200, 201, 202
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She thinks back to the many times she has seen this necklace, including the first time.
***Flashback.***
***Boscou.***
The bell has just rung and the students run to the front of the school to wait for their parents.
Julio rushes to pick up Adrianna, who is five years old at the time, before going to the front of the school.
The students' parents come to pick them up and they also wait for their father Juan-Pablo to do the same.
- Where is Dad? Adrianna asks in a sad tone.
- He'll be here soon, Adrianna. The doorbell didn't ring long ago...
She can't wait to see her father and she is about to cry, he shows up in front of them, sitting on his wheelchair.
She runs and jumps on him.
- Daddy!
- Yes, my darling! How are you? How was your day?
Julio does the same. The family is all together and ready to go home when suddenly a necklace falls to the floor just as Adrianna stops hugging her father.
The latter says to her in an agitated voice:
- The necklace, the necklace Adrianna!
She bends down and picks it up.
- This necklace looks old, Daddy," she says in her little girl's voice. You want me to throw it away and when I'm grown up and have lots of money, I'll buy you another one.
Juan-Pablo feels touched.
- Thank you my darling, I know that you will buy me one that is more beautiful than this one, I know it, but please, give it to me so that I keep it because it means a lot to me.
- Okay dad, hold it!
***End of flashback.
- I know this necklace but I don't know who it belongs to and I wish I did mother Theresa! Do you have any idea?
- No, my daughter, otherwise I wouldn't have tried to find out. Anyway, I know that it is very significant for him and that it reminds him either of the best moments of his life or the worst.
- I see! I will talk about it with Julio and I will tell you, mother Theresa, and I will ask him too if you want!
- No, Juan-Pablo can't know that we're trying to find out anything!
- Okay, Mother Teresa!
- Have a good day, my dear!
- Thank you very much, you too!
She hangs up and throws her phone on the bed and touches her chin as she walks around the room.
Emilie notices that there is something wrong. So she tells her:
- What's wrong? Earlier you were quite cheerful but now...
Adrianna stops walking and says to her:
- It's nothing, everything is fine and thanks for asking for Emily!
She says it with a slight smile.
Emily notices that Adrianna is not very talkative and doesn't like to talk about herself. Maybe it's because they just met? She wonders in her heart.
- I'll do it!
Each gets ready and Adrianna wears a very simple dress with multiple colors that are a bit faded. Her shoes don't look new.
Her outfit is very different from Emily's which is quite new and very nice. The dress she wears is from a big brand, it is very expensive!
Lucia and Nola are also very well dressed, as well as Damien who has a very beautiful shirt and a beautiful tie without forgetting a very smart trouser and worthy of a child of rich parents and who is rich himself too.
Julio has the same level of clothes as his little sister.
The difference between the rich and the poor is most apparent when they all go downstairs to the building that contains the classrooms: the first one.
But in Beverly Hills, there are more rich people than poor people because it's a very expensive school and the poor people who are there usually get into it after getting a scholarship because they are very smart and have very good grades.
The students first go to pick up their lockers.
Adrianna arrives at number 200 and opens it. Then someone comes to number 201 and another girl to number 202. No one sees the other since the small door of each locker is open.
As luck would have it, everyone closes their share at the same time and Adrianna's neighbor turns to leave in her direction while she turns to leave in his. The two jostle each other and Adrianna's stuff falls out. This scene is happening so fast! She looks up to see who is in front of her and she sees Damien Valquez!
She doesn't say anything and bends down to get her things. She puts her hand on one of her notebooks when he puts his on top of it at the same time.
They look at each other and then Damien's neighbor, who is none other than Lucia waiting for her best friend Nola and her best friend Rafael to pick up their things and come to meet him so they can go to class together, sees Damien and Adrianna crouching down, looking at each other.
She cleans her eyes to make sure that it is indeed the two who are side by side then, she places herself even closer two and says to them:
- No but I dream!
The two look up and look at her and that's when Damien says to Adrianna:
- I'm sorry!
He quickly picks up his things and gives them to her before getting up and telling Lucia:
- Do you dream? It is strange that since you are not sleeping!
He pulls her hand and they both leave.
A few seconds later, Rafael and Nola arrive but they can't find her.
- Oh no Lucia, she is not there!
Nola touches the person next to her to ask if she has seen the girl whose locker number is 202 and she realizes that it is Adrianna. She dodges her as early and pulls Rafael's hand to go with her to class.
- What the hell just happened?
- Lucia had to make fun of her! That means she will never be his friend and if she is not his friend, she is not ours either to talk to!
It sighs said:
- Ah women! We like so much the problems!
Nola stops for a moment and analyzes again well the sentence that he said:
- What did you just say?
- What? I said that women like problems!
- No, Rafael! You said "Oh women, WE like problems so much!". What do you mean "We"?
- Did I say that?
- Yes Rafael!
He looks her straight in the eyes and starts to stutter.
- Actually I... I... Oh yes, actually it's two sentences! There's "Ah, women" which is a non-verbal sentence and "We like problems so much". This one is for everyone! Yes, even men like problems, right?
She sighs and tells him:
- Okay, if you say so!
She continues walking and Rafael opens his mouth wide saying in his heart, "Oh, I almost goofed.
He puts his things and his hands on his head.
They arrive in front of their classroom and find Lucia leaning on Damien. They are not far from the entrance. They walk towards them.
- Lucia, you told us that...
- Calm down Nola, I saw Damien and he brought me here!
- Hello Damien, Rafael said smiling!
- Hello, adds Nola!
- Good morning! Well, there are still a few minutes before the bell! I have to go!
He kisses Lucia and as he leaves, he sees Adrianna approaching, all pale. She looks at him and lowers her head before entering the classroom.
She goes to sit at the first bench and next to her there is an empty seat.
The room fills up as she goes along and Emily enters. Without even thinking. She sits down next to Adrianna.
- I see that we are neighbors everywhere! Adrianna says to her in a very serious tone!
- Yes, but if you don't want me to...
- No, Emilie, stay here!
She smiles and caresses his cheek!
- It remains to be seen if we'll be sitting next to each other at the canteen.
They both laugh and a lady who seems to be the teacher arrives.
She puts her things in front, takes something to write on the board and says:
- !Buenos dias! Soy Madame Fenelossa y soy la profesora de español! (Hello, I am Mrs. Fenelossa and I am the Spanish teacher).
She notices that there are empty seats and just as she wants to ask if everyone is already there, Lucia, Nola and Rafael enter at the same time and all eyes are on them.
Rafael is the only one who apologizes for being one minute late before following his friends who are moving to the back of the classroom.
Mrs. Fenelossa is very surprised! She is very young and still in her twenties but she is very respectful! So when she sees young people like them acting like this, she is very surprised.
- You, the boy who asked for the apology, what is your name?
Rafael turns around and looks at her.
- Rafael Madam!
- Good! I appreciate your gesture! As for the other two who didn't apologize, let them come here and do it!
Lucia looks at Nola and vice versa.
To be continued...
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