Please, know your place!
While looking at her reflection in the mirror, after applying lip tint to her lips, the lips shape full with firm curves, the plump lips that are the dream of some feminine women, a firm M shape with a sexy line. No idea if the lips are natural or naturally made by a professional aesthetic doctor, but in Bella's eyes, Gracia is indeed a very beautiful and cute girl.
"You know how I met Alex before?" Questions that don't need to be asked from Gracia's lips because she knows what answer she will get. "I'm sure Alex has told you everything." She said again while washing her hands on the tap washer. She dried her palms gracefully like she was shooting a commercial.
Bella had to turn her head away or she would be too observant about Gracia's movements. "No. I don't know how you two met before, Alex didn't tell me anything, something like that." Playing with her shoulder, she lied. Of course, Alex had told her about some of the girls who stole her childhood friend's attention, but Bella didn't expect that any of the girls would be his dating partner. Yes, Alex's choice is not bad because Gracia is very beautiful and graceful, she admits it all.
Gracia turned around with a tissue in her hand, she raised her hand and started to clean some of the stains on Bella's t-shirt. Gracia's behavior made Bella feel awkward, she tried to resist Gracia's touch.
Bella pulled herself back and said. "You don't have to do that. I can clean it with my hands. But thanks for your concern. Alex is very lucky to have you!" With her red cheeks. She rarely got the attention that Gracia had just done to her earlier.
Gracia nodded slightly, she gave the tissue in her hand to Bella and let Bella take care of herself. She watched Bella from behind with her arms crossed over her chest, her head tilted slightly so she could see the reflection of Bella's activities in the mirror.
Bella started to turn on the tap wash and wash the collar base of her t-shirt, she wiped carelessly until her t-shirt was wrinkled.
"Did Alex never say my name in front of you?" Gracia asked with sharp eyes at Bella's reflection in the mirror.
Bella looked up a little and then looked back at the remaining stains on her clothes. "Yeah. He's a bit converted about girls. So I don't know any girls he's close with." Hearing Bella's words make Gracia's lips tug, she laughed.
Bella wasn't sure about her words, if it was funny, she straightened her back, threw the tissue in the trash, and then asked Gracia who immediately stopped laughing. "I'm serious. We only talk about games, travel destinations, and beer!"
Grace nodded her head. "Yes, yeah I do understand. So you don't know about the girls who are close to Alex? Even though he is a popular guy. On our campus, he is very famous because of his good appearance, he is wealthy and well mannered." Gracia praised her lover. "A lot of girls misunderstand him about his attitude. He is very sweet and friendly. He also has a soft heart. That's why I want you not to misunderstand him. I know that you are childhood friends and yeah, very close. But the discussion about games, traveler attractions and as well as a tank of beer, I can do all that too!"
The smile on Bella's lips suddenly faded. She heard Gracia's words clearly but she couldn't digest Gracia words properly. What did you just mean? She gasped. She could act normal and calm but from the start, when she saw Alex's difference in attitude made her want to throw up.
She lost her little best friend because of being six months apart. Alex, she knew, was very sweet and pleasant but Alex she had seen earlier was a stranger.
Okay, maybe she's too shocked because Alex has never dated a girl let alone introduced his girlfriend to her but Alex's behavior towards Gracia, it's too much for Bella. He was not the Alex she knew.
"Sissy, I don't want you to misunderstand what I said. You know, if a girl and a boy are in a relationship then they only want to focus on 'them' relationship. Do you understand the word 'we' not the word 'their?" Before Bella had time to respond to Gracia's words, she had continued her speech without giving Bella time to answer her.
"Then, I'm surprised. He always mentions your name, more than three times a day, even more than people who are addicted to drugs. He told me about you, your hobbies, your tastes, your stories. And all about you but he didn't tell you about me, isn't that weird? Ah, I'm a very sensitive and possessive person. When I'm not comfortable with my relationship then I will cut the ties but with Alex, that is an exception. When I'm not comfortable with your relationship then I will ask you and your relationship has to stop. That's why I asked Alex to meet you today because we have agreed. He agreed to what I had said to you."
You are beautiful, but your heart is bad. Bella smiled sarcastically. "Then tell Alex to tell me all of this by himself, not from your lips!"
Gracia's teeth chattered hearing Bella's short answer. She looked annoyed and angry but it didn't last long, when Bella kept looking at her face it turned soft again. "Do you know how it hurts when you are pinched? If your friend pinches you, it will hurt but if your mother pinches you it will hurt much more. It's all because of a deep bonding relationship, then the disappointment will be even bigger. Let me say everything. He knows you very well and he didn't want you to get hurt more than it. if Alex do and said all of this straight to you then it feels like you're going to kill yourself!"
Wow! You are a great philosopher. Bella's mind creaked in horror at Gracia's words. "But, we've known each other for a very long time before you even got to know him. I'm the type that always disappoints him and he always forgives me so if for now he wants to make me disappointed about him. No problem at all that's why we are being friend—"
"Oh my gosh, Bella!" While wiping her forehead Gracia hissed in annoyance. "You don't understand, do you. Alex is tired of you, he wants to break your tie with you but he always feels sorry for you. You are an orphan and he is the son of a conglomerate, you study at level C campus and we are at level A. You should know where you are. Alex is supposed to grow and develop himself, being lucky he met me and you are– oh my! Look at how you look, I feel sorry for you."
Bella smirked slightly at Gracia's sarcastic remark. "You seem more pathetic than me. Why are you begging me about your relationship with Alex? It should be with everything you have it was enough to make you feel confident saving Alex for you. Why are you afraid of this poor and orphaned me?"
Hearing Bella's words Gracia's hand went up, she wanted to slap Bella's cheek but she had to stop when her cell phone rang and it was a phone call from Alex.
She did not immediately receive an incoming phone call from Alex. She walked over to the trash can, picked it up, and dumped all the trash on Bella's head. "Now, you know what you are like! Go see Alex if you have no shame!" Gracia pressed the screen of her expensive phone and spoke very softly to Alex on the phone.
"Hello honey, sorry it took me so long. I persuaded Bella but she insisted—" Gracia's faint voice disappeared from behind the door.
Bella clasped her hands tightly, she turned her head and looked up at her reflection in the mirror. Her lips smiled bitterly. Her chest was pounding like when she had hurried into this cafe a few minutes ago. And she had to lower her face because the reflection of her face in the mirror made her sick. Her shoulders shook hard and she began to sob.
"Defend on the poor orphan!"
"Her family won't accept her!"
"Isn't she so stinky and ugly!"
"She is so disgusting!"
The image of when she was a child haunted her, the bullying she got. It hurts so much to be alone in this world but Alex is always there with her, comforting and helping her. Until to the point where she forgot who she was. There was nothing wrong with Gracia's words, and she had misunderstood all of Alex's bullshit all along.
"When we grow up, we will travel the world, I will propose to you and we will be happy forever!"
Bella's cries were getting louder.