"Oh great, I'll be looking foward to that"
Also hoping you'd forget anytime soon. Truth is, he didn't look like he was going to forget at all and I really had to look forward to it. Well, he didn't seem like a bad person and he also happens to be around my age which is an advantage too. Besides, I've heard my parents talk about the good and bad people and William and his family always happened to be well spoken of. Excluding the fact dad said Leo messes around with girls, every other thing is okay. Definitely, he'll get bored trying to mess around with me even if he tried. There wasn't much to Christina King herself. If it exceeded the comfort of my room, I either get bored or tired and the feeling spreads around quick. The bright side is, he wasn't one that tried to get any personal information.
"I'm very sure you don't know France as much as you used to before. Remember when we used to run around as kids? And the time you hit your head from trying to ride my bicycle?"
"Wow, you remember that?"
Cause I do not remember a thing about what he said. Honestly, I couldn't get the tiniest bit of memory. It was like that part of my life never happened at all. I knew that time was foggy in my head but even still, I could remember a few of the friends I had. Jennifer and Kyle were there and they went on to attend the same high school as me. I knew I'd been here before but how was I friends with this guy?
"Of course, I do and I also remember wanting to be the best of friends with you then you left a day after and that crushed five year old me"
"Crushed?"
"Completely. I remember really liking you then and I went as far as selling some of my stuff to get enough money to come to New York?"
"You were one crazy kid"
"You can say that again"
At that point, the conversation was getting a lot better. The atmosphere had changed for me seeing things were not half as bad as they made it look like. I mean, he was the first person I met in the party and we started off good. He didn't seem or act manipulative and he definitely didn't look like the way dad pictured him to be.
The fact I was his childhood crush, on the other hand, only made me laugh. I can't believe I had someone like me so much and I didn't even know who he was. I'm certain that if he was someone I saw as important when I was younger, I'd remember him at this point but even with all he did to see me again, I still could not remember.
"Wow, I didn't think anyone would do such for the quiet weird little girl I was"
"You weren't weird to me at all. The only thing weird was the fact you wore one purple bow for a week straight"
Now that, I remember. I know I used to have this purple glittery bow and I could give literally everything for it. There were little germs on it and anyone could spot it but that wasn't even the reason I loved it so much. The actual reason came from the fact my dad lied to me it came from Mars and I was one of those children with insane love for planets then so I vowed to always keep it close to me every single day. It was stupid to even believe that but let me tell you, I wore that for over a week. It wasn't until after a while I got to realise my mom actually had a bunch of it and changed it every night when I fell asleep.
That, my friends, is one of the things that ruined my childhood.
"You remember that too? You must have a really good memory, I don't think I even remember anything from my childhood anymore"
"They're a few things that stuck with me and that just happens to be one of them. How about I show you around, we've been standing close to the entrance long enough"
Guess who's the perfect gentlemen mom spoke about? This guy. Dad definitely needs to get lessons from him. Mom would rant on and on about her husband being the best in the world. In just a few minutes, I'd seen someone more of a gentleman than he was. I just wish I could take this all on video.
"That's so kind of you"
Then he held out his arm as if waiting for me to reciprocate or something and it was then I realized I had no idea on how things like that work. I'd seen more than enough movies and even still, I didn't know what to do. I'm very sure it was like that because I was panicking. At least, it wasn't like that earlier. I mean, what am I supposed to do exactly? Give him a high five?
"Oh, I get it!" I exclaimed, a little too loud and weird for something so normal. I got a little attention and more stares than earlier. I kept my arm around his like they did in those royal dark academia type of stuff. Like my father would call me, local champion. It wasn't entirely my fault. It's not something anyone would get so easily. Besides, I was under a lot of pressure.
"You're a very funny girl, Christina" He laughed "You're just a bigger person in bigger clothes, there's no difference from before"
"You think?"
I didn't like that there were people that looked at us weird as we walked though the crowd. It was very noticeable we were getting attention and I would try my best to look everywhere besides anyone but end up failing anyways. Seeing I was a very shy person, things like that made me very uncomfortable. I was brought back to the realisation this was still the same party I was warned about. I may have met someone good at first but it didn't change the fact they're weeds amongst plants.
"How have you been since we were kids? Who is the Christina King now?"
"Well, she's eighteen and graduated high school weeks ago." Thinking of it, there actually isn't much about me to be talked about. I didn't even know myself, how can I describe it to someone else? Questions like that made me feel uncomfortable " Can I be honest with you? I really don't have much to say. How about you tell me about the Leonardo Aubert?"
He laughed and replied "He graduated high school a few weeks ago as well, soon to be in Cambridge and have been taking care of both my father's business and my education. They're a lot I'm yet to know about the whole business world but I've been able to do a few things and they're some donated to charity. I play football, soccer and golf during my free time"
I guess it's my turn guys, here we go.
I graduated a few weeks ago and have been spending literally all my time eating and watching movies cause that's what responsible adults do. I have not resumed college yet and practically have no idea about my dad's business. I have self handedly eaten a whole box of pizza at once and donated all the slices to my satisfaction. I sleep during my free time and most times, eat again.
"You've got a really good life"
"You've been running the your father's enterprises here in France which is quite impressive if I might add"
"I have?"
"How has that been?"
"What?"
"Business, how has it been?"
"I don't know much about business either" I paused and thought about another topic but nothing came.. "They're many in my name and my dad has taught me many of the few things I need to know but currently not enough to run a whole company myself"
"I see, so you're one of those girls?"
"What girls?"
"Confident and Independent, the good type of girls"
"Youre just saying that cause we happen to be in the same field but thanks for the compliment"
After minutes long conversation of compliments and frequent flash backs to the past, Leo soon had to leave for something important. He, however, promised he'd be back soon and I should stay in the same position till he came back. What a good way to start things? I guess coming to a party wasn't so bad after all. Everything was going so well, I thought nothing could ruin it.
"Well, if it isn't Christina"
Till she came.
It's one of those moments in life when things suddenly go down the drain. There I was with a smile plastered on my face, thinking nothing could ever destroy what I found and just a second later, this had to happen. The voice I heard from behind me was a familiar low feminine voice. If I had a chance to pick between talking with every other person in the room to her alone, I would definitely pick the former. This is going to be difficult. "Alex" I acknowledged, turning around to face the girl that was supposed to be my childhood friend. She was just like she looked on social media but out of all, I would say I really liked the way she looked. It wasn't too much, neither was it too little. The dress was white with little specks of gold here and there. The single bracelet on her wrist took my attention, it was strikingly beautiful and that made it one of the few times I got attracted to jewelry. Alex was like Leo to me. Let's rephrase that, Alex could've been more than Leo to me. Our
Alex Coleman, daughter of famous actress and model Stacy Coleman, was publicly insulted by Christina King, daughter of Dylan and Diana King during William Aubert's party earlier today. The model claimed it had been a peaceful conversation between the two before Christina King proudly mocked her for being the daughter of a woman who, not only was once her father's secretary but also got pregnant for a man unknown to the public. In witness's words, the young entrepreneur had called her a bastard, pauper and filth during their conversation while Alex had tried to apologize for any inconveniences caused by her. It later ended up in Alex storming out of the party and Christina a few minutes after. Earlier tonight, Alex twitted 'My conversation with @theofficialchristinaking was never as I imagined it to be as I've always thought of our relationship to be based on friendship and nothing more. If I caused any unnecessary drama, I'm sorry to everyone that had to face that. A lot of you have
The next day rolled in faster than I thought. The conversation I had with almost everyone in my family ended up in what we all expected, pity. They all believed me and mom, who never liked Alex or her mom, fumed in anger after I explained everything. If it wasn't for dad's peaceful attitude, something worse may have happened as a result. I didn't think I would see mom so mad, I thought they would see something wrong in what I did. She proceeded to explain how Stacy Coleman, Alex's mother, spilled orange juice during her first visit to Nigeria. Then, Stacy still had this crush on dad and apparently didn't like mom cause she was getting in the way. Sounds like a classic high school drama but I see where it comes from. Besides during parties, Stacy and I didn't talk much. Our conversations were limited to her giving me a smile and admiring my dress which only lasted for ten seconds or less. Hating someone for reasons assumed by people or me without confirming myself wasn't my kind of
"I got her when I was twelve and dyed her fur yellow cause she loves the color. I wanted to name her yellow but I had six other cats with the same name so I dyed her fur pink and named her pink. Then I got another cat a week later. She had the whitest fur with beautiful blue eyes. Looking at her for the first time, she took a large chunk of my heart so after a few minutes, I named her Michael Jackson""Is it legal to dye cats? Or to have this insane amount of them?" I flipped through the picture book, seeing one by one all the cats she had in her possession. It only made me wonder what her house would look like and how much work she kept into maintaining these things. Bathing, feeding and every other thing wouldn't just take time but also a lot of money.I couldn't take care of myself, let alone take care of another creature. "Of course it is. Besides, animal control comes every once in a while to check on them and they're always fine""And the cost of maintaining?""It's not that ex
We were on our way to Leo's house after minutes, if not an hour long of talking about the footage. I understood his situation and mine even better. If he gave it to me, he would risk his relationship with Alex and things might just end up being bad for him but I, if I got it and uploaded it then it would mean the tables would immediately turn. The truth would finally be out and I become the good guy. Easy and simple but the problem is that one of us had to sacrifice one thing for the happiness of the other. Hear me out, it's not like I emotionally blackmailed him or anything. It was just a casual conversation, nothing more. Although, I wanted it real bad, I never forced him into it. After my first sentence, it didn't look like he was ready for anything like that and that was the first hint it would take a lot more work than was originally planned. I didn't make him feel bad for not helping me and told him it was totally fine if he wanted it that way. It wasn't until after our talk in
Then it was my turn to face her, something I wish could've happened just a few hours later. At least after I posted the video footage on all my social media platforms so she would have to look at me with shame rather than the confidence she had on her face. I could've felt annoyed by her presence but I couldn't feel the tiniest bit of anger in me. All I had was happiness cause whatever I'd spend the day in was finally going to end and hopefully, I'd finally get out of the place. Leo broke the silence by clearing his throat "Alex?""So why did you tell me to come over? For her? Are you kidding me?""I did this as an opportunity to help you both set your differences aside""This isn't two high school girls in front of a principal, we don't need to set out differences aside. So what you're saying is that I wasted my time all for her?"Sometimes it's nice to see the way things are before the tables get turned and that's exactly what was unfolding right in front of me. I just thought of h
It took only a minute or less after I posted the footage that my phone, including Leo's and Alex's, started buzzing against the table. Besides Alex, it wasn't much of a surprise to anyone on the table. I had a sick smile on my face as I played with the heavy fork in between my fingers like the stepsister from a teen romcom while Leo went on with his meal like nothing happened. I'd never felt better than I did that night, I could just feel the energy rushing through my veins with each loud buzz. With my head feeling like it could pop from excitement at any second, I tried my best to hold in a smile. But yeah, I failed. What else did you expect? I could only try to get my cheeks pink, not the red almost-looking-like-a-bruise color evident on it. I mean, I could tell she already knew something was going on and if she knew me better, she better be scared of it. Definitely, it was my first time doing something like that and yes, it felt great. Amazing even. "Oh" I started "I wonder what
Alex Coleman"Leo literally gave her the video mom and we were so close to the camera, everyone heard the whole conversation" Shaky breaths escaped my lips as my sweaty palms made contact with my forehead. I detached it the moment I realized I had caked my face with make up and just as I expected, my fingertips were covered with foundation. I could've been worried I had my fingers printed on my face but I couldn't worry about anything besides my reputation and how it was crashing down before me. I couldn't turn on my phone or glance at the screen, it was just a reminder of how bad things had got and how much hate I was getting. The first thing I saw was a message from Georgia telling me I had to see the video. Besides my mom, she was the only one who knew how much I hated the Kings and why I did. In fact, she planned the whole thing to ruin Christina's reputation and I didn't hesitate before going with the plan. It was finally an opportunity to get revenge for all her parents did to