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๐“š๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฎ

Currently, at 11 am, I'm walking towards my Math class until I felt a vibration in my blazer pocket. I continued to walk as I grabbed my phone out of my pocket. It was a text from Teressa.ย 

TEXT

๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ:

๐—›๐—ฒ๐˜†

๐— ๐—ฒ:

๐—›๐—ถ!

๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ:

๐—ช๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ'๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต?

YES!

๐— ๐—ฒ:

๐—ช๐—ฒ'๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ!

๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ:

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜!

๐— ๐—ฒ:

๐—ข๐—ต. ๐—œ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณย ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ?

She didn't reply instantly.ย 

๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ:

๐—ข๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ!

๐— ๐—ฒ:

๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜! ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต



๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ:

๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚!

I'm ectastic that Teressa texted me first. The day we first met she was too nervous to spare me a single glance. But now we're making progress. Making friends is lovely, but my sisters and I must be careful. We can't let many people in.ย 

Last night at dinner, I exchanged phone numbers with Ashley and Ester. So, I decided to ask Ester and Ashely if they would feel comfortable sitting with more people. Not to mention, the Elites. My sisters will be fine with it, for sure.ย 

TEXT

Ah. She's sleeping in.

๐— ๐—ฒ:

๐—š๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—”๐˜€๐—ต๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜†

๐—”๐˜€๐—ต๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜†:

๐—š๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด :)

๐— ๐—ฒ:

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป. ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต. ๐—œ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚?

Nothing.ย 

๐—”๐˜€๐—ต๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜†:

๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ต. ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ!

๐— ๐—ฒ:

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜! ๐—ช๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ? ๐—œ'๐—บ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€

๐—”๐˜€๐—ต๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜†:

๐—ข๐—ธ

๐— ๐—ฒ:

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚. ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ

๐—”๐˜€๐—ต๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜†:

๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚. ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€!

๐— ๐—ฒ:

๐—œ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต - _ -

๐—”๐˜€๐—ต๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜†:

๐—ข๐—ต ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น. ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ธ.

๐— ๐—ฒ:

๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€.

At that moment, I put my phone back in my blazer pocket and walked into class.ย 

Seriously?ย 

All four of them are in this math class.ย 

The classroom was set out like English Literature and Geography. It was two desks.ย  Three rows going down the class. The boys sat at the back of the class. Ashton and Charles took the desk in the centre row. Xavier and Nicholas took the desk in the last row. I looked around the class for a seat and I found an empty desk by the window. Luckily, it wasn't at the front but in the back. Directly in front of Xavier and Nicolas. I walked towards the desk, and as always I got everyone's attention. Ignoring it, I continued to walk and took a seat.ย 

Other students started bringing out their books. I did too. I brought out the required Math textbook and my Math note /exercise book. For Math, my exercise book was a grey spiral coil book. After placing the book on my desk, I brought out my pencil case and calculator. Then I brought out my white mechanical pencil and opened my notebook.ย 

I didn't have OCD but for math, everything just needed to be organised. I turned the calculator to be exactly straight, laid my mechanical pencil next to it and alligned my black pen with my notebook.

Perfect.

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"Who wants to come up and solve the equation?", Mrs Hill asked the class. Some students hung their heada lpw and some looked anywhere other than meet our teacher's eyes.

Looking out the window, I hope she wouldn't call me out. I don't mind solving the equation but the number of stares I've gotten so far was enough.

But as expected, she asked me.ย 

"Ms Valiente", she called out. The moment those words left her mouth, the entire class looked at me.ย 

I peeled my gaze away from the window and everyone snapped their heads back towards the front. My gaze met my teacher's.

"M . .Ms. La Cartier, I mean." Her voice was now softer. Is that how powerful my family is or how powerful I am? My teacher just stuttered saying my name. All I know is my family had a connection to the school, so a wrong move could get her fired. But I would never use that power against anyone. "Would you like to come up here and solve the equation on the board?", she asked, pulling herself together.ย 

I just stood up from my seat and walked to the front of the class. All heads were down, looking at their books as I passed. The teacher handed me the chalk and I took it. Looking up at the equation on the board, I sighed in relief. I knew how to solve it. Homeschool really paid off.ย 

It's an algebra question. A hard one though. Luckily in Math, Algebra is my favourite.ย 

I brought the chalk to the surface of the board and started writing down the method. Only a minute and 15 seconds later, I was finished writing the answer.

"T . .that's correct. Good work, Ms La Cartier."

"It's Kristine, Mrs Hill", I said while passing her back the chalk.ย 

"Of course, Kristine", she smiled.

My lips curve into a full smile and I started walking back to my desk. The four of them were staring at me. Charles appeared surprised and Nicholas did too but covered it with his stoic facade. Ashton chuckled with a small smile and started copying my answer from the board into his exercise book. Xavier was impressed with a smirk on his lips and I smiled proudly before returning to my seat.

Thank you, math.

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"Hey! Glad you could join us", Teressa greeted me as she jumped up from her seat.

Isabella choked on the water she was drinking.

"Hi." I smiled as I walked to the seat next to her.ย 

ย I glanced over my shoulder and signalled my sisters to sit here.ย 

Sophia and Tamara greeted the others before taking a seat. Sophia sat next to me and Tamara sat two seats away from her. She thought Ester and Ashley would be more comfortable sitting between them. Since there were eleven of us, that left one seat empty. Which was the seat between Tamara and Nicholas.ย 

ย Let's hope this doesn't become awkward.

"Thanks for inviting us to sit with you", I said.

"Not a problem at all. Isabella has been wanting to ask but chickened out", Teressa chuckled and Isabella gave her a glare in return.ย 

"Says you. You were very near to throwing your phone at the wall while debating to ask or not", Isabella retorted.ย 

"Whatever. At least I asked." Teressa rolled her eyes.ย 

"Well, glad you did." I gave Teressa a kind smile.ย 

She returned it and looked at the two girls between Tamara and Sophia.ย 

"I don't think I know the two of you. What are your names?", Teressa asked sweetly.

"I'm Ashley", Ashley introduced herself first with a friendly smile before nudging Ester who was frozen in her seat.ย 

"Hm? Oh yeah . . I'm Ester."

"Nice to meet you both", Teressa smiled.ย 

This will definitely be awkward.

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We were all eating our meals in silence. Today's meal was Creamy Parmesan Garlic Mushroom Chicken with Grilled Vegetables. It tasted heavenly, this is now my favourite dish. Probably because I love creamy food such as Spaghetti Carbonara.

"Um . . ." Isabella bit back what she was about to say.ย 

All of us looked at her but, she was looking at me.

"Yes?", I asked her in the kindest way I possibly could. I wanted her to feel comfortable around me but we barely knew each other so it's understandable she's not.ย 

"May I ask you something?"

"Of course. Go ahead", I encouraged.ย 

"How did you . . .like. . what's your story? I mean. .how did you get interested in cosmetics and were able to build your business? I...I'm sorry, you see I just really admire your work", she spoke. Well, this is progress, right?

If it were possible, my smile broadens. Now, all eyes were on me.ย 

Long speech incoming.

"I warn you, it's a long story", I chuckled and clasped my hands together in my lap, "As you know I started when I was 15 years old. I love fashion. Loved it for as long as I can remember. There was a time I wanted to be a fashion designer, but felt like . . . it probably wasn't the . . . the right career for me. It was more of a hobby. Like I sketch designs and all. So when I was 15 I decided to design handbags and shoes by just attaching different gems, ornaments and some sowing patterns. I wanted to earn my own money so I created an Instagram account and sold my designs there. It became quite popular to the point I was shipping them across the world. However, when I was 14, I already had an interest in makeup. My family friends and sisters told me that I was really good at mixing colours and experimenting. They told me I could become a makeup artist, but I thought it would be better to try making my own makeup. Play with colours and make cool new makeup kits for teens around our age. Or younger.ย  I enjoyed doing so. That's when I became very passionate about it and was able to make a large production of it. I knew people who were more than happy to help me with the production. From there, I started my own website using the same name on my Insta account. Then, started selling my makeup there. That's my story."ย 

"You are - so cool", Teressa said in a dreamlike tone.

"That's why she's my idol", Isabella mumbled and I chuckled.

"Your new kit is cool. Great idea", Ashley spoke.

"You've seen my new kit?"

"I didn't know who you were until Ester mentioned ANGELIX. My younger sister buys a lot of your products."

I couldn't suppress my smile. "I'm so happy to hear that."

"How about modelling?", Isabella asked.

"Oh um . . .my sisters encouraged me to do so. Not force because I actually wanted to try modelling. Sadly, it was through connections. I started doing photoshoots when I was 11 years old", I said.

"How about ANGELIX?", Ashley asked.

"What about ANGELIX?", I asked confused.ย 

"Is it just an online cosmetic website or do you have like . . . a store?"

"Oh, I have one . . .ย  based in New York. I only hope in the future to have more."

"I'm sure you will", Teressa gave me a bright smile that made me smile too.

"If so . . . . I'll buy a store for myself", Isabela announced and I laughed softly. We made eye contact and she smiled. I gladly returned it.

Not a complete disaster.

"Wait, why didn't you just sow your own outfit that you designed and sell that? Why just handbags and shoes?", Isabella asked.ย 

"Sowing outfits is more of Sophia's speciality", I gestured towards Sophia, "She's more practical than I am."

"That may be true. But actually . . most of my designs are Kristi's. I just made them into a reality", Sophia said.

"At least, you're a pro at using a sewing machine."

Sophia chuckled. "Wasn't always. Believe me."

"Mara knows how to use a sewing machine. I still haven't mastered doing that", I said, looking at Tamara.

"Yes, I do. I made my own jeans!", Tamara exclaimed happily.

"Which looks ridiculous", Sophia muttered.

"Hey! They're cool!", Tamara defended.

"Cool as in Guy Diamond rolled himself over it numerous times? Yeah, so cool", Sophia said.ย 

"Guy diamond? Seriously?", Tamara asked in a bored tone.ย 

"What? He's glitter - full, like your jeans." Sophia shrugged.

I chuckled.

"Hey! You're not going to defend??", Tamara asked while looking at me with an exaggerated pout.ย 

"Um . . .it's nice. It has glitter on it."

"Oh no shit", Tamara retorted, "Just for my entertainment, Kristine, do tell us one of your bad jokes."

"Hey! They're not that bad."

"Defend my jeans then", Tamara ordered.

"So here's the joke", I started. Sophia giggled.ย "Why couldn't the bicycle stand up by itself?"

The whole table just stared at me.

"It was two tired." I contained my laughter.

Silence.

Ester laughed.

"Hell no", Tamara muttered.

Ashley bit her lip and I noticed Ashton turned to look at the wall behind him.ย  Xavier looked down at his plate. Charles kept an impassive face, Nicholas, too but I swear I saw a side of his lip twitch. Isabella was smiling and Teressa just giggled loudly.ย 

Really was not a disaster at all.

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I've already had my last class for today which was Psychology. How did Tamara survive that class? I think I yawned, seven times in one hour. I felt like spending some time in the Platinum lounge instead of my room, so that's where I'm heading off to now. Sophia already left for town to pick up the things she needs. I decided to meet her for dinner there with Teressa and Isabella because I have some studying to do.ย 

During lunch, I asked Teressa if it was alright for Ashley and Ester to join us for dinner and she said yes. However, Ester said she needed to catch up on lots of studying and Ashley didn't feel like going out. But we have the next three years to spend time with each other, which I am looking forward to.ย 

Once I reached the Platinum room, I scanned my key card and pushed the door open. But, there were six people already inside.

The Elites.


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