IT'S MY DESTINY

Echoes of choice

Some weeks later, Jace was solving some geometric when the flower boys went

to meet him. "Hey, Jace" Ronald greeted. "Hello" Jace said and looked up. "How

are you doing?" Max asked. "I'm good" Jace said smiling. "I'm max . This is

Ronald and Jason" Max said pointing at the others. "Wow, Ronald? Dorah told me

a lot about you" "oh my.... please hope it's good and not bad?" Ronald asked.

"Good. It's nice meeting you guys" Jace said. "Nice meeting you too, buddy" Jason

said shaking hands with him. "Well, we can be friends, you know. There's a lot of

things I need to know about your friend" Ronald said. "You mean dorah?" Jace

asked. "Yes" "Ronald" Max called glaring at him. "Well, she's my girlfriend" Jace

said. "What? Really?" Jason asked. "Yeah" "Wrong timing. Why am I too late?"

Ronald said as his expression dropped. "Maddy is coming" "You've got to be

kidding me. Well, I actually don't care. So, Jace as you can see, we're the flower

boys and we'll like to be friends with you" Ronald said but Jace gave no reply, he

was just staring at them like they're some strangers. "Don't look at us like that.

We're not gangs and we're not bad students. We only do things together like

learning and music" Max explained. "Well, I know. I heard about you guys a lot in

my former school" Jace said playing with his phone. "So, what do you think? We

can be friends right!" Ronald asked. "You're sounding as if you're confidence we

can be friends. How sure are you that I'll be joining you guys?" Jace asked raising

an eyebrow. "Because you're Jace Esmond, the son of the popular CEO of fresh

music company" Ronald said. "And you've sang lots of songs among your songs is

just like magic" Max added. "What! I tried so hard to hide my identity from

public" Jace said surprisingly. "My dad and yours are kind of business partners, so

I got your pictures and information from him. Your dad actually dropped your

informations with him" Ronald said. "Sorry, to disappoint you guys but I'm already

done with music. I'm no more into music" Jace said. "What?! Why?" Jason asked.

"I just loose my liken for music that's all" he said. "But you can't give up just like

that" Jason said. "It's my life and my choice. I can do anything I want with it and

I'm removing music from my life because it's no more needed" Jace said calmly.

"For real?" Ronald asked. "Yes'' "okay, but you should think about it" Max said.

"Okay " "we'll be waiting for your answer. I'll be so glad to have you as a friend."

Ronald said and they left.

Minutes later , Jace went to the toilet. On his way back he bumped into a girl.

"Oh, sorry" Jace said and squatted to help the girl packed her books that scattered

on the floor. "It's okay. It happens to everyone" The girl said. "Okay, thanks" Jace said. "I'm Jace by name" Jace added as he hand over her books to her. "I'm

Miranda. Nice meeting you" Miranda said and entered the classroom. "Wow, at

last I know the girl's name. Miranda" Jace said to himself and walked into the

classroom.

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As they got home, they didn't meet grandma at home so they collected the house

key from the security man. "Dorah, who are the flower boys?" Jace asked. "They're

the school music band. They're the most handsome and they're intelligent. They're

also from a rich family. Ronald is the school owner's son. They're every girls crush

actually. Max is considered as the oldest among them and Jason urgh, it's even

hard to say he isn't dumb and deaf because he rarely talks." "So, that's why you're

also crushing on Ronald right?!" He said and winked at her. "Hey, stop" Dorah

said blushing and looked away avoiding Jace's playful glare. "It'll be nice being

their friend but I already gave up on music long ago" "What?! Why?" Dorah

exclaimed. "My mum was killed because of music" he said with a teary eyes.

"Why? For what?" She asked frowning. "I don't know the details but dad said she

was given a warning. She was shoot during her last concert. My mum is kind of

stubborn. She still went on with the concert and boom she was killed right on

stage." He said frowning as tears rolled down his cheek. Dorah didn't know what to

do, she was just speechless and felt sorry for Jace. "Did they caught the criminal?"

She asked. "Yes but there were millions of people there that day. It's not really

easy to catch the criminal. The master planner turned out to be someone she

considered friends.'' he said making a disgusting expression. "oh, I'm sorry" she

said patting his shoulder softly. "It's been four years now so there's nothing to be

sorry about." He said and shrugged. "But you shouldn't have stopped singing" she

said. "Well, I already did." He said rolling his eye balls. "Moreover, my dad is still

into music. And I'm very sure my mum is so proud of me being like this now." He

shrugged. "Your dad is in music?" She asked. "Yes, do you know fresh music

company?" He asked hoping she'd know that. "Oh yes. That's where they produce

my favorite music." Dorah said as her eyes light up. "That's my dad's company."

He said rubbing his palms together. "Just don't tell anyone about it. I'm just

keeping a low profile but it seems the flower boys knows about my identity." He

added. "Since they know about your identity why don't you just join them?" Dorah

asked with a confused look. "I already told you I'm not interested" Jace said

looking away. "But......" "Dorah, stop" Jace cuts in as he cleaned his tears. "Please

baby" Dorah pleased giving him a puppy eye. "okay fine. I'll try. Stop looking at

me like that." Jace chuckled.