At school, Annah smiled widely after seeing Jason walking towards the direction of the library. She wanted to run to him but she carried thick books to be returned in the library. So she was following at a distance behind her until he got in the library at magazine section.
It'd been two weeks since the last time she'd seen him around the school. She better have chat with him, missing her moments with him.
Annah went to the librarian first and checked in all her borrowed books before she went slowly to the magazine section, intending to surprise Jason with the cookies she baked last night with her mom. She frowned when she can't find him anywhere in the tables so she proceeded into finding him at the racks, thinking he was still searching some magazine to read. She was at the last rack when she heard muffled moaning in there. Curiosity got her when she peeked just a little. Her eyes widened at the scene that greeted her.
Jason was making out with one of her classmates in Herbs Apothecary-Lix Yu. A beautiful new comer vampire from China.
Trying not to make any sound at all, Annah left from the place with hazy mind. She gone directly to the ladies room and watched herself looking so pale and flabbergasted. Tears then fell down to her cheeks supervening the ache inside her chest. She bent down to the sink while she clutched her chest stinging inside.
Her head jerked up when she heard someone was coming inside. She turned to one of the cubicles in there and slammed the door closed.
Two women speaking in Chinese came inside the ladies' room. And Annah hated why she ever bothered to learn mandarin before and now their every words came like a dagger that slashed her heart now.
"What you doin' with Park's guy?" asked a woman that Annah recognised as Trisha, her classmate in Herbs Apothecary."
"Oh just screwing around. That guy's bored with his girlfriend." Lix said.
"You've been sleeping with him? I can't believe you."
"Yeah. I want sex and he want one. So it's mutual needs."
"Are you serious with him?" Trisha asked.
"I don't need commitment at all. Besides, that guy's having fun with other women too. Not just me." Lix dismissively said. "You got tissue with you?"
"Yeah I have. Here."
"Oh good. I think I got some of his semen on my skirt." Lix said in almost natural manner.
"Seriously, stop screwing around guys with girlfriends." Trisha advised.
"Where's the fun in that? Besides, I heard from him that his girlfriend is a prude. Poor guy." Lix said and turned on the faucet to wash her hands.
"Honestly, I don't want you involving with him anymore." Trisha advised.
"Relax. The guy have beast appetite and I like wild ones in bed."
Annah was shaking in so much anger and pain on her chest as if she can't contained it while she continued to cry until those two women left the ladies' room.
Later that day, Annah cut classes and stayed in the comfort room until night came.
By the time she found her strength to go out the cubicle, the library was already deserted. She left the school premise in trudging steps and heavy heart. She'd been warned. By his greatest bully ever. It made sense now. She should have listened to him. She wasted and sacrificed so much for one guy whose been screwing around women.
Her dream apprenticeship, her hunger to finish at EIA and her desire to read all of the books in EIA's library were going down the drain.
Anger overtook all her sadness the instant she hailed a cab towards her house.
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"She's here." Crixa alerted Gid when the front door opened. They got worried since Annah didn't even once came home that late.
"Where have you been? We're so worried of you-" Crixa stopped from fuzzing over when she saw her daughter's swelling eyes and reddening nose.
"What happened?" Gid asked and grabbed Annah's shoulders.
Annah's tears fell down once again as she ended up crying over her parents arms while she told them about what she discovered at school.
"He's been cheating on me all along, dad, mom..." Annah poured out all her emotions in there while her parents offered her nothing but consolation to their dear little one.
"It's gonna be okay, dear. I promised you." Crix said but Gid was beyond angry seeing his baby crying like that in front of them.
"Curse him." Gid muttered under his breath.
That night, dinner wasn't appetizing for the family but they carry through.
Annah then got in her room, saying her goodnight to her parents who only listened to her crying again outside her room.
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The next morning, Annah woke up with a bad headache while she reached out for her phone which was unceasingly ringing. She hit the answer bottom without looking at the caller.
"Hello..." she greeted in thick voice.
"Hey baby. Good morning." Jason greeted sweetly from the other line.
Annah immediately opened her eyes hearing his voice. "What?" she snapped.
"What's wrong baby? Are you sick?" Jason asked in worry that should made her feel giddy but suddenly it didn't anymore.
"I'm busy. Tell me what you want?" Annah massaged her temple.
"Oh I was thinking that maybe we'll have a date today since it's Saturday. I heard movies are great in cinemas right now."
Annah wondered if this was Jason's way of silencing his conscience every time he was screwing other women behind her back. This action of his right now was very similar to his past behavior. Acting overly sweet to her like she was the only woman on his damn eyes. She was naive not to see through all those fronts he's been showing to her.
No. Not today. Not this time.
"You know what Jason, go watch the movies yourself." Annah said sweetly on the phone as she stood up.
"Oh why?" Jason feigned a hurt tone that used to get through her.
"I suddenly feel sick just looking at your face."
"What?"
"Your face, Jason. Your visage really annoys me like...a lot.'"Annah continued.
"What's going on?" his tone changed then.
"So I was thinking...let's break up."
"Annah." Jason seemed shock from the other line.
"Oh by the way....your feet, breath and ear stinks." Annah lied then laugh out loud.
"Annah let's talk in person." Jason said.
"Why you're one annoying stupid persistent nitwit, are you?" Annah raised her tone in cheerful manner.
"Annah!"
"Oh shit. You're shouting at me now?" Annah chuckled. "Oh baby, why don't you mend your broken ego with your squad of bitches and shove your shaft down their throats. And oh by the way, the best place to shag women is at the library, magazine section."
"A-Annah...babe, I can explain. I-it's not what you think-"
"Bye bitch! Tahtah!" Annah chirped happily before turning off the phone.
Collapsing into a sit in the bed, Annah looked up to the door when her parents were there all along.