be friends?” Summer said and Chrissy laughed loudly.
” I’m so honoured to hear that from you,yes let’s be friends” she said.
” Really?” Summer said.
” Were you expecting to hear that from me?, Out of my way!” Chrissy said and pushed Summer out of the way before leaving.
Summer crossed her arms un-der her brea-sts, looking at her till she went out of sight.
“Should I just destroy him since it seems I can’t get him no matter how I try?” She thought evilly.
******
FLOWERS HIGH, CAFETERIA**
Blaze is always out of money for lunch so it’s either Trevor or Havana who buys him lunch and he dare not reject, they’ll have to for-ce him to eat.
Trevor and Havana take turns to pay for their lunch and today it’s Trevor’s turn
They just bought their lunch and are about to start eating.
“Stop!” Havana said and he looked at her with Trevor.
” What?” They both asked at once.
“I have to snap it first,my content” she win-ked and Blaze chuckled.
” So because of your contents we’ll have to wait….I’m starving!” Trevor pouted.
” Sorry, just a minute” Havana replied as she started snapping the meals.
She stood between them afterwards, ma-king her video.
“He’s Trevor, another friend of mine …say something” she said.
” Hi I’m Trevor, also known as handsome wizard” Trevor waved and Blaze laughed.
” Where did that lie come from?” Havana said.
” Blaze as usual, if you’re about to eat lunch like us, enjoy” Blaze waved and Havana gave him a pe-ck, ma-king him blus-h.
“But technically I’m a Greek god” Trevor said.
“It’s obvious” Havana laughed.
“Tell lies responsibly at least” Blaze said.
“The auditions at JYP is coming up next week, I’m so restless” Havana suddenly said as they started eating.
” You don’t have to be, you’re pretty, bold, you have the perfect voice, you can dance too” Blaze too.
” What are you auditioning with?” Trevor asked.
” ITZY in the morning, I’ll have to dance exactly the way it was danced in the video and alsol-ip sync it without mistakes” she replied.
” That’s pretty cool, I give you a 100% chance of winning alre-ady” Blaze said and Havana smiled.
” Heard we’ll be having a new student on Monday next week, C@$$idy’s brother” Trevor announced.
” C@$$idy has another sibling besides the psycho billionaire?” Havana asked.
” Of course, they say he’s strikingly handsome” Trevor replied and Havana smiled.
” Can’t wait to see if he’s really handsome”.
“But the upcoming tests is ma-king me worried” Trevor said.
“You’ll have to just give it your all, simple” Blaze said.
“It’s so simple for you guys, I’m envious, I hate re-ading” Trevor hit his forehead lightly on the table and Blaze laughed with Havana.
Havana suddenly chocked and Blaze rushed to give her water.
She took it and gulped it down then he started ru-bbing her back.
“Sorry” he said and she looked up at him.
“Thanks Blaze”
Avery smiled from her table, knowing what she planned for them alre-ady.
She win-ked at Byung and they smiled at each other.
Lunch ended and the students head back to cl@$$.
Havana started searching her bag frantically, obviously looking for something.
“My wallet” she said, pouring everything in her bag on the ground.
No wallet in sight.
“I have the money for my audition dress in it and my cards” she said.
” When last did you see it?” Trevor asked.
” In the morning during the first cl@$$” she replied.
” Are you sure you didn’t forget it in the cafeteria?” Blaze asked.
“No, Trevor payed for our lunch today so I didn’t take my wallet along” she replied.
” What’s happening?” The next teacher c@m£ in.
“Havana’s wallet is missing” Avery said.
“When did theft start in this cl@$$?, Bags on your tables everyone” the teacher ordered and everyone obeyed.
He started rummaging throu-gh the bags of everyone and when he got to Blaze’s bag, Byung smiled.
Blaze’s bag was rummaged too and the wallet was found in the middle of one of his books.
Blaze g-asped.
“Not possible” Trevor said.
Havana covered her mouth with her palm.
“I didn’t take this” Blaze defended himself.
“So it flew and landed here huh?” The teacher said sternly.
” I really didn’t take it believe me” he replied and Byung c@m£ closer.
” Of all people, you have to steal from Havana?” He said and Blaze faced him.
” And I’m saying I didn’t steal it!” He said.
Byung punched him and he bled from thel-ips.
” Byung calm down” the teacher said.
“He’s a thief!, He doesn’t deserve the scholarship!, Call the school management meeting tomorrow!, He nee-ds to be expelled permanently!” Byung shouted at the teacher’s face.
******
HOSPITAL**
Vince quic-kly looked at the door when it opened, thinking it’s Arizona but he was disappointed to see Chrissy.
“Hey how are you doing?” Chrissy asked, sitting beside him.
” I’m fine, get me the doctor, I want this bandage off my head” he replied.
” But Vince….
” What?’
” The k!ss the other time, it was miss Arizona right?” She asked.
“Why did you ask?”
” Actually Vince….
” Yes?” He replied.
” I…. have something to tell you” she replied.
” I’m listening”
Alena c@m£ in immediately and Chrissy stood.
” Mum” he called and she gave him an hu-g.
“Blaze didn’t call you?” She asked.
“Why?”
“I think his scholarship will be terminated, he was sabotaged for stealing” she announced.
” What!”
******
KRYSTAL GROUP OF COMPANIES**
The board meeting is currently ongoing and the members are currently giving suggestions on the prevailing issue like Arizona ordered but she’s not even there, her mind is with Vince in the hospital.
When they noticed she’s not saying anything which is so unlike her, they stopped talking and faced her.
“Boss” Yang called from get right side.
“Miss” Ming called from her left side.
She kept staring into space, holding the pen with her very ti-ghtly.
“Boss!, Boss!, Boss!” Everyone started calling.
“Boss!! ” Yang and Ming called and she spranged up.
” Meeting cancelled, I’m having an headache” she said and Immediately rushed out of the hall.
Yang and Ming ran after her .
“Should I get a doctor?” Yang asked.
“I never said I’m pregnant” she replied, entering her office, she slammed the door shut and entered her dressing room.
She changed into a free go-wn and stilettos before coming out.
She sat on the couch to watch a movie but despite the fact that IU is the FL again, she doesn’t seem interested.
She badly started wanting to see him and that’s just wors-ening things.
*Go unconscious again!, Not like your consciousness will make me richer, anaconda!*
She remembered telling him that yesterday and since then, she hasn’t gone back to see him just because she suddenly got angry cos of Chrissy’s contact with him.
She scattered her hair on her face and almost started crying.
“I dunno what’s happening to me!!!” She shouted.
“I think I’m sick in the head or something, why will I suddenly want to see him so badly…i can’t even think of anything else and….I can’t concentrate and I get distracted at his thought” she thought, spranging up.
” Ok I’ll just go to the hospital and catch a glimpse of him secretly ” she said and left the office.
Yang followed her immediately.
“No, stay back I’m going for personal appointment” she said and Yang stopped.
” She’s driving me nuts with her mood swings aish!”
*****
HOSPITAL, 6PM***
The door opened for the uptenth time today and Vince quic-kly looked at the door again but it’s a doctor.
He sighed softly.
“Is she not coming anymore?” He thought as the doctor checked his vitals.
His bandages are gone.
“You’re healing fast, you’ll get well soonest” the doctor said but he’s not listening till the doctor left.
“She really won’t be coming to see me?” He thought and the door opened again.
Arizona peeped in and their eyes met.
“Miss Snakes?” He smiled without knowing.
She stepped in and didn’t know when she walked to his be-d.
She climbe-d it and wra-pped her arms around him, hu-gging him ti-ghtly while resting her head on his che-st.
“I dunno what’s wrong with me, i couldn’t stop thinking about you and… I… Craved to see you badly, don’t push me away plea-se” she whispered.
TBC