Andrea Jess Collins's Point of View
I sat up and reached for my phone. I'm used to being woken up by either Chelsea or Lavalee's call so seeing Lavalee's name flashing on my screen is not new anymore.
I swiped it to the right and placed it near my ear.
[Ohayo, Jess!] Lavalee greeted me and I heard some clanking of metal, maybe she was cooking while holding her phone.
I heard Jace chastising Lavalee about using her phone near the stove
[Anyways, never mind that, get up now, okay?] Lavalee said and hung up
I stood up and went to the bathroom to take a bath, I wore a red skater skirt, and a white blouse and I wore a black blazer over it. I wore black knee-high socks and black shoes with 3 inches heels.
I charged my phone and made sure that I have all my things inside my bag. A binder with ten fillers, three black pens, one blue, and green pen, a water bottle, my wallet, and my make-up kit.
I went out of my room and saw that Mnemosyne is in the hallways again. I don't know but I think this tiger doesn't go down unless all of us are already downstairs.
She started scratching on Irene's door meaning Irene is still in her room so I went ahead and went downstairs.
"Ohayo!" Lavalee greeted me when I entered the kitchen
I saw how Chelsea smirked and my forehead knotted because Jace looked at me from head to toe
"It's not our uniform, don't worry," Lavalee said while chuckling and Jace shook his head and placed the uncovered lunch boxes on the table.
Huh?
"Morning," Irene said and I looked at her
I was confused because she was wearing the same thing as I am wearing.
"What? Lav said this is what we'll wear," Irene said and sat on the chair beside me
"Besides, isn't it nice to wear uniform clothes on our Intramurals?" Lavalee asked and that's when I remembered that we'll be participating in our Division Intramurals
"Why aren't you dressed yet?" Irene asked Lavalee
"I cooked, you know!" Lavalee said and sat on the chair.
Jace handed her a lotion-like bottle which she applied to her hand. We started eating when Jace sat on the chair.
"Does RFA have a uniform?" Caspian asked and Lavalee shook her head
"It doesn't have one, we believe in freedom of choosing clothes," Lavalee replied
"It suits you, you all look beautiful," Ethan complimented and I don't know if I'm imagining things or if I did see Chelsea blush.
Lavalee smirked at me and pointed at Chelsea with a teasing smile which means she saw it too.
Looks like Crystal Chelsea Lim is going to get her own love life. I think Ethan is a good man so I think he'll be good for Chelsea.
After we ate, we went to our rooms to take our stuff, when we got out of our rooms, I saw Lavalee wearing the same thing as we are the difference is that her blazer has an embroidered fire. As usual.
"Wow, you look so beautiful next to each other," Elijah commented when they saw us downstairs.
I know right! We are really beautiful.
"I just noticed, there's always embroidered fire on Lavalee's clothes," Caspian said and pointed at Lavalee's blazer
"Name tag?" Jace asked and Lavalee smirked before flipping her hair
"My name," Lavalee said and flipped the embroidery.
So there's LFH embroidered behind that's why there's an embroidery of fire.
Nice.
We really won't suspect that her initials were embroidered.
"Your name is fire, isn't it?" Ethan said and Lavalee nodded
"Are your luggage ready?" she asked and some butlers went in
"Young ladies, your luggage is now in the compartment." Butler Jon, Lavalee's personal butler, said
"Let's go," Lavalee said and we went out of the Mansion.
I was still carrying my small bag since I'll be using this for the intellectual exams.
I rode the car and Caspian drove to the school. It's still early so I hope there's no traffic because we need to be at the Academy by 6:45 AM and it's only 5:55 AM. we still have approximately 49 minutes.
When we arrived at school we strut the hallways confidently and of course, we became the center of attention.
Especially since the guys are carrying our small travel bags.
"Uniform?"
"Are they setting a trend?"
"Why are their bags so big?"
"What a stunt,"
"Shit! They're sexy!"
"Nice."
"I know right," I said and flipped my hair
I saw Lavalee chuckling, she must've heard what I said
"Your skirt's too short," Jace said because Lavalee's skirt reaches two inches above her knees and her knee-high black socks only cover one inch above her knee.
"Don't be so KJ," Lavalee replied
"Take care of yourselves, huh," Ethan said
"It's like we're not going with them," Caspian said
"You are not," Irene and Chelsea said
"The professor in charge won't probably allow you to come along and besides, you didn't pack any clothes," I said and glanced in Lavalee's direction.
Well, Lavalee can pull some strings to make them come along, though but it seems she won't pull some today, and I'd rather she don't.
"Don't cause trouble." I heard Jace instruct Lavalee
"I'm kind, Dreice." I raised my brow at Lavalee when I heard her reply
"Oh, really, I find that hard to believe," I said and looked at her she raised her brow probably asking why I'm contradicting
"You're not," Jace replied so I smiled teasingly at Lavalee even though she was frowning.
"You look cute," Hendrix commented when he saw us
"See? We look so cute in uniform clothes!" Lavalee said with her hands on her waist
"Why are you wearing a uniform?" Jaxith asked
"It's fashion, bro!" I said with my arms crossed over my chest
"We look pretty innocent in these," Lavalee commented
"Wow! You don't look like reapers of darkness!" Icarus teased and suddenly a shuriken came flying in his direction
"It slipped?" Irene said sarcastically
I wonder how she even managed to throw it without her bodyguard reacting.
"I don't know about you," Icarus said and he suddenly looked in one direction and we were a little surprised when we saw Lavalee in Jace's arms.
Jace was back hugging Lavalee - or not?
Lavalee's holding Jacae's arms that's why it's wrapped around hers.
"Hey! Move away!" Jaxith said and pulled Lavalee's arms
"You're such a killjoy! I haven't taken a photo yet!" Irene complained so we raised an eyebrow at her
"What? So we can have evidence to present in front of Frost. " She said
"It's useless. As of now, Nii-sama is preoccupied with his love life. " Lavalee said and rolled her eyes.
We laughed sarcastically because of what she had said. Will Frost be busy with his love life?
Lavalee had to be kidding.
"Uh, I'm not kidding! Isn't that right, Dreice? " Lavalee said and even looked at Jace who nodded
"What the actual fuck?" we almost simultaneously cussed, except for those with us clueless as to what was going on
"Language," Chelsea scolded as she glared at us
"Oh! You're complete!" we heard the voice of Mrs. Conchia so we fixed ourselves
"Let's go, the van's waiting." Mrs. Conchia said
"Um, can we come with you??" Caspian asked
Whoa! Great courage he has there huh?
"Why? What will you do there?" Mrs. Conchia asked
"We're worried for the safety of the girls," Elijah replied
"Don't worry, the place is secured." Mrs. Conchia said and walked ahead
"We'll stay," Jace said that's why the others didn't complain
"I don't trust Lavalee though," Jace added and we heard him winced
Lavalee must've hit him.
"You're so mean!" Lavalee said
I shook my head while we were following Mrs. Conchia. We're going to use a van to go to the venue where the Division Intrams would be held.
Hendrix sat on the passenger seat, Chelsea and Irene sat on the seats beside me while Icarus and Jaxith sat on the seats behind ours.
I leaned on my seat and I heard Lavalee and Jace talking on the outside. I didn't mean to eavesdrop, I just happen to hear it clearly in my position.
"Dreice, don't you trust me?" I heard Lavalee asked
"No," I smirked at how bluntly Jace answered Lavalee's question
"You're unpredictable," Jace added and I mentally clapped my hands because of Jace's wittiness
"I'm not joining a gang fight, Jace. It's a division Intramurals, okay?" Lavalee did sound convincing but if you know how cunning and great an actress Lavalee is you'd think twice about her words.
"You're always full of tricks," Jace reasoned out
I can imagine Lavalee's frustration in reasoning and making alibis whenever Jace caught her, that is if he catches her.
"Jace Dreice Scott, if you can't trust how my mind works how about my promises?" I almost burst out laughing because Lavalee used her innocent tone, the one that we haven't heard her use since like three years ago, to convince Jace
"You're stubborn," Jace said and that's another reason why he can't trust Lavalee.
Well, we trust Lavalee no matter what though, we accept her for who she is and she does the same with us.
"Dreice, I promise, I'll inform you about everything I do if that's what you want. Please, just trust me, love." I almost fell when the door opened and because of shock.
Just what the heck?!
Love?!
"You're eavesdropping."
Lavalee and Jace looked at me, Lavalee's eyes narrowed while Jace raised his brow at me
"Uh, I'll go inside," I said awkwardly and sat inside again.
I closed the door, this time I made sure I locked it.
"I hate you!" I said and hit Jax because he's the one who suddenly pulled the door open from the window.
"Jira, kindly tell Valerie to get in." Mrs. Conchia said so I opened the door and looked out
"Uh, Mrs. Conchia told me to tell you to get in," I said and leaned on my seat I looked out and it was a wrong move because I saw Lavalee kiss Jace on his cheek.
Lavalee sat between Jaxith and Icarus who on the other hand, placed their arms on Lavalee's shoulders.
"You didn't forget anything?" Mrs. Conchia asked and we nodded because the guys packed up our travel bags before they left us.
She started the engine and drove out of the Academy's premises.
"I saw that," I said and faced Lavalee
"Saw what?" she feigned ignorance
"The kiss," I said, which caught the attention of Jaxith, Icarus, and Irene.
"It's probably one of her usual kisses," Chelsea said
"Of course, Jess, you don't seem to be used to Lav's habit," Icarus said
"It wasn't a kiss! It was a peck." I insisted so they looked at Lav
"What? I also do that to Freia, JC, Kent, Fuego and Nii-sama. " She defended
"But you don't care about him," Jaxith said and we nodded
"Uh? I do that to Ares sometimes. " She said
"That's different," I pointed out
"Don't make it an issue. It's nothing. " Lavalee said brushing the topic off
"We are supportive, Fire!" Jaxith said
"Yes. We accept if you have a boyfriend. " Irene added
"But we'll interrogate him first," Icarus said
"Right!" Jax added
"Guys, come on. Nothing is going on between me and Jace." Lavalee insisted
"Love?" I asked with a raised brow
"I call my younger sibling that sometimes." She said
"Jace is older than you by four years, five actually if I may say," Chelsea said
"Guys..." Lavalee sighed and looked at us
Well, Lavalee never wins when it's the four of us teasing her with facts. If it were speculations, she's slide off easily but with facts?
None of us wins at that at all, especially if it's her who's teasing us so it's payback time.
"Fine." She said softly and I think we're the only ones who heard it because Mrs. Conchia is busy with a conference call that she answered through her Bluetooth earphone.
Suddenly our phones vibrated and I opened them to see a message from Lavalee.
From: Fiery Lav
Jace didn't tell higher-ups about what he found out when we were chased. I asked him to keep it, I know I gambled but I'm lucky he stayed true to his words so please I don't want him to get the wrong idea.
We looked at each other while Lavalee is leaning on her seat with closed eyes.
"Alright," we surrendered
Lavalee doesn't want to lie to us and we understood her situation.
The pressure is on, she lost her rights as the Lady of the Hanazaki Palace without anyone knowing and that's what is pressuring her. Once the council finds out that she lost her rights and she hasn't regained them, her brother would be burdened again and that's what Lavalee is avoiding.
This must be the reason why she's doing everything to ace up, to regain her status before anyone even finds out she had lost it.
"How do you plan on getting it back?" I asked her
"By winning and acing up," She replied and showed us her phone.
There is a contest in the underground, a game of wits, luck, and strength.
"You'll join that?" Jaxith asked and I know he's scared for Lavalee.
The players of that game are ruthless. They are all monsters, they kill whoever gets in their way.
"And win, yes," Lavalee replied