Elsa's POV

The next day, Jack kept bugging me and bugging me. Damn this guy. When will he leave me alone?!

Every time he sees me, he greets me with that smile of his. I hate his smile. And I hate him for it.

At the hallway

"Hi Elsa!" Jack waves his hand and I just walked past through him.

At the faculty

"Hi Elsa!" Him again.

At the gate of the school

"Let's walk home together, Elsa." And again, I ignored him.

Back at the hallway

"Elsa, notice me!" He said desperately.

"Stop calling my name."

"Why didn't you call me?" He asked.

"Stop following me!" I paused. "Besides, I didn't say I would call you in an instant."

I kept walking and walking and this guy just won't leave me alone. When will he give up?! Seriously.

"just for a while you know."

"I HATE CELLPHONES!" I exclaimed. Annoyingly.

Why did he give me his phone number anyway? I didn't ask for it. I never asked for it. And never have I had the thought of asking his phone number. He gave me, willingly. And now he's expecting that I would call him? What, do I look desperate?! He is totally wrong.

"Ha? Then how do you talk to your friends?"

Friends.

Friends..

Friends....

Just rethinking of the word, the rage inside me had awaken. The hatred towards people had grown stronger. As the second passes, I couldn't hold my grudge to those people who have hurt me.

And I know I have to make them hate me too. So that I wouldn't have to hang out with inconsiderate and ridiculous people who cared nothing about things that are nuisance to me. They only cared about themselves. They care for their own benefit and they will use you until their satisfaction is enough.

I stopped walking and we were in the middle of the hallway. The class was still on session so we were the only ones there. I grabbed my phone and went to my contacts and showed him the list of my contacts, my workplace and my house.

"I don't have any friends to talk with." I paused. "Here's my workplace and my landline."

I saw him as he stared at my phone with surprise. Rethinking his words and he felt like he regretted saying them.

But that was the chance for me to tell him what I truly feel about friends.

"People always betray me. They use you and they lie to you as if you weren't something worth sorry of.

The school is a place where you rely to others. And that's why I hate school. You talk to them because it would be your benefit.

It's like a dollhouse. You pretend your friends with them but, the truth is, you aren't. You're just sugarcoating your moments with them to make it look like you really had a connection with them when in fact,

there's not even one."

He still stood there, shocked and still processing all the words that he just heard from me.

"I don't need friends. If it means leaving you without your consent and finding out they just betrayed you, then I'm fine with being alone."

I turned my back and was about to walk away. When he said something.

"Not everyone is like that." He said. "There are still people who are true to others."

I don't want to argue with him anymore, but I want him to know that my hatred towards people will never change.

"Trust me." I said. "They are."

I left him there, standing. I ran to outside the school and went to the back of the school so I could feed the cat.

What does he know anyway? It's so easy for him to say that because he's popular and he has a lot of friends. He doesn't know what I feel.

Jack's POV

"Trust me." She said with a persuading smile. "They are."

She left there, standing. Still surprised of what I just heard. Why is she like that? Why can't she understand that I'm not like the person she thinks I am. I'm true with myself.

And then I thought, there must be something that happened to her that made her feel that way. But either way, she should've moved on. There are a lot of things she is missing out. Like going out with friends or talking about their problems or maybe having someone who listens to every word they say.

She's missing out. She noticed the flaws too much that she forgot to look for the blessings that she has. She's too busy isolating herself.

I sighed as I thought of her persistence. She can't be like that forever. She just can't end up alone.

"I found you!" A familiar girl shouted. As I turn around, I saw that it was Punzie that was calling me and she was with Flynn. Punzie hugged me.

"What are you doing here? Are you spacing out?" Flynn asked.

"Spacing out?" I said. "Well, not really. I was just thinking of something."

"Hey, let's go karaoke later. You promised yesterday Jack. That you would go with us. Remember?" Punzie said.

As I thought about Elsa's words a while ago, I decided to forget about it. I felt like I had to give up on her. Even if 75% of me doesn't want to. But hey, if that's what she wants, I should respect that. I just want to let her know that I'm always here. And I hope there will come a day that she will need me.

I chuckled at Punzie. "Sure. Let's go."

I heard Punzie get excited but I wasn't paying attention that much to my surroundings. I was still thinking.

If I were to change you, Elsa. What should I do to change you? What should I do to make you regret everything you just said?

All I ever thought about was her and her words. It was still imprinted in my mind. And I thought, she's too beautiful to say things like that. She doesn't deserve to feel that way. To be honest, I don't feel like I deserve her to be my friend. But for now, all she deserves is a companion that is really worthy of her trust.

And I intend to be that companion.

I'm not giving up, Elsa.