Annabelle scrolled through her phone; grim lines spreading across her face. Reading the blog post made her cackle into laughter. This was someone she doubted even knew her and probably heard the story from a third party yet claimed that she bullied them.

Annabelle could never understand humans; they way their thought process happened and what went on in their heads. Sometimes she badly wanted to crack some of some skulls open and check whether they actually had pear sized brains or it was just a compilation of nerve endings.

A call came inhaling her eyes off the headline of the blog post. She scrolled the accept call button while placing the phone on the table and putting it on a loudspeaker.

"Annabelle, I heard something happened in school" an exasperated voice came through the phone and Annabelle immediately snickered.

"You heard already? News sure does travel fast" Annabelle replied folding her arms and shaking her head.

"What do you mean I heard already? Have you forgotten what Director Ajose said to you?" The voice asked again even more exasperated than when she first spoke. Annabelle's smile was immediately wiped off by her statement and she sighed again, rubbing her forehead.

"It was not my fault okay? They were gossiping and she tried to pull on my..." Annabelle started replying and paused half way in her statement.

"Oh I forgot; I bullied them, that's what happened" she finished pursing her lips.

"Annabelle! Why would you bully someone else? If the news gets out; how are your fans going to defend you?!"

"Fans? If you want to pull a card; pull a card that actually exists okay?" Annabelle shot at her a frown marring her face.

"Just stay under the radar Annabelle. One more strike and you are out. So please Anna, please"

Annabelle glanced at her phone and ended the call.

They were all the same. Humans.

Annabelle was yet to stand up from her seat when two girls approached her nervously. Her eyebrow wriggled uprightly seeing them and her eyes twinkled intentionally asking them what they wanted with her eyes.

"Hi Annabelle, my name is Sarah"

"Hi Sarah, nice to meet you. How may I help you?" Anabbelle asked, folding her arms. Sarah played with her fingers nervously as her friend tugged on her shirt urging to speak up. Realizing that Sarah was too nervous to say anything; Annabelle turned to her friend.

"Why don't you tell me what she's doing in front of me?" Annabelle asked and her friend frowned slightly at Annabelle's tone.

"She's auditioning to be a model at SOLO, so she thinks if you take a few pictures with her; it could increase her chances of being picked," her friend replied and Annabelle burst into laughter.

"You won't get picked," she replied with a straight face that froze both girls.

"Excuse me?" Sarah stuttered out.

"I said you won't get picked," Annabelle replied, still wearing a straight face.

"Annabelle!" her friend exclaimed.

"That's so rude! Must you be nasty and overbearing every time?" she asked, glaring hatefully at Annabelle who merely chuckled at their change in expressions.

"Aren't you supposed to ask me why?" she asked and both girls decided to keep mute watching as a small smile spread across her lips.

"I'll tell you why you came to me" Annabelle started watching every single expression that crossed their faces.

"You went for the physical interview and you flopped. Of course your stuttering is already a major turn off, I'm sure Director Banks started frowning the moment you opened your mouth" Annabelle revealed and Sarah stared at her with wide eyes.

"You... You... You...." Sarah stuttered, unable to get a word out of her mouth.

"You realized that you had failed even if no one told you you had. You saw the expression on their faces. Human actions of course speak louder than their words" Annabelle added, shaking her head as she continued.

"So you thought of something that could give you a leeway compared to others. Something the board might have to consider. And that was taking pictures with a top model of SOLO and feigning familiarity"

The look of shock and surprise by now was fully evident on both Sarah's and her friend's face. They both stared at Annabelle in horror but the latter wasn't done speaking.

"But where are you going to run into a top model of SOLO? Where are you going to run into Jamal or Drew? Where are you going to find Prisca or Ruth? I mean they don't even live in Akure. They are at the headquarters, not only did you have access to meet them, you had zero chances of taking a picture with them even if you did" Annabelle continued relaxing back into her seat as she raised her head to meet both of their eyes.

"Then it crossed your mind; there's one in your school but she's so nasty and overbearing! How do you do it? You had to do it, even if i embarrassed you or insulted you it was fine as long as i agreed to take a picture with you or better still if someone took a video of us talking and posted it online like your friend outside is doing. I bet if she can hear; the phone would have dropped and that would be her saying bye byes to her lovely phone"

"That's why you are in front of me Sarah. To get a picture and feign familiarity. You are not hoping that the picture gives you a chance, you are hoping that when they see the picture; they will be forced to give you a chance" Annabelle announced, chuckling.

"You are funny though. Very funny. A model who wants to join SOLO but you do not know the basic core values that SOLO works with. You have zero idea of how the system works. You have not looked closely at those top SOLO models you want to be like so much and maybe imagined being friends with them when you get in. You didn't look at them and find what was common even though everyone is different"

"You for sure have a smart and poisonous mind; that's if all these were cooked up by you though but you lack not just the aura but the confidence. And that's exactly what SOLO wants in their models. Confidence; a stuttering person like you can never be a model or if a model, under SOLO. That was why I told you; you wouldn't get picked." Annabelle finished sighing softly.

"I'm amazed at how bold you are, Sarah. You actually had the guts to try to use me? Who gave you the boldness? How dare you?" Annabelle asked with a smile on her lips.

"I am nasty and overbearing and whatever names you call me behind my back. I know, I know very well that none of you is bold enough to walk up to me and call me those names to my face because whether I am overbearing or not, you still have to look at me with respect because of where I am. And you, you stammerer dared to use me" Annabelle continued chuckling lightly while clapping her hands.

She rose to her feet while grabbing the tote bag on the table. Sarah and her friend instinctively jumped back and Annabelle burst into laughter.

"Wait, did you think I was going to hit you? Why would I do that?" Annabelle asked before smiling again.

"I can pick up my phone right now and put a call across to the board or recruiting Directors. A contestant tried to use foul means to force them to give her another chance. You know if you really wanted to be a model at SOLO despite your stutters; you would know what to do and how to win the favor of those Directors. I can assure you that they aren't that hard to please '' Annabelle stated shrugging her shoulders.

"If you actually made the effort to do any research about SOLO, you'll find out that dishonest people are people they despise the most. People like you. And guess what happens if I put a call across to them?" Annabelle asked with another smile. She could see Sarah already shaking and holding onto her friend for support.

"Not only will you be disqualified; you will also never in your entire existence have a chance to audition at SOLO again" Annabelle revealed and Sarah staggered backwards.

"You do not want to be a model at SOLO Sarah, what you want and like is the fame and luxury that comes with being a model there and what you do not know is that, we work hard. Very hard. You only see the beautiful side, the side where we work hard and struggle to bring out just the best of us; you don't see it. You think being a model is all about the likes, the comments and the popularity?" Annabelle asked.

"Leemaoo" she muttered laughing as she started walking away.

"Be very grateful i refused to take a picture with you today else you would have certainly gotten banned" Annabelle added pausing in her steps and turning towards the girls.

"Tell your friend to also delete the video. I'm sure she needs to delete some other things to keep the video, she might as well delete it" she said looking towards the door where a small phone camera was showing slightly. Chuckling lightly, she resumed her journey and continued walking away shaking her head.

Human, humans, humans; she never understood how their thought process worked.

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I don't know if your opinion of Annabelle has changed with this chapter but mine hasn't really changed. She's nuts.... it's the 'Leemaoo' part for me. I finished this up at some minutes to 2 in the morning so I couldn't laugh out well but it was hell as funny.

And I'm also sure some of you would have roasted Sarah by now. Like premium dragging but I also want you to ask yourself, are you not like Sarah? The issue here is not being a model, are you not going through hell and water for something you barley know about just because you like the situations and the luxury that comes with it? I don't know why I'm sounding like a sage all of a sudden but honestly yeah, remember to check yourself.

Hehehe, I'm working very hard to keep to my actually promise of two chapters per week and for this week; this is the second chapter. Thank you very much for the 1K reads people. I'll be going to camp next week so there's a chance that only one chapter might be uploaded but I'll try as much as possible to make it long and juicy.

With so much love to you allllllllllll.