ASTRID

It's been a week since I returned home from Nerdy's house. So far, so good. It's okay for me to stay there naman.

The next day I took them to the mall, and her sister was so happy that time, knowing that it was her first time going to that place. So as my pambawi for what Nerdy helped me with, I passed them after I got my car the next morning, even though Nerdy was against it, which irritated me.

She's so OA, and I hate it, gosh!

Well, it's not a problem, is it? I'm still overwhelmed, you know. So, they agree and enjoy it so far, especially her sister, who is very cute. I also bought her a lot of toys and school stuff when Nerdy mentioned to me that she will be a student next month. So the baby girl agreed and was very happy, while nerdy did nothing but zip her mouth.

She'll just try to kontra, and she's makakatikim sakin, tss.

Anyways, I'm here now at school, and I'm waiting for my bitch friends who were said to be on the way a while ago, but so far nothing.

Those bitches are really Filipino time, tch!

After a few more hours of waiting, I immediately saw the four who looked like they were arguing, except for Aphro, who was just silent. What's new? But wait, what the hell is happening? Did something happen? My curiosity suddenly faded when I heard what they were talking about since they were close to where I was sitting.

"Arghh, Athena wish you hadn't stopped me earlier tsk!" Allyson with a bit of irritation in her voice.

"If I don't stop you, that girl might kill you. Look at how angry you are, Allyson!" said Athena, who is almost losing her patience.

"Girls, enough; it's over, okay? It happened, and there is nothing we can do," Artemis said in her calm voice.

"Really, Art? You probably know who's to blame, right?" Allyson never gives up. I just shook my head.

"I know, guys, so can you please shut up? And I've been starting to be irritated to you Ally, tss!" Artemis said and her nose was almost full of smoke.

She looks like a bull ready to bite.

"Yes, Allyson, there's still next time if you want to beat her,"  Athena sarcastically said.

They immediately fell silent while I frowned and looked at them one by one. Aphrodite is just still quiet, like she has her own world.

"Hey, Astrid, bitch, how are you?" Athena said and immediately sat next to me after kissing my cheek.

"You girls are 1 hour and a half late—and what happened to you guys? Why do you seem to be arguing? Is there a problem?" I asked them and looked at them one by one.

I immediately saw that Allyson's face was wrinkled, for which I don't know the reason.

"Argh, that pathetic bitch! She's the one who's really at fault; that's why I'm still raging with anger now!" Allyson said angrily and slightly clenched her jaw and clenched her fist.

"Can you guys spill it out? I don't really get it, okay?" I irritatedly said to them, crossing my arms at the same time. I saw that Athena straightened up and immediately spoke.

"Well, we decided to be in the same car since it's less hassle, you know traffic, and then we were about to go here when suddenly someone crossed the road while Ally was driving—and to make the story short, she almost crashed into something, and it's a good thing the child wasn't hurt. We didn't know that her little brother was with her, so her sister got angry and immediately scolded us and slapped Allyson. It's a good thing that me and Aphro stopped Ally from slapping the girl when she was about to. The girl looks brave and aggressive pa naman." Athena gave a long explanation.

I looked at Allyson, who was staring at nothing while still thinking.

"Then what happened? What happened to the little boy? Is he okay?" I asked worriedly. I know Ally is a heavy driver. Maybe the child just happened to cross.

"He's okay, and besides, we asked him and checked if there were any bruises, but he said there was none." I breathed a sigh of relief at what Athena said.

It's a good thing – as long as possible, because Allyson doesn't want to make mistakes against to her parents, especially since she is the only child like me, and she is also the soon-to-be heir to their company like me.

I turn my gaze to Allyson, whose face is not as dark as before. She seems to have calmed down now. Well, that's good.

"You bitch, are you alright?" Instead of her answering, it was Aphro who spoke, who had been silent just now.

"I think she's not; ikaw kaya ang sampalin," Aphro said, smirking at Allyson. While Allyson rolled her eyes at the same time and looked at us with irritation plastered on her face, and you could feel the anger there.

"Tsk that woman—I swear to god! If we ever meet again, I will definitely slap her 360 degrees, bwesit!" It seems like Ally really hates that girl—whoever she is.

"Okay, guys, just chill, okay?" I glanced at my wristwatch before standing up.

"Let's go, so we won't be late to our first subject; we will continue to talk later." They nodded in response. Before we could even think about getting out of our hangout here on the rooftop.

While we were walking in the hallway, I noticed that the students were looking at us with surprise on their faces. Well, maybe they also noticed why my friends were quiet.

I'm also not used to it. Usually when we pass by in the hallway, we make noise and laugh, but now it seems different. Well, maybe later, I will talk to them pronto.

As soon as we entered the classroom, the loud ones that we didn't pay attention to immediately quieted down and immediately sat on the seat quietly. I roamed my eyes inside and suddenly stopped when I saw someone busy doing—oh, god knows that thing.

I was staring at her back like she was sexy to look at. She must have noticed that someone was staring at her, so she roamed her eyes around and suddenly stopped her gaze on me. I wink at her playfully, and her eyes suddenly widen and she looks away with the blushing cheeks.

I secretly smiled and held my chest; I softly giggled and bit my inner cheeks to suppress myself from smiling just because of her reaction.

Cute. I don't even know why I'm doing that, okay? I really don't know.

We're not asking, but you're too defensive, sis; it's so obvious. My inner self said. I scoff at that thought.

Whatever, mind!

"Hey, bitch, are you okay? Why are you smiling like that?" I suddenly got startled and looked at the person next to me who spoke. I look at Athena, who is now following who I looked at. She smiled when she looked back at me.

"Hmm, maybe you have a plan to bully the nerdy cutie again? Nako, ahh! Stop! What's on your mind now, bitch?" What did she mean? Bully? Who?

I'm just looking at her; this dumb bitch.

"What? What bully are you talking about? because as far as I know, whatever you said right now is not what you think, tsk!" I said to her while rolling my eyes. Duh, she should be thankful now that I decided to stop bullying nerdy for a while. She suddenly smirked.

She's creepy. I said to myself.

"Really? Hmm, maybe it's a miracle or something?" Her chin and eyebrows furrowed in curiosity. I frowned at her craziness and scolded her.

"What are you talking about?" I shouted. She covered her mouth to stop herself from laughing. What the hell is wrong with her?

"Maybe I have something in my mind since I saw earlier who you were looking at," she said, then suddenly smirked widely. I was slightly stunned and suddenly nervous.

Wait—don't tell me that she saw what I did earlier to nerdy?

She noticed, didn't she? Eh, what if she saw it? Ano namang pake ko? I was about to answer when she spoke again, and this time I couldn't help but get irritated with her.

"Kidding—pfft ikaw ah, you've been suspicious these past few days, hmm," she said teasingly, while I flicked her forehead to make her stop grinning. I grinned at her before answering her.

"Next time you'll do that. That's not all you'll get, Mondragon," I said and used her last name. She snorted and pouted after hearing what I said.

Tsk, how childish.

"I'm sorry – tsk – ahm, I noticed something lang kasi." I looked at her for the second time.

"What do you mean, you notice something? What?" I consciously ask. She roamed her eyes around the room before turning her gaze to me again.

"I was wondering why you suddenly stopped bullying cutie; you know that you hate her since she accidentally bumped into you in the CR, right? So now I can't help but wonder—actually, we all do."

She said. But wait, how the heck did they know that? And besides, bawal bang magpahinga sa pangbu-bully? People nowadays talaga. I took a deep breath before answering her question.

"Ceasefire first," I told her. She seemed surprised by what I said. Actually, this is my first time, as you know—to stop the bullying of someone. I realised that I should stop first.

Well, Ceasefire first, but once she did something again that I didn't like. I swear to all of you, I will not hesitate to bully nerdy again with my own gorgeous hands.

Mark my deadliest words, bitch.