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After some time the people stopped clapping. The others have gone back to what they were doing, the others left.
I sent Aria away earlier, I mean so that she could buy food and supplies for her mother and sister. I said we would meet here again tomorrow to fix everything.
Dwyne handed me the ice cream and spoke. Good thing the ice cream didn't melt.
“Nice, Xzy! I didn't know you were so kind and compassionate, you even helped the child. That's not only that but you'll give them shelter, food, and full scholarship? Almost like you'll just adopt a family! Wow!” Dwyne said astonishingly.
He said he didn't expect me to do some things like that? How could he—! Oh. Yeah, my image in the public. Is it really that damaged?
“Of course, I maybe don't look like a person who helps people, but I do really like helping!” I said proudly. He chuckled a bit but didn't say anything.
Some time later I saw a street vendor. From here I can smell the calamares (squid) and a kwek-kwek (made with chicken or quail egg and a flour with orange food coloring) It's my favorite!
“Hey, arrog—I mean Dwyne! Just wait me here. I'll just buy street foods” I said and quickly went to the location of the street vendor.
But even before I could get close enough, someone ran into me and we bump with each other, I felt something cold liquid threw at my sleeve.
‘Oh, not again.’
Luckily, my shirt is black, so the stain in some way won't be seen.
Annoyed, I looked at that man who I caught staring at me intently as if examining me.
“Hey, man. Next time look where you're going-” he suddenly cut me off.
"“Nadea?” he said with surprised expression. Suddenly my heart beat faster as I slowly remembered him.
‘Only one calls me of, Nadea. But, him. Could it be...— '
“A-Axry?” I said with surprised expression. “Is that really you?”
Axry and I...suddenly met. With unexpected event and place. My long long lost bestfriend—my childhood friend. I finally found him.
Axry first recovered from the shock, and then smiled at me broadly. “L-Long time no s-see,”
I swallowed the lump on my throat and also smiled. “L-Long time no see”
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Dwyne, Axry, me, Hilary, Rave, Andrew, Donald, Xiera, and Freya all nine of us is riding on a white van, owned by Dwyne's. He was the one who suggested to have a break, so he's the one who provide our needs to, well except clothes.
If you're asking why we're riding this van. It's because we are heading to Cataleya Pribel Resort, one of the owned resort of Dwyne's parents. We agreed to have atleast 3 days of vacation there. It's a bit relief tho, 'cause atleast after our last project, me and Dwyne can finally take a break and relax.
Dwyne said that the private resort was close to the mountain.
I looked at my twin Xiera who was happily chatting with Hilary and Freya.
Yes Xiera is with us. She said that she said to our parents if she can come with some friends to a 3 days vacation. Gladly they agreed, of course she didn't say we're together, because if she said that they wouldn't let her.
And Hilary turned out to be Dwyne's other younger sister. She said she's my fan. But gladly, despite of me being her idol and her being my fan, we still became friends. Because her and Agatha are very much alike—loud and talkative.
Freya is Rave's girlfriend. At first glance she looks like a person who's always sarcastic but it turned out that she's not. Men! She's very kind I might cry. She's more like a pn angel just like Xiera. So we also became friends. Maybe you think that I trust so easily, no I'm not I'm observing first before I accept the friendship they want from me.
Come to think of it my circle of friends grew larger and higher. It's just like, last time It's only Agatha I considered as my friend, and now...
It's been a week since Axry and I met again, with whom we are now together. After that day, we became friends again so I forced him to come with us.
And It's also been a week since I met Aria and promised her a place to live, food, and a full scholarship for her and her sister. The day after that day, I immediately settled it all. The house, the food, the hospital and the medicines for her mother. So the very next day, I was able to send her mother and her sister Claire to the hospital, for checkups. I want them to be healthy. And luckily, they were.
Before we left I made sure Aria and her family would not be hungry while I'm gone. I left them to one of the people I trusted.
By the way, it was Dwyne who's driving the van, of course he and Hilary were the only ones who knew about that resort. So of course as a man, he was the one who mut drive.
We had been traveling for like two hours but we still hadn’t reached the destination. I can almost fall asleep.
They talk about things like their childhoods, etc but I didn't join them. What will I tell them? How did the kids bullied me back then? Or how my friends betrayed me and how people mistreated me? Nah, that will just ruin the mood. There's nothing special 'bout my past you know.
“Naddy, are you going to wear a bikini at the resort?” Hilary suddenly asked me out of nowhere.
I almost choke on my own saliva at what she asked. I gape.
‘What the heck!?!’
“Huh?! No!” I answered.
“Why not, coconut, Xyna? You have the looks, you have the perfect skin, and you have the perfect body too because you're a boxer, your body is naturally beautiful” she said.
Not that I'm ashamed of my own body, because like she said I have the body. I just don’t really like to expose my body. Also when we are at the resort. Of course there will ne a lot of people there, there's a possibility that they’ll see my tattoo — the tattoo crest of the Scotts. Scott's Tatoo Crest is a sign that you are a Scott. I’m sure people will wonder why I have a tattoo like that. It's on my back, people can't see it when I'm in the ring (boxing ring), because it's covered by my sports bra. And our crest is not that big either. But when it's a bikini...no wonder people will see it.
And when people saw it, it will create a big chaos. Curiosity of the peope will rise again . And my name will be in the news again, bravo! It's not that big deal to me, I'm used to it. But it will be big deal on them, because their name will also be on it. Media will start asking about me again. It's better that all they know is that Xiera and I just look very alike. There are people like that, aren't there? Very alike but not related to each other.
When I entered modeling I didn't let them make me expose the tattoo on my back. Same goes for the movies, they can only make me wear somethin' like that if my back wasn't really expose.
“Because I don't like to expose my body, especially publicly” I explained. There was a look of frustration on Hilary's face before facing Freya.
“Freya, are you going to wear a bikini?” she asked Freya.
Freya was about to answer when Rave spoke first.
“She won't wear a bikini,” he said with finality?
“Eh?! How will you swim?”
“A sando and shorts will do” I simply replied. She pouted.
“You're all a bunch of kill-joys, huhu. I'll just wear a bikini” she said.
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