At the house Brieanna immediately changed her clothes. She hasn't returned his clothes because she wanted to wash it first before giving it back to him.
After changing, she went out and head to the dining table. She sat down facing William who was already eating. She remember what Dianne told her.
New girl William brought...
She continues to think about it, totally forgetting that William was in front of her.
"You know you can ask me if it's really that bothering," William uttered, snapping her out of her thoughts.
Brieanna blinked thrice and cleared her throat. She took some hotdogs and bread completely disregarding what he uttered.
In the middle of their quiet breakfast, Brieanna thought of getting a job somewhere. She's pretty sure William know someplace she can work to.
"Uhm... do you know a place here where I can get a part time job?" She asked.
William stared at her for a moment and then continued to chew his food. Brie kind of felt more awkward when he didn't answer at all. She just said oki in her mind.
After their breakfast, she went out to his veranda and sat on a chair. She stared at the beach outside and smiled when she realized that yes, she's still alive and breathing.
"I do know a place where you can do a part time job."
Brie flinched in surprise.
"Gosh! You scared me!" She yelled while frowning at him.
William smiled and then sat beside her to look at the view in front as well.
"Want me to take you there?" He asked.
Brieanna glanced at William then back to the ocean. She then nodded.
"Tell me what Dianne told you and I'll take you there," he uttered.
Brieanna raised her left brow at him. "I already told you what she said."
William heavily sighed then met Brieanna's eyes. "My gut is telling me that she said more than just for you to tell me hi."
"Fine," she said and rolled her eyes. "She said that I'm another new girl you brought here."
William thought so that Dianne would tell her that. He brought girls before but that's to satisfy his needs until he got bored of it. He's just a normal guy, he's not a monk to deny such thing. That's all before he met her so how could he know?
"I'll take you to that place tomorrow." William stand up as he was about to leave.
"What did Dianne meant by what she said?" Brie asked looking up to him.
"I'm a guy who had needs," was the only words that came out of Williams mouth. After it he went inside.
Brieanna who was left thought about his answer. So he had girls that he brought here to... She shook her head side to side. It's none of her business what he does nor what he did. And, he seemed like an honest person so she doesn't really feel like she's in danger.
She wonders what kind of life he's living down here. He seemed to be lonely and living a boring life. How she knows? Well, when you're mentally shut, you would immediately know when someone else is too. It's just how it is so those people who pretends to be shut just looks stupid and funny.
Anyways, there's just really nothing to do so she went inside and saw no one. She went to her room and look around. There was nothing lively about the room, just like her room. She wished she has a paper and a pen so she could somehow write down her boredom.
William on his room just got done with a phone call. He told the HR of his resort that he will bring someone tomorrow. He wants her inside the kitchen first and then he will see what's her remark about her position.
William put down his phone and then stared at his ceiling. Maybe the way she sees me changed now that she knows that part of me, he thought. He got to be ready for when she leaves.
At this time of the day he usually would just be inside his room painting or binge working with his business, but this time he gotta think of something for Brieanna to not get bored too.
He remembers the wood blocks he got from his sister. Maybe they should play Jenga!
William went out of his room and then walk towards an old cabinet where he took out the wood blocks. This time, he put some twist of questions and dares in each block.
"That should do it," he said with a smile as soon as he finished writing on the blocks.
He stood up and head towards Brieanna's door, and then he knocked.
"Yeah?"
"Uh... do you want to play the Jenga game with me? That is if you're not doing anything," he replied.
A few moments later Brieanna opened the door. She was surprised to see him leaning against the door. William smiled and put his arm down from the wall. "Well, I guess you want to play?"
"There's nothing much to do so, why don't we give it a try," she answered.
They head to the living room and then the blocks were already stacked up. They both sat down the carpet across each other with the blocks above the center table.
"Alright, so there are questions and dares written on each blocks. You can't say no nor lie to these," William explained to her.
Brieanna thought how silly could the dares be? It's nothing so she nodded.
"Who will go first?" She asked him.
"Uhm... let's do rock, paper, scissors. Who loses will take one first," He replied.
They both readied theirselves, their hands in midair.
"Rock, Paper, Scissors." They both said as they shake their fist up and down.
"Ugh!" Brieanna groaned when she lost. She had a paper and he had a freakin scissor!
William laughed at her reaction. He's good at rock, paper, scissors so how could he lose?Brieanna carefully push one block in the middle and then she gasped when she silently read what's written in the block.
"So you basically did that?" William asked Brieanna. "Duh," she said and rolled her eyes. "I did so many crazy things but yeah that video just posted online on itself and everyone thinks I'm a slut and that's just fucked up." William chuckled, thinking that there was really more to this girl. He wish he could bring back the Brieanna she was just talking about. They just finished the fifteenth round of the game and now the sun is setting. "So what about you? How come you're living alone?" Brieanna asked. "I'm all grown up. I'm twenty four for Pete's sake," William cooly answered that made her raise a brow and gasped. "You're five years older than me!" She exclaimed. Not in her wi
"Took you long to get some drinks," Brieanna said, eyes narrowed at William. Being all alone and waiting in a crowded place isn't her favorite at all. "Sorry, I was caught on something," he replied, sitting beside her and handing her the water bottle. "You look like you were enjoying the lanterns though." "Yeah, they do look nice. They seem to light up everything in this night market." "I bet it makes your heart melt." Does it? Well it kind of, she thought. She was used to dark places. The ones that she can think clearly while the soft breeze touches her face or the ones that makes her lonely is her favorite. Something like this feels new to her since it has been a while.
It was time to be on her own. Brieanna took a deep breath and blew it out. Yes, she met everyone already and they all seemed nice but it's a job. It all starts nice.As she enters the kitchen again she keeps a nervous smile, nibbling her lower lip as she makes her way to the big sink. She was not alone, she will be closely working with a married woman in her 30s or so, named Veron."It's okay to get all shaky and slow at first," Veron tells her. "I used to think I'll break every plate here. I ended up my first shift with five expensive plates broken."That does not help her at all. If she breaks a costly plate, that is probably going to cost her five days of working. She should be extra careful.And so Veron taught her everything she needed to know. She was also told not to throw every left overs. Veron told her to segregate it, from the foods that should go directly to waste and the meats and rice they can feed stray animals."Wow, the
Dinner was quiet and after it William waited for Brieanna to finish washing the dishes. He already prepared a contract and the rules they needed to abide in his house. When she finally finished, she gaze down the papers as she sits in front of him. "What are these for?" she asked him. "I forgot to give you the work contract and this on my right are the few rules I would like you to follow. Also if there are things you want me to follow you should list it so we can talk about it." Brieanna looked at the contract first, reading it as if she understands. Then she took a glimpse at William and to the pen he prepared. She reached for it and signed the contract. "Didn't take you the exact time to read it," he uttered. "Well if I did, I would still not understand all of it," she told him, putting the the contract and taking the rules. The first rule was not to enter the room that is not yours and never enter nor open t
Finally, Brieanna's shift has come to its end. She has done a terrible work today and she earn herself a cut from the knife earlier too. As she walks out of the resort, she decided not to go home early. There was nothing to do there, she will just get bored laying and gazing at her ceiling. So, she starting wandering around the town. The town is sure a livelier place at night than at morning. Vendors were busy putting up their stalls at the moment, the street foods were already set up and tourists like she once was were busy taking pictures everywhere. Her stuffs crossed her mind. Should she go dive in the water and retrieve her stuffs? She's sure there were no damage to them since she sealed it with plastic. Problem is, she will probably run out of air before getting to the bottom. Brieanna deeply sighed. If only that cold William didn't save her she wouldn't be in this town, thinking about how to live. "Ano... excuse me." When sh
Brieanna stared at William's hand. Has anyone ever reached their hands for her to take, like this stranger in front of her? Has anyone ever waited for her to catch up to them? She slowly raised her head and saw how desperate he was. "Why are you so eager to save me?" "Because you haven't seen the best in life yet, Brie. You've only seen the dark side of it. You can't tell the devils nor the angels that you've seen everything down here when you're just exploring one side," he replied. "Please, Brie. Let's go home." They stayed staring at each other as if the cold didn't bother them both. She sees it. The way her eyes are when she looks at the mirror. His ocean blue eyes were the same as her hazel ones. Dull. Finally, she turned her body around and got off the parapet. She placed her hand on his and he pulled her into a hug that made her eyes wide. "Damn you, Brie! Don't make me hold my breath like that again!" He was breathing heavily, ti
Richard and Willaim were glaring at each other for the longest time. Brieanna feeling uneasy with their atmosphere. She should say something! "Uhm..." "I didn't mean to intrude, bro. I thought she was single," Richard said. "I am--" "She is but she isn't here to date anyone." Okay, they were not allowing her to speak and William is just repeating what she said to him when she was new here. Dang, she's really that cold to him. Richard glances at her and she kept a thin smile which made his mouth turned up. She gaze at William and she instantly look down. His face was darn scary she swore she's going to die later. "Well, I have to get going. Nice meeting you uhm--" "William," he coolly said. Richard nods and turned to her, displaying a lopsided smile. "I'll see you around, Brieanna." If she could just pull Richard and let him stay talking to William while she makes an escape then
Today, Brieanna celebrates her day off. Like what William and her talked about, surfing is part of today's agenda. She didn't want people to laugh at her so they decided not to practice at the public beach and just do it outside their house. An hour since they started catching waves and Brieanna had caught none at all. William kept going on with her duck diving and to paddle and paddle which she was not prepared even though they warmed up. The duck diving was really dreadful for her. Her board just doesn't go down no matter how much she tries. "I need a break!" she yells, panting. When she got to the shore, she just went and lay on the sand. She's pretty bad at it. The waves aren't even that big but her feet keeps getting swept off and she ends up falling before she could even stand. "It's your first day. You can get better," William said, sitting right next to her. "You totally flop though," he added, laughing softly which made her throw a dirt