CHAPTER 6
WHEN WE ARRIVE HOME. I WAS ABOUT TO GETOUT OF THE CAR BUT TO MY SURPRISE HE IMMEDIATELY PULLED MY HANDS AND I CAME BACK TO WHERE I WAS SEATED
THEN HE LOCKED THE DOOR.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!" I STARTLED.
"DON'T LET MOM KNOWS ABOUT NICH…" HE CALMLY SAID AT ME.
''OR ELSE.." HE ADDED.THEN HE PLACE HIS FACE CLOSER TO MINE.
*WA---WAI--WAIT IS HE GOING TO KISS ME?*
"O-OKAY YOU GOT IT…YOU SCARED ME" I SAID AND GET OUT OF THE CAR. I JUST HEAR HIM CHUCKLE. NEHH NEVER MIND..
AS I WALK UPSTAIRS, I SAW MOM WATCHING AT ME AND COUCH WHERE STEFFEN SITTED.
"WHERE DID YOU TWO GO?" MOM ASKED SMILING.
"ON THE BEACH WITH STEFFEN'S FRIENDS…" I REPLIED.
" WITHOUT ME?" MOM SAID
" IM SORRY AUNTIE… I'LL MAKE SURE TO TAKE YOU AND MOM NEXT TIME. I'LL MAKE A SCHEDULE WHERE I WAS AVAILABLE" STEFFEN SAID.
" ITS OK SON…IM JUST HAPPY THAT YOU AND XENA GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER MORE. ANYWAY, IM GOING TO COMPANY TODAY WITH YOUR MOM. DUKE HELD A MEETING AT 11:30. JUST ASK YAYA IF YOU NEED SOMETHING" MOM SAID
"AUNTIE LEMME DRIVE YOU THERE." STEFF OFFERED.
"NO, ITS FINE. I HAVE A DRIVER TO TAKE ME THERE.. JUST ENJOY HERE WITH XENA" MOM WINKED AT HIM.
*GEEZ.WHAT A BOTHER MOTHER SHE IS.*
WHEN MOM IS GONE…HE PUT HIS ALL ATTENTION AT THE HIS PHONE.. I KEEP MYSELF AWAY FROM HIM SO I GET MY NOTEBOOKS AND STUDY IT. I SHOULD BE SMART… I AM THE HEIR OF MY FAMILY…
AS I GET MY PEN.. HE WALK CLOSER TO ME AND PUT HIS ARMS ON MY TABLE. I TURN MYSELF AT HIM. JESUS CHRIST HIS SO CLOSE TO ME. IT FEELS LIKE WERE ABOUT 2 INCHES FAR ROM EACH OTHER. I TRY TO GET MYSELF AWAY FROM HIM. I ACCIDENTALLY HIT MY FEET ONTO SOMETHING AND FALL IN STEFFEN'S BODY. THEN HE CAUGHT ME.
*WHOAAW SO HARD…* MY MIND SAID.
"OH MY GOD.. SO-SO SORRRYYY..DIDN'T MEAN TO DO IT..WHAT A CLUMSY ME. HAHA" I SAID SO SHY.
"WHY DO YOU ALWAYS FALL ON ME? HE WICKEDLY ASK AND MADE A STEP
" FALL ON YOU? HEY! IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I DO IT PURPOSE, YOU..YOUR JUST THE ONE GIVING ME A BAD LUCK HERE!" I SAID WHILE PUTTING MY HEAD DOWN. THEN HE JUST MADE ANOTHER STEP CLOSER TO ME UNTIL I WAS IN THE WALL. HE LIFT MY FACE.. *OMG! WHY DOES MY HEART POUNDING AGAIN.. STOP IT! WHAT WILL HE DO TO ME* I TRIED TO PUSH HIM BACK BUT HE JUST TO STRONG FOR ME TO HANDLE.
"WHA--WHAT NOW? I..I CALL YAYA. YAYA!!!!! YAYA!!!" I SHOUTED
"NO ONES HERE BUT ONLY THE TWO OF US…" HE SMIRKED.
"BUT..BUT MOM SAID.." I STARTLED.
"HMHMHM.. I TEXTED YAYA TO BUY US SOME FOOD. AND NOW WERE JUST THE ONES HERE. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?"HE SMIRKED AT ME..
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?" I ASKED. HE DIDN'T RESPOND TO ME BUT INSTEAD HE JUST LEAN HIS FACE ON ME TRYING TO KISS ME.. MY HEART AND BRAIN BEGUN TO FIGHT
BRAIN: NO STOP HIM…THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING. HE IS YOUR PROFESSOR
HEART: HE IS BUT.. HES NOT THAT OLD AND ALSO HE IS THE ONE IM GONNA MARRY SOMEDAY,WHAT WRONG WITH THAT?
BRAIN: YOUR SO YOUNG FOR THIS.. IF THIS HAPPEN AND SOMEBODY WILL KNOW IT. YOU PROBABLY WISH TO DIE.. XENA! USE ME PLS!!!
HEART: BUT THIS IS MY CHANCE TO FEEL HIS LIPS.. COMON, LOOK AT HIM SO GORGEOUS.
BRAIN: XENA! YOU SHOULD NOT LISTEN… TO THAT STUPID HEART OF YOURS. THAT BRINGS YOU TO DISASTER.
HEART: DON'T SAY THAT.. IT BRINGS YOU HAPPINESS.
"STOOOOOOPP" AS I SHOUTED. JUST THEN WE REALIZE SUDDENLY WHEN SOMEONE RANG THE DOOR BELL.
(CRINNG!!!!! CRINGG!!!!)
I SNEAKED IN THE WINDOW AND I WAS SO SHOCKED TO SEE SALLIE STANDING AT THE DOOR WITH SOME FRIES.
" HELLO… XENA ARE U IN THERE?" SALLIE CALLED ME.
*NO WAY SHE'S GONNA FIND OUT ABOUT THIS!*
" JESUS CHRIST….MY FRIEND IS HERE." I WHISPERED AT HIM .
"WHAT?.. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?" HE LOWERED HIS VOICE.
"HIDE.. HIDE IN HERE.. I MEAN IN THERE..WAIT NO.. NOT THERE.. SHE CAN SEE YOU" I RATTLED.
"THEN WHERE?"
" UPSTAIRS.. GO UPSTAIRS… NOW. DON'T COME OUT UNTIL SALLIE IS GONE, GO"I WARN HIM.
" OK MAAM" THEN HE RUSH UPSTAIRS.
I FIX MY SELF AND OPEN THE DOOR..
"HEY THERE! WHAZZ UP?!" I GREATED AT HER. SHE STARED AT ME A FEW SECONDS THEN GIVE ME A STARRY LOOK.
"WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?AND WHY ARE YOU SWEATY? ARE YOU HIDING SOMETHING FROM ME?" SHE ASK AT ME
" NO, IT..IT WAS JUST SO HOT INSIDE AND I..I.. I JUST CAME FROM THE KITCHEN.." I LIED. HEHEHE..
" BUT I JUST HEAR YOU SHOUTING NEAR HERE… ARE YOU ARGUING WITH YOUR MOM?" SHE ASK.
"NO.. MOM'S NOT HERE.. JUST DON'T ASK TO MUCH QUESTION PLS… COME INSIDE." I SAID THEN CLOSE THE DOOR.
AFTER 3 HOURS… SALLIE GET BACK TO HOME COZ HER MOM CALL HER BACK AND THEN I HURRIEDLY GO UPSTAIRS TO SEE WHAT STEFFENS DOING.
"IM SO SORRY ABOUT--" I STOPPED MYSELF WHEN I SEE HIM SLEPPING IN MY BED WITH MY ALBUM.
* WHAT AN EVIL! LOOKING AT MY PICTURES WITHOUT MY PERMISSION.WHY DOE HE ALWAYS LIKE THIS. DOING SOMETHING WITHOUT PERMIT.*
THEN I TRIED TO REMOVE HIS HANDS FROM MY ALBUM…I WAS HORRIFIED WHEN HE GRABBED MY HAND AND I LIE INFRONT OF HIM… AND WE KISSED EACH OTHER.
***NO..NOO…***
" AHHHH!! PERVERT!!!!!! " I SHOUTED AND PUSHED HIM. HE ROLLED AND FALL FROM MY BED.
"XENA?! WHAT'S WRONG?!" YAYA THE ROOM WITH AN FIERCE LOOK.
" I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT MOSQUITO IN HER ARMS BUT SHE LANDED ON ME AND SHE KISSED ME" HE SAID.
"STOP WITH YOUR LIES, STEFFEN!" I PICK UP MY ALBUM AND ANGRILY WANTED TO SLAP HIM. WHEN YAYA STOPPED ME.
"MAAM XENA!! DON'T DO THAT TO SIR..XENA! HE DID NOT DO IT ON PURPOSE, CALM DOWN..PUT THAT ALBUM AWAYS IN YOUR HANDS. ITS NOT A BIG DEAL..HE JUST MAYBE MISTOOK YOU…"YAYA SAID.
"YAYA? WHO ARE YOU WITH NOW? HE'S THE ONE WANTING TO RAPE ME!" I SAID SO SADLY WHEN HE PROTECTED STEFFEN MORE THAN ME.
"NO, ITS NOT TRUE…YOU WERE JUST MAD AT ME CAUSE I BORROW YOUR ALBUM WITH SILLY FACES IN IT OF YOURS.." STEFFEN SAID.
"WHAT? WHAT ABOUT RIGHT NOW HUH? YOU FORGET WHAT YOU DID?!
" I DID NOT DO IT..BUT YOU DID!" HE DENIED
"WHAT? NO! YOU PULLED ME! AND YOU KISS ME OVER 0.000672 SECONDS! YOU PERVERT PROFESSOR! I WISH I COULD TELL THE WHOLE WORLD WHO YOU ARE…I DON'T CARE NOW EVEN IF YOUR MY PROFESSOR.. I WILL NEVER EVER FOLLOW YOU!! CRAZY PSYCO JERK!!" I SPOILED OUT MY WORDS AT HIM. AND ANGRILY SLAM THE DOOR SO LOUDLY..
I HEAR YAYA CALLING ME AND ASK ME TO FORGIVE ME.. BUT I JUST COULDN'T KEEP MY FEELINGS..I WAS SO MAD…
I WALKED OUTSIDE TO BREATH FRESH AIR AND ALSO TO CALM MYSELF. I SIT IN A SMALL CHAIR NEAR OUR GARDEN.. I JUST COULD NOT STOP THINKING WHAT HAPPENED EARLIER.. HE JUST TOOK MY FIRST EVER KISS…I DON'T UNDERSTAND MY FEELINGS. I FEEL ANGRY,A LITTLE HAPPY,AND I ALSO FEEL ELECTRIFIED EVERYTIME HE HELD MY HAND.
*CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME WHAT KIND OF FEELING IS THIS? HAAAYYYY*
IN THE AFTERNOON. I ASK YAYA TO COOK ME MY FAVORITE DISH.THE Sheet Pan Scalloped Potatoes!!
I BREATHED A RELIEF WHEN STEFFEN TOLD ME THAT HE WAS GOING HOME FIRST.HE SAID HE NEEDS SOMETHING TO BE FIXED. SO I DECIDED TO GO TO MY LIBRARY AND READ BOOKS THERE WHILE WAITING YAYA TO CALL ME WHEN ITS DONE…. WHAT A PRINCESS!
"THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND ASPECT AND FUNCTIONS ARE PROFOUND FOR THE CORPORATION FOR A CORE AND LONG TERM EFFECTIVENESS AND DETERMINATION. AMONG NUMEROUS THINGS AND ASPECTS THAT WILL BE USED IN THE FUNCTION OF THE FINANCE AND INVESTMENT---" I STOP READING WHEN YAYA COME IN TO MY LIBRARY..
"MAAM, YOUR DINNER IS READY.." YAYA SAID WHILE HER HEAD IS BOWED.
" MAAM.. IM SO SORRY ABOUT EARLIER MAAM…. I JUST DON'T WANT YOU TO REGRET WHAT YOU WILL DO LIKE THE FIRST TIME YOU HIT HIM IN HEAD.." YAYA SAID. YEAH IT WAS NOT HER FAULT EARLIER..SHE'S JUST TRYING TO HELP ME.
"ITS OKAY,YAYA.. JUST CALM DOWN AND JOIN ME EATING DINNER.." I SMILED AT HER AND SHE DID THE SAME.
YAYA TO ME IS LIKE A SECOND MOTHER TO ME… WHEN I WAS A CHILD SHE'S ALREADY THERE TAKING CARE OF ME AND WHENEVER MY DAD AND MOM IS NOT AROUND SHE ALWAYS TAKE ME TO SOMEPLACE SO THAT I BE HAPPY AND WHEN I WAS SAD, SHE ALWAYS ASK ME WHAT'S WRONG BUT I DON'T WANT TO SHARE IT TO HER CAUZE I KNOW SHE WILL PROBABLY LET MOM KNOW IT.. INSTEAD SHE JUST COOK ME MY FAVORITE DISH TO CHEER ME UP… I JUST HATE IT WHEN MOM AND DAD WANTS MY TIME , SHE ALWAYS TOLD YAYA TO BUY THIS…BUY THAT… CAUSE THEY BOTH KNOW THAT I WILL NEVER COME TO THEM WHEN YAYA IS THERE…I WAS HAPPY WITH MY LIFE. EVERYTHING I WANT, EVERYTHING I GET..UNTIL I TURN 15, I NOTICED THAT MOM ALWAYS LEAVES THE HOUSE AND RARELY CAME BACK HOME. YAYA DID THE SAME THING, SHE LEAVES THE HOUSE IN THE MORNING, AT NOON, AND AT NIGHT WITHOUT ME…ONE AFTERNOON, I SAW MOM AND YAYA TALKING EACH OTHER AT THE LIVING ROOM..SO, I GOT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ASK WHERE THEY GO AND ALWAYS LEAVING ME BEHIND? YAYA APOLOGIZE TO ME AND SAID SHE JUST VISITED HER CHILD AT THEIR GRANDMA'S HOUSE. THEN I ASK MOM WHERE IS DAD, CAUZE I DID'NT SEE HIM IN GOING HOME THIS PAST FEW WEEKS BUT INSTEAD OF RESPONDING ME, SHE JUST GIVE A WORRIED FACE I DIDN'T HAVE THE COURAGE TO ASK HER AGAIN, CAUSE I THINK THAT TIME THEY JUST HAD SOME FIGHT..I DID'NT HAVE THE IDEA OF WHAT HAPPENED AND I'M BORED, THERE'S NO ONE THAT I COULD TALK TO. SO I JUST AMUSE MYSELF BY READING BOOKS AT MY LIBRARY, AND WHEN I READ ALL THE BOOKS. A BOW AND AN ARROW GOT MY ATTENTION. IT WAS GIVEN TO ME BY MY GRANDPA WHEN I WAS 7. GRANDPA TEACH ME HOW TO USE IT..AND WHEN I FINALLY LEARNED. I HIT ALL THE 10 CAN USING 3 ARROWS.YEAH I'M REAALY GOOD AT IT…SO WHEN I PICK UP THE BOW AND POINTED IT AT A HOLE IN THE TREE. AS I STRETCH THE BOW, MY PHONE RINGS. I WAS SO FRIGHTENED THAT MY ARROW HIT THE CORNER OF DAD'S PICTURE FRAME AND FALLS IN THE FLOOR. THE BROKEN GLASSES SCATERED IN THE FLOOR , I PICK UP MY PHONE AND SAW IT WAS MOM. I ANSWERED THE CALL AND PICK UP MY DAD'S PICTURE. WHEN I HEARD MOM CRYING. I QUICKLY STAND UP…. AND SHE SAID THAT I SHOULD GO WITH THEM AT THE HOSPITAL IMMEDIATELY AND HERE THEY TOLD ME THAT DAD WAS ABOUT TO DIE AND WANTED TO SEE ME..MY TEARS STARTED TO FLOW. I CRIED REALLY HARD WHILE I QUICKLY WENT TO THE CAR..
AS FAST AS LIGHTNING, I ARRIVED AT THE HOSPITAL WHERE DAD WAS TAKEN. MANY, JOURNALIST AND MEDIA FROM DAD'S COMPANY CAME TO THE HOSPITAL AND WERE NOT ABLE TO ENTER. THEY MUST'HAVE HEARD ABOUT DAD… I TOOK GOOD CARE THAT NO MEDIA WOULD RECOGNIZE ME SO THAT I COULD QUICKLY ENTER INSIDE WHILE MY TEARS KEEP FALLING… WHEN I ENTERED THE HOSPITAL, I SAW YAYA, SHE IMMEDIATELY COME TO ME AND HUG ME THEN SHE TOOK ME TO WHERE DAD WAS LYING… IT WAS REALLY PSINFUL FOR ME… I NEVER EVEN SAW AND WAS WITH DAD EVERY DAY….NEITHER HAD MEMORIES THAT WERE MADE WHEN HE WAS HEALTHY. THEN NOW THEY KEPT IT A SECRET…I KNOW THEY DID IT SO I WOULDN'T GET HURT..BUT THEY DIDN'T THINK THAT I WAS GETTING HURT EVEN MORE NOW THAT THEY KEPT IT A SECRET FROM ME .. WHEN I OPEN THE DOOR I SAW DAD WITH A LOT OF MACHINES BEHIND HIM , I..I COULD HARDLY BREATHE, MY EMOTIONS BURST. I RAN IN DAD'S BED AND HUG DAD HOPING THAT HE WILL NOT YET LEAVE US. DAD'S HANDS SLOWLY RISING UP TO HUG ME TOO. I SAVOURED EVERY MOMENT LEFT BEFORE IT WOULD LAST.. THEN HE SAID SOMETHING THAT REALLY SHOCKED ME… THAT HE ARRANGED A MARRIAGE WITH HIS BEST FRIEND'S SON..AFTER THAT I WAS SO DEPRESSED A LOT ,IT FEELS LIKE I'M NOT IN MYSELF THAT TIME… BUT WHEN THE DAY PASSES. I REALIZE THAT I HAVE TO BEAR IT FOR NOW…I HAVE TO BE STRONG..THIS IS JUST A TEST GIVEN TO ME BY THE FAITHFUL LORD FROM ABOVE..AFTER A FEW YEARS..I JUST LOST IN MY MIND WHAT DAD SAID TO ME.. WELL I KNEW WE WOULD MEET AT THE RIGHT TIME… OR NOT CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THAT TIME WILL BE NOW. AND KNOWING THAT HE IS MY PROFESSOR! THIS IS SO NOT GOOD! A PROFESSOR THAT MEANT TO BE MY PARTNER IN LIFE?.. OR SHOULD I SAY ' PARTNER IN CRIME'? IF THE SCHOOL KNOWS ABOUT THIS I WILL BE EXPELLED AND HE WILL BE DOOM..SO HERE WE ARE PRETENDING NOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER….
MY MIND IS SO FULL.. IT HURTS SO MUCH WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE HAPPENINGS IN MY 17TH LIFE?
ITS REALLY MAKING ME HUNGRY. SO LETS JUST EAT IT MY FAVORITE SHEET PAN SCALLOPED POTATOES!