"THANK you, Sir!" Alyssa replied. She was happy, she was told very impressively of the artist she idolizes.
"Rain forest?"
"Yes Sir," Alyssa answered cheerfully. She likes to draw forests because it is fascinating in the eyes of the people.
The artist nodded.
Gregorio approached some other students, they all heard good praise from him.
Everyone was busy drawing so they didn't realize the time.
Gregorio clapped three times. "That's enough, it's time for lunch. You can continue that again later in the afternoon."
Alyssa stretched before standing up and putting away her belongings. She approached her friend. Maggie was very serious about what she was drawing.
Alyssa secretly laughed at Maggie, sweat dripping down her forehead. Her friend has a lot of paint on her face and clothes.
"Put a red circle on the tip of your nose, you will look like a clown." Said Alyssa. The girl laughed out loud.
"Don't laugh, I'll hit you." Maggie immediately warned her.
Alyssa gently hit her friend on the head. "You did a good job," she praised her friend. "This is your first time so you should love your drawing. When we return to manila, hang it in your bedroom so that you can motivate yourself even more."
Maggie's drawing is a Flowers.
"Hopefully the outcome will be good when I paint it." Maggie was happy with what she did.
Alyssa put her arm around Maggie's shoulder. "Of course, you are my friend, I know you can do it!"
Alyssa helped her friend organize her belongings and then they went out of that room as well.
"It turns out that drawing makes me hungry," Maggie complained, rubbing her stomach.
"You said so, you should eat a lot. That's your talent too!" Alyssa laughed jokingly at her friend.
"Tse!" Maggie frowned.
Alyssa pressed the bridge of Maggie's nose. "You're cute!"
SHRIMP porridge, vegetables, and fried Bangus fish for their lunch. The nine students became even hungrier.
"Eat a lot, don't be shy." Said Gregorio smiling at his students. He scooped up some rice, also took some vegetables, and placed them on his plate. "I have been alone in this mansion for a long time, only Mang Nestor is with me, so I am happy because you are here."
"You are very kind sir," praise of a student to the artist. Her name is Maureen, she still wearing the name tag.
None of them dared to ask Gregorio about his family, they didn’t want to offend the artist.
Everyone ate happily. On their first day in the mansion, everyone was comfortable. After eating, the girls helped to clean up the mess, they also helped to wash the dishes as a thank you for the artist's free feeding to them.
Gregorio stopped them, but insisted at least that way they could return the kindness shown to them by the artist.
"If you insist, as long as you're done there you can rest as well," Gregorio said.
"Yes Sir," the students replied.
The artist says goodbye to them as he goes to his room.
"At three o'clock in the afternoon, you should be in the working room to continue your drawings." Gregorio reminded the students before he finally left the kitchen.
In response, the students nodded at what the artist said.
ALYSSA looked at the watch she was wearing. It's only one-thirty in the afternoon. She invited her friend to go to the garden to spend time there. The other girls prefer to rest in their room.
"Isn't it hot there?" Maggie asked her.
"It doesn't look hot, you can see a lot of big trees around the mansion." She replied.
"Okay," Maggie agreed.
They are still in the kitchen sitting while talking. Alyssa stood up.
"Daisy, do you want to come along?" Alyssa asked her new friend.
Daisy refused while shaking her head.
"I'm a little sleepy, I'll try to take a nap," Daisy replied. She stood up and said goodbye to the two.
"I'll go with you!" A voice from behind Alyssa.
Alyssa turned around. She saw Carlos, the young man standing on the side of the kitchen door. She met him earlier while they were having lunch.
Carlos is handsome. He looks mestizo even though he says that his parents are pure Filipinos. Tall and perfectly built body.
Carlos walked closer to where the two friends were.
"I can't talk to anyone, those other boys are in the room to take a nap." He said, staring into Alyssa's eyes.
"I smell something fishy," Maggie said softly. Alyssa heard what she said.
Alyssa felt both her cheeks heat up. In short, she blushed at what Maggie said. Alyssa's eyes widened as she scolded her friend.
"Stop it, Maggie," Alyssa whispered to her friend and simply pinched it on the side of her waist.
"Ouch!" Maggie complained while holding Alyssa's hand.
"Are you going to the garden?" The young man asked them.
"Maggie and I are going to the garden" was her simple answer. She grabbed her friend's two hands, pulling her upright.
"Shall we?" Carlos asked. He even smiled sweetly, his white teeth came out which added more handsome points to him.
Alyssa felt the inside of her throat suddenly dry up, she was swallowed by her saliva. She has met many men but for Carlos, she feels strange. She shuddered every time Carlos smiled, her chest throbbing.
Alyssa felt her friend's touch under her chin.
"Your saliva might drip, you're too obvious!" Maggie joked at her.
Maggie came out of the kitchen first.
"Let's go," Alyssa stammered, looking at Carlos shyly.
At the same time, Alyssa and Carlos walked out of the kitchen. Maggie was in front of them taking a selfie, she was taking pictures of every corner of the mansion.
The three sat on the bench that was there. The garden is beautiful, there are many different plants. There are different types of flowers and different colors.
"Hmmmmmm....!" Alyssa sniffed. "I like the fresh air and the scent of flowers here."
"Yes indeed!" Maggie replied happily and took another selfie with the beautiful flowers. "I want to relax here sometime while meditating."
"Where in manila do you live?" Carlos asked Alyssa.
"We're from Bicutan, Maggie and I are in the same place. But our houses aren't close," Alyssa replied. "What about you, where are you from?"
Alyssa, on the other hand, asked without looking at him, as if she was amusing herself holding flowers.
"I'm from Cavite," Carlos replied. "But I'm studying college in manila."
Carlos even talked about his family. He said he came from a broken family, his parents both have different families. Carlos said it would be better to live with his grandmother.
Alyssa felt sad for Carlos. "I'm sorry,"
Carlo smiled at her.
"I'm okay," Carlos said. "I come from a broken family, but I have a grandmother who loves me very much." He added. "Even though my parents have their own family, they still support me. I live with my mother temporarily while studying. On the weekends, I go home to Cavite."
"I'm the only daughter," Alyssa started. "My parents are fine, they're always busy at work that's why my best friend Maggie is always with me." She added.
"She hasn't had a boyfriend since birth." Maggie refers to Alyssa.
Alyssa picked up one of her slippers and threw it at her friend, but her friend ran away.
"Can you please, stop? You are not funny, Maggie." Alyssa yelled at her friend.
Maggie laughed even more. She annoyed her friend even more. "I'm just telling the truth,"
Alyssa rolls her eyes.
"I'm sorry. You know Carlos, my friend Maggie is really like that, she's really funny," she explained to Carlos. Alyssa glared at her friend. She clenched her fist and showed it to Maggie.
Carlos smiled. "It's okay. No boyfriend, but someone is flirting with you?" The young man asked seriously. He looked straight into Alyssa's eyes.
Alyssa averted her eyes. Alyssa felt her ass heat up at that moment. She couldn't be bothered with Carlos's stares. If she had powers that could disappear, she might have disappeared in front of him.
"No," she answered sparingly.
"Geezzz... You two are matched." Maggie teases the two.
"I like your friendship." Honestly, Carlos said.
"Maggie and I became friends when we were kids. We treat each other like siblings," Alyssa said.
"I'll be honest Alyssa, the first time I saw you, I like you!" Carlos said bluntly to Alyssa.
Does he like me? Alyssa repeated to herself. That was all he said, but Alyssa could feel butterflies flying inside her chest.
"What? Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!" Maggie exclaimed. She was pleased with what she heard Carlos say.
"I-i like you, t-to be my friend Alyssa!" Said Carlos. But the truth is, Carlos wants to say that he loves at first sight to Alyssa. It would have been better for Carlos to hide his true feelings for Alyssa. They have just met. He does not want to be arrogant.
CARLOS wants Alyssa to be friends first, they are still on the stage of getting to know each other.The nervousness that Alyssa felt was replaced by disappointment at what she heard. Carlos just wants her to be his friend. Alyssa secretly laughed to herself. Assuming!"Oh! Love starts with being friends." Maggie said in a teasing voice, she was not convinced by what Carlos said.Carlos held out his right hand to the girl. "Can we be friends?" He asked the girl.Alyssa reached out his hand. The two shook hands in acceptance of each other as friends."Friends!" Alyssa replied smiling. The girl felt electricity flow through her whole body when she shook hands with him. Although Alyssa was confused about how she was feeling she still tried to act normally.Maggie approached the young man and shook hands with him.The three quickly became comfortable with each other. In a moment, the garden was filled with laughter, the young man's story was comp
SOFIA has already started to choose drawings, almost all of them have been painted but the others are not finished yet.Using the paintbrush from the artist, the two began to paint.Sofia chooses the drawing of a woman in a red hat.Miguel on the other hand is the image of a couple walking on the beach.Gregorio was sitting in front of them secretly happy. He picked up the phone on the table talking to his caretaker Mang Nestor."You already know what you're going to do," Gregorio spoke with a weak tone of voice to the person on the other phone line. Miguel looked at him. The artist smiled at Miguel and said just continue painting.Miguel smiled back at the Artist. He continued to paint again.An hour later when the two had finished, Gregorio approached them. He first looked at what Miguel had done."Great!" Gregorio applauded. "You did a good job, Miguel.""Yes!" Miguel said excitedly. Sofia glanced at him. He made a quick wink
"SOFIA's belongings aren't in the room," Charlotte said."Miguel's belongings aren't there either." Carlos also said after swallowing the food in his mouth.While Alyssa and Maggie exchanged glances. Their minds were also blank with the disappearance of the two students. The two seem to like each other. But they may not think of escaping.Alyssa choked on her last thought, she immediately took the glass filled with water and drank it."Are you okay?" Maggie asked her worriedly. "Slow down, Alyssa, there's a lot of food on the table," Maggie giggled.Alyssa scolded her friend. "Hmph! you are not funny,"Maggie just laughed at what she said."Finish the meal first. Then later, work together to find Sofia and Miguel. Maybe they were just here in the mansion, maybe they just slept somewhere." Said Gregorio, continuing to eat. "Or later, I'll tell Mang Nestor to go to town to ask questions there, maybe the two just went for a walk." He added.
GREGORIO nodded. "Teenagers are aggressive. When they want something, they immediately do it without thinking about it."The six students bowed and listened."All right, take a break. Lunch is also coming up. I'm canceling my teaching all day." He added. The students secretly enjoyed what they heard."Yes!" Noel said in a weak tone of voice."Did you say something, Noel?" Gregorio asked him."Nothing," Noel answered while nodding his head. His fellow students secretly laughed at Noel."I'm leaving, you already know the rules here inside the Mansion. When it's lunchtime, you should be in the kitchen." Gregorio reminded them."Yes Sir," they answered at once.ALYSSA was about to get out of bed. She didn't realize that she had fallen asleep after their lunch. She picked up the small alarm clock that was sitting on a table next to the bed."It's four o'clock in the afternoon," Alyssa whispered to herself. She g
"THE one there is already in love." Maggie teased her."No!" Alyssa refused, She didn't want to admit to her friend how she felt for Carlos."Your answer sounds like it's out of your nose," Maggie added and stood up. "You look good together, you're both beautiful and handsome, you're both talented. Most of all, you have the same passion!"Alyssa also got up and followed her friend who was already sitting on the bed. Alyssa also sat next to her.Maggie opened both arms and lay down on the bed."Don't worry Maggie, when Carlos becomes my boyfriend you'll be the first to know," Alyssa said almost in a whisper as she stared at the ceiling.Maggie sat up in bed at what she heard."You said you didn't like Carlos, but you hoped Carlos would be your boyfriend," Maggie laughed out loud.Alyssa seemed embarrassed. She took the pillow and slapped it on her friendMaggie also picked up a pillow and slapped Alyssa as well. And when the
AT EIGHT o'clock in the evening while having dinner, Daisy mentioned her plan to go home the next day."Why Daisy?" Gregorio asked the girl. He reached for the table napkin and wiped his mouth.Some students stopped chewing food on what Daisy said, apart from Maureen and Charlotte who first found out about Daisy's plan."Why Daisy, is there a problem?" Asked Alyssa."Did Alyssa and I do something you didn't like?" Maggie asked. She carefully placed the spoon on the side of the plate. Maggie just thought Daisy might be mad at them. Because they were noisy, especially to her, Daisy might feel like she was out of place."Of course not!" Daisy laughed. "My dad is in the hospital.""Is that so, so sad. What happened to him?" Alyssa continues eating her dinner."Mild stroke," Daisy answered.Daisy looked at the Artist, he is silent as if it was deep in thought."Sir?" Daisy calls attention to him. The Artist seemed surprised. "I
"OF COURSE NOT, SIR," Daisy answered promptly. "I'll hang that on the wall inside my room Sir!" the girl added that she could not hide the joy she felt."Then go ahead and sign the painting."The girl also complied and did not even think of the disaster that awaited her."Done!" The girl said happily after writing her full name at the bottom of the painting.Daisy handed the paintbrush to the artist, but as she stood up she felt dizzy. She clung so tightly to the frame of the canvas."I'm dizzy Sir," Daisy said with her hands on her forehead. She could feel it spinning all around. "What's going on?" Daisy asked the artist nervously. She glanced at him and saw that the artist seemed excited as he watched her."That's how it feels at first, you feel dizzy. Until you feel like you're slowly entering the painting!" Gregorio pointed to the painting with a hole in the middle like a whirlwind."What do you mean?" The girl asked. She wa
Alyssa was again horrified to see the statue sitting inside the cabinet again. "Why does Sir have that, it's scary!""Alyssa helps us, have mercy on us," they begged her.She looked at Sofia's face. She was sad and her eyes were blurred with tears."What do you mean? How can I help you?" she asked them but they did not say a word.Sofia just handed her the three paintings. At first, she was hesitant to accept the held by Sofia. Alyssa was nervous that the artist might catch up with them and get caught tampering with the paintings.Alyssa took a deep breath before accepting the painting Sofia was holding, then she suddenly disappeared from her sight. She was surprised when Sofia disappeared in front of her, she could not speak."Sofia?"For a moment Alyssa seemed to feel the surroundings spinning. She felt dizzy so she held on tightly to the painting.Alyssa sat on the floor while holding the paintings tightly, she closed her eyes to suppress the dizziness she