Choosing Mr. Destiny - Chapter 2: Chapter 2

Ashley's POV
Well, a typical day for teenagers like me as usual, which means another week of pure boredom. It's always a fun day going to a place called school a.k.a hell hole. NOT!
So anyway, today's Mondayy, first day of the week and another long hours of sitting and listening to teachers ramble on and on about their specific subjects. And I'm seriously dreading it. Just like every start of the week.
Though even with Monday being a school day, I don't think it's going to be that bad since I get to see my friends and a specific someone... ehem... crush... ehem.
I may hate school but I love school. Does that makes sense?
As I have said, another long week has started and I have to get up early cause here in my country, school starts at 7:30 in the morning which really sucks.
And what's worse, three of my subjects gave me a crap ton of homework for the weekend. Excuse my language.
Also, if it's not yet obvious, cursing isn't my thing. Mainly because it doesn't feel right when it comes out of my own mouth. So if I did say something out of my norm, then that means I may be really, really pissed, overly sad, not in the mood, or just plain hungry.
Yeah, most of the time I accidentally say something that shocks humanity itself is when I'm hungry.
Anyways, before I could go on with my early morning ramble, I'm 16 and I'm as lazy as the known sloth there is.
What can I say, I like conserving energy for better use.
Also, for a 16 year old, I'm short. Like short, as in 'making you think if you're adopted or not' kind of short. And since all my other siblings are tall, it does make me think if I came out of my mothers wormhole and my father's testicles.
That was way too much information.
But anyways, I'm short at only 5'3, skinny at only 21 inches waistline, weighing at only 99 pounds, nerdy with mostly A+ on my card, hormonal with my unhealthy diet intake of Nutella and Fanta, silent with my overly judgy eyes, and weird which spells my name completely.
So that's me, and I like calling myself hormonal because I'm weird that way. Besides, 95 percent of the time I act like I'm on a period; much worse than a girl does, with my sudden mood changes. So there's that. But that's okay I guess. Since you know, these days being weird is the new normal, right?
Right? *cricket sounds*
Right.
Oh, and I have to mention I talk to myself a lot. Just an early warning.
Anyways, I'm already rambling nonsense and I'm still in my comfortable bed wrapped like a cocoon with my warm blanket. Papa would surely flip me upside down if he sees me still tucked in bed.
Ha! He looked so funny one time when he saw me still sleeping at 7 a.m. on a school day.
I swear he goes Mama mode every morning, which is wierd.
Oh well, I'm sure five more minutes in bed won't hurt, right?
Anyway, as I have said earlier, I am a 16 year old teenager, turning 17 this September. And I am also the Youngest out of 5.
The oldest is Alisandro Joe Valdez, 26 years old. Next is Anthony James Valdez who is 25 years old. I don't know if you noticed but they have A.J as their initials. We call Alisandro, Ali. While we call Anthony, A.J. so not to cause any confusion. Then next is Andrea Grace Valdez who is 24 years old, and we call her by her initials or sometimes Andrea or Grace. And then, Alicia Marie Valdez who is 20 years old, we call her Alicia since Alisandro already have the nickname Ali.
So yeah, that's all of them. And yes, All our names start with the letter 'A'.
Well, blame my parents for not using the other letters in the alphabet. And speaking of which, my parents are Benjamin Valdez and Cynthia Valdez.
And there it goes, that's me and my big family.
Eventually, after who knows how long, I slowly sat up on my bed and rubbed the sleep out of my eyes. I yawned loudly and did some stretching a little bit. I don't really exercise that much but when I do have free time or when I'm bored, that's when I usually do it.
Then I stood up from my bed and did a little bit of stretching again, and then I blew a breath on my hand then smelt it.
And like expected, it smelt like something huge died in there.
I totally regret doing that, but for some odd reasons, I still keep doing it every morning.
Yeah, I'm wierd, I know.
I walked out of my room and headed towards our shared bathroom.
God, I hate school days, or school in general, as well as the students except my friends.
After I made it in front of the sink, I looked at my reflection in the mirror. I was expecting to see a celebrity but then I realized I was ugly.
"Still no progress, damn it." I spoke to myself.
When I realized I was wasting precious time thinking of my non-existent beauty, I decided to start brushing my teeth. But when I saw my toothbrush wasn't where it usually is, I groaned like a huge dildo was stuck in my butthole. I'm kidding. Little boy Ash is still very much a Virgin.
You don't believe me? Then ask Mary.
After glaring at myself in the mirror, I looked up at the top of the cupboard and there I saw my purple toothbrush.
"Curse you Ali and A.J!" I yelled since they usually do this kind of prank on me.
"Love you too lil' bro." Ali yelled back from his room.
"Do you need a ladder baby bro?" AJ yelled back as well.
I gritted my teeth in annoyance.
"Screw you both." I yelled once again as I started climbing on the sink.
"No Homo though." Both of them responded back.
Well damn.
"Shut it. Now let me live in peace." I screamed as I reached for my damn toothbrush.
Those two always does this pranks on me. They know I'm too short to reach certain things that's why they use it to make fun of me.
"Ain't happening anytime soon lil' brother." Ali said.
"Agreed." AJ responded back.
I sighed.
"Will you three quit yelling at 6 in the morning?" Papa said from downstairs.
"Sorry." The three of us said in unison.
So this is how my morning starts every damn day.
It's fun having a big family.
It gets really annoying when they keep making fun of me because I'm only 5'3 and they are like of 5'11 and 6' tall, while my sisters are 5'9 and 5'8.
Honestly, it makes me wonder where I got my height from. Maybe from our neighbour? Who knows.
Though seriously speaking, it kind of drags my confidence down a bit because of my lack in the height department. But hey, who am I to complain right? It is what it is, and the only thing I can do is to accept it and embrace it fully. I mean it's not like I'm no longer growing, I know I'd still grow to maybe 5'4 or 5'5. It's just that, I know if I learn how to accept things much earlier, it'd be easier for me to embrace it if I did end up being only 5'3. If my fate is to be this short then I'd have no other choice but to suck it up and to teach myself how to be happy by embracing my imperfections. In that way, even with my height deficiency, I'd still have confidence in myself. I mean, it's just my height. It's not going to stop me from doing what I like and from what I want to pursue. Well maybe in some aspects my height can be a hindrance, but come on, my life doesn't end there. I know I have so much potential and I know someday, I will be good at something.
For me, one way to gain confidence is to get rid of the insecurities, accept your flaws and love your imperfections.
Admit your imperfections instead of denying it, Love it instead of hating it, and show it off it instead of concealing it. Be happy with what you have. Just like me, I may be short but I am beautiful in my own little way. No pun intended. *giggles*
Anyways, back to my morning routine. Gosh, Why the heck did I went all 'monologue' moment?
Lord, I am so wierd, and it's getting out of hand.
But I'm proud of it.
After I thoroughly brushed my teeth clean, I quickly stripped off my nighttime clothes and underwear before I threw them into the dirty clothes basket.
As I was about to step inside the shower, a knock on the door stopped me.
"Ash I really wanna pee so bad. Let me in." AJ said from the other side of the door.
I rolled my eyes.
"I'm naked, AJ." I responded back.
"Just cover yourself with a towel. I'll be quick." He said hurriedly.
A smirk suddenly appeared on my face when an idea popped in my head.
"It's payback time." I whispered.
"What?" AJ asked.
"Oh, nothing. I said I'm gonna take a shower now." I said as I stepped in the shower.
"No, wait. Ash let me pee first." AJ said as he knocked on the door again.
I chuckled lowly.
Karma is biting you hard in the butt cheeks, AJ. Ha! Serves you right.
"Have fun keeping your Bladder intact big bro." I commented as I closed the curtain and turned the shower on.
Big mistake.
"Wahhhhhhhhhhhhh!" I screamed as the cold water hit me like a ton of bricks.
What a genius. I forgot to warm it up first before stepping inside.
AJ laughed loudly from the other side of the door and I just huffed.
"Serves you right little dude." He said before he continued laughing.
And Karma slapped me right back up that fast. How nice.
"Why don't you use the bathroom inside Papa's room then?" I said.
AJ groaned. "Fine."
And with that, he was off.
The only room that has it's own bathroom is the master's bedroom, which is Papa's room.
Yep, You heard me right.
Papa's room. Mama isn't here with us right now, she's on the other side of the earth working her butt off.
She's been in the U.S for two years now. My sister who's been a U.S citizen for almost 5 years, petitioned her for an immigrant visa, and then it got accepted, that's why she got there. And now after she got her permanent resident card, she petitioned us (Me, Alicia and Papa) for an immigrant visa. So maybe in a year or less, hopefully, we will be there with her.
Gosh! I miss Mama.
I miss her cooking us yummy meals everyday. Specially my favorite dish, adobong manok. It's a Filipino specialty which Mama was really good at, and she never fails to satisfy our tummies everytime. Seriously though, she was so good in both cooking and also in baking. Papa is not that bad but Mama's cooking is a lot better. No offence to Papa.
Anyways, once the water was warm enough to my liking, I quickly stepped under the spray and began showering with a little dancing, singing, and sorts of stuff here and there.
I guess it's time for my concert on an early Monday morning.
Hey Ariana Grande, I'm gonna borrow your voice for 20 minutes.
And with that, I'm off to causing apocalypse to humanity.
10 minutes into me raking havoc, I mean concert, Papa knocked on the bathroom door.
"Ash if you don't hurry in there, you'll be late". Papa said from the other side of the door
"I'm almost done Papa!" I said loud enough for Papa to hear from the shower.
"Hurry up! You lazy ass dwarf." Papa called at me teasingly.
"Hey! I ain't a dwarf. You're just lucky you're blessed with a good height, but never fear because your son is blessed with jaw dropping good looks." I said a bit cockily back to Papa who chuckled and left.
I quickly cleaned myself then I stepped out after I finished.
I dried myself quickly then froze.
Ah crap.
I forgot to bring my clothes with me. Again!
I don't like walking towards my room with only a towel wrapped around my body. It's awkward and made me feel uneasy even though it's only us here in the house. I'm not comfortable of them seeing my chest and back and legs and thighs and... Yeah. No need for more graphic details.
But I never showed any signs that I wasn't okay walking with only a towel covering my body, because they think I am straight.
And with that being said, yes, I am GAY.
A Closeted gay to be precise.
Knowing I didn't have any other choice, I took a large amount of air as I prayed that no one will walk in the hallway. I opened the bathroom door slightly before peeking my head out to see if the coast is clear. When it is, I bolted to my room as quickly as posible with my both my hands clutching the towel on my waist for it not to fall.
"How many times am I going to remind you kids? No running." Papa shouted from the kitchen
"Sorry, my bad." I responsed back a bit out of breath.
Once I was safely inside the confines of my room, I quickly locked the door as I continuously chases my breathing.
I swear to God, I am so out of shape.
Once my breathing was finally back to normal, I walked to my small closet and took my uniforms out. I fetched my purple brief from the drawer before quickly putting them on. And next was my uniform.
Just like usual with uniforms, nothing is exciting with mine's. Just a plain white Polo with white under shirt and a black dress pants and that's it.
Once fully clothed, I grabbed my old black shoes from the shoe rack and put them on after I wore my socks. When I finished getting dressed, I took my backpack from my study desk and walked out my room. I went down the stairs and headed towards the kitchen to start breakfast. Once I was there, Alisandro, Anthony, and Alicia were already eating.
"Good morning lazy chum." Papa greeted.
I rolled my eyes.
"Good morning to you too Papa." I said as I took a seat.
"Good morning Bunso." Ali, AJ, and Alicia greeted at the same time, which earned them a weird look from me. (A.N. Bunso means Youngest, or youngest child.)
"Good morning." I replied with a small smile.
And with that, I started eating my breakfast.
"Are you both still off from work today?" I asked AJ and Ali.
They nodded.
"Yeah I am until tomorrow." AJ said.
"Same, but I have work tomorrow." Ali spoke.
I nodded as I continued with my food.
Alicia goes to college that is only a 15 minute ride from our house. While AJ works as a nurse at the elementary school and Ali works as a Bank Teller.
If you're wondering where Andrea is, she's in the U.S. She's the one who petitioned Mama for an immigrant visa since she's married an American guy and made herself an American Citizen.
So yeah!
After I quickly finished my breakfast, I took my dirty plate to the sink. Once done cleaning my own plate, I told everyone that I'll be heading out to school. With my backpack on my shoulder, I quickly took a glance at the wall clock and saw it was already 7:15 and the Flag retreats starts at 7:20.
I sighed.
Knowing that if I don't hurry up, I'll miss the flag retreat and therefore get punished for being late. Again.
That time I got punished was still fresh in my mind and it was so traumatizing. That's the reason why I don't want it to happen ever again. Even though I hated the Flag retreats, the crowd, and basically everything about school. I still have to go if I wanted to graduate. So I just have to suck it up.
So with that in mind, I started my 5 minute walk (more like a jog) to the school.
After a 5 minute jog, I finally made it, and I was just in time before the bell rings, signalling for the Flag retreat to start. So I went to my designated line and said my 'good mornings' to my friends and classmates and wait for the freaking F.R to finish.
After 10 dreadful minutes the F.R finally finished and we went to our classroom.
Well, As usual. Normal day in school.
Normal lessons, me taking down notes and participating in the class. And since I'm one of the Top students, everyone has high expectations for me. Therefore, I have to participate to maintain my grades. Even though I'm kind of uncomfortable everytime the teacher calls my name to answer a specific question, I still tried my best to participate. I'm the type of person who is not so comfortable around people, even more at strangers. So with that said, I'm not a people person. Though I might consider myself as an Ambivert since I have both traits from being an introvert as well as an extrovert.
After 3 more boring subjects, the bell rings for recess. Me and my best friend Ashley went to the Cafeteria to have our much needed snacks. Yes! You're not deaf or have a defective eardrums. You have heard that correctly.
Me and my bestfriend have the same name. The only difference was our second name. Besty has Rose while mine is Dale. It's really annoying because people tend to call us using our first names, which causes the both of us to turn around and say 'yes?'.
I can't help but blame Mama sometimes for giving me this name, because obviously it's for girls and it doesn't sound like a unisex name in my opinion. But Mama said that she always wanted a child with a name Ashley Dale, so who am I to complain. And since Papa wants me to be his Junior, I'd say I'm thankful that Mama gave me this name and didn't make me a junior instead.
Because that's just awkward.
Me, my father's junior and gay? It doesn't fit the two and it's downright terrifying.
My Besty and I are heading towards the cafeteria. And since my three other friends Lea, Joseph and Breinard won't be able join us because they said they have a meeting to attend with the SSG members (Supreme Student Government) about the upcoming Intramural's, I'm stuck with my psychopath of a best friend.
So yeah, they went to that said meeting.
I'd say they are the type of people who are not afraid of crowds, and they're very outgoing, I guess that's the reason why the three of them chose to be part of the SSG board members. Although Besty is also a member of the SSG, she decided not to go since she said she's hungry and wanted to have a snack first. And according to her, she said she's not really that important in the meeting. That's also part of the reason why she decided to skip.
Anyways, Besty and I were walking side by side to the cafeteria when she nudged me on my shoulder, gaining her my attention.
"Besty, Crush approaching at 8 o'clock." She said in a whisper next to me.
I quickly looked behind me and there I saw my high school crush Jeremy with his Friends Nick, Jessie, and Jacob following behind him.
Talk about always on fleek. He looks so damn perfect every single day and it makes my confidence go 'Poof' in the wind.
Seriously, he's always so damn handsome, it should be illegal for ugly people like me.
Add up to him being extremely good looking, he's also being extra dreamy today.
Why can't someone as good looking as him, date a person like me?
Well, even without thinking hard about it, I already know the answer. For one, he's not gay. Two, he's as straight as a straight can be. And three, I am extremely ugly, which is sad.
For him, he's handsome, tall, has white straight teeth, has the brightest smiles ever, and he is so sporty and muscular. While as for me, go ask my best friend since she has the best description for me.
But anyways, even though I'm fully aware that he's straight and will never ever look my way, I still drool every time I see him at school. I mean, I don't drool in real life, ONLY in my head.
Honestly speaking, I do a lot of crazy things in my head. Especially when it comes to my crush. Dude, you won't last 10 seconds in my head if ever you entered it. Kidding!
As what I have said, I only drool over him in my head. Because well, if I drooled in real life then that won't be a really good view for everyone to see and he would think I had rabies. And yeah, It would be too embarrassing to find out you're drooling over your crush in public.
Even just imagining it happening to me made the blood drain out of my body. Not to mention it's super humiliating.
If ever that happens, I would wish for the ground to swallow me whole.
"Dreamland to Besty, dreamland to Besty. Do you copy?"
I was taken back from my reverie when I felt Besty poking my right shoulder with her finger. I looked at her with an innocent smile.
She shook her head at me with an eye roll but still having a smile on her face, which got me suspicious. Is she up to something?
I knitted my brows while looking at her.
She covered her mouth as she giggled like a little girl.
"You do realize that you're staring at him and that you're drooling, right?" She pointed out while trying to stifle her laughter.
Well, atleast she tried.
"I'm sorry, what?" I asked again.
She laughed with a shake of her head.
"You're drooling like how a predator watches it's prey." She said.
God damn, what I was imagining earlier actually happened and I was sure I almost died right then and there. I feel like the life out of me was being drained from my body. My eyes as big as the freaking sun, my skin as pale as the vampires from twilight, and my mouth ajar which made me look like a fish out of the water. Right at that very moment, I feel like melting on the very floor I was standing.
Snapping out of my shocked state, I quickly scan my lower lip and chin for a drool. And yes, There was an actual drool there.
I was hoping Besty was only goofing around but she wasn't.
I thought I was only drooling inside my head?
Snap! This is so embarrassing. I hope no one saw that. Specially Jeremy and his friends.
Gosh, why do I have to be so weird?
'That's your main Factory Defect unfortunately'. The voice inside my head said and I rolled my eyes at my own thought.
After fetching my handkerchief from my pocket, I cleaned the drool on my chin quickly (Gross! I know). With Besty giggling like a maniac beside me, we both decided to go in line and get our snacks. And as we finally have our food in hand, I scanned the cafeteria for a place to sit, with Besty still not done with her giggling.
"Are you done Ashley Rose? Because at this very moment I would've asked Satan myself to take me to hell, just to get away from too much humiliation." I told her sarcastically while looking around the cafeteria feeling weary. "Seriously, what if someone saw that, specially Jeremy? Do you realize how embarrassing that is? What if everyone saw it and then starts spreading rumors? What if they tell the whole freaking school? Oh god, I feel like I'm going to be sick." I said a bit panicky in one breath.
Did I mention that I easily panic? Even at simple things. So leave that to me for panicking a lot.
"Besty, you're over-reacting, relax. Besides, I'm sure he didn't see you drool." Besty said encouragingly while rubbing my back to calm me down. But then she snorted and started laughing again.
Such a supportive best friend she is.
"That was very helpful, thank you." I replied sarcastically with an eye roll.
I stood there watching her with a bored expression while she laugh her butt off. I rolled my eyes at her again.
"Plus, you're not even that famous around here, so you'll be good." She added making my mouth drop open.
"Seriously, I appreciate the effort of making me calm the heck down." I stated with as much sarcasm as intended.
"You are very welcome. You know that's what friends are for." She said with a giggle while wiping a tear from her eye due to her excessive laughing.
Yeah, right.
"Whatever, duck face." I said as I spotted an empty table.
I heard her gasp but I was already walking towards the unoccupied table for me to hear what she was about to say. Instead of blabbering, she followed behind me. We both sat down at the same time after we placed our trays in front of us.
"Did you just call me duck face?" She asked as she eyed me accusingly.
I just shrugged as I opened my bottled water.
"Oh okay, Dwarfie here is mad he called me 'duck face' and here he is pouting like a mad duck." She said while flailing her arms like the mentally unstable person she is, while also chuckling.
"Okay that's just mean. You have no right to call me Dwarfie. Besides, I'm not short, you're just tall. In fact, being 5'3 is not that bad since I have my own perks, so there's that. Also, I am not a mad duck." I whined, defending myself from her low blow insult before I raised a brow at her.
She placed a hand on her chest. "Isn't that adorable?" She cooed which made me pout.
She started laughing... again.
"You're cute Besty, but stop pouting. You're not one of the Kardashians with those over pouty lips and those horrifyingly over-sized boobs. And not to mention their 'Nicki Minaj' sized butts." She said casually as she started digging into her food. While as for me, I sat their with my mouth hanging wide open again.
She turned her attention to me while chewing her food. "Are you waiting for Jeremy's package to slid inside that mouth of yours, or what?" She said making me snap out of it and instantly gave her a glare. "Wake up. You're daydreaming again." She added making me huff.
"That was very inappropriate Besty. And what you said about the Kardashians was very mean." I replied turning to my own food.
"It's true though. And why are you even defending them?"
I shrugged and started eating.
"Oh I get it. You're planning to get pouty lips, silicon boobs, and Nicki Minaj butt, just like theirs, are you?" She accused making me almost choke on my food.
After I swallowed, I took the bottle of water and dunk half of it.
"Whaaaaa.... Besty! Have you gone mad?" I exclaimed while giving her a horrified look.
She shrugged like it was nothing. "What? It's not prohibited to assume!" She defended.
"I would never do such thing. I may be short but I love my body the way it is from the day I was born. And I'm sexy in my own way. And that's that." I stated with confidence lacing my voice.
This time, it was her turn to choke on her food.
"Say what now?" She said as she wiped a crumb on her lower lip.
I smiled. "I said I am sexy in my own little way." I responded while moving my shoulder in a seductive way with a smirk.
She shuddered. "That sounds and looks horrifying." She said and shuddered again.
"That is just plain mean Ashley Rose." I scowled.
"It's true though. And please, for the love of god, don't do it again. For the sake of humanity, I beg you."
I tried to give her the most intense glare I could ever give. Keyword: Tried.
"Why are you even my best friend again? Try reminding me how I ended up with you." I said with an eye roll.
She placed a hand on her chest, faking offended. "That wounds me Ash. You know I'm not that crazy." She defended making me shake my head.
"Yeah. Try telling yourself that." I told her as I took a sip from the bottled water.
"That may have wounded me but that's okay. I remember before, you were only the size of a tiny bean and now, boom, you're still small, in which I am not surprised."
Wow.
"Okay how long are we gonna keep throwing insults at each other? And besides, I may be small, but I am more curvier than you. See this?" I paused as I pulled my shirt up, showing her my waist. "My waistline is 21 inches, and yours?"
"Now, now, Besty. Too much confidence, too much confidence" Besty said while patting my shoulder. "And please, let us not go into that subject again." She added making me grin at her in victory.
I chuckled, pulling my shirt back down. "Works every time." I stated triumphantly.
Her waistline is 25 inches, while mine is 21.
"But the thing is, you may be the curvier one between us, but I have this two healthy chocolate hills on my chest and a downward lips located way under, in which you don't have cause yours is that cutie mini pole. So that's that." She chirped back in causing for me to scowl at her.
I opened my mouth to give her a comeback but nothing came out.
"Poor thing, ran out of comebacks." She cooed like she's handling a baby while rubbing my arm. I glared at her.
"Shut up besty, you're annoying and I'm cute." I told her with a glare then gave her a proud smirk.
"I may be annoying but you love me though, and yes. You're cute, I'll give you that." She told me. "But sometimes you look like a duck. Even though you're the one who teases me that I look like one. But you look more like a duck than me." She said. I was already fine when she told me I am cute, but then she said this? Now that is just mean.
"So you admit that you are a duck face then?" I teased trying to annoy her also. Just to have fun.
"Well, a duck face, yeah. But you're a duck. You say Quack, quack, quack and you Waddle, waddle, waddle." She said while doing those duck things.
God she is unbelievable. I love her.
We really are best friends! Because we're both weird. Yay!
After we finished eating our snacks, we heard someone call our first names.
(Remember, Besty and I have the same first names)
We both looked behind us to see who called, and there I saw a freaking sex god in human form.
My jaw dropped, I feel like my chin just completely dropped to the floor. That's an exageration but whatever. While Besty, well she just freaking smiled.
Jeremy walked towards us with his friends Nick, Jessie, and Jacob following close behind him.
Goodness gracious! How can someone be so damn handsome even with just wearing a school uniform? While in my case, when I'm wearing a uniform, I look like a very useless bodyguard.
Lord of Pineapples, he's so damn tall I had to look up just to meet his eyes. Not to mention he's very well built because of playing soccer. Even with him wearing a uniform, I can still make out the outlines of his muscles. Oh my, I wonder how it feels like to touch those and slide my fingers to his.......... hold on. Bad Ash. Bad Ash.
Wait!
I hope I'm not drooling again this time.
Damn! I should really get a grip of myself for once.
When I finally regained my composure again, I straightened up on my seat.
"Uhm, am I the one you're calling or him?" Besty asked politely while pointing at herself then to me.
Damn it, I think I'm about to pee.
"Him, actually." Jeremy said before turning his attention to me.
Oh god, I'm pregnant.
"You're Ashley Dale, right?" Jeremy asked while looking at me in the eyes. Then besty turned to me with a wicked smirk.
Yep, I can pee right here and I think I'm pregnant.
She grinned then wiggled her eyebrows like crazy, which was creepy.
I glared at her as best as I can but her smile only widened even more, if it's even humanly possible.
I turned my attention back to Jeremy and his friends who are still standing infront of us, and there, I saw him watching me intently.
Oh lord, the way he stared into my eyes got me sweaty from my forehead and palms, and my heart is beating like a freaking bass drum.
Oh my gosh, if he doesn't stop looking at me in the eyes I will surely melt into a puddle right here, right now.
I'm shocked I'm still not freaking out and over reacting internally right now though. Because usually when things like this happens to me, I tend to over react faster than the speed of light.
I wanted to shout, squeal, and act like a damn fangirl but I can't. Not when my crush is in front of me. That would be plain terrifying and embarassing. But to be honest I was Internally freaking out. Though I guess freaking out internally is the same as freaking out externally. The only difference is that, physically freaking out is when you make actions that are sometimes not in your control, while also talking nonsense. While as for internally freaking out, you can be quiet, you may look like you're on your normal but deep inside, you're shouting, yelling, squealing, and doing different kinds of crazy stuff possible to imagination. But when your internally freaking out, your body also reacts physically. Like sweating, fiddling with your fingers, getting fidgety on your seat, your stomping your feet on the ground or your eyes can't focus on one object. So yeah, I'm basically rambling and that's how I freak out.
I, Ashley Dale Valdez, a 5 feet and 3 inches tall human being, walking the face of the earth and wierdo as heck, can feel my cheeks go bright tomato red right now. And I feel like I wanna do a Cart wheel or back flips because duh, my crush just approached and talked to me. But sadly I'm at school and in front of my crush so I can't do any of that.
I don't know how long I spaced out but when I finally came back to reality, I just nodded my head 'yes' at Jeremy.
He smiled at me brightly.
And I swear.
I can feel myself go bright red even more. He chuckled when he saw my blushing face. His chuckle is so sexy, OMG! What more if he moans and groans when we....
Okay that ends there. My brain seriously needs a grip right now.
The guttery thoughts are at it again, and I should stop before I did something I would forever regret and feel embarrassed for the rest of my life.
Ugh, why am I over reacting again?
Anyways, I gave Jeremy a shaky smile because god knows I can't trust my voice to say something right now. And if I did say something, it would be in a stuttering mess. So might as well save myself for further embarrassment.
After I gave Jeremy a shy smile, he looked like he has something to tell but was hesitating whether he should tell me or not.
"Uh, I noticed that you look like you're about to pass out when we saw you back there earlier, are you okay?" He asked me softly and nicely I could instantly melt. Knowing he asked me a question but not able to answer him verbally, I just nodded my head like a dumb bunny, while Besty was still smiling from ear to ear next to me.
Seriously though, she's so creepy sometimes.
"And also uh, I saw that there was a.....uhm...... a....... a drool on your chin". Jeremy said the last part a bit hesitant while rubbing the back of his neck.
Yup, I could use a shotgun right then and there and shoot myself.
He freaking saw it. How amazing.
I guess my days here at school had officially ended. See you Mcdonalds, I will be your best employee 'till you close down.
If I say I'm very embarrassed then that would be a huge understatement. And I think my eyes might come out of my sockets any minute. And I realized that my face have a talent of blushing very bright crimson red even though I'm already blushing. I can never be more proud of myself. Note the sarcasm.
But Holy freaking crap. Jeremy Ray Buenavista, the school's famous soccer player saw me DROOLING? Oh good lord, why are you punishing my poor skinny and small self like this? I just prayed 10 minutes ago in hopes he didn't see it, but now this? why? Now I don't know if I can ever face Jeremy ever again, or even his friends and everyone at this point.
And I just hope he and his friends won't tell the whole school about this. I really hope he won't because if he did, it would be the end of me. Though it's a low blow for a rumor but it can still affect me in anyway. I'm scared that it will be the talk of the whole school and we all know that rumors begin to spread like wildfire easily. I'm afraid the next morning when I enter this school I'll get beat up and bullied even though there is a strict no bullying policy.
Crap! What did I ever do to deserve all this?
My Internal freaking out moment was cut when someone waved their hand in front of my face.
"Are you okay? You look really pale." He said. "A minute ago you're blushing, and now you're really pale. Are you sure you're okay?" Jeremy asked with his friends looking at me worriedly, specially Jacob who was watching me with concern and worry in his eyes.
Huh, That's weird.
Why do they look so worried all of a sudden? I thought they would be all evil smirks and smug smiles by now. Crap, they're making this even more confusing.
"Uhm y-y-yes I a-am, I'm totally f-f-fine." I stuttered awkwardly not really knowing what to say.
I looked at Besty and saw her still on her seat with a smile. She's smiling and I'm here having an internal panic attack.
What a best friend.
"Are you sure? You don't look fine." Jeremy asked again making sure I really am okay.
"Y-yup! 100% sure." I said with a shaky smile. Is he acting concerned or is he genuinely concerned about me?
"Okay then. Well, we should go. The next class will start soon. And if you are not feeling well, go to the nurse's station just to make sure, okay?" He said with voice filled with worry. Then he nod and smiled at me.
"Yeah, Okay....cool." I said casually then gave him a smile.
"It's was nice to see you..." He stopped mid-sentence then he looked behind me on the empty wrappers of my snacks. Then he smiled sweetly. Why is he smiling at me like that now? God, he will also be the death of me.
"Peewee. It's nice to see you Peewee" he beamed at me. I looked at him confused.
"Uhm, m-my name is Ashley Dale, n-n-not Peewee." I said a confused with a furrowed brows.
"I know, but Peewee sounds cute on you." he said with a million watt smile.
My eyes widen at what he said. Did he just call me cute? And oh god, did he gave me a freaking nickname? Where the heck did he get that name anyway?
"Oh, uhm, but where did you get the Peewee nickname?" I asked voicing my thoughts out with curiosity on where he got the random nickname.
He pointed the empty wrappers behind me and I looked back to see what he means. I saw a wrapper that has a Peewee brand name printed on it.
Right, I ate a Peewee chips genius.
"Oh." Is all I said when I turned back to him with a visible blush tinted on my cheeks.
He chuckled at my blushing face then after that he gave me another smile. Then the bell went off. Meaning next period is about to start. Thank goodness, saved by the bell. I would hate that freaking obnoxious bell if I was being dreamy because of Jeremy but I am not, well I can't be all dreamy and whatnot to him when I know that he saw something embarrassing that happened to me. I almost fainted after I heard him say it, and now I have to pray again that he and his friends won't tell any living soul about it. Let's just hope they won't.
"So see you around then?" Jeremy said with a smile.
"Huh?..... Oh, uh, I mean yeah. See you around." I said shyly and a bit distracted by my thoughts.
He gave me his famous smile again. And as usual, I blushed bright red. I'm telling you, I have a serious blushing problem going on.
After that, he said bye to Besty then he nods to his friends before they walked off to their next class. After we disposed our trash, we went to our own class. Then back to boring moments again. Take down notes, participate if needed, answer the teacher's questions again, listen to the lessons, and blah blah. Those kinds of boring stuff.
It was the last lesson before school ends for the day that I started to think about what happened in the cafeteria earlier. I still can't believe that Jeremy Ray Buenavista saw me drooling and he decided to approach and talk to me about it. Never in my life have I thought that it would happen and I never expected him to approach me because of the drooling incident. I mean, I thought he would just go to his usual seat and gossip about it. Of all the reasons that Jeremy had to approach me, it had to be because he saw me drooling and that he's concerned about me. Well, if he really was concerned about me.
We may be both 4th year students in a same school but never in my life have I thought that he would notice me. Even in an embarrassing way like what had happened. I was shocked when he decided to approach me since I'm not famous like him. I'm just a regular high school student while he was the famous one who sits on the top of the 'food chain'. Maybe I'm just lucky that he noticed me, or maybe not. But hey, we all know that everything happens for a reason, right?.
I was snapped back to reality when Besty waved her hand in front of me.
"School ended Ashley Dale! Let's go to your house, I'm hungry." She said while putting her things in her bag.
I looked at her a bit confused then I looked around the classroom to see most of the students already left.
"You zoned out. Are you okay?" She asked with concern while closing her bag.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Just thinking." I responded honestly then stood up from my seat and disposed my things in my bag messily.
"What about?" She asked curiously.
"Nothing important. Just random things" I lied while closing my back pack and slung it on my shoulder. After she stood up she raised a brow at me.
"Spit it, Ashley Dale!" She said with a flat look.
I sighed knowing she won't drop it. "Fine. I was just thinking about what happened in the cafeteria earlier." I said while trying my very best not to blush again.
She smiled from ear to ear again.
Ugh, I swear, she's related to Cheshire Cat from the movie Alice in wonderland who's smile was so damn creepy.
"Stop smiling like that Ashley Rose. It's scary." I cringed as I said it.
I walked towards the door and Besty followed close behind. As we stepped into the hallway that was filled with students eager to go home, Besty nudged me on my shoulder. I turned to look at her and saw she's motioning towards a group of people walking ahead of us. There, I saw Jeremy with his arms placed on a girl's shoulder.
I frowned, but immediately straighten my face.
I guess I expected way too much again.
As I took my gaze away from Jeremy and his girl, my eyes landed on the guy walking next to him. And what's more shocking is that, he's already looking at me. He just smiled and gave me a wink before turning his attention in front of him to not bump into anyone.
I frowned and turned to Besty whose sporting a raised brows, in which I'm guessing she saw that interaction too.
"Did you see that?"
She nodded with a smile. "Jacob Sullivan winked at you."
"That was weird." I admitted before shaking the thought off of my head.
"That was weird indeed." Besty agreed.
After we arrived at my house, we both went inside. Then I shouted 'I'M HOME' to no one in particular. Papa responded back that he's in the backyard doing gardening. I told him that Ashley Rose is with me and he only replied and I quote: "There's food in the fridge, feed her or she'll ruin my kitchen again." End of quote. Besty in return, gave me her famous smug look before bolting towards the kitchen. I rolled my eyes and left her to do her thing. I went upstairs and headed straight to my room.
I told her I'll be in my room if she needs anything and she responded with an 'okay' before going quiet. After that, I took off my shoes then went to my desk to do some homework.
Half way through my work, I heard my old phone beep. Seriously though, my phone is really old. But I'm not yammering about it because it's all that I have and buying a new one is too expensive.
So I took it out of my backpack and unlocked it and went to see who texted me. To my surprise, It's an unknown number.
U#: Hey cutie! How is school?
I frowned.
Me: Who's this?
I never gave my number to anyone except my family and Besty, and some few close friends. And I am quite sure I mentioned to them about not giving my phone number to any random person without my permission.
So who's number is this?
After a few seconds, it beeped again.
U#: Your destiny, baby!
After seeing the reply, my eyebrows went sky high.
This person might be sending a message to the wrong person. Or maybe he's just high of something that is not good.
My Destiny?
Ha! Destiny my face!.
Me: I think you're mistaken. Maybe you typed in the wrong number Sir/Ma'am.
I replied as politely as I can even though I can just easily block the number.
Second passed, the century old phone beeped once again.
U#: I'm your secret admirer Ashley Dale Valdez ;-)
This time, I full on frowned. This person just out of nowhere texted me and then now, this person also happens to know my complete name. If that's not creepy then I don't know what is.
This person must be sick in the head or something.
Me: Okay, who is this and how do you know my name?  I messaged back.
U#: I just know you Ash, and I see you everyday. God you're so cute baby, I just wanna kiss you endless.
My eyes went wide when I read his reply. Then a wave of shivers run down my spine. I am one hundred sure, I'm texting a psychotic human being right now.
Me: Okay, you're seriously creeping me out right now, so bye.
I shivered after I sent my reply. Then I quickly blocked the number.
Man, That person was creepy
After putting my phone down on the desk, I felt goosebumps rise on my arms and It definitely made me shiver again.
Then I heard the door turn open, making me jump out of my skin.
"Woah, easy. It's just me, calm down." Besty said with all sorts of chips in hand as she walked towards me.
"Sorry."
She eyed me curiously. "What has gotten you so worked up? Are you okay?" She asked as she placed all the food on my desk.
"Nothing. Just a random number texting me creepy stuff." I admitted causing for her curiosity to spark.
"What number?" She asked as she took the chair from the corner and sat closer to me.
I shook my head. "I already blocked it, Besty. So don't worry about it." I told her but she doesn't seem fazed by it and instead took my phone from the desk.
I sighed and just let her scan my phone since she already knew my password.
She hummed while placing food in her mouth and continued scanning my phone. "I'm not even familiar with the number." She admitted in which I only shrugged.
"Doesn't matter. I already blocked the number anyways, so it won't bother me again." I told her as I turned to continue working on my homework.
Besty nodded. "True, so why bother figuring out who it belongs to."
"Exactly." I agreed and she placed my phone down on my desk and went back to her food as she started playing with her own phone.
A few minutes later, an idea popped inside my head. I paused on working on my homework and turned to Besty who's still busy with her phone.
"What?" She asked after realizing I was looking at her.
"You didn't give my number to anyone, did you?" I asked in which she raised both hands in surrender
"Woah dude, I would never do that." She defended.
"Calm down. I'm just asking."
"But I can ask Lea, Joseph and Breinard if they happened to have given your number to someone. But I'm quite sure they didn't, knowing you clearly told us not to, without your approval." She offered.
"Yes, please do ask them. I still have to finish my homework." I turned back to the papers scattered on my desk. But another question pooped inside my head again. "By the way, why aren't you doing your homework? Don't tell me you're....."
"Can I copy from you? Pretty Please?" She stated before I could even finish.
I sighed. The usual again.
"I swear, you're just taking advantage of me that's why you're my best friend." I stated in a teasing manner.
"Ouch. That hurts. But that is true. And hey, I let you copy mine too, you know." She protested causing for me to erupt into chuckles.
"Your savagery is beyond me, Ashley Rose. No wonder why we're Besties." I stated as I shook my head still chuckling.
"Why thank you. And I know right. We are destined to be Besties forever." She said before her phone beeped multiple times. "And oh, Lea, Joseph, as well as Breinard sent me a reply." She added, effectively gaining my attention.
"What did they say?" I asked eagerly, wanting to know if one of them did gave my number to someone without my permission.
"Well, all three of them said they didn't give it to anyone. And oh, Joseph asked if it was a guy." She read out.
I shrugged. "How would I know? It was only a text." I admitted.
"Eh. Figured. He's just being dumb, I guess." Besty responded. "You know, typical Joseph going on his normal routine."
"That is so mean Besty. I'm gonna tell Joseph that." I told her with a goofy smile.
"What ever." She replied with a shrug.
She then returned on keeping herself busy on her phone while I continued on my homework. Besty stayed for a while until her Mom called her, telling her not to come home late and miss dinner. Later that afternoon, Besty decided to head home. We both gave each other hugs and said some insults before she finally left.
After she left, I arranged my desk after I was finally done with homework. Then once that was finished, I flopped into my bed and scanned my social media using my phone. After I got bored, I placed my phone on my bedside table.
Then my mind went back to that random number. Wondering how that person got my number and who that person might be. And most importantly, How did that person got my number if my friends didn't give it out?
Just thinking about it got me creeped out, So I decided to just shrug it off for now. Besides, that person; whoever they might be, will no longer bother me ever again.
And If ever someone tries to text me again, I'm just gonna block them over and over.