"I did it," said Beauty as she twirled around in delight in the middle of the garden. Ronald was watching her as he was guessing whether the lover boy would arrive or not at this moment after he sent Clarence the message she pa.s.sed for the nationals. She only needed to get the regional champions.h.i.+p.Beauty spread her hands wide and continued to twirl until she got dizzy.
"Whoa! Careful there," said Ronald as he caught her from almost hitting her head on a tree near her.
They were in an ambiguous position as he was supporting her neck and laid her head gently on the tree. From afar, it seemed Ronald was about to kiss her while her face was in an upward position and her eyes closed for being dizzy.
At this moment, Cathy came into view. "What"s this? Clarence"s girlfriend is playing tricks on him and had another lover. Poor Clarence." She took a photo before Ronald could react.
"Stop that! It"s not what you think." Ronald shouted and waved his free hand. He left Beauty"s side after he was sure she could stand still.
"Why would I? It"s done, Clarence and others had seen it. Bye." Cathy replied while scurrying without turning back.
Recalling their weird position made Ronald exasperated. As for Beauty, she was still unsure what had happened after her giddiness left her.
"What happened? Why was Cathy here? Did she do something weird again?" She asked Ronald who"s irritation heightened by Cathy"s style to create problems for Beauty.
"She took a picture when I was supporting you from falling," said Ronald with anger in his eyes. His eyes were roaming around to check where the three bodyguards were hiding. There within the trees, he spotted the lady under Paul.
He sent a message to a certain Jenna.
Ronald: Please, grab her phone away.
Jenna: Don"t worry, we"ll take care of that. You better call Clarence to explain.
Ronald: OMG, should have done that. Thanks for the reminder.
Jenna: For you, always. :-)
"Ha? What"s this?" Ronald was skeptical of what the last message meant. Recalling Jenna"s face and body figure on his mind made him smile. He was thinking that maybe she liked him. Is it time to end his bachelor"s life?
Beauty caught his gentle smile while gazing at the nearby trees. "Hey, what"s your mooning about? Look at that silly smile of yours. Haha, Are you thinking of a certain girl? Hmm, probably?" She smiled
Ronald reprimanded her. "I"ve heard nothing but questions from you. I suggest you better call Clarence and explain."
"Oh, right…." Suddenly a call came.
"Hi, I saw a weird photo being posted in the chat room." Clarence was skeptical while looking at the newly uploaded image of the two.
"Please, trust me." She wasn"t sure on what the image projected to the viewers but believed to be double-edged. "I got dizzy from twirling around and Ronald caught me before my head almost hit a tree."
"Okay, I understand. I trust you. Tell Ronald to be careful next time as not to cause a commotion." He sighed and ma.s.saged his flexed neck muscles after hearing her concerned voice.
"What about the uploaded photo? How does it look?" She became uneasy and bit her lower lip as a habit.
He rested his arm on the gla.s.s window pane as he watched the cityscape. "No need to know. I"ll have it deleted. Don"t worry. Miss you and congratulations."
Her agitation stopped and her lip relaxed. "Miss you, too. See you in Manila for the nationals."
"Don"t think you can get away and wait for the finals. I"m almost finished here and be with you ASAP," said Clarence with a smirk.
"When is that?" She"s excited to know he"s coming. If only he knew how much she missed him, too.
"Hehe, surprise." He hung up the call and sent a message to the chat room mod.
ChefDeli: @TrunkHead please delete the image.
TrunkHead: Hmm, is this GleeGal in the photo?
ChefDeli: Delete it, please
TrunkHead: the guy bout to smooch her
ChefDeli: it was taken ambiguously. not true. no gossip allowed. please delete it now or I will create a storm in your restaurant (huffing puffing angry wolf)
TrunkHead: hahaha, sure, delete now. don"t come here or my lady workers will become locos
So the newly uploaded photo was instantly deleted and Cathy was muted for 24 hours.
Cathy was so angry as she saw what the mod did. She was gnas.h.i.+ng her teeth with ire when a lady b.u.mped into her. The collision was so strong making them both imbalanced causing the phone on her hand to fly and fell in a pond. It sunk deep underneath.
"HEY, b.i.t.c.h, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? LOOK! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY PHONE." Cathy couldn"t contain her emotions anymore. She was in hysterics. First, the photo deleted and was muted in chat then now her phone fell in the pond. Such unfortunate events happening one after the other at the same time.
"Sorry? What happened to your phone?" Jenna, holding a cane, was standing three steps away from Cathy, but was facing ahead as she talked. She was wearing dark sungla.s.ses though it was late in the afternoon, so no one could tell where she was looking.
"What happened to my phone? You still dare to ask?" Her teeth gnashed and wished to blow all her frustrations on Jenna.
"Sorry, but I really don"t know. I"m actually blind." She turned and took off her sungla.s.ses. White filaments covered her pupils. She was apologetic and said, "I"m really sorry for what happened, Miss."
"What? You"re blind. How come no one is with you?" After seeing the lady"s eyes, Cathy felt helpless and stupefied. Her anger was snuffed out as if cold water was poured on her.
"I have my cane and my friend will be here soon." Indeed, the bulky man arrived next to her.
"What happened?" said her "friend".
After seeing the scary stern face and the large body of the "friend", Cathy got afraid and just said, "never mind. Next time don"t leave your blind friend here from walking on her own. She will cause accidents."
She left in frustration. The two looked at each other in silence and went to different directions like nothing happened. Ronald received a message from Jenna afterward.
Jenna: Mission accomplished.
Ronald: Thanks, where are you now? Can we have dinner together?
Jenna: We will be heading to the dining hall.
Ronald: I mean just the two of us. Eat somewhere out there. :-)
Jenna: Nice but still on duty. Maybe next time when free.
Ronald: When will that be?
Jenna: Maybe tomorrow when Clarence arrives.
Ronald: Okay, just text me.
Jenna: Okay
Jenna giggled reading his reply.