10

"Answer me! You bastard!" sigaw ni Lianne at sinampal si Kandrei

Tumayo ako at humarang sa gitna nila, hinila ni Steven palayo si Lianne. Kita sa mata niya ang galit, the darkness in her eyes is terrifying and I've never seen that darkness of hers. It made me think of what kind of darkness I hide in me and can what make me release that darkness

"Enough Lianne." matigas at seryosong utos ni Steven habang hinahatak si Lianne. My eyes landed at Aple na wala nanamang reaksyon sa nangyayari, I'm starting to think that we're all hiding something. Apollo was also acting strange he was avoiding gazes from all of us and Damien was showing no emotions. WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING?!?!

"If you're so clever, why don't you two find out what I'm hiding" Kandrei smirked kaya lalong na-trigger si Lianne at hinigpitan ni Steven ang hawak sa braso niya.

"FUCK YOU!" makikita na ang gigil sa muka ni Lianne and urge of wanting to hurt Kandrei

Habang nangyayari ang mga ito ay nag-iiba din ang tingin ko sa mga kaibigan ko. The secretive side of Aphrodite Lestrange, the darkness of Lianne Reinhart, the Kennedy brothers' mysterious sides at ang totoong personality ni Kandrei Miller.

"I think you should leave, Miller." April's face was blank while saying that, Amere's face was just amused of what was happening infront of her and Stella was ignoring them like it was nothing. The whole scene was scaring me, like I don't want to see their other side. I would ignore the truth for a beautiful lie... for them.

When Kandrei left Steven let Lianne go and then she sat on the couch looking so frustrated. I was just staring at them, dumb-founded of just happened.

"What?" Lianne asked when she saw me staring, naka-salubong ang kilay niya na nag-tataka talaga kung baket .

A tear fell from my eyes, her expression changed and April came close to comfort me "Hey, why are you suddenly crying?" her voice was suddenly became sad, which scared me more.

"I'm just scared for all of us, of what can you be" I said in a soft tone and wiping my tears, April was rubbing my back to calm me down

"I'm sorry you have to see that when you just got home from your parents trial" Steven tapped my shoulders "Hey lil girl, I'm going now" paalam niya sa kapatid

"And where pray tell are going?" pagod na tanong niya at umirap

Kinuha ni Steven ang jacket at susi niya "You-know-where" maikling sagot niya at lumabas na

"Whatever" bored na sabi ni Lianne "Stop crying Bea" dagdag niya

"By the way, did you guys find anything to help Lianne and Steven? The Serpents to be exact" Amere turned to Aple, Damien, Apollo and Zach, I stopped from crying cause it wouldn't do anything good

"To be honest, I can't find anything, except for this" nag-abot si Zach ng papers na may konting info about sa Mafia syndicate "They're high profiled syndicates, meaning that they're rich like us. Which means they aren't easy to find. But, as you can see there, they also live here at our state. Yet, who knows who the hell they are." pag-explain ni Zach samin

Apollo sighed "Sorry wala kaming matulong sainyo Lianne, I know kung gaano kaimportante 'to sainyo ni Steven" he smiled bitterly

"Same here, sad to say that's the best I can do" Aple said kaya nag-taka ako, yun lang ba talaga ang alam niya?

I thought the same for Apollo and Damien, these two never give up without a fight so its impossible that they don't know. I hate that I doubt them pero after this day I don't if I can look at them the same way I see them. My wholesome and innocent friends, changed by this stupid Mafia group and who knows who and what they are. Even my parents doesn't know who they are.

Morning came and it already feels different, everyday I wonder what new bullshits will suprise me. But, I'm scared of the day that maybe somethings wouldn't suprise me any more. Like duh, we're teenagers, hell we're not even in our legal ages yet, except for Damien his already 18 and partying sanaol, his brother Apollo is 17 along with April and Aple, Lianne and I are 16 years old, Amere just turned 15, Stella is only 14 and she already saw how brutal Lianne can be.

"Yaya, where's my breakfast?" masungit na tanong ko pag-dating sa kitchen dahil medyo masama gising ko dahil sa nangyari kahapon

"Ito po, Miss Lewis" inabot niya agad saken ang scrambled eggs at sausages at kinuhanan na din ako ng rice. I ate breakfast and went to the living room. Sa susunod na araw ay Christmas break na namin kaya masaya ako kahit konti

My phone lit up when it got a notification

[OLYMPUS Walang Titibag]

Aphrodite:

Guys san tayo gagala sa christmas break?

Lianne:

TARA TAGAYTAY!!!

Damien:

Okay, but whose car are we going to use?

Lianne:

No worries, my tita owns a van rental. I can just talk to my cousin to lend us one of it.

Beatrix:

Where in Tagaytay are we going?

April:

Maganda sa may Picnic grove at Palace in the skies

Stella:

Daan din tayo sa may Nuvali sa Laguna

Zach:

Baka drawing 'to ah, ako bahala sa papel

Damien:

Bobo

Lianne:

Here we go again HAHAHAHA

Zach:

Ay hindi ba HAHAHAHA sige g ako

Amere:

G din ako, kelan ba alis naten mga lods

Lianne:

The same day of our break. G?

Apollo:

Sigi sigiii HAHAHAHA

Beatrix:

I'll pack my things na

Kayo den aba, sa susunod na araw na yon

Lianne:

Okie okiee

Damien:

Sige see you guys on Saturday

I don't know if I'm happy or still worried and scared, we're acting like nothing happened, na parang bad dreams lang lahat nang nangyari kahapon. But, still nangingibabaw ang saya ko dahil sa trip to Tagaytay namin.

I packed my things sa isang backpack like my jacket, power bank, selfie stick, my lip tint and other essentials, I'm sure naman kase na si Lianne ang magiging prepared sa ibang bagay. Siya usually may dala ng kung ano-ano eh, Mary Poppins siya tropa namin

I hope our trip goes well, no troubles, no chaos. Just ourselves and the happiness of our trip.