After Valeria left and he was sure she was far gone.
"Michelle" He called angrily and she walk out of her hiding covering her face with her hand
"I'm sorry Dennis" Shelby said walking towards Dennis with her face covered
"Why have you been stalking me?" Dennis asked trying to keep his calm
"I'm not stalking you" Shelby said now removing her hands from her face
"Lying about the obvious" Dennis said angrily
"Fine, I was stalking you" Shelby said pouting
"Why? What do you want?" Dennis asked
"After ignoring every girl here, you suddenly have a best friend" Shelby said folding her arms
"How's that your problem?" Dennis asked angrily
"You stand here asking me that after what happened between us the other night" Shelby replied now losing her cool
"You are delusional Shelby. Nothing happened that night and that night never happened" Dennis said holding his hair angrily
"That night happened Dennis and you won't have peace of mind until you admit it happened and we are a thing" Shelby said angrily
"We are not a thing, I only see you as a friend and you don't want to lose that because of some delusion you believe in" Dennis replied angrily making Shelby calm
"I'm sorry Dennis but who is Valeria to you?" Shelby asked calmly
"She's my best friend and she has been my best friend since three years now" Dennis replied angrily and leave without waiting for Shelby's reply.
****
Valeria was at the gate waiting for her father to come pick her up when she saw Felix coming out of the school gate.
"Hi pretty" He greeted and Valeria ignored him
"Don't be like that girl" Felix said walking up to her
"Can you please let me be?" Valeria asked trying to hide her fear
"How can I let a damsel be? You are too beautiful to be standing here all alone" Felix said looking at her flirtly
"Can you stop undressing me with your eyes?" Valeria asked angrily feeling disrespected
"I can undress you with my hand if you want" Felix said about to touch her. Valeria slapped him on the face and students passing by gasp.
"Don't you dare lay those filthy hands on me" Valeria said angrily pointing to him. Her father got to the scene at this time.
"What happened?" Mark asked walking up to his daughter
"I was only trying to help her get a bug off her" Felix said pointing to a bug on Valeria's shoulder
"What bug? You liar. You were trying to molest me" Valeria said angrily
"There's a bug Valeria" Mark said removing the bug on her body and showed it to her
"Father, he was trying to molest me, he was all flirty" Valeria said defending herself.
"I might be flirty but I won't ever try to molest someone" Felix said and leave making Valeria feel sorry
"Father, he was really acting like a pervert" Valeria said and all her father did was nod. They enter the car that came to pick her up and the car zoom off.
****
Valeria and her father didn't talk through out the journey home, she wasn't sure if he was angry at her or not. She texted her mother immediately she got inside and her father left for his colleagues place.
[A boy at school tried to harass me today, father saw a scene of me slapping him, the boy lied of wanting to remove a bug and I don't know what father is thinking]
She sent the same message to her brothers and none of them responded. She felt lonely and sad, at first it was Dennis who didn't see her off then the pervert Felix and now her family are giving her attitude. She searched through her contacts to see who she could talk to, she saw Daisy's and Alexis' contact, she doesn't want to bother one and wants to give one space. She kept scrolling and saw a contact she saved with the 'career lady', she dialed the number after much thought.
"Good evening Miss Esmeralda" Valeria greeted after the call was picked
"Good evening. And who's this?" Esmeralda said
"This is Melvin Valeria Grace" Valeria said
"Oh! I've been expecting your call" Esmeralda said happily
"How are you ma'am?" Valeria asked
"Good and you?" Esmeralda asked back
"Okay" Valeria replied trying to hide her sadness and loneliness
"You don't sound okay, what's wrong?" Esmeralda said hearing the sadness in her voice
"I feel empty" Valeria replied breaking down
"Where are you?" Esmeralda asked
"Let me come to you please" Valeria replied with tears
"Okay, I will text my address to you" Esmeralda said ending the call. Valeria's phone beeped and she left the house without telling her father. She board a cab and went to the sent address.
"Hi Valeria" Esmeralda said walking towards her and Valeria run to hug her with tears in her eyes.
"Pretty girls don't cry" Esmeralda said consoling her. They walk inside the restaurant which looked closed or booked privately for the two.
"What will you like to eat?" Esmeralda asked smiling
"Nothing" Valeria replied trying to put herself together
"Water will do" Esmeralda said to the waiter who was waiting to for their order.
"Every detail of what is making this pretty girl cry" Esmeralda said still smiling to make her comfortable. Valeria breath in and out before talking
"I have a secret boyfriend no one knows about and he's a student at University of Chicago. I visited him today and I wasn't pleased with what I saw, girls were all over him and a particular girl was stalking him" Valeria explained looking at Esmeralda if she should continue
"Continue pretty girl" Esmeralda said
"As if all that was not enough, there's this guy that was all over me too more like a flirt and pervert, he tried touching and I slapped him, I really don't know how it all turned that he became the victim and I became the villain. Now my father is pissed and there's no one to talk to" Valeria explained sadly
"First of all you did the right thing by slapping that pervert and about your father, you will have to talk to him about how you feel and explain what really happened to him" Esmeralda said
"How do I tell him when he seems pissed with me? I tried explaining but he ignored" Valeria replied sadly.
"He's probably angry and didn't expect you to accuse someone of harassment" Esmeralda said
"He should know I won't do that, I will never accuse anyone" Valeria defended
"Not what the scenario interpreted" Esmera said
"I will try explaining to him" Valeria finally said
"Your boyfriend is a different case, there's something between him and the stalker or she is obsessed with him" Esmeralda added
"I hope not because I won't be able to take it" Valeria said sadly
"And that's why you should talk to him about it" Esmeralda said and Valeria gave her a puzzled look
"Communication is key dear. After every fight with someone or a misinterpretation, make sure you talk to the person. It sorts things out and clears things up" Esmeralda explained understanding what her puzzled look means
"Thank you Miss Esmeralda" Valeria said smiling sadly
"Let's have dinner" Esmeralda said and ordered foods for themselves.