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I am now standing in front of the door of my classroom to be. I knock on the door twice at a time. Seconds later when the door opens and a mid-20's female teacher appears. Mayroon din siyang eyeglasses, and it looks good on her.

"Hi. You're the transferee, right?" she questions casually with her soft smile and calm aura. I just nod as a response. "Come in. We're waiting for you." and invites as I gladly comply.

Letting a deep breath, I gain some confidence in me. I start heading inside. And the moment I enter the room, I already sense a familiar aura or two.

"Please introduce yourself, Miss." The teacher says while walking behind me.

I inhale and then exhale, standing straight."I'm Natsumi Montero. You can call me Nat, for short. Sixteen year old, from Japan." I pause and continue shortly. "Just don't mind my existence, and we will be fine together."

Of course, I'm living as a normal person, so I should change my identity, personality, and whatsoever. From Hime Miracle Natsumi Twain to Natsumi Montero.

Nilibot ko ang aking paningin, and there, I sight the two girls in the corridor. Ang mga taong nagbubulungan tungkol sa akin kanina.

Ah. Sila ang may familiar na aura na nararamdaman ko ngayon.

"Okay," the teacher finally announces, "Miss Montero, please sit beside Miss Richardson."

Kinawayan ako ni Miss Richardson, siya ang First Girl sa corridor. Hmn . . ."Natsumi, here oh!" and says cheerfully and I simply nod my head.

Pumunta na ako sa tabi niya at saka umupo. May napansin pa akong isang vacant chair sa left side ko, malapit sa bintana. Pwedeng doon na lang ako umupo?

"Hi, Natsumi! Ang cute naman ng name mo, and the same with you." Sabi ni Second Girl na katabi ni Miss Richardson. Hindi ko alam ang pangalan niya. "By the way, I'm Ashley Harris. You can call me Ash na lang." she introduces.

"And of course, I'm Ellianna Richardson; Elli for short." Tumango ako kay Elli, ang First Girl.

"Okay, listen up, class." My teacher remarks. "I'm Miss Rina Marionne, your English teacher, the same as your adviser for this whole year. And I hereby declare to start our lesson now."

Class na agad? Heh, boring.

Natahimik na kami and nagsimulang magturo. Napansin ko ring nakikinig ang dalawa. Hoh, good girls.

Habang sa kalagitnaan ng klase, bigla na lamang bumukas ang pinto. As a curious person, I search for the people outside. Outside, there are five men standing with different kinds of expressions—laid-back attitude, smirky one, flustered one, apologetic one, and pleading one.

Tinitigan lang namin sila, while the other girls are squirming over their handsomeness. While me, I don't give a care.

Two of those five men outside is the Chance guy, even the guy who was with Chance yesterday.

"Next time," Miss Rina says with a calm tone. "don't be late, misters; otherwise, I will never allow you all to enter my class."

Without any words but expressions of obedience, they enter the room. They are walking towards their designated seats.

Napansin ko lang na papunta si Chance sa may direksyon ko.

And into my surprise, umupo siya sa bakanteng upuan sa tabi ng akin. Right where the vacant seat that I mentioned a while ago.

So, dito rin ang klase niya?

As Chance is seated on his chair, the guy with him yesterday sighted the heck out of me. His smirk grows wider with disbelief. "Fancy," he muses while walking, making passed of me with his hands hidden on his pockets, "the elite girl." and whispers.

I only sigh, "Let not a single soul discovers." and reply back with a caution to my voice.

He purses his lips, shrugging a little. "Copy that."

Later that day, our lesson continues. And I am her, almost sleeping. Time flies so slow, to the point my hair paints in pure white. Just a metaphor.

I wait patiently for this to finish and surely, it took a great while before the bell rung, signaling that lunch time is now.

As I fix my stuff, packing 'em up inside my bag, Ellianna pokes me, "Natsumi, sabay ka na sa amin mag-lunch ni Ash."

I give her a briefed look and return to my doing. "Why do I need to join you two?"

Yes, I'm being cold to them. Meaning, I don't need any acquaintances to any people here.

"Oh?" Ellianna utters baffingly. "Well, maybe you're cute . . ?"

I facepalm with a small annoyance in my face. From that nonsense reason? Heh. So the looks are her bases? Doesn't she apply the 'looks-can-be-deceiving' saying in her life?

That's absurd. I just shake my head. People, really. I sigh. So hopeless.

"Hahaha, look at how you made—what's her name again? Natsumi? Whatever—her annoyed, Ellianna." the guy from the other day chides in and he places his hand on my right shoulder.

"Get your hand off or I'll break it for you." I say in an irritated voice and he quickly obliges.

"Back off, Justine!" Ellianna bawls out, defending herself, "She's clearly annoyed with your actions!"

"Oh-ho, really?" Justine—his name—returns with a scoff, "Says the one who is not."

"Natsumi is just being shy, okay?" she rolls her eyes, and for my own surprise, she grabs my hand, trying to pull me to stand. "Come on, Nat, Ash!"

Not really my will, but I don't have no choice. Looks like my anti-social plan fails.

"Sorry, Natsumi," speaks by Ashley while walking, "Elli can be really pushy sometimes."

I only sigh. There is nothing to be done about this.

We start walking to the cafeteria, and find a right table for us three.

Then, Ashley volunteers to order our food. She insists that she will treat us, paminsan lang naman daw, kaya bahala na siya.

When she returns, inilapag niya ang foods na binili niya. There's a plate of carbonara, a mousse cake, and a bottle of mineral water.

We start eating as we give thanks to the food. No one is talking. It is so silent and not really awkward.

"Okay, ayaw ko ng awkward na situation na ito. I'll introduce myself more." Ellianna breaks the mirror of silence first. "I'm Ellianna Richardson, daughter of Chris and Koreen Richardson. My family owns the Richardson's Technologies and Company. Well, I love dancing and music." and continues eating after.

"Ako naman." Ashley says while wiping her mouth with a tissue. "I'm Ashley Harris. I have my little brother, Andrei Harris. Daughter of Allan and Hailey Harris—the owner of Harris' Group of Medical Hospitals. Mahilig ako sa mga pets and little sa music and dance. That's all. Ikaw naman, Natsumi."

I nod forcefully. They are rich, but I'm richer. Modesty aside. "Well, again, I'm Natsumi Montero. My family owns a small business in Europe. And my hobbies are sleeping and reading."

"Ah . . . okay." They both mumble and we continue eating.

I have to talk less about my information. Nobody should know who really I am. Well, if Justine and Chance tell anybody about it, then it is a slight commotion.

I don't also need to hide my face just to disguise, because whenever I'm in a mission, my identity is already covered.

Hindi katulad kanina, napakatahimik pero ngayon, nagkukwentuhan na. I'm not used to noise.

They keep on talking and I'm silent here. I'm just talking when they are talking to me. As we finally finished eating, we had a little rest before we decided to go back to our homeroom.

Pabalik na kami ng room nang nagpatulong na pumunta sa restroom si Ash. They ask me if I will go with them, but I say no. Gladly, I convince that I'm too lazy to go to the restrooms.

So I'm now heading to our classroom alone. Currently walking on the hallway, I hear many gossips.

"Girls, look at that nerd! Ang bago-bago pa lang, oh." Sabi ng isang girl na petite ang katawan at maputi ang kutis. The face? Hmm. Let me think first. Ah, like a clown.

"Yeah, right. A social climber!" Sabi ng isa niyang kasamahan.

"And also a gold digger!" The other butts in.

I look at them with an arrogant look and walk with class and authority. I just ignore their immature issues. Childish fuss.

How strange that they call me like that? Because Ashley treated me a lunch and I'm hanging with Ellianna? That makes a point. They belong to the elite community. Why? Do I look a trash? What the hell is that?

I can sense them following me from behind. They are all girls, actually. In just a minute when they block my way and surround me.

"Hi, Miss Nerdy." Petite Girl greets. "Enjoying the stay here, huh?" and says with her bitchy tone.

"Oo nga. You don't belong here, nerdy!" This girl's voice is so sassy.

"As if all of you belong here. As far as I know, clowns belong to amusement parks." I only say in my mind. I do not want to waste my voice for them.

I mentally sigh. Such an eyesore. I avert my eyes somewhere where I can't see them.

"Say something, nerd." I revert my eyes to the Petite Girl. Her face is really bothersome, especially to my eyes.

"Oh. Mukhang nagandahan siya sa atin, girls!" The another one cheers themselves up. Heh. Proclaiming yourselves that all of you are pretty? Hell will rise, idiots.

I cringe inside my mind. I really need to get out here. If I won't, I will go insane.

"I'm going." I declare and start to walk.

After a few steps, they grab my arm. Well, as I expected.

Petite Girl forcefully makes face me to her clowned face. I grimace, physically.

"We're still talking to you, ugly nerd!" She says full of rage. "Tinuro ba sa 'yo ng mga magulang mo na huwag kang maging bastos kapag kinakausap ka?!" and she yells right in front of my face.

Tch. How disgraceful. She dares to do that, huh?

I only take back of my hand. It's pointless to argue with her, and I'm not in mood. "No, bitch." I say boringly with bluntness in me. "My parents taught me not to talk to strangers, especially to the animals of zoo."

It will be fun if I can beat their faces up, but that's way too troublesome.

"YOU!!" She says outrageously and prepares her hand to slap me.

Huh? I smirk. Ready for a fight? I will sacrifice my newbie reputation here if ever her palm reaches my face.

If I can remind her, I'm not just an ordinary nerd here. I just can't stoop my pride down and let them do what they want.

Her palm is almost near. But she immediately stops it when we heard a very lively voice coming from behind.

"Oh! What in our Mother Earth is going on here, huh, ladies?"

Napatingin kami sa nagsalita.

Ah. One of the guys belongs to Chance and Justine's group.

I hear these girls gasp in horror. Natakot sa kanya?

"S-Sean." The clown leader stutters.

So, his name is Sean?

"Well then, ladies, class will starts in," he looks to his wrist watch first, "ten minutes. Go back now to your classroom." Sean says with pride in his voice but he is still smiling.

Sumunod naman sila. Wow. I wonder, who is Sean in this school? The girls glares at me with'we-are-not-finished-yet' look.

Whatever. Just get lost out of my sight.

So, aalis na ako. Sabi kasi niya, pasok na raw sa room. Fine . . .

"Hey, Miss!" calls the guy named Sean. "Are you not going say 'thank you'? Bakit umaalis ka na agad?"

Huh?

Napatingin ako sa kanya na takang-taka. "Sabi mo kasi, pasok na sa room." I say innocently, "And, thank you? S-Sean?" I tell him while stuttering his name in awkwardness.

They laugh on what I've said. Even Chance scoffs and looks sideways.

"Trash-talk, man!" The other one says, with a baby blue eyes.

The guy who has dimples is just laughing, while the Justine is just smirking.

What is wrong? Crazy fellows.

I saw Sean blush in light pink."Ah, y-yeah. You're right." and says sheepishly. "Can I get your name, then?"

I eyed him boringly with my mouth lies flat. I heave a sigh and gaze on the side. Haven't they heard my name to Justine? Well, okay. I'll just gonna tell my name. "I'm—"

"Natsumi!!"

Okay. You're Natsumi. Great.

I hear my name, Ellianna and Ashley are calling me. I look behind, and there they are. Nang nakalapit sila sa akin, "Ano pa'ng ginawa mo rito? Tara na!" At hinigit na nila ako.

"Bakit ka nila kinakausap ng mga lalaking iyon?" Ashley asks me.

"Ano'ng ginawa nila sa 'yo? Sinaktan ka ba nila? Ano?" Elli rains questions after her.

"Wala naman silang ginawa." sagot ko, "Tinanong lang naman nila ako."

"Ah." They both say in chorus while nodding.

"Sure ka, ha?" Ashley speaks worriedly. "Magsumbong ka lang kung may ginagawa sila sa 'yo, okay?"

I just give them a small smile, "Sure." I answer back, "Bakit, sino ba sila?"

"Gosh, Nat, mahabang kwento." Ellianna tells me while rolling her eyes. "Next time na lang namin sasabihin sa iyo."

Eh, bakit parang naiinis siya? I jut my lower lip. Like I could care less.

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