? TRUTH AND LIES?
(Alexa’s evil plan)
Episode 16
Writer: Faith Lucky
Alyssa’s Pov continues:
The game started as Jeremy was the one holding the ball.
He pla-yed the ball but Mico outsmarted him and collected the ball from him.
They continued pla-ying and Jeremy also got hold of the ball again abs had almost bounced it into the net.
Everyb©dy g-asped as they all thought he had scored the goal, but it bounced on the edge of the net and and fell back on the floor.
I held my che-st and took in a de-ep breath.
I was so scared.
Mico and Jeremy were both experts in the game since it had been really difficult for one to give in to the other.
But after about 20 minutes into the game, someone finally scored a goal and it was…Mico!
Oh, thank goodness!
Mico scored the first goal and clapping and jubilation filled the court.
The coaches c@m£ out and held Mico and a frown crept into Jeremy’s face.
Mico sm-irked at him and he grinned and left court in anger
Alexa’s pov:
I walked out of the basketball court with my friends after watching Mico defeat Jeremy.
I was so happy for him but was saddened by the fact that he was avoiding me.
What have I done to him?
“Congratulations, Alexa. You p@$$ed the first stage of the competition” Jeenly told me as we walked into an empty cl@$$room.
I didn’t say anything but just sat on the locker. I was so sad.
“Why’s Mico avoiding me?” I asked with sad look.
“But girlfriend, don’t you think a
Alyssa might have something to do with it?” Aj asked.
“Alyssa?” I turned to her and asked.
“Yes. Shouldn’t you think of it?
“Even during the competition, I noticed he was smiling at her. Don’t you think there might be something fishy?”
I stood up from my seat angrily and started pacing around.
“Ive never liked that Alyssa, not even for once.
Since she c@m£ into Mico high, she’s been drawing a lot of attention for herself. I think it’s high time I fixed her in her place.
I’m going to turn her into a laughing stuff that she’d be too ashamed to even show up here again.
I’ll make her run nak*d round the entire school” I said angrily.
Wow Alexa ,it seems you have something good in mind.
Spill it out” my friends told me and I smiled and began telling them of my plan.
***
Mico’s Pov:
I decided to visit Alyssa since we hadn’t been able to communicate after Alexa had ruined my mood the previous day.
I knocked on her gate for sometime before she finally opened up. But immediately she did, she hissed and crossed her hands, standing in between the gate.
“Hey” I called, sounding a little surprised.
Could she be mad at me?
“What do you want, Mr?” She asked icily, not looking at me.
I scoffed and looked around.
“I uhm…I c@m£ to see you” I told her and she also scoffed.
“You c@m£ to see me? Well, the last time I checked, you almost yelled at me, telling me to stay away from you. And even when I tried calling you, you ignored my calls. So I don’t think you’re here to see me” she replied and folded her hands more ti-ghtly.
This girl is crazy.
I cleared my throat before going on.
“Uhm…Alyssa, I’m…I’m really sorry for what happened yesterday. I was…I was just in a bad mood. I’m sorry, okay?”
She didn’t say anything and I itched my head.
“Alyssa?” I called but she still kept mute.
“Pretty?” I called again and this time around, she smiled.
Wow! Indeed, ladies are driven by words.
Then immediately, she stopped smiling and hit me on the head.
What?
“Next time you snub me again, we’re definitely going to fight” she said and I smiled and nodded.
Then she made way for me to come in and immediately I did, she slapped my arm.
“You won’t believe I p@$$ed the first stage of the young miss beauty contest, Nigel!” She said happily and I to-uched my arm.
Oh, mum!
“Three people were disqualified today and it’s just remaining eight of us.
I was so scared when it had gotten to my turn because the judges had delayed in telling me if I was correct or not.
But luckily I p@$$ed and even Mico was happy…”
“How did you know he was happy?” I interpolated.
“Well, he was smiling and I could tell he was happy for me.
“By the way, Mico and Jeremy had a challenge today in the basketball game. I was scared Nigel, but thank God Mico was able to defeat him.
Hm. That Jeremy is so annoying. I can’t believe he actually challenged my Mico…”.
Well, yes. I had to defeat him. I had alre-ady promised myself I was never going to let him take anything else away from me.
By this time, we had alre-ady gotten to the sitting room and there I found three baskets of clothes on the floor.
Oh Jesus!
“Uhm…Nigel, there’s a festival going on down the street this evening.
So I was thinking we could use that opportunity to deliver these clothes to some customers.
What do you think?” She asked as she took two of the baskets from the floor and gave to me.
There’s always an excuse.
She’s asking me what I think, yet; she has alre-ady given it to me.
What a drama queen.
She kept talking and talking like a parrot until we got to the home of deliveries.
My legs.
Will I be nee-ding to get her a car now?
On our way back, she p@$$ed throu-gh the street that the festival was taking place and Holy Christ! It was a jungle p@rty.
Some people were even looking like flag of all nations while some looked like scary vultures.
What king of a festival is this for Christ sake?
There were about a thousand people there on the street and some were pla-ying drums while ten rest dancing and shouting like animals.
I looked at Alyssa and she was actually smiling and shaking her head. This lady is not serious.
I was about telling her to take me out of there, but she held my hand and took me dee-per into the crowd.
“Come on Nigel” she told me and before I could say a word, she went to a table where different colours were kept and took a plate of red color.
“Alyssa, what re you doing?” I asked but she chucked and started painting her face with it.
When she was done, unexpectedly, she also took a handful of it and ru-bbe-d it on my face.
Whaaat!
“Alyssa!” I skrie-ked and she laughed and added more on my face.
Now I’m pretty sure I’m looking like a forest boy.
She tried adding more on my face but I held her hand and she laughed again and returned the plate to the table.
Who ever introduced me to this lady?
“Come on Nigel; let’s dance” she said and started twisting her w@!st and I watched in amusement.
She was such a crazy dancer.
“Alyssa, let’s get out of here” I told her.
“What? But the fun is just getting started Nigel” she replied and held my hand and started twirling with it.
She made crazy dance steps and made me dance along with her and at a point; I laughed.
“Alyssa plea-se , let’s go” I grouched .
I wasn’t used to such kind of noise .
“You’re such a killjoy Nigel.
Fine, let’s go” she said with a frown and led me out of the crowd.
Hours Later
I returned home frazzled and just went straight to my room. This Alyssa of a girl is really ma-king me do crazy things.
But I still can’t un-derstand why I always find myself going to her all the time.
It’s something I’m yet to explain.
But how is she going to feel when she finds out I’m mico?
By the way, prom is coming up next Friday and I don’t even have a date which is very wrong. Alexa was supposed to be my date to prom before she ruined everything.
So, right now, I nee-d to chose a date. So, who’s it going to be?
There are many beautiful ladies in school.
Whom do I chose?
Daisy? Chloe? Tracy? Celine? Bianca? Helen? Or…?
? TRUTH AND LIES?
(Will you be my date to prom?)
Episode 17
Writer: Faith Lucky
Alyssa’s Pov:
On Monday in school was nothing else but talk about prom.
The whole news going on that day was all about the prom night coming up on Friday.
Hm. I don’t even have a date to prom. Nob©dy has asked me out.
Maybe, I might just end up not going after all.
Alexa’s Pov:
“Are you sure she’ll come around?” Aj asked as we stood at the balcony of the second floor, waiting for Alyssa to show up.
“Well, yes. She has to” I replied and took a look at the ru-bber of paint beside me.
I really can’t wait for her to come so I could carry out my plans on her.
When I’m done with her, she’s going to leave Mico High for sure.
“She’s here!” Jeenly said and I turned and saw her coming from afar.
Hah!
Perfect.
Alyssa’s Pov:
I was on my way to the libr@ry, walking un-der the stairs when something suddenly poured on me.
I g-asped as more of it soa-ked me and immediately, my whole b©dy was covered in thick paint.
The students around me all looked in shock and surprise and I looked up to see whom could have done it and to my surprise, it was Alexa and her friends.
They looked at me and sniggered and I couldn’t even look at them for long because my eyes were beginning to itch.
Why’s this lady so evil?
“Oops! I think you’re going to nee-d a bath” a student p@$$ing by said with a little laughter and I felt like weeping.
I turned and headed for the girls hostel so I could take a bath and change.
When I got there, I opened my locker, brou-ght out my towel and changed into it before going into the bathroom.
I turned on the shower and washed my hair and b©dy.
I wonder what Alexa gains from tormenting me this way.
I washed for some time and when the paint was finally out of my b©dy, I tied my towel and left the bathroom.
Then I went to my locker where my clothes were kept but surprisingly, I couldn’t find any.
What the heck?
I looked around and the whole place was really empty.
Where could it be?
But I had remembered keeping them in the locker before going to the bathroom. Why can’t I find them anymore?
Oh, God! I really hope it’s not what I’m thinking.
I looked ahead and wait…isn’t that my cap on the floor?
It was just lying on the floor some distance away from where I was. But how had it gotten there?
I decided to pick it up and when I got to where it was, I saw another belonging of mine some distance away as well.
What the hell is going on?
I started tracing it and noticed bits of my belongings were just being littered on the floor.
How did this happen?
Could it be possible someone was doing to me on purpose?
And I couldn’t think of ignoring it because I had nothing else to wear.
I continued tracing the line until I found the most important p@rts – my un-derwears!
Holy Christ!
And it was being pinned to the ceiling.
What in the name of Christ?
I hid behind the wall and looked around with my heart beating fast.
There were a lot of student’s there in the hall, looking at the un-derwears and I wondered how I’d be able to get to it.
But how did it end up there in the first place? Who could be responsible for this kind of devilish act?
Just then, someone pushed me from behind and I turned in shock to see Alexa and her friends.
Not again.
“Hey, Alyssa; whyre you hiding?” She asked with an evil grin and my heart skipped.
She pushed me again, ma-king me go dee-per into the hall and as a result, the attention of all the students in the hall turned to me and they all g-asped, seeing me that way.
? why’s she looking that way?
? where are her clothes?
? could she be the owner of these?
? oh, my God!
Tears filled my eyes immediately as I had alre-ady turned to into a laughing stock.
I looked back at Alexa and she was smiling at me. I should have known this was all her plan.
I bent my head and headed for the un-derwears.
The ceiling was a bit too high for me and I had to jump but couldn’t get to it.
I jumped again and this time around, my towel almost got losed.
I held it firmly in shock and some of the students busted into laughter while some took pictures and videos with their phones.
I couldn’t control the tears any longer as they finally c@m£ running down like rainfall.
“Try ha-rder, Alyssa” Alexa said churlishly and I looked away and sniffed.
Then I tried jumping again but still couldn’t get to it and just then, I noticed a different air filled the room as some of the students g-asped.
? Oh, my God; it’s Mico!
I heard them say and it resounded in my head.
Wait; did I hear correctly?
I turned to look at him but my vision was too blur as a result of the tears that blinded my eyes.
So, I cleaned my eyes to have a proper look at him but more tears kept streaming down.
Oh, no.
My Mico can’t see me like this.
He was coming with his guards towards my direction and I noticed one of the guards beside him was holding a flower.
Hold on; is he coming to meet me?
He got to where I was and stopped in front of me and my heartbeat increa-sed.
Wh…what does he want to do?
He was putting on a jacket and surprisingly, he took it off and carefully wore it on me.
Huh?
All the students g-asped and some almost screamed.
I was gobsma-cked.
What was going on?
Then he used his palm to wipe the tears off my face and next, he collected the flowers from his guard and went on his knee.
Oh, God;
This should be a dream.
“Alyssa” he called, proffering the flower out to me.
“Will you be my date to prom?”
***
Alyssa’s Pov:
My hands andl-ips were shaking as the whole thing seemed like a dream to me.
I looked around and all eyes were on, with flashes from c@m£ras blinding my eyes.
Was this for real?
Was Mico Salvato-re really asking me to be his date to prom?
But how’s that possible?
I looked back at him and he was waiting for my reply.
But, no. This isn’t possible.
How can someone like me be his date to prom?
I stuttered and moved some steps back.
“I’m…I’m…I’m sorry” I said twitchily and ran away.
The students g-asped and mumbled as I did, but I couldn’t pay attention to them because my heart was too heavy at that moment.
How can Mico ask Me to be his date to prom?
Someone like Alyssa?
With the funny way I was still looking, I ran out of the cab and boarded a cab, heading home.
All the p@$$engers in the cab kept stealing confused glances at me, probably startled at the way I was dressed up – a towel and a jacket.
It really looked funny .
But at that moment, I didn’t care.
I kept thinking about the whole thing which still seemed like a film trick to me.
No, I don’t think I can think of it anymore. My head is becoming too hot for it.
Soon, I got home and immediately I opened the door, i saw Jake and Maja in the sitting room.
“Ka…kapatid?” Maja called, surprised while Jake looked at me like he was going to laugh at any moment.
“Hey, what the hell happened to your clothes? Did you get robbe-d or something?” He asked but I just shot them a stare and ran up to my room.
I closed the door immediately I got in and relaxed my back on it.
My heart was pounding very fast.
“Kapatid?” I heard Maja’s voice from outside.
“Are you okay?”
“Don’t worry baby, I’m fine” I turned to the door and said and went for my be-d.
I sat on the be-d, placing my chin in my hand.
My head was still buzzing with the whole memories.
I took out my phone and dialled Nigel’s line but he wasn’t picking up.
I called and called for Uncountable times but he still wasn’t picking up
Oh, God! Where is he?
I really nee-ded someone to talk to
Oh, my Mico!
But are you sure I did the right thing by running away from his proposal?
Oh God! I don’t even know what to think.
What have I done?
I tried calling Nigel again but he still wasn’t picking up
Where has he dumped his phone!!!
Mico’s Pov:
I sat in the car, heading home and looked at my phone which was ringing beside me.
It was Alyssa.
I was kind of angry that she ran away but perhaps, she was only being shy.
But at that moment, I was really angry and didn’t want to talk to her.
I know Alexa doesn’t like her and that was why I wanted to make her jealous by ma-king Alyssa my date to prom.
I can’t believe she had actually tried to str-ip Alyssa in school today.
That girl is unbelievable.
Anyway, it’s a good thing I got there in time and shattered her plans.
Too bad, Alyssa ruined it.
She better returns and make amends.
Alexa’s Pov:
“Come on Alexa, plea-se. You might fall sick if you continue crying this way” Aj said to me as she stood beside me and Jeenly in the girls hostel.
“How can you tell me to stop crying Aj? How? After everything that just happened out there?
How could Mico ask Alyssa to be his date to prom? He was my hope. How could he do this to me?” I whinged and busted into more tears.
I felt my whole world was shattered.
“But she didn’t accept his proposal, right? Maybe there’s still hope” Jeenly said and I looked at her tearfully.
“What hope, Jeenly? There’s no hope. She’s definitely going to come back for him.
“Mico ruined all my plans; all my expectations.
Do you know what the students will be saying about me now? I’ve always made them feel I was the closest lady to Mico and I made them expect I was going to be his date to prom. But he ruined everything. How could he ask Alyssa out in front of all those students? How???”
More tears c@m£ rushing down and everything Jeenly and Aj said to console me couldn’t work out.
My heart was bittered; remembering everything Mico did.
But why was he suddenly acting strange towards me? What have I done to him?
I really do love him.
The Unknown’s Pov:
Yes, it’s me. I’m back again.
I know you must all be wandering where I’ve been for some time now. Well, I’ve been busy, preparing Alyssa’s grave.
Anyway, I know you might also be wandering what happened in my first attempt. It’s all that Sandy’s fault. She was so stupid to drink what wasn’t meant for her.
But I still don’t know why the poison didn’t kill her. I guess she just got lucky.
And yes, Mrs Tamara was innocent.
I was really the one that had advised her to apologise to Alyssa with
the drink.
Then I distracted her and when she wasn’t looking, I poisoned it.
Too bad that stupid sandy ruined my plan.
Anyway, I know my first plan didn’t work out , but trust me; this second and final plan of mine is going to s-end Alyssa to her grave for sure.
There’s no way she’s going to escape it.
Alyssa nee-ds to die.
The prom night is going to be her last night on earth because that’s the night I’ll be executing my plan.
So, wait for it.
TBC