First Day

CINDY

LIKE what Dad promised, they removed the maids and including the drivers. At last! I can move without being disturbed.



I woke up early, and I also put on my uniform. Our uniform has the theme of sky blue. The skirt is just below the knees, partnered with a white blouse that have a sky blue ribbon on its collar. Of course, I partnered it with black shoes with foot sack. The usual get-up of a grade 12 student.



After getting dress, I went straight to the kitchen to cook. I cooked rice, bacon, scrambled eggs and hotdogs. I'm not fond of coffee, so I just partnered it with Chocolate Milk. Because I am not that selfish, and I am also the reason why those maids disappeared, I made the breakfast that I prepared enough for two persons.



Everything was ready on the table when he appeared. He also took a bath and got dressed…but wait!



“Hey, what's up with the nerd look, jerk ?!” 



He didn't seem to care in my reaction and just sit down. 



“Isn't it obvious? We call this 'disguise', Idiot!”



He called an idiot again. Tsk! Instead of giving him more satisfaction, I just ignore him. It will only ruin my day if I continue talking to him.



So yes, we ate with silence. A miracle. However, the jerk did not even praise my outstanding skill in cooking. Well, what do I expect? He's a jerk after all.



*****



Then, we are outside and both frustrated with what greeted us in the garage.



Didn't Dad fired the maids and drivers because of my request? But I forgot, we don't have a personal car right here. Maybe, it's because my parents thought I didn't want a driver, they also thought I didn't want a car either. Tsk. How stupid ...



“Now, what princess? You requested the maids and drivers to go away and luckily, they took the car along with them. Nice one, right? Idiot,” the jerk said and in his voice I can feel the irritation his feeling.



“Oh, yeah? That's my fault, but it's not my mistake, jerk!”



Do I know that my parents have no common sense? I definitely don't! Aist!



“What are you going to do now, idiot?!”



“Well, there's another way, and it's called commute, jerk!” I started walking out the gate.



“Hey, idiot, wait for me!”



I just stared at him with a blank face and just kept walking. But I sense him following me.



“Will you stop calling me 'idiot'? Jerk!” Then, I stopped walking because I was at the bus stop.



“Then stop calling me 'jerk', if you don't want me calling you 'idiot'. Well, the nickname suits you, so I doubt it if I'll ever stop calling you an 'idiot'.” then the jerk laughed. I swiftly face him and tried to hit him in his nape, but he avoided it. So, this jerk is learning.



“Me, too. I also doubt it if I'll stop calling you jerk especially that it suits you and one of these days if you don't stop teasing me, I'll call you 'pervert', 'rapist', 'a×shole' etc,” I said before I got on the bus that had just arrived.



“Then call me but be careful because you might end up calling me 'baby'!” The unashamed jerk shouted. What the! I can feel my cheeks heating up because of his punch line, especially that we got the attention of several passengers. 



He also entered and competed with me in getting a vacant seat. What an immature mind he got. Because there were other vacant seats, I sat in the seat very far away from him. He doesn't seem to care and well, I don't care either!



*****



The bus stopped just outside the University's gate. I got off the bus and so did he. Suddenly, I felt that familiar feeling again. I looked at the gigantic gate of my new school. Although that there're some memories that suddenly hunted me but compare to my expectation, I feel like ....

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Okay ...

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I don't know, but I feel different now even though there's that familiar feeling, a déjà vu. It looks like the atmosphere here has changed. It felt different. What had happened?



I went inside the school. When I saw it inside, it was not the same as I was afraid of. I thought this school was like hell, but I was wrong, it looked normal. I immediately remembered my older brother. Likewise, I hope he witnessed the transformation of this school.



I was alerted when someone suddenly put his arm on my shoulder, embracing me closed to him. But because of his aura and scent, I recognized him right away.



“Will you remove that, safe and sound or will I remove that, fractured and wounded?” I gave him a death glare, but it seemed to have no effect, I was ignored.



“Classroom 401, building 4. That's where your classroom located.” he said boringly. “Then after your class, you need to go to the principal's office.” Then he left me just like that.



Principal's office? For what? But what really got me thinking the most is his ... nerd look, tsk! Annoying!



Do you know Dr. Jose Rizal? The national hero of the Philippines? Eijun's hairstyle right now is similar to him and has thick glasses. If you look, you will not recognize him but as for me, because I already know he is, annoying!



I was about to walk when I saw a familiar face.



“Gosh! Cem!” And it looks like, I'm correct!



She immediately hugged me but later on released me from her hug.



“I haven't seen you in two weeks!” Marina said.



And she's correct. We didn't see each other since they left the house for the Meet and Greet. They were also sent home to their mansion, after that meeting so when I came home I only found Happy, speaking of Happy, I wonder how she is doing today?



“How are you? Are you pregnant? Is it a boy? Or a girl? Who will be the godmother? Will it be me? Who--” before Marina could say another question, I already hit her on her head.



“Ouch! What is that for?” She complained while caressing her head.



She's overreacting. How dare she asked me if I'm pregnant? I would never surrender myself to that pervert.



Then out of nowhere, someone hit my head. Just like how I hate Marina's a while ago.



I turned towards that brave person who hit me. I'm anticipating that I will scold the hell out of whoever it is. But I gasped after I saw who's behind me.



Oh, my ... am I dreaming?



“Don't hit my twin sister, Cem.” said Mariana. “And by the way, I adopted this girl for you.” And she pushed Happy closer to me.



I can't help but hug Happy.



“How ...?” I still couldn't believe it. I removed my hug from her. “How is this possible?”



“They said they had a scholarship here, so I grabbed the opportunity to accept it, but I didn't know that...” She looked at Mariana meaningfully.



“Don't worry, I settled it already. Everything is okay. We'll be studying together here starting from this day on!” She happily assured us.



“Well, there is no need for an explanation. The important thing is, we will never be separated again.” I also said happily towards Happy. She smiled at me with the same level of happiness.



“Ahh, so sweet!” Marina commented.



“Anyways, it's almost time. Let's go and go to our respective classroom. What building and classroom are you assigned, Cem?”



I remember what that jerk said.



“Classroom 401, building 4.” I answered.



Suddenly they shouted in chorus. 

Rejoicing to I don't know, so I looked at them confuse. Are these three on drugs?



“Don't you get it, Cem? We're classmates! I never thought everything will be so much fun.” Mariana said.



Even though I wanted to scream too, I didn't do it. I just smiled.



“So let's go?” They invited.



Well, this school is not that hellish as I thought. I think, it's going to be fun. With Happy, Marina, Mariana and Eijun --- wait! Why is he involved ?! 



Whatever. I'm just going to enjoy myself while being with them.