"One right answer, one kiss"

I feel like time has stopped. I want to close my eyes and shut the door, but I can't move my body, it feels like my feet has been stuck in my position. I felt the heat of my body slowly rising to my face. Until Nate noticed me and we shouted in unison.

"-----Oh my god! ------ Oh my god!"

"------What are you doing here?! ------ What are you doing here?!"

"------This is my sister's room! ------ I'm taking a bath!"

"-----I'm sorry! ------ Please close the door!"

I shut the door and shouted before I left.

"M-mom says go downstairs right away! We will eat!" I ran out of the room and stop by the stairs to compose myself. Upon entering the dining area, I immediately sat down, I looked at my sister and mouthed, "You bitch". Meg frowned and raised an eyebrow at me.

"Nate, love come eat now", says mom.

They are busy talking about something, while me no matter how I tried to stop thinking about what happened earlier I'm still having the flashback. Later on I sigh and play with my food. I didn't notice that all of them are looking at me.

"Nica are you okay? Don't you like the food?", mom asked worriedly.

"Are you feeling okay Nica?", dad asked.

"Oh! I'm okay mom, dad! I just remember something." I smiled at them and glance quickly at Nate. There's no reaction at all she's just busy eating her food.

After we ate, I immediately went upstairs to avoid Nate. I'm about to enter my room but Meg pinched me and pulled me by my ear to her room. When we entered her room, I pulled her hand to get rid of her grip on.

"Ouch! It hurts sis!"

"Ouch your face! What was your problem earlier, why did you call me a bitch?", my sister says while crossing her arms.

"Well! Something bad happened earlier because of you! Why is your friend taking a bath here instead in the guest room?!"

"You just said 'my friend', didn't you baby sis? So what's wrong if she takes a bath here?" My sister answer back.

"Even so! She is a guest so she should be taking a bath downstairs!" I said out loud.

"You know you're funny, it's such a simple thing and you're making a big deal out of it. Hmmm, hang on. How did you know she bathed here?" Her eyes narrowed and her teasing smile started to form.

"Earlier I saw her! And I-I saw...uggghhhh! Sis!!!"

"You saw what?? Monica Bautista! Are you going to say it or what?!"

"I SAW YOUR FRIEND NAKED!!!"

Meg was just silent for less than a minute and then started to laugh non-stop. I'm super irritated and embarrassed at the same time. I threw a pillow at her because she still laughing.

"Sis! Can you please stop?!"

"I'm sorry... it's just that it's so funny!! Okay I'll stop now." She bit her inner cheek to stop laughing. "Okay game. What happened?"

So mama ask me to go to you room to tell you to come downstairs. And when I enter your room I heard that someone's inside the CR so I assume that it's you. I open the door without saying anything and then boom! Your best friend is in front of me naked! And don't you dare try to laugh again".

"O-okay. You know what just forget about it Monica. For sure Nate is not affected."

"Are you sure? It's kind of awkward"

"Yes I am hundred percent sure. So go now and take a rest in your room."

"What? It's too early sis. Can I stay here for a while? Can I sleep here?"

"Hmmm. Yes, you can. So you choose, do you want in the middle? Next to me or next to Nate?" She raises her eyebrows while saying that.

"What do you mean?"

"Nate will sleep here."

"Oh god no. I'll leave now." When I opened the door, Nate entered my sister's room. She said hi to me and I just smiled for a moment then hurried to my room.

I keep on scrolling through my Instagram, Facebook and Twitter to avoid the flashback and forget the shame that happened earlier. Thirty minutes before 12:00AM and I'm still wide awake. Can't stop thinking about that CR scene. I didn't expect her to have abs, her backside is not that big but shaped. And her boo... shocks wait!

"Wait no! Don't go to that part Monica! You have that too; you see your body everyday why are you being bothered?" I told myself. I rolled over on the bed while screaming in annoyance. Later on I decided to go down and drink a glass of milk.

I stayed on the porch and play some music while drinking my milk.

Playing: Substance by 03 Greedo

I close my eyes to feel the cold breeze when someone grabbed my shoulder. I fell backwards from my seat and almost dropped my mug. Fortunately, Nate was able to catch it.

"Nate, what the hell?" I whispered because I don't want to bother those who are sleeping.

"I'm sorry Monica, I've been saying Hey but you're not answering. I'm sorry"

"It's okay. Just don't do it again. I have a heart problem. No just kidding."

Nate smiled a little and drank the wine she was holding. "Why are you still awake?"

"Ah... I can't sleep so I decided to went down and hoping that drinking milk will make me fall asleep."

"What are you a baby?"

I glared at him and then she just laughs and messed up my hair.

"Come on, follow me I 'll help you so that you can fall asleep."

I don't understand why she's setting up the chess board, don't tell me we will play this game.

"Come on sit. I will teach you how to play. They say if you play mind games or board games your brain will be tired that leads for you to fall asleep", says Nate. She explains to me each name of the pieces and how the game works. It's information overload actually but I was able to manage.

"Okay I think I was able to explain everything so now let's test it." She smiles at me and wiggle her eyebrows. "So one mistake one slap".

"Wow Miss Minchin is that you?" Nate laughed and think again.

"How about one right answer, one kiss?"

We we're both stunned, I would have avoided her gaze, but her eyes are so alluring. I felt warmth and comfort while looking at my reflection through her eyes. I looked at her lips and she slowly smile at me. She then tapped me on my shoulder and say, "Hey it's just a joke! Why so serious?" We both laugh and continue playing.

As expected I can't beat her. We play several rounds until we're both sleepy. We stop the game and decided to go in our own room.

"Good night Monica."

"Good night Nate."

***

I woke up because of the non-stop ringing of my phone. I saw Aira calling, 5 missed calls and 7 messages. What's wrong with this girl? I answer the call right away because it's really getting on my nerves.

OTP

"Why what happened?"

"Girrrllll! I saw Charlie He's here in the Philippines!!"

"Gosh! That's it? I thought it's something important. So what do you want me to do?"

"Have a more enthusiastic reaction maybe?" Aira says sarcastically.

"Yeah. I'm happy I just don't have enough energy to react since I just woke up."

"Kdot bish, you busy later? Let's go out."

"Sure! Just going to DM you later. Love you!"

Nate POV

I'm with Meg today and we're going to the mall so we can bond and be alone together. I yawned a few times while driving which she noticed right away.

"What time did you go to bed? You look so sleepy", she asked.

"Ahmm, pass 2:00AM, unfortunately I can't sleep.

"Do you want me to drive instead?"

"No worries I got this, and we're almost there, look."

After parking, I opened the car door for Meg. We first looked at the clothes and then go to National Book Store. I bought Rich Dad, Poor Dad and When Breath Becomes Air. While checking other books I ask Meg if her sister loves to read books. She says Monica rarely read. So we just decided to look for a restaurant.

"Instead of eating here, why don't we just go to Straight Up?

"Sure! But let's just eat I don't want to drink."

We got to the bar and took a seat at the end so we could see the view. I really love city lights; it's calming to watch. Meg and I ordered and plan what will be the things we will do while I'm here in Manila.

"It's good to know that you're happy with your job." I said to Meg.

"Yes, even though it's hard, even if I don't sleep enough or sometimes I forgot to eat on time. I just keep pushing forward since it really makes me happy. Sometimes when the work is one after the other, I don't even realize how tired I am".

"Perfect! I'm so proud of you! But still don't forget about your health okay? If you need to take a break, take a break. Understood? Attorney Megan Bautista?"

"Yes Miss Natasha Andrea Cervantes!" I almost threw up at what she said.

"Shush Megan!" I glared at her and she did nothing but laugh.

I left Meg for a while to go to the CR, I was just turning towards the CR when I heard someone yelling. When I turn around I saw the man tightly holding the woman's arm. When I looked, I was surprise to see that it was Monica.

I saw how shock Monica is when she saw me. I pushed the man and grabbed Monica's hand and put her behind me. "What do you think you are doing?!" I yelled at the man.

"You?! What do you think you are doing?! Who is this Monica?!" The man yelled back.