? ARIZONA ?
( His Crazy Queen… )
CHAPTER 8&9
By, Naomi Cindy B.
★★★★★
HOSPITAL**
Yang ran in with Ming, meeting Vince by the hallway, he’s sitting on the available chair.
“Where’s she?” Yang asked quic-kly.
“She’s in, they said she nee-ds rest to be ok” Vince replied, standing up.
” Wait…you’re that anaconda guy” Yang said surprisingly.
” Vince” he replied simply.
“Thanks Vince, thanks for bringing her here, what exactly happened?” Yang asked.
” She.. pas-sed out when the reporters started asking questions” he replied.
” Did they use c@m£ras?, Like flash c@m£ra lights?” Yang asked quic-kly.
” Yeah” Vince replied.
” Oh no why would they do that!, We nee-d to sue the darn reporters, she’ll surely sue them after waking up I’m sure of that” Yang said.
” I have to go now” Vince said.
“Sure, thanks for saving her once again, thanks” Yang smiled.
Vince left the hospital and drove a taxi home.
Throu-ghout the drive, he kept ru-bbing the locket on his n£¢k.
He opened it at some point and looked at the young girl’s picture.
“No, it can’t be, st©p overthinking” he said to himself but when the words she said c@m£ to his head again…
*S..sa… save me*
That was exactly what the helpless girl said fifteen years ago.
The girl bu-mped into him just like Arizona did, the she told him to save her.
He remembered her face clearly, the face in the locket…but it can’t be Arizona.
“Crazy coincidence” he muttered, getting out of the taxi when it got to the front of his house.
He went in and met Alena packing a bag, Blaze’s face is bruised up.
“What’s happening?” He asked in confusion.
“I’m going to start the job tommorow” Alena said.
” Didn’t I say you’re not allowed to work?, Mum….
” I just can’t sit and watch you and your brother suffer again because of me, I nee-d to fend for myself too, let me work, even if you don’t give the approval, I’m going to work” she said with determination.
” But you know your condition…
” That shouldn’t st©p me from working, I’m short of my drugs alre-ady and I nee-d to get another pack before nine days, I can’t just continue like…
“I promised to get another pack before the nine days, don’t you trust me?” He said .
Alena smiled and c@m£ to him.
She held his face and smiled.
“I un-derstand your fears, I heard the family is a nice one, they won’t maltreat me” she said.
” Which family is it?”
” I dunno yet, but my friend said they’re nice, I’ll find out tomorrow, it’s just a simple job, no stress” she said.
” What if it’s one spoilt br@t”
” Hyung, st©p worrying, she’ll be fine” Blaze replied.
” And what happened to your face?” Vince asked.
” I got bullied” Blaze smiled.
” Are you a softie?, You should have bashed them in and out” Vince said, going inside
” Bash them and lose my scholarsh!p?, Thanks” Blaze said and put on their small TV.
The first news he saw made him scream.
How Vince carried Arizona in his arms out of the restaurant, how he placed her on the stretcher that took her into the ambulance.
“Hyung!!!!!!!!” He screamed.
Alena covered her ears.
” What?” Vince asked, rushing out of the room.
” You’re in the news!, You helped miss Arizona!, How does it feel to have her in your arms?, I’m sure your arms will smell like money right now, she’ll surely compensate you and maybe we’ll be swimming in money soon!” Blaze said.
Alena smiled.
” You screamed and scared me cos of this?” Vince said, looking at Blaze as if to fry him.
” Isn’t it worth it?, You bec@m£ a celebrity” Blaze replied.
Vince took the TV remote control threw it at him.
He ducked and ran into the room, Vince went after him.
Alena smiled wi-dely but sadly, hoping secretly that she’ll get to stay with them for longer.
*****
ARIELLE’S MANSION**
“You’re fired” she said that more than twenty times today since she c@m£ back from the sto-re where she had a fight with Arizona.
She has yanked almost all her maids and guards.
If you breath too much, you’re gone.
She sat angrily on her favorite couch, thinking of a way to get back at Arizona for what she did.
The news that c@m£ on in the TV caught her interest.
Arizona pas-sed out at the restaurant where she had a d@t£ after she saw reporters.
She stood, concentrating more on the news.
A server at the restaurant who’s a student of Haesung University helped her.
“Dumb reporters, not after the saw you guys, it’s your c@m£ra lights” she smiled, sitting down again.
” So…I left an impact on her, cool, I got her weakness” she said, smiling more wi-dely.
” And another thing” she said, bringing out a picture of a young girl who has a red face with rashes allover it, her face looks wrinkled and ugly.
” How did the change occur?” She asked herself and the answer rang in her head.
She smiled wi-dely again.
“Now I’m happy, I’m getting closer and closer to destroying her everyday” she muttered.
******
HOSPITAL, 12AM**
” What have I ever done to you guys!, Leave me alone!!!!” A young girl cried, shifting back as her tormentors c@m£ closer and closer.
“Being brilliant with that face is a sin, I told you to perform woefully in the test so I could emerge the best in clas-s but you dare perform well?, Should I destroy your face more?” A girl’s voice replied.
” Let me be plea-se …. I’m sorry” the crying girl pleaded.
” You won’t go free for what you did, gimme the acid” the other girl said.
The crying girl cried more loudly and started running.
“No….help!!!!!!”
Arizona screamed back to life, sweating heavily, her heart pounding on her che-st.
It’s actually a dream.
“No…. don’t do it!!!, Help!!!” She kept screaming, her eyes are still closed.
Rita stood from her chair, rushing to her with Yang.
“Arizona!” She called, climbing her be-d to hold her face.
“Help!!!, Help me!!” She screamed again, struggling with Rita.
“Arizona!!” Rita shouted again, shaking her.
She st©pped struggling and opened her eyes slowly.
“eomma” she whispered, re-leasing tears from her eyes.
“I’m here, st©p scaring me plea-se” Rita replied, tilting her up before hvgging her.
Yang inhaled ha-rd in relief.
“eomma!!” She started crying like a baby on Rita’s shoulder.
“It’s ok, it’s fine, mum is here you’ll be ok” Rita pacified.
******
NEXT DAY, THE BANKS MANSION**
Alena rang the doorbell and waited for an answer.
Her friend describe-d this place for her and luckily she got it.
She couldn’t hide her shock when she found out it’s the billionaire Banks mansion.
The door opened and Cas-sidy g@sped.
“My new personal maid?” She asked eagerly.
” Yes, my name is…
Cas-sidy hvgged her before she could finish.
“You’re so beautiful!, I love beautiful women!” She gushed happily.
Alena smiled, hvgging her back.
She liked her immediately.
“What’s your name?” She asked.
“Cas-sie-Cas-sie” she replied
“Cas-sidy?” Alena replied.
” Yeah, what about you?” Cas-sidy asked .
” Alena” Alena smiled.
Cas-sidy later broke the long hvg and took her in.
“Right now mum isn’t back from the hospital yet so…
“What’s wrong with her?” Alena quic-kly asked.
“It’s actually my big sis”
“Oh, the incident yesterday” Alena said.
” Yes, but she’s ok, she’ll be discharged this morning, I’m late for school now so we’ll talk better when I come back” Cas-sidy said, checking her wrist watch.
“Ok, go fast” Alena smiled.
“Your room!, It’s just beside mine, June show her to the room” she ordered one of the maids.
She gave Alena another hvg before leaving for school .
******
FLOWERS HIGH**
? What happened to his face
? That cute face got wounded!
? I’m hurt!
? I wish I could treat it for him
? It must hurt a lot
Blaze’s face bec@m£ the t©pic for discussion for girls as he walked into the school.
He got into his clas-s and met Byung and his minions on seat alre-ady.
He st©pped to look at them for a while before moving forward.
“Blaze!” Havana waved with a wi-de smile but the smile diminished when she noticed his face.
Blaze never bothered to return the smile before walking to the only empty seat beside a guy.
Havana’s smile dropped from her face completely and Avery smiled.
Byung c@m£ to Blaze and t©uçhed his hair like a kid’s.
“Good boy” he said and left clas-s.
Havana un-derstood immediately and went after him.
“Hey, I’m Trevor” the guy Blaze sat beside said.
“Hi” Blaze replied.
“You must have been threatened by that bully, I’m sure he did this to your face” Trevor said.
” Yeah” Blaze smiled
” That’s why no one will never sit beside Havana, he always scares them away cos he’s crushing on her but Havana hates him, funny right?” Trevor said.
” I guess so” Blaze replied.
Havana caught up with Byung in front of the clas-s .
“You did that to Blaze’s face right?” She questioned.
“He was tryna take you away, I can’t stand that” he replied with a smile Havana concluded was stupid.
” I’m not yours!” She said.
” You’ll still be mine if not yet” Byung win-ked and she kicked the space between his legs.
” Ouch!” He gro-an ed, holding that sp©t.
“Stay away from me, stay away from Blaze!, Bastard!” She glared and went back to clas-s.
The first two clas-ses went by fast and soon it’s time for lunch.
Everyone left clas-s as usual.
“Aren’t you eating lunch?” Trevor asked
“I’m on scholarsh!p, you expect me to have cash for lunch?, I’m not going” he replied.
” Come on, I hate skinny friends, I’ll buy you lunch” Trevor said.
Blaze was about to protest when Havana appeared.
“Meet me at the cafeteria” Trevor said and left clas-s.
” Blaze you don’t have to listen to Byung, he’s just crazy about me and…..
“I’m here on scholarsh!plike you know, I don’t want troubles for myself” he intruded and left her.
Avery c@m£ in immediately, laughing in mockery.
“Now the shiny boy has left you, let’s see how you’re still gonna continue featuring him in your videos” she said.
” When he wasn’t here, I’m still more popular” Havana replied, arranging her hair.
” But you can’t deny that since you started featuring him in your videos, you got more likes and comments, you got more popular but now it dropped, your b©yfri£ndscared him off” Avery giggled.
” Byung is not my b©yfri£nd!” Havana glared.
” Potential b©yfri£nd” Avery laughed and Havana left the clas-s angrily.
Avery left too and trailed Blaze.
She saw him in front of the cafeteria and just as he was about to enter, she pu-ll-ed him back swiftly, taking him to the next empty clas-s
“What’s wrong with you?” Blaze glared, shoving free from her.
Avery smiled, coming closer.
“Stick with me” she said.
“Like I’m gum?” He replied and she smiled.
” Yeah, stick like gum” she replied.
Blaze made to leave but she pu-ll-ed him back, slammed his back on the wall and tried k!ss!nghim but he pushed her away.
She crashed on the chair.
He left the clas-s immediately.
******
ARIZONA’S FASHION INSTITUTE**
Arizona got discharged two hours ago and she c@m£ straight to the institute.
She’s sitting in her office, her elbows on her table.
She held her head with her hands, thinking about what happened yesterday again.
How she bu-mped into Vince and told him to save her.
Exactly how it was fifteen years ago.
Same words she said, the air around him when it happened felt same too.
“The handsome lifesaver?, Anaconda can’t be the one, what am I even thinking?, Ok snap out of it, no he’s not” she said to herself and stood.
She slide into her workroom and smiled when she saw her masterpiece, the go-wn she made for the showcase.
“Zanillia is mine, evil Arielle can’t take her when this delicious looking dress is here” she smiled, tou-ching it proudly.
” I’m proud of my handwork” she said, still admiring it.
Yang c@m£ in.
” Whoa!, Arizona you nailed it!, This dress is fire, i wish I could have it” he said.
” So, you now want a vir-gina instead of a pe-nis?” She replied.
” You’re so raw” Yang said.
” How’s it?, What do you think?” She asked.
” It’s the best design of the year” he gave a thumbs up.
” When is the seminar?” She asked.
“I c@m£ to remind you, it’s thirty minutes from now” he replied.
” Then let’s go, I’ll kill two birds with a stone” she smiled, walking out of the room.
*******
HAESUNG UNIVERSITY**
“The seminar is twenty minutes from now” Chrissy said.
Vince didn’t reply, ma-king Chrissy face him, he’s starring into space.
“Hey Vince!” She called.
He faced her.
“Were you talking to me?” He asked.
” You didn’t hear what I said?”
” What did you say?” He asked.
” What were you thinking?, Are you indisposed?” She asked, feeling his temperature but he took her hand away before standing.
“Lecturer Sung told me to come see him, I’ll be right back” he said and left.
Chrissy looked at the book he left on the table and started fli-pping the pages, checking it out.
“He re-ads every night, secret of his brilliancy” she smiled and saw the drawing of a young girl at the back of the note.
“Who’s this ugly thing?” She said, looking at it very well.
“Maybe a character from an horror movie, but he doesn’t watch movies” she wondered.
The slamming of two hands on her table made her jump.
“Summer?”.
Summer dropped her phone on the table.
“Give me Vince’s number” she said.
“Why should I do that?” Chrissy sm-irked.
” Cos I asked for it, give me his line!” Summer commanded.
” If you’re trying to sound authoritative, just give up alre-ady cos it’s not working” Chrissy said, shifting the phone away.
Summer placed the phone back on the initial sp©t.
“Vince’s number or I’ll make you regret seeing today” she glared, bending over to Chrissy.
Chrissy stood.
“You’re the daughter of Mrs Hwang, get his number from the students info board, it’s with your mum” she said.
“And I’m saying I want it from you” Summer insisted.
“Get lost” Chrissy said.
” Say that again” Summer replied.
“Get….
Chrissy hasn’t said lost when Summer landed a deafening sl@p on her right cheek.
The students g@sped, the video makers only got more excited.
Things are getting spicy.
Chrissy held her face, facing Summer.
“Are you crazy!”
“You should know I am so give me what I want else I’ll be sl@pping you on the second cheek” Summer replied seriously, pointing the phone at Chrissy .
Chrissy took it angrily and smashed it on the wall.
Summer smiled dangerously.
“You just tossed my phone at the wall” she said.
“I can toss bit-ches too” Chrissy replied and Summer gr@bb£d Chrissy’s n£¢k, choking her.
“St©p!!” A commanding voice said by the door and Summer looked back.
Arizona is just coming in with Yang.
“Miss nons-en-se?, I don’t care whoever you are but don’t interfere!” Summer shouted.
” Let her go” Arizona said.
” Make me do that” Summer replied, choking Chrissy more harshly.
Arizona kept walking to them.
“Arizona don’t do anything crazy ok?, Breath in and out seven times” Yang whispered beside her as she walked.
Her eyes are on Summer and the look is not friendly.
“Let her go” she said again when she’s just few steps away.
“I don’t want to, I won’t let her go till she vomits blood!” Summer shouted.
Arizona took the last three steps to them, standing in front of Summer, vis-a-vis.
“Let….her…go” she said carefully.
“Get outta here, bit-ch!” Summer spat.
Arizona has been taking de-ep breaths like Yang advised, maybe that’s why Summer is not wounded yet.
She took the seventh de-ep breath and gr@bb£d Summer’s hand, taking it away from Chrissy’s n£¢k.
Her n£¢k is swollen red alre-ady, Chrissy fell on her chair, coughing loudly while holding her swollen n£¢k.
Arizona squee-zed Summer’s hand and Summer winced hurtfully.
“Let go of my hand!” She commanded.
“I won’t let it go till you vomit tears from your mouth” Arizona replied, looking straight into Summer’s fearless eyes.
*You’re fearless, so am I, but fearless is different from fearless* Arizona thought, still squee-zing her arm.
“Let me go!”
Arizona squee-zed ha-rder and Summer lost it completely.
She raised her second hand to sl@p Arizona but an hand held it ti-ghtly.
Summer’s eyes wi-de-ned when she saw Vince.
He’s holding her hand ti-ghtly, looking at her hatefully.
Arizona smiled.
“I don’t care if I get rusticated, if you sl@p her, I’ll sl@p you” he said.
Tbc