Heart’s POV
“Heart, wake up! Or else you will be late for that.” I heard Mama shout outside my room. Even though I was drowsy, I forced myself to get up to move. It was my first time staying awake last night because of reading… Do you want to know? I don't want to say it at first.
I stood up and stretched my body. Hays. Why do I need to go to school five times a week? Sometimes, when there are school activities, there is still school on Saturday. Hays.
I took a shower and got dressed. I also left the room after tidying up to eat breakfast.
"So, you're not going to your work yet?" I asked Dad. He was just sitting while reading the newspaper and having coffee.
"It's your Dad's day off, have you forgotten?" Mama answered me.
“Huh? I didn't know. I don't know when Papa's day off is.”
"Hurry up and eat there and maybe Lovell will be waiting for you downstairs," I hurried when I heard Lovell's name. It was because of him that I was still up last night.
I was looking for effective ways to make Lovell like me. As I said to myself, I will not allow him to dislike me. These are some of the ones I read.
13 tips for him to like you back
I think the others are easy. Hays. Am I going to start the first now? Ugh. Maybe tomorrow.
"I'm leaving," I said goodbye and then left the house. I removed the lock on my bike but I also put it back on when I noticed that one tire was flat. I just walked with my head down until I stopped when a bike stopped in front of me.
“Mirko? What are you doing here?" I asked him sleepily.
“Good morning. It's pretty close to our house here. Do you want to come along?” He offered me. I rode on the back of his bike without a doubt.
“Mirko, I'm just going to take a nap. Can you wake me up when we're at school?”
"All right," he replied. I took a nap because I was very sleepy.
***
"Heart, we're here," I woke up when Mirko tapped me. We were in the parking lot of bikes. I immediately stood up from the seat and then rolled my eyes. I waited for him to finish locking his bike and we entered the room at the same time since we are entering the same room.
“Are you alright? Why are you so sleepy? ” Mirko asked me. I yawned before I answered.
"Because I was reading something then… then I didn't notice that it was three in the morning," I replied then covered my mouth because I was yawning again.
"What are you reading?" he asked again.
“Secret. That is sacred so you can't know, ”
“Hmm, is that so? Okay.”
We entered the room and immediately went to our respective seats. When I put my things away, I immediately bent down and took another nap. Ginger just woke me up when the teacher who was going to teach us arrived.
Jersey was simply eating a Chicken Sandwich behind me while Ginger was reading a n***l that was also one of the things that were forbidden to bring to school. Mirko, on the other hand, is bent over and looks asleep. Lovell? Well, he's listening and taking down notes of what Ma'am taught in front.
Hays. My future husband is so hardworking.
I covered my mouth as I yawned again. When Ma'am looked intently at my behaviour, I immediately pretended to write in the notebook. She continued teaching when she saw what I was doing.
She gave a task before leaving our room. When she came out, Ms Gen then entered our room.
"Good morning," she said... The whole class greeted back and sat down afterwards.
“I will not teach first. We will have a nomination for the next class president since Mich will be moving to another school, ”
"What? Where will she move?"
“Oh my. Why is it?"
"Will she move far?"
“Quiet. It's a personal reason why Mich will move. ” Ms Gen replied in class.
"The nomination for the next class president is now open," Ms Gen told the class. At the same time, my classmates raised their hands and nominated just who they were.
“Seriously, please. I don't like bullshit today, ”
"I nominate myself for the next class president,"
"Shut up, Prince. I'm not kidding, ”
"Hello, Ma'am. I am also serious,” Prince whispered.
"If you don't take it seriously, I'll just choose the class president."
"Ms Gen, I nominate Aika as class president," Apple said. Ms Gen immediately wrote it on the blackboard.
“Aika as class president? TSS.” I heard Ginger whisper next to me as she struggled.
“Crazy. Maybe others will hear you,” I criticized Ginger. She glanced at me and smiled as if someone had thought of something.
She slowly raised her hand and when Ms Gen called she then spoke.
"I nominate Heart as class president!" She said excitedly. Apple immediately frowned.
“Ma’am isn’t kidding, Ginger. Besides, I don't think Heart can be the class president,” said Apple as she raised an eyebrow at me.
"Shut up, sucking creature," Ginger replied to her, still glaring at her and me. Apple only blinked when Ginger answered her.
“Okay. Who else are you nominating? Anyone?” Ms Gen asked the whole class but no one wanted to run anymore.
"I close the nomination, Ma'am!" Jersey said behind me smiling at Ginger.
"I second the motion," Mirko said, smiling at me. I smiled back at him as well.
“Okay. We have 2 nominees. So, come here to the front later and tell them why they should vote for you. We will continue this later. You can eat now, ”said Ms Gen before leaving the room.
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“Why did you nominate me? You know half of our class is mad at me! ” I said to Ginger who was quietly eating next to me.
“And one more thing, I don't want to be a Class President. Our classmates are so naughty,” I added.
“That's good too! At least, you can prove yourself to them. Isn’t it?” Jersey replied to me defending Ginger. I just took a deep breath. Nothing can be changed.
“Maybe you can back off. Let's go to Ms Gen later and say that Heart is backing down,” Mirko suggested. We continued eating and agreed to go later to Ms Gen.
As I turned the fork over the pasta, what I had read last night suddenly came to my mind.
1.Be Confident and Clean
"Be confident," I whispered when I remembered the number 1 tip for liking the person you like back.
"My speech should be good later!" I said feeling so excited. Mirko, Ginger and Jersey looked up at me. They left their mouth open. Lovell was ordered something earlier and until now he has not returned so there are only four of us eating together.
"I thought you didn't want to be Class President?" Ginger asked me.
"And, I thought you'll back out?" Mirko asked next.
I smiled at them with a wide smile.
“I changed my mind. Besides, Jersey was right earlier. Maybe it's time for me to prove to my classmates what I can do! ” I promise.
Jersey applauded what I said.
"Very good. I did something right too! ” I heard him say.
"Are you doing completely wrong?" Mirko asked him.
“Yes. He is a walking disaster so stay away from him,” Ginger replied to Mirko so Mirko walked away from Jersey.
And they started teasing each other while we were eating while I was thinking of a good speech for my classmates to vote for me.
We went back to our room and the class started again.
***
"Tomorrow we will give a speech to our two nominees for class president Aika Valdez and Heart Fortalejo because we will run out of time," said Ms Gen when she finished teaching us. Some of my classmates made noise while I breathed a sigh of relief when Ms Gen said that.
I haven't thought about getting the vote of my classmates.
Mirko patted me and told me to go home, so I smiled at him.
“The depth of what you are thinking is so deep. Don't trouble yourself too much for the speech tomorrow. Just be real,” he said. I smiled at him again because of what he said.
“Thank you. I will do my best tomorrow!” I said.
We were in the middle of Mirko’s conversation while simultaneously walking out of school about my speech tomorrow when I noticed someone was looking at us. When I looked back, I saw Lovell immediately averted his gaze and quickened his pace.
“See you tomorrow again, Mirko. Bye! ” I hurriedly said goodbye to Mirko and quickly ran into Lovell's place.
Heart’s POV“Heart, do that later. We are at the dinner table,” Mama commented to me. I'm eating while writing my speech for tomorrow. I have to beautify my speech or otherwise, I will not get the vote of my classmates.“What are you busy with, Heart? Are you too busy studying?” Dad asked when I didn’t listen to Mom and just continued writing."I'm writing my Speech," I answered simply. Dad took my hand holding the ballpen and lowered the ballpen to the table.“That can be done later. Eat first,” he told me and I obeyed.
Ginger’s POVWhere is that woman now? I've been looking for her but no matter where I look in the school, she's not there. Where did she go?I was even taking a walk to find my best friend, Heart, when I met Jersey talking to another woman.The two of them were laughing and the woman he was talking to was slapping his arm while giggling. I glared at them.“Oh, Ginger, it's you. What are you doing here?" Jersey asked me but I didn't answer and just left. I felt someone hold my hand and I saw it was Jersey who did it."What do yo
Chapter 5: Two PrincesHeart’s POVI wake up early to exercise and sweat before taking a bath. It's only now that I've been able to exercise again because this is my first time I woke up early again. Usually, when I wake up early I leave the house first to wait for Lovell at the corner so that we can go to school together but because I have something important to do now, I don't have to leave early.When I finished exercising, I went to the living room to drink my milk which Mama put before leaving. The truth is that Mama also left early for reasons I don't know. Dad also left to go to work as he does every day so I was the only one at home.
Jersey's POVIt's Friday and because I was absent, I just thought of looking around at my Facebook news feed so that I wouldn't be bored. I only have three housemates at home right now while Mommy and Daddy aren't here because they were in Venice for a business trip. Coincidentally, my head hurt a lot and I felt bad so I decided to be absent first and I might infect others.While scrolling, an email popped up on my phone. Wondering, I still read it and my eyes almost popped out when I saw the content of the email."I won a lotto?!" I said with a mixture of shock and excitement. I re-read the content of the email because I still can’t believe it unti
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Mirko's POV'I want to see the sunrise,'I immediately looked at Heart when I read that. Is it possible that she wrote it? I looked at my other companions. Their faces are mixed with surprise at the papers they pulled out."How did it turn out to be a game? We just exchanged papers!" Ginger replied. Jersey scratched his head so we laughed at him."Let's go to sleep," I suggested to them. Heart sniffed and didn't seem to want to sleep. But when it was Lovell who stoo
Heart's POVIt's been a week since we went to Stanford Pines to claim Jersey's winning money but it turned out to be a scam. Even though we were fooled and didn't go home at that time, we formed a group of friends!We became close and we often ate together. Sometimes, Lovell catches up with us because he's the one the teachers order here most often but he still chases after us just to keep up with us.It's the second week of July now and here, Aika has gathered everyone to announce the events that will be held throughout July. Some are interested while others are not and are just talking next door. Even so, Aika continues to speak in front of us.
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