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{ Rachel's POV }

"Why did you call us here?" Ryan asks, clearly not interested.

I look around the room, it seems the whole school came..... just as I planned. Every one except me, Ryan, Jack and Zay are totally wasted.

Zay???

He's nowhere in sight. I always knew that he despised me, yet I, like every other girl kissed the floor where he walked. And I know that his heart was already taken by my naive sister.

I know the shirt she wore and came home yesterday was Zay's. It was shocking revelation. I've always known that Zay doesn't like anybody touching his stuffs except the few people he adores.

But I knew that he and Keira was not....... intimate. Why? Because I know Zay is the one who treasures people he love... and well, Keira is naive. I don't think she even know how to kiss. So I guess that he wants to take it slow..... at her pace.

Keira....

I check my jean pockets for my mobile, to find its not in the place i usually keep it.

Sh*t.

Its lost. What if Keira messages me.

"Hey, We don't have forever." Jack says.

"Follow me." I say and we enter and empty room, far from the loud music and wasted teenagers.

"So I need your help... to find out... 'the truth'." I tell them.

They gave a questioning look to each other.

"So.... recently I came across some shocking papers and I want to know if what I thought was true or not." I say to them.

"What do you want to know about?" Ryan asks.

"I want you to investigate my parents and......" I reply.

"And what?" Ryan asks.

"And..... and how Keira's parents died." I complete.

"What do you mean?" Jack asks, shocked.

"I don't know who her parents are.... I've never even saw them nor do I know their name. But for some reason I feel that my parennts have something to do with their death." I start to tear up.

They kept their silence.

"Please.... keep this a secret from Keira... Atleast until everything is confirmed." I beg them.

Yes... I, Rachel Hans... begged for the first time.

"Okay...Fine... But I believe we will need help from Zay." Jack says.

"Its fine with me.... You can bring how much ever help you want from outside... Please, find out the truth." I ask them.

Both of them nod their head, deep in thought.

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{ Keira's POV }

So after my first ever kiss... that is after our steamy make-out session, I've not seen Zay. I heard that he was practicing and that he came home late.

Tomorrow, we have to go to school, it seems the players from West High is gonna be there too.... like a meet and greet for both teams, before the war.

Rachel has been 'kind' to me. Yesterday she even asked about my parents. I told her that I can't remember my dad that much. My dad's face is like a blur to me due to the traumatic incident- my dad's death.

I remember my mom took me to the doctor, when I said I can't see my father's face. The doctor said that is was a 'selective amnesia'.

"Oh..... What's your mother's name." She asked.

"Keara Emerald.(kee-aa-ra).... Keara Emerald Ross. I remember she had a vibrant green eyes." I reply.

"Ross?" I hear Rachel whisper.

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Even though I didn't get to see Zay, that didn't stop me from practicing. Each day I got faster..... and stronger.

After today's practice I took a bath and stood in front of the mirror, to see a beautiful woman staring back at me.

I look like my mother except for my eyes, which are brown, probably got it from my father.

Oh, how I wish I remember him.

Looking at my body now, I understood how unhealthy looking I was before. Flesh covered my previous bony figure, my hair shiny, my cracked up lips now soft..... to summarize everything, I am perfectly healthy.

I turn around to take a look at my back which was clean without any scars of the whips.

I smile to myself, silently thanking Rachel..... Yes, Rachel... the same Rachel who bullied me.

For the past week, Rachel has been feeding me non-stop, saying that it is to cover up for the time I starved. Granny Homes drops by every morning with Tuck and leaves at night.

I don't know about the change in Rachel's behavior, all I know is her mood goes sour when we talk about her parents. 'Hate' clear on her eyes.

Rachel also shows a motherly instinct towards me. She starts calling me non-stop, when I'm just two minutes late from gym.

Yes, I go to gym. Rachel booked me in. That's the reason I thanked Rachel.

Risa and Dila stopped coming over ever since Rachel yelled at them for calling me names. Yes, she sided with me and not her nine- year-old friendship.

And yes Liya and Soph knew about Rachel's change of heart and they have been speaking with her too.

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"KEIRA." I heard Rachel call me from her room.

"Wear this tomorrow." She says as she hands me a dress as soon as I entered her room.

It was a sleeveless pink velvety dress that reached above my knees. I guess she knew I was uncomfortable with sleeveless because when I was about to ask her she took out a white turtle-necked shirt from one of the shopping bag and gave it to me.

"Wait.... Did you just buy these?" I asked her when I noticed the tags attached to the dress and shirt.

"Yup... And all these are for you." She says pointing at the shopping bags laying next to her.

"And.. we are going to the salon to get your hair done. So wear something... casual." She says.

I wore a blue jeans and a loose T-shirt that Rachel bought for me. It was so loose that it looked like I wore Zay's. And my face became hot, when I remembered our moment which took place a few days ago.

The t-shirt was a light shade of yellow. I look in the mirror with awe. Colors do match me. I never wore colored clothes after mom's death. My wardrobe consisted only black and white and that included underwear.

"You seriously need to upgrade your undergarments.... These are old school." I was snapped out back to reality, when Rachel barged in my room and invited herself to my drawers. "....and most of them are faded... Girl, you are coming with me to shop for these after we get your hair done. Lets go." She completes.

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So basically my hair which reached a little after my shoulder was cut to a shoulder length. I literally don't know what they did to my hair, 'cause after the stylist completed her task, my hair looked amazing.

Yes, just like Rachel said, we went to shop for undergarments, and good Lord was it so embarrassing experience of my life.

The sales lady started telling me that my 'chest department' is really good, not too big nor too small. She also asked me if I had any boyfriend, to which I replied 'no'. She even said she had a son, who is in college and is also single, at the moment. She was probably trying to get us to date. I smiled without giving a reply.

That's not even the worst part... The worst part was, she was taking skimpy and colorful sets, telling me these are the kinds that her son liked.

That was when my savior arrived.... Rachel.

She actually dropped me to the store and went to relieve herself.

"Hey lady... She has not gonna date your son, okay..." She says angrily. "God, you have to learn to say no." She says to me.

Rachel picked some sets and paid, we left the store as fast as possible, when we heard the sales lady calling her son and telling him to come here.

We then strolled the mall a little bit before going to food court.

That is when I saw him... Zay.

And he was not alone. The entire basketball team was there including the coach.

I even saw all the girls who passed by them drool over him.

"Woah, the entire team is here." I heard Rachel say when she finally noticed them.

"You wanna go there or should we go away like we never saw them... Although its impossible not to see them." Rachel asks me.

"We'll go away. We can talk to them if they notice us." I say to her.

That was when 'fate' played its game.

By the time we got our food, the once vacant food court was now crowded and the only seat vacant was next to the team.

Both of us sighed and went to sit there.

And thankfully we finished our meal, and tried to get up and leave without them noticing.

Keyword- 'Tried'

Because just as Rachel got up we heard someone from the team yell, "LOOK ITS RACHEL." And the entire team turned to us.

"Well look who it is.... a friendly face... come here Miss Hans." the coach says.

Rachel goes to them.

"And who is with you today. A new face.... I thought you always hung out with Misses Hearts." The coach inquires.

I slowly turn and goes towards the team, I found that Zay and his mates were not there.

"Woah...she's hot." I hear someone whisper.

"Keira....." I heard someone call from my side. I turn to find Zay, Ryan and Jack, the latter two had their mouths wide open.

"Umm.... H---Heyyyy....." I tell him.

"This is my sister Keira Scarlet...." Rachel announces.

"Wait... Keira.. as in the hoodie girl?...." Someone from the team asks.

Rachel nods.

"Woah... I never knew this was inside her disguise.... We can't judge a book by its cover." I hear another say.

My eyes then meets Zay's, we stare at each other for god knows how long...

It was beautiful moment ... No words were exchanged, yet, both of us knew that we were happy to see each other after so long.

His eyes were filled with unlimited happiness, not only for seeing each other but him knowing that I was doing fine.... healthy.

For the first time in my life.... I felt complete.

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