C2 Melodies by the lake

"Dorah" Helena called as they're both going to the music room as Helena requested. "Yes" "Did you know anyone by the name Jace. Jace Edmond actually" Helena asked which made Dorah went stiff. "What's wrong? " Helena asked looking at her with a worried expression. "Nothing" "I know him. Tho it's just online" She added. "Okay" "why asking?" "I asked because he's my boyfriend" "WOW" "I'm so much in love with him and I know and he loves me too" "You wish. In your dreams. Helena, I'm sorry but I don't think he does" Dorah thought. "Dorah" Helena called jerking her out of her thought. "Uhm, I'm sorry Helena" "For what?" "He asked me out" "You mean Jace. I'm sure it's not my Jace you're talking about" "I messaged you online. Don't I seems familiar" "Oh geez now I get it. You actually look familiar when we first met" " But I'm sure you're not talking about my own Jace. My Jace is so loyal to me" "He's the one. He has told me about you and that's why I sent you a friend request online in the first place" "wait, what! You mean to say Jace asked you out? " Helena asked and Dorah nodded. "And what's your reply?" Helena yelled angrily. Dorah hates it when being yelled at, it somehow weakens her. "I.....I" Dorah stammered unable to make a word out. "Dorah, talk" Helena half yelled. Dorah opened her mouth to say something but nothing came out. This was why she never accepted Jace's proposal. "Dorah, how could you? I'm very sure you accepted his proposal. I thought you're my friend. I can't believe you did this to me. You've completely betrayed my trust" Helena yelled as some student that are passing by gathered around them. " Helena , it's not like ......" "Shut the fuck up. I'm sick of your excuses and lies. You think this is okay? You've got some nerve. You've hurt me more than you can imagine. You've shattered everything we had with your behavior. What did he even see in you? You this ugly bitch. What's so good about you, Hun? Tell me, did you lure him into asking you out?" "Helena, stop. I hate being yelled at" Dorah said as tears swelled up in her eyes. "Oh oh I see" "Helena, I didn't......" She was shut up by a slap. Tears gush out of her cheek. "Did you now know how it feels to be in pain?" Helena yelled. Dorah turned to leave but Helena grabbed her hand.

The flower boys were just coming out of the young star studio when they saw student gathered at a plane. They were about walking past them when Ronald noticed dorah with Helena in the middle. He told his friends he'll meet up with them. As the crowd saw him, they pave way for him. Helena was about slapping dorah again when Ronald catch her hands in the air. "WhY the hell did you do that?" Helena yelled and dorah flinch. "How dare you?" Ronald growled. "What right did you have to slap her?" Ronald yelled. "Please........ please.......stop yelling. I don't like it" Dorah said as she clinged to Ronald's uniform. "I'm sorry, baby" Ronald said, hugging her to himself. Ronald caress her back with one hand while the other is used to held her head unto his chest, that Dorah could felt his heartbeat. "I want to be out of here. Please" Dorah said and Helena scoffed. The students started to murmured as Ronald carried dorah in a bridal style out of the crowd. Within minutes, the school blog was already full of their pictures. Helena stomped her foot on the ground as Ronald left with Dorah. She turned to leave as the student dispersed but was stopped by Emma and prudence who just got to the scene. "Oh, here comes the ugly bitch friends" Helena said while they both looked at each other with their arms folded on their chest. "Why did you do that?" Emma asked. Emma is the craziest among them. "She deserves it and if you'll excuse me, I have things to do" Helena said trying to walk away but prudence dragged her back and slapped her. "That's payback. Don't ever try that with her again or else we won't take it easy with you" Emma said and they walked away.

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Ronald sat Dorah down on the bench at the garden and sat beside her. "Hey, will you stop it? Stop crying. How can you allow your mate to harass you like that?" Ronald asked as Dorah sobbed silently. "Stop crying" Ronald said resting Dorah's head on his chest. "Okay. You can cry but don't cry too much. It'll only affects your health" he added. "It's not my fault" Dorah said and burst into tears. She try hard enough to hide her tears. "Cry all your pains out. Don't be shy but remember not to cry for long" Ronald said.

"When your day is long and the night

The night is yours alone

When you're sure you've had enough of this life.......'' he sang. Dorah looked up at him as he was singing and smiled. She sang along with him

"Sometimes everything is wrong

Now it's time to sing along

When your day is night alone ..................''

"Wow, that's superb" Ronald said with a smile. "Yeah, it's cool" Dorah said as she disengaged from Ronald. "Good thing I recorded it" Ronald said and Dorah gasped. "Tell me you're joking" "No way. I can't lie" Ronald said and raised the phone that's beside him. He played the recording to her. "It's so wonderful" Dorah said smiling. "Yeah, we should sing together more often" "No way. Make sure you delete that" "why? You should use this as a thank you for saving me gift" dorah said and winked making dorah rolled her eyes. "Whatever.'' "seems you've brighten up. Can you now tell me why you let your mate harass you? And what on earth happened that resulted into that?" "I hate being yelled at. Her boyfriend asked me out and I wanted to explain things to her but she won't stop yelling at me. Though no one knows this but if you aren't there earlier then I would be at the clinic now because of how she's yelling" she said calmly.

Ronald nodded and asked, "like some kind of phobia, right?" "Yes.'' "whoa, how did you get that?" "Well, no one knows about it so I'm never telling you." "Why now?" "I just can't, even my best friends don't know about it and also my mum so why will I tell you?" "Okay but sometimes one can chose to tell one's friend his secret" Ronald said. "But you're not my friend." "But I can be one." "You're my senior. How can you be my friend?" "It doesn't matter. After all, I'm sure we're both of the same age." "Like how old are you?" "Well, I'm sixteen" "oh. Guess we missed class. It's better not to go back now to avoid questions and moreover, your face is still swollen." "Guess I cried too much." "Told y'all." "Let me show you something" Ronald said and dragged dorah to the back of the garden. "Wow" "You like it." "I love it." Behind the garden was a lake. "It's beautiful" Dorah said as Ronald sat on a rock. "Yeah, it's one of my favorites place in the school." "You get this part. Wow, it's not a waste being the son of the owner of the school" Dorah thought. "Hope there's nothing harmful in the water?" "No, what did you want to do?" Ronald asked as Dorah off her shoes and also her socks. She sat by the lake and dip her leg in the water. Dorah giggled as the cold water made contact with her skin. "Whoa it's cool. Wish I can come here often" dorah said. "You can." "What if I get caught?" "Okay whenever you want to come here just let me know. I'll follow you but only on one condition." "And that is?" "Whenever we're here you'll always sing for me." "Just only you right?" "Yes." "Okay deal." Dorah said smiling at Ronald.