Chapter 4: First Day of School

Being excited when she finally met her best friends Hannah and Macky again, they've embraced each other so tight as if they have never seen each other for a year. It's the first day of the school year and she badly missed them for the two spend their vacation out of town and the last time they saw each other was two months ago. That was the end of the last school year if she was not mistaken.

"I've missed you, guys..." She sincerely told Hannah and Macky. They were currently in the hallway outside their classroom and she was so glad the three of them were at the same section again.

"We've missed you too," Hanna answered happily.

"How's your stay at your Uncle's house?" Macky asked.

"Good. It was okay, they were so nice to me." She replied shortly.

"And your cousin?" Macky queried cocking one brow.

"Oh please let's not talk about it. You know I hate her!" She answered with an obvious frown that made them laugh.

Her best friends knew her disgust for her cousin and how they barely dislike each other, she never kept that a secret from them. They knew everything about her even her ultimate crush on Thyago was not a mere secret to them. Well, the two were also very vocal in telling her that they also hate Elena. Macky said she was plastic and a good pretender while Hannah hates her for being stagey, boastful, and an attention seeker. On the campus, Elena is not just popular for being the Queen bee but because she has a lot of haters too.

"So how it's like living in one roof with the Queen bee?" Hannah teasingly asked her that made her eyes roll.

"We pretend like we're okay when her parents are around but when they're not, we don't even talk to each other..." She added.

"That's not nice..." Hannah and Mackey both winced that made her laugh.

"I just so hate her! Especially now because-" she suddenly gasps and got stunned when someone caught her eye who was now walking down the hallway towards their place.

Actually, she was not the only one who got stunned by his presence, everyone's attention mostly girls seems to get caught whenever he was passing by. Well, she can't blame them, his presence is overwhelming and there's no way you can't make a second look if you took a first glance at him. He was simply pleasing in the eyes. He was no other than the apple of her eye- Thyago Williams. She just couldn't help to blink an eye as she saw him confidently walking through her way. He had this sweet smile on his face while looking towards her place.

Wait----, am I not mistaking? Is it really me he was smiling at?

She tried looking around to check if someone was behind her but it was the walls she saw and just when she looks back, she gasps in surprise when Thyago was now in front of her. Oh yes, right in front of her!

"Bea! The cousin of Elena right?" He asked while flashing his pearly white set of teeth.

Oh God, is this true? Did he approach me here on campus? Oh heaven... Why are you so good to me?

She nodded as an answer, seems like she had swallowed her tongue for no words would escape her mouth. His presence made her smile dreamily as her knees starting to meltdown.

"You were studying in this school also? Why did I never know that? I knew you were familiar when I saw you at Elena's house, now I know because you were studying here too." He stated.

Duh! I've been studying in this school since first grade! How'd you never knew me? You're not even giving me just a single glance, so how will you notice me?

"Yeah! Actually, I'm in this school since first grade." She answered disappointedly while forcing herself to smile.

"How did I never noticed such a cute kid like you, uh?" It surprised her when he suddenly pinched her cheek that made her blushed. Not to mention that she was well aware that some student's attention was on them.

With that, it brightens up her mood again. She even heard Hannah and Macky exaggeratedly cleared their throat as if reminding her of their presence. Well, she has to admit that she forgot her friends were around when Thyago approaches her.

Of gosh! Why does he have to be so sweet like that? Doesn't he know with just that simple gestures, it makes my heart melt like a marshmallow on fire? How can he be so charming without even trying?

"I know right..." She uttered almost like a whisper. It made him smile, too late to realize what she just answered.

Wait--- What?!!! What the heck did I just say? Gosh, this is so embarrassing!!! And why is it so hard to breathe when he was around?

When she met Hannah and Macky's eyes, they both look like they were forcing themselves not to laugh because it was kinda obvious that she was too pleased with that simple compliment Thyago gave her. For sure her two best friends will make fun of her later for acting such a gullible drooling kid over her ultimate crush. She was about to open her mouth and say something when she got interrupted by the sound of the bell that suddenly rang as a sign of starting the class.

Drat!

"See you around, Bea." Thyago bade before he left and walked away.

She disappointedly watched him walking away as a frustrated sigh came out of her lips. She felt a sudden pat on her shoulder from behind and found it was Macky who's now clucking while shaking her head in waggery.

"Girl, don't be too obvious in crushing on him. Let's of jealous girls around are cocking their brows on you." Macky teased.

"Mackey's right, friend. You were too obvious.." Hannah added with an overacting nod that made Macky laughed.

Oh drat! Let them all be jealous. But is she that too obvious?

Oh, looks like her friends will going to tease her for acting such a daft in front of Thyago the whole day ahead. They always teased her on Thyago although she was getting shy sometimes, deep inside, her heart was being revelled in happiness because she likes indeed likes it.

"Come on guys, the class will about to start." She interrupted to stop them from teasing her. She then walked forward towards their classroom leaving the two.

"Bea's too obvious crushing on Thyago!" Macky teased still.

"Little Blessie here is changing the topic..." Hannah teased her too as they both followed her going to their room.

The whole time of her class hours, all she thinks about was Thyago and how he greeted her earlier. She had a hard time concentrating in class because Thyago occupies her mind all through the while when in fact it's a very busy day in school. This is foolishness she thought. At an early age like this, crushing to a boy five years older than her, this can't be serious right? In sixth grade, she wasn't even a teenager yet but she acts like one. She was feeling amazing and excited because for the very first time, Thyago finally notices and known her existence.

When she got home after class, she went straight through her bedroom. Feeling happy and inspired, she decided to make a diary of her own. Not necessarily a typical diary where she'll write about her daily living, it was more like a journal where she will write down all the kept emotions and feelings she has for Thyago. She planned to chronicle all her interactions and emotions she had for Thyago. Something inside her wanted to write and savor this feeling of happiness she has for him because if not, her heart will explode in too much excitement and joy. And there into her bedroom lying comfortably in her bed, she silently writes all her emotions in that notebook with a smile painted on her lips.

Dear Thyago's Notes:

Today is the first time I decided to make a journal about my feelings at your Master Thyago. The reason is simply because I have a huge crush on him or maybe more than that. Actually, the very first time I saw him, he definitely caught my attention and made some havoc in my being. What can I do? I was caught in that hatty face...

Well, he's not just a handsome face, he's also smart and very friendly. He's very down to earth and the moment you'll lay an eye on him, it feels like you'll crave to look at him more and more. He had this capability to make my heart beats so fast like a runaway train and yet I love the feeling of it. I didn't like him just because he was the only son of the good Mayor in this town and not because he came from a good and rich family, the truth is I liked him because he was humble, kind, and compassionate to others. That beyond his attractive look is a generous and liable person with a good and big heart. He is simply like an angel sent from above that made to be adored and cherished. Well, it was an honor for me to do so...

Yeah right, I may be too young and I can't even call myself as a teenager. Maybe I can't be considered as a big girl yet for now but I knew my feelings well. This is real and this was something more deeper than their so-called crush. Whatever it is, I'm more than willing to search for an answer.

~Miss Pretty

She decided to make a code name for herself as a Miss Pretty. Why Miss Pretty? It's the first thing that comes up in her mind because she remembered Thyago called her pretty the first time he met and acknowledge her existence. Miss Pretty, it is, the name fits her very well.

Until that day onwards, she kept on writing on that journal whenever something special happened with her encounter with Thyago. She was bursting out all the hidden feelings she had with Thyago into that journal. It is the only way where she can speak with ease, reflect, and dream

free of outside judgment or criticism. She was well aware that she was not the only girl infatuated and dreaming for him, you see he was popular not only in school but in the whole town for he was the good Mayor's only son. That even in his teenage age, she was well aware that even college girls are crushing on him too. Being just an ordinary girl without something to offer, it's kinda embarrassing if she will be very vocal in expressing she had a crush on him. For sure girls in her school will either make fun of or judge her and that's what she doesn't like to happen.

She made sure she's always updated in Thyago's life. Every detail she learned about him, she always makes sure to remember it. She can be compared to a stalker and she has to admit she was guilty. Anything about Thyago, she is willing to know even the smallest detail of it. She wants to be close and be friends with him so she will have to do something for that to happen. Until then, she manages to grab every possible opportunity just to get along with him.

Thyago is generous and friendly so it was easy to befriend him. For every single moment she could get a chance to be with him is like a paradise, even with a single glance of him was heaven for her. It was just so disappointing that with every situation, Elena oftentimes enters the scene which pisses her most of the time. Elena and Thyago are friends, their families are friends to be exact because Uncle Ben and the good Mayor are college buddies while Aunt Meryl and the Mayor's wife are best friends. She has to admit she was jealous of the attention that Thyago gave to Elena. With that, the hatred she felt for Elena is getting stronger and deeper. She knew it was bad to think that way but she just can't help to. Elena seems special to Thyago and the way he looked at her cousin, it feels like he likes her and that frustrates her. He often visits during weekends at the house and she was just at the window of her room looking at them happily chatting together. There are times Thyago will pick Elena up and they were going for who knows where? And for those times, she finds herself getting jealous and being frustrated wishing she could be close with Thyago too.