The'yre my new Family

Emmie was thankful when she got back to their

classroom. Their subject teacher wasn't still there and only

Oddette was looking at her with the same foreign look on her

face.

"I used the washroom," she responded

"What happened to you? Why didn't you take your

lunch? I kept on waiting for you. You said you will follow me,

but you didn't," she complained. "Are you still upset because of

the score you got in our exam?" Oddette knew that she's

disappointed with what she got.

"Don't worry; you will cope up in the next exam."

Oddette said, consoling her. Sometimes, she feels jealous of her

own best friend. Having parents by her side to support her with

whatever decision she makes along with her brother. Her friend

didn't have to endure the pressure and stress from the abundant

amount of workloads just to get passing grades.

"I was talking to Sir James earlier. He offered to help me

with my tutoring after class. What do you think?" she asked.

"Really? That's so kind of him!" Oddette said. Her eyes

looked like it was shining for a moment, she frowned. I guess her

friend doesn't find her teacher malicious or a predator that can

bite a prey out of nowhere.

She shook her head.

It was already time to go home when she saw her teacher

talking with Miranda and Alfred. It looked like they were

discussing something important as to how they were eyeing the

two of them, Oddette and her with a strange expression on their

faces.

As they closed the distance between the five of them,

Alfred turned to speak.

"Here she is," he said. Did James already talk about her

tutoring classes among them?

She stared at her friends with a weird expression on her

face.

"Emmie, your class adviser told us something," Miranda

said. She only remained silent, nodding as a response.

"I think it would be better to call him at home," Alfred

suggested.

A confused look engulfed her face. "Is it okay for the

two of you?" she asked to which the couple nodded.

"Of course, it is," Miranda uttered. "Besides, it's your

house Sweetie."

Along the way to their house, the boys managed to stay

in the living room while Miranda and Emmie went their way up

towards their room to change clothes. She only took out a blue

shirt from across her closet and track pants to go with it.

"Before we start, do you want anything to drink?" she

asked him when they were now together in a room.

"No, I'm fine. I had a glass of water already. Alfred just

gave me," he said, pointing towards the empty glass on the side

table.

"Oh sorry, I didn't notice," she weakly said.

"No, it's okay. I'm happy with your hospitality. Should

we start?" James asked.

Emmie took out her textbook and handed it to him. They

then started with the lecture only for the time to pass by.

Because of how engrossed she was with the lecture, she

didn't think time would fly so fast. She only noticed the clock

when the wind blew coldly from across the window.

The couple hasn't made their way down yet. What's up?

"I'm sorry, I didn't notice it was almost seven," she

pointed out when they were now at the last page of the first

tutoring class. "Let me just finish this one and I'll make dinner,"

she added.

"That's so nice of you, but why don't we wait for Alfred

and Miranda?" James asked.

"They might have fallen asleep," she replied.

"You think so?" he asked. "Alright then, finish that last

problem set and head to cook if you want to," he suggested to

which she agreed.

After a few minutes she finally finished solving it. She

handed the paper to her teacher and then crept her way towards

the door, not until she heard a knock.

Upon opening it, her eyes widened in shock. She didn't

expect what was before her eyes.

"Happy birthday," James was the last to greet me. His

eyes were fixated only at mine as he mouthed, "I hope you're not

mad at me. I didn't know anything about this," he said. I only

nodded and went past him, staring at my best friend.

"I didn't tell anyone," she said in defense. "Teacher

Miranda just told me earlier that they're going to give you a

surprise," Oddette explained.

"Oh come on Sweetie. Don't be mad, cheer up," Miranda

said, smiling from ear to ear. "Don't ruin your day," she added,

embracing her into a tight hug before fixing dinner.

"We're now your new family, don't think you're alone,

okay?" she continued as she went to me and gave me a hug

again. I can't restrain myself anymore from not crying. Tears

started streaming down my cheeks. I wanted to skip my birthday

so much that I forgot about those people who cherished me

deeply in their heart. I wiped the tears in my eyes and hugged

them back.

They're my new family