SSHS 165 Hestia and Freya’s conversion lasted longer than what the rookie undercover spy had expected. Although she did try her best to stir the conversation in a way that Freya would talk more about herself and talk more about how she knew about the meeting, Hestia seemed to have not been successful in that part. In fact, it seemed like all of her plans had not been going on as it should that entire day. Things are just, going on the flow of someone else’s. “Freya, how did you know about the meeting?” Hestia asked again, but this time, her voice was much softer than before, as if she was coaxing the senior cheerleader to spill the tea and tell her where or from who she knew of the information. Hestia knew that she was going somewhere, that Freya was on to something. That Freya was hiding something from her. It is obvious on how the senior cheerleader was acting as they were talking: she cannot even look the Student Council Vice President in the eyes— her eyes were daring from left
SSHS 166 CONTROVERSIAL. If ever the Journalism Club hears this, it will make it to the front page of the monthly newspaper. It will be such a huge news that the whole school will be talking abt it for so long. “Please don’t tell anyone about it. It would be a huge scandal in my records.” Freya said with a meek and shy voice, her hands in praying position as she begged Hestia to not speak even a word about it. But then again, mystery lurks behind that story. “Why? What would happen if people were to know that?” Hestia asked with a raised brow. Fumbling again with her fingers, Freya tries to form the words that she will say to Hestia. Not only the story behind her reason was also confidential and scandalous, it also is a bitter one in her records. “Well, our fathers had a teenie, tiny misunderstanding and it turned into a full blown conflict. You do know, from the news, that my father— an owner of an airline, and his father— the owner of a technology company; much like Elon Musk—
SSHS 167 Hestia’s and Freya’s conversation went on for a bit longer until they saw the beautiful hues of the late afternoon sky— blues and violets and blacks. That is when they have decided that it is time for them to go back: Freya to her house and Hestia to her dorm. “Well, I don’t know but, I think this new you is just really great. It may be a byp[roduct of all those traumatic things we— or rather— you experienced last school year, but, this is great. I just hope that you won’t experience those things anymore and that you stay as bright as you are right now.” the senior cheerleader said as she before saying goodbye to the rookie undercover spy. Hestia only replied with a nod and a smile before waving goodbye to the senior cheerleader. Watching as Freya entered her car and sped away from hestia’s line of sight, that is when her smile melted away and was replaced by her thin straight lips. ‘Who knew smiling for that long would be so much painful for the facial muscles?’ Hestia th
SSHS 168Following Freya was not that hard in the first place. It was, in fact, really easy to know where she is at the moment. And just following one of her socials was enough to know that she was at the same cafe. What Hestia did not know was that Arthur would also be there with her. Before the 'Samgyupsal' session was over, Hestia simply sent a message to Arthur saying that she wanted to talk to him– privately. Of course, Arthur checked the message out but immediately replied that he was not available at the moment. Shrugging her shoulder, Hestia let it be.
Knowing that the now— fourth year techno guys would be busy with his own schedule. But then again, it won’t hurt to know what his schedule is, after all, he is related to Freya somehow: he has information, he knows things about the senior cheerleader and by that, he is now a fountain of information for her. They continued to eat and savour the deliciousness of the meal they were having and by the end of the day, Excami was barely able to get herself up, she was too full to even move. “Bye everyone, get home safely.” The Montague siblings bid farewell to Hestia and Arthur as they entered their family car and were driven away by their family driver. The Ice Queen and Freya’s boyfriend were left in an awkward silence as they waited for the car to disappear from their line of sight. Once gone from their sight, Arthur was about to bid farewell too to Hestia and get away as he has to keep up with his schedule— if not for his curiosity in taking over him. “What is it that you want
SSHS 170“I say we go to that alleyway unless you want every passer by know that pretty little secret of yours, and some person out there.” Hestia added. With that, Arthu was convinced that whatever Hestia knows, it is something better talked about in the privacy of darkness and lack of people around. Arthur was racking his brain as they walked into the alleyway. Since it was still daytime, there was sure no bad guys hanging out in this alleyway, but that is not his concern as of the moment. He tried racking his brain as to what Hestia would hold about him. He tried remembering the things he did and if he ever did something that made it a dead giveaway for the rookie undercover spy, or if he said something that led to the similar outcome, or that maybe, someone around him spilled something about him and that led to this situation. Arthur tried so hard to recount his steps and remember his words but nothing comes into mind that might lead to this result. Then they were already at the
SSHS 171 Thinking about it, the timeline is so weird and so out of the course. If Arthur was with Freya from their first year and they lasted that long without anyone finding out, then what is the reason for Arthur flirting with all of the other girls? And what was Freya’s reaction to it? Are they even still together? And looking back, does she know of what Arthur did— about the ‘Blackmailing Incident’? In fact, if Hestia remembers correctly, Freya was also a victim of it. Everything is disorganised and messy all of a sudden. Instead of answers, she was faced with even more questions. And not only that, it seemed that this kind of cycle has been going on for so long that she almost got used to it. This kind of cycle was like a cliche story line of a novel dealing with mystery, and somehow, this pisses her off. “Sure that the prolonged suspense was beneficial to hook them up, but it would be better for my mission to obtain the answers as soon as possible.” she muttered to herself as
SSHS 172 The last week of the Summer Break was coming to an end. It was Sunday and the students availing the dorms were flooding the school for them to settle down with their rooms. It also gave them a heads up in collecting the required books from the library. Many flocked the library to browse or to at least have an advance reading of their lessons. Teachers are also their to add references to their lesson plans and sometimes help the students they come across with.Hestia, however, cannot be seen in the library. Aside from the reasoning that she did not need to, she also has other duties and tasks to complete.