LAUREN'S POINT OF VIEW

I woke up because of my alarm. I fixed myself before I went to our dining hall. When I arrived, mom and dad are already eating their breakfast.

"Good morning, mom," I said as I kissed mom's cheek. "Good morning, dad!" I kissed dad's cheek.

"Good morning, our princess!" they both said that made me smiled. I sat on my seat and began to eat. "Princess?" dad said that made me raised my gaze. They used to call me princess instead of my name Lauren.

"Yes, dad?" I asked.

"How's your studies?" dad asked as he drank water.

"It's great, dad." I wiped my mouth and drank water.

"That's good to hear," dad said.

We finished our food. I am about to stood up when mom spoke. "Princess, we're going to Australia one week from now. We will stay there for a long time. "

"What will you do there, mom?"

"One of our regular clients needed my help. Your dad will check our business there. Is it okay to you?" mom asked. Mom is a lawyer and dad is a business man.

I smiled. "It's okay for me as long as you and dad are here on my graduation, mom."

Mom also smiled. "Of course, we'll be here on your graduation, princess. Go ahead, you may be late already."

"Mom, it's so early. I'm not yet late," I said as I pouted.

"You're so cute, princess." They both laughed.

"I'll go na, mom, dad." I stood up and kissed their cheeks. "Bye!" I waved my hand.

I went to the parking lot and get my car. When I arrived at the front of our mansion, I saw a different car. I parked my car in front of our mansion and went out. I knocked the window of the driver's seat. Ibinaba ng sinuman ang binata ng sasakyan niya at tumambad sa akin ang pamilyar na mukha.

"What are you doing here?" I asked Louiegie.

"I wanted to talk to you."

I rolled my eyes. "Get out if you want to talk to me." He got out off his car after I said those words. "What do you wanna talk about?"

"I want to ask for help from you. I'm planning to say sorry to Winter."

I raised my eyebrow. "Sa kanya ka nga lang ba kailangang humingi ng sorry?"

Silence occurred among us for a minute until Louiegie broke it. "I'm sorry."

"Why are you saying sorry?"

"You said that hindi lang dapat kay Winter ako humingi ng sorry, so I thought I should also say sorry to you."

"That's only the reason why you said sorry to me?"

"Yes."

"I'll not accept it. Hindi bukal sa kalooban mo. Tsk. At saka, mukhang nakalimutan mo na rin naman yung nangyari kahapon eh," I said as I smirked.

"Of course, I remembered what happened yesterday."

I rolled my eyes. "Ha! If you really remember it, then why can't you say sorry to me without me saying. Magso-sorry ka lang kapag pinaalala ko."

"I'm sorry."

"What is that another sorry for?"

"For you," he said.

"Aish! You're saying sorry over and over again, but still you don't know the reason why I want you to say sorry. I thought all the students who's on the Section 1 - Aristotle of Grade 11 are all intelligent. You belong there, but yet you're so stupid."

He sighed. He's about to speak when mom came out. "I thought you'll go to school, princess," mom said. She looked at me before she looked at Louiegie. "Who's this man here, princess? Is he you're friend?"

I winced before I spoke. "He's not my friend."

"If he's not your friend, then what are you two?" mom asked.

"I can't say that he's not my enemy, so we're just schoolmates, mom," I replied.

"Good morning, Mrs. Houston!" Louiegie bowed that made mom looked at him.

Mom smiled. "Good morning! What's your name?"

"I'm Louiegie Drix Kingston, Ma'am."

Mom laughed. "Nah! Just call me tita, besides you and our princess, Lauren, are schoolmates." I don't know why, but I think I heard mom emphasized the words 'schoolmates'. Argh! My mom.

"Okay po, Tita," Louiegie said.

Mom looked at Louiegie's back and she saw his car. "Are you fetching our princess?"

"Me? Louiegie will fetch me?" I laughed because of what came out from my mind.

"Why are you laughing, princess?" Mom asked as he looked at me.

"Nothing, Mom." Kinuway-kuway ko pa ang kamay ko habang tumatawa.

"Back to you iho, sinusundo mo ba ang prinsesa namin?" I laughed again because of Mom's question. She just translated it to Filipino.

Louiegie smiled as he shooked his head. "No, Tita. I'm just here to ask for help from Lauren."

Mom's forehead twitched. "What help do you need from our princess?" She took a glance at me before she looked back at Louiegie.

Louiegie did the same before he spoke. "I need to say sorry po kasi to her friend, Winter. I'm asking for her help para sana po maayos yung pagso-sorry ko. If it's okay to her po," Louiegie said.

"Oh, Winter. Why don't you help him, princess?" Mom faced me.

I rolled my eyes before I answered, "Mom, it's his fault, so dapat siya lang ang mag-sorry."

"I don't remember teaching you to be like that when someone needs help, princess."

"Mom, you don't understand."

"Make me understand then," Mom said. I told her what happened yesterday and she was shocked by it. "You really did that iho?" Louiegie silently nodded his head as his answer to Mom's question. "Why iho? Do you know that pwede kang makulong dahil sa ginawa mong pagkuha ng walang paalam?"

"I didn't stole it, Tita. I ask for Tito Jerome's, daddy of Winter, permission before I did that surprise, Tita." Mom looked at me because of Louiegie's answer.

"Did I teached you to lie, princess?"

I looked down because I felt that Mom is angry. "Sorry, Mom. I just told you what I knew."

Mom sighed. "Don't say sorry to me, say that to your schoolmate."

I immediately looked at Mom. "I will not do that, Mom!"

"Laㅡ"

"It's okay, Tita," Louiegie cutted Mom.

"Sige na, I'll go inside na," Mom said as she went inside.

"I don't really know the reason why are you angry at me, Lauren."

I rolled my eyes. "It's because of what happened yesterday. You should have told me and Flinn if you'l, use thekeys of the Schneider's before we planned to surprise Winter. Do you understand the reason why do you need to say sorry now?"

He looked down. "Sorry."

"I don't need your sorry now."

"I'm really sorry."

I sighed. "I will not help kahit ilang bese kang humingi ng sorry, so don't waste your saliva. Now, go!"

"Where would I go?"

"I don't know. I just want you out of my sight!" He went back to his car after I said those words. I watched him dissapear in front of our masion before I went to my car drove to Schneider Academy.

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FLINN'S POINT OF VIEW

I can't sleep last night because of Rye's brother. I remembered Rye because of his brother. They're very look alike. I have this feeling inside me saying that I should see Rye. Maybe it's because I didn't and can't still moved on. I don't know why, but I felt like I have still feelings for Rye.

"Flinn, you have a visitor." I heard my mom said that made me stood up from lying down.

I went down and looked at mom who's waiting for me to come down. "Who is it, mom?"

"I don't know him." She looked at my body before she winced. "Go to your room and fix yourself before you face your visitor. You better hurry. Don't let your visitor wait for you."

"Okay, mom," I said as I went to my room to fix myself. After I fixed myself, I went down and mom is still there where I saw her earlier. "Where's my visitor, mom?"

"I let him eat first because you took so long fixing yourself," mom said na may halong pagtataray bago siya umalis sa harapan ko. Mom has been like that to me since I'm a child. I don't have the chance to ask her reason because she is always busy with our business. By the way, Mom and Dad are already divorce. And I didn't even saw Dad since then.

I went to our dining hall and I saw a back of a man. An excitement filled my body. I wish you're Rye. My excitement faded when the man faced me.

The man stood up and wiped his mouth. "Hello, Flinn!" Louiegie said. Yes, it was Louiegie and not Rye.

I approach him. "What are you doing here?" I asked as my eyebrows raised.

"I want to say sorry." He bowed.

I rolled my eyes before I laughed sarcastically. "You should be saying sorry to Winter, not me." I pointed myself.

He sighed. "Sorry doon sa sinabi ko sa iyo kahapon."

"Ano bang sinabi mo kahapon?"

"Sinabi mo sa aking paasa ako kaya nagso-sorry ako ngayon."

I laughed genuinely. "I was joking about it, so you don't have to say sorry. Sorry if you believed it. I'm a great actress, am I?"

He also laughed as he scratched his nape. "I thought you're really angry at me."

"Is that the reason why you came here?"

"I have another reason why I came here," he said. I looked at him, bit I didn't spoke. "I want to say sorry to Winter, but I don't know how I can say it."

I sighed. "Find Winter and approach her. Look at her eyes then open your mouth and say sorry."

"Magka-kaibigan nga kayo. Pare-parehong pilosopo." I heard him whispered.

"You're whispering, but your voice is so loud. Lower your voice if you don't want it to be heard." I rolled my eyes.

He faced me. "Seriously, Flinn, please help me say sorry to her. Please?"

"You're the one who's at the fault, so you should be the one saying sorry, not me."

He sighed. "Yes. I'm the one who will say sorry to her, I just needed your help."

"Let me think," I said before I sat down and began to eat my breakfast. Mom stood up after she ate and wiped her mouth.

"Are you her boyfriend?" I was choked because of mom's question.

"What the hell, mom?!" I shouted before I drank water.

She looked at me with her deadly glares. "I'm just asking, Flinn," mom said before she faced Louiegie. "Are you her boyfriend?"

I saw how Louiegie swallowed before he faced mom. "I'm just her friend, Ma'am."

"What's your name?" mom asked, still looking at Louiegie's eyes.

"Louiegie Drix Kingston, Ma'am." He bowed.

"So you're a Kingston. I heard a lot of good things about your businesses especially your restaurants." Mom took a glance at me before returning her gaze to Louiegie. "I want you to be her boyfriend."

I immediately stood up. "Mom?!"

Mom rolled her eyes before she faced me. "I'm not talking to you, okay?" She faced Louiegie. "Courtㅡ"

"We're going, mom," I said before mom can finish her sentence. I got my bag and pulled Louiegie's arm hanggang sa makaratimg kami sa harap ng mansyon namin. I am about to walk when I remembered something. "Wait here. I'll just get my key."

I am about to go back to our mansion when he pulled my arm. "I have my car with me." He pointed the car in front of our mansion. He opened the door of the passenger's seat for me. I entered and watched him walked onto the driver's seat.

"I would like to say sorry for my mom's behavior earlier. Sorry," I said after he entered.

He faced me. "I would only accept your apology if you'll help me say sorry to Winter. Deal?" He showed me his fist as if he wanted to fist bump with me.

I smiled. "Deal!" I said before we fist bumped. While he drove, we talked about our plan on how Louiegie will say sorry to Winter. "Anyway, why don't we go to Lauren and request for her help?" I asked when we arrived at Schneider Academy.

"I already went to their house before I went to yours, but she said that she won't help me."

"Why?"

"She said that she's still angry at me."

"Why is she angry at you? I thought Winter is the only one who's angry at you," I said as I laughed.

"She said that I should have said to her and to you if I'll use Schneider's keys before we planned to surprise Winter."

I rolled my eyes. "Ang arte talaga ng kaibigan kong iyon," I said as I shooked my head.

"Hindi naman siya maarte. I should have really said it. My fault."

"Anyway, let's just see each other later. We're going to be late. Bye!" I said before we separated our path.

(To be continued...)

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