Admirer

Chapter 1

It's been three weeks since I transferred here in Dela Paz National High School. In three weeks in this school i must say that it's not that easy, many of my classmates don't like me except for Denise, she treated me like her sister and so as me, i treated her like my own sister too, even if where not blood related.

it's now our recess, so the two off us decided to buy some snack in the cafeteria.

I'm busy thinking of something when I heard Denise whispering something.

"f**k him" she said while looking at something.

I can't see it clearly who she's looking at, but base on the expression that I saw in her face, she's mad.

Maybe her ex?

I ask myself, I don't want to ask her, why is she mad because I'm afraid that she might burst out into tears again. I don't want to see her crying over that asshole, he doesn't deserve any tears from her.

This is why I'm afraid to love someone, I don't want to see myself crying to any other man.

My mom raised me just by herself since I'm 7, and I see how broken she is when my dad left us for another women. That is why I made a promise to myself, and that is I will never fall for someone who's like my father.

"What do you like for our snack Ryla?"

I just back into my sense when I heard Denise asking me.

"Ahm, I want fries and coke in can." I answered her and smile.

"Okay, just find us the table. I'm the one who will order our snack." She said before leaving.

I'm busy finding the both of us a table that's why i didn't notice that I barged into someone.

That was so sudden that I can't keep my balance anymore, I landed on the floor, and it hurts so much I feel my knees aching because of the sudden landed, then I felt something sticky that fell through the skirt that I was wearing.

"AHHHHH!!!" I heard a female voice shouted.

I hurriedly got up even though it hurts so f*****g bad.

"I'm so sorry." I said sincerely without looking at her.

I' m so scared.

"Sorry? You ruined my dress." She shouted again.

I slowly looked at her, and I saw a little lump of juice in her dress.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't really mean it."

But she really seems not to believe anything that I said. She continued shouting at me, I felt so helpless, this is what I felt before when I'm still in my old school. I was so helpless that time, no one is there for me. I felt something in my cheeks and I noticed that I'm already crying. I tried so much not to let them hear any sob coming from me.

"Answer me bitch." she said hysterically to me.

I looked everyone who is watching us. I saw different emotion in their faces.

Some one of those are pity, pity for me.

Before I can say any word, I heard a man's voice.

"That's enough Portia, you're making a scene."

I don't know where it came from but the women in front of me seems to shocked, and then inhaled a large breath before whispering something to me.

"You will pay for this, nerd." She said before leaving me.

Slowly, I have the courage to look at the person who said that.

It's him.

I said to myself when I saw a familiar face of a man.

He was the man that I've heard singing. I saw him looking at me but only for a second, before returning his gaze to the person he is talking to.

I leave that place and continue finding me and Denise a table where can we eat our snack.

Soon after Denise came holding our snack, I waved at her to let her know that I'm here, she also waved back and run to immediately came with me.

"Did you cry?" She asked me before she sit.

"No, just because of some dirt." I response to her question

I know that she doesn't believe in what is said, but she acquiesced and stay quiet.

"Okay then, let's eat?"

I acquiesced to her as a response.

I'm busy thinking about what happened minutes ago, a small part of me is afraid of what will that Portia will do, but also, I'm over the moon, because someone defended me. So, this is what it feels like to be protected by someone.

Although I'm not sure if that protection was for me or is it because he doesn't like drama.

Whatever that is, I'm happy because for that first time in my life I feel secured, and it feels good.

"Earth to Ryla."

I was back in reality when I heard Denise saying that to me, she looks at me like I just lost my head.

"Sorry, what did you just said?" I ask her.

She looked at me, clearly annoyed. "I asked you if you're okay." she said to me word by word as if i will not understand.

"Why did you ask?"

"Because you look like your not in your self." she said and shake her head.

"Really?" I ask her not getting what she said.

"Duh girl, your smiling alone."

I don't know how to react, i didn't notice that I'm already smiling.

I smile ate her to make her feel at ease.

"I'm okay, don't worry about me. I just remembered something funny." I explained.

Thank God that she believed my explanation, I don't want to make her worried.

We just surface our snack, and we are now walking back to our room.

While walking I notice that everyone is looking at me, and I caught them whispering.

Attention Seeker.

Such a b***h.

I heard them, obviously letting me hear them.

Is this about the scene that happened in the cafeteria?

I ask myself even though it was so obvious.

She has to be careful, I'm sure Portia will not let that pass, after all she's the queen bee.

I'm nervous.

So, what now?

I guess I'm back from my old life just like in my old school.

Being bullied again