Vivienne
I am on my way to the library with a pile of books. The librarian phoned me to get the books from grade 10 and bring them back to the library. Well, that’s part of my job as a student assistant.
I was near the stair down the library room when someone pulled the pile of books I am holding. It was all over the floor. I saw Szane and her friends being the culprit.
“So where are your loser friends huh? Do you think you can beat me just like that?”
“Jeez! How dare those stupid girls talked back like that?”
“They’re not stupid. You should stop talking ill about my friends.” I coldly said.
I bent over to get the books but Lalie just pulled me up. I snapped and threw her arms away.
Szane smirks and steps closer to me. Lalie and Cathy did too. I could only step back. Behind me was the stair
Thore It’s Vivienne’s first day of duty. I should not be here. But I just can’t help it. I wanted to look for her or if she was doing fine. “Young Master, you are here ” Ms. Benson suddenly approached me. I signaled her to keep quiet. “When I was not inside the office, I was just a customer.” “Sir?” She frowned. “Just do what I said. I was just a customer.” “Oh! Okay. Ahm, may I know if you are going to be a customer today or the owner?” I chuckled at the woman’s confusion. “Well, I am going to sit over there so I am a customer now.” I pointed to the seat in front of the cashier’s area. Ms. Benson nodded. I went to the cashier and ordered a drink. “What are you going to order, Sir… Oh! Thore! What are you doing
Vivienne At school. It’s P.E time. I am the one who has been asked to put the markings in the field. I took the field line marking machine and started doing the markups for our running activity. Chelsea and Sheena were waving at me at the bleacher on the right. I smiled and approached them once I finished doing the task that was given to me. “Hey!” I greeted them. “Gosh! You look pale Vivienne!” Chelsea exclaimed “Haven’t you checked your face in the mirror? You looked like a zombie.” I patted my face and gently slapped my cheeks to make them a little redder. “That must be the outcome of doing a lot of part-time jobs.” Sheena snorted. “You must pick one and let go of the other one.” “Come one! I can handle the two.” “Why are you working so hard? Can’t your Mom provide
Raylie Thore quickly turned to me. “What?” “Fire her.” I sternly said. Thore shook his head. “If there’s someone who needs to fire her, it’s you.” I frowned. My face suddenly turned grim. What is he talking about? Was he trying to infuriate me? Well, I know I can’t threaten Thore, but I would not back down as well. I need to keep Vivienne near my sight. Especially during her part-time job. “You said she’s working in your laundry company at night shift. People’s body could easily deteriorate when they lack sleep. Especially at night.” I was rendered speechless. Thore was right. That must be the reason why Vivienne’s immunity had weakened. She lacks sleep. She’s often late coming to school and I knew it’s because she woke up late. And now, she was pale. Her lips were dry. Why didn’t I notice all
Vivienne Mom arrived at the hospital, panting. Deep worry was all over her face. “What happened? Are you okay?” Mom asked worriedly. It’s a long drive from the heart of the city. And seeing her in her working uniform, I couldn’t imagine she left her work just to come here. “I’m fine, Mom. It’s just a stomach.” I felt so embarrassed. I was sent to the hospital for having a stupid stomach upset. “You should have not come. I’m really fine and it’s nothing serious.” “How can I not come? Having a stomach upset that makes you faint isn’t just nothing.” I sighed as she checked me. Railey suddenly entered, holding a paper bag of take-out food. “Oh, Railey… I mean, young master. I heard you are the one who brought Vivienne here to the hospital. Thank you so much!” Railey smiled and nodded. “It’s nothing, Mrs. Alfonso. Anyone will do that.” He put down the paper bag on the side table. “
VivienneI got released from the hospital right after I finished my IV. Railey insisted on driving us home though Mom and I kept declining the offer. Mom was grateful enough to Railey for paying my hospital bill.In the end, he still drives us home.“I’ll get going, Mrs. Alfonso.” Railey politely said. “And for Vivienne to get enough rest.”Mom and I nodded.“Take care, young master.”Railey went to his car and drove away. I turned to enter the gate to our house. Mom followed me with my school bag that my friends brought to the hospital.Vianna was home already. She greeted us and hugged Mom.“How are you, big sis?” Vianna turned to me. "I heard what happened."“I’m good.” I smiled at her, a little embarrassed. "It's embarrassing, you know. I got hospitalized because of stomach cramps."“I
Vivienne“R-Raylie!” I exclaimed. I was surprised to see him outside of our gate. “What are you doing—”I stopped talking when he suddenly tossed off something towards me. To my surprise, my reflexes quickly worked and I caught it.A key?I turned to Railey. “What is this?”“Are you an idiot? Don’t you know what that is? That’s a key.”“I know it’s a key but why are you giving me this?”He pointed something with a snout, just right in my back. I turned back.I gasped. My eyes widened. It’s a brand new scooter!I turned back to Railey. He just shrugged.“Why are you so poor? I can’t bear seeing you always running towards the gate of the school. I wanted to give you a car but I know you will decline since you prefer a scooter. So, take it at least.”I threw m
Railey I was all smiles the whole time of the class discussion. She took my hand. Was she trying to give me the initiative? I don’t know. Vivienne was so hard to predict. But then, I was still happy. Breaktime came. I was about to approach Vivienne but she went with Chelsea and Sheena. I hurried to them and blocked their way. “Aren’t you going to eat with me?” I asked. “Huh?” She asked, confused. “Why would I do that? I am with my friends.” I frowned. “Silly! I guess it’s your first time being in a relationship. Of course, that’s the normal thing that teen couples do. Eat together. Go out together.” “We are not teen couples.” Vivienne cut Chelsea out. I was stunned. Did I assume too much? Is grabbing my hands didn’t mean anything to her? I gritted my teeth in embarrassment. “Then, why did you come to school together? Why are you holding hands?” Vivienne seemed to get
VivienneI frowned at my food tray. The servers from the cafeteria seem too odd. They keep putting a lot of food in my tray. It seems doubled with the servings of the other students.“Enjoy your food.” Said the last server. I just nodded and smiled.I’m done taking my food and was about to come to our table when Raylie suddenly took my food tray.“Hey!” I snapped but he didn’t turn back.He continued going to their table with the food trays. I frowned and followed him to complain about what he was doing. He put down the tray of food. The twins and Thore turned to him.“I'm going to eat with Sheena and Chelsea at the next table.” I proclaimed and was about to take back my food tray.But Raylie stopped me.“Sit down.” And he pulled my wri