Times Three

Chapter 18

This is how I start my morning, knowing that hours from now is the concert I have been waiting just to enjoy my vacation. However, an asshole has been calling from my phone since dawn. 

I cover my ears and turns off my phone when I had enough of his teasing. I do not another stress because this past few days is making my head hurts like someone is hammering it. 

The pressure of choosing careers is getting near and still, I am still lost of what should I take that could help me in my university. In addition, I have a feeling that someone is going to betray me. The uneasiness that creeps me every minute have pass, so I try to focus my mind to someone.

Mr. Santy and I, arrive at the school, students and professors are busy for the upcoming event later. Annika is nowhere to be found as well as Aspire. But why am I looking for him? He must be busy somewhere and only God knows.

I decided to stay on the rooftop of our school, and the climate is not sunny nor raining. The clouds are thick enough to cover the sun's ray from hurting my skin. Gushes of wind tickles my face and soothes my mind. 

How I wish life would be this kind to me. Minimal problem, an asshole bothering me and Annika being my only bestfriend. Fash will be the chatterbox as he is and KID, that man who seldom show expressions. 

We teases each other, play instruments and sing a song like the heaven blesses us. 

I walks to the railing that prevent people from danger of jumping the building. Who would do that? Some weaklings maybe, that chooses tho end their life instead of facing it thus, solving it.

A random thought suddenly crosses my mind, why would Sean suddenly calls me as if he knows everything that I do? To threatened me?

"I assume you are thinking of me."

I look at the man behind me who suddenly speaks. If heaven favors me, why would the person I randomly thought is here? 

His eyes shows intense hatred and throwing daggers when he looks at me, hands on his pocket and wearing a simple black shirt and pants that hugs his thin structure. My hands automatically form into fist, shaking from what could possibly happen and, I choose to ignore him and throw my stare from the busy crowd.

"Aren't you going to talk to me, Gomez?"

I continue to ignore him and compose myself. Sean is definitely an evil after that incident, and it creats a huge gap between us and Annika. Did I already tell you that we are friends? The trio who pledge that we will conquer the world together, in this exact date and place where I stand.

In this rooftop and in front of the busy crowd, using a scissor we found he write an oath in the wall on tbe right side. A sorrowful smile appeared in my lips as I recall a great memory.

Sean also look at the wall on the east, so I start recollecting memories. What a fool, Celestine!

"Do you remember the promise we write in that wall?"

He raise an eyebrow to my question and smirks arrogantly, while shaking his head like he heard the most absurb sentence in his life.

"Ah, I already erase that stupid oath we made. What a waste of resources!"

He responded angrily then walks away. Before he could open the door, I call out his surname making him halt from walking. Still looking at the wall, I pull down the string all at once.

"You are mad about the death of your mother, I understand. But you cannot deny the fact that we have the same father, his blood runs both from our bodies."

That's right, we are siblings by blood. My parents are bound to be together through political marriage, his mother is my father's true love. However, things didn't go as they plan and everything becomes chaotic.

I turn to him and walks toward his side. His ranging emotions channels all the hatred from our past. His hands are shaking and in a blink of an eye, he choke me and my back touch the metal that I can possibly say, save my life.

Oxygen started to runs out of my body as Sean tighten his hands in my throat, his eyes shows a great determination from killing me right at this moment.

I smile and look at the sky, even if I lack oxygen and struggling, a smile still forms on my lips. 

Like a harsh wind passes by, I found myself kneeling on the ground and coughing for air. My hands cover my throat like I am protecting it from Sean, my head feels light and falls in the arms of a man. 

My eyesight became blur and a series of puching sounds is the last thing I've hear, before going to lose my consciousness. 

Dying in the hands of my half-brother is not written in my destiny. However, the idea is tempting. I have both of my parents but they acted like I do not exist in their life, is actually better than having none. In that big house where I, Nana and Mr. Santy only lives.

A hand tapping my face and keeps calling my name, made me slowly come back to the world. My eyes slowly open but only got blinded by the light of the sky. I catch the hand of the culprit who taps my face, how can he do that like I did my make up today?

My eyesight became clear and it is indeed Aspire who keeps tapping my face. I open my eyes wide and search the rooftop, Fash is holding Sean who is struggling from escaping but he is bind from it.

Aspire help me to get up and his eyes shows guilty, apologetic and concern from me. I faintly smile at him and hold his cheeks with my both hands.

"Why are you only now?"

My voice broke when I speak, maybe due to Sean's choking. I touch my neck and massage it gently, it is kind of bulky and painful when I touch it but it is bearable. Can a make up hide it?

My mouth gape open and get up from laying in Aspire's arm when I realize that, I will be singing at tonight's concert and Sean just destroy our plans.

I run without looking back at the people present in the rooftop, to the infirmary only to find out that the nurse took a breakfast break minutes after I reach the infirmary.

What a lucky day! I was being sentimental a while ago about these minimal problems, but now they are not minimal. I dare not to speak and patiently, no! Not actually patiently waiting for the nurse but anxiously looking at my watch to see how many hours its been before the concert.

The building anxiety is too high that I almost die from heart attack when the door open and Annika pops out. 

We look at each other in astonishment and blinking our eyes for a minute. After the staring contest, shock filled her face when her eyes saw the real situation in my neck.

"Tine? Why do you always court problems?"

My eyes rolled from her statement and stands up, holding her left arm and sways it out of frustration while pointing at the current situation of my neck.

Then she asks if who did I fought that my enemy almost killed me?

Another rolled eyes for her while my arms cross. It is frustrating that I cannot speak out that, my goddamn half-brother did this to me because I provoke him!

Closing my eyes and take sa deep breath to calm myself, with my outmost ability I acted cute in front of Annika. My eyes is like the cat in Shrek movie and my mouth is almost similar to duck's mouth. Only she knows that I have this side, and she dare not say no to me. This is my ultimate weapon!

Annika becomes passive and she knows that she cannot resist me anymore. She caress my shoulder when a laugher suddenly filled the room.

"I didn't know that you have this kind of personality in you, Celestine?"

Fash and Aspire is in the room! They witness that humiliating personality of mine!

I turn Annika around to face them and hide on her back. If the flooring can eat me up, please eat me up!