💋 TRUTH AND LIES💔
(The contest)
Episode 15
Writer: Faith Lucky.
Alexa’s Pov:
I kept waiting patiently for Mico to come to school. I really wanted to see him.
Why didn’t he show up for the date anymore? Could it be possible something had gone wrong?
Well, I really hope something was wrong and he’d have an explanation for it. And I also hope there’d be another reschedule for another date.
I stood by the school garage and not long after, I saw his car driving in. Thank goodness.
I waited for the car to park and immediately he c@m£ out with his guards, I ran to him.
“Mico” I called as I scuttled to where he was and he stopped, in-serting his two hands in his trou-ser pocket.
He didn’t say a word but just kept staring at me and I was kind of confused.
“I…I uhm” I paused and coughed a little.
I suddenly bec@m£ confused of what to say.
” I didn’t hear from you last night. Was…was there .problem?” I asked and he suddenly started walking away.
What…what the hell is that?
“Mi…Mico?” I called gobsma-cked and he turned to look at me; his eyes flashing with anger.
“If you ever come close to me again, I’ll skin you alive” he said belligerently to me and continued on his way and I just stood watching him, speechlessly.
What is happening to him? And why is he acting this way?
Oh, God! plea-se this should be a dream.
A tear rolled down my cheek as I started walking away not knowing exactly where to go. I was so heartbroken.
Why did Mico have to say those hurtful words to me? Why was he suddenly mad at me? What did I do wrong?
I was so lost in thoughts that I didn’t even realise Jeremy coming towards me.
I quic-kly wiped off the tear on my face when I noticed him and he stopped in front of me.
“Hey” he said and I sniffed before looking up at him.
“I want to have a word with you Alexa” he added and I bec@m£ curious.
What does he want to say to me?
“Wh…what is it?” I asked and he signalled me to follow him and I did.
He took me to an isolated area and immediately we got there, he pushed me to the wall and pinned my hands
What is he doing?
He k!$$£d my n£¢k and slowly s-ent his hands to my w@!st.
“I want you Alexa” he whispered into my ears.
“To be my date to prom” he completed it and my heart skipped for a moment.
Seriously?
He slowly s-ent his hands from my w@!st upto my ribs and it made me shiver the little.
Then he k!$$£d my n£¢k again and c@m£ upwards until he got to my cheeks.
His nose was now tou-ching mine.
Oh, God; I felt like giving in. Yes; I almost fell for it. But…Mico.
I love Mico and I want to be his date to prom.
“What do you say?” Jeremy asked as he brou-ght his hands down from my rib and s-ent them un-der my shi-t from behind.
Geez!
This guy si such a loverboy.
“I’m…I’m sorry. I can’t” I replied and he scoffed and Made his face tou-chmine.
What a cute fellow.
“is it because of Mico?” He asked and my eyes deemed.
I couldn’t reply him and he smiled and made his hands tou-chthe hook of my br@.
Huh?
“Don’t worry Alexa, you’re definitely going to be my date to prom
It’s a promise” he whispered softly into my ears and I looked at him.
He was still tou-ching the hook of my br@ and just when I feared he was about un-hooking it, he smiled and sli-pped his hand out of the shi-t.
I kept looking at him with astonishment.
“Don’t keep me waiting” he said levelly and walked away.
Alyssa’s Pov:
My hands and legs were shaking as I climbe-d up the stage with the rest of the contestants.
The students were clapping and cheering for us as we did.
We were directed to a place where the eleven of us seated accordingly, facing the students.
The table of the judges were adjacent to us and a standing mic was in front of the stage.
It seemed the entire students in Mico High were pres-ent because the big hall was filled to the brim and the large number of students even extended outside.
And as such, there was a big TV screen placed outside for them to also have a view of the programme.
One of the securities around signalled the students to calm down and just immediately, Mico walked in with his guards.
Oh, my Mico!
His guards kept ma-king the students clear the path for him .As he walked up to the stage and took a reserved seat that was close to the table of the judges.
Oh ,so the seat was for him? No wonder it was empty.
I suddenly felt shy and nervous because Mico would be looking at me now.
No; I nee-d to be strong for my Mico. I nee-d to win this for him.
But can I?
“Hello students!” A man walked out with a mic and said all the students cheered for him.
He waited for a short while for the ovation to calm down before going on. .
“Welcome to the first stage of the inter-school young miss beauty contest’ he continued
“First, before we commence, let’s do a brief introduction of the eleven Contestants”.
Then he signalled us to walk up to the front of the stage and we all did.
First, we were instructed to walk up to the standing mic one after the other and introduce our names.
Alexa was the first to go.
“Hi. I’m Alexa Liam” she said unto the mic and the students clapped excitedly.
It seems most of them liked her
The second contestant went until it got to my turn and I also did same.
When we were done, we were directed back to our seats.
“So” the man c@m£ up and continued, now holding a piece of paper.
“I’ll be re-ading out the rules of the contest and I’d want you all to listen carefully.
“First, in this stage, there just one question each for every contestant to answer. And if you fail yours, you’re disqualified.
“Second, we have a total number of fifteen questions and you get to chose your question number out of the fifteen.
“Third, there should be no form of eye contact or communication between yourself and the crowd .if anyone is caught doing such, you’ll be disqualified.
“finally, you have just five seconds to answer a question.”
My eyes beamed immediately. Just five seconds?
“Now I’ll be handing over to the first contestant. The questions will be asked by the judges” he continued and stepped aside and Alexa walked to the standing mic without faltering.
She was so bold.
“Question number six” she spoke into the mic and one of the judges re-ad out question for her:
“What is the most important attribute of money?” They asked.
:
“General acceptability” she replied smartly.
“That’s correct” the judges replied and she smiled and returned to her seat.
Wow! She p@$$ed the first stage. .
The contest continued and before it got to my turn, three students alre-ady failed theirs.
Oh, God; help me.
“Contestant 11” the judges called and I took in a de-ep breath before standing up and going to the mic.
I was so nervous. The whole school was staring at me. Even Mico was staring at me.
Can I really do this?
“Your question number?” One of the judges asked and I cleared my throat before speaking into the mic.
“N…Number 12” I replied and one of the judges re-ad out the question.
Just five seconds Alyssa.
“The shape of a production possibility frontier is determined by what?” They asked and I almost stuttered as I replied:
“The increasing relative cost’.
I was scared.
The judge had delayed in telling me if I was correct or not and it increa-sed my anxiety.
I noticed the woman looked confused and cross checked a book with the two judges beside her before looking up at me.
Oh, goodness; is something wrong?
“Your answer is…”
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“Your answer is correct” she said and I held my che-st and heaved a very big sigh of relief.
Oh goodness. I can’t believe I almost had an heart attack.
The judges smiled at me and I bowed and returned to my seat and Alexa glared at me as I did.
Whatever.
I turned to where Mico was seated and noticed he was smiling at me. But he quic-kly bent his head the moment he noticed I was staring at him.
Oh my God; my head. It seems I had really impressed Mico.
I bent my head and blu-shed as I felt so lucky.
Then not long after, the man who had been acting as the ‘mc’ c@m£ up again with a list he collected from the judges.
He called on us the contestants to come out and stand on a line and we all did.
Some of the contestants who knew they had alre-ady been disqualified were alre-ady brooding.
“So” the man said, looking at the list .
“We’ve come to the end of today’s competition and so far, three people have been disqualified
“Celine Arquaz, Ivy Maccaroni, Chloe Diego, I’m sorry but your journey ends here” he announced and a sad g-asp ran across the students.
The three ladies walked out immediately, seething with anger.
The students started clapping for the rest of us and I was overwhelmed with joy. My head was swelling and I feared it might explode at any moment.
Now, it was just seven of us left in the contest and I wandered who was going to go next.
Could it be me?
Mico’s Pov:
I was so impressed by Alyssa’s performance. I knew she could do it. She’s such a br@niac.
I really hope she defeats Alexa. I want her to.
That Alexa is such a bit-ch. the first lady to ever l@yher filthy hands on me.
The only thing stopping me from throwing her out of the school is the fact that her dad and mine are close friends and daddy would definitely demand for a reason before having her expelled.
Gosh! Only the ba-re sight of her irritates me. I hate her with p@$$ion and I’ll make her pay for it.
Today was Friday, so, it was time for sports. I don’t regularly p@rticipate in sports but only did whenever I was interested.
My focus was on basketball and I was the leader of the school’s basketball team.
So today, we decided to do a little practice. But I wasn’t pla-ying with them; I just stood by, coaching them.
A lot of students were hanging around, just watching and taking pictures of me.
Well yeah, I get a lot of that often.
“Always be re-ady Ethan” I said to a pla-yer after he missed a goal, being confused by an opponent.
I continued coaching them but after some time, the fun moment was ruined by the entrance of an unwanted enterer – Jeremy.
Gosh: I hate this guy
“Hey Mico” he called with a snigger as he walked up to where I was.
All the pla-yers stopped pla-ying and focused on us.
“Still practicing huh?” He asked and I scoffed.
“I don’t nee-d practice anymore. I’m alre-ady perfect” I told him and he chuckled.
“Wow!” He exclaimed. “That sounds quite amazing. But sorry to ask; were you actually perfect when I defeated you in that basketball competition? Or you just bec@m£ perfect recently?” He asked.
I fisted my hand as anger ran throu-gh me.
“I’m always perfect Jeremy; you just never noticed” I replied and he smiled.
“Wow wow wow! That sounds really serious” he said.
“Well, since you’ve become this perfect, if you wouldn’t mind, I’d love to learn some of your tactics.
So are you in?”
I scoffed and looked at him.
“Are you trying to challenge me?” I asked, drawing closer to him.
“Well if you’d want to call it that, no problem” he replied.
I looked around and large number of students had filled the hall. I still can’t un-derstand how the information had gotten to them so quic-kly.
I looked back at Jeremy and he was smiling at me.
“Come on Mico; first pla-yer to score a goal”he said with a sm-irk.
Does he really want to challenge me?.
Well, then; so be it
Alyssa’s Pov:
I c@m£ out of the school gym, sweating profusely after having a stressful time in there .
I think I nee-ded a shower.
I kept cleaning my face and n£¢k with my napkin as I walked out to where there were many students.
But surprisingly, most of the students started running out in one direction.
A girl beside me who was knotting her shoes also looked around in surprise and just then, a lady – who was probably her friend – ran up to her pa-nting.
“Monica, come on; what re you doing here?” She asked and the lady knotting her shoes loomed at her with confusion.
“What’s going on?” She asked.
“Haven’t you heard? Mico and Jeremy are in a challenge. They are in the basketball court and the whole school is there”.
“Whaaat?” The other lady exclaimed and they both held hands and ran out together.
Wait; did I just hear correctly that Mico and Jeremy were in a challenge?
Whaaaaaat!
I took off immediately, running to the basketball court and there I found Mico and Jeremy in the middle of the court with a referee talking to them, probably warming them up.
Oh, my goodness! They were really having a challenge!
“They’re challenging for the first pla-yer to score a goal” a lady beside me said to her friends and I g-asped
Oh my Mico! Why’s Jeremy challenging him?
I looked around and the entire court was filled with students. Some were even taking pictures and videos with their phones.
This game is definitely going to go viral.
Oh, God; what if Mico loses?”
“I really can’t wait to see who wins…” the students around me kept talking.
“Mico is very good in basketball…”
“Yes, but don’t forget Jeremy defeated him last year…”
“Oh, my! I really can’t wait!”
Finally, the whistle went off and my heart skipped along with it.
Oh, Jesus.
Who wins?
TBC.
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