CHAPTER 6

"WhooHOOOOOO!" His voice echoed through the gymnasium. "WhooPYYYYYYYYY!"

Zendee keeps yelling at the top of his lungs while jumping through the trampoline. He's so loud while some of us were not. I know he's having fun right now but geez, he couldn't help himself but to scream in delight.

We've been here for almost one and a half hour since it's our MAPEH today. We only have this every friday which we have to spend two hours in class.

The whole class were jumping, climbing off the bars, playing basketball and even running around the corner.

"Man this is so coooool!!!!" He yelled that earned a smirk from other students who also doing their activities.

"Yeah it's fun! It's like a dream come true!" Even Jessica joined him. Oh boy.

I was just sitting here in the bleachers, watching them yelling and laughing like a 6 year old kid.

Zendee swings around the bars and jumps to the trampoline. He bounced a little, wiped the sweat off of his forehead with his sleeve and hopped off the trampoline, and made his way into my direction.

"I have to leave before the dismissal." He sat down, catching his breath. He grabbed his bottle and gulped the remaining water.

"Why?" I asked.

He let out a heavy sigh, panting. "My whole family will gather today that will take place in the afternoon. So I have to, you know, leave before 11. We usually do this every month."

"Wow, what a great big family you got there."

"Well if you wouldn't ask, I have four elder sassy sisters."

"Wow that's insane!" I beamed in disbelief.

"Totally insane 'coz my sisters used to complained about sharing each other's clothes."

"Why??" My eyebrows knitted. "Your family owned a lot. So why do they even have to share?"

"They have their own of course, but it was inevitable to borrow each other's clothes especially if one of them has this lavish outfit than what they already have."

"Oh." I slowly bobbed my head.

"You'll never understand since you don't have any siblings."

"Yeah."

A long pause filled in the air. "Hope you don't mind, but isn't it a little boring for you not to have any sisters or brothers around?"

"Nah, I'm very happy that I'm the only child they have. I don't have to share with anyone. Their attention is only with me. Mom and dad is enough. Just the three of us."

"Sheesh, you sound like a—"

"Like what?" I cut him off.

"Like uhm…" His eyes narrowed while snapping his finger. "Like… uhm, urgh I forgot!"

"I'm doooooone!!!" Jessica dashed towards us and flopped down on the bleachers.

"Urgh nevermind."

"P.E was really exhausting. In spite of physical activities that we did I was still manage to look fresh." She said in a charming voice. "Look at me."

"Ye—"

"Nah." Zendee cut me off. "You look like a donkey to me."

"Wow, look who's talking who looks exactly the same as Shrek the Ogre."

"Say all you want but you still look like a donkey to me."

"Same here."

Looks like this two will never get along with each other.

Zendee took his phone and earphone from his bag, scrolled through his phone and selected the song he wants to play before putting it on his head.

Not so long after he began bobbing his head as if to feel the music playing in his ear.

I looked at Jessica, frown settled on her expression while looking at him. "What are you doing?"

He then removed his headphone. "I'm drumming. What?" He taunted and looked straight into her. "There you go again saying nasty things about me."

"I ain't." She retorted. "And you don't seem like you're drumming. You look stupid."

"See?!" He exclaimed. My eyes shifted at the two of them. "What is your problem?!" he asked firmly. "It's my dream man! I'm dreaming about becoming a legendary drummer someday."

"Whatever." She just rolled her eyeballs at him.

"What about you?!"

"I wanna be a supermodel someday."

"Good, I thought you'll gonna be a boldstar one day."

"Zendee!!!!!" I squealed at him. "Your filthy mouth."

"The hell coming out from your mouth." Jessica seemed disgusted and threw him deadly glares.

"I was just kidding ok?!" He chuckled. "Don't take it seriously."

"How 'bout you Brenda?" She asked as she looked at me.

"I wanted to be a scientists since I love Science—"

"I agree with you." She cut me off. "You must pursue it since you love joining contests. I think you will succeed. I believe in you."

"Thank you Jess. But my dad says our own perspective changes while we're growing up. He told me before, back when he was a kid he wanted to be a doctor." I began explaining. "But as soon he stepped into highschool, he realized that doctor isn't really his passion. Because he's now a successful business man today."

Jessica sighed. "I wonder what could I be someday."

"A donkey." He said.

It was now our second to the last subject and Zendee will have to leave right after this. He already submitted an excuse letter to our teacher who immediately agreed on it. Some of my classmates were chattering while our teacher's gone.

I saw Zendee sat behind Veronica. Our seat was actually one seat apart since it's a desk and a chair.

He's telling everyone who were just few inches away from them to zip their mouth. And they did.

He's probably up to something.

I watched him took a piece of paper from the spring book and torn it apart until it turned into pieces. He pinched it to make it a look like a snow.

What on earth is he doing?

My two eyes saw how he sprinkled the paper snow into Veronica's hair!

Is he nuts?!

He looked around and met my eyes. He grinned and tells me to zip my mouth.

I wrinkled my nose and mouthed, "You're crazy."

Veronica doesn't even notice that she was being played dirty tricks since she was too busy with her phone.

People around her were secretly making fun of her. Zendee even held his stomach in laughter. Some of them even joins him by attaching some crumpled paper on her back with a note of 'I'm a dumb'. They're having too much fun wherein to the point they put some crumpled tapes and pieces of paper on what she so-called her expensive hair.

And the thing is, no one even dares to tell her that she was being played dirty tricks.

Well, let's say that Veronica was such a brat. She's the rudest in the whole class. No wonder Jessica is so mean to her, I mean, not even her. The whole class rather. Jessica just one of the students who'd manage to stand her.

If Veronica can mess with everyone else, Jessica will never let her guards down. She's the boldest person I've ever met in my entire life. You mess with her once, she'll ruin your life, forever. She's a Savage Queen.

"She looks like a p*nnis to me."

"Jessica!" I exclaimed, almost gasping as she sits on the opposite side.

"What? It's true."

"Watch your words."

"You're so gorgeous!" Zendee blurted out. He's now facing Veronica. "You can look like Aprodhite, the Goddess of beauty."

"I know right!" Veronica smiled from ear to ear as if she heard the most wonderful thing on earth. We all know that Zendee was just pretending.

He even started to ask some of our classmates who were just few inches away from them. "Do you agree?"

Our classmate nodded his head multiple times while displaying his fake smile. "She's the dumbe—I mean, she's one of the best faces I've ever seen in my entire life."

Geez that was close.

Veronica seems very like it that she even gave us a warm smile. "Aweee, you guys are so sweet."

"Little things." Zendee smirked.

All of them hid their giggled from her being naive.

He takes a few steps towards us and covered his mouth with his knuckes to prevent him from giggling.

"You have no idea how creepy you were when you said those." Jessica chastised, feeling disgusted as Zendee sat on the opposite chair in our front.

"I know." He muttered." Goosebumps formed along on my skin while saying those. I think I'm gonna have a nightmare, err."

~DNA~

An annoying sound rings on my ear. I flipped around, snuggling through the soft cozy pillows and rummaged through the nightstand to shut the alarm.

I turned around as if to face the ceiling. I sprawled out and blinked slowly. I'm too sleepy to get up but I'd managed to sat up from the bed and rubbed my eyes.

I yawned loudly, my classmate once said yawning loudly can lessen your sleepiness. But nothing happened.

My head slowly turned at the clock that hangs on the wall, it was still 8:30 in the morning. I shouldn't awake early at this morning since it was saturday that was supposed to be a rest day from school works.

I yawned once again before strolling out of the bed.

I walked out of my bedroom and made my way down to the hallway. The aroma of bacon and pancake lingering through the corridor as I making my way to the dining room.

I saw dad walks into the kitchen that was next to our dining room. I stopped at my feet and leaned my head on the frame door. Mom was too caught up preparing for our breakfast that she didn't even notice that I was here.

"Hey honey." Mom seems surprised. "You up early?" She flashed a smile and I bobbed my head as a response.

"Hello princess." It was dad but I just responds with a reluctant smile.

"Awe, still sleepy?" Mom asked, her voice was full of sincerity.

"Mm-hm."

"I'm gonna make you a coffee."

Dad walks to me and pat my head. "You tired sweetie? Did you sleep late last night?"

"Yeah…" I responded in a lethargic manner. "School Contests and activities must really hard. 3 days before the competition but I've already studied my lecture so all I could do is to chill and worry about nothing."

"Wow, that's great then." Dad smiled. "Keep it up."

"Can we eat now? I'm starving."

"Of course."

We walked to the table and sat on our respective seats.

I sipped the coffee and sliced the pancakes with my fork before shoving it in my mouth.

"Wow, you seemed really hungry."

"I really am." I muttered at mom, keeps shoving a spoonful of sweet pancakes and bacon in my hungry mouth. I looks so silly right now.

"Eat well baby girl."

"I will." I mouthed, geez my mouth was full. Breakfast was really delicious.

I gulped hard and drinks some coffee.

"Since it's saturday today. We're going to the beach."

"Beach?!" I squealed at dad with widen eyes.

"Mm-hm."

"I'm so exciteeeed!" I squealed gleefully. "Can we bring Golden?"

"Of course."

"Yes!"

Breakfast is done. I'm in my room right now, waiting for my parents to be finish. I hopped up from my cozy little sofa and walked to my white drawer.

I was looking at my picture frames. Thinking how lucky I am.

I'm living in a wealthy family, studying in a prestigious school, having a loyal friends, and a loving and caring parents.

My gaze switched to our family picture. I grabbed it and looked closely at it. Smile formed my lips.

We look so very happy here.

Then my eyes focused on my mom. She has a very charming smile that shows her bright teeth. Mom's eyes were brown round that matches her rosy red cheeks and a pinkish lips. She has this big curly brown hair over her shoulders.

Then to my dad. He has this thick eyebrows, black eyes, pointed nose, thin lips and a well-built body.

I wonder where I'd get this straight black hair.

Oh I remember.

Mom told me that I'd get this to my grand mom who passed away for a long time. They were mom's parents. I never got the chance to see them. They both had died after the marriage.

We looked so happy here, we're such a happy family.

By simply looking at this picture makes me feel good. We're so happy, just the three of us.

I also wonder why I don't have any siblings. But who cares? Just thinking about it makes me feel sad and anxious.

I don't need anything.

Just only the three of us.

#