After much dragging, Gina finally took Bella out of the restaurant, they were now in the car. It was a lot of work and Gina had been so worn out that she needed a few minutes to recuperate.
"Gosh Bella! What was that for?! Don't tell me you really couldn't walk?"
"I'm sorry. I think I ate too much. Not my fault though." Bella said.
"I can't imagine carrying the drunk you! You'll be much worse when drunk!"
"Too bad cos I don't drink much. Only once or twice in a month, so you don't have to worry about me being drunk."
"O-okay."
They both sat there in silence, taking a deep breathe every now and then. Neither of them could drive so they could only wait for some few minutes.
"I hate you." Gina said and Bella chuckled.
"I don't like you either."
"Shut up. Couldn't you just decline my offer?"
"What?!! Oh, so this is my fault now. Don't put the blame on me goddess!" Bella retorted.
"I'll just tell everyone at school that you made their goddess mad."
"You wouldn't dare!"
"Oh, I would."
"I hate you." Bella said
"And I love you more....mwah." She said and gave her a light kiss on the cheek. They both laughed until they could feel their body once more. Gina ignited the car engine and they left the restaurant.
"Gosh! I would never invite you to join me!"
"Sorry..."
"I want to go to a park before we head to sch -" She was cut off because her phone made a buzzing sound indicating someone's calling her.
"Who's that?" Bella asked.
"My dad. I wonder what the problem is?"
"You won't know if you don't pick up the call!" Bella reminded and Gina nodded.
She tapped the green button and connected it to her Bluetooth device because she was driving.
"Hello Dad." She said and he replied...."Yes, I'm at school, is there a problem?"...."Yeah, yeah. I took your car, mine broke down so I had to borrow yours."...."So why'd you call? I'm sure you're in an important meeting and your reason for calling me must also be important." She said.
"I don't have much work at the company so I'll be back before twilight." He said.
"So. I want you to be home before twilight. We need to talk." He said and the call ended.
"What?!! He didn't even wait for my reply! So rude father!" She ranted.
"Please stop the car and calm down." Bella advised because she could see she was angry.
Gina abruptly stopped the car and took a deep breathe before she finally calmed her nerves. Why did I get that angry?! He just asked me to come home and nothing much! Why do I feel like something's not right?!
"Are you alright?? Is everything okay?" Bella asked.
"Everything's not okay. I don't know the reason my dad suddenly called for me but I can tell it's not for a good reason. At least for me." She explained.
"Do you have to go now?"
"No but he said I should be back before twilight. I don't want to think of what he's going to say."
"Calm down Gina, as long as you did nothing wrong. There's no need to be worked up. Maybe he really has something to say."
"If it's about joining his company then I'm not in the least interested. I also have a career to build."
"How are you sure it's about the company?"
"Few years back, he had asked me to join his company but I refused him and he didn't say a word then. I'm sure he thinks I've changed my mind and now he wants to ask me again."
"When was that?"
"Two years ago." She said and Bella mouthed an 'O'.
"It's alright, don't get worked up. If you're still not okay I can drive."
"Okay." She said and they switched seats.
After twenty minutes of driving, they arrived school. Gina had insisted that she didn't want to go to the park anymore, even if their next class was in the next hour, she still insisted she wanted to go back to school. Bella could only agree because she could see she was still slightly angry.
"We're here." Bella said.
"Mm. Thanks for driving."
"It's empty here, let's go before people no....tice..." She couldn't complete her sentence because people were already standing, waiting for them to come out.
"Haha. I think that came a little late." Gina said.
"This is not funny!" Bella said and Gina chuckled.
"Fine, fine. Let's just act normal okay? I really don't know why the students here are making a big fuss about this. It's not as if we're celebrities." Gina said.
"We were normal people until today. You caused this, did you forget? So you literally turned into a celebrity just by riding this car." Bella said.
"Hahaha. You're right though. I'm going to fix this then." She said and Bella creased her brows.
"What are you going to do?
"Nothing silly." She shrugged.
"Don't do anything stupid."
"I won't and even if I wanted to. You won't let me."
Gina stepped out of the car and everyone started squealing unnecessarily. She just rolled her eyes and looked at the crowd in front of her.
To think that these people were the ones who had called her unfashionable were now the ones swooning over her just because of the car she drove and the clothes she wore. How ironic?
Her clothes weren't even that flashy, maybe it was the car that made people this excited. Whatever it was, she was going to end all of it today.
"Gina please don't do anything stupid." Bella mumbled so Gina wasn't able to hear her.
Everyone had started giving out their praises and some, their baseless criticism.
"OMG she's here!"
"I told you she'll come but I didn't expect that she'll come this early."
"Gina the goddess!"
"Enough of all these praises. She's not even beautiful."
"Yeah, the reason why people are giving her these praises is because she's rich and they want to be in her good books."
"I agree with you. This girl had been so saucy since the beginning so I'm wondering what changed?"
"Shut up girls! How can you dare to even say this goddess standing right in front of us is not beautiful? It's either your eyes are not working well or you're jealous."
"Yeah, it's plain jealousy. It's not good for your health."
"I agree with you. People who gets jealous easily tends to have a short life, so my dear, if you want to live long you shouldn't be jealous." A boy said and they laughed except for the girls who were condemning Gina. Gina had also restrained herself from chuckling. The statement was funny in it's own way. 'Dying early cos of jealousy. Gosh! These people are sooo funny!' Gina said inwardly.
Gina let them talk until she was satisfied with their statement. Truth be told, she actually enjoyed this but so as not to cause any scene again, she had to clarify this.
"Can I get everyone's attention please?" Gina said and the school's parking lot suddenly turned as quiet as a graveyard. Bella heard this so she stepped out of the car immediately. Nobody noticed her because they were too focused on what it was their goddess was going to say.