Chapter 13b

To their suprise, it wasn't quite hard to teaching Lily the basics she needs to have in order to blend in their school as-soon-to-be an exchange student. All they had to do was list out all the do's and don't's for her

"Don't bow like the first time you meet Us"

"people might think you're weird and no-one would befriend you "

"Don't chase after cocomilk "

" No clinging "

" No wall-hugging "

And so on

Mia had prepared all the necessities for Lily, with the help of some friends she has. She didn't lie about putting herself in charge of expenses, to Bella's surprise. She almost thought her dearest friend was a mafia or something. Nonetheless, she kept her words.

"Are you sure you're up to this, baby bear?"

"If school is the only way Lily can see Jennifer all the time then yes!"

"And you should really use reflexive pronouns instead of using "Lily" all the time."

"But it's cute!" Bella whined.

"isabella."

"Mia."

Lily didn't say much throughout the "tutorials" she had to go through in order to get in their school really. She pretty much nods at everything, listening attentively. Though she was banned from hugging the wall almost made her pout uncontrollably. It was all thanks to her personal talent, as the bear herself like to call it .it was miracle

Mia had lay out a blanket on the floor for her and Lily to sleep on and took out another one to cover their body while isabella sleeps on her bed. After everything is set, they bid each other a Goodnight and called it a night although it was a little early.

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Except that night, Lily wasn't able to sleep.

"Ughh Mia I told you the toilet is on the left end." Isabella groans and turns to the other side when she felt light taps on her shoulder. When the latter didn't budge, she taps again.

"Mia how many times should I-" It wasn't Mia.

"Lily...?"

"bella..." The said girl slowly sits up, rubbing her eyes to adjust her sight. Kneeling on the edge of isabella's bed is Lily, clenching a pillow in her arms with a pout on her face.

"What's wrong?"

"C-Can I sleep next to you?" she furrows her eyebrows confused, but nods nonetheless. The pout was too strong for her heart. With that, Lily slides herself next to the latter. "Thank you." She mutters quietly bella raise the blanket up.

"It's okay." Bella turns to her and smiles but it fades when she sees Lily spacing out. "Tell me, bear." she tries to bring out whatever the other has in mind.

"O-oh? Wha- Tell what- What do you mean?" She chuckles when Lily snaps out of her thought after poking her cheek. "You've been very quiet, you know"

"It's n-nothing!"

"Ah I didn't ask anything, baby bear." The chipmunk can't help but to laugh at the blank bear. "Now you tell me or else we'll cancel the school thingy." She lies.

Lily bit her lips, clenching her pillow tighter, looks like there's no other choice. "Well, I've never spent a night away from home." She draws an imaginary circles on the pillow "it feels.... weird "

"What? Are you saying that my house is uncomfortable?" the latter jokes.

"Wait- NO! IT'S NOT LIKE THAT!" Lily sits up immediately, waving her hands in front of isabella who's laughing.

"You're cute, baby bear." she pulls her down to lay back. "and I'm just kidding."

"Oh. Heh."

"I know. You're worried about Jennifer." She states which made the bear scoot closer eyes widen. "HOW DO YOU KNOW?"

"Baby bear," she turns herself facing the latter fully this time, "I know how it feels like."

"Oh are you worried about Jennifer too?"

"LOL not that." The chipmunk sighs.

"I mean, I know how it feels like not being able to sleep because of a person." She pauses. "A person whom you'd do anything for to get her attention, but only to be ignored and tossed aside, your hard work. A person who's very important to you."

"Why so?"

"Because that person had found another.. person who's worth her attention more." Isabella thought the bear had fallen asleep when she doesn't answer, so she just exhales loudly. But to her dismay, Lily wasn't as she slowly wraps her hands around Isabella, hugging her making her flinch.

"L-Lily??"

Lily hushes her, patting her on the head, "It's okay it's okay, let it out." The latter giggles as she pushes the bear away slightly with a finger to create a distance.

"I'm not crying, bear." She laughs this time when Lily stares at her like she just saw a maniac.

"Why... not? Aren't you sad that you are ignored?" Lily crunches her nose at the end of the sentences.

"Nope! Not at all. In fact, I'm happy." Nothing can get more confusing for Lily now. How can someone be happy when she was completely tossed?

"I'm happy with the people I am with now, I get the attention I never knew I needed instead of wanted," she refers to her two best friends,

"Plus, the person whom I used to give my all to is happy to now, with the other one."

Lily smiles nonchalantly listening to her, feeling relief that isabella wasn't having a breakdown.

"And then, you appeared. The fun seems doubled ever since." She looks up to meet Lily's eyes which are beaming with sparkles and all things nice. She's flattered.

"It almost feels like you're another mia but an angel one." She says jokingly. "Speaking of mia, why don't you want to sleep next to her?"

"She kicks me in her sleep.."

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Jennifer got into class a little late the next day. She had forgotten that Lily was sleeping over at isabella's. There was something missing that she felt like she's not ready to step outside the house. Yeah, something was missing. But she doesn't know what it was.

After checking her stuff in her bag for the nth time, she had decided to just take off. Luckily, the teacher for their first period was also late as she arrived first.

"Sorry I'm late!" Jennifer says to her two besties before settling herself down.

"No sweats, the teacher isn't here yet either." Her bestie on the back dismisses.

"How's Lisa? Is she behaving well?" the cat shifts her seat to face isabella next to her.

"Oh I'm surprised you actually asked!" the latter replies with a playful mock earning a questioning look from her.

"Don't worry, she's really behaving very well! I think she has mastered the basics of all knowledge now." She smirks, eyeing mia who returns the same expression.

"What are you talking about?"

"Never mind that, you'll see her soon too." Jennifer was about to question further when she sees Mia's grin, but it looks like the teacher has arrived. So, she just assumed that isabella will be sending her home after school.

"Good morning, class." He dismisses them to sit down after the class greets him. "my apology for coming late. I have an arrangement to do," he studies the whole class with bored eyes and smirks, "which leads to the surprise we'll be having today."

And with that, the class is now filled with murmurs and confusion. "DID YOU BRING US FOOD?"

"Uh- no, James-" he pinch the bridge of his nose, typical james.

"Okay, l'll cut to the chase, our school has received an exchange student from..." he takes out a piece of paper from his file, "A-Alaska? And she'll be going under our classes for the whole month."

"SHE? OMG A GIRL?" the boys starts to cheer, some are even pumping their fists in the air as Isabella and Mia laughs quietly. jennifer almost thought they caught Lily's crazy.

"Calm down now. You don't wanna scare her." the teacher looks over the door.

"Come in, Miss Mateo." The name made Jennifee laugh as the new exchange student from Alaska's surname is the same as Lily's.

"Just like Lily's, am I right?" She turns to her two besties who's grinning at her not saying anything.

"What?" she heard the guys spazzing as well as some girls were squealing.

"What..."

"Hello everyone! My name is Lily Mateo, please take good care of me."

Standing in front of the class was none other than the bear itself in their school uniform, but..with eyeliners? Sharping her features even more.

"LILY!?" without realizing her surrounding, Jennifer stands up smacking her palms on her table. Realizing her mistake a few seconds later when all eyes were on her, she shrinks back slowly into her seat.

"Miss Charles, do you know her?" their teacher questions.

"Yes she does." Lily answers him instead.

"Apparently, Miss Oliver's 2nd cousin and I know her friends very well too." He nods after she gives Jennifer a smiting wink. It didn't go unnoticed by the class as the girls' squeal turns louder.

Jennifer can only shrink more as her besties giggles. "LILY OH LILY!" James raises a hand to which Lily nods for him to continue, "You are so pretty!" Jennifer scoffs.

"That's not a question," Lily chuckles, "but thank you." She flashes the same grin she always shows Jennifer, James almost faint.

"Lily yah!" the said girl turns her head to a familiar blonde girl,

"Oh! It's you, cutie!" she waves hyperly to isla who's waving shyly back at her. ...

The trio then threw a glare at her when she only dart her tongue out.

"OMG SHE CALLED ISLA CUTIE-"

"YOU ARE CUTER-"

"CALL ME HANDSOME PLEASE-"

"CALL ME A CUTIE TOO-"

"Ok now, let's push aside all those... requests first," the teacher pesters when he sees almost everyone raising their hands, "Miss Mateo please introduce yourself further,"

"Oh! Well as I said earlier, my name is Lily Mateo" everyone giggles over her cuteness, except for Jennifer

"Sadly, me being here is only temporary. But that doesn't mean we can't get along well, right?" again, everyone cheers.

"Do you have any personal talent?" the certain question from a velvet-haired girl made Lily grin.

"I can't tell you that yet, looks like we have to see it along the way, shall we?" she winks at her making the latter almost choking her friend sitting next to her by the collar.

"Is there anything that you like?" Lily ponders for a minute.

"I like Jennifer and Choco milk."

Jennifer can only face the table.

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After a whole devastating period for Jennifer that feels like a decade though it's only 15 minutes because their teacher came late and he had to bring an exchange student in, she drags her besties out including Lily (not after struggling her out from the circle of new fangirls and fanboys) to secluded area.

"YOU TWO-" she points at Mia and Isabella, "HAVE A LOT OF EXPLAINING TO DO."

"What? I didn't do anything wrong here!" Mia raises her hands in defeat.

"EXPLAIN THIS THEN!" she points at Lily who's absentmindedly stares at the yellow butterfly flying around her :D

"It's not our fault, Jen, its Lily's wanting to attend the school!" isabella says calmly while patting her back.

"You don't need to worry, we had fixed her up with all the basic knowledge she needs for a normal schoolgirl."

"A cool with a hint of overload cuteness" Mia mumbles which go unnoticed by Jennifer.

The cat took a deep breathe before walking to Lily, grabbing her by the shoulder, "why are you doing this..." the latter only looks at her blankly then broke into a grin as she leans to kiss her on the cheek. "I didn't give you this this morning right?"

Jennifer blushes hard as her friends tease her. She pushes Lily away.

"Oh and about that, it's been a while since I get a long stare at you, now that l'm part of your class," She purse her lips looking around as she was thinking, "I can stare whenever I like."

Lily is right, surprisingly.

Because she's just an exchange student, to focus in classes isn't that necessary for her, still, she is reminded by some ground rules from the satan and the chipmunk. Keeping it a low profile is a must unless she doesn't want to get caught for being a..Lily.

Fortunately AND unfortunately for her, she was seated across the class from Jennifer. "Jen!" a voice snaps them out of their mini event making everyone turn to its direction.

"Oh boy." Mia snorts rolling her eyes followed by a scoffing Isabella.

"W-william!" Jennifer pushes Lily to create a bigger gap between them, making the bear almost falling on isabella.

"H-Hey"

"How's the paper I asked you to elaborate?"

"It's in my c-class. Let's go get t-them." She stammered making Lily tilt her head in confusion, she never heard her master that nervous before.

"Thank you so much! You're such a big he..." His gaze fell on Lily who just stares back at him without making an expression.

"Well hello there," he walks over to her completely forgotten about Jennifer's invitation.

"I've never seen you before. My name is William." He offers a hand with a smirk.

Lisa didn't take his hand and just stand straight in front of him. "So, you're William." Lily's eyes somehow turn cold accommodated by her eyeliner. For the first time ever, the trio felt intimidated.

When William knew his introduction will be left unanswered, he takes it back, shoving his hand in his pocket. "Ah, feisty." He leans till their face are only few inches apart. "I like feisty."

"William," Jennifer pulls him by the wrist slightly.

"I'll see you around." With those last words, he turns on his heels and makes his way.

"Well that was intense." isabella didn't realize she was holding her breathe.

"Lily don't do that, I'm scared." The bear looks over to the two and grins childishly, she's back to normal. "I'm sorry."

"I got to go...Lily, please behave." Jennifer pleads.

"Where are you going?" She pouts. Yep, she's back to the fragile bear she is.

"William needs his paper back.. You two please take care of her." She sigh deep before walking away.

Lily was about to chase her but a voice stopped her. "Ah there you are, Lily!" a teacher approaches them.

"Good morning!" the three bowed slightly to him.

"What's the matter, sir?" Lily asks politely.

"Firstly, I would like to thank Miss oliver here for guiding you into here." isabella smiles,

"Because you are new here, and although it's just temporary. It wouldn't hurt for you to get to know our necessities here, am I right?"

"Of course!" Lily agrees immediately, the prioritize your respect for for the teachers point reminded her.

"Good! You listen well!" He laughs, "Someone will be guiding you to show you around the school-"

"We'll do it!" isabella and Mia offers in unison.

"Oh no no, three is a crowd!" he jokes, "and we only need one, and luckily someone already offers herself to show Miss Mateo around."

"Oh no.." isabella breathes as a blonde girl approaches them from behind the teacher.

"Hello, cutie."