💋 TRUTH AND LIES💔
(Mico nee-ds a girlfriend)
Episode 12
Writer: Faith Lucky
Alyssa’s Pov:
School was really boring for me the next day as Sandy wasn’t around to keep me company as usual.
The rest of the students didn’t want to @$$ociate with me, although they couldn’t stop talking about me.
I miss sandy a lot.
Today was the orientation for the young miss beauty contest. So when it was 10:30, I headed for the emergency cl@$$ being used.
I got to the door and met about four ladies in alre-ady. I suddenly felt shy going in.
“And look whom we have here” I heard a voice from behind and turned to see Alexa. – the devil’s daughter – according to Sandy.
She wasn’t with her friends and although she was smiling, I could tell it was an evil smile.
“Are you having second thoughts about going in?” She asked and I just kept stating at floor.
“Well, you should. Don’t you think you’re not fit to be here ,Alyssa? I mean, take a look. Because of you, Sandy is on her deathbe-d. And now, nob©dy even wants to @$$ociate with you again.
“You know, the rich way isn’t meant for everyone to follow. So stop trying to fit in where you don’t match.”
And with that, she walked in with a huff.
I looked at her as she walked by and decided not to let her words affect me.
But I was human. I still got hurt.
I finally walked in and as I did, the other ladies turned and looked at me.
I avoided eye contact with them and just took a seat at the back.
More ladies kept coming in and soon we were nine in number – two more to go.
None of the ladies were talking to each other as each just minded their businesses. It seems they were all at loggerheads.
Then another lady cat walked in and sat two seats ahead of mine.
Alexa who was in the front row suddenly turned around and looked at her and chuckled.
‘Is there something funny Alexa?” The Lady asked and Alexa chuckled again before replying.
“Oh, yes. Well to me; I don’t know of you.
I’m just…amused at how confident you were walking in as if you were achieving something important” Alexa replied and the lady got on her feet.
“And what is that supposed to mean?” She asked, drawing closer to Alexa.
“You know, Celine, they can’t be more there one winner in the contest. So in ess-ence, the contest isn’t meant for everyone” Alexa replied, also standing on her feet.
Hm. It seems she was always re-ady for a fight. No wonder Sandy called her the devil’s daughter.
Then I wonder how Samantha would be like – the devil’s queen.
“So are you trying to say the competition is meant for just you, Alexa?” Another lady in the cl@$$ asked.
“You’re such a good guesser, Tessy” Alexa replied her with a cunning smile.
“Then you must be dumb. I can’t wait to watch the disappointment that’d creep into your face on the day you lose out in the contest” another lady also said and Alexa fumed.
“Did you just call me dumb?” She asked, pointing to herself
“Well, I guess it should have been something like that”.
“Really?” Alexa asked and scoffed.
“Then maybe I should show you how a dumb person really behaves.
She walked angrily to the lady who had also gotten on her feet and just then, a teacher walked in, saving the moment
“What’s going on here?” The pretty average woman asked as she stood by the door.
Alexa withdrew her hands, seething with anger.
“Have your seats, plea-se. We don’t have much time to spare” the woman said as she walked in and everyone settled on their seats.
Oh, God! How on earth am I going to contest with all these crazy ladies?
I think I’m no match for them.
The woman walked to the front of the cl@$$ and kept her books on the big table over there.
“So,” she said. “Shall we begin?”
Just then, a lady c@m£ scuttling in. It was Daisy.
Hm. It seems she’s always late for everything
“Sorry, I’m late” she said as she walked in and sat next to me.
“Apology pending” woman said and she chuckled.
Then she tuned to me and smiled.
“Hi” she sack with a wave and my eyes beamed.
“H…hi” I replied and she smiled and took her eyes back to the woman in front of the cl@$$.
“So the woman resumed, welcome everyone to the inter-school young miss Beauty contest As you all know, you’re the 10 lucky contestants oh, sorry, 11”
Yup All eyes turned on me.
“So, she continued. “Today’s the Orientation and it’s my duty to inform you of what the competition’s all about; although I know most of you probably have an idea alre-ady.
“Well as you all know the young miss beauty contest is a contest that takes place after every four years. It’s an educational program that designed to sp©t out the best out of the best of all students.
“Now the competition has three stages.
The first stage is the inter school competition where each student from each p@rticipating school competes with each other and then the winner faces the other repres-entatives from the other schools in the cities. But as you all know, Mico High is the only school that has been qualified here in Manilla so we won’t be going throu-gh the second stage of the competition.
“So the winner from here in Mico High would go to the finals where she would be facing the other repres-entatives from other cities. And as a matter of fact, this year, we’ll be having 30 contestants from 30 cities in the finals.
“Now Mico High is a little behind in the competition because the other cities alre-ady have their repres-entatives. So as a result, we’ll be speeding up the competition here so we can meet up with them.
And the competition will be based on academical questions. If you fail a single question, you’re out of the way. But when it gets to the finals, it’s going to be super hot because the finals wouldn’t be based on just academic questions, but other interesting stuffs as well.
And just so you know, the finals will be taking place in a few weeks time and…”
She went on explaining and explaining for a very long while and I felt I was alre-ady out of the contest. I don’t think I’m even going to get p@$$ the first stage.
***
I returned home later in the evening, very exhausted.
I was really hoping mother wouldn’t be at home so I can gr-ab some rest.
“Kapatid!” Maja called as she ran out of the house and embr@ced me.
“Hello darling. How was school today?” I asked.
“School was fine. Guess what, Kapatid; someone brou-ght a very big machine to the house today.”
I puzzled and looked at her.
“A machine? What machine?” I asked, confused.
“Come on”.
She held my hand and we fastened our footsteps in to the house and there I saw a big machine by the side of the sitting room.
What the…
I turned and looked at Maja.
“Maja, who owns this?” I asked.
“it’s yours Kapatid. The man who delivered it said it was for you” she replied and my confusion increa-sed.
“For…For me? But how? I didn’t…where’s mum?”
“She’s gone out. And Jake too”
Okay. This is really confusing. How on earth did I get a washing machine?
I opened it and saw a receipt inside. It was really for me.
But how come?
What’s happening?
Someb©dy hold me…
Mico’s Pov:
I sat on the be-d in my room with my sisters and cousins staring at me like I was some sort of a movie.
Angelo and Michael sat on the be-d with me while Karen, Olivia and Octavia remained standing, folding their hands like I had any business with them.
“Oh, God! Do I nee-d to call the guards to push you out of my room?” I asked and Olivia scoffed.
“Not until you give us an answer, Mico. Who’s going to be your date to prom?” She asked.
“Yes. Prom is right around the corner and you don’t even have date” Karen also said.
“And you don’t even have a girlfriend. Your love life is so boring and you’re not getting any younger” Octavia added and I scoffed.
“Octavia, I’m just 21” I said.
“Yes. And so? That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have a girlfriend…”
“As if you have a boyfriend” Angelo cut her off.
“And what’s that supposed to mean, Angelo? FYI, there re so many guys crawling on their knees, begging for my attention” she replied him.
“Really? They’re begging for your attention? Well, maybe you should listen to what they have to say first. Maybe they’re trying to tell you to go for a face surgery” Michael said and I couldn’t help but laugh.
Even Karen chuckled but Olivia went to him and pu-ll-ed his ear.
“Do you realise by insulting her, you’re also insulting me?” She asked as Michael grouched.
“I’m sorry but you guys aren’t identical, right?” he asked and Olivia let go of his ear and hit him on the head.
Octavia smiled bad stepped out, standing very close to Michael.
“If I’m ugly, Michael” she said. “Then you don’t even exist because I can’t imagine what your face would look like”
“Yes. You’d be so ugly that when you cry, the tears are going to run down the back of your head just to avoid your face” Karen also said and Angelo and Michael busted into laughter
Frustration was clearly written on Michael’s face.
This sisters of mine are just undefeated.
“This is all your fault Mico. Just chose a girlfriend alre-ady” Octavia said impatiently, hitting me on the shoulders.
Oh, God!
‘Yes ,Mico!”
“Come on”.
“Fine! Fine!” I cut them off and they all kept quiet.
I took in a de-ep breath.
“Fine. I alre-ady have someone in mind, okay? And ill be proposing to her tomorrow”
They all g-asped and wi-de-ned their eyes in shock.
“Oh, my God, Mico! Who’s she?”
“Yes tell us”
“Come on”
I sighed and to-uched my forehead.
“Enough ladies, plea-se. You’ll get to know her by tomorrow, okay? So be patient”
“Awwn Mico! You’re such a darling”
“Alright dearie”.
“Catch you”
They all said at the same time and walked out of the room.
“Who is it Mico?” Angelo and Michael asked immediately they left.
“It’s a surprise” I told them and la-id on the be-d, covering myself up.
Well, she’s someone I must say I really like. We’ve been friends for some time now and each time we were together, I always get to enjoy her company.
She’s rich, beautiful, kind and friendly and I think I’ve been crushing on her for some time now but just wanted to be sure I wouldn’t be ma-king a mistake. And now, I think she might be the right one for me.
Besides, I think I really nee-d a girlfriend – someone to be committed to and that’d also be commuted to me. Someone to hang around with and spoil with love.
Yes, I nee-d someone like that and I think so far, she’s the right person for that someone.
So, tomorrow, I’ll propose to her. Yes! I’ll tell her to be my girlfriend.
Oh! And just in case you’re wondering whom I’m referring to, it’s Alexa.
***
Mico’s Pov:
I waited patiently in the car for Alexa to arrive. My car was parked in the school garage and I had earlier called her and told her to meet me there so I could tell her of my plans.
I couldn’t tell why but I actually feel nervous about this. Will I be doing the right thing?
Well, of course, I will. I really nee-ded a girlfriend and since Alexa’s the closest female friend I have, I think she’s the right one for me.
I looked throu-gh the windrow and sighted her coming towards the car. She’s really beautiful, but I think Alyssa’s more pretty than she is.
Wait, why am I thinking of Alyssa?
Gosh! I can’t tell why I can’t seem to get her off my mind since the previous night
No. You nee-d to stop this Mico. Alyssa’s just a friend . There’s nothing going on between both of us.
Shortly, Alexa got to the car and I opened the door for her to come in. I could re-ad the happiness and curiosity on her face as she sat next to me in the car.
“Hi Mico” she said breezily.
“Hi. Thanks for coming” I told her and she laughed.
“There’s no nee-d to thank me Mico. You should know I’m always here for you.”
We both kept mute for a short while.
“So…you said you wanted to see me?” She finally broke the silence.
“Un. ..yes.” I replied and cleared my throat.
“Actually, there’s something important I nee-d to tell you.
“Let’s go on a date. I’ll tell you all about it there”.
Immediately I said that, her eyes beamed and her cheeks turned red.
She looked at me with disbelieve and a smile left herl-ips.
“I…” she paused and bent her head, blu-shing
“Okay Mico. Where and where do you want it?” she asked.
“Uhm…About that, don’t worry. I’ll s-end my driver to pick you up by 7pm” I replied and she smiled again.
“Okay then. Thanks I’ll be waiting”.
We paused and smiled into nothing.
“Come on; ill work you to cl@$$” I told her she she nodded happily and we left the car together.
she kept blu-shing as we walked around the school. All the students were staring at us. Some were even taking pictures with their phones .
I’m pretty sure Alexa must be feeling like a queen right now
she can’t even stop smiling.
I followed her to the cl@$$ and when we got to the door, my eyes ran into Alyssa. I noticed a confounded look in her eyes as she starred at me and Alexa.
She looked shocked and we just kept staring at each other for while; although I couldn’t tell why.
But why am I suddenly acting this way? She’s just a friend.
“Bye Mico” Alexa broke into my thoughts and I looked at her.
“Okay. Bye” I told her and left.
Alyssa’s Pov:
My eyes dropped when I saw Mico and Alexa together.
Oh my Mico! Why were they together?
I looked at her as she walked in and she was so happy.
Her two friends walked up to her immediately and she started whispering something to them which kind of made them bemused.
I looked away sadly and decided to go throu-gh my new phone since that was what most of the people in the cl@$$ were doing.
I logged into the school group chat and…whaaat!
Mrs Tamara has been bailed out?
Holy christ!
how did this happen? Why would she bailed out?
Wasn’t she proven guilty?
I went throu-gh the comments and most of the students were saying she had a lot of connections and that was the reason she couldn’t stay long in jail.
It was probably the work of bribery.
But it so isn’t fair!
I kept going throu-gh the chat and also discovered she had also resigned from the post of the vice principal and the students were saying she resigned before she gets fired.
But why would she be allowed to just walk away?
It isn’t fair.
HOURS LATER
The school finally c@m£ to a close and everyone started going home.
Immediately I stepped out of the cl@$$, guess who I saw?
Mrs Tamara!
What the hell is she doing here?
All the students around all looked at her in surprise and mumbled to each other.
But she kept staring at me.
Then surprisingly, she walked up to me.
Oh, God!
What does she want?
I kept staring at her as she stood in front of me, not knowing what to say.
“Alyssa” she finally called, her voice coming out soft and pained.
“Mrs…Mrs Tamara?” I also called
I can’t believe she even have the boldness to talk to me again.
She sighed and looked at the floor.
“I’m so sorry Alyssa, for what happened. I know you must think I’m a horrible person, but believe me, I didn’t do it. I never poisoned the drink” she said, ma-king me gobsma-cked.
So she’s still denying it? What is she even thinking?
“I never had any bad intentions when I gave you that drink” she continued.
“I had really wanted to apologise to you and I sincerely don’t know how it got poisoned. But one thing is for sure; the poison wasn’t from me.
“I know I had treated you badly in the past and that was why I was advised to apologise to you with a drink and that was exactly what I did. But sadly enough, it made me look like a traitor.”
Wait; she was advised by someone?
Who was it?
Could it be possible…
I rose my eyes to look at her.
“Mrs Tamara” I called. “You…you were advised by someone?”
“Yes. The person had seen how badly I treated you and had advised me to apologise to you, giving you a drink; something you’d love.
So I bought the drink and did exactly as I was told, but it backfired on me”.
My heart was now racing fast.
Could it be possible…
“Who was it?” I asked curiously.
TBC.
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