CHAPTER THIRTEEN

"I have finished the second step, so prof. What will happen next." I asked professor Esmeralda. Currently in her office.

"I'm very glad with the good news fanta but I think the next step may not be over again." Prof. said.

"But there are signs when the next step will open again." Prof. continues.

I nodded and understood what she was saying.

"But all I can tell you fanta is that you are always ready and careful." She warned me.

"Thank you prof. For the answer." I said and stood up.

"If you feel inexplicable, do not hesitate to tell me." The professor smiled lightly at me.

"I'll just come back at the same time as the book indicates something else." I said and cleared prof.

I already know all about of prof. Esmeralda, in the world of people.

The mission that must be completed, is mine. I am not professor's under guide but to finish, her mission as well. She is a fairy and called as tasaya in their kingdom sent by their supreme deity.

At the Conrad university school she pretended to be a teacher as professor Atashina Esmeralda. Prof. Being kind and understanding and even sometimes shrieking when I do something silly to my classmates I understand, because I know, she's too old so I'll just be patient. At first I felt radiant for her. I don't feel any unusual situation when there's her presence and I'm positive when I'm with her. Just like my mother, always protecting me no matter what happened. And the day came when I was become mischievous as much in everything, but now it is slowly changing when prof. Esmeralda, appeared in my presence, Or should i say in my vitality as of now.

As I walk out of prof. in her office,

I collided with someone.

"Oh, sorry." I looked at it and what I collided with was this is our new professor.

It's sir Jonas.

"Sorry sir." I apologize too.

"It's okay." prof. said and smiled at me.

I nodded and was about to pass by Professor Jonas spoke.

"Wait, are you fantalia right?." Said sir jonas.

I turned around and nodded.

"It's me sir, why?." I politely said.

Because he will recognize me quickly, while we have not even introduced him. If In fact sir's memory is fast. We are not easy to forget.

"Can you give this to Mr. Vargas?." Sir Jonas said and showed me the folder, why we have so many contents?.

"Sure sir, I'll give it to Vargas." I took it and nodded.

"Excuse myself sir." I turned around immediately.

I don't know why I'm so nervous as if something bad is going to happen. But I just feel the same, I can not understand. As soon as I entered the classroom, everyone fell silent.

The professor is not there yet but that's how quiet they are. They fell silent and watched me enter. What happened?.

I went to chandler's seat and gave him what prof. Jonas said.

"Professor Jonas gave it to me. That's yours." I said. He nodded and I sat down in my chair.

"Zemio has a game today, let's watch?." Rashdy said as I sat down.

By the way, zemio has a game now. In the past few days, He is immersed in practice. Even now zemio is sure to have practice today.

"All right." I agree.

"But wait why did you keep quiet, what's up with now?." I wonder question.

"Because someone was fighting earlier. Our classmates were fighting chandler earlier. It's a good thing I stopped them as well as our male classmates."

"So that's why they are silent?."

"Yes, a teacher came in here and stopped the our classmates who bullied on chandler. Then they were reprimanded. We all fell silent because the teacher who came in here was very strict." He explained.

"What is the reason?."

"I don't know if I'll be jealous of you!." He jokingly beat me.

"What are you talking about?. I don't understand you, gay." I said took my sketchpad and started drawing.

"Chandler is secretly like you!"

I stopped and looked at him.

"Then quin also liked you. That's why he was fighting with chandler, because that quin found out that chandler liked you, so quin scolded chandler." Rashdy explained.

"Are you sure?."

"Yes that true."

I knew that, I can see in chandler's actions, sometimes he glances at me. I did not make a mistake. No doubt.

"I know that." I simply mumbled at rashdy.

I continued my drawing. While our professor was away.

"You have no reaction to that?." He asked in surprise.

"What do you want me to do, squirm with fun?. You know I don't like that." I said.

"Then one more thing, all I want is zemio." I whispered to rashdy.

My gay friend turned to me.

"I have nothing to say. You are a beautiful girl! You really are." The gay man pinched me jokingly.

"Hi." I turned to the speaker, none other than ashi.

Anyway, this is Leila, she is not ashi because everything that happens to this woman is just a trap and only her body was used.

"Its you, what do you need?." I asked.

I noticed it was carrying food. We are here now in the canteen, and rashdy is still getting food for us to eat.

"I would like to share a table with you, can I?." She asked.

It's good for me because the seats are fourth.

"All right ms. You can sit here." I offer her. It sat on my side.

"Thank you." She smiled.

I nodded. It was far from what I saw as an ashi then, now cheerful it looks sociable.

"About what happened yesterday, I really do not understand. I want to know what happened to me, and why when I woke up I was already in the basement?. I know you can only tell me because you yourself are my last companion. Then nothing else I also remember. " She asked continuously.

"I thought, You can just share a table then, you have a lot of questions for me ?." I asked too.

I have never forgotten the way she looked at me before. I feel like I want to hurt now.

But it looks like she has changed and the face is gentle. It was stunned and frowned for a moment.

"I'm sorry but I need an answer to my questions."

Shall I really tell her what's going on in her events?. Probably not, I don't need tell her what really happened to her yesterday.

I sneezed before speaking. I made an excuse.

"We were kidnapped yesterday, then I saw you when the armed man shoved you in the head, well, you probably don't remember anything because of the force of the blow on you." I lied. But I hope ahe believes.

"If it was only yesterday, why did my mother tell me I was missing for two days?." Confused she said.

I was the one who stopped for what she said. But I recovered quickly.

"I mean, we've been gone for two days." I said promptly. I rested deeply.

This woman is stressful. She nodded. Thank goodness. Leila seems to believe that too.

"But wait, we were locked up, right? How did we get lost?. Have the suspects been reported? Are they already in jail?."

She asked again. Its really a lot of questions.

"Yes, I escaped from bondage. Fortunately, I have a cellphone and I secretly called the police." I'll just tell her. She nodded innocently.

"Thanks and now everything is clear to me."

"No problem with that." I said. But a while ago, I was complaining.

"But wait, what is the last thing you remember?." I asked.

"I bumped into a woman."

I nodded at what she said. "And that's when I suddenly lost my consciousness. Maybe that woman in the comfort room I collided with, she kidnapped me."

I was drowned. But she did not notice. "No, because as far as I know its an armed men." I just said.

"That's why. It's a good thing we weren't hurt. But I have one more thing to know."

"What is that?."

"Why when we came out of the basement we penetrated. I could not believe what I saw and I could hardly sleep because of that." She said.

"I don't see anything you penetrating the wall. Maybe you just dreamed last night so you thought that." I lied again. Just pretend I'm saying.

"Is that so, maybe, my dream is very impossible. But thank you for helping me." She says. I smiled.

"Of course life is at stake, so we are always ready and alert." I said.

"By the way, I'm Leila Monteverdi, I want to be make friends with you. Can I?."

She held out his hand to me. It does not last long as far as I know, somehow it also has a good habit. I accepted her hand.

"Of course, I am fantalia pontello. You are welcome to be friends with me." I told her.

With that she's grateful.

"Hey, here's our food, fanta." Its rashdy. He looked at us. He noticed the woman with me.

"Oh hi there, who is she fanta?." He asked.

As he laid down our food and sat down in front of us.

"She's Leila, rashdy. Our new friend." I looked at Leila who was now an idiot and dropped her gaze at gay rashdy.

Well, I can't blame her, my gay friend is handsome.

"Hi, nice meeting you rashdy, hope we can be friends." Friendly said Leila.

"Sure why not." Rashdy covered his mouth because his voice became masculine. I laughed. Leila looked at us in confusion.

"Sure Leila, Just up to friends." Rashdy said artfully.

"You're gay ?." Leila asked rashdy.

"Yeah, you're right." The gay nodded. I can see the registration of regret on Leila's face.

"That's look, you know you're handsome." Said Leila. I could see rashdy's eyes rolling.

"Get used to it girl and thank you for the compliment Let's stop that topic. We'd better just eat." Said the gay.

I was secretly laughed and patted the shoulder of Leila. After we ate I looked at Leila.

"By the way, do you want to come with us?." I asked the woman.

"Where?." She asked.

"Another friend of ours has a basketball game. So what, let's see, we will introduce you to him." I offer. She nodded, in agreement with me.

"All right, what time will the game be held?." I looked at my watch.

"At three o'clock at the gymnasium, we will enter together."

"Okay, we'll just meet here." I remind her.

"So, how can rashdy and I get ahead of you."

"Sure, see you later." She said too.

Rashdy and I turned around and I jokingly pushed him by his side.

"Leila likes you." Smile I said.

"I'll admit she's beautiful, but I don't like her. I don't like girl, fanta anymore, duh." He said artfully while crossing his arms.

"Don't be like that. Leila is already our friend. So let it go. You are handsome its normal that she has a crush on you already and then you are a woman's heart." It shouldered me. We are used to it.

"Duh, you're really weird, Come on!. You take my happiness. chandler type you then you just take him away from me. You robbed me of true love." Dramatic s rashdy said.

"Oh it's not my fault, why is it my fault? that they like me?." Rashdy simply pinched me.

But I thought. Do they like me romantically?. Quin Bartolomeo, I thought, simply and kind but a bully?.

Chandler who was quiet and genius in class is romantically like me?. Obviously so I did not pay attention. And speaking of chandler.

It was standing at the classroom door. When we got closer, rashdy simply pinched me again. It was so much so I bit his shoulder.

"Ouch!."

"You're shivering. You've been pinched me." I said. He frowned.

"There's chandler." He said and turned to chandler.

"I know my gay friend."

I noticed chandler's sneezing. Get rashdy and me 's attention.

"Can we talk for a moment?." Chandler asked.

I looked at rashdy and motioned to enter first to the classroom. It followed and gave me a teasing look.

I rolled my eyes. I turned to chandler.

"What do you want to talk about?." I asked casually. I don't feel whatever as each other. It just seems normal.

"Just follow me." He says. After all, there was still time so I followed him.

We are here now where the students are also stand by. Where someone is still studying and someone is playing chess.

"Now, we are here so what are you going to you say?." I asked.

"Because I saw you with ashi and you were talking in the canteen. Have you take forgiveness of each other?." He says. I nodded, but how could I tell him what was really going on?.

I thought of something. I also have to lie even though he has the right to know the truth.

"Yes, we got along well, but don't worry she's kind now, she also promised that she won't do it again. She apologized to me and to you." I explained and smiled at him.

Chandler nodded. "It would be nice then." But I noticed the wonder of it. Maybe he thought that was why ashi did not personally apologize to him.

"Wait, someone allegedly bullied you earlier, that quin Bartolomeo." I told him. I notice the redness on its face.

I smiled foolishly. He does not look at me now as if he is shy.

"It didn't matter. He was stopped when he tried to punch me."

I stumbled. "Would he have done that?."

"Yes, almost. Fortunately, rashdy stopped him." He says. I nodded slowly.

So far quin Bartolomeo is not there, I need to talk to him in depth. That man had a secret desire for me.

"Don't worry I'll talk to Bartolomeo when he shows up."

"He was summoned guidance office, that will definitely not happen again. "He said.

I shaken my head as a disagreement.

"I will still talk to him no matter what he really wants from me." I said. He nodded in agreement.

"It's your choice."

"Then rashdy said you like me. Is that true?." I teased him. He swallowing throat did not escape in my hearing and sights.

"No." He shook his head and said that word seriously and just bowed his head. I lost my smile. That gay man is really lying. That was later on to me.

"No, because you're not hard to like." He said while fixing his glasses.

I sighed. He really likes me.

"Well, thank you. Because you liked someone like me." I said confidently.

I got up and left him there. I gasped. Admit it. But I must hate what chandler told me. I did not react. I am not strange. Because I know, I only liked one.

But my eyebrows rose when I saw a group with quin Bartolomeo. I followed them with my gaze and noticed that they had there women with. They were on their way to the canteen.

I followed. Now I will talk to that idiot. I still have a minute to talk to him. I turned and went to their seat. Their groups are noisy. I could hear their screams from here. Like fish sellers in the market.

I was shaken my head by their big mouth. When I was in front of them, they noticed my presence so they all turned to me. As well as quin Bartolomeo. He noticed me and got up on his seat. He's mowing towards in me.

"Am I what you looking for, fanta?." He asked.

"Obviously." I answered sparingly.

"Why? Do you know everything?. How can that be that I want you but you seem numb. You do not notice my simple movements." dramatically he said. I rolled my eyes and grabbed him by the collar.

It keeps my face close to mine. "I will never like you especially since I found out your true bubble s**t and behavior." I said and let him go. Many have witnessed me. My fellow students looked on. His group laughed. He also smiled at what I was saying.

"Don't worry this is not the right time. I will let you in too." He said proudly as he adjusted his collar.

"Once you hurt someone else. I will step on you." I said and left.

The arrogance. What is he proud of?. His ugly face?. So, disgusting face honestly.

"Confirmed that." I said to rashdy. I'm already in the classroom.

"I told you, didn't I?. Well, you really are a good, fanta. But the only thing that matters is that you don't like him. I can't blame you." He had a long line.

"I will not think about such things first, especially since I will face another obstacles." I explain to rashdy.

He nodded and hugged me. I wondered what he was doing. I hugged him too. The weirdness of this gay.

I looked at chandler who was already looking at me.

I winked at him.

He averted his gaze from me. I let go of rashdy and simply smiled foolishly at chandler.

"A lot of students." Leila said as we entered the gymnasium. Of course this is a game of varsity players. Opponents of other sections.

When the players were called our section preceded. The people inside shouted. The crowd cheered. Rashdy and I shouted when we saw zemio.

We waved at him. He smiled back and waved at us as we signed okay. We also signaled. We are just down now while sitting. Until the opponent in our section was called. Someone is shouting too. Many were delighted.

I was almost deaf to the noise. I'm not used to this, now I just watch the game and I never pay attention. But I attend because of zemio.

Whistling that their coach was a sign that the fight was about to begin. I feel like I'm nervous. I can't explain my nervousness for this fight. Hopefully they will win today. The coach whistled and they were in the middle.

Zemio volunteered to join the ball because he was the tallest in their group. Unlike the man in front of him who is also tall but zemio is still taller. The coach threw the ball and zemio was alert to grab the ball, so he had the attention of the opponents.

Zemio's team is all alert. He dribbles the ball well. It no longer wants to stare at the ball while it is dribbling because it wants to see the court, look for open spots. And when zemio timed it he had a chance to slip in but we thought he was going to pass it on to his teammate we were surprised when he took a three point shot and this is where he shoot the ball in the ring.

The people inside shouted, as did we.

"Wow! He's great!." Amazingly says Leila. But I lost my attention to Leila when I noticed a woman shouting zemio's name.

Itsalleah.

I noticed that zaroh was not there. She is just in front of us. Zemio stood up as alleah cheering up for him. I looked at zemio who gave a flying kiss to alleah.

I really saw that?. Rashdy pushed me by my side softly and frowned at me.

I looked at Leila. "He is zemio are friend." I told Leila. She nodded while looking at the player. It was as if I had lost my appetite for what I was seeing.

The game continued again until his team and zemio scored again. The opponents have also scored but their team and zemio are more. Now the opponent stole the ball so, they have their attention again now. This is even more intense because he and zemio will soon surpass the opponent's score. I looked at the time.

Twenty Seconds. Zemio misled the ball and Zemio got it from the opponent with success. And zemio was about to shoot the ball when the opponent snatched it again, with the force of the snatch the ball was tapped hard by the opponent so it went in another direction.

I stood up as if everyone was in slow motion as the ball approached Leila's direction. With the speed of my movement with my right hand I blocked the ball that would have hit alleah.

People sighed as well as Leila, I noticed the blinking in her eye. The coach is whistling. It approached our direction and picked up the ball.

"Are you okay miss?." The coach said. Leila nodded and opened her mouth slightly. It looked at me.

"How did you do that?." She asked but I did not speak. I just smile at her.

"Fanta, be careful of your words and actions maybe, she'll notice." Rashdy whispered. I nodded.

Until zemio and his team announced their victory. We decided to approach where zemio and I were after the game and the others left. Zemio turned to us and approached us.

"Congrats zemio. Its cool what you did earlier." I said.

"Because rashdy and you are here. So I did that." He said as it wiped his face and wiping sweat on his forehead.

'Because of alleah maybe.' I whispered in my mind. Zemio looked at the new one with rashdy and me.

"She is Leila our new friend and from another section." I introduced.

"Wait, you're the woman who almost hit the ball earlier. Are you okay?." Zemio said to Leila.

Leila nodded.

"I'm okay then, I was saved by fanta."

"Save by fanta?" Confused says zemio.

"She said she was save rashdy by hitting the ball." I lied to zemio.

"How come we have a bet. You'll be going to treat us tomorrow because you win." I keep saying zemio. I looked at alleah and raised an eyebrow at me

"Okay sure, as you wish."

I secretly smiled at her actions. I tapped zemio on the shoulder.

"We'll be the first going ahead." I said and rashdy and Leila motioned for them. Rashdy said goodbye to zemio.

I gasped in the air.

Why did zemio choose that woman?. Then zemio did not introduce us to alleah, as his girlfriend. We have no intention of saying. We were about to leave when I saw chandler, wait, he was also watching the game ?. Before that.

But I noticed that a group of men had followed him. What do they mean by chandler?. They are familiar to me. None other than their group and quin Bartolomeo. I looked at Leila and rashdy.

"You two go home first." I told them.

"And where are you, fanta?."

"I'll just explain tomorrow. You two go ahead first." I pushed them away. Confused, they followed. I headed to where they were earlier. I saw them, I followed them in their footsteps. I make sure they don't get out of my sight. What did these bastards do to chandler?.

"Ops! That's all you fanta." I backed away when quin opened up to me. I did not expect it. Here right behind the gymnasium. There was an abandoned warehouse there and there they entered chandler.

"What the h*ll are you doing?." I control my anger.

"Isn't it obvious?. It is simple. I took the interfere boy and take you as I wanted." He said and stepped closer to me. I did not back down. Just staring at him.

"You're crazy and desperate." Calmly I said and with emphasis.

"Yeah crazy in love with you." I was almost disgusted by what he said and cornered. I tried to touch his face but I quickly twisted his hand. He screamed and in pain I let go.

I kick his groin and he cried out in pain again. It was my chance to escape when he grabbed me when I ran straight and seemed to be madly smiling at me.