If only

How they save the princess

“So, how did you guys find me?”

NO.

That isn’t the chapter expect it to be. Let’s go back to few hours before it happened to know how it really began.

There’s no such thing as coincidence, everything happens for reason. It is an inevitable force created by previous action. Newton's 3rd law motion states that by every action comes with an opposite reaction. This is the story of how the princess was saved. A few hours before it all happened.

“Do you think he’s cute? Or is it just me?” Jill wondered.

“Pretty sure you’re not the only one, Jill, there’s a few that I can name. Angela over there, Gina and the girl from other class, Sophie.” April who looked at her amusingly answered. 

“That’s a lot.” A sigh, Jill looked surprised. 

“Well yeah Jill, he’s smart, and got good grades. He’s mysterious and quiet.” 

“Wow, sounds like you like him.” Jill teased her.

“That’s a big NO Jill,” April exclaimed.

The two was talking about the young man near the window who stared at the blue sky like he was some kind of main character from an anime you never heard off. Jill had a crush on the guy. She would say that he was her first love. Thus, it was quite crystal-clear purified water with the way she acts.

“Why not just talk to him?” April, the best friend of Jill asked.

“Why would I? I’m a born Filipina girl, we don’t do that here.”

April thought for one second before she answered

"Oh yeah, I guess that makes sense."

"See! Better let him come to me," she looked jivy but the tone drastically went down when she realized that, "It's impossible for him to make the first move.... He rarely talks " the girl looked down. 

"Well, good luck with that." April patted her friend back and spoke. "I'm rooting for you sis."

It was 2pm in the afternoon, hot as f**k while the teacher hasn't arrived yet. Hopefully she doesn’t, that’s what everybody said but except for the hypocrites. Jill kept watching and fawn over him, she wasn't acting like a creepy obsessive b***h. She had composure and acted with resistant. A short glimpse and short smile before she goes back into talking to her friend. In the moment of youth, were basically falling in love is inclined with being teased by your friends. Jill got a trusty friend and feeling that she kept where no one can find.

 "Jeez your hopeless Jill, at least try to talk to him after class. You two are both cleaners today, right?" Said April.

Jill rolled her eyes and answered.  "I hope it's easy for you to say. How do you even start dating JM? For a tomboyish, it's a surprise to find that you have a boyfriend. It's a shame that only I know" 

"Well, we were childhood, me and Jm were best friends for life. And at a certain age and the span of time, the feelings gradually grew." April told her. She smiled as she reminisces her story.

"But who confessed? I'm curious..." Jill asked.

April giggled and looked at her, "Obviously him, no way I wouldn’t dare to do that. It's embarrassing."

"Sana all! you’re a one lucky b***h,” Jilll replied as she gave an envious looked.

Their wishes were rejected by fate as their teacher arrived five minutes late. As soon the teacher started the class, boring student hour goes on. A two pm class has always been tranquil, student’s quietly listen to teachers, birds chipping and the ray of the sun just pouring unto the earth, torturing the British while Filipinos would dare to drink a hot and warm coffee. The class seemed forever. Time moves slowly in school; eight hours felt an eternity. Unlike other Jill we’re focused on her study, her family gave her the responsibility to graduate. She just sighed and took a glimpse at the guy she likes.

“Jill? Jill? Wayne is leaving!!” April shook her up as she was a blank space for a while now. The class has already ended and its cleaning time for the cleaners, while some already left the room. “I’ll call him out, okay?”

“Wait for me!” Jill followed along.

“WAYNE!! COME BACK!! OI WAYNE!!” April called him out loud. “I guess he can’t hear us.”

“Yeah, maybe some other time” Jill looked down with disapointment. 

“Or maybe now!!” April grabbed her hand and the two walked towards him, if only there’s any people hindering the path. He was afar, but they kept him on track.

“Make sure you don’t lose sight, okay?”

The gates are opened, and the pace of the flow changed to a rampant movement. Where every student just charged to the gate like a stampede of bulls, “Do you still see him?” April asked.

“Y-yaaah” She did saw her. It left her stuttering, for she saw Wayne being taken away by girls. “That problematic girl is up to no good again...”

“What do you mean?”

“Look” Jill nervously pointed out from afar. “We have to follow them.”

“Are you sure? You know the girl’s capability, right? She has been suspended for a couple of times.” April warned her.

“I know..." A short moment of pause, she knew what might happen but she couldn't handle the thought of Wayne being beaten. "But it’s not about that, who knows what could happen to him!”

The two followed them outside the school compound. From there they took a right turn, and to the forest beside the school. “Do you think they’re going to r**e him, Jill?”

“Shut the f**k up,” she whispered in disgust. “Don’t f*****g jinx it...”

“You’re really scary when you get mad, Jill” said April.

They pretty much watch him suffer for a few minutes. Truth is, it’s impossible to save him. They can call police, but it will just make things complicated. Anastasia was in rage, Jill itself can top the anger she felt seeing him being beaten up. Compared to April knows combat, she doesn’t have tough body. So, it was left to April to the job, even April herself didn’t care that much. April tried her best to prevent Jill from rushing in.

“It’s not of our business... I don’t want to risk my life for someone whom I don’t consider important.”

“But I am important, right? If anything happens to him, I would be depressed...” Jill looked at her with a teary, she was about to burst into crying.

“Funny argument…Let’s jus-“She stopped talking after seeing Wayne being beat up by Anastasia. Jill was eager to charge them, but April stopped her, she covered her eyes and hug her tight. “f**k this looks so wrong…”

April looked around to find something she could use to fight. A branch stick, a broken armchair or a stone was her option. Obviously, she picked up the branch of stick, I mean the armchair. It was lightweight, sturdy and nonfatal with enough strength because the component is wood, she looked at the weapon she picked, carefully examine it if there were nails or pointed edges. “Normally, I wouldn’t care. But this one is for you, Jill.”

“Thanks, don’t get yourself hurt...” She gave a warm hug before April rushed to the scene.

This is the story of how a prince saved the grimy princess in the face of danger. In the time and place where it’s perfect to execute someone, where young girls were said to get r***d in to where they stood, April rushed to saved him. They outnumbered her, but she got all the advantage she needs. They unaware of what’s to come, they were all distracted to take notice as she came from behind. Her first swing was focused to knock down Kyna. She landed perfect hit in her temple, the side of her face between the hairline, which easily knocked down one of the biggest obstacles for her. The two friends beside her were in shock to see Kyna fall.

“Fight someone your own size!” She shouted to Anastasia

The brute girl quickly reacted, but it was too late for her after she threw the broken armchair and flew like boomerang in the air, but there was no time for her to dodge thus Anastasia was the second person to be knocked down.

Pacia who was on the ground got up but froze immediately when she saw what happened. April rushed to Wayne and offer her hand,

“Come on, let’s go!” April offered her hand like she was some kind of hero who came to save the day.

He took her hands and they both fled away from the danger. Anastasia wasn’t knocked down, and she got up immediately. Jill from afar noticed it, they might get caught she thought in her head. So grabbed the whistle given to them in grade 7. She blew it off, and it worked effectively, they stopped chasing them.

“So that’s what happens? Why the f**k would you save me?”

“Yes, that’s what happened. We called you because you are part of Tuesday cleaners, and you never showed up at least once. Thus, we followed you and when we saw you in trouble, we followed you because that’s what a good classmate should do when they see their fellow classmate in trouble?” Jill explained.

“You have a point, but still, it doesn’t make any sense.”

“But what make sense is that you’d do anything to right?” Jill drew closer and gave a teasing smile, “That’s what you’ve said.”

‘Hey! That’s while ago. Plus, what you’ve said changes every-..”

“Tsssss….Tsssss…“ She placed her left index finger on his lips before he could even finish his sentences, Jill smirked. “You already gave your word”

“Fine, what do you want?”

Jill simply giggled and walk past him. “Follow me, let’ go somewhere else!”