THE PRESENT TIME REBECCA’S POV I finally snapped out of thoughts when I heard Maribella laughed. The audience seems to be enjoying my story too but being sucked back to my memory lane was a bit embarrassing for me. It reminded me of how stupid I was when I was young. I think I said too much. “You are quite adorable in your younger days, Ms. Javier. Not everyone can do that. Honestly, while you are telling us what happened, I pictured myself confessing my feelings to the man I’m in love with and it was quite… unimaginable.” She chuckled and slowly shook her head. “I… I cannot do it.” I smiled. “That’s exactly what they said. But I don’t know. Sometimes, when you feel too much love and you started to feel suffocated for adoring someone, you just find yourself blurting out unnecessary things and feel better after… although, it comes with a price.” “Obviously. If you don’t mind me asking, what happened to you after that incident?” I sighed. “Well…” GOING BACK TO THE PAST THE NEXT
"LOVE? HE'S YOUR BOYFRIEND?" Ginny asked in a whisper. She was also looking at me baffled. "N-No!" I strongly denied but in a feeble voice. "It's been a long time since the last time I saw you. You've become even prettier than before, Love." He sincerely said and gave me a sweet smile. "I missed you." My classmates who were trying to control themselves let out a teasing rumpus. I turned my head and they were all looking at me with a silly smile on their faces. Oh damn! My eyes glimpsed at Ibarra who was just minding his own business. He doesn't seem to care but the people around us will definitely judge me because of what's happening. I felt my cheeks flushed. "Enough with this sweet talk. Introduce yourself." Ms. Leni interrupted and I took the chance to silently sit down on my chair. He beamed as he studied the faces of the people inside the classroom. "Hi! My name is Judiel. I'm the son of Mayor Fernandez reigning in the municipality of Cainta. I ended up here since I final
“MOVING ON WITH THE Vice President. Who would you like to elect?” Jeremy asked while smiling at us. Myrtle raised her hand and stood up. “I nominate Ms. Hera as Vice President. I believe she can work alongside with Jeremy.” Hera smiled. “Well this is new.” She seems elated. If I were to elaborate on that, it appears she got tired of being nominated as a muse for the past three years. “Other candidate?” Mica stood up. “I nominate Heiji as the Vice President. Didn’t he supported Jeremy earlier when Michell was trying to enter our class?” I bobbed my head in agreement. She has a point and now I’m torn between whom shall I choose. “Don’t vote for me.” Heiji whispered while giving us a threatening stare. “I don’t wanna be a part of the officers!” “I close the nomination!” Ray declared. “Now, for those who’s in favor with Hera… raise your hands.” Heiji doesn’t need to beg since most of us really voted for our beautiful classmate. She stood up and walked in front of the class. “We
PRESENT TIMES "OH MY GOSH! DON'T tell me you're the chosen one?" Maribella shockingly uttered. I gave her a half smile and nodded. "My crazy classmates didn't vote for other candidates which led me to win the position." "And you're cool with that?" "What else can I do? Besides, I was thinking of it as an opening to get close to Ibarra." "You have a point. But… how did the other girls react to it?" "Oh please…" I exasperatedly sighed. "It's too embarrassing to tell. Not to mention, annoying. Well, we were all young at that time, so I think that was given." "CUT!" The director suddenly shouted and walked towards us. "We have to end the show. It's already way beyond our time." "Really?" Maribella checked her wristwatch. "Damn! Time really flies when you're having fun." She looked at me and apologetically smiled. "I desperately wanted to know what happened but it's the director's order. We have to cut it short." I bobbed my head. "Of course." "I'd like to ask you more. I wanted
Rebecca POV (LOOKING BACK… AGAIN) “IS THERE SOMEONE AGAINST Ginny for closing the nomination right away?” Ms. Leni asked and looked at my classmates. Obviously, some of them were against it. I can see the disagreement in their eyes but no one attempted to raise their hands. I decided to act on it myself. “Me! I don’t agree with this!” I frantically stated while staring at Hera as if she did something crazy. Well, voting a normie like me was indeed insane. Ms. Leni’s brow arched. “So you’re questioning Hera’s capability of choosing the muse for this class? Don’t you think that there’s a reason why she voted for you?” I shrugged my shoulders. “I don’t know… maybe she was just playing prank on me. Please don’t allow this Ms. Leni! We won’t win the pageant if you are seriously thinking of letting me join.” “I think you are perfect for the role, Rebecca.” A genuine smile formed on Hera’s lips. “And just so you know, I’m not playing a prank on you.” My glasses slid down on the bridge
GINNY’S POV IT WAS A WONDERFUL morning for me. The sun was radiantly smiling above us, I was able to arrive at school early and everything seems to be in their rightful places… … Until I heard someone yelped for help. I immediately ran towards the bathroom where I heard the pleading voice of a woman when Mitchell’s group suddenly walked out of the comfort room. They were all laughing hard and it came down on me that they must have done something mischievous again. Mitchell noticed me and pushed me by the shoulder before ordering her minions to quickly fled away from the scene. “What happened? I heard someone screamed.” I turned my head and saw Heiji’s worried face. “I’m not sure.” I looked back at the comfort room and walked inside it. “Hello?” Heiji watched me as I checked the cubicles. “Do I have to call Ms. Leni?” He asked. “Hold on. We have to check the situation first.” I pushed the next door but no one was there. “Hello? Please if someone is here then answer me
HEIJI'S POV I CAN FEEL MY CHEEKS burning when their eyes turned at me. I don't know if it was because of the cocktail I was drinking, or because of the embarrassment I felt after reminiscing about our high school days. That damned dress. My sister Hikaru asked me to bring it since they were going to have a party that night with her friends. I was planning to give it to her after school and will just meet her up at her all-girls dormitory. I never thought that the one she asked me to bring was the provocative dress that my Dad forbade her to wear. "Thanks to Heiji, I was able to see how Rebecca looked in a sexy dress." Hera said with a teasing smile on her lips. How I wish… "That’s true." Ginny seconded and focused her eyes at Rebecca. "Although I was a bit curious as to why you didn't seem to feel shy while wearing it. I mean, based on your personality, I was expecting to see you timidly checking the length of your dress. Or you’d be crying helplessly since it was showing to
HERA’S POV PRESENT TIME I WATCHED HOW Judiel and Rebecca bicker, and it reminded me of the days when we were still in high school. “Can you two grow up? I mean, years already passed and you two still fight like kids.” I scolded them since they were starting to attract the attention of the customers. They both stopped and smiled at me. “But this is our normal thing, Hera.” "I don't think you should even call this fighting." Judiel nonchalantly said. Rebecca nodded. "I agree." “Well, not the perfect place to do your 'normal thing' though.” I motioned them to check their surroundings which they did. “Sorry.” Rebecca said and took another shot of tequila on the table. “Since Mirajane and Judiel are already happily engaged, why not stop squabbling with each other and live in harmony? Don’t forget that Judiel also helped us with the makeover.” A sweet smile popped on my lips as we all started to remember that day… THE MAKEOVER PLAN IN HIGH SCHOOL WE WERE ALL STANDING outside the f