Blake

She is still smiling while putting her phone down.

"Silly girl," she said while recollecting what Lyka thought of doing on Nutrition Day. She looked at the photo on her table. This is the same photo that Stan, Tammi, and Lyka have. She went outside her room and turn on the TV to try and watch. Her brother sat beside her.

"Ate." he said (Ate is what we call our Elder Sisters)

"Hmmm," she responds

"Can I go to Kuya Stan?" he asked *Kuya is what we call our Elder Brother)

"Why?" she asked

"I want to play with him." he said "I wanted to learn to play NBA on his Playstation," he added

"Send him a message if he is available. Because I know he is busy at the moment," she said

"He told you?" he asked

"No. But he attended a closed-door meeting earlier," she said,

"Wow amazing," he said and looked at her with taunting eyes.

She looked at him and raised her eyebrows

"What?" she asked

"I am so amazed that you know every little thing about Kuya Stan." he said "Are you two finally dating?" he added

She laughed and lightly smacked her brother's head.

"Ouch! That hurts!" he reacted while rubbing the back of his head

"Stop whatever it is that you are thinking. That will never happen," she said.

She was about to say something again when they hear the doorbell. Her brother stood up right away and run for the door.

"Kuya Stan!" he said and smiled when he saw Stan at the gate. He ran towards the gate. She looked out the window to watch the two.

"We will play now?" he asked

"Yes, but only until 9 PM for I have school tomorrow," Stan answered.

She saw her brother nod and hugged Stan tightly because of his happiness. Stan looked towards the window and met her eyes.

"I will take Blaze to play," he said.

She nodded and the two left. She went back to watching TV when she looked at the clock on the wall.

"7 PM," she said to herself.

She stood up and turn the TV off. She went back to her room and started to work on her assignments. She is so focused on her assignments when she received a message from Jenny.

"Blake, good evening, have you talked to Tammi?" Jenny asked

"Not yet. He hasn't come home yet. He's still in school." she replied

"I see," Jenny replied

"He might be home by 8 PM," she replied

"I'm so anxious Blake. What if he will not agree." Jenny replied again

"Don't worry. I already talk with Lyka. You know Tammi's weakness is." she replied

"Are they dating?" Jenny asked, she lightly laughed

"Ha ha ha no. Tammi is single," she replied. Jeny respond with a heart emoji

"That's good to hear." Jenny said she frowned

"Wait? Do you like Tammi?" she directly replied, Jenny, sent a flushed emoji

"Ssshhhh it's a secret," Jenny confirmed

She lightly laughed again and remembers what Tammi just said earlier in the room. She smiled and replied to Jenny

"You better be quick. He may fall to someone else." she taunted

"That is noted. I will be a good girl for him." Jenny replied

"I expect that." she replied with a winking emoji "If there is nothing more, I get back to my assignments." she followed

"Alright, see ya later girl," Jenny replied and she went back to focus on her assignments.

9 PM

Blake just finished bathing and combing her hair when she heard the doorbell and she heard her Grandmother open the door. She went out of her room and followed her Grandmother. She saw Stan come in with Blaze sleeping in his arms. Her Grandmother asked Stan to carry Blaze to his room. He nodded and followed her Grandmother to Blaze's room. She followed them and stopped at the door. She watched as Stan carefully lay Blaze in his bed. Her grandmother take off his shoes and placed a blanket on him.

"Thank you ijoh." her Grandmother said (Ijoh is what elders called a younger boy/man)

"No problem Lola." Stan answered (Lola is what we call our Grandmother or elderly woman) "He may be bored that is why he wanted to play with me." he added ad looked at her. She smiled

"Thank you." She said, he smiled too "I'll see him out Lola." she said to her grandmother. Her Grandmother nodded

"Okay, Thank you again ijoh." she said.

They went out and followed Stan up to the gate. She opened it and Stan went out she followed him just outside the gate

"Sorry for bothering you. He's so fond of you," she said, Stan stopped and look at her

"It's fine. That's how a younger brother always does." he answered "I always did that with Tommy and Tammi before." he added smiling, and she smiled too

"Yeah I remember you always sleep with Tommy," she said and Stan lightly laughed while saying

"Then Tammi fights with me all the time because he is jealous of me," he said remembering the past that is when they heard a voice from the side

"You guys still awake?" said the voice.

They both looked at the owner of the voice. They saw Tammi walking towards them. He is wearing Basketball Jersey and slippers. He looked so tired carrying his shoes and bags.

"How are you?" Tammi asked.

"We're good. I played with Blaze earlier but he fell asleep so I brought him home." Stan answered. Stan nodded and looked at her ad nodded again.

"I'll go first." Tammi said and starts to walk away."

"Tam." Stan called, Tammi stopped and looked back "You are not done with the assignments right?" he asked, Tammi frowned

"Oh yeah I remember," he said with a tired face

"I'll go with you, Let's do it together," Stan said and went inside their house to get his notebook.

Tammi walked back to her to wait for Stan. She looked at Tammi from his muscular body that is dripping with sweat to His biceps which are full and in good shape. When she looked up their eyes met. She flushed realizing he had been staring at her too. Tammi smiled,

"I look like a mess," he said, She felt her face is burning

"Y-Yeah uhm" she stuttered "You should take a warm bath when you get home," she added.

Tammi smelled himself and frowned.

"Oh I smell awful," he said she smiled.

"Eeewww," she said and laughed lightly, that is when Stan came back with his notebook and IPad.

"Let's go?" Stan asked, Tammi, nodded and looked at her

"We're going now. You should go inside." Tammi said, she nodded

"Yes Kuya." she answered taunting him. "Bye," she added and went back inside. The two waited for her to get inside the house before starting to walk to go to Tammi's house.

When she arrived at her room she immediately grabbed her phone and checked if there is any message. No message was received. She saw Lyka's name. She pressed it and turn off the lights and left the Hello Kitty Night Lamp on. She climbed onto the bed and sent a message to Lyka.

"Pretty, still up?" she texted

"Yow?" Lyka replied

"We saw Tammi outside just now. He is going home this late," she said

"Aw, that's bad. I bet he is really tired." Lyka replied

"I know, and he still needs to do his assignments," she said

"Oh yeah, I think I should go to him to help him out," Lyka replied

"No need. Stan is with him. He is not done with his so he will do it with Tammi." she said

"That's a relief then. How about you? Are you done?" Lyka replied

"Yup. Done already," she said with a smiley emoji

"Alright, let's sleep then," Lyka replied

"Aw I will only sleep if you will sleep too," she said stubbornly

"I can't. Not done with the proposal yet." Lyka replied with a sad emoji.

"Proposal?" She asked confusingly

"Yes, the proposal for the first event of the school this year," Lyka replied

"I thought Stan will help you to do that," she said

"We discussed it earlier and come up with an agreement." Lyka replied

All I have to do now is to create a draft and let Stan finalize and preset it to Chairman." Lyka added

"I'm so lucky to have friends that are brainy," she said with a smile emoji

"Ha ha ha brainy my foot," Lyka replied, she laughed lightly

"I miss you," she said

"I miss you too," Lyka replied with a heart-kiss emoji

"You better sleep now. I will sleep too after this." Lyka added, she smiled

"I love you Pretty," she said

"I love you too Beauty," Lyka replied

"Good night," she said

"Good night," Lyka replied.

She hugged her pillow trying to bury her blushing face. I LOVE YOU LYKA she said to herself I LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK she added. She went to Lyka's Facebook page. The last update there was when they bought school supplies before class started. She go to her photos ad looked at them. This is like her night routine.

It was in grade five when she started having a crush on her best friend Lyka. Since then she has been her sun and moon. She called her Pretty every day and she is the only one calling her that. She likes to be with her all the time as much as she can. But it will only be up to that because she can never go further. She needs to hide her feelings and sexuality because she is afraid that their friendship will be over once she confessed. She doesn't know if the people around her will accept her. Most especially, her friends. Lyka is also one of the most beautiful faces in their Sitio and has a lot of suitors but obviously no one passed by her. With the exemption of Stan of course. She can feel that He is attracted to Lyka. Stan is a Man every girl wished to have. He is handsome, intelligent, and rich. And she knows that since the two are always together it is impossible that Lyka will not fall for him. She put her phone down and decided to sleep. She looked at the photo on the table one last time GOOD NIGHT FRIENDS.