Falling Again

CHAPTER 1 – First time meeting them

5 Years Before

It's already 4:30 in the morning. I need to get up so I can get ready for my first day of class as a grade 12 student. I stand up and go to the bathroom to take a shower, and after that I put my clothes on and wear makeup. I go down the stairs so I can have my breakfast. I see my mom cooking my breakfast. Then after that, my mom takes me to the terminal so I can ride a bus to my school. Yeah, my school is far away. That’s why I always wake up so early. I already told my parents that I could get some apartment near my school, but my parents won’t allow me. They probably don’t want me to move far away from them. I already messaged Ella that I'm already close to the school, so she can leave for their house. Ella’s house is near our school, so she always waits for my message if she can leave for their house. We always like to go together, so we wait for each other at the waiting shed of our school.

I’m already at my school and ofcourse im the one who always waits for ella. And finally she arrived and I told her.

“what took you so long?”

“ I can’t find a ride.” She replied

“lol I don’t believe you your just busy fixing your eye brows.” I replied while laughing

We continued to walk on the way to our room. When we arrived at our room, me and Ella pointed at each other, who would go first and open the door, because we know that if the person who opens the door, all the people inside the room will look at the person who opens the door. That’s why me and Ella always point at each other. While Ella was saving strength to open the door, I was laughing at her back, and as I was laughing, I noticed some guys sitting in the back in front of the air conditioner through the door's glass window. While looking at them, I’ve got some eye contact with them and I immediately avoid staring when they look back at them. Finally, ella opens the door. When we enter the room, those guys go to us and ask us.

“ hello, whats your name?” said Inaki while smiling, he’s one of the group of boys

“ my name is grace and that’s ella.” I replied

While talking with Inaki, Ryan went to Ella to ask some questions. While talking to them, Inaki aka Aki introduced CJ, Anthony, and Harvey to us and they said that they’re friends but some of them are still missing. Maybe they’re late. So while talking to them, we’ve gotten close, so they sit behind us too. We enjoy talking and laughing with each other, and while talking, I ask them

“Where are your other friends?”

“maybe they’re late or to lazy to go to school because its firstday.” Anthony replies

“ yeah first day of school really sucks.” Harvey replies

“ but today I enjoy my first day of school because we met you guys.” Inaki replied

Inaki looked at us while smiling, and I said to myself that I think I have a crush on Aki. I mean, he’s funny, easy to get along with, and has good looks. So while saying that in my mind, I'm looking at him and smiling. It’s already breaktime. Me and Ella, and, of course, the five of them, went down to buy some food, and we ate together. While eating, some guys entered our room. They bought their bags. It looks like they are just starting to go to school at breaktime. While looking at them, Aki, Ryan, Harvey, CJ, and Anthony stand up and go to the guys who had just arrived. So I think that’s the other friends that they are talking about. All of them are boys, and almost half of the guys in our room are their friends. I mean, they’re a group that always sticks with each other. So when Ryan was about to introduce them to us, Nicah suddenly called me and Ella, so we didn’t get the chance to get to know them. Me and Ella walk towards Nicah and Ac. While talking, a professor suddenly walked into our room, so we all ran back to our seats. The professor said that we will be having a group thesis and she will group us into 8 members per group after she groups us. I was overjoyed because my groupmates were our new friends, the other guys Harvey wanted to introduce to us while my member and I were talking. The boss, Emman, would go to the meeting place together, so me and Becca caught their attention and asked.

“who’s emman?” becca asked

“Our boss.” Lorenzo replied while smiling

“ stop joking guys seriously who is he?” I asked

“ its one of our friend boss emman.” Karl said

“so where Is he?” I replied

“ He didn’t go to school today because he’s busy, he’s doing something important.” Karl replied

“ ohh so what’s more important than our school and our thesis.” Becca said while laughing

Karl and Lorenzo both smirked. While we were planning our research, I couldn't stop staring at Inaki to the other group, wondering why he was so handsome. He was my crush, and I told myself, "Grace, stop that, you need to focus." After that, the class is finally over. While packing our things, Anthony walked towards us and said that he would properly introduce us to some of their guys' friends, so he introduced us and we all walked outside the school and said goodbye to each because I already needed to go home early. Monday has already passed and it's already Friday, so it’s the same thing again. Studying at school, having a meeting before going home, and don’t forget going to McDonald's eating before going home. So tomorrow is Saturday, the day we are going to work at our member's coffee shop to work on our thesis, and as usual I haven’t noticed, or maybe I should just say I forgot because I was busy studying. Or busy hanging out with Inaki.

It's already Saturday. Me and Rebecca are together, and we are on our way to the coffee shop. Becca asked me if I could message the boys to ask where they are since I’m the closest one to them. Then they responded with a photo of inside a car and said they were already there, so I told them to wait for us because we were on our way. When we arrived in front of the coffee shop, me and Rebecca were stunned at the car because it’s so pretty and it looks really expensive, so Becca immediately asked.

"Who’s car is this?"

"It’s boss Emman’s car. We ride together with him." Lorenzo called Emman to introduce him to us. While he was walking towards us, I really stared at him because he was so simple for a man who has an expensive car. And my mind keeps saying, "Oh, so this is the boss emman they’ve been talking about, so what’s with him?"

I don't know why, but I kept looking and staring at Emman while we were writing our thesis. I told myself countless times in my head that I couldn't fall from grace, but I just couldn't. When I saw him, everything around me stopped, and all I could see was him. So Becca noticed that I was kind of confused, so she asked me if I was okay, and I said to her that I was okay. Then Karl suddenly suggested that we all drink some beer or alcohol, and all of them agreed, so of course I agreed to it. I noticed that while we were drinking, Emman didn’t drink, so that was the first time I saw a man that didn’t drink alcohol, and I told myself he was different from the men I had met. While we were partying at the shop, I excused myself to go to the bathroom. While walking to the bathroom, I saw in the other room that it’s a private room of the shop for VIP customers who want some private conversation or an important meeting to be held. I saw him in the room sleeping on the couch. I entered the room and walked towards Emman while sleeping. I sat down behind the couch and stared at him and watched him sleep. I started to look at his eyebrows and eyelashes. They're so beautiful, and I started looking slowly down to his lips. Then Becca suddenly entered. I was so shocked and she asked me.

“What are you doing here.” Becca asked

“ ah uhm” I replied

“ we we’re just talking.” Emman replied

I was so shocked because Emman spoke because I know that he’s sleeping and I'm kinda shy, so he knows all along that I’m starring at him. Oh s**t, I’m so nervous. After that, I quickly stood up and walked out of the room. Then Becca followed me. She announced to our members that we should continue this on Monday and we all should go home because she cannot work anymore because she drank alcohol. We all agreed and started packing up. I was so fast packing up my things because I was too shy to face emman. Then I pulled Becca quickly outside and rode a bus. While on the bus, I can’t stop thinking about what happened. I can feel that my heart beats fast until now, and I think I like emman while looking at the window of the bus.