116Alyssa’s PovI quickly ran somewhere else and hid and while I hid behind a huge tree, I unbuttoned my shirt and unbuckled my pant as well, then pulled off the corset completely.“Gosh. How could you want to put me in trouble?” I said under my breath as I began to wrap it around my breasts again.While doing that, I was looking left and right to be certain that no one was looking at me or that would be another doom for me.“Where’s Ale?” Ethan raised his voice as he discovered I wasn’t there.“Has she been taken by a wild pig?” Reece said, and chuckled.Tsk! He could still make fun in times like this. That was just so annoying.I continued to wrap my corset around myself and just when I saw that they were all heading towards the tree where I stood, I sped up in wrapping the corset around my body until I was done.I also quickly put on my shirt and buttoned it immediately.“What are you doing here, Ale?” Reynold asked and when I turned to look at them, I discovered that the four of
115Alyssa’s PovAlthough, the fact that Ethan was going to be with me on this was nice, but I was still a little nervous about being in the same group as the triplets. Couldn’t they make it in twos and I’ll be happy to be on the same team as Ethan.“Come on, be calm. I already told you I’ve got you.” He said to me with a smile, and we all walked out of the class, heading to the field.On getting to the field, the teacher looked at each and everyone of us as we stood in groups.“So, you’ll all be going to the wilderness for your survival skills test. Good luck.”We all ventured into the wilderness in groups, and parted to different ways to start our test.“So, there will be a lot we have to do to show we can survive in the wilderness, and anything that comes our way here.” Ryan spoke as he addressed us.“What are we to do first?” I asked, out of curiosity and also willing to get this thing done as soon as possible.“Alright, we should gather woods, and sticks, then some stones just so
114Alyssa’s PovMy mouth gaped at that, and I didn’t know what to say to what he had just revealed to me.“What… what do you mean?” I questioned him not wanting to give away the fact that I was truly a female.“There’s no point in defending yourself, Ale. I already know the truth, and you don’t have to worry. I’m going to keep your secret with me to the grave.” He assured me, and I let out a sigh.Somehow, that felt like a heavy burden had been lifted off my chest. The fact that I could be more like myself when with him was much better, and never would I take this for granted.“How did you get to know and since when?” I asked, out of curiosity.“Since this morning.”“What! How!” I exclaimed out of shock.I guess I had actually been doing a pretty great job at hiding it, so probably this morning, I wasn’t really so good at it.“At the bathroom this morning. I actually went to the bathroom to bath very early because I woke so early, and I saw you. I was shocked, but decided to keep it
133Alyssa’s PovThe next day, I woke up very early as usual and entered the bathroom and while I was having my bath, it felt so much like therapy; one in which I felt so much better.“Feels so good.” I said while allowing the water to sprout on me.If only I could be free to bathe this way at any time I wanted, it would have been nice, but I couldn’t.Well, since it’s only times like this I could enjoy my bathing moment, I had no choice than to make the most of it.Soon, I was done bathing, and didn’t waste time in rubbing myself clean as I knew that any moment from now, anyone could walk into the bathroom and I would have a lot of explanation to do.After rubbing myself clean, I put on my new change of clothes and picked up the old one, then adjusted my hair style before I stepped out of the bathroom.I confidently walked back to the dorm room and waited a while before it was time to go to class.When the sun rose, I rose up to my feet, ready to go to class.“You’ve got company toda
112Alyssa’s PovI was so shocked, yet relieved to see the triplets. They looked cool and handsome as they stood there, staring like Kings at the bullies.The bullies immediately let me go, and they did the same to Ethan, then they hurried out of here.Then Reynold, Ryan and Reece walked towards me and I fiddled with my fingers, not knowing what to say.Just as they got close to me, they only stared and didn’t say a word. They also glanced at Ethan who also seemed like he didn’t know what to say in such a situation.“How exactly did you find yourself in such a situation with those bullies?” Ryan asked flatly while staring at me and keeping his cool.My heart began to beat and it seemed so much like it had gotten struck in my throat because it became so difficult to speak out.“We were just trying to train by ourselves in case of any other training session would be having, but those bullies took advantage of that.” Ethan spoke up for me.“I asked how he managed to get himself in such a
111Alyssa’s PovWe both went to the field after I got something for both of us to eat, and we had our seats.“Thank you for the other time.” He appreciated me without making eye contact with me.“It’s fine. I just can’t stand bullying. I’m Ale by the way.” I introduced myself to him with a smile.“I’m Ethan.” He responded to me.“Nice to meet you, Ethan.”Then he turned to me.“This is actually the first time someone would ever stand up for me. I can’t just get it out of my head the way you confronted those guys despite your stature and all.”“Well, they’ve probably seen the way I performed in class. Besides, they also don’t want to get into trouble with the school authorities.” I said to him with a smile, and munched on my snacks.“That’s cool. By the way, do you want to see something cool, too?” He asked, and I got excited.“Yes. Yes, of course.” I accepted, and we both rose to our feet.I followed him until we got to a skating hall.“Wow! Oh, my goodness. The school has this too?”