Mira woke up with heavy breathing and a pounding heart, terrified from having such a nightmare as she looked around.
The most funny thing was that she knew she had a nightmare but for some reason, she seemed not to remember what the dream was about.
"Mira, are you okay?" She heard a concerned voice ask her as she turned in the direction to see Justin sitting on a stool where she was sitting, she was on a bed in the hospital.
"Why am I?" She could not finish, and the principal came inside the room.
"Thank graciously, you've woken up." Mira's eyes scrutinized the area, she couldn't see Mira in the room.
"Ma'am," she was about speaking but once again, she was cut hearing the voice of her stepmother.
"Oh my Mira, you've woken up, what did you do that for?" Hearing the pretending stepmother speak with concern, she frowned.
"What are you talking about?"
"What am I talking about? Darling, you left school even if Maddie saw and asked you not to go out of the class, yet what did you do? You haven't just committed a crime breaking the school rules but you almost caused yourself your life. We don't know the person who you'd accused to pierce your arm."
"What do you mean?"
Her stepmother frowned at her question but she was quick in replacing it with a chuckle.
"Mira, don't pretend like you don't remember what happened to you."
"How do you know about what happened?" Gema forced a pretending smile looking in the direction of Justin who sat there silently.
"He told me how you went out of the school, you're in trouble bug girl. Not just you but because of your stubbornness, you put Justin in this whole mess," she turned to the standing silently as she watched Gema scold her.
"I'm so sorry Ma'am for Mira's behavior," she said apologetically and then added.
"Whatsoever punishment you're willing to give her for her offensive behavior, then I accept it."
Mira looked shocked to see the woman who couldn't care less if she was dead or in the hospital behave like a responsible mother, she knew the only reason for her act is to protect her daughter and make her look like she was the offender.
"As much as I want to think of a proper punishment for you, Miss Mira, I can't deny the fact of how shocked with this behavior. According to Maddie, she asked you not to go but then you did, and even when you did so, she had to send Justin as your safety guard. Though I would have expected Maddie should have reported to the school about this, I know how much she cares for you."
Mira was in awe hearing how the principal was praising Maddie, she'd gotten everyone blinded they even couldn't see the nasty act she commits towards her.
Now Maddie is being praised as if she is the angel and she is like she was the devil.
"I know Justin is the troublemaker but I didn't expect you would turn out to behave the same way, Mira. I'm disappointed I can't even think of a punishment that you would serve, all I need for now it's for you to recover at the very least."
"At least, could I use the lavatory?" She said calmly serving like a face slap to the words that were just spoken.
She stood up from the bed purposefully falling as Justin held her waist in mid-air before her butt could land on the ground, she wrapped her arm around his neck pulling her to his chest using the unbandaged arm.
They stared into each other's eyes without a word spoken as the woman looked at the shocking event.
"Thank you," she said mildly receiving no response from Justin as she adjusted herself.
In a jiffy, she was on her feet as she made her bandaged arm stay in a proper position.
"Justin, could I talk to you?" She asked as the two women turned to Mira in shock.
Wasn't she the same person who wanted to use the toilet a while back?
Justin didn't say a word though with the questioning, Gema wondered what she was trying to do getting close with her daughter's boyfriend.
"Mira, don't you want to use the toilet?" Gema asked but was given no response, Mira's eyes were still set on Justin, she was waiting for an answer.
"If you don't want to then-" Justin didn't let her finish her sentence as he pulled her by her arm out of the women's view.
"Justin, you're listening to what they're saying? Why aren't you replying?"
He didn't respond.
"Justin, why are you trying to make a blind eye, couldn't you hear how Maddie created a lie and now, she's deceiving the principal by trying to blame everything on us."
Justin folded his arms still not responding but it was done for him as the door of the room opened and Maddie entered.
"Mum, here's the medicine you asked for." She said coming in with a small bag that contained the drug the doctor prescribed she should use. But then she noticed the two who were staying at the side, seeing it, she tried not to frown but she asked.
"What's going on?" She asked with a pretending smile as she walked towards them.
"Are you conceived now that she's not doing as what you're claiming? She only used the method to get us out of the problem but the fault in this plan was that you became the bait." He said in a whisper.
Mira nodded as she moved into the toilet, once the door was locked she used her hand to hit the wall with rage.
The one place she thought was going to be her place where she was known for who she truly was, finally got destroyed by Gema and her daughter.
She felt like screaming but she couldn't, looking at the mirror, her eyes grew cold starting like they could throw a thousand dagger at a person.
She wanted this to stop, this whole bullying Gema and Maddie were up to.
Starting at herself, she clenched her jaw, with fisted arms, she wasn't going to accept being ridiculed any longer and that would have to start with the goody two-pants behavior and then with her appearance.
If it could save her from these drowning nightmares, then she was ready.
After she was able to calm herself, she was about to move out of the toilet when she felt her bandage arm was feeling itchy.
She scratched it but then it became intense like a burning coal was placed on it, she squatted scratching the place but before she went down, to the mirror, the reflection of Mira's face showed something indifferent.
Her eyes changed from her black eyes to red eyes for a moment but then it changed back to her original.
As she stood in relief at the itching that stopped, she looked at the mirror, and then she saw her eyes change once again to red but this time slowly.
Her lips arched to form a smile scornfully like it was expected seeing what was happening to her.
"Took you so long." She said coldly.