Beginning
Selena Cortez
"I'm excited for Señorito's arrival!" Clara said, almost yelling. I smiled at her and continued to arrange the ingredients needed for Miss Sanya's cooking.
"I haven't seen him for a long time," she added, what about me? I haven't even seen him yet. I wanted to answer her but I didn't want to spoil her imagination of Señorito so I just let it go.
"You know what Selena, he's not just super good looking! He's also kind! Like he treats us like a family member!" She said excitedly as she started to slicing an onion, without looking what she's slicing. Now, I am starting to get worried, she might cut her hand if she doesn't focus on slicing the onions!
"Lena! Clara! Where are the ingredients I'm asking you guys to cut?! You girls should be focusing on your task! Were in a rush! Stop gossiping so your work won't take longer!" Miss Sanya said gruffly. I sighed and did what she asked us to do.
Clara and I looked at each other as I whisper to her,
"Let's just focus on slicing everything first." She nod as a response and....
"Here you go!" I said after a few minutes as I hand her the big plate of diced onions.
"Once we're done with the other ingredients, I'll take it here again." I said to Miss Sanya and she nodded in response. After awhile again,
"Here you go Miss Sanya..." I put down two big plates again in front of her, full of sliced bell pepper and peeled garlic.
"Lena, remember, you have a lot to do at the ranch so don't gossip too much with Clara!" She reminded me before I could completely leave on where she is cooking.
"Yes, I know Miss..." I simple answered her, so the conversation will end and I can go back to Clara.
The thing is I'm not really working here in the kitchen, so some of the chores to here are not familiar. I actually work at the Rancho with the horses in the stable. It just so happens that today Celestine and Samantha are not here, because they have school and base on what I heard it's their exam day.
And since there is not much to do at the ranch as of the moment, instead of my mother coming here to help prepare the meals, and I want her to rest at home with my father, I volunteer myself to help miss Sanya and Clara.
I also want to see Clara, cause she's not only my workmate at the mansion, we're from the same school and also classmates. We are both in Grade 10, but we hardly see each other here at the Saavedras' mansion, like what I had mentioned I am stationed at the ranch while Clara stays here in the kitchen, that's why I am trying to grab this opportunity to catch up with her however Miss Sanya's eye is with us. Boo! Party pooper!
Well anyway I understand why though, there's still a lot of work to do since the arrival of Señorito's is a big event. Señorito only visits here once in a blue moon and people working here really looks excited with his arrival.
"LENA!" I turned to the person who called me, his voice sounds familiar and when I saw him my eyes widen in surprise.
"Marco!" I shout back as I wave at him as he continues to walk inside the kitchen as well. Marco is one of my co-workers at the hacienda slash childhood friend slash my schoolmate as well but he is three years older than me.
"I can't believe you made it here today!" I said with excitement as I look at him from head to though, his hair a little bit wet because of his sweat as well as his forehead. He looks like he ran from the rancho all the way here from to the mansion. Okay, so what's up? Why is he in a rush?
"Julia is about to give birth!" He breathlessly said to me. My eye widens again, almost my eye balls are going to pop out of my eye socket as I immediately untied the apron I am wearing.
Julia is my favorite horse because when she was just a baby, I almost took care of her. Since her mother died giving birth to her.
Then a few years passed, of course she learned to get along with other horse in the stable until she got pregnant and here it is! I can't believe it she's going to give birth! Now I am feeling excited and worried at the same time. I just hope everything is safe for Julia, anyway the Veterinarian said that Julia and her baby are healthy.
"OMG!" I shouted and didn't even notice that we got the attention of all the people working inside the kitchen. I immediately handed Clara my apron and looked at Miss Sanya, who I think has been watching my movements for a while now.
She raised one of her eyebrows at me but knew she had no choice but to let me go. I walked towards her and called her, using my unsure voice. Since I got this little feeling that there is a small chance, she won't let me go.
"Miss Sadya..." However, my hunch is wrong, she nods as a sign I can go. I gave her a slight smile then I glanced to where Clara is, she waves me goodbye and smile then I walk towards Marco so we can go.
I looked at him again from head to toe. Dirty clothes and full of sweat! He looks smelly but he's not really smelly, I even smelled the after gel he used after showering. And as we walk our way to the dirty kitchen, I started a conversation.
"Why do you look like that?"
"A while ago we were trying to help Julia to give birth but it was really difficult, when you left, she suddenly became restless, only then did we notice that she is having a hard time to give birth. I almost got kicked three times, but I was able to get away from her. She also does not want the help of Mang Simon.
"You alright?" I asked him worriedly. He nodded and helped me get on his horse so we can go.
It didn't take long for us to reach the rancho; we were still quite far away when I saw a few people gathering in the fence and they were quite noisy.
"Mom! Dad!" I called my parents when I saw them outside the stable, like Marco, Dad was also dirty.
"Lena, it's good that you're here. We asked Marco to picked you up since we're worried about Julia, she seems to be having trouble giving birth," said Mom, and I nodded and immediately divert my attention to where Julia is.
When I approached her fence, she was there lying down and like what they said she was struggling based on the sound she was making. I approached her, however I hesitated a bit thinking she might now recognize me, since she looks in so much pain, even the people around us stopped me, I understand.
But of course, Julia is a bit aggressive as of the moment but I know Julia, I take care of her so I trust her.
She relented and we all finally breathed a sigh of relief. We spent a few minutes first waiting for another violent reaction from her but it didn't happen so Dad and I went near her to help her give birth.
It's not new to me to help a horse give birth or any other animal here on the ranch because this is where I grew up working with Mom and Dad.
When I was young, I used to spend time here at the rancho, especially in the stables that's how I got more affection with the horses.
Chapter 1
"This is Senyor and this is our beautiful Señorita." That is what mom said while we are looking at the big portraits displayed on the middle part of the mansion.
I remember what exactly mom said, that day. I was in high school that time, it was my first time at the Saavedra's mansion.
I am here because I am applying for a part time job, summer is coming and it means school is about to end, and I got nothing to do so instead of staying at home doing nothing I was able to convince my parents after a few months of asking them, to allow me to work with them at the Saavedra's mansion as one of the helpers.
In that way I would be able to earn an additional money that I can save and use for the next school year.
As for Saavedra's couple what I heard is they only have one child, I haven't seen him yet though. I only hear stories about him, from people who work here and sometimes people outside the mansion. Well, the Saavedra's are famous not only in the country side where we live but also in the whole country, they are one of the top business tycoons in the country, but most of the time I often heard stories about the Senyorito, from Clara who always says that the Senyorito is not only nice to everyone and handsome as hell.
However, I am not really interested about him, I only hear stories about him just to don't look rude because everyone here fancy him, dreams to be his girlfriend which is really impossible. Well, anyway, its not that bad to fantasized it's just for fun at the end of the day since we all know our stand here in the mansion, we are not on the same level. I mean, he is my Boss and I am just one of their thousands of servants.
But what never left my mind about the Senyorito is, he is seven years older than me. I shrugged my shoulders off, why am I even thinking of him, when he doesn't even know my existence in the first place. This is funny.
"Lena, you know what I heard that the Senyorito will be working for the Savedra's big company because apart from their business of supplying cow's milk, they also have a construction company." I glance to look at Clara's face, she looks excited and dreaming at the same time. I am sure she is dreaming again about Senyorito and her, interaction.
"And I'm sure you also heard about the news, one of my cousins got a job as an office clerk in the construction company of the Saavedra family. That will be soon led by the Senyorito. How luck that girl can be." Then she continued chopping the ingredients we need for tonight's dinner. I even assume that she's done telling stories about the Senyorito however,
"Hmm, how I wish I can also work in the Saavedra office in the future so I will have more chance to see and speak with Senyorito." She continued and that idea made me think about my future work as well, I am now in college and in a few years, I will be done with my studies.
I am thankful that I got a job here in the hacienda and the salary I get really helps me a lot for my studies expenses. However, I got a bigger dream, I wanted to have a city life and a better opportunity for a decent job for more income it's all because I want to provide my parents a better life in the future especially that soon they will be retiring. They are my inspiration to work hard.
Anyway, the Saavedra's are really good people because they only not provide a job for the people who are in need, they also help the family and the children of their workers. They have this scholarship program to help the children of their workers to study.
And oh, you know what when I came to my parents' lives, my mom is so much older when she had me, so often mistake of the people who don't know us thinks that I am my parents' granddaughter. When I was in elementary as well, I remember a few of my boys' classmates used to teased me about my mom, having a lot of white hair and comparing my mom's hair to their mother.
"LENA!" I blinked twice when I heard the loud voice of Marco.
"What's up with you?" I even asked and when I looked around, that is the time I remember, I am at the stables and trying to help Julia to give birth!
It took almost three hours before Julia finally gave birth to her baby boy. He was still making me nervous while he was in labor because I remembered when he was born, we lost our Mom and I don't want that to happen to Julia and her baby boy, so I kept praying that everything would be okay.
"You're dirty too!" Marco teased me and then pinched my cheek. I slapped his hand to make him let go of my cheek at the same time I glared at him.
"Stop me!" I looked at him and as he often does, he just laughed at me.
And since everything is okay, I said goodbye to Mom and Dad that I should fix myself first before going home. Our house is also very far from the rancho.
It's no wonder that the Saavedras' hacienda is so big and our house is at the far end. It will take almost an hour to get home. It's good and there's a nearby waterfall in the land of the Saavedras that you can bathe in so I'll just go there first.
"Let's go to the waterfall!" I babysat Marco, he nodded and then we decided to go. Almost no one went to the waterfall because people are busy and most prefer to go home and rest there after work, often Marco and I are the only two - going.
"Be careful and don't stay late," Mom told us and then we got back on Marco's horse.
"I've been so sticky for a while!" I said to Marco and then I quickly took off my t-shirt. Marco and I are used to each other and to me we are like brothers and this is not the first time he has seen me naked.
Like I said, we are often here just the two of us, to bond while taking a bath or to have a picnic.
Sometimes Clara even teases us because it's like we have boyfriends in what we do. I'm also wondering if Marco is flirting with me or if the two of us like each other and if Marco has confessed to us.
I often just shake my head, sigh and tell them that Marco is like my brother just so he won't tease me anymore.
I hung my clothes on a low tree branch and then turned to him to ask him to take a bath. I was even surprised to see if he was just looking at me and then he swallowed one after another. Is he thirsty?
"Are you thirsty?" I asked him with a mixture of surprise. He was just looking at me but I didn't get any answer from him so I approached him.
"Hey! What are you thirsty for?" And then I pushed him on his shoulder as if he was losing himself again.
"Y-yeah?" He seemed unsure of his answer so I smirked. But before I could piss him off, he came to me and then said goodbye.
"Just get me a bamboo don!" And it looks like your Uncle is drying up again because he didn't even wait for my answer and he quickly left in front of me. This man is really weird sometimes!
There is actually a kind of bamboo here that has water inside that you can drink and that's what Marco will take. Hey, it's up to him, that will follow immediately and he won't be able to withstand the stickiness of his body.
I bit my bottom lip when I suddenly thought of something. Marco isn't here yet so maybe it's okay! I also unbuttoned the shorts I was wearing and then hung them over my t-shirt.
I even laughed at how I was, wearing a bra and panties and being alone at the waterfall. Well, I hope no one is malicious to fall in love with me! That would be scary! I quickly jumped into the water to hide my body and to clean it as well.
As much as I enjoy swimming, I don't know how long Marco has been gone. I didn't realize that I had reached the bottom of the waterfall because of the hot weather and the taste of the cold water on the body. I thought if I sat at the bottom of the waterfall to let the water pour over my body, it would just hit a lot and forcefully. of water in my body.
I've only been there for a minute when I felt my bra come off my chest! It's right that there's no lace and just a tube style. I was stuck and the water completely flowed from my bra to my body.
Chapter 2
I looked around first but Marco wasn't there yet! Shit! I immediately went down to chase after the bra when it was being swept away by the water. Good thing Marco isn't here yet! And I will really faint when he sees me naked! I know how to swim so I got my bra right away.
"'Langya! I was nervous there!" I said to myself while holding the bra if it was up. Of course, my chest is exposed, well I'm the only person here.
"Wow, nice breasts. Round and big!" It was as if my soul left me when I heard an unfamiliar voice from somewhere.
"Wow, nice breasts. Round and big!" To this day I still can't get out of my mind what he said, and I can still feel the heat of my whole face and ears with so much embarrassment!
Who is that man? I just saw him today and he doesn't seem to be here yet! Too white to look sun-kissed! He even looks like a foreigner because he is taller, taller than Marco and obviously not from here.
"W-who are you?!" I'm so nervous and I'm asking for nothing more than Marco's arrival! I immediately hugged my hands to my chest to cover at least my nipples.
"Too late, I already saw everything," he said to me with a smile and looked like he was still happy. I almost cried in my situation now. What if he does something with me, with his body size, and it looks like he still has abs! Just like the guys I watch on TV! Urgh! What am I talking about?!
Was it right for me to fantasize about a stranger, and even in this situation! What if it turns out to be a manyakis breed and what to do with it? I hope not. Lord help me!
"Kenzo, bro! Where are you?" My nervousness doubled when we heard another voice! He is not alone! OMG! OMG! What if they gang rape me?! I backed away from where I was standing and this time I couldn't stop crying, my vision was almost blurry because of my tears.
He just stared at my face and I couldn't read any emotion on his face. The cold has already mixed that I will feel water and fear. It was obvious that my body was shaking.
"Bro, you're just here!" This is the man who owned the voice earlier! I was about to see the man's face, but the pervert in front of me suddenly moved and blocked the view! And he faced the person he was talking to.
"Don't fvcking move!" he shouted to the one who was looking for him. I don't know if I'm imagining it or if his voice is really angry. I bit my lower lip and even though I knew he didn't say that to me, I was so scared that I didn't move.
"What –" He didn't finish what he was going to say.
"Just... just fvcking get out of here and wait for me at the mansion." I couldn't see the reaction of the person he was talking to and I also couldn't understand what they were talking about. So I didn't react at first.
"Fuck you!" That was the last I heard from a man.
"Are you done dressing up?" he asked me coldly while still turning his back. Well, it was obvious that he asked me that since I was the only one naked here.
I shook my head even though he couldn't see and then I quickly put on my bra and went up in the water to get my t-shirt and get dressed.
"Y-yes," I stammered to him after I put on my t-shirt. He turned to face me again so I held tightly to the branch of the tree where my clothes were hanging earlier. He was looking straight into my eyes and I couldn't help but look away several times.
I was shy, isolated and scared. Imagine, he saw what shouldn't be seen, and I don't know him! I thought he was going to say something, but he didn't say anything, then he turned his back on me and walked away until he completely disappeared from my sight.
I was left there, just sitting where I was standing. Just now I felt the softening of my legs from being so nervous.
"Nak, are you sure you're not coming with us?" Mom asked me. I slowly nodded and then smiled at him to believe that it was okay.
"Oh, okay, your mother and I will go home right away and if we can bring you a welcome home as long as Aling Sanya agrees, we will," said Dad.
"It's okay, Dad, Mom. Enjoy." And then I gave them each a hug before they finally left.
When the man finally left, Marco arrived. I really wanted to fight him because he took so long and blame him for what happened, but I immediately thought that was wrong.
Marco and I are friends, and we don't have boyfriends, so he doesn't have any responsibility towards me, and if I ever say that to him, it might even reach Mom and Dad. I will only do what they fear. I don't want to be a headache for them.
But he noticed the reddening of my eyes and nose, I told him it was because of the water, so I went up. Fortunately, I convinced him and also gave me time to take care of myself because he took a bath first while he gave me the fruits he had brought and the bamboo with only water.
I just drank water to calm down somehow and then he drove me home.
After that, Mom and Dad came home an hour before lunch so they could take me along because the people who work at the hacienda were invited to the Saavedra party.