Vivienne
“You!” The guy with the same face yelled. “You are the one who broke my phone! How dare you escape with me?” He angrily pointed at me.
“So, that’s what is she talking about earlier.” Logan laughed and brushed away the guy. “She was asking me if my phone has broken. I was weirded out at first. But now I guess she thought I am you, Loki.”
“Grr! You must pay for running away from me.” Loki hissed at me. “How did you get her, Logan?”
“I’m sorry,” I said before Logan could say a word. I bowed, holding the hot compress. “I was in a hurry awhile ago. But I'll pay for your phone's damage.”
“Silly girl, my twin wasn’t asking for money for the phone, but the compensation of escaping him.”
Logan laughed at me when I gave him a questioning look.
“He… what?”
“You escaped him, and you paid the price.”
“Can we talk about it later? I need to attend the class.”
I handed the hot compress to the nurse and took the pack of tissue.
“Are you okay already? The menstrual cramps will worsen if you didn’t treat it well.” The nurse asked.
“Hey! Are you the girl who asked for a sanitary napkin and tissue at the male's comfort room?” The other guy suddenly asked.
“Oh!” I exclaimed. “So, it's you?”
“Did I heard it right, Thore? You buy her a sanitary napkin? I can’t believe it!”
Logan was laughing so hard.
I felt red all over. This is so embarrassing!
“What is the commotion all about?” A firm and baritone voice came inside the infirmary room.
For the nth time, I went dumbfounded. The guy who just came in was so handsome! I think I saw him already, but I just don’t know when and where. And did the Brixtons University has this face standard? Why were all male students here stunning?
“It’s you!” The guy suddenly exclaimed when he saw me. “Helmet girl!”
The three handsome guys went silent for a while. I just knotted my forehead.
“What is this lunatic talking about? I am not helmet girl.”
The three burst out laughing. The guy who just came suddenly darkened his face.
“What did you just called me?” He grimly asked me.
“Whoa! Raylie was called a lunatic.” Logan keeps laughing. “This girl is one of a kind.”
“Yeah! I think so. No one dares to insult any of the Titans.”
I was a bit shaken. What are they talking about? What Titans? Did they mean the mythical creatures? But realizing I made Raylie furious, I got scared.
I was new here. I shouldn’t be causing any trouble.
“I’m sorry. It’s me and my mouth.”
But why is he calling me helmet girl?
Raylie suddenly loosened his temper.
“You’re forgiven then. Where is my helmet?”
“Huh?” I got confused. What is he talking about?
“The helmet you stole from me when we run away from the gang.” He keeps insisting.
I tried to think about the scene, and I finally remembered it.
“Oh! You are that guy!” I exclaimed. “I’ll check your helmet in my place. I am not certain where did I put it. We just move here.”
“Yeah. I think so. Raylie said you were wearing the Kingstone High's uniform when the first time he saw you.”
I didn’t dare say anything. Who are these guys? Why do they know about that incident?
“Bring my helmet back tomorrow.” Raylie coldly said.
“Fine. Can I go now?” I silently asked.
“I'll walk you to your classroom.” Thore offered.
Knowing that he was the guy who helps me in the male’s comfort room, I felt embarrassed seeing him. But I should be grateful to him. He was such a nice guy.
“Let’s walk her together. She’s our classmates.” Logan said and stood up, ready to go.
“Really? You’re in class 11-A?” Thore seemed surprised to hear it. I shyly nodded.
“Oh, well. Let’s go together.”
“I decided not to attend the class today.”
Our attention was thrown towards Raylie. Loki approached him and jokingly tapped him on the back.
“Come on. Don’t pretend to be hard to get. We knew you wanted to attend the class.”
“Yeah! Don’t you want to know our new classmates here?” Logan seconded what his twin said.
We thanked the nurse and left the infirmary.
“Let’s go!” The twin forced Raylie to walk our way to our classroom.
“Oh! I almost forgot,” Loki turned to me. “We still need to talk after class.”
“What are you going to talk about?” Raylie seemed annoyed to hear what Loki said.
“Well, this girl got in trouble with Loki. They must talk and agreed about the compensation.” Logan said.
I decided to keep silent. It’s just my first day, and I got in trouble with these four guys. What am I going to do now?
“We’re here.”
After a long walk, we stopped in front of a classroom. I looked up and saw the sign. It says 11-A. So, this is my new classroom. Thore opened the door. And they started to enter one by one. I could still hear the gasping from the female students. They seemed surprised to see who’s coming.
What’s really going on?
The teacher turned to me when I was the only person left outside the door.
“You must be the new student.” I nodded at the teacher. “Are you with the Titans?” It’s a follow-up question that I don’t know how to answer.
“Certainly, Sir,” Logan answered. He seemed to be the most cheerful among the four guys.
“Okay. Come here and introduced yourself.”
I followed what the teacher asked me to do. When I was still the old me, I used to be confident about myself. But now, seeing my new classmates made me feel awkward, maybe because they were giving me a weird look.
“I am Vivienne Alfonso. Seventeen years old. I am new here. Please be good to me.”
That was it. I don’t want to say anything about myself anymore. I turned to the teacher, and he smiled.
“Please take a seat to anywhere you wanted.” The teacher kindly said.
“Come here, Vivienne. This seat is vacant.” I heard Thore calling out on me.
I was about to walk towards him, but I saw Raylie’s face turned grim. The four boys were sitting aligned to each other. Maybe Raylie didn’t want me to join them. I saw a vacant seat in front of Thore and decided to take it.
“I must take this seat,” I whispered to Thore.
“Whoa! Thore was being rejected, huh? You are really something, Vivienne.” Logan commented.
I saw Raylie seems to lighten his mood. I must be right in thinking that he doesn’t want me to join them.
Likewise, I focused on our lesson. I was here to study and not to get entangled with trouble anymore. Break time comes, and a group of girls approached me. I was surprised to see them. Are they going to ask me to join them? I was about to greet them when a girl suddenly gives me a sour face.
“Who are you? Why are you with the Titans?” The girl asked me in an angry tone.
“Huh?”
I'd been hearing about the Titans many times today. But I don’t have any idea about what they are talking about. And why is it that I felt danger towards this group of girls? Am I in trouble again?
Vivienne “Know your place, bitch! You are not supposed to hang out with them.” “Szane was right, Vivienne. Titans were the untouchable students of Brixtons. They were the most famous students who came from well-off families. Actually, their families were the biggest sponsors of this University. Only elite students were supposed to be with them. And not someone like you, whom we don’t know where you came from.” “Looking at her, she looks like she came from slumps. I heard our new classmate was under a scholarship program.” Another girl stepped closer to me. She even tried to smell me and pulled a disgusted face. “So, that must be the reason why she stinks.” “Yeah. I could smell garbage here. Let’s go, girls before we could catch any virus coming from this rat.” The girl named Szane disgustingly said and turned away from me. I felt terrible. What did I do that they seem to hate me at the very first time?
VivienneJax leaves me on the concrete pavement and stands up to meet Raylie. I don’t know if I should be thankful he came and fix his mess with this crazy guy. Or should I just yell at him for bringing me into this situation? But my stomach aches like crazy I tried hard not to collapse in pain.The group of students takes the plunged towards Raylie. Things went out of control. I just realized they were fighting each other. Jax group have paddles on their hands while Raylie wasn’t armed with anything. But I was surprised by his strength that he quickly finished them alone. Students, together with Jax runoff while throwing a lot of threats and curse towards him. It was just then that the school security came to our aid.“Tss! Weakling!” I heard Raylie smirked.He approached me. “Hey, are you okay?”“What do you think?!” I snarled at him.I suddenly winced in pain when I fe
Vivienne It was Thore. My mouth fell open as I looked up at him. He was so tall, over six feet, and such a handsome guy. His warm eyes were as if sparkling while gazing down at me. “Are you hurt?” A gentle but cold voice came over. His eyes were warm, but his voice was cold. But I know he was better than his friends. “Huh?” I was suddenly trapped in my own little world for about three seconds before I finally managed to answer. “No. Not really. I was chasing my scooter that your stupid friend threw.” Thore chuckled a bit and looked around us. I just realized that there are four shining cars lined on the street. “Who among them? They were all stupid.” Thore jokingly asked and glanced at his friends. “What? Who is stupid?” Loki impatiently complained. “Hey! Move your cars, you idiots!” An insolent voice roared. That was coming from the fourth car. I saw Raylie’s head peeping outside the car window.
RaylieI WOKE up feeling irritated the next day. The scene at the school still lingers in my head. That girl’s words bother me a lot? I should not care, right? Why would I feel guilty over something that happened already? I could not change it anymore.“Young master… it’s time to get up. You'll be late to school.” I heard one of the maids knocked on my door.Sheesh! How am I going to attend school when I haven’t got the right sleep?“Leave me alone! I'm not going to school!” I yelled without getting up.“Young Master, your professors said the examination was near. You have to attend school, even for just a week.”“Sheesh! Damn it! One more word and I'm going to fire you! And I swear, you'll never get a job anywhere in L City!”The door suddenly went silent. Good thing it did. That was always the magic word for our maid
VivienneI AM ON my way home, driving the scratched scooter. I asked Vianna to take the public vehicle in going home. The scooter was still in a bad shape, I only opt to bear with it. Just like now, it suddenly stopped running. I tried to start it again but didn’t have any luck. I decided to guide it by hand until we reach the nearest auto shop.I sighed heavily while waiting to get my scooter fixed. I shoved my hand into my pocket only to fished a small card. It’s the schedule for the quarterly examination. And it will be next week. It would also mean that I need to update my tuition fee payment until this month, or I would not get the examination. Even though I was under a scholarship program, I still need to pay the miscellaneous fee and that was a big sum of money.We have lots of expenses right now. Mom's salary from being a service manager in a fast-food wasn't enough to pay all the bills. I don't want to bu
Vivienne WHAT happened to his face? That’s the question that suddenly popped inside my head when I saw Raylie the next day I went to school. He got bruised on the left side of his lips. I can easily tell since he has to pass by on my table before he reached his. Pokerfaced, Raylie took his seat. “What was that?” “That looks horrible.” “I can’t believe you’re coming to school having that on your face. Your such an egoistic guy who never showed his flaw.” Those were the conversation I heard from the back. It seems Raylie’s friends were enjoying teasing him. “I have no choice but to attend class school today.” I heard Raylie said in disgust. “Whoa! I heard Chloe was back.” And who was Chloe? I didn’t realize that I was frowning while eagerly listening to them. “Really?” I heard a series of laughter. It seems the boys were really having fun teasing Raylie.
Vivienne In the locker room… I am still lucky I have a spare shirt on my locker. I quickly cleaned myself and changed into it. I tried to wash the stains in my uniform. I had to clean it, or I won’t be able to attend my class. But the stains were too hard to wash. I almost give up. I made a mental check on how much I am going to earn for this week. Maybe I can still afford to buy a new uniform. Tomorrow is Friday, and it’s our washday. I still have time to purchase a new regular uniform without skipping a class. I sighed and sat on the bench in the middle of the locker room. Why am I so unlucky? I seem to attract all the bad luck in life. I take a look at my uniform. The stains were still visible. I can’t do anything with this. I was about to stand up and put the uniform in my locker when a girl suddenly approached me. She handed me a paper bag. I got confused. I don’t know the girl. Why is she giving me the p
VivienneIt was Saturday. I was busy calculating my allowance and the expenses when I noticed the door of our room opened. Vianna came in.I excitedly show her my first salary and give her some.Vianna smiled, but it didn't reach her eyes. Regardless, she accepted the money and plopped on the bed.“I don't know how to conceal you to Mom anymore. What if she got home one night and found out that you are working at the laundry house?” Vianna sighed frustratedly.I almost forgot that we conceal about my part-time job at Mom. It was easy for us since Mom came home once in a while. She was transferred to the other city branch, and it was convenient for her to rent an apartment near her work. It would save her from everyday fare and stress. She wants us to join her, but we are in the middle of the semester, so it would be impossible for us to transfer again. Besides, I was so tired and sick of always moving from one sch
Vivienne It’s been a month and I am always there at Raylie’s villa, taking care of him while sharing with him the lessons that we had at school. He insisted on making me stay in the villa and I agreed just because he has to recover from his wounds and fractures. I told him I’ll be back in the apartment once he is fully recovered. Sometimes, I thought he was just faking the pain already just to keep me in the villa. His face was totally healed and he can walk already. Sometimes he was still limping and complained he was in pain but I usually caught him walking straightly. Just like now. He was walking on the pavement in his garden. It’s Saturday morning and we usually hang out in his garden during weekend mornings. I fished out my phone from my pocket and took a video of him walking. Then I silently walked towards him. “Boyfriend!” I yelled behind his back. Raylie seemed to be startled and stopped walking on the pavement. He started to
Raylie When I opened my eyes, I was in a hospital suite. Vivienne was there. And her eyes were red. I guess she was crying, again. “Oh, my God! You’re awake!” Vivienne quickly hugged me. I gathered her to my chest. “How long have I been asleep?” I whispered. “Almost twenty-four hours.” “And I guess you were crying for more than twenty-four hours. Look at your eyebags. Did you even take a nap?” “How could I sleep? You haven’t woken up since you collapsed in the building!” She hissed and let go of me. “And what kind of brain do you have? Why didn’t you call the police? You should not go there alone!” Vivienne started to nagged. “Right, you should not go there alone.” Logan entered the room together with Loki and Thore. “You’re such a fool! Wh
Raylie I asked Vivienne to live in the condo unit I took for her but she insisted on moving into the old apartment they used to live in. She said she paid for the rent for the whole Spring season. She felt better staying in the place where she paid with her hard earned money rather than in a comfortable condo unit that I provided for her. I don’t get it but I just agreed. After what just happened, after what we faced, I don’t want us to fight again. “It’s been a while since we went to the park together. I want to go there again.” Said Vivienne. It’s already dark. We enjoyed hanging out together with our friends. We went to the mall after school, played arcades and ate dinner together. It’s been a while since we laughed like that. And it feels so good. “Aren’t you tired?” Vivienne shook her head. “I wanted to go t
RaylieChloe went inside my room. Surprisingly, she had my phone. She threw it above my bed, beside me. I turned to her, stunned.“How did you get this?” I asked her.“I made a deal with Dad and Mom just to get that, your cards and for you to go back to school. So, you should do better at school starting tomorrow. Don’t skip school ever again, understand? You go to school and don’t do something foolish or you’ll be locked here again.”I sighed and plopped on the bed. “How can I do that? The only reason why I am coming to school wasn't there anymore.” I lazily closed my eyes.Thore and the twins told me that Vivienne and her family moved to a small town far from here. I tried to come to her but I couldn't. And even now that Chloe made a deal with our parents, I am certain Dad won’t let me come to wh
Vivienne St. Louis was a fishing village. How can Mom make pickles here? I sighed. It’s been three days since we moved here and Mom hasn't found a job. Me as well. How can a highschool student find a job in a small town like this? I sat on the wide seawall while watching the sundown. It’s always like this everyday since the first day. Mom would go to the shoreline to buy a bunch of new catched fish and she would sell it in retail at the town. While Vianna transferred to the nearby school. I felt sorry for Vianna. I know it’s hard for her too. And me, I don’t know what to do. I haven’t processed my papers from Brixton yet. All I just want is to escape from there. I sighed. I was thinking what are they doing right now? Were they happy? Is everyone celebrating the newly engaged couple? How about Raylie. Why didn’t he come that night? Thore said that it’s Raylie
Raylie “Let me out!” I shouted at the security guard. But they just pushed me back inside the main door. “You can’t go out, young master. That’s what the master told us.” Every exit was being guarded. I was about to come and meet Thore and Vivienne that night but my father’s men blocked me. My Dad even informed them to fight me if I insisted on going. As long as I am alive, it’s fine even if I am hurt. And that’s fucking bullshit! They arrange my engagement without my knowledge! I was surprised to hear the announcement. And I am sure Vivienne was confused as hell. I wanted to explain to her. I wanted to tell her that I will break the engagement even if it will cause me and my parents to disinherit me. I don’t care! My parents were already controlling Chloe’s life and I won’t let them do it to me too. I start
Vivienne I was surprised to see that Mom was home when I came. I thought she’ll going to scold me for coming home late but she just asked me if I wanted to drink milk before going upstairs. “Why are you still awake? Were you waiting for me?” I felt guilty about that. I waited for nothing while keeping my Mom awake and waiting for me to come home. I am sure Vianna told her I went to my classmate’s birthday party. Mom gave me a soft smile. “I can’t sleep. That’s it.” Her voice was sad. I went to the counter top and sat across from her. I realized our things were packed. Why did she pack it? “What’s the matter, Mom? Is everything alright?” She smiled at me again. Then her tears rolled down. “We paid for the next month’s rent, right?” I nodded. “Actually, we pa
Vivienne We were starting to enjoy the party when the center stage was suddenly lightened up. The host took the microphone and started the show. He first presented the birthday celebrant, then the parents of Szane. I don’t know what else he was talking about but it seems to me that the party wasn’t all about the birthday celebrant but also the announcement of how their family businesses were going. “Raylie, your Mom asked me to bring you to their table.” Loki said. He just came from somewhere after taking a call. “They were here?” Raylie asked, confused. “You didn’t know?” He threw his head back then turned to me. I don’t know what to say. Raylie took my hand and pulled me to stand up. “Come. I’ll introduce you to my parents.” I started to panic and slipped my hands from his grasp.
VivienneIt’s the night of the party. Raylie picked me up at the expensive salon he rented to accommodate my needs. Well, I don’t need anything to get fixed. A light makeup and slight curls in my hair were just enough. I don’t want anything fancy. But all the simplicity I wanted had been covered with the elegance of the red gown that Raylie bought for me.Even the stilettos stand out. I don’t usually use heels but I guess, the occasion asked for it. I once wished to dress up like how I did before. And I guess, tonight is the best time to do it.“Gosh! Your prince was already waiting for you, Ms. Alfonso. Hurry up!”Suzette called out for me. She’s the one who did my hair and make up.“Thanks for everything, Ms. Suzette.” I said with a wide smile, giving my reflection a final glance.