C6 Casted Away - B

Meanwhile, Steph was furious with envy, most especially when Jay took Cissie's hand and tied something on her wrist.

"Grrr! This is really too much! Of all people, why her? She's so ugly. This guy really has no taste at all. He even liked the beast while the best is here. Well Cissie, you'd be sorry for the day you met Jay!" Steph cursed while her fists were clenched. Afterwards, she grabbed her camera and continuously took photos of Jay and Cissie, while the two were clueless about what was happening. When she got contended with the photos she took, Steph left because she couldn't really take the sweet scene she was seeing. She felt like her chest was going to explode in anger.

"Jay, it's already late. I need to go home. I might be locked out of the house," Cissie interrupted their session when she noticed that it was getting late.

"Okay, tomorrow again. Did you have fun tonight?" he smilingly asked while putting his guitar back to its case.

"Yeah, this is my first time jamming since I don't often get out of the house to enjoy."

"I'd walk you home," Jay volunteered.

"No, no, no! I'll be dead meat if my boss sees us, most especially that I did not ask for permission earlier because I forgot to do so," Cissie rejected the offer.

"Oh, really. Take care then. See you tomorrow. You could leave first. I'll leave when you're inside the gate." That was quite thoughtful of Jay!

"Okay. Thank you for the snacks. See you tomorrow," Cissie said goodbye.

Thankfully, the door was not locked yet. While Cissie was carefully going up the stairs, the old man went out of his room to rove. She could hear his steps from the bedroom to the living room. As Cissie was hurrying, she stepped onto something wet which tripped her. She hurriedly got up so her boss wouldn't see her. Good thing was that she got inside her room before her boss got in the living room. Coincidentally, it was her room that he first checked. Cissie quickly covered herself with her blanket and snored, making her boss leave right away.

"Uh, that was close! I'd better go to sleep." Cissie was relieved as she wasn't caught by her employer.

Cissie's morning was really good. She felt more motivated to go to school. The happiness she felt whenever she's with Jay was really different. She became more inspired for no reason. Steph was on the same mood when Cissie saw her on the hallway. She also arrived in the school early, but Cissie was curious as to why Steph was not annoying her.

"What a beautiful morning Cissie, isn't it?" Steph greeted her intentionally, and with meaning.

"What poison did this witch drink again?"Cissie told herself.

"Of course, it's not just beautiful, but inspiring morning as well, right?" Cissie replied while heading her direction to their classroom. She did not bother to stop because she was not interested in talking to Steph anyway. She knew that Steph was just pretending to talk to her which was why she didn't hear the next words Steph mentioned.

"Exactly, it wasn't just inspiring, but terrifying! Hmmp, you will never forget this day in your whole life, Cissie," Steph threatened her but didn't hear it at all.

Cissie lively participated in the whole class, most especially because she was with Jay. She disregarded all the envied girls around her. What's important was that she and Jay were both happy. She was making the most of the happiness she just had, which was why she couldn't contain the excitement she had in their next practice. However, the saying"every happiness has its equivalent sorrow"seemed true to Cissie. As soon as she arrived home, she hadn't even entered the house, she already sensed danger. She already saw the face of the old man she was serving. It was really something unpleasant to see. He was holding a paper which she estimated was as small as a 4R-sized photo. While she was nearing him, her heart was really beating fast due to nervousness.

"What did I do again?"she silently asked herself. "G-good afternoon Goyong," Cissie stuttred.

Well,they called their employer Goyong, meaning Grandpa as to give respect for employer.

"It's good for me, but for you it will be terrible because this will be your last day in this house," he was straight to the point.

"But why? Did I do anything wrong?" Cissie gloomily asked.

"You dirty little trickster! Don't even pretend that you know nothing. Didn't I tell you that I will kick you out if I learn that you are in a relationship with someone? That day has come. I will not wait for you to be pregnant before I cast you off!" The old man was furious. He even threw on Cissie's face the photos she had with Jay last night. Worse was that it was when he gave her a chocolate, which, on first glance, would make someone think that they had, relationship.

"Goyong, you're thinking it wrong. He is not my boyfriend. He is my classmate and we practiced for the Foundation Day celebration. I apologize for not being able to ask for your permission last night. I really forgot about it. But please believe me, we are not dating!" Cissie related while crying.

"Do you think I'm dumb? I'm old, I know how the youth thinks. Start packing your things. Tomorrow you will go home," the old man even pointed fingers to Cissie.

"I never disobeyed you. You can even ask my adviser regarding that practice. The only fault I did is that I forgot to ask for your permission last night. I'm really sorry, but please don't cast me out. Few months later, I will graduate," Cissie begged but the old man acted as if he heard nothing as he went to Cissie's room, picked her things up, and put them in a sack. Cissie couldn't do anything but cry. She cried and cried because she thought that was the end of her dreams. She suddenly thought of texting Jay.

"Jay, the day I feared the most has come. Someone sent my boss a photo of us when we were practicing last night. He was thinking that I have a boyfriend. He's casting me out of the house, What should I do?"Cissie said in text message.

Few seconds later, her phone beeped.

"What? Who gave him? Where are you staying tomorrow?"he replied to his text.

"I have no idea who. The only thing I know is I have no where else to go. What should I do, Jay?"

"Don't worry, we'll find a way. I'll talk to someone, just wait. I'll text you later."

Cissie still couldn't believe with what happened to her. She tried to become a good helper. She tried to be praiseworthy but nothing happened. She couldn't stop crying because she'd stop schooling for sure and all her dreams will be dead. She couldn't accept it. She couldn't blame anyone anyway because she agreed to her teacher's offer. That was the consequence. She was too tired of them bullying her so she gave in with what they wanted. She had no one to ask for help so she was feeling all sorts of emotions. She felt like everyone was against her. But she couldn't do anything anyway because she was just poor and a loser. She cried herself to sleep. She never noticed that she had tons of messages and missed calls from Jay.