Getting Into Trouble[1]

Many years has passed since Miguel killed Nicolas and Leonel. Elvira moved to Binondo after the incident that happen 14 years ago. They will always go to Nicolas grave and give him flower.

A girl walked into the house. She has a fringe and a cheerful character and wore a simple dress. She had a white complexion. A pair of arches eyebrows looked down on sweeping eyelashes.

"Anak, you are back" Elvira walked to her daughter and saw the bruises on her face.

"Anak, what happened to your face?" curiously, she asked and touched her daughter's face carefully.

"Nanay, I had to fight those guys at the restaurant.They were talking badly about Dyosa"

"Didn't I tell you not to get into any fight? What if they come back looking for you? Do you know how worried I will be if you get hurt" she scolded her.

"Nay, calm down, I bet it if they see me again, they will hide their faces" she said with confidence.

Carissa is 17, big and delicate-featured. Pretty in flawed, accessible way. She has always been getting into one fight or the other ever since she got to Binondo. It's either the parents of those who got into fight with her will come to their house and curse at Elvira or they come back to get their revenge on Carissa.

"Calm down!! How am I supposed to be calm when I know my daughter will always get into trouble" she was furious. Elvira was not getting younger anymore. She is in her 40s now.

"But am fine. It's not like am on the sick bed" she joked.

"You can still joke uh" she walked to the fridge and brought ice, wrapped in a cloth and placed it in her daughter's swollen cheeks.

"Ahhhhhhh...nay, can you please don't be hard on me this time. I know that you are mad at me, but please, have mercy" she begged her mom and pretended to cry.

"Elvira, don't be hard on your daughter" a woman in black and blue gown walked into the house. She is the same age as Elvira.

"Pity the poor child" isabelle smiled and looked at Carissa.

"Tita, please pity this stubborn brat" she walked to Carissa and pinched her cheeks. She wore a blue jean and a white shirt. Her hair was ebony-black. She has an elegant personality and a glossy skin.

"Your friend is just so stubborn, Dyosa. She will never listen to her mother" she dropped the ice and sat on the chair.

14 years ago, Isabelle met Elvira at the market. She latter found out that she was her new neighbor. She helped her get a new job at a restaurant. They became best friends while Dyosa and Carissa attended the same school. Carissa is known for being fearless and strong hearted. She will beat anybody that tries to bully her and Dyosa. Then people mistook them to be twins.

Dyosa picked up the ice and placed it carefully on Carissa white cheeks.

"Hey Elvira, I have a gist for you" Isabelle joyfully ran to her friend and sat down beside her and she began to talk while Elvira listened. Dyosa and Carissa always call the two 'gisting buddies'.

Dyosa looked at the two talking and laughing then she grabbed Carissa's hand and led her to the room.

"Carissa, why did you fight those men? Are you crazy?" her voice was calm

"They were talking badly about you. They should not say anything bad about you because they don't know who you are" she said in a serious tone.

Carissa will always defend Dyosa if anybody pick on her. She took her to be her sister.

She placed her palm on Carissa's palm.

"Babe I know, I just don't want you to get hurt" she said in a worried voice

"Hahahahahaha" she burst out laughing seeing her best friend cuteness

"Why are you laughing?" she was not sure whether she should laugh or cry.

"You so much look cute when you are worried about me" she pinched her cheeks and continue to laugh.

She slapped her hands away.

"Hey, I'm serious okay"

"Yeah I know you are serious" she stopped laughing

"Promise me that you won't get into any fight"

"When did you start acting like my mom? But am sorry I can't promise you"

"What? Are you saying you will get into more fight?"

"Maybe"

Dyosa pretented to be angry an started chasing Carissa around the room.

"Hey, come back here, I will beat you that no one will recognize you again"

It's a good thing that the room is spacious. They ran round the room, threw pillows at each other. They soon became tired and fell on the bed.

Later that night.

Elvira and Isabelle prepared dinner for the family. Carissa came out of the room with Dyosa and the sweet aroma of kare Kare brush her nose. She began sniffing and noticed that the aroma was coming to the kitchen. She immediately ran to the kitchen, took a spoon to taste the food but someone grabbed her hand.

Smiling, "Can't you just wait for the food to get to your plate. Don't be in a hurry, the food will still enter that mouth of yours. A patient dog eat the fattest bone"

Carissa smiled awkwardly and dropped the spoon. Soon, dinner was served and the family chatted as they ate their food joyfully. After dinner, they went to bed.

Next morning.

Carissa and Dyosa were dressed for school. They wore a white with blue collared shirt with a long navy-blue shirt. Elvira cooked menudo, chicken adobo and sinigang. After eating, they took their lunch boxes.

"Lola, we are leaving now"

"May the Lord bless the both of you"

"Amen" they took Ms belen's right hand, bringing it up to touch their foreheads. They took their lunch boxes and left for school.

At Britespark International School.

The academy had a large area inside, at the other side of the school, that 2s a football field where several student were playing. There were lots of buildings inside the school. It has wide spacious rooms and the classrooms of the school are large and airy.

They entered the class and all the students were already sitted in their seats. It's seems like classes are going to start soon. Carissa noticed that someone was one her seat.

"Excuse me, can you please stand up. This is my seat"

"So..."

"So you have to leave my seat and get another one"

"Why should I? I like this seat and my family is so rich and I can pay for your seat" he started laughing at her.

"If you want to show how rich you are, why don't you buy the whole school instead? " she smiled at him.

"Why should I buy the whole school? I want only your seat"

"Are you dumb? If you buy the whole school then you have bought my seat" she smiled

Everybody knows that Carissa will not back down If you touch your bottom line.

She knew that it will be a waste of time taking to this rich brat so she found her self an empty seat and sat down. The boy walked to her

"I heard that you are a skilled fighter and you don't back down easily, let's see what you got"She brought out a book from her bag and began to read it pretending not to hear him.

He was furious that an ordinary girl like her will ignore him. Sam is 6 feet and 5 inches tall. He is handsome but not the most handsome guy in the school. He has a blue, big eyes and his lips were pink and small. He is known as Mr money because he comes from a very rich family and since he is the only child of his family, his parent spoilt him to the core. Almost all the girls in the school loved to be around him.

He picked up her book and threw it on the floor. He was playing with fire, right"

"I heard you came from a poor family and how can a poor girl like you afford to be in this kind of school? Maybe your mother is a mistress?" he looked at his friends and they began to laugh.

Her face darken and became pale.

"You are not that bad" he placed his hand on her shoulder. She took his hand and twisted it to his back