Diana Rose Soleta POV-Should I just shut the door on Brena and continue the behavior I showed to her earlier? Or, apologize to her and confess that I am her friend. “Can I come inside your room?” Brena asked me calmly, now with a smile on her face.I did not answer, and even though I nodded, I didn’t give her an answer, but she still entered my room.I just closed the door and then I looked at Brena.When I looked at Brena, she was looking at the picture frames on display.“We have the same picture on display in the room, this one.” Brena’s pointing in one picture.Meanwhile, I want to cry at Brena’s reaction now.She already knows, and she’s not mad at me.“Brena...”Brena looked away from my picture frames, then I approached her and hugged her.“You’re not mad?” I asked, almost crying.I heard her laugh a little. “Why would I get mad?”I looked away from Brena and saw that she wasn’t even smiling at me.“Are you really not mad?”“No. Just annoyed.” Straight and she confessed to m
Diana Rose POV-I woke up early today, even before Andrew called me earlier at three in the morning. I sent him a text message so as not to waste time waking me up and sending me a text message or call.Now it’s only 06:08 am and I’m already at school. I’m still a little sleepy, of course, but I don’t think I’ll be able to sleep right away in the classroom either, so I went straight to the cafeteria to eat breakfast.I think for the next few days until my 18th birthday, my day will be fine. I have a trusted friend and most of all, I am getting closer to Andrew.When I arrived at the cafeteria, I was a bit shocked to see that there were other students also eating the breakfast menu at this time.The past few days because I used to go to school early, I just went straight to our classroom to sleep.I immediately went to the sellers of hot dishes. “Two pancakes with strawberry syrup, a bowl of mushroom soup too and... uh... bacon and hotdog—also two boiled eggs.”After I bought hot dish
Diana Rose POV-“Dian–I mean, Patrice, you need to wash up,” I heard Brena whisper to me as she still helped me walk.“I don’t have makeup, my makeup is in my bag.”“Where’s your bag?”“It’s in the classroom. I sent it to Shin earlier.”“What?!”“Brena, I need to get my bag without anyone seeing my face.” I cried to Brena.I heard Brena sigh. “Fine, I’ll take care of it.”“Thank you so much, Brena.” I’m still crying.I want to cry now because of the mixture of joy and annoyance that I feel. I was disgusted by the students who smeared cake all over my face for nothing, but I cried because Brena came and defended me.“We’re almost in the classroom. We’ll get your bag.”I just nodded.Just for a few moments, I heard the door open, and Brena and I suddenly got quiet.I think we are in the classroom now.“Brena, who is that with you? Why are you covering his–her head?” I heard one of our classmates ask.“Nothing,” Brena answered simply, but a bit distantly.Brena and I continued walking u
Diana Rose POV-I gave Isabelle her cell phone back, then I quickly ran to our classroom. I even heard Brena calling me, but I ignored them.“Alright, try to block Patrice’s path. You will all be responsible to me!” I heard Brena shout when there was a group of women planning to block my path.That’s why, while Brena was also behind me, no one tried to fight me until we got to the classroom.The moment I got to the classroom, I accidentally opened the door loudly, and that’s why all our classmates looked at me except for Shin, who had his head on his desk.“Patrice, are all the pictures of you and Andrew are real?” asked one of my female classmates.I looked at Andrew, who was now just looking at me, then I looked back at my classmates, who were waiting for my answer.But seconds passed until I think a minute passed and the whole classroom was silent.I shouldn’t deny that Andrew and I met on Saturday because we didn’t do anything wrong, but I forgot that everyone who knows us knows
Diana Rose POV-It was not easy for other fangirls here in the H.I.S of Andrew and Shin to forget about the pictures of me and Andrew that were spread. No one knows who spread those pictures, especially the dummy account that uploaded pictures of me and Andrew did not last twenty-four hours.Fortunately, for a few days, I always had Isabelle with me everywhere on campus, especially Brena, to protect me. Whenever the two of them fight because of me, I also want to join the fight and defend myself, but I better preserve my image as Patrice.As Patrice, I am supposed to be unobtrusive, modest and non-belligerent–the opposite of Diana Rose Soleta, in all aspects.Today is lunch break, Isabelle and Brena and I walk to the cafeteria.But I noticed now that there aren’t many students who look at me badly. Maybe they are tired of their tactics to hurt me. I hope so. “Patrice Mauricio!”I closed my eyes tightly after Shin’s voice took over after calling me the full name I use in this school
Diana Rose POV-Today I did not put on fake eye bags because I had eyebags naturally.When I agreed to Shin’s deal yesterday, it never left my mind.I’m thinking about what could happen to Shin and I’s new deal when we didn’t sign any kind of contract like when we first made a fake relationship deal. I couldn’t sleep thinking about it. If Andrew hadn’t called me earlier, I wouldn’t have noticed that it was three in the morning.When I entered the campus, I suddenly thought about that matter.Shin said in our new agreement that Andrew should not be between us? Does that mean I shouldn’t talk to Andrew if it’s not important, like school related?No–I shouldn’t be avoiding Andrew, I should be avoiding Shin for two weeks so that his nonsense will over.“Ouch!”I stopped walking without realizing that I had bumped into something that smelled good.“Shin?” I was surprised to call him. “What time are you here?” I asked in disbelief.I made sure that I was early so that I could find a place
Diana Rose POV-“Class, don’t forget this Friday is the school camp for the entire senior high school.” Our adviser announced again.My classmates, most of whom appeared on the verge of tears, and others who directly complained about the school camping, surprised me when I looked at them.“Don’t worry, school camping is more fun now.” Our adviser added, laughing before she left the classroom.School camping? I have never been school camping in my whole life, so compared to my classmates I am excited about school camping.I also want to try school camping.“Are you excited?”The smile on my lips disappeared the moment I heard Shin’s voice.Ever since this morning until lunch break, Shin is still clinging to me. He even moved his table and chair closer to my desk and chair.“Let’s sit beside each other on the bus,” he added while his smile was wide.“I do not want to.” I said right away.“Why?”“I don’t want to be next to you. Besides, maybe you want to stay away from me even now just
Diana Rose POV-I just held my breath as I looked at Shin, who was happily waving at me.All our classmates are in the open field because today is P.E. in our class. We have to run three times in a row on the oval. All the boys were sent first and later it was us girls who ran.I feel in our P.E. activity; I have an advantage and I can get high grades. For almost half of this school year, I did nothing but run almost every morning.“Hey, why don’t you wave back to your boyfriend?” Brena said, laughing on my left side.“Yes. Wave back to Alex.” Isabelle said she was on my right side.“I don’t want to.” I said, then took my eyes off of Shin.I secretly glanced at Andrew, who was now sitting alone on one side of the bench drinking the bottled water that Brena gave earlier.“Just wave back to your boyfriend.” I heard Brena say again.I was about to say again that I don’t want to, but I was just surprised when Brena suddenly raised one of my hands, so I’m sure from Shin’s place he thought
Diana Rose POV-I want to hide my tears. I want to bring my tears back to my eyes but I can’t.“Diana, don’t cry anymore.” Isabelle said to me.“I can’t help it.” I said, still crying. “Hold it as long as you can—no until we finish putting all the makeup on your face.” All the makeup that will be used on you is waterproof, so once the makeup is done, you can cry and cry until your eyes will be swollen.”I was crying like crazy and laughed at Isabelle’s words.“This is what we’ve all been waiting for. This is the day that will happen, so your beauty should dominate. So stop crying.”“But—”“No buts, Diana. Will you stop or I will slap all the makeup in front of you?”I stopped crying and nodded before hitting all the makeup.THIS IS THE DAY.We waited one year and nine months before this special day, Alex and I’s wedding, will happen. The process took a long time after what happened before.Miracle was a bit traumatized by what had happened then, especially the loss of Ronald. Mirac
Diana Rose POV-“Miracle!”Before I could run to Miracle, I saw Ronald was hugging Miracle to protect Miracle from the gun bullets.The rain of gunfire stopped at the same time as Ronald fell to the floor while bathing himself in blood.“Ronald! Miracle!” I was full of worry and shouted as I ran towards them.“Mommy, Papa doesn’t want to get up!” Miracle said, crying. “We’re still going to eat, aren’t we?”After I made sure that there was not even a single shot of Miracle from the gun, I first shifted my other attention to Ronald.I gently tap Ronald’s face. “Ronald, please open your eyes. Please.”I smiled when Ronald’s eyes slowly opened.“How to stop the bomb in Miracle’s body? Where is the remote to stop the time bomb in Miracle’s body?”“Do you think that I can hurt my daughter?” he said faintly.I stopped for a moment and shifted my gaze to Miracle who continued to cry because of Ronald’s condition.“No,” I looked back at Ronald. “I think I was scared.” I also looked back at th
Diana Rose POV-We heard a police siren.“Dammit, how did they track it down?”“Ronald, please. Stop this. I’m sure Alex didn’t like what happened to your sibling.”I have to make a way for us to stay here until the police find us in this room.“Shut up! Whether or not Alex likes it, it’s still Alex’s fault!”“But, Ronald...”My lips twitched when Ronald pointed a gun at me.“Will you keep quiet or will I fire the first bullet of this gun at Miracle?” Then he pointed his gun at Miracle.I shook my head. “No, please. I will shut up. If you want, I will go with you now, just don’t hurt Miracle. Please.”Ronald punched my stomach twice, causing me to feel weak. I felt him loosen my handcuffs, but my stomach felt an unfamiliar pain.I want to fight this time, but my stomach is in so much pain that my whole body is almost numb.“Let’s see who is more important t
Alex POV-Dammit.I miss Diana and Miracle so much. I shouldn’t have returned to New York, especially if I knew I would be stranded at the airport for two days because of the typhoon, and if I wasn’t required in that emergency meeting, I wouldn’t have come back without Diana and Miracle.“I’m sorry, but could you please hurry?” I said to Paulo, Isabelle’s husband.I asked Paulo to pick me up because I know how fast he can drive. He is a doctor and once he drove an ambulance in which I was also riding and how he drove, he even beat the one in the race car.“I’ve already maxed the speed limit, Alex. If I speed up, I might be over-speeding. This is not an ambulance.”He is right.“One more thing, calm down. I will have delivered you in less than thirty minutes.”“Fine.”I tried to contact Diana’s phone number, but I still can’t contact her. When I landed here around seven in the evening
Diana Rose POV - While I was getting my jacket and my bag, I still tried to contact Ronald’s number but I couldn’t call his phone number even though I couldn’t count the number of times I tried to contact him. I couldn’t think of anything other than going to see Miracle right away. That’s why after I got my bag and jacket, I left the house, just in time for a taxi to pass by, so I stopped it right away. I didn’t waste a single second and told the taxi driver the address that Ronald sent me. “Ma’am, it’s farther and then it’s late—” “I will pay any amount as long as you take me to this address.” I beg in desperation. I understand why the taxi driver almost refused. It’s a bit late at night and maybe he still has something to go to but at this time I’m desperate and willing to give all the money I have just to go to Miracle right away. “You look in
Diana Rose POV-After I finished meeting Ronald, he insisted on taking me to Isabelle’s house. Ronald also told me that is why there was no one at the cafe where we met because he rented it for the entire day.“Oh, my gosh, Diana Rose Soleta, we met!” Isabelle shouted as I entered their house. “I’ve been waiting for you. Why did you just visit me now?”The weather was hot, so we just stayed inside their house.“Because l met Ronald.”“I see. I understand.”Like Ronald, I just met Isabelle again and just now I could contact her.“I thought you forgot about me.”“Sorry, if I just contacted you now. I’ve been busy these past few weeks.”“I’m just kidding. I understand. Are you and Alex getting along?”“Yes,” I said with a smile. “Our family is complete now. We’ve been together these past weeks.”Isabelle’s jaw dropped. In joyful surprise, Isabelle’s jaw dropped, and then she hug
Diana Rose POV-Three weeks had passed, but it was still like a dream come true that we have now completed as a family.We did nothing for three weeks except bond after taking Miracle from school. But every Friday night, Alex returns to New York and then returns Monday morning, but often when an emergency in the company he needs it, Alex is back in New York to take care of his work. “Mommy, when is daddy coming home?” Miracle asked me as we were cooking breakfast.“Tomorrow morning, baby.”“By the way, do you want to go to school anymore?”“Yes, mommy. I want to say goodbye to everyone.”“Okay, I’ll take you later. Then that’s the last time you attend that school.”Alex has taken care of all the documents for our departure back to New York. It is a good thing Miracle agreed to return to New York because she said she liked it because his grandparents and his favorite is Uncle Darryl.
Diana Rose POV-“You two finally made up!” Darryl said when Alex and I visited him in his hotel room. “I’m sorry if I told Diana what I know.”“I think that’s fine.”“Of course!” I said. “You should have told me everything before.”“Calm down, Diana. Let’s not bring up the past.” Darryl said teasingly.“I’ll just get Miracle and I’s stuff, then we’ll move to Alex’s house—”“Our home, Diana. That’s our home,” Alex corrected me. “Our home. Miracle and I are moving there.”“Moving house?” Darryl asked in surprise.“Yes, why?” I ask.“That’s all you’re going to do? I mean, what do you plan to do now that you’ve settled? Other than that, I think you’re going to tell Miracle the truth. What else do you plan to do?”Alex and I looked at each other at Darryl’s question.“You don’t have any other plans?” Darryl asked, out of concern. “Hey Alex, what are you up to?”
Diana Rose POV-STRAWBERRY SCENT scented my sense of smell when my spirit woke up. At the same, time I felt a lot of pain in my, body especially in the lower part of it.For a few moments, I felt the edge of the bed I was lying on sink a little and I smelled strawberry scent even more.“Good morning, my SB.”Then I thought of opening my eyes after I heard Alex’s voice.“Good morning—why are you naked in front of me?”Alex was wearing nothing but a white towel for his lower body while he was wiping his wet hair with a white small towel.“It’s like you didn’t touch my whole body, you didn’t lick my man—”“Stop it!” I held my breath, cutting off the teasing Alex said to me.Every time I remember what I did last night with Alex, I feel like my whole body is burning with the shame of what I did. I didn’t mean it, I was just carried away by my emotions from what we were doing last night.