Chapter 4 Just a friend

Chapter 4

Valorie

"Hi."

I frowned when Marc suddenly appeared in front of me after I left the house.

I turned around to make sure it was me he was talking to.

"Am I?" I will ask.

He smiled.

Sh*t! Don't smile.

"Who else? You're the only person here, aren't you?"

"W-what are you doing here?"

"I'll take you to your school."

My jaws were left open with what he said.

I'm not dreaming, am I? I pinched my hand, but gosh it hurt! I'm not really dreaming.

He laughed softly. "I'm real." he said.

"W-why are you taking me?" I asked even though I really wanted to.

"It's nothing, I'm just passing through something here, so I'll go with you."

"Really?"

He nodded. "And I want to be friends with you."

Just friends?

I'm still really disappointed, what?

"alright?" I held out my hand. "Friends." I said smiling.

"Friends." he said and accepted my handshake. I immediately let go because I felt electricity. Is he not there?

"Let's go." he said and opened the door for me.

Why! Magnificent!

I'm still shy to go in, but I really want to.

What can he eat?

Or maybe he's my type too?

Free to dream.

"Mikayla, why didn't you bring her?"

"How can I deliver if Kyler is there."

Yes it is.

"Do you have free time later? After your class?"

"Why?"

"We have training, maybe you want to watch?"

I sat down properly. "I'm game there! You know I love watching basketball, and I love watching you." I said but he didn't hear the last thing I said because someone called.

I just snorted and looked outside. The person talking is his friend.

"I'm with someone." I heard him say so I turned to him and he was smiling at me. "Yeah, you'll meet him later." he said.

Me?

Probably! I was the only one with him.

"Won't the Kylers be mad if you go with me?" he asked after he finished talking.

"They have their own way later." I said. That's true, my friends will be busy later. I'm the only one who doesn't because I don't know where I'm going.

"I'll fetch you later." he said when he brought me.

"Sure."

He grinned and said goodbye.

I want to scream out loud, Aketch is thrilled!

"What are you looking at?" I hate the people here at the University. I know that I am famous because of the controversial thing I did. What they don't know is that Marc and I are now friends.

"You have a lot of confidence, keep it up." said the man I met.

I smiled at him first before torturing him.

"Stop looking at me! I know I'm famous, are you jealous? Do the same as I did." I said loudly, my voice still echoing.

Mom walked with me. I didn't look at him because I knew who it was. He just smelled it.

"How are you?" Kennedy asked.

"What do you think?"

"You seem to be okay, you don't seem to be affected by what your many bashers are saying."

"Of course I won't affect anything."

"That's our girl! But what you did was embarrassing."

I stopped. I raised an eyebrow at him.

"Are you embarrassing me?"

"No, but that's Marc. Kayla's brother."

"Don't worry, Marc and I are now friends."

"Huh?"

I just winked at him, I started walking.

I'm excited to be with Marc later so I'm just goodvibes right now.

PART 3.3

- Still Valorie -

I hid behind Marc when we entered their court here at Brandon University. A while ago I wanted to run out because of the stares the students were giving me here.

"Whoah! You're with her already? You're really different too Alarcon!" shouted one of his teammates.

What?

"Your charisma is really different."

"Miss, why did you like that? I'm here." said the other.

Who is he? I don't know.

"Why are you hiding miss?"

Marc looked at me. "Enough, you're scaring her." he scolded his companions.

I go and go to meet people, but why do I feel shy now?

Marc's friends introduced themselves to me one by one. They even made me laugh so I lost a little of my shyness. I looked at Froilan who was just lying there with his eyes closed, this was the only quiet thing among them.

"Why don't you join them?" I asked Marc. His friends are already playing but he is here next to me.

"Is it okay if I leave you for now?"

I smiled. "Sure, and one more thing I want to see you play."

"Just call me when you're bored." he said and he went to his companions.

Other's Pov

"Who's that girl?" Monica asked her friends while looking at the girl with her ex boyfriend, Marc.

"I think she's the girl who went viral, the one who screamed that she loved Marc." said Kim here.

"That's right, she is. Her name is Valorie, Kyler's friend." Mother said.

Monica crossed her arms. "What do you think? Is she Marc's girlfriend?"

"Maybe? Why are they together if they're not?"

"Or maybe just flirting?"

Monica smiled. "Or maybe the girl is flirting."

"Aren't you afraid, Monica, that that woman Marc is going to be jealous of you?" Kim asked.

"Why would he be afraid? They are already separated." said Mother.

Monica raised an eyebrow at Inah.

Inah is shocked because she saw her friend's reaction. "Oh gosh! Don't tell me you're still in love with Marc until now?"

"What do you think? Oh gosh, did I think you were smart? She's still in love with Marc, she's just using the guy she's dating to make Marc jealous." Kim's wiki.

Mother scratched. "Is that so?" The two struggled with it.

"I know Marc is still in love with me. Remember he texted me just last week that he wants me to come back to him. That girl is definitely a rebound."

"We don't know, but Monica is moving too, maybe everything will change."

"Don't worry, I know Marc very well. I don't think he will reject that. It's not that I'm prettier, isn't it?"

The two did not answer.

"Girls!"

"H-huh? What was that?" they asked at the same time.

"Goodness! Let's get out of here." Monica said in disgust and was the first to leave the court.

On the other hand, Marc Angelo secretly smiled when he saw the departure of his ex girlfriend. He had seen it before but he just let it go. He couldn't figure out if he was jealous but based on what he noticed, it seemed like....they were still talking about Valorie.

Valorie

I went home happy, maybe because I was with Marc. I didn't send him anymore because our driver picked me up.

The joy I was feeling disappeared because it was replaced by fear when I heard a noise above.

"Your mommy is losing her mind." Nanny said.

What happened again?

"Is it daddy?"

"Leave, you must have heard it from your mommy's mouth. They were fighting for almost an hour. It was a mess here earlier, but we fixed it right away.

"Is it money again?"

"That's one, and also about your land in the province."

"What on earth is there?"

"Your mommy wants to sell it, after all, it's named after her, but your daddy doesn't want it, it's his money that was used there, he's the one who bought it."

I scratched so hard. I went up and went to mommy. I seem to know the reason why he wants to sell the land.

My eyes widened because it wasn't just their room that was messy, even my room!

"Mommy!" I shouted. He just looked at me seriously. "What did you do? If you're angry, don't enter my room!" I complain.

"I'll fix it."

"What time is it, I want to sleep because I'm tired but I can catch up like this? When will the house be quiet?!" I said crying.

"Ask your good father!"

I just screamed out loud because of anger. I'm about to go down with a bang.

"Where are you going Valorie!"

"In a quiet place." I said. My tears started to flow. The nanny still stopped me but I said I was going to sleep with my friend.

I went straight to the hotel, I didn't call my friends to sleep, I didn't want to disturb them and I didn't want them to know that I had a problem with my family.

"I'll just get drunk." I said. I bought something a while ago, I don't drink much so I'll try to get drunk even now.

After only a few bottles of what I drank, I was already feeling hot, I was already hit. I couldn't stop crying either. I feel like I'm crazy here, I'll cry and then laugh! Instead of going completely crazy, I called someone.

"Kayla, did I wake you up?" I will ask.

"This isn't Kayla, it's me."

I frowned and looked at the screen. I didn't call by mistake but why did someone else answer?

My eyes widened as I realized who it was.

"M-Marc."

"Kayla left her cellphone here in the living room, she's already asleep. It's already late Valorie, why are you still awake?"

"because I can't sleep? Well I just want someone to talk to. It's a good thing that you answered, I'm a happy pill." I said.

"Are you drunk?"

"I'm not."

"You're obviously drunk, where are you?"

"Are you coming with me?"

"Valorie-."

"Yeah, I'm drinking."

"Where are you?"

"Why?"

"It's not good for a woman to drink, especially if you're alone."

"Are you concerned?"

He didn't answer.

"You know I love listening to your voice." I said. "I wish I could always talk to you."

"Where are you?"

"Don't worry I'm safe, I'm not out so it's okay for me to get drunk." I said. I finished the last bottle left. "If you want to see me, I'll tell you where I am."

"So where are you?"

"Are you coming? You want to see me?"

"Of course, so tell me where you are because I want to see you." he said that's why I was thrilled. Because of the excitement, I told where I was.

After drinking a few bottles, I didn't realize that I fell asleep.

Valorie

I woke up with a headache from the alcohol. It's just the first time because I don't drink much, especially when I'm with the troops.

I got up while shaking my head, frowning when I saw that I was already in bed. I looked at the person who turned away from me, he was fixing my mess.

"Mark?"

Why is he here?

It turned around.

"Good morning." he greeted me.

"W-what are you doing here?" I asked. "Oh yes, I remember." I said as I remembered that I talked to him last night.

"Hangover?"

I snorted and nodded.

"I ordered green tea." he said and handed it to me. "That's what I usually drink whenever I have a hangover."

I smiled shyly. "Thank you." I took the handkerchief to wipe the spill on my hand.

"Where did you get that?" he asked.

"Huh?"

"That handkerchief."

"Oh this...a man handed it to me while I was crying on the side of the road. There is something engraved on it." I said and showed him.

"So it's you."

What?

"You are that girl."

"What do you mean?"

"That handkerchief is mine. MAA it means Marc Angelo Alarcon."

I was stunned.

"Y-you know I want to find the owner of this because I want to return it. So if it's yours, I won't return it."

"Well, you can have it." He sighed. He sat next to me. "Looks like you're going through something heavy."

"how did you say that?"

"I can feel it and I can see it in your beautiful eyes."

"W-weh?"

"Drink that. We're going somewhere."

"Where?"

"I'll take you to a place where you can forget your problems for a while." he said.

That was it, it took me to a mountain where we climbed for over an hour. I didn't think it was good there, Marc and I were the only two there, people used to go there but now it's still closed, I don't know why we were allowed in. Marc used to be strong with the guards there.

"Do you come here often?" I will ask. It supports me to sit in the cradle.

"Sometimes."

"Why are you coming here?"

"This is the only place where I can release the pain I feel. This is the only place where I can relax."

"Are you also going through problems?"

"Of course, everyone has it."

"What's your problem?"

"My mom, the girl tha-." he stopped. I waited for him to finish what he was saying but he didn't continue.

"You haven't been with your mommy, have you?"

He nodded.

To Be Continued...