Hiding in the Shadow

I.D

I was still rolling in my bed before I fell asleep i don't know what time I fell asleep so when my alarm went off it sounded like i just close my eyes i still wanted to sleep but the thought of might be late made me go in the bathroom.

I went down a little bit sleepy,

I was just in the middle of the stairs but I could already hear mommy's voice in the kitchen

When I turned around, I caught her scolding the cook for cooking wrong at the breakfast she wanted.

""Didn't I tell you not to add a lot of salt. Look at the taste now, it's too salty."

""I'm sorry maam I won't do it again" I saw the trembling of our cook's hand because she's so afraid to mommy

She is like that every morning she has made it a routine to scold our cooks because they did not get what's she wanted to eat but why do she just cook on her own food in that way she will not get mad every morning but what can you expect from my mom she rather want to go on shopping than cooking on her own food.

"I don't want to see your face again tomorrow you're already fired" mommy said before turning away I looked our cook with the pitty on my eyes

"Im sorry ate elsa for what's mom did"

" It's ok magi, it's my fault" she smiled at me but i see how sad her eyes

she was only here for three days but she was immediately removed that's how mommy removes the helpers who make mistakes, the word second chance is none in her vocabulary.

I got out of the car and waved i stood for a while before turning around I stopped to just to yawn im looking down while walking into the gate of our school.

there are only five of us in the room even the group of elle is not there yet because It's only seven oclock in the morning usually our class starts at seven thirty.

i sat in my chair at the last row i bent down and slept in my chair first while, waiting for my first subject. I woke up when i felt that there's someone shaking on my shoulder

"Wake our teacher is already here" I raised my head when I heard ethan's voice. I rubbed my eyes first before I finally faced him.

"Are you sick?" he asked and he put his hand on my forehead "you have no fever" he said worriedly

" I just lacked sleep so, I'm a little bit sleepy now" i said sleepy and yawn again

"Why did you sleep late? You know what they said you will not grow taller when you always lack of sleep" ethan said with a teasing voice

"It's just lastnight when i slept late!" my voice rose a little when I said that. Ethan raised his both hands as if he was giving up i laughed of his reaction he tapped my head and laughed too.

"Hey ethan it's still in the morning but you both already flirted" One of my classmates said so I glanced at them. My cheeks heated when I saw that almost all of them are looking at me and Ethan i looked down because of embarrassment.

"You're just only envy raynold" ethan said and chuckled. I eyed at the group of elle I saw them whispering and giggling my forehead frowned so I followed what they were looking at and I almost rolled my eyes when I saw who was in front.

it's roj and two other men was with him yesterday he was talking to our teacher as if he was explaining something I looked at the two man who was carrying a large box and the other one was carrying small paper.

"Ok class listen, today is the polling day for ssg officers, I hope you all participate, please don't make voting a joke because it is important in our school so vote for who you think is worthy as ssg officers did you all understand class?"

"Yes sir!" I even heard the giggles of my female classmates I looked at the group of elle who is now excited to vote

"You may start Smith" Sir. Cario said before sitting down in his chair again. I glanced at roj and I caught him looking at me before he looked away.

He took half the ballot from his friend and started walking in the row four which is the line of my chair i sighed heavily when he started distributing the ballot. I'm sweating with so much nervousness, I can no longer look at the group of elle who are now complaining because roj is not the one who gives them the ballot.

"we want roj who give us the ballot not a nerd"

I play with my hand resting on my desk,

I looked up again and I almost wanted to run to my seat and just don't answer when I am the next of he will give the ballot. I bent down again and closed my eyes firmly and prayed that my heartbeat would not beat so fast because I could hardly breathe with so much nervousness. I feel the heat in my face and when i open my eyes and saw the pair of shoes in front of me I was almost statued in my seat i think all the saint i'd called with so much nervous. I did not look up, I'm waiting for him to hand me the ballot but a few seconds later he still did not handed me the ballot.

So, I looked up at him and almost fell on my seat when I saw him staring at me darkly.

I can't hear now my heart beat even the voice of my classmate i feel like i am flying.

He handed me a ballot I slowly took it with my trembling hand and bowed immediately. He took a few moments in front of me before he turned around

I exhale when he was away from my seat, I did not realize that I am not breathing when he was in front of me. I glanced him again when I saw him stood in the front.

"Do it now elle! We will follow!" I eyed the group of elle when i heard them whispering. Elle smiled and stand up.

"Go elle you can do it!" The friend of her cheer when she walked .

"Hi roj, I just want to ask how can i answer this?" She pointed to his ballot everyone is looking at elle's move it's really obvious that she know what to do she just only want to come closer at roj. He read elle's ballot for a moment .

"You need to shade the small circle in the side of the name if that is the person you want to win" roj explained to elle he didn't even smile after he said that

"ahh is that so, I'm sorry I can't understand too much because the letters are too small" elle said in a flirty tone I looked at my ballot, the letters are not too small, you can just read them if you want. Roj noded to her before he looked away

"Thankyou so much" Elle said before turning around i saw how red the cheeks of elle right now

"you are good at acting elle" i heard them gigled she even highfive her friends before she go to her seat.

I glanced roj again i looked away when our eyes met. I stare at my ballot i didn't give my whole attention to the other ssg officer that who will run, I just only shaded to the beautiful name, i didn't know them so its ok with that.

I stare at the vice president who will run, there are three names in there Emerald Castillio, Alyssa Beru and Anne lopez I voted for Alyssa Beru because her name is better than emerald I definitely thought that if emerald wins, It means they will always be with the president and I don't have to guess who will win as president because I already have a sense of who. my heartbeat suddenly quickened when I stared at a name that was on the list of those who will run as a ssg president Roger Grey Smith I knew immediately that it's his name because he was the only one with a roj in front of the name.

"Hey magi, are you done?" I was shocked when ethan suddenly spoke he laughed when he saw my my reaction.

"I don't know anyone there so I just guessed it so you can just guess it too so you won't have a hard time" he winked at me after he said that

"Hey magi, are you done?" I was shocked when ethan suddenly spoke he laughed when he saw my my reaction.

"I don't know anyone there so I just guessed it so you can just guess it too so you won't have a hard time" he winked at me after he said that

I looked at my ballot and shade the circle in the side of roj's name

"After that you will drop it in the front box"

I looked at the box that ethan pointed in the front i immediately saw roj's eyes looking at me darkly. I looked away and nodded to ethan and pretended I was still answering.

He was standing in the front how can I drop my ballot in the box if i feel so nervous rightnow? I think i can't walk properly. I glanced at my classmates almost everyone are done to voted that's why the room was a bit noisy. I watched of one my classmate when she dropped her ballots in the box she glanced at roj before she go back to her seat

"Who else isn't finished? Please just drop the finished ones here in the box" i eyed roj in the front who's looking at me before he looked away. The box is just next to him so I really can't avoid him, I gathered courage first before standing up. I could barely breathe while walking to the front because I feel like they can hear my heartbeat. I slowly dropped my ballot in my trembeling hand in the box I feel like my face is so red I was about to turn around when he suddenly spoke to my side roj's baritone made me jump a bit

" is this yours?" I feel like I was poured in cold water when I saw him holding my ID he looked at my ID seriously and I was almost deaf with the strength of my heartbeat.

"Ahhm y-yes t-that's m-mine" i

stuttered when i spoke because of so nervous, He handed my ID for me

"You fell that maybe you didn't notice" He said seriously

" Hey magi, your ID is scattered you think you are beautiiful there "

Evryone laughed after of what mira said my face heated so i immediately took my ID's in roj's hand and hurried to walk to my seat.

"Why mira? Magi is beautiful she's even better than you!" My classmates said "ohhhh!" After ethan said that. He would have spoken more when I touched his arm

"It's ok ethan just ignore it" he glanced at my hand before looking at me i smiled to convince him that it was really ok with me. Ethan has calmed down but my classmates are still teasing mira. I looked where mira was and I saw her red face because of her embarrassment earlier.

"Thank you b1 and good morning to all of you" I glanced at roj as he spoke, He turned away immediately and did not wait for his companions. When they left, i feel relief and Our class continued that day.