Alexis and Charles (Campus)

Alexis POV

Some things are not meant to be known where lies and truth are hard to identify which to believe. I'm a woman who is well known being honest in everything I say to someone. I never hide the fact of being alone or somehow a person who is very straightforward when it comes to a handy situation in my life. I lived my entire life being able to tell everything I know and see that surrounds me. I maybe a sensitive person but I never lie what I really feel inside.

When I didn't get to speak on my own, I always go alone to refrain myself saying things or words that could hurt anyone. When I feel frustrated, never tend to do anything instead I go to a beach when no one is looking at me and look at the sea as the waves flows by my feet that I walk around and feel the warm breeze. When I feel mad or not in a mood, I tend to leave in the situation and go far away just to make myself calm down wherein I climb on a tree and listen to a music that helps me clear my mind. When I'm sad, I only want someone by my side and comfort without saying anything and just listen to whatever I say.

How could I live my life all this time? When I'm on the edge of moving forward or give up on the things I want to achieve.

I read something on an online post which gave me a lot of attention to read it because every sentence have gave me an idea and the impact that made me realize a lot of things. Maybe I'll share it at the conference later at 5:30am since my cousin invited me to do a conference and I'm interested in the topic. I still have 45 minutes left

Someone knocked at the door and I think its michelle "Come in" then the door opened and I was right

"Can we talk?"

"I guess you can't sleep at this time"

"I guess so, I don't know if my insomnia is back or my anxiety disorder is getting worse"

"Do you want to look for psychiatrist? My cousin is a psychiatrist and I think I can introduce you to her but she is in England right now which she is busy with her work. Just tell me" I said because I feel worry about her. I don't have anxiety disorder but only insomnia that can't let me sleep because maybe something is really bothering me or I'm just overthinking

"I just can't sleep, can we talk about life?" she asked. We always have late night talk

"Had you ever give up on something you always want to achieve? Or may give up on someone?"

"Yes, I did give up on someone which I regret the most of my life"

"Who is it? Would you care tell me?"

"I give up on liking him which he made me feel I'm the only girl he loves but I just give up because I'm having problem on myself which I don't understand. Let say I'm not yet ready to be in relationship because I'm busy at handling a lot of things"

"Let me guess, it's Lewis Anderson"

"Yes, but right now, I don't regret it anymore since I get used to it already"

"How about your dad? Do you still hate him? When you told me back then about the accident happen to you but you don't blame your dad. But how about when your mom died? Do you still blame your dad about it?" Why would she even ask about it? I just don't really want to answer it right now

"He didn't save me at all, back then I'm only 4 years old which I didn't that my dad left me there"

"Are you sure that he really left you?"

"Ah wait someone is calling" I said to michelle and she just went back to her room without asking any other question on me

"Hello to my beautiful cousin, are you ready for the conference?" Alyssa asked which I'm always ready even I dindn't prepare a powerpoint to prepare for them but just share my own life

"Alexis, I hope you're doing a great day there. Do you want me to visit you there in the Philippines?"

"Not really, I'll just come back there when needed"

"Okay will start now. Goodafternoon everyone, as we go along with today's conference. I would like to welcome you our guest speaker who is valedictorian in highschool. Won a lot of competition such as singing contest, sport, poetry and she is the championship in badminton tournament. Now let us all welcome our special guest for today Ms. Alexis Mendez" then everyone just clapped

"Sorry for my messy looks since I didn't prepare anything at all but let me remind you about something today"

"As we go along with our journey, we must always remember that there are two paths in our life that we need to decide which to choose between two things in life"

"Ms. Mendez, how do you go along with your life when we know that there are a lot of challenges coming?"

"That is a good question. Actually I always think positive even people pull you down and betray you because they only want the success just to be with them only. For example, have ever wonder if your friends really support until the end?"

"Not to offend everyone, is just a simple question of the topic today"

"Actually I have a lot of friends who help during my time when I almost give up and lost interest in everything"

"How did they help you?"

"They cheer me up but moving forward that someday they told me that I can achieve anything if I believe in myself no matter how hard life gets but still there people who believes in you"

"Thank you for sharing"

"Okay let say that we are on the edge of losing someone, do you have a plan to do the same thing like giving up on your life because you just lost someone special to you?"

"I can see a lot of students raising their hand right now, the girl at the back"

"Hi, I'm chloe. Actually, I almost thought about doing suicide at home because I lost someone precious to me but they told me that I should move on even it hurts in a way of torturing me because I keep missing that person"

"Wow, we have the same feeling chloe, I also lost someone precious to me but I never thought of doing suicide at home but instead I work hard and strive to work on the dreams that I had promise to that person. Even he/she can't see you achieving all your dreams but you have done great job because they're already proud of you"

"Thank you Ms. Mendez"

"Life goes on because you only live once"

"Let me share you something"

"Not every fight is your fight by aarondajar"

"We fight but we don't know what are we against at because we're on a two track which mean of winning or losing"

"Some fights are worth ignoring and some are worth of losing. How will we know if we are winning? For instance, what will do on a race if your component is ahead of you?"

"Either we run fast or slow?"

"You are correct but there are obstacle when it comes to running if you're goal is winning the race or giving up easily. Can anyone tell me if one of you have already won a medal here in any sports?"

"Me"

"Me"

"Me"

"Go ahead, please state your name so that I would know" I smile at him

"Ricky, I already won a gold medal back when I was in middle school I always join a lot of competition and sports to achieve something in life"

"How does it feel of winning on a competition or sport Ricky?"

"It felt amazing because I can see that one day I can be a success player in my life"

"Is your dream to be an athlete or coach?"

"To be an athlete, if I retired I can be a coach also"

"I see, you know what. Life is like a race. Either we accept the challenge or forfeit it because we are thinking of the side of winning or losing in life. We tend to give up but we didn't realize that we can do it. Were life goes on even you lose something in life and achieve success because you never give up on something you really want to pursue"

"Why do we ignore a lot of opportunities? Either we are afraid to fail or get embarrassed to someone"

"People come when things get rough and people go when things goes wrong but always remember that life goes on. Somme fights are too big to face, and some are for later. We can handle some problems if we know that we can find any solution. How do life prevail such cruel situation that may cause you to be pain? Some fights are personal and some are won in prayer. Maybe we don't believe in miracle but why not try once in awhile to believe and see if will happen or not"

"No matter what your fight looks like right now, remember always try before you give up"

"We all have hardships in life, we may be hurt in the beginning but when time passed by we have certain things we learned wherein on how to fight even though many trials will come on our way. First, we always look on a brighter side of your life. You're almost there and you achieve a lot of things in life. Many challenges are hard to overcome or surpass but you never know you already done it without realizing the hardship you had in life. Second, think positive because if you believe in yourself and you can fight all the battles you're facing right now. Life is like a rollercoaster, there are a lot of upside down when we think between two things either we choose the first option or the second option still life goes on. No matter how hard the situation is, keep moving forward and look for a motivation that will always keep you chasing your dream and success. Lastly, be the hero of your own success, no on e can achieve but only you"

"That will be all everyone and thank you for inviting me on this conference"

"Thank you Ms. Mendez for sharing your experience and advices to our dear students"

Then all give me a round of applause and I left the video conference now "Wow! That is wonderful speech on the students"

I didn't even hear them knock or enter the room

"What time is it?"

"7:30 am, I think you should eat first before we go ahead at school because we're done eating awhile ago because we didn't disturb since you're busy in a video conference"

"I'll just eat later at the school after cleaning the campus"

"You might get weak or collapse"

"I won't" I said and pack all my things

We went out of the room and went downstairs but I was hungry so I couldn't stand it anymore so I get food from the kitchen and I just ate it but I hid it in my bag. Suddenly the three of them laughed because I just said that I would only eat at school but my stomach couldn't stand it so I just ate in the van because I might collapse later at school while cleaning.

We shouldn't have thrown those eggs and use the water or shot gun because we were even more affected and that is we get punishment by cleaning with them. Those four men are still laughing and we just returned what you did to the four of us. How do they look like yesterday? I can't really imagine seeing him them wearing those old clothes of lovely

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Charles POV

My body really hurts, the four of us stayed up all night because we helped james in the garden and he couldn't clean the garden alone. I think those three are already awake, while me I woke up late and yes my daily routine got ruined again, now I have a headache which I feel like my vision is spinning around. Then I will clean the campus again because of what happened yesterday and they didn't even felt sorry for what they did to us and we were scolded by Mr. Lopez. I admit that the four of us, james, mico and benjamin, also did something but Mr. Lopez didn't even saw that if it wasn't for that damn they video for proof. But how come they video on us and we didn't even see them anywhere? Also, we only did that because we wanted to revenge and we were hit several times as if none of them wouldn't even realize what they did to us.

"Are you awake charles?" has he been here awhile ago without even speaking and suddenly entered my room

"Yes, why aren't you talking there?" I said because he was already dressed. What time is it? I picked up my phone and looked at the clock. I got up suddenly because it was like 9am already which I didn't realize the time because I have a good sleep but I think I might get sick

"Why didn't you wake me up earlier?"

"You slept well so I just you know let you sleep for awhile before I wake you up first and you were obviously tired last night, I mean we were all tired because what time already we have finished cleaning if we hadn't finished by 5pm until 8pm because we were scolded by Mr. Lopez" said mico and I woke up in no time because we will clean that again I just want to finish right away because my head really hurts now

Why does my vision seem to be spinning and rotating? I shook my head but I was even dizzier

"Are you okay? Don't go to school anymore, let's just tell Mr. Lopez"

"I can still do it, do we still have medicine there? Even if I just drink to get rid of the pain immediately" I said but my body feels weak today but I can handle it because my community service will be added days if I haven't done the consequences now

I got dressed and fixed my bed so it wouldn't be messy. I saw a book in my bag, I had her book. I'll just leave it here in my room first so it's not too heavy in my bag. So I just want our community service to done because anytime I'll really get a fever out of nowhere when it takes longer

"Do you want to eat? I'll cook for you so you don't collapse at school"

"I'm fine don't worry about it, maybe I'll just eat at school" I said and I pushed him out of the room because we were late now at the school. We went downstairs and there was james and benjamin in the living room. Suddenly my stomach growled so I had no choice but to eat before going to school, maybe mico was right. I will collapse in no time, I am still weak now

"Why do you look so pale charles?"

"Can you do it now?"

What happened to my friends who worry about me when they don't care about each other like this because all of them have to do something on their own but now they are different. Did they eat anything today?

"Yes, I can, why?"

"Ah he didn't know what happened last night" said benjamin. Why did something happen last night that I should have known about it without them telling me?

"And at least he's okay now, charles is also heavy. It's a good thing I wasn't hospitalized and had an iron on my back to straighten up again" he laughed and I didn't understand what he said

"You don't really remember or know that you fainted suddenly and it's good thing that we already entered the house when you fainted" said mico and I don't remember that I fainted. That's why I slept well but my head hurt

"I fainted? You have a funny joke right there"I just laughed, I knew they were just joking

"We're not joking charles, we thought you just slept on the floor but when I woke you up you didn't move so we were all worried and james lifted you up to your room" he said seriously which he is not joking at all. That's why I felt so sick when I came home that I fell on the floor without even realizing that I had fainted. I just hurried to eat because we were late

"Charles is obviously hungry because he couldn't eat last night"

"Eat slowly, it might be..." I suddenly felt food on my throat and looked for water

"That's what I'm telling you" mico handed me the water and I drank it immediately then I finished my food and washed it immediately so there were no dirty dishes

"Let's go"

"I'll drive and I'll just use my car then" said benjamin and we went straight to the garage.

We got on and benjamin started. I didn't know that they feell worry about me last night because I suddenly collapse but why I didn't feel anything like I thought I already went to bed after coming inside the house

"Mieya, just wait daddy here okay. Guard the house"

"Arf, arf, arf!"

"Good girl"

How is our dog? I haven't been able to go to the states for a long time, maybe after college and graduate I'll just live there so I can spend alone and at least I saved money for a ticket to the USA and I was able to part time job for almost 4 years as well

"Hey, that's our favorite song"

(Mico)

Yeah 🎶

Sunday morning, rain is falling 🎶

Steal some covers, share some skin 🎶

Clouds are shrouding us in moments unforgettable 🎶

You twist to fit the mold that I am in 🎶

(Benjamin)

But things just get so crazy 🎶

Living life gets hard to do 🎶

And I would gladly hit the road, get up and go if I knew 🎶

That someday it would lead me back to you 🎶

That someday it would lead me back to you 🎶

(Me)

That may be all I need 🎶

In darkness she is all I see 🎶

Come and rest your bones with me 🎶

Driving slow on Sunday morning 🎶

Well I never want to leave 🎶

(James)

Yeah, fingers trace your every outline, oh yeah, yeah 🎶

Yeah, ain't a picture with my hands, ohh! 🎶

And back and forth we sway like branches in a storm 🎶

Change the weather still together when it ends 🎶

(All)

That may be all I need 🎶

In darkness she is all I see 🎶

Come and rest your bones with me 🎶

Driving slow on Sunday morning 🎶

And I never want to leave 🎶

Yeah 🎶

"Dude, how are the twins? What year are they?"

"So you can flirt them too? In your dreams"

"So harsh for you to talk like that, but do you want me to be your brother-in-law?" he teased me

"No way! You? Be my brother-in-law? Maybe I'll hit you in no time. Besides, the twins don't like a womanizer because they prefer a loyal and knows how take care the girl then not two timer"

"You're the only one who doesn't like it, call them now so we can find out"

Don't get hurt if I'm telling the truth because the twins are still sarcastic. I dialed Natalie's number but she didn't answer yet because maybe the twins are busy right now, especially their exam. It was just ringing either her phone was silent or she is busy right now because she was doing a lot of projects and she also mentioned it to me

Finally she answer the phone

"Oh oppa, why did you called?" – Natalie

"Just want to see my princess, how are you doing?"

"I'm good oppa, I'm with Nichole and Kathleen" – Natalie

"Oppa, I miss you so much" – Nicole

"When are you going to visit us? You promise that this Christmas, you'll be joining us okay?" – Kathleen

"Of course, I'll be there. By the way, do you have a class today?"

"How are you oppa? Have you eaten?"

"Why do you look so pale?"

"Oppa, don't tell me you're not eating well? Do you want me to come there visit you and cook your favorite food" – Kathleen

She is always worried about me but I just smiled because she might not get focused on her studies when they always think of me

"I'm fine, how about you? Have you eaten?"

"Yes oppa" the twins and my little sister said. I just smile when I see the three together even in a video call

"Are you with oppa mico, oppa james and oppa benjamin?" – Natalie

"Ah yes, do you want to see them?"

"Can you show us?" I press the back cam so that the twins and my younger sister see them

"Oh oppa benjamin look thin, is he eating well?" – Kathleen

"Hi Kathleen" benjamin said

"Oppa mico still look handsome" – Nicole

"Is that oppa james? Is he still the same?" – Natalie

I know this twin likes mico, but I'd rather have mico be my brother-in-law than james, maybe he'll just hurt my twin. If james isn't womanizer maybe I can consider him as my brother-in-law. I can't blame him if that happen to them

"Natalie and Nicole, may I ask you something?"

"What is it oppa?" – Nicole

"Go ahead" – Natalie

"What is your ideal type?"

"My ideal type? Hmm, I like a guy who is loyal and sweet which he treats us like a princess. I want to be with someone like dad who always take care of us when everytime we feel sick and prepare our favorite food when everytime we feel hungry. Just like you oppa and oppa mico. One thing hate is a womanizer because he seduce and flirt a lot of girls wherein can never be serious in any relationship. If someone like that court me, I'll totally or definitely going reject him even if he ask for another chance because once a playboy, always be playboy" – Natalie

"How about you Nicole?"

"Same with Natalie and I'm going to slap a guy who is a womanizer" – Nicole

"I see"

"Oppa, when will you going to introduce us to your girlfriend?" the three said while mico, james and benjamin are laughing. I went the camera back in front

"Soon, If I have one"

"Once we visit, you should introduced us to her" – Natalie

"Okay I will, see you soon twins and Kathleen"

"Bye oppa, love you" the twin and my little sister said and they look cute together even in just a video call. Wah! I miss them so much

"What can you say now?"

"The twins are really mean and harsh, okay fine. I don't like them either" he was obviously offended and hurt. Benjamin and mico hold back their laughter because they want to intimidate james with the twins

"We're here" said benjamin and we went down. He parked his car first and then he followed us. There are still so many students hanging out on campus and lovers lane that you think they really have a boyfriend or girlfriend or someone will come up and say "Wow, you look pretty today. May I get your number? " Or "Hi there, I'm Erica and you are?"

Fortunately, we have five lockers here near the campus, swimming pool, studio, administration and gymnastics. I took some clothes from the locker and changed so that I wouldn't sweat the one I'm wearing right now since it's my favorite shirt

"I'll go first dude because I'm going to clean on campus now" I said and left

Here I am again cleaning the campus, I started cleaning so that it would be finished right away so that my headache would be removed immediately if I'm still feel dizzy I might be at home just resting or just sleeping. I hope students don't litter here so that I can only clean a little and I want that alexis to clean so that she can get tired of cleaning here. I still can't stop laughing because james suddenly fell silent earlier while Natalie said her ideal type is almost no match for james. James is sweet but to all the women he meets

You can be the peanut butter to my jelly 🎶

You can be the butterflies I feel in my belly 🎶

You can be the captain 🎶

And I can be your first mate 🎶

You can be the chills that I feel on our first date 🎶

Wait that voice, she is the one I've been looking for after the audition ended

You can be the hero 🎶

And I can be your sidekick 🎶

You can be the tear 🎶

That I cry if we ever split 🎶

You can be the rain from the cloud when it's stormin' 🎶

Or u can be the sun when it shines in the mornin' 🎶

Don't know if I could ever be without you 🎶

'Cause boy you complete me 🎶

And in time I know that we'll both see That we're all we need 🎶

'Cause you're the apple to my pie 🎶

You're the straw to my berry 🎶

You're the smoke to my high 🎶

And you're the one I wanna marry 🎶

She has a beautiful voice and she is also the same girl I met when I was a child at Natalie and Nicole's school because of her voice. I looked at who was singing in case but there were a lot of students here so I didn't know who was singing

'Cause you're the one for me (for me) 🎶

And I'm the one for you (for you) 🎶

You take the both of us (of us) 🎶

And we're the perfect two 🎶

We're the perfect two 🎶

We're the perfect two 🎶

Baby me and you 🎶

We're the perfect two 🎶

Why can't I find her? Where is she now? Maybe she's the woman who auditioned at the music club last time I didn't see her face. Veronica just let her left right away, they didn't even tell me or check the girl before they let her leave.

Why is it I zoned or dazed off at that time when I should have a chance to meet the woman who sang? Because I'm not mistaken that she's really the one I helped before who was bullied. Is she still fat? Because I remember she's still cute when she smile and laugh

You can be the prince and I can be your princess 🎶

You can be the sweet tooth I can be the dentist 🎶

Oh why does the singer seem to come from the top of the tree? I looked up and there was a girl. I can't see her face because she's wearing a jacket and I can only see a side view of her face.

You can be the shoes and I can be the laces 🎶

You can be the heart that I spill on the pages 🎶

You can be the vodka and I can be the chaser 🎶

She has earphone on her ears and she won't able to hear me at all

You can be the pencil and I can be the paper 🎶

You can be as cold as the winter weather 🎶

But I don't care as long as were together 🎶

Should I bother her? I shake the tree even with difficulty and kicked it. Ah wait I know what to do at least I still have it on my bag, I threw something at her and she saw it

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" she fell off on the tree and I caught her before she fell on the grass. She was obviously terrified. I immediately remembered the girl I met before, she is also afraid of cockroaches

She pushed me so I suddenly let him go suddenly out of no time

"Ouch!" why did she push me? She removed the hoodie and looked at me "You? What is your problem? You see, I'm resting and then you just disturb me" she said rudely to me. So wait, she's the one singing? I can't believe this, don't tell me? I looked at her both hand if she was wearing the bracelet but she wasn't. I took a deep breath, it's a good thing she's not the woman but why does she have the same voice to the girl I met before? I noticed that her feet were swollen

"Are you okay? Let me help you" I said and I approached her to help her but he just slapped my hand "I don't need your help" she stood up but her left leg seemed to be fracture. She already walked but it is difficult for her to walk because I notice her ankle got hurt. I just carried her instead of seeing her walk like that even if she beats me again and again I will take her to the clinic

"Let go of me"

"Shut up or I'll kiss you there" I said and she covered her mouth. It's good that she kept quiet, you just need to say one word, then she'll keep quiet now. Besides, I won't kiss you my first kiss will get wasted if that happens. The clinic is still far from here

"Omg, they're both cute"

"They look perfect together"

She covered her face with the bag because she was embarrassed. Is this the first time anyone has carried her like this

"How did you get hurt?"

"None of your business" She is really arrogant and I was talking to her nicely

"Well of course, the doctor might say that I'm the one who did that to you. I don't want them to get the wrong idea about it"

"Now tell me, what happen to your ankle? Because it got swollen" I said

"Are you worried about me?" she looked at me and smirked

"Just tell me" this time I'm serious. She thinks that everyone seems to be joking with her even though I'm not joking about it

"Why would I tell you?" she says. I lean my face to her and she was surprised "Do you really want me to kiss you, ain't you?" I approached her face again but this time I was slapped out of nowhere. Her hand reached out to my face and that really hurt my cheek

"Ah, I'm sorry about that and I didn't mean to slap you but you keep coming close to me" she said and I just ignored her. We are also here at the clinic and I will leave her here. The door opened and we entered. I just went out right away because I didn't want to see that woman's face. The weight of her hand is really heavy and the pain in my cheek continued. You will regret what you did to me alexis mendez

"Hey, just wait for me" she said but I just ignored her. I should start cleaning now so that I could go home right away. I took a broom and I start cleaning at the corner

"Aww, look at his cheek"

"I hope he's okay now"

It really hurts when she slaps me and she's not the woman I've been looking for before. She is really friendly to talk to me even for a moment

"Yay! Why did you just ignore me?!" I didn't talk to her and let see how you will react this time when I'm talking to you nicely. I admit, I always feel worry when someone get hurt

"Yay! Can't you hear me! Are you deaf?!"

"Okay fine!" then she just started to clean at the spot and didn't bother me anymore. I just let her be and didn't mind her which I just want to focus on cleaning the campus and I don't want to see her again.

Just wait for the revenge that you will never forget for the rest of your life. But as she walked, it was really hard for her to walk. I want to help in case but I might get slapped again and I don't want that to happen again since my mom didn't even lay her hand at my face but then this crazy women just slapped me like that. She's like a danger zone that I should avoid for now