👔Mr
Arrogant💓
(Ãnd the strãnge maidën)
Episode 23
By: Faith Lucky
Hera’s pov:
I followed the strange looking persons and they were starting to act creepy.
They were about four of them and I really wondered why they looked different.
In Marazona, they were such kind of people there.
They looked really different from the way I look and the way the people of Marazona looked.
As we continued to work,on The stange looking persons would occasionally glance and at my b©dy. The stare was something that held so much and I haven’t seen any b©dy in Marazona stare at someone that way.
The look felt creepy and I didn’t like it.
“Where exactly are we going?” I asked and st©pped walking with them.
They turned sharply and stared at me with those eyes and it was starting to piss me off alre-ady.
“Why are you starting at me like that? Do I have some kind of dirt or something on my face?” I asked, feeling twitchy alre-ady.
They glanced at each other and laughed like I’ve just asked the most funniest and crazy in the century.
Gosh!
“Where exactly are you taking me to? Are you sure you really know Delaney?” I asked and wra-pped my hands around my b©dy which was cold alre-ady.
I was shivering a little because of the breeze and weather.
Everywhere was alre-ady dark and where we stood, there wasn’t even a single soul pas-sing by.
“Of course we know her.” One of them smiled and I could tell it wasn’t a genuine smile.
“Really? If you know her then how exactly does she look?” I asked the question that I failed to ask before following them like a lost and obe-dient puppy.
“Erm. She has a blonde hair.” Another spoke with a nervous laugh.
“Yes, yes. She has a blonde hair.” The rest of the strange looking persons agreed.
“Really?” I scoffed and snorted angrily.
“You are all bunch of liars! Delaney doesn’t have a blonde hair!” I hissed angrily.
“Really? Erm, you see…” The shorter of the strange people laughed nervously.
“You wanna trick me! I’ll just look for her on my own!” I hissed angrily.
I tried to walk away but I felt a hand f0rç£fully gr-ab my wrist.
“Not so fast pretty!” One of them sm-irked and squee-ze my bo-ob s.
What?
Did this strange looking whatever just t©uçh my bo-ob s?
Argh!
I sl@pped his hand away and gave him a deafening sl@p.
The others looked really shocked and dumbfounded as they stared at me like I’ve suddenly grown two horns on my head.
“Don’t you dare try that again!” I snapped at him.
As I made to make a move again, they suddenly circled around me.
They had this mischievous and devilish look on their faces.
I tried walking away but a hand pu-ll-ed me back.
And then, I heard a very strict and commanding voice.
“Let her go!”
I tilted my head and strained my eyes in the dark and I finally caught a glimpse of a woman just like me.
But why exactly are they wearing strange leaves?
This wasn’t what we used to where at Marazona.
The boys grumbled noisily and snapped their f!ngersat me.
“You’re lucky she c@m£ in time to save you and we respect her alot. Else…” The taller of them gro-an ed angrily.
The four of them greeted the woman whom I haven’t really gotten a close view of, and walked away.
“Hey there.” She called and walked up to me.
“Erm, hi.” I replied and furrowed my eyebrows at her.
“What are you doing n-ked outside by this time of the night?” She asked calmly and ran her eyes all over my b©dy.
“I don’t really know. My leaves suddenly left my b©dy and I just found myself n-ked not really knowing why.
But I’m here to find someone; Delaney.” I explained calmly.
She looked at me strangely and scrutinized me with her eyes.
“Really? Don’t you have a home?” She asked.
“I have but not here.” I replied.
“What do you mean by that? Never mind. Do you have a place to stay for the night?” She asked.
“Nope.” I shook my head negatively.
“Follow me so you could stay at my house. And then, we can also talk better about yourself.” She offered nicely.
I hesitated for a while but I really felt the nee-d to trust her.
And thinking about it too, I don’t really even know where to sleep.
I don’t even know my way around.
And who knows, she might even know Delaney.
I nodded and head positively and agreed to follow her.
She pu-ll-ed something strange away from her n£¢k and wra-pped it around my b©dy.
It didn’t entirely cover my n-kedness but it did help a little.
“What’s this? Is this some kind of leaves or what?” I asked.
“Huh? Leaves? This is a scarf.” She said and stared at me strangely.
“You’re really acting weird and strange.
But let’s go so we can talk better.” She said held my hand in hers and we both started walking away.
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Xavier’s pov:
I really don’t even un-derstand Chelsea again.
What’s up with her?
Is she trying to pl@ythe role of my girlfriend or mom in my life?
Humph!
It isn’t gonna happen.
These days, she’s acting too clingy and it’s getting tiring alre-ady.
She’s alre-ady lucky enough to get to talk to me and even t©uçh me when other girls are dying to even get t©uçh me, but she’s going too far when she’s trying to pry into my personal life.
We aren’t even an item and she’s acting clingy and all, seriously.
I really don’t want to hurt her feelings too because we’ve become really very closed.
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Delaney’s pov:
I smiled lightly as I fixed what the woman called a *uniform*.
I wore my shoes and stood in front of the room.
I looked really different: in a good way.
The uniform fitted me so perfectly and it wasn’t too ti-ght or too short. It was just decent enough for a student.
The woman alre-ady helped me with my hair. My hair was br@ided in a style the woman called *french hair br@ids* and an *hair pin* was placed at the middle of the hair.
Oh my! I really looked beautiful even without anyb©dy telling me.
I looked like a wealthy princess.
I don’t know why the woman had to put enough efforts on getting me re-ady for school.
It’s a school and not somewhere else right?
But still, I love the new look.
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We ate breakfast and Xavier avoided eye contact with me throu-ghout and I felt kinda bad.
I really wanted him to spare even if it’s just a quic-k and side glance; but he didn’t.
“Xavier dear.” The woman called her son as we made to leave for school.
He st©pped walking and gro-an ed lowly.
“I want you to take care of Laney in school okay? It’s her first time there and I want you to keep an eye on her and help her out okay?” His mother said with a sweet smile.
“So mom, are you trying to say I should babysit her?” He huffed and rolled his eyes.
“If that’s the word you call it then it’s fine. But I just want to to take care of her.” She smiled.
“Whatever mom.” He grumbled.
“Okay bye Delaney, bye Xavier.” She smiled and waved lightly at us while I waved back.
I bent my head nervously as I trailed behind Xavier to the car.
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We got to where I presume it’s the school and my mouth flew opened.
I was really so be-dazzled and awestruck as I looked around.
We alighted from the car and Xavier didn’t even bother to wait for me before walking into the school compound.
I hurriedly walked behind him and continued to stare admiringly at the tall buildings.
This school is so far different from the one we used to have in Marazona.
Everything here looked really beautiful and some things were strange to me.
Chelsea walked up to meet Xavier just half way and they talked briefly.
She looked surprised and shocked to see me but she quic-kly changed her countenance.
She gave me a ha-rd glare and rolled her eyes at me.
Chelsea held his hand and walked pridefully with him.
I noticed the students staring admiringly at the both of them while some of them gave me strange looks.
Chelsea occasionally turned to look angrily at me as we walked to only God knows where.
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After I was told my clas-s, fortunately for me but perhaps unfortunately for Xavier and Chelsea, we were in the same clas-s.
I was really happy because at least, I won’t feel too lonely.
We finally got to the clas-sroom and all eyes suddenly darted towards us.
I lowered my head because I felt shy and nervous.
I was in front of new and many persons!
Xavier reluctantly showed me my seat and I muttered a low thank you.
When I got to my desk, there was a strange looking object which is rectangular in shape and the colour was pink.
I looked at the thing confusingly and I seriously had no idea what it was.
I tried opening it but I couldn’t.
I was just too shy to ask a student for help.
I tried all possible way I could and I still couldn’t open it.
I turned the side, the down, up, left and right, but I still couldn’t open it and students were alre-ady starting to gawk at me.
I dropped the thing back on the desk and sighed softly.
Shortly, a teacher walked in and after ma-king me introduce myself, she opened the strange object I also had.
It opened and it looked kind of two.
I was really confused because I didn’t see how she had opened it.
The students started opening theirs and I tried copying them but I still couldn’t.
Tired and frustrated, I hit the object ha-rd on the floor, expecting it to open.
But suddenly, a loud g@sped broke out from the students and teachers mouth.
Huh?
Episode 24
By: Faith Lucky
Delaney’s pov:
“What?” The teacher g@sped loudly in shock as she stared wi-de eyed at the object on the floor.
The whole clas-s attention were now on me and they were gawking at me.
Wait!
Did I do anything wrong?
“Delaney?” The teacher called and took her gaze from the object to stare at me.
“Why did you do that? Why did you smash the l@pt©p?” She asked still shocked.
She walked closer to meet me on my seat and picked up the object.
“What did you call it? l@p… What? Or l@p ti-ght?” I asked as I tried to pronounce what she had called the object.
The whole clas-s suddenly bur-sted into amusing laughter.
What?
Did I say anything funny?
The teacher chuckled and looked at me awkwardly.
“A l@pt©p, I said. Now, why did you smash the l@pt©p?” She asked, this time, sternly.
“Well ma’am, I thought it would open that way. I tried opening it the way I saw others doing but I couldn’t and I thought that by smashing it, it will open.” I said and fondled nervously with the ti-p of my hair.
“Really? Where exactly are you from? You don’t know how to open a l@pt©p?” She asked.
“No ma’am. I’ve never seen an object like this before.” I said innocently.
“What? Jeez! What on Earth are you?” She g@sped shockingly.
“I…” My statement was cut short when Xavier suddenly spoke up.
“Ma’am Teresa, I bet you don’t want to use the whole day talking to her? The time is ticking, tick-tock.” He said and did the his ton-gue in a way I couldn’t really un-derstand.
The teacher sighed and looked me.
She shook her head sadly and walked back to where she stood in front of the clas-s.
I turned to look at Xavier and he gave me me an ha-rd glare.
I gulped down nothing and looked away.
The teacher taught and seriously, my mind wasn’t there.
The students were using the l@pt©p or whatever, while I just stared at them like they’re performing some sort of magic.
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Hera’s pov:
I yawned lightly and stretched out my tired b©dy.
The sunlight illuminated the room and flashed throu-gh my face.
I gro-an ed and turned to the other side of the be-d.
After what seems like forever, I finally squinted my eyes opened.
I opened my eyes fully and ru-bbe-d them sleepily.
I yawned lightly and sat on t©p of the strange mattress. But it was so comfy and I really enjoyed my night.
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The previous day, the woman took me to her house which I found rather too strange to be called a house.
It wasn’t very big but it still was big.
The structure and everything looked totally different from the one back there at Marazona.
In fact, everything here looks so strange and different from that of Marazona’s.
The woman whom I haven’t quite gotten familiar with, made me take my bath un-der something like a rain, but she called it *shower*.
Jeez! I haven’t seen something like that before.
She taught me how to use it since I couldn’t; I don’t even know how to use it.
She also gave me strange leaves she called *clothes* for me to wear.
I had wra-pped them around my b©dy like I used to do to leaves but she had gawked at me and looked weirdly at me.
She had taken the clothes and wore it for me in a strange way too.
She had called me strange but I don’t know between I and her who’s more strange.
Nothing looks familiar to me.
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I walked out of the room and followed the same place we had followed yesternight.
Finally, I got to the sitting room and a sweet smell waft throu-gh my nose.
I sniffed in the air and suddenly, my stomach grumbled noisily.
I held my stomach to shut it up from growling noisily.
I haven’t eaten since the previous day and I’m hungry.
I look around the sitting room and I was really be-dazzled by the beautiful decorations and strange looking things.
I saw a wi-de and dark mirror which was on t©p of something. But the mirror still looked strange.
I moved closer to it and stared at myself but it wasn’t clear.
I couldn’t see myself properly. Back at Marazona, the mirror in my room is placed to stand upright and it’s long and plain glas-s white.
But this one here is something different.
“Hey.” I heard. I turned swiftly and saw the woman coming towards me.
In broad daylight, I could see her clearly now.
She’s a middle aged woman and she’s tall and pretty.
She had her hair rolled up in a messy bun and she had beads of sweat on her forehead.
She had a smile on her face.
“Good morning.” I greeted calmly.
“Morning dear. What are you doing standing there?” She asked.
“Uhm, nothing. I was just staring at myself on the mirror.” I shrugged.
“Huh? Mirror?” She asked and furrowed her eyebrows.
“Yes, mirror.” I nodded my head and pointed at the black mirror.
She chuckled in amusement and stared at me.
“That’s a tv.” She giggled lightly.
“A … Tv… What?” I stuttered, not wanting to bite my ton-gue because of how difficult the name sounded.
“A tv.” She said slowly.
“What’s that? What’s a tv?” I asked as I stared at her.
“You know what? We have a lot of things to discuss. I don’t even know your name yet.
But first, breakfast is re-ady. Let’s eat and after that, we’ll talk better.” The woman said and held my hands.
Without any further hesitation, I followed her.
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Delaney’s pov:
After the teacher had left, the students started stealing glances at me and whisperings amongst themselves and I nee-d not anyone to tell me that they are whisperings are about me.
“Jeez, I can’t believe her! She acted like a girl from the forest or maybe jungle.” I heard one of the students laughed.
“Seriously Jane, I was really so surprised when she smashed the l@pt©p.
She’s pretty but weird.” Another girl said.
I shook my head and ignored them.
They can gossip for all I care.
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Alicia’s pov:
I had gotten re-ady for school feeling so enthusiastic.
I had woken up very early because I was restless and anxious.
I couldn’t even sleep well because I kept on tossing and turning on the be-d.
I was just so damn anxious and eager to go to school.
When I had gotten, everywhere looked really beautiful and magnificent. It looked better in real than on tv and magazines.
I had squealed happily and stared around be-dazzling.
The principal told me he was gonna tell the students about me and the other students that won the scholarsh!pthe following day.
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When I got to the clas-sroom, my attention was just centered on Xavier.
Oh my! He looked absolutely breathtaking in his uniform.
Oh God! I can’t believe I’m in the same grade as Xavier and I’ll get to see him everyday.
Who knows, I might have the opportunity to even t©uçh him.
A teacher entered the clas-sroom and I was surprised when a very beautiful and clas-sy girl smashed a l@pt©p saying she couldn’t open it.
I was really so surprised.
But how?
She looked really clas-sy like someone from a very wealthy home.
But I didn’t get to see her face properly because I was seating behind her at the back.
But from her side view, I could tell she was really pretty.
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It was lunch break alre-ady, I walked out of the clas-sroom alongside some of the students.
With the school map in my phone, I got to find my way to the cafeteria.
As I sat down on my booth eating, the cafeteria suddenly bec@m£ noisy and happy squeals broke out from most especially the girlsl-ips.
I tilted my head and saw Xavier walking in with two girls.
He looked like a demi god as he took slow and elegant strides inside the cafeteria.
He had a a sweet in his mouth and his hands were tucked inside his trou-ser pockets.
He looked really mesmerizing.
But then, I had a proper look at the girls and one of them gr!pp£dmy attention.
I stared intently at the girl and…
What?
Her?
How come?
TBC
Who did Alicia see?
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