Chapter 2 ''You!''

She couldn't believe it was...

''You!'' he interrupted her thoughts. ''Hey what's the matter? Why are you yelling so loud?'' asked Diego. ''I believe you did the same.'' said Juanita not interested to see him at all. ''Yeah but I only copied you.'' he laughed. ''Listen Diego I don't have time for you okay? So what are you doing here?'' asked Juanita. Diego let out a little laugh. ''Oh? So I need permission from you to move to a new area?'' he burst out laughing even more.

''Huh?!'' she screamed in shock. Truly the nightmare has come back to life. ''You mean...you are living here now?'' she asked him. ''Yeah dear we just finished packing all our bags and now we are settled.'' The fact that he called her ''dear'' she knew he was mocking her. ''Oh I'm sorry,'' said Juanita not knowing what else to say. Diego laughed. Going through her hair with his hand he said, ''Oh Juanita you are such a funny girl aren't you? For a minute there I thought you wanted to attack me. But you still the same aren't you? The same weird girl as always,'' said Diego. ''That's what you think! Anyways let me warn you now listen up! Just cause you are my neighbour now does not mean you can bully me! So please do yourself a favour and stay out of my way!'' She made herself clear but still Diego was not convinced.

Instead he laughed even more. ''What are you trying to do huh? Put on a show?'' he mocked her. ''Do you think I came here to look for you? I know that's what you wish. But you are no beauty queen princess,'' he continued. ''Missed me?'' She didn't reply. I think you did. ''You are so addicted to me that you believe everything I say,'' said Diego. ''Who told you?'' Juanita asked. ''I know for sure. So I met your half-sister today at school. She's much prettier than you for sure but pretty arrogant now I think you wanna be like that?'' he laughed at her. What? Even though he said that her sister is much prettier than her but did he mean that Juanita is pretty? She was so confused. Diego has always seen Juanita as ugly and he wasn't even scared to admit it. ''Huh? What do you mean? You always said I'm ugly. But now all of the sudden...you think I'm kind of pretty?'' asked Juanita in shock. ''Oh Juanita Juanita. You see what I mean? You always believe everything I say.'' He smirked. ''Okay pretty. Let me make you happy for today. Yes you are pretty but not too much,'' he said to her.

Instead of getting happy Juanita ended up bursting with anger. ''You are lieying! You just want to mock me I hate you! And I will always hate you!'' she shouted at him then stormed out. ''And I will always hate you too,'' said Diego under his breath but Juanita could still hear him. She didn't look behind though to give him the satisfaction.

Juanita ran straight back home. Great! Her day was ruined and it was all because of Diego. He always ruins everything.

In her room she fell straight on the bed. At first Isabella didn't notice but then later she saw like tears rolling down her eyes. ''Juanita? Are you crying? What's wrong?'' Isabella touched her on her shoulder. ''No. I'm not crying don't worry,'' Juanita tried to deny. She wiped away her tears. ''No sis but I can literally see you were crying,'' said Isabella. Juanita sighed. ''Okay you got me.'' She didn't try to hide anymore. She knew Isabella knew her so well. ''Here goes. You won't believe it!'' Juanita exclaimed. ''Believe what?'' asked Isabella feeling confused. ''Diego he's here. Living here now! In our area...'' Juanita finally let it out. ''Wait what?! So you saw him?'' asked Isabella. ''Yeah Isa and he told me so,'' said Juanita. ''Gosh! I can't believe it!'' exclaimed Isabella. ''But hey don't let history repeat itself. You can use this as an opportunity,'' said Isabella. ''Wait what do you mean?'' Juanita was so confused. ''You can use this to show him that you are not the same girl who used to be so scared of him,'' Isabella explained. ''But I am still scared of him,'' said Juanita. Isabella held her hand tightly. ''Juanita I believe in you!'' her sister convinced her.

Isabella was always there for her sister and because of this Juanita was willing to try. She was also sick and tired of being bullied by Diego.

Juanita's phone had got so many notifications of whatsapp messages finally she checked her phone. The horror! To see she was added on the class' whatsapp group. Isa must have added her by accident. But one thing drew her attention, and that was her picture that Isa had shared with the group. ''My lovely sister'' she read the caption. Unexpected messages she didn't expect to come from her classmates commenting on her picture. ''Wow! Is that really her? She looks so beautiful!'' ''She has changed she's much prettier now.'' ''Oh my friend my dear friend so beautiful!'' After Juanita heard her best friend's comment she felt sad and sorry. She missed her best friend so much and wanted to so badly chat to her. But she needed this break to get her life straight away from the people she knew at school.

Even Carmen had no choice but to compliment Juanita. The moment Carmen commented everyone knew then it must be true. Not wanting to show the attention Juanita told Isa to say thank you for her she still didn't feel free to chat with her classmates well...they used to be her classmates. After the whole group chat Juanita sat on her bed wondering if she had really changed that much. Was she not that pretty before? What has changed really? Maybe joining this online school really was the best solution for her.

Juanita went to stand at the balcony. She liked standing there to get some fresh air or if she needed some space alone to think. At first she didn't notice Diego watching her. She panicked when she saw him. But the both of them said nothing not even Diego. And this was a surprise to her because usually when Diego sees her he always has to start on something but this time he kept quiet. Now that was new!