Chapter 3 Ex Boyfriend

Mama nodded at what I said. I know that it believes in me. I'm ready to be with Sean, as long as it's work. I'm not like Niña who is dead to Sean.

The next day Madam called me to her room. I wondered because we could talk in the living room, why in his room? I can only enter this room now.

Going up to the third floor of their house, I nervously knocked on the door of Madam's room. I heard a loud scream from inside.

"Come in," he said.

I opened the door and there was a beautiful couple's room. Expensive displays sparkled and the room was fragrant. Its room is so big that it almost looks like a house. There is a big tv, there are sofas, there is a machine for exercise in the morning. Sean's family is very luxurious.

"Aira, come here..." Madam called me. He was sitting on his bed. Their bed is king size, there are clothes and various shoes on Madam's bed. "See if they fit you. I will give you all that."

I was surprised by what Madam said. So my eyes widened when I looked at the fancy clothes on the bed. Everything is almost new because Madam has not worn the others much. I shyly picked up a beautiful pink dress. I think these clothes look just right on me. Madam and I are not far apart, because I am also a big girl. Even the shoes and sandals it provides, I think everything will suit me. I feel like I can see myself when I wear these clothes. I feel like a princess who came down to earth.

"Are you sure, Madam? These clothes you are giving me are beautiful. It's embarrassing for me to wear this because I'm not rich."

Madam laughed at what I said. This is comforting because of my ignorance of imported goods.

"They are not rich yet. I thought that Sean was a bit picky about the people he was with. That's why I gave you clothes to wear so you don't look like a servant. I don't want you to think that I hired you to be Sean's nanny. That's a different job, Aira. I want you to feel comfortable with each other so that you can both work well together. I want Sean to be trained well in politics, while he is still at the stage of a teenager, people can already see that he has a lot of talent. You know that he often gets into trouble, right? So you must be alert so that we can catch everything early. Sean needs to learn to be responsible for everything, Aira. I don't want to spoil people's view of us, just because of Sean's mistakes."

I am sure that I can do my job well. The only thing I can't guarantee is to stop Sean from his usual jobs. Sean is no longer a child who won't do it when you forbid him. It might just laugh at me if I stop it from the gimmicks it's going for. But even though I know the consequences of this, I cannot be discouraged. My education depends on it.

It wasn't long before I started as Sean's assistant. I go with the seminars it goes to. We go to orphanages and deliver help to children. Even in the activities that he needs to show that what he is doing is useful, he is also with me. I document all of that and make sure people know what Sean is doing. It also has a fun page and website where I am the admin. I work a lot just to make its name smell good. But it's not all easy because I'm still going through a lot of hardships before we finish Sean's work.

Sean and I spend almost every day together. And sometimes I am included in his pictures and interviews that are reported and posted everywhere. My friends heard about that quickly so they made a way for us to meet again. I thought it was just a simple outing so Niña invited me. That's when the three of them talked about how I would introduce them to Sean.

"You can't, Aira? What's the use of our friendship if you become selfish? You want to single Sean out so you don't want to introduce us to him!" Elaine said angrily to me.

"Hi-that's not true, I don't like Sean. It's not easy what you're doing so-"

"Now you are struggling with our challenges? What we ask of you is very simple. If we are really your friends, you will not reject us!" Niña promised me.

"We are not in high school yet to do those challenges. We are different now, many things have changed and-"

"You're one of the changed ones, right Aira?" said Bianca to me.

I just sighed at what the three of them said. To this day they are still like that. How can I do what they want? It was hard to tell Sean that he wanted them to date at the same time. If I have a hard time getting him to agree to his jobs, then he can date my friends.

"Are you going to do it or not? Tell us, Aira if you can. So that we already know your answer," Elaine asked me.

"I'll try," I only said to the three of them.

My answer was uncertain, because I wasn't really sure Sean would agree.

In the evening, Mama noticed that I was sad. I was outside the house staring at the stars in the sky. He approached me and spoke to me.

"What happened, son? You seem to be deep in thought, are you having a hard time with your work?"

"It's not, Mom. I'm just thinking about something else. I'm thinking about what I'll buy first when I reach my dreams." I lied to Mom. I don't want to tell him what I'm having trouble with because I'm sure he won't agree with what my friends want either.

"Is that what you're thinking? Think about your future son, when you reach your dream, don't forget to thank the Lord."