Keifer's POV
"She said that?" Honey ask. "So fierce."
Why am I here chatting? I can't believe I
had the patience to talk to this woman.
"Why are you eating breakfast here again?" I sound irritated.
"Denise Leah cooks deliciously. That cook." She said
before taking a bite of her food.
I looked at her while drinking coffee. Who is that?
"What are you talking about? Her name is Abigail Mabaza."
She dropped the cutlery she was holding. She looked at me with a look of
surprise.
"You don't know my cook? What are you?!"
Maybe it's because there are so many of them working for me. I don't know their names. I haven't even met each one of them.
Speaking of them.
"How's Keigan's new Maid?" I ask Honey.
She's changed Maids again. I haven't found the ones who used to take care of her yet. Which is very weird. It's like someone is hiding among them so I can't find them.
"She looks good. It looks like Keigan and I are getting along."
I nodded shortly. That's a good sign. We had a hard time finding a
nurse who would be willing to be Maids.
I know my brother has a problem. That's why I choose someone
in the field of medicine to take care of him. Maybe she can figure out what's
wrong with my brother.
I know Keigan will be angry when he finds out what I did. I just
want to make sure he's alright. I think he'll understand.
I looked at Keiren arriving. Keigan was following him, his uniform messy. His hair was also unkempt. He wasn't wearing his glasses.
"What's on the menu?" He asked before sitting down.
Honey and I looked at each other because of his attitude. He's not the usual Keigan
that we have every morning.
"Good morning." Honey greets him.
She smiled and looked at Honey. "Good morning to you too."
I put down my fork. I cross my fingers and level it
with my lips. I observe him silently.
This is not the Keigan I know. He eats well and always smiles
at us and at the Maids who serve him food. I've only
seen him like this now. He's usually quiet unless we have something important to talk about. Sometimes he holds a book while
eating and never takes off his glasses.
"I like the food today. Kezha really cooks well." He said
that make us stop.
Who's Kezha?
"Who?" Honey asked him.
"The cook, isn't that Kezha? Kezha Keith Rosal. I remembered her for cooking delicious food for me."
Honey looked at me before looking at the Maids. I did the same and I could see the surprise on their faces.
"Why?" She asked when she noticed that we were all looking at her.
"S-sir." One of the Maids called. "Kezha doesn't work here anymore. You fired her, it's been six months."
Keigan stopped eating. "I did? Why?"
"W-we don't know."
Her look was full of surprise as if she was worried if she had done that. I looked at Keiren when I noticed that she was looking at me. She obviously wanted to say something.
"Maybe we should get ready. We might be late for school." I said
before picking up my fork and continuing eating.
Our breakfast was quickly finished. Except for Honey who was still planning to have part two of breakfast. We just left her in the Dining.
We were about to head to the garage when I noticed Keigan wasn't carrying anything or anything.
"Where's your school bag?" I ask him.
"What's the school bag for?"
I arch a brow. He can't be serious! The Keigan I know is an achiever.
He won't allow himself to be absent from school because he doesn't want to be scolded for the Top
rank.
It seems he got what I meant. He snapped his fingers before going back inside the house.
"Speak now." I said to Keiren when Keigan is gone.
"He don't know me." He answered and I looked at him. "He said
something like this: Who are you again?. Then he smiled and walked away."
I ruffled his hair and forced a smile. "Your Kuya Keigan is
stressed. Maybe he's just messing with you."
But I know it's more than stress. I don't have a good idea of what he's going to do. I almost thought he was mentally ill. But I didn't want to
get to that point.
I opened the car door to let Keiren in. I hadn't
closed it yet when Keigan suddenly arrived. He was already carrying his bag and
was wearing his glasses.
"Let's go!" He said with a smile before getting into my carJust as I was closing the door, my phone rang. I picked it up and answered the call.
It was Edrix.
["You read it! You read it!"] He said in a hurry.
I could hear the voices of some of our friends. He was probably already at school.
"What?"
["We have an invitation from Ram's group! They're inviting a fight for their new leader!"]
They found a leader so quickly?
"Who's their leader?"
["They didn't say! I feel like they're just getting started! They want to take down you or Jason first!"]
I'm probably their target. Jason won't come out if he knows I'm out there. That guy is behind me. It's clear to me that he's the one on the motorbike who killed Jay-jay.
"Ram is still alive, why did they change leaders?"
["I don't know either! But he said he's out of the hospital! Jay-jay is dangerous!"]
No! I won't let him get my Jay-jay!
"Accept the fvcking invitation! I will show them who's the real boss
here!"
["Keifer agreed!"] I heard Ci-N scream and they screamed.
The phone was on speaker and they could hear everything we were talking about. Edrix ended the call.
I quickly got in the car and drove. I was quiet even though Keigan kept asking me questions that I knew he already knew the answer to.
When I stopped at his school, he didn't get off right away.
"Here he is! Your school!" Keiren shouts at him.
"My school?" He replied and was clearly hesitant to get off.
"Keigan. Please hurry. Keiren will be late." I said calmly.
He nodded shortly before opening the car door. He got out with the bag
and closed the door.
He looks so innocent while looking around. I started the car and
went straight to Keiren's school. He didn't say anything when I stopped.
He also got out of his own accord and hurried into the school.I was in a hurry because I wanted to talk to the entire Section E.
Except for her of course. I wasn't disappointed because I arrived at school earlier than expected. I was also earlier than her.
When I got to the room, it was obvious that they had been waiting for me for a while. The only thing I didn't understand was why there was a handful of boxes of pancake mixture in the classroom.
"What is that?" I asked with irritation.
"Pancakes for Jay-jay." Ci-N answered all smile.
I looked at Edrix as if they were also waiting for Eman's cooking.
"Can we talk about the invitation first?" I told them and they looked at me. "When will it be?"
"Mamya!" Ci-N again answered.
Didn't know they're in a hurry. Maybe they thought we would lose if they warned us.
"Which of you will come?"
Everyone raised their hands except Josh, Mayo and Drew. We looked at them to get their explanation.
The three of them looked at each other before one of them spoke.
"I don't get why we have to join." Drew
said. "This is just a trap. I have a strong feeling they have a plan."
"We'll show them who's more stronger." I explained plainly.
"Then what?" It was Josh.
Then what Keifer?
That thing didn't even cross my mind. What should I do?
If I defeat them, what will happen?
I sighed. I walked over to the board and faced them.
That got their attention and they faced me.
"Here's the thing! We're going there to show that we're stronger! Defeating them will show who's the real boss!" Everybody looked at
each other. "We'll use them too. Making them our allies or our
underdogs." "Are you planning to claim Ram's position?" David asked while
crossing his arms.
Am I? One of the plans we discussed was having a lot of allies. It seems like this is one of the keys to that plan. Having gangmembers as an allies is not bad. All I need to do is
follow them.
And that is by claiming Ram's position as the leader.
But I want more than that. More than an ordinary gang leader. I want
something else. Something greater that what Angelo achieved.
"No. I'm planning to be more powerful."
"This is a punch in the moon that you want to happen. I know it's still for Jay-jay but I don't think we need to join in."
Mayo said.
"It's better if we join." It was Kit. "It's also experience for
satin. It will broaden our skills. And when the time
comes that Jay-jay needs us, we know what to do."
I saw how Mayo looked at Kit. He looked worried and doubtful at the same
time, but for what?
"I agree with Kit. This isn't just a simple gang war of defeated monkeys. We have goals." Felix agreed and makes
everybody nod.
"We'll join. It's been a while since I've been in a fight." Calix said
while cracking his knuckle bones.
"Maybe there's a girlfriend who's worried." Rory whispered to Calix and
quickly got a bad look.
"Enough chatter! We'll just join!" Kt was Eren.
Josh shook his head. "What the hell!"
"Yey! Payting!" It was Ci-N while punching his hand in the air.
"I'm actually hesitant. I'd rather just
tell Angelo everything." Drew said that makes me glare at him.
"Don't you dare." There was a threat in my voice.
He shook his head after turning his back on us. The others chose to go back to what they were doing. Eman continued cooking. But Felix,
Edrix, Kit and Rory chose to linger next to me to discuss the
invitation.
"Does Yuri know this?" I ask Edrix.
"I texted him but he didn't answer."
Maybe he's with Jay-jay....again. I shook my head and continue talking to
them our plan.
Not that long when I saw Jay-jay. She came and followed by Yuri as I
expected. Yuri looked at me before taking her seat.While Jay-jay chooses to listen to music using her headset. But that's not all she's doing. She's texting! I can see her typing a message
to whomever demon it is.
Stop texting! Who are you texting?!
I don't like this feeling I have. I want to know who
she's texting. Is it a guy? When did she start having a textmate?
She just changed her number! She seems to be so quick to get a
new text.
Damn this feeling!
"Stare at me or I'll melt." Felix whispered while looking in a different direction.
I heard Rory, Kit and Edrix laughing softly. I wanted to push them away from my side.
But I wanted to take Jay-jay's cellphone. Even though I was
far away from him I could see the light flickering because of incoming
text message.
I said stop texting!
I took my phone out of my pocket. I was going to call her
but for what? She'll find out that I know her number. She'll change it again by then. She'll also wonder why I even knew the
number.
I have to make up another story. Another reason for her to hate me.
Stop texting whoever that person is!
I grip my phone. I can't believe I'm acting like this just because of
the person she texted. If only she hadn't thrown away her old phone.
I wish I still had access and could see who she texted.
I can't believe I'm going through this. I turned to my phone and
typed a message.
To: MyFutureMrsWatson
Message: My life.
I saw her staring at her phone before replying. It seemed like I had her attention now.
"Is that ready? We're penge." I heard Felix say and they all approached Eman.
I was left alone. That's better because no one can disturb me.From: MyFutureMrsWatson
Message: wrung cind ka.
I smile while reading her text message. She really like messing with her
words through text.
To: MyFutureMrsWatson
Message: Jasper Jean Mariano
I can see her surprise. She turned around, which made me immediately hide my
phone. It looked like she was looking for someone who might be texting her. Without anyone noticing, she looked at her cellphone again.
It's a good thing I thought about buying a new phone and sim card
last night. I was planning to call her using the new number because
she might be familiar with my old number and not answer.
I also thought about buying a phone so Keigan wouldn't wonder
why I keep changing numbers.
From: MyFutureMrsWatson
Message: hu u?
She messaged me and I simply typed a reply to her.
To: MyFutureMrsWatson
Message: You're my everything.
He didn't get to reply because Ci-N came over to him
while holding a plate with pancakes.
I sighed. I took the opportunity to put a
password on the phone. I slept through it last night so I didn't have anything to fix or put in except Jay-jay's phone number.
"I don't want to say that!" I heard her shout.
I saw the plate and pancakes fly through the air until they fell
on the floor. Everyone fell silent and looked at them.
"O-okay... I-I'll get a new one." Ci-N said while
trying to hold his tears.
He even forced a smile but that doesn't stop her tears.
"Stop this! Can't you see it?! We're not going back to the way we were so give up!" Jay-jay shouts again.
I wanted to go over to him to stop him but that was the wrong move especially in our situation.
"Jay-jay." David stopped her but she just glared at him.
Suddenly, we heard someone subbing. I looked at Ci-N who was
bowing down and wiping her eyes.
I feel sorry for him. He is having a hard time now because of our
mischief. Jay-jay has become tough even towards him.
"W-why? Why would I give up?" He looked up to face her. "...did you give up when I was accused of being a thief? Did you give up on Calix and Mica, on Denzel and Grace? On Drew? Did you give up on one of us?"
I saw how Jay-jay avoided his gaze. He was affected! She's still there!
My soft hearted, hard headed and fist fighter Jay-jay is still there!
That is a good sign!
For some reason I feel bliss. It's like I'm being driven to continue with our
plans. I want to hurry up before the one I love is gone forever.
"...So don't tell me to give up! Because you didn't do it to us, I won't do it to you either." Ci-N added. "...Just stay there!
I'll get another pancake."
He walks toward Eman. They all patted him on the arm in greeting and
to tell him they were proud of him. Jay-jay was fast.
He quickly left the room without anyone noticing.
"Is it just me or does he seem to be getting tougher?" Yuri said.
He was just observing like I was doing. I just shrugged before
sitting back in my seat.
"Who were you texting earlier?" He asks.
I shook my head. "Nothing important."
He nodded shortly. "About last night. Are you really giving up Jayjay?"
"Let's not talk about it anymore."
He didn't say anything more but I could feel his gaze on me. He was observing again and wondering how I would react to his
question.
So hard to have an observer friend.
Not that long when Sir Alvin came. Jay-jay also entered but he didn't even look at Ci-N who was next to him. I didn't notice who cleaned up the mess on the floor.
I couldn't help but look at him. He was making an outcast of himself.
I release a heavy sigh.She hasn't looked at our place for most of the morning. She comes out when she's c-cring but after that she doesn't do anything.
Ci-N tries to catch her attention but she's obviously not interested.
Until lunch time. They were going to invite her to eat here again but she quickly left.
So slick.
"Big brother is with her." Felix said while helping Eman.
"At least someone is feeding her." Yuri said before standing up.
Most of them come to Eman to get some food. I
choose to stay. I'm not really in the mood to eat anything.
I want to prepare my mood. It's still a long time until tomorrow but I want to
press their faces with my fist.
Relax Keifer. You'll have your chances.
I close my eyes and the first thing I see is her face. Her eyes,
full of pain and misery. I want to hold her face to wipe her tears.
But I'm scared that I will cause her another pain. I feel like there are thorns in my hands that if I hold her, she will get hurt again.
I would take that chance. If holding her means hurting her then I will
do everything to ease it. If I need to cut my hands just to be with her then I
will cut my whole arms.
"Keifer!" Someone called me.
I open my eyes to look who it is. All of them are looking at me like I said
something weird.
"What?"
"Stop it! The idiot is having wet dreams!" Rory shouted and they all laughed.
I frowned. I did what?! I didn't sleep so why am I having wet dreams. Did I say something bad?
I look at Yuri who is currently grinning. "Did I say something?"
"You moan and say her name." He gave me a disgusting look. "...
you're gross."
"I am not wet dreaming. I'm just resting my eyes while thinking
about something." I explained.
He shook his head while still grinning. They continued eating while
talking about me I can't help but be irritated by them.Yuri put down a plate in front of me. It was full of rice and vegetables. I arched a
brow at him.
"Eat. We need that for later." He said and smiled.
"I don't feel like it."
"When you get beaten up later, I won't help you."
"Then don't. I won't get beaten up either so I won't need you."
He laughed shortly. "What's the point of joining us later?"
"To show who's the real boss. It's also a good opportunity for me to
stop those who fought with us before." So they can stop Jayjay.
"I hope you can. It's also a good opportunity for them to stop Jayjay." He said while looking at me straight in the eyes.
Is he trying to catch me? I can't believe he still doesn't
believe what I said last night. Now I'm hating his ability.
I was forced to eat to keep myself busy and not be bothered by him.
I felt so heavy and as time went by, it got heavier.
I wanted this day to be over. I wanted to knock them down.
We were all almost done eating when Jay-jay entered the room.
Percy followed him.
What now?
It was as if he was looking for something and his gaze fell on Ci-N who was just in front of them. I noticed Felix's sudden avoidance. He even moved
his seat.
"What's your problem?" I heard Eman ask him.
"We're fighting. Maybe he'll lecture me again when he sees me." Felix explained.
I looked back at the three of them. The two young minds were fighting because one wanted to sit next to Jay-jay.
Knowing Ci-N, who won't let Percy win. They continued arguing.
Until...
"This guy's skin is ugly! He's a bag."
Yup! Ci-N won just like that. I laughed out loud along with the
entire Section who were also listening to them.
"They say I'm ugly and a bag! I'm really going to punish this kid!"
Percy complained to Jay-jayShe obviously doesn't care. She just left Percy and sat in her place.
I took my phone out of my pocket and stared at her number for a while. I
badly want to text her but I don't want to be too obvious.
I clicked the message next to her name. I composed a message but
ended up deleting it. I typed again and again and deleted it at the end.
I wanted to throw my cellphone away. I'm hopeless. Maybe a blank
message will be a good start. She will respond and she will start the
conversation.
I clicked send without hesitation but immediately regretted it. Who would send a blank message and expect a reply?
Maybe me.
And I was right. She ignored my message! I panicked and just typed a message. And sending it without double reading it.
To: MyFutureMrsWatson
Message: I Love You my Everything...
What a dimwit?!
I type what exactly is in my mind. On the bright side, she responded.
From: MyFutureMrsWatson
Message: Gunggong!
So sweet.
To: MyFutureMrsWatson
Message: I'm not Gunggong but maybe an Ulupong.
I immediately hid my phone when I noticed his search. I can
senses her irritation.
From: MyFutureMrsWatson
Message: What about? Stop it, you're not happy.
Whats 'cno kb'? I can't understand her words. Is this what they called
Jejemon? She has the same style as Tiger. It's annoying to read.
I keep staring at her text message. I try to read it and release a heavy sigh
when I finally understand it.
I composed a message. Maybe a little clue.
To: MyFutureMrsWatson
Message: I'm ur savior. I saved you from your kidnapper and claimed mine
price at the same day.
From: MyFutureMrsWatson
Message: Ulowl men!So cute!
Keep cursing, I'm putting it in my list. Profanity.
To: MyFutureMrsWatson
Message: I miss your lips. Can i claim it again?
I know she's pissed.
From: MyFutureMrsWatson
Message: The fvck! What's wrong?!
Again! Profanity.
To: MyFutureMrsWatson
Message: I told u. I'm ur savior. I saved you while you were blindfolded.
Come on! It was so easy. Every clue that I'm giving her is pointing at me.
From: MyFutureMrsWatson
Message: Is that humlik skin?
Yes I am!
From: MyFutureMrsWatson
Message: u got it right. 😉
"Keifer..." Yuri called me and I looked at him. "Why are you smiling?
alone?"
Oh fvck!