đź’‡SOMETHING ABOUT USđź’–
(When A Tomboy Loves…)
✍️Written by Nuri .F. Chisom Pearl✍️
🥀Chapter 38🥀.
⚠️❌DO NOT COPY OR REPOST❌⚠️
“Pttff! Ha Ha Ha Ha!!” Alicia clearly heard Murphy’s hysterical laughter. She found this very obnoxious.
“Why are you laughing, Sir?” Alicia asked somewhat annoyed
“Hey? What do you take us for? Do you think we are detectives for nothing? Or do you think our uniforms are sold any how on the streets?” He continued laughing that even the others joined. Alicia and her father kept looking at them.
“Sir? plea-se, I think you should explain to us rather than laughing. Don’t you think Alica is right?” Mr Lynn asked
“Okay.. Okay–Murphy paused and sniffed loudly trying to st©p his never ending laughter.
“Actually, We knew this alre-ady! Yeah, She c@mÂŁ from the other seat not the driver–
“So? Don’t you think what I said makes s-en-se?” Alicia interrupted
“Goodness, I found that before you! But I must confess, You’re very observant and smart” Murphy smiled. Alicia looked at him with her serious face.
“Explain” She simply commented. Murphy sighed and t©uçhed the l@pt©p screen.
“When I noticed this, I asked her who was in the driver’s seat.. Do you wanna know her response?” Murphy asked mischievously.
“Sir, plea-se… Tell us” Alicia retorted with all seriousness.
“Her reply was……
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đź”™(FLASH BACK)đź”™
“It was me” Laura replied Murphy with a sly look on her face.
“How is it you? Huh? How? I don’t get you anymore!” Murphy exclaimed
“Ahjussi(Mister/Very Older Man)…You told me to confess and that what I did. What else do you want?”
“Yeah. I did tell you to confess but do you know what “confession” means?” He asked standing up and placing his both hands on the table.
“Saying whatever?”
“No.. Truth Telling,, Say nothing but the truth, Laura Green”
“Darn it, What’s up with you? What more do you want, Ahjussi!”
“Okay.. Okay.. Let’s say you are saying the truth” He started inhaling de-eply.
“Why did you have to get out of the car from the other side, The pas-sÂŁnger seat?” He added
“What?”
“Answer me?”
“Uhh… The door, It was stucked…I didn’t know what else to do so I simply took the other door”
“Oh I see”
“Yeah”
“Well… I’m gonna record your confession now” Murphy said writing on the note book on the table.
“I’m done” He added looking at her.
“Happy now? Can I go?” She asked standing up. The prison warden c@mÂŁ in to the interrogation room in order to esc-rt her. She was about leaving with him when Murphy’s voice st©pped her;
“Are you sure it’s the truth?”
“Ahjussi, plea-se… Mind your business”
“But what if you regret it?” He asked ignoring her former response. This time, Laura looked behind to face him.
“I’m not gonna regret it” She replied with a nice smile and finally left.
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➡️(PREs£nT DAY)➡️
Alicia looked at Murphy and threw her face back to the video which was paused alre-ady. She clenched her fist, bit herl-ips ha-rd and closed her eyes trying to think.
“Ouuuhh!” She gro-an ed painfully holding her head.
“Hey! Hey! Sweetheart? You okay?” Her father asked worried.
“I’m fine” She replied with a sigh.
“Is it the headache again?”
“No.. I’m fine Dad. Seriously” She replied with a smile.
“Sir, Can we reverse the video and check it again?” She asked turning back to Murphy.
“Well.. As you wish. I’ve checked a lot of times but I haven’t got a single thing. It’s clueless” He replied b!tt!g his f!ngers. He started the video and refreshed it once again.
Alicia slightly opened herl-ips, moving her eyes to and fro. She refused to blink as well.
“Wait a minute” She paused the video quic-kly
“What? What? Did you find something?” Murphy asked narrowing his eyes.
“Sir? Did you notice this? The br@kes?”
“Huh? The br@kes? No.. I didn’t notice that. What happened?” He asked watching that p@rt.
“The car br@kes was applied f0rç£fully as if someone hit it…The driver didn’t hit it. Instead, The pas-sÂŁnger did…Look, Can you see how fast and sharp the car pu-ll-ed its br@kes?” Alicia asked.
“No. That doesn’t matter”
“What? What do you mean by that? Is it because it isn’t really a big evidence or what?”
“No. I’m just thinking the driver was shocked and decided to pu-ll the br@kes ha-rd which made it come out this way” He explained
“Sir, Keep your explanation. I’m gonna keep mine. We have different theories” Alicia smiled
“Wow. I like this. A little girl competing with me.I’m wowed and impressed…Okay then, Let’s bring the game on” Murphy said childishly.
Alicia smiled and turned to look at the l@pt©p screen again.
Suddenly, She noticed something weird and paused it immediately. Her eyes blinked suprisedly. She swallowed ha-rd .
“Huh? Sir.. Can you zoom that plea-se?” She asked pointing. Murphy looked at where her cute innocent f!nger was pointing. It was pointing at the car’s transparent back glas-s.
Alicia could swear she noticed something. Murphy nodded and zoomed the paused video.
“What the–?” Alicia whispered with her eyes opened wi-de in shock. (P.S 📣❤: It’s gonna continue in the next chapter)
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The three friends met that day in Alexa’s place. They were eating ch!ps on the table in the restaurant. Drinks were also on the table.
“Flora, You must have heard” Alexa ch!pped in breaking the silence as the sound of the crispy ch!ps c@mÂŁ out of her mouth.
“Heard what?” Flora asked
“You haven’t heard? You don’t have a phone or what? You should go online and check things out” Lizzy ch!pped in. Flora hissed and turned to Alexa.
“As you were saying? Before this raccoon interrupted” Flora chuckled
“Hey, Who are you calling a raccoon! I’m so gonna kill you!” Lizzy said hitting her pla-yfully.
“Sorry. Sorry” Flora laughed.
“Alexa, Just explain to her. Okay” Lizzy laughed. Alexa giggled.
“Okay. As I was trying to say,
Huh… Flora, Dana is back” Alexa said.
“Dana? Who’s––What? Dana Willy? When did she come back?” Flora asked shocked
“The day before yesterday. She hasn’t changed though…A lot of her pictures were posted yesterday” Alexa added.
“I wish her all the best” Flora simply said.
Everyone knew Dana Willy. Just like Flora Brown, She “was and is still” a ballerina. She’s a successful one too.
Then, Flora and Dana learnt and practiced in the same ballet clas-s. However, Flora was far better than her. Dana always took the second place every day and time. It made her jealous and didn’t notice when envy crept into her heart. She bec@mÂŁ Flora’s rival. No one was surprised about this. Dana hated Flora and always made her miserable.
Sometimes, She would take the other ballet singers belongings and put them into Flora’s bag to the extent of her being nicknamed a thief. Dana always cooked up lies about Flora too which others couldn’t help but believe. However, Flora was strong. She didn’t let those things get in her way as far her friends were with her. That was what made her going in life and her dreams too.
Just like Flora, Dana was also very rich. Her father was the owner of an exporting and importing business while her mum was a renowned surgeon. Dana had everything going well for her except ballet. In their clas-s, They were just 25. 18 girls and 7 boys.
Flora would always take the first place amongst the girls while Dana was still stuck on her second place as usual ofcouse.
Dana bec@mÂŁ so extremely mad when a guy from their ballet clas-s started crushing on Flora. He was the best and most handsome amongst the boys. Infact, He was the one taking the first place in the boys ballet clas-s. His name was Mason. Dana had been crushing on Mason ever since her eyes met him. So, Imagine how she felt when Mason declared her love for Flora.
At first, Flora was reluctant but having seen his nice and good behavior(so as she thought) including her friends advice, She gave him a try and she wasn’t disappointed.
Later, They started d@t!ng.
One Day, Their Ballet Teacher told them of the upcoming “WORLD BEST BALLET” and of course, It would be holding in U.S.A and after winning the dance. They would stay there for 3 years trying to reach their achievable goals and come back to Korea after everything. All they nee-ded was the best amongst them. A male and a Female. It was obvious. It would be Mason and Flora of course.
It was that night, when Flora met her So-called Number 1 fan who was none other than Ken. Due to jealously, Dana followed and stalked Flora. Seeing both of Flora and Ken together that night as love birds, She took pictures of them and sÂŁnt it to Mason.
Mason was shocked and heart broken. Flora couldn’t explain herself any longer. She was torn ap@rt. Finally, They broke up. It was really ha-rd for Flora. Since she had never had her heart broken like that, She cried a river.
As if, that wasn’t enough, Dana wooed Mason and finally won his heart. In a matter of weeks, They were d@t!ngand that was the Day, They realized Flora’s weight.
“Hey.. Flora, What’s this? You’ve gained 2kg? How? Did you eat something you couldn’t have eaten?” Her teacher, Mrs Allen asked.
“Huh.. No Ma, I haven’t” Flora had to lie. She remembered that night when she ate those things from Ken but she decided to hide it.
“Are you sure this scale is working just fine?” Mrs Allen wondered. She asked for two more scales but it kept showing the same result, +2kg!. To make things worst,Next week was the D-DAY! “World Best Ballet”
Suddenly, Dana c@mÂŁ in with Mason all over her.
“Mrs Allen… No nee-d to stress your self” Dana smiled coming in.
“How? What do you mean?” Mrs Allen asked curiously turning to her.
“Mason sweetheart. Tell her plea-se” Dana said acting all pretty and innocent. Mason smiled, pe-cked herl-ips and c@mÂŁ closer to Mrs Allen.
He showed her the pictures of Flora eating those things(bought by Ken) which Dana c@mÂŁrad herself that night.
“What? Flora? What’s this?” Mrs Allen yelled in annoyance.
“Ma, plea-se I can explain” Flora begged.
“You lied to me?!” Mrs Allen growled.
“I’m sorry, I swear… I’m not going to ever let that happen again!” Flora cried trying to move closer to her.
To their greatest suprise, Mrs Allen sl@pped her heavily. Flora gro-an ed in pain as her face moved to the other side. She held her affected cheek as more tears flowed.
“There’s no nee-d. It’s not gonna happen again” Mrs Allen snapped.
“Wh… What dooo yo….. you…me…. mean?” Flora stammered with flowing tears.
“You’ve broken a rule? Eating? If you wanna eat.. Get out of ballet!! There is nothing we can do anymore, Flora. You’ve been disqualified! Go home!”
“No Teacher… plea-se, I’m begging. Give me a chance. I’m gonna try plea-se. I won’t fail you I promise. Should I lose the 2kg. I’m gonna do it so plea-se, Help me!” Flora said still crying. She held Mrs Allen dress but the woman pushed her and she fell down r0Ă»ghly on the cold ha-rd floor.
“Now everyone listen…Dana Willy and Mason Jars is gonna be going for our “World Best Ballet” in U.S.A!” Mrs Allen smiled. The others began to applaud which sounded very loud.
“Thank you Ma’am! I’m grateful!” Dana giggled.
“Same with me Teacher. I really appreciate! Thanks for giving my girlfriend a chance” Mason smiled.
“You deserve it. Congratulations!” Mrs Allen smiled giving both of them a handshake.
Meanwhile, Flora was on the floor crying. She kept her knee on the floor. Even when the others left, They didn’t notice her all alone weeping on her knees which were hurting.
Her friends eventually c@mÂŁ. “Oh God! What are you doing here?” Alexa cried immediately after seeing her dejectedly.
“Stand up, plea-se… Flora, Don’t do this to yourself” Lizzy also cried trying to pu-ll her but Flora was adamant. She wouldn’t budge.
“You probably heard right?” Her weak voice asked. They started crying loudly together as they sat down on the floor.
“Guess what, I’m gonna lose this 2kg and come back here to show them” Flora whispered as tears continued flowing.
TBC