"Have you been there before?" Shocked I said as I opened the door and saw Ashton leaning against the door of the condo unit door. He was in uniform and had both hands in his pocket.
"What do you think?" He said without emotion and stared at me. I couldn't help but roll my eyes because of his patience.
"I did not tell you to fetch me." I simply promise. "Mama! I'm leaving!" I shouted to say goodbye to mama.
I was about to close the door but I saw mama running quickly from the kitchen with the lunch box and tumbler. "You're young, take it oh! You didn't eat yesterday maybe what mom said-" Mama stopped talking when she saw Ashton next to me. "Oh, you have someone with you."
Ashton smiled sparingly and nodded. "I'm Ashton. Clare's boyfriend."
My eyes widened as I looked at Ashton with a sly smile. When I turned my gaze to Mama she was just quietly watching me, balancing her gaze. "Mom! What, he was just joking. Haha. This is just my bestfriend." I smiled broadly and put my arm around Ashton. I simply pinched her side and noticed her slight grin.
Mom nodded. "Is that so. It's a pity, its a handsome child. I am Maria. Just call me Mama."
I want my position to open now and just swallow me because of what Mama said. Even when he really is, he is still a teenager. I slowly removed my hug from Ashton out of embarrassment.
Ashton took mama's hand and kissed the back of the palm so she laughed.
"Mom, we're leaving. Bye. Love you." I said as I grabbed the lunchbox and tumbler and dragged Ashton to the elevator. I put my bag in the bag then stared at Ashton.
"Why did you say you are my boyfriend?" I raised an eyebrow.
"It's true." He grinned and approached me. Instead of backing away, I kicked him hard. Fortunately, we were the only ones riding in the elevator.
"Pretend I'm just your girlfriend and that's just at school!"
"Whatever."
~
Rumors started again when Ashton and I entered the gate together. We hold hands as we walk and almost all the students we pass see and then whisper.
I just bow down because of their deadly looks while Ashton has no emotions so I am very nervous. He's so intimidating and his blue eyes are very cold.
I admit that I was a little scared of him. Especially when he looks you in the eye and then he still looks cold so it softens.
Ashton walked straight while still holding our hands towards the room.
I thought he was knocking on the closed door but he just kicked you right away and entered without hesitation even though Professor Misika was standing in front. Our biological teacher.
"You two are late!" The teacher's eyes widened and he pointed at the two of us. I bowed but I saw in my peripheral vision Ashton's cold look at our teacher.
"We're not late. You're just too early." No emotion he said. The teacher grabbed the white board as if softening for some unknown reason and just nodded at us so Ashton pulled me back to sit.
Not in my usual back seat if not in the front. I was confused because I could feel the looks of the students but it disappeared when Ashton tightened his grip on my hand, when I looked at him he just gave me a ghost smile so I looked away. Why is he cold?
"Since you two are late, stand up, if you do not answer my questions, I will lower your grades." Suddenly the professor said so I got up immediately, my grades could not go down, I might lose my scholarship and I would have a harder time.
Ashton just stood up lazily. "I told you we're not late. You're just too early."
The professor raised an eyebrow at Ashton even though the surprise was obvious on his face. "Mr. Monterial-"
"Questions." When Ashton interrupted what prof.
"Mr. Monterial, answer this question," Ashton just didn't look at the teacher and to my surprise he even stared at it! "What the human heart is?"
"Myogenic Heart."
"Explain his answer, Ms. Santos." My eyes widen. I thought Ashton first. Why do I suddenly answer. I thought first but before a few seconds the teacher spoke. "See you didn't even know-"
"Heart are of several types. In some invertebrates the heart is simulated by the nervous system to do it's work. Such heart are called neurogenic hearts. The human heart is Myogenic. Example, it receives the stimuli from contraction from the muscular node called sinu -auricular node or pace maker. " I cut to what he would say. Ashton and I looked at each other and he suddenly gave me a small smirk.
"Okay next question, who is known as the father of zoology?" He asked the two of us again. For the second time Ashton and I looked at each other and seemed to understand each other. Like, what the hell? Her question is more like gradeschool.
"Aristotle." We answer together.
"Spermology is study of?"
"Seed." I answered quickly. I even saw Ashton raise an eyebrow so I barely smiled. Let me know.
"Animal without red blood cells?"
"Earthworms." Ashton said. I was pissed, he preceded me there.
"Chambered heart occurs in?"
"Cockroach." We answer together.
"The energy released by one gram of glucose is?"
"4 kcal." I just opened my lips to speak but he preceded me immediately.
"The corner of the cells of collenchyma tissue in plant are thickened due to deposition of?"
"Cellulose and pectin." I will answer immediately.
"The phenomenon of summer sleep by animals is called?"
"Estivation." Ashton answered immediately.
"Bone deformities occur due to the excess intake of?"
"Fluorine." He answered again so I lowered my snout again. He always is!
"Last question," said the professor with a sly smile on his face. "How to reproduce baby in humans?"
My eyes widened at the question of prof. I turned to Ashton but I did not realize that his face was close to mine so our noses hit.
My heart! It's beats so many times per second now. "Your turn." He whispered so I could smell his fragrant breath. Lavender and roses. He suddenly sat down so I looked at the professor who was just smiling at me and waiting for my answer.
"I-it's uhmm-uh ... f-fertilization: A sperm and an egg form a zygote." I said and bit the lower lip.
"Explain." The professor said again so my face turned red. Really need an explanation? I took a deep and bold look at him. Anyway, why should I be ashamed if that is normal.
"During sexual intercourse, some sperm ejaculated from the male penis swim up through the female vagina and uterus toward an oocyte or egg cell floating in one of the uterine tubes. The sperm and the egg are gametes."
"Very good. Now take your seat." I quickly sat down next to the rude Ashton.
"That was epic." He said coldly. "You explain it perfectly. I wonder if you want to try it huh? My sperm on you're egg cell floating in one of the uterine tubes. We're gametes." He said and move closer to me. His smirking. My face turned red and I felt embarrassed because he whispered.
I was so annoyed that I reached for her thigh underneath and pinched it firmly. He skipped over and held my hand pinched with his two hands but I just pressed harder.
Gametes pala ha!
He firmly bit my lower lip and closed his eyes while feeling my painful pinch.
Good for you! Someone knows when gametes!
~
Another day of entrance as a Clare. Unlike the previous days when Ashton picked me up, now he did not go home and just texted that he could not pick me up because they were walking with his friends.
As soon as I entered the gate, evil thoughts immediately appeared to me. I just gasped. They are just like that every day so I get used to it.
I also know that the day will come when they will no longer notice me and they will just leave me just like a nobody.
I was suddenly taken aback by someone who walked up to me. I looked at it and immediately the unknown man who was smiling at me now left.
"Hi Miss." He said and put his arm around me again. I immediately shrugged and removed his arm that was holding me.
"I don't know you so back off." No emotion I said.
He just smiled annoyingly then his eyes widened and he put his hand on his neck. "I'm sorry. I thought it was my brother." He said and ran.
He's weird. He called me 'miss' but he thought I was his brother. Maybe it's addictive or maybe her sister's name is Miss.
As I walked into the room, all I could hear was the whispers and laughter of the students, it was just louder now.
I just bowed out of shame. Somehow I was hurt by what they said. I do nothing wrong to them but it is bad if they insult.
'Nerd!'
'Fat!'
'Manang!'
'Ugly!'
I bowed even more. I walked around so I could no longer hear their insults.
I immediately opened the door of the room and thanked that there was no professor in front of me.
I was about to sit in the back when suddenly someone pulled up a chair so I sat on the floor. Laughter filled the room where I was.
I folded my hand and ignored them. I decided to just go out first because I can no longer cherish their habits.
I opened the door again but I did not expect the cold water to come out on me. I hugged myself, I thought it was over but following the cold water a lot of flour poured on me.
They are all laughing, mocking, and bullying me. Even though my heart was full of anger I did not cry. I did not show emotion and ignored their useless bullying.
I ran up the stairs even though there were still students sitting there and laughing at me.
Just three steps down I should have but I saw the foot block and I was ready to kick.
I avoided there but not to anyone behind me and without saying a word pushed me so I fell down the stairs.
I winced as I could not move my left arm. I built it so that the impact would not be strong but I could not move it.
Even though the body was sore I chose to stand up and quickly run into the empty garden.
I sat under a big tree where I also hid the day I listened to what Ashton was talking about.
I closed my eyes and wished Ashton was here to defend me. I wish he was here to protect me, but nothing.
I took off my bag which was already wet and had flour but I saw a large piece of paper attached to it.
'Feel free to bully this fat ugly nerd'
That's the exact words written in this fucking paper. None of my own crumpled the paper because of the bite.
I wiped my face with the handkerchief I saw in the bag. I stood up and peeked at the gate where the guard was.
Exactly there was a car coming in so the gate was wide open so I took advantage of it and ran quickly to get out.
I even heard the guard whistling and shouting but I ignored it and quickly rode the tricycle home.
~
I opened the unit door but my eyes widened as to who had opened up to me.
I would have closed the door so they could not see me but at the same time they turned away from my behavior.
"Crystalline!" Mommy screamed and immediately ran towards me. He hugged me tightly even though I was full of flour.
"What the hell happened to you ?! Who did this ?!" Daddy shouted angrily and clenched his fist so I bowed. I don't want them to see me like this.
"Who did this?" Mommy asked calmly but the anger was obvious in her eyes.
I was about to speak when mama Maria came out of the kitchen. "Jusmiyo! What happened to you?"
I'm doomed.
"Dad-- uhmm, it's nothing-"
"Nothing? You say nothing but look at you!"
I just bowed and did not speak. "At school?" Mommy asked so I just nodded.
"MU has a CCTV cameras all over. The maker will pay you." Daddy said authoritatively and took out his cellphone and just let me stop him.
"Dad, no. Please, it's okay. I'm okay."
"You're okay? Look at you're arms!" Mommy said hysterically as she moved my left arm that I could no longer feel.
"I will miss it, Crystalline. But when it happens again, I will tell everyone that you're the heiress of that school." Dad said, i just nodded.
Yeah, right. I'm the soon owner of that school. Maixity University. Maixity is named after our surname. Crystalline Demonise Xai Maixity, the daughter of Damon Maixity and Craytal Xai Maixity, the owner of that school.
We're rich. We owns Malls, Condominiums, and schools. But not only that, because there is something worse ...