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| •The next day• |
I woke up early to get ready, these are the days I thank God that my school doesn't require uniforms. I took a shower and put on my outfit with a slight natural makeup as my head was banging.
"Minnie, let's go!!" I yelled as I exited my room, "I'm ready, let's go, Makayla, grab your lunch box and bag pack, let's go!" Minnie yelled at me and Makayla while coming out of her room.
"I'm ready," Makayla said while carrying her things
"Wait a second let me grab some chips and granola bars," I said to Minnie
"Makayla, do you want to have a little treat without mommy knowing?" Minnie asked her
"Yay, granola bars!!" She was so young, that she thought granola bars were treats but she wouldn't eat them knowing they had oatmeals, she hates oatmeal. After grabbing everything, we left, I took the bus while Minnie dropped Makayla off at the Pre-Kindergarten with her car.
It didn't take long for me to reach the school but the bell had almost rung so I quickly headed inside the classroom. I always like sitting and waiting for the bell because you don't know how much chance you have of being in a stampede.
I walked inside and the first person I saw was him.
Mr Lee Felix.
He has a pretty deep voice and mature looking face to have a name like that. I greeted him formally and went straight to my seat, Minnie is a teacher in the school, she and Jake took a gap year to help the special needs students as people were not taking great care of them. I took out my phone and started scrolling on some K-dramas clips, aka, the birthers to my delusion, I continued to scroll, tapping an interesting clip once in a while, most of these were clips of K-dramas I had already watched like 'Uncanny Counter', 'Penthouse', 'Suspicious partner' etc. Then I found a clip without a name, seemingly on a smaller account, it was about a girl who was mistreated by her arranged husband to the point of mental crisis. After watching the recap-like video, I stared into the closed window and started to overthink, is this how I'm going to be treated? Will I fall into a mental crisis? I soon heard the bell that snapped me out of my daze, and not long after, the class filled up with a load of senior kids like me.
"Good morning, today you will have your first project exam." Mr Lee said as the students groaned, " Don't worry, this project is for your personal plans for this year and places you want to visit and the best one will be selected for our school trip in December." The once-sad teens started cheering, "Okay, for now, take out your literature book and study page 15, chapters A to B, for a pop quiz in 3 days, when you're done, you can take out your laptops to start planning your project or do anything you want, it's your option." Mr Lee said as everybody started studying and he started writing notes on the board, I studied the chapters over and over, writing the notes that were crucial and leaving out the ones that weren't.
A little while later, it was lunchtime and all the kids left the class to go to lunch, likewise, I also left the class to return to the after taking my lunch, but this time, unexpectedly, Mr Lee was still in the class collecting his things-
"Abigail, what are you doing back here?" He asked
"I came to have my lunch," I said and went to one of the unassigned seats
"Why don't eat in the cafeteria with your friends like everybody?" He asked, his face full of confusion
"Well, I don't have friends and the cafeteria is way too loud for me so I find peace here," I responded, taking a bite of my food, trying to ignore his glare and presence
"Okay, is this even allowed?" He asked
"I don't know but there's no rule that we can't eat lunch in one of the empty classes," I said hoping this would make him leave.
"Alright, well, see you tomorrow." He said, finally leaving the space, I sighed, I was a little too rude to him, I'll apologize, or if I can dig a hole and leave through there. The rest of the school day went by fast, and I quickly went home by bus, not forgetting to buy some churros for the gateman. I soon arrived home, gave the food to the gateman, walked to my house, and realized nobody was home, not even Makayla and her babysitter. I ignored the somber feeling in the house and went to my room to start my project, in the silence that I sat in, my phone chinned loudly, signaling a new notification, I took my phone, and looked at a new message from an unknown number.
It was from an unknown number.
Hello, is this Abigail?
Yes, who is this, please?
Lee Felix.
Oh, hi, Mr Lee.
Hello, how are you?
I'm fine and you?
I'm doing okay, are you busy?
I wasn't, I'm just getting a head start on my project, why?
Umm, I was thinking if you wanted to meet up on the weekend? That's the only days I'm available.
Okay, I'm fine with that, what time?
Six p.m., or earlier?
Alright.
I'll pick you up at 5:30, wear something comfortable.
Okay, have a good night.
I put down my phone and continued my project, but I got sleepy, so I put everything away and put on my pajamas to go to sleep.
4 days later, Saturday.
I woke up early to prepare Makayla for her first taekwondo class and after her babysitter picked her up, I prepared some food for my class. Today, it was extremely hot, and the A.C. was amazing but as soon as I went outside, my forehead would be full of sweat before I went inside the house, I took about 2 showers between 10 and 1 p.m., that's how hot it was.
4 hours later, 4:45 p.m.
I shower once again to prepare for the outing, I'm not delusional enough to call this a date-
(Yes, you are Abby) Author, please continue the story.
Unfortunately, Minnie wasn't here to do my makeup, so I tried my best to do something
I took my phone and a small bag cross bag to put my essentials in it, like, pads, sanitizer, a taser, and pepper spray.
These were things my dad told me to always carry, in all, it took me about 30 minutes to get ready, my mom and dad were here before I left while Minnie and Makayla went out to have a shopping spree. I chatted with Mom and Dad about their day and they told me to be safe, before, Mr. Lee picked me up, I took various Mom and I made throughout the week and put them in a grease-free bag. A knock was heard on the door and my mom went to open it while I finished packing the sweets,
"Honey, hurry up, Felix is here!!" My mom said from the front door
"I'm coming, give me a minute," I yelled back hurrying up, I wrote a little sorry note and stuck it to the bag, putting it in another bag to hide the note. I ran back to the living room, and saw Mr. Lee, ABBY?? Right, Felix, Felix smiling while chatting with my mom, for the first time, he was wearing a casual outfit or seeing him in one for the first time.
It was simple but chic, and it gave the vibe of a main character in one of those superhero series.
"Hey, Abby."
"Hi, Felix, let's go?"
"Yeah, see you later, Mrs. Kim." He bowed to my mom
"See you later, Mom, I'll be back soon," I bid to my mom, hugging her and waving to Dad, who probably didn't see me as he was busy watching the TV. We entered his car, it was in a pretty black, shiny color, and when the door opened, as it was pretty elevated, stairs glided down for you to climb in. He opened the door for me and warned me about bumping my head into the car door formation, I said thank you as he closed the door and went to the driver's seat, he started the car, and turned on the A.C. We drove for about 30 minutes when I started to get worried, is he kidnapping me? Was he going to slave me to work in a potato field? Is he going to drive to the beach, put a rock on the accelerator, and drive me into it? My worries grew as he pulled up next to the beach, but they died down when he went out and opened the door for me, he also went into his trunk to pick up a bag, and I walked behind him as we treaded into the sand. He stopped and took out a large fluffy blanket, laid it on the floor, and put some other things on the floor.
"Um, I have a chair in the trunk if you don't wanna sit on the blanket." He said nervously
"It's okay." I sat on the floor and handed him my apology sweets, or so I called them.
"What is it?" He asked removing the first bag, revealing the note, the simple apology. He read it, chuckled a little bit, and started talking-"It's okay, I didn't think you were rude." he said smiling thinly at me
" Oh, okay." I said responding shortly, "So, what did you want to talk about?" I asked
"I just wanted to get to know you before the busy wedding preparations start next week, so tell me everything about you, or the ones you want."
"Well, my name is Abigail Morrelli, my parents died after our gas tank exploded, um, my favorite color is black and brown, I like rice crispy treats and sweet things, I'm turning 20 years old next year and I have 2 step-sisters, Minna and Makayla, and I like baking, what about you?" I said looking at him
"My name is Lee Felix, I'm turning 23 in September, my favorite color is black, I love rice cakes and I can't eat spicy food, I had a brother that died from a car accident leaving their child, Phoenix, and I also like baking in my free time." He said handing me a small bag of brownies and chocolate chip cookies, I took a bite, and wow, these ones are on my top 5 of best sweets
"Mh, it's amazing." My eyes were probably shining while I smiled
"I'm glad you like it." He said smiling back at me, he also started eating some of the sweets that I gave them
"My mom used to give me these every midday," I said reminiscing about the old days, "By the way, who's going to the wedding planning?"
"Us? Isn't that what we're supposed to do?" He said looking at me with the same face of confusion, he soon started laughing at my judgmental look at him but his laugh was contagious so I also burst into laughter, we continued laughing, eating, and playing in the sand like children.
One of the best days of my life.
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