Behind of all Lies Series #1: Unexpected Outcome

Zyriel POV Running around the football field I glared to Rhaize. We are now being punished because we didn't make it back to the dorm last night. It's one of the rules that every students must go back to the dorm on time but this midget get drunk and of course, me being her bestfriend I have to take care of her. Dorm has a curfew so even I want to bring her back to the dorm coz that's the closest place to bring her. We end up going to hotel and as soon as we came back at the dorm. Mr. Smith is waiting for us to punish us Rhaize is one of my three best friends. Rhaize was my closest best friend out of my three bestfriends. She's literally my partner in crime. Her full name is Rhaize Ford. We've been best friends since we were little. We have same age and our mother are bestfriends. Actually the mother of four of us are bestfriends. We became bestfriends because our mother bring us with them whenever they have reunion. Our birth was even planned. They wanted to have a mini me of them. Who would be bestfriends as they get older like them and they succeed with that. "This is your f*****g fault you midget!" I whispered yelled and she glared at me. "Did you f*****g called me midget?" She also whispered yelled and I just rolled my eyes at her. We been running for 3 laps around the football field already and I'm f*****g exhausted. Football has 50 - 100 yards width and 100 -130 yards length. So running around the football field was equal to 300 yards run in minimum calculation and we already ran 3 laps around the field which is equal to 900 f*****g yards without a f*****g stop. I only had 4 hours sleep because I took care of this midget. I even had to wake up early to cook a soup for my heart broken best friend's hangover. Plus the fact that we needed to go back to the dorm early. "Keep running!" Mr. Smith yelled when we started walking and stopped running. I'm really tired and I want to punch Mr. Smith for not giving us some slack. Can't he let us walk? Even just for a short time? This will f*****g kill me. "Argh! You won't get to eat chicken tonight" I said in so much anger and I could feel that she stopped from her tracks but Mr. Smith yelled at her so she started running again. Rhaize is way addicted to chicken. She can't live a day without eating a chicken so this threat will surely make her submit. "Yah! That's unfair!" She whispered yelled and I rolled my eyes before I fasten my pace. Because of my long legs. I managed to left her behind and take the lead. We finished the punishment after another lap. We both lay down to the field and I stared at the sky. It's been 2 years since we followed Keziah here in States because she can't take the pain of her one sided love. Since Rhaize love her so much she followed her. I totally don't understand why she went through all these troubles for just Keziah. I can't understand why people do crazy stuff just because of Love. "You ok now?" I asked Rhaize and glance at her way. She smiled but it didn't reach her eyes. I don't like seeing her like this because she's like my own sister already but I can't do anything to make her pain go away. All I can do is to stay beside her. "I don't know. She's been my first love for almost my whole existence. I been in love with her for years and I still do even she did hurt me badly." Rhaize said with so much sorrow while she was looking at the sky. I bump my fist to her chest lightly that made her look at me. "Maybe it's time for you to listen to me" I said and she chuckled. I been telling her that Keziah wasn't the one for her. How do I know that? Well Keziah love someone else but it was just one sided and because Rhaize is there. Keziah just used Rhaize to distract herself. I been convincing her to stop already but she's way too stubborn. Keziah love our bestfriend Minzzy but she never confessed. I don't know if Rhaize know this but I think she do. I found out about it before Rhaize confessed to me that she like Keziah. Which is unnecessary because it's so obvious. I started having my theories that Keziah like Minzzy when I saw her looking at Minzzy so lovely that she never gave to anyone nor even make other see that she look at Minzzy that way. She always does that from a far and when we are all together she will just annoy Minzzy. I start to observe Keziah and I realize she do love her. If I found out about it by observing her. I'm pretty sure Rhaize saw and realize what I realize. I told Rhaize to stop but she never listened and instead she even asked Keziah if she can court her and Keziah agreed with that but when Minzzy got a boyfriend. Keziah didn't handle it well and she left our country to come here in states. Rhaize was so badly in love with Keziah so she followed her here and I tag along coz I know this won't end well and I'm right, it didn't. "Yeah, you're right" Rhaize said and she stood up. She lend me her hand and I accepted it. She help me to stood up and I just rest my arm around her shoulders after she helped me. "Should we go home now?" I asked her and she looked at me with 'are you serious' look "Are you crazy? We still have practice for graduation" She said and I shrugged my head coz she misinterpret what I said "I mean back to Philippines our Home" I said with a smile and she was just looking at me. She have that look that she was really thinking about it so hard. "We are only here to follow Keziah to ask her to give you a chance and she gave you, but obviously it didn't went well. You gave your all Rhaize, I think it's time to give your heart a rest and give yourself a time. Let's go home, away from your First Love s***h ex lover." I said trying to convince her. She was just looking at me and I rolled my eyes coz she's being a hard headed.  "And besides we'll be college students soon. The two will hate us if we break our promises that we will study at the same school" I said and she seemed to be convinced to what I've said. Finally! "Maybe you're right. We are graduating already and we already left them for two years. I think we really should go home already. Let's go home after the graduation, I mean literally after graduation" She said that made me jump out of joy. I mean who wouldn't? I been waiting for this. I badly miss my home. 1 week from now will be our graduation so we booked our flight and even told some of our friends here at states that we won't be studying here anymore. Graduation Day "Are you really going back to Philippines now?" Gerald asked and I nodded my head. He's the guy who never stop trying to ask if he can court me but I always rejected him. He was the first person I told the news about us going back to the Philippines. Even though I rejected him he didn't stopped though now we're friends. A close friend that I can count on. "Gerald you are rich. You can visit me anytime you want." I said and he just sigh and hugged me. I can't help but to smile. He's really clingy but with limits. He just love hugs, pinching my cheeks and massaging my palm. "I'm gonna miss you" He said and I just chuckled coz his voice was like a 3 years old who's saying goodbye to her mom. "I will miss you too. Visit me when you have time alright?" I said and we let go of our embrace. The graduation ceremony just ended a while a go and I bid my goodbye to him before leaving to catch up to our flight. They have celebration with his family so he can't drive us to the airport even he wanted to. I don't really mind it. Rhaize also went to her own friends to bid her goodbyes so instead of waiting for her in the middle of the crowds. I went to the parking lot and waited in front of my car. "I heard you two are leaving" Suddenly someone spoked. I looked at my side and saw Keziah. She was wearing an elegant yet simple dress while holding her graduation robe in her arm. "News sure flies so fast" I said and she stand beside me. She leaned on to my car and the silence enveloped us but it didn't took long when Keziah suddenly spoke. "How's Rhaize?" She asked with a hint of worry in her tone. I know she doesn't want to hurt Rhaize and even she hurted Rhaize it wasn't her fault at all. "She'll be fine. How about you? Don't you have plan moving on from Minzzy? Or atleast confess to her?" I asked that made her gasp from shocked but she relax soon enough. She looked up to the sky and she smiled timidly. "I swear I tried. That's why I said yes to Rhaize. I didn't love Rhaize but I did liked her. I even wish that she's the one I'm in love with so I won't be in pain anymore and I won't have to hurt her. Rhaize is a girlfriend material more like wife material but I can't unlove Minzzy and I felt guilty towards Rhaize that's why I end it and confess with Minzzy? There's no need for that. She already have a boyfriend remember?" She said with sorrow, guilt and pain. She was now looking down and playing at the hem of her graduation robe. It hurts me to see her like this. We're not best friends but she's still my friend and even she hurted Rhaize it wasn't her fault that she can't love Rhaize. She can't force to love Rhaize even she wanted to. "You can't force your heart to love someone or teach your heart to love someone and obviously you can't unlove someone just because you want to. Even you try to stop it and even you are in pain or even you know that you will just end up suffering or in pain. When your heart choose to love. You can't do anything about it" I said while I'm staring at the sky. I felt her stare to me so I looked at her side. "You're single and never been in a relationship. You even never been in love before but you talk as if you know how it felt to be in love" She said with a hint of amusement. I just shrugged my head and chuckled. She's right I never been in love nor been in relationship before. There's tons of people who try to win me but I never felt the things that they all say when you are in love. I never felt those butterflies and those tingling sensation when you touch that certain someone. I never even get excited to just meet a certain someone like other people talk about. I don't know how it felt and I never experience those things but I don't have plan to have those experience coz I'm fine with the way I have. I'm contented to have just my friends and my family. I don't even want to entertain any of them coz they are just a headache for me. It's just a waste of time and efforts. I rather focus to my friends and family. "Well that's what the book says." I said and she just nodded her head. She step away from leaning to my car and looked at me. "Take care of Rhaize for me and when you get back to the Philippines. Tell Minzzy I said hi" She said and waved her hand. I just nodded my head and she went to her car and drove off. A few more minutes finally Rhaize came. Our luggages are already at my trunk so we only need to go to the airport and fly off. 2 years is really a long time and I'm quite excited and nervous to go back to the Philippines. Rhaize and I went to states without goodbye to anyone and never get in touch to them. We just gathered the money we needed. Pack our things and went to states leaving a note saying we are going to study abroad and they don't have to worry about us. I know they will surely bombard us with questions of why we left just like that and scold us from leaving without saying a thing and for not even getting in touch to them and with that thought fear is consuming me now. It was all Rhaize idea and I just go with what she wants. Even though I don't know why she don't want to get in touch with them. I still followed what she wants coz I don't want to ruin her plans. I been avoiding of thinking about this moment since we arrived States even though I know this day will come that we will be going back to the Philippines but since it's happening already. I can't help but to think about it. Rhaize and I talked about this already that we won't tell them the real reason why we left if Keziah won't learn to love her. Since Keziah didn't loved Rhaize we won't tell that that we left Philippines to follow Keziah to the states. Rhaize don't want the other people especially our family and friends that she's in love with Keziah and we followed Keziah because of that. She also don't want them to know that Keziah and her had a thing. I asked her what should we tell our parents and friends but she said I she just said to me to think about it myself. That's why I been thinking about the explanation we'll be using for the whole ride. While Rhaize she's just freaking sleeping soundly. I wanna choke her to death because my head is now aching from all of the thinking. She was the one who planned all of this and now she's making me think of the excuses with all the things we did. If she's not my bestfriend I will surely choke her to death. We arrived to the Philippines around midnight but I still haven't thought about the excuses that we're going to tell them. We are here outside the airport and since no one knew that we are coming home, there's no one who will pick us up. "What now?" Rhaize said where you can sense the fear in her tone. I can't blame her coz I admit that what we did was really crazy. I'm actually really nervous coz I haven't thought about the excuses we will tell them. This is all Rhaize fault. I can't still understand why she did all of that for Keziah. She just found out about Keziah leaving the country she followed her without even a second thought. "Should we stay at hotel for now? I don't think I'm ready to face them. Plus I can't still think about the excuses we will give to them" I said and she agreed with me right away. We took a cab and told the driver to go to the nearest hotel. We are both just quiet. The atmosphere of the car was so thick. I can feel the fear and nervousness of each other. I mean who wouldn't? "Instead of going to the hotel, let's just go to Rain's unit. Humingi tayo ng tulong sa kanya to meet everyone in just one dinner so we can explain everything in just one explantion and we can ask help from him about our explanation we will give since Rain knew I love Keziah. It's fine if we tell him the truth" Suddenly Rhaize suggested. I thought about it and it seems much better than going to hotel and think alone about what to say to them. "Well it's better to explain in one go than explain it to them one by one and my head hurts already about thinking our explanation to what we did. So let's just go with your plan and go to Rain." I said and we told the driver to go to Sacred Palace Condominium instead. I knew Rain will understand what we did because he's the most understanding person I know but I can't help but to feel nervous. I'm now thinking about what will happen next. Specially later. Rain will surely scold me but I hope he won't. I'm also curious to what Rain will react later. Thinking about all of that I didn't realize that I fall asleep. I woke up when Rhaize pinched my nose till I can't breathe. That's how she usually wake me up coz she said that's the easiest way to wake me up. I don't mind it at all coz honestly she have the most decent way of waking me up. We already arrived to Sacred Palace and the driver helped us with our luggage. We're just standing in front of Sacred Palace Condominium and we're not saying anything at all. Nervous is understatement coz I'm absolutely terrified. Rain is way overprotective to me. He wants to be updated about me every single day. He wants me to update where I am, who I am with and what I am doing. So me leaving country without a word and not getting in touch? I'm freaking sure that made him worry so much. I bet he's mad at me and even sulking right now. "You and Rain are close so you explain everything midget" I said that fear and nervousness are evident in my tone. Rain aren't strict to me but I'm sure scared of him coz when he doesn't like what I did he will talk to me calmly but he will also give this crazy punishments that I always end up hating. "Tsk, Do I have a choice?" She said that made me smile coz she doesn't argue about it any longer. "Alright let's go" I said and we entered the condominium. Some of the staff recognize us and greeted us which I just answered with a small smile. Sacred Palace is owned by my family. We have different kinds of companies but it was all named as Sacred Palace. We have Restaurants, Hotels, Condominiums, Hospitals, Airlines and even a school. They just let us be and went back to their own work. We went to Rain's unit and now we are just staring at his door. I mean, can you blame us? We did something crazy and now we are back without even telling him anything. "I imagined different kinds of scenarios in my mind when this day comes but I never imagined that it will be like this and it will feel like this" Rhaize said and I agreed. I ready myself and looked at Rhaize. "Ready?" I asked and she gulped before she face the door again. "Even I'm not. We need to so we can have some rest. I'm exhausted" She said and I agreed with her. I buzzed the buzzer and waited for him to open the door. We waited for a response but minutes had passed and he's still not opening the door. My fear turned to annoyance so I punch and punch the buzzer till he opened the door harshly. "WHO THE HE-" He didn't got to finish his sentence when he saw who we are. I just rolled my eyes at him and push him aside so I can get in.  "You both left without a word for 2 years and now you two just barge in to my unit? And you Princess! You really have the guts to roll your eyes at me after what you did?" He said and you can sense the irritation and annoyance in his tone. I wanna talk back to him but I just choose to shut my mouth. Looking at him. I wanna roll my eyes again but I stopped myself for doing so. I just smiled at him to calm his asses down. I totally understand why he's bad but I'm really tired to deal with it. "Once again Rain, stop calling me princess and we will explain everything later but for now, we want to sleep." I said and he just sigh before he nodded his head. He helped us with our luggage and went to his spare room. He only have one spare room so me and Rhaize will sleep togther but I don't mind it coz we are used with it since we been sleeping together since we were a kid. "By the way Rain, don't tell anyone about us yet. We want to show ourselves at the dinner that we want you to arrange" Rhaize said as Rain was grabbing the new sets of pillows for us. He looked back at us as he waited for us to continue what we are talking about "Rhaize thought that we can explain to everyone in one go at the dinner rather than explain it to them on by one" I explained and he sigh for the nth time. "Alright, Let's talk about it later. Go have some rest" He said and he gave us the new pillows. He went close to me and peck a kiss to my forehead. Rain always does that to me. Dad and Mom said that Rain always do that to me since I was born and even when he grew up and I grew up. He doesn't changed and still do that to me but I don't mind at all. I actually love it when he does that to me. I just het him for still calling me princess. I'm not the youngest sibling but I'm the only girl among us so they treated me like a princess even my little brother, Rylee. Which is 2 years younger to me but he's also overprotective to me and he also calls me Princess. Which I hate the most. When Rain left without further scolding. I thanked God secretly for not having a long scolding session from my Big brother and after a few minutes Rhaize and I went to sleep. I let my mind forget the situation we are in for now coz thinking about it too much will only make me feel uneasy.