2 Chapter 02
"What are you doing here?!" I was so shocked to see Heather here.
"Well, why can't I be here? Adam's friend invited him so I just tag along. But I never expect to see you here and....." She looked at me from head to feet.
"Eww... You don't suit this dress." And she looked at my hair.
"And your hair! You're not supposed to curled it like that!"
"What?!" I yelled.
"For your information, you're yourself like this. Just cut it off. Don't think you'll win me, SISTER!" She then walked to Rafe.
"Hey! I'm Heather." She said.
"Oh, I'm Rafe. You're Belle's..."
"Friend!" She answered.
"Hey, do you want to go out for dinner sometimes? I'm single, you know." She said.
"Errrmmmm.....'' I interrupted.
"I'm sorry. I have to go. You guys can continue. Bye and its Nice meeting you, Rafe." I forced myself to smile and walked away. Her words still echoing in my mind.
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~RAFE'S P.O.V~
Errmm... I 'm sorry but I have to go too, Heather." I chased after Belle.
"Hey, Belle!" I grabbed her hand.
"Belle! Are you ok?" I was so worried about Belle.
"Absolutely! I'm fine. Leave me alone for a second, can you?" She look miserable.
"But....." Her eyes suddenly filled with tears. The way she stared at me with her watery eyes makes me want to hug and comfort her so badly.
"Please?" She begged.
"Ok... I will talk to you later.
"Thanks!" She ran away after that.
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~BELLE'S P.O.V~
Does she had to go so far? Does she had to offend me like that? I'm such a useless sister! I had enough! I really don't want to live this pathetic life anymore! Why am I even here? I ran to the nearest park and sat on the bench while gasping for air. Suddenly, a man passed me a bottle of mineral water. I looked up and saw the old man who gave me the baby pink cocktail dress.
"What happened, girl? You looked really depressed." The old man then sit beside me.
"My sister.... She said this dress doesn't look good on me and said that I'm not myself."
"Your sister?"
"She's actually my unbiological sister..." I told the old man everthings. About how she tore my teddy bear, about how she snatched my boyfriend away. My tears just couldn't stop itself.
"My parents don't need me! They.always blame me instead of Heather. And I had no one to rely on. I lost my parents, my boyfriend and what I'm afraid of was, my best friend, April will leave me too. Its like everyone is leaving me. I got nothing left anymore. "I closed my face with both my hands and cried non-stop.
"You know what? Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile."
"Uncle, I don't need a man in my life and I don't want to fall in love again because I'm afraid of getting hurt. I don't want to take the risk again. Whoever man I loved will ended up being with her. It's not the first time anymore. It's always been like this since junior high."
"You're not taking the risk. The moment you fall in love, is the moment you're challenging your sister. You have to let her know that no matter what, you can still win her instead of being a coward, hiding and crying. Girl..."
"Belle will do." I interrupted.
"Ok, Belle.... she got nothing to lose. She'll be extremely happy if she finds that you're crying for her because she wants to be victorious! And you shouldn't let it be like that! You still have April, don't you? You can relybon her."
"But... " I stopped and thought to myself. Maybe uncle was right.
"But uncle, I don't want to hurt her." I shook my head.
"Belle, you're not hurting her. Instead, you're helping her.... She can't be like this forever. It's time for her to change." I stared at the pond for a few seconds and wiped my tears.
"Thanks, uncle. You really helped me a lot today. Thank you for your dress but.I really can't accept it."
"Don't worry, Belle. You can have it. I want you to have it. From the moment I saw you stepped into our shop, I knew that you're the girl who I was looking for."
"Huh? I don't get what you mean." I stared at him with my red eyes.
"Actually, I was planning to give this to my daughter on her wedding night, but on that wedding day, she met an accident and was induced to a state of unconsciousness. I prayed to God every night, wish she could wake up but she passed away after that." Uncle looked really upset.
"Uncle..... I didn't know how to comfort you but you can treat me like your own daughter." I smiled.
"Really? Can I?" He raised his eyebrows in surprised.
"If you don't mind.." I grinned.
"Thank you so much, Belle. I have a daughter!" He hugged me.
"Dad...." I blurted out the words. I felt glad that dad was happy. Dad drove me back to the party. Suddenly, Heather ran to me.
"Who's that person? Who was the person driving the super cool Mercedes Benz?" She peeped at the car which was at the back of me.
"It was.... My second dad..." I smiled at her.
"What? Second dad? Who was he? Where he live? Why do you have such a rich dad? She asked rudely.
"Its none of your business." I rolled my eyes and walked away.
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~HEATHER'S P.O.V.~
What? She's not supposed to be rude to me! She gonna get it from me!
"Hey, darling Heather! Let's go dance."
"What the? Adam! Why are you so drunk?!" I asked.
"I was too happy!" He then vomited on my dress.
"What the hell are you doing?!" I slapped him on the face and drove back home. Belle, you better not regret treating me like that. Let's see what I'm going to do this time. We'll wait and see.
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~RAFE'S P.O.V.~
I wondered where's Belle? It has been nearly one and half hour yet she haven't come back yet.
"Hey!" I turned my back and saw Belle.
"Wow! Belle! Where have you been? I have been looking for you since just now."
"I went to the park for some fresh air." She giggled.
"Oh great! So, want to have a drink on the bar?" I pointed to the direction where a few waiters were making drinks.
"Oh, I would love to." She grinned.
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I sat on the bar with Rafe and we had long conversation about our lives for almost two hours. And I'm getting to know him better now.
"So, do you have any.siblings?" Rafe asked.
"Errr... Errr.... I don't have any siblings." I smiled.
"Oh.. how nice." He took a sip of his cocktail drink.
"Huh?" I stared at him
"Well, I have a little brother and he's annoying. Real annoying one!" He rolled his eyes. I laughed so hard because of his expression.
"Hey, Belle!" April walked towards me and looked at Rafe with eyes wide opened.
"Oh. Hi! I'm April."
"I am Rafe." They shook hands.
"Belle, I'm going home. Do you want to follow us?" A guy was holding her waist and I was really shocked.
"Please excuse me for a moment." I pushed her to the side.
"What?" She asked.
"What do you mean by what? Can you kind of explain to me what's going on between you and that guy?"
"He's not that guy.. He's Pierre."
"Ok. I'm sorry.. It's too noisy here so I couldn't hear properly." I pulled her to the bar where Pierre and Rafe were chatting.
"Errmm... Hi, I'm Belle." I smiled.
"Oh, I am Pierre, April's boyfriend." He shook my hands.
"Oh... I know that. And congrats." I laughed. "By the way, April.... you can go home without me. I can just take the cab home." I said.
"But it's not safe, Belle." April said.
"It's safe, don't worry." I smiled.
"Belle, why don't I send you home?" Rafe interrupted.
"Is it really ok with that?" I stared at him.
"Yupe. I can't let a girl take a cab home herself. It's really dangerous. Moreover, you're wearing a dress. What if the driver do something unpleasant to you? I will never want that to happen." He winked.
"Ok, then." I laughed. "So, you can relax now?" I turned to April.
"Yes, Indeed." She grinned. "Ok then, be careful on your way home. See you tomorrow morning, Belle!" She waved to me and went off.
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"Thanks for sending me home, Rafe." I was removing the seat belts and was ready to get off the car when Rafe grabbed my hand.
"Belle? Can I have your number?"
"Hug? My number?" I stared at him. "Oh, ok.. sure." I smiled. We exchanged numbers after that.
"Thanks!"
"Hey, Rafe. Text me when you reach home. I want to make sure you reach home safely."
"Ok, sure." He smiled and drove off.
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