The Mafia's Forbidden Bet

Chapter 4—Seems Like a Dream

We ate happily at Aunt Corazon's house, laughing and chatting.

"By the way, you're coming to school soon. Are you ready?" Aunt Corazon said.

"I'm ready! I'm excited to go in, because Miedge is with me. By the way, Miedge, I have a lot to tell you later after we eat," Ela said.

"Mmm, ya sure!" I said.

"Your cooking is absolutely flawless, Corazon, you are a good cook," Aunt Beth said.

Ela immediately answered. "Excuse me Tita, correction, it was the two of us, Mommy, who cooked," Ela pridefully said.

We just laughed while eating. Tita Corazon told us many more stories, until we got to the point of why my Dad bought me a condo because Aunt Beth's house is close to the school I will be attending. My answer is always I don't know in my mind. I immediately Aunt Beth was asked about..

"Aunt Beth, are Mommy and Daddy mad at you, why don't they want me to stay here with you?" Calmly said.

Aunt Beth and Aunt Corazon looked at each other as if they were hiding a secret. Ela noticed that too.

"Are you hiding something from Miedge Mom, Aunt?" Ela said in curious.

"Nothing, maybe your Dad just doesn't want you to be closer to me than you and your Mom. It's better for you to get used to being alone or to learn about life alone," Aunt Beth immediately answered.

"Is that so? Ok! I won't think about those things anymore. I'll just focus my mind on the upcoming entrance," I said.

"Don't worry Bestie, I will accompany you to your condo sometime," Ela said.

After we ate, Ela and I went to her room. Aunt Beth and Aunt Corazon will stay in the kitchen to clear the mess and to bond just the two of them. They say they will watch a TV show that they are looking forward to.

Ela was with me in the room. She took a small box from under his bed. She gave it to me and I immediately opened it. When I opened it I saw a bracelet. It turned out to be a friendship bracelet, I put it on and she put on her.

"Wow! This is so beautiful. Thank you bestie." Amazing to say the least.

"Your welcome bestie, Don't ever lose that because that's the symbol of our friendship," she said.

I immediately smiled while looking at the bracelet in my hand.

"Come let me show you something," Ela said with excitement.

She pulled me and we went to a room, she called a laboratory. Ela loves science. She is good about electricity, and she likes to experiment. In other words, she is very smart.

In school, her grades are always A+, she is the favorite student of the teachers and she also always wins the contest like math quiz. It seems that she also belongs to what they call a nerd.

About me, I like sports. I always participate in our school competitions, such as badminton, volleyball and the one I like the most or where I am the best is Martial arts. I'm also known in our school or called popular, because of my family's wealth. I want to be friends with everyone because of my parents' money.

When we arrived at his lab, it was not only an experiment, but she also had many computers that I don't know what they are called. I was really amazed by what I saw, it's like I only see that on television when I watch action movies.

"Are they all yours?"

"Yes, all these, these things you see are from my Dad, he gave me a gift on my birthday. Because of this, I am learning more." She said.

As we toured her lab, I was even more amazed by her experiment that was shown to me. She created little robots that obeyed her orders.

" Wow! It looks amazing!" I gasped as I said these words.

"If you want, we'll always come here and I'll teach you how to make them for you to have," she said.

"Yes! Yes! Yes! Im very excited, " I said.

When Ela and I were happily talking, Aunt Corazon and Aunt Beth called us into the living room. Ela and I immediately went to the living room to see what we were called.

"Come on you two, we're going to the mall for shopping and bonding." Aunt Corazon said.

"So if I were you, I would get dressed," Aunt Beth said with a smile.

Ela quickly went to her room to get dressed and I didn't need to get dressed because I was already dressed when I went to their house.

After Ela got dressed, we left for the mall. The mall is far from them, so we still have to ride. We hailed a taxi and got on.

When we got there, Ela immediately pulled me to where she wanted to go. She ran strongly holding my hand.

"Look!" she said.

I looked at where she was pointing and saw a man singing and giving him money. Like beggars on the road, they ask for money while sitting, this in turn they sing to get money for donation. I can also see Ela blushing while looking at that man. I asked him who that man was, and she said Benjamin. Ela's face can be seen to be in love so I immediately realizes that they like someone there.

I immediately came up with an idea to thrill my best friend even more. I pulled her forward to the man's side. I took money from the bag. Benjamin finished singing and I started to speak.

"I will pay you this (as soon as I show him the money) can you sing to my best friend because today is her birthday, even if you just sing to her that's fine, I can only make my best friend happy on her birthday. Please! " I said that while begging with a smile.

Ela immediately looked at me as if saying something and blushed.

"Alright!" he immediately answered and smiled.

He pulled Ela upstairs and made her sit in his chair. He sang Ela a sweetsong and Ela couldn't stop smiling. He looked at me and I said, "Thank me later."

In the middle of the song, Ela was given a microphone to sing along with Benjamin. He accompanied her and everyone was surprised by her voice. 'Is Ela's voice beautiful?' I said in my mind.

More and more people were watching their songs. Many also give money and drop it in the box. Many people were thrilled by the duet of the two of them. Someone was taking a video and someone was amazed. I was even more thrilled when they held hands and looked at each other while singing.

After the song, many people applauded and were happy with what they both did. The man immediately thanked Ela and took her number.

Ela came to me and I hugged her tightly, but she wasn't that into me. You can really see on his face that she still can't believe it and she also said was it just a dream?

"Ohhh, what's up, won't you thank me?" I said with like im kidding.

She pulled me to the side, after that she grabbed my hands and screamed as if she realized that she was not dreaming and her excitement was intense, she was jumping for joy and hugged me tightly saying thank you. I also hugged her and we jumped together in excitement and joy.

Aunt Beth and Aunt Corazon saw us, called us to ask what happened. Ela and I just looked at each other and said no.