"Miel!" Janice called with joy when she saw Miel.
Miel on the other hand lost her good mood and became silent. She turned around to saw Janice which is walking towards her with a smile in her face.
"OMG! You look extremely beautiful!" Janice complemented Miel.
Miel was surprised that Janice recognized her despite of the changes that she made on herself.
"Does it mean she's a true friend?" She asked herself through her mind. But she shook her head. "She betrayed me." She said in her mind.
Miel didn't say anything and just stared at Janice.
"What's with the sudden change of style?" Janice asked but she still didn't get any reply from Miel.
At that point, Janice was already confused so she change the topic.
"By the way, are you alright? You skipped taking the exams last friday. What happened? Is there an emergency?" Janice asked then she held Miel's hand.
"I caught Matthew cheating with me." Miel answered blankly that made Janice's eyes wide.
Miel watched how Janice became uneasy and that made her smile bitterly.
"A-are you alright?" She asked then she held Miel in her shoulder but Miel moved away.
Janice was surprised of what Miel did so she just stared at her for a couple of seconds.
"M-miel." Janice called with a trembling hand.
"Don't you think that you have something to tell me?" Miel asked that made Janice froze and just stared at her with fear in her eyes. Miel went closer to Janice and whispered in her ear.
"Something I deserve to know." Miel made sure that she emphasized every words that she said to make Janice feel how angry she is then she moved away.
"M-miel I can explain." Janice said then she held Miel's hand again but Miel removed her hand then she stepped back to stay away from Janice.
"What will you explain? That you can get Angelo by hiding the truth from me? You chose that man over me!" Miel yelled at Janice. Now, they're surrounded with the students in that building, watching them while they're arguing. But Miel doesn't care anymore because she remember what happened that afternoon when she learned about the truth with Janice.
*****Flashback********
Miel woke up in her bed room with a painful headache but she still managed to get up.
There she saw her mother sitting on a chair beside her bed while reading a book.
She watched her mother for a few seconds till she looked at her.
"Darling!" Mariella exclaimed then she immediately get up. She placed the book that she's reading in Miel's bedside table then she checked Miel immediately
"How are you?" Mariella asked but didn't get a response from Miel.
"Can you tell me what happened?" She asked again but Miel stayed silent. She's just staring at her mother.
Mariella is so worried so she touched Miel's forehead. "You're burning hot. I'll go get a towel and a warm water. Stay here, Darling." She said then she went downstairs.
Miel waited for a few seconds before she went downstairs too and there he took all the spare keys of her bedroom's door and locked herself inside.
She's just staring blankly in the ceiling of her room. There she remembered everything that she learned in that day.
"What? Why would you explain to that flirty and delusional girl? You just used her to make me jealous right?"
"Yes you heard it right. I'm the one he likes and I will always be the one."
Ahliya's words echoed in Miel's mind. It's killing her that she can't help but to cry silently in pain.
Miel was crying silently when her phone rang so she looked at it and saw that someone messaged her in ChatsF.
Miel opened it with the thought that it's Matthew. She wants to block him so he can't message her again but it's not him. It's Ahliya.
"Hi there flirty nerd. Are you alright? I hope the truth slapped you real hard. I bet that you already know your place now. I already warned you before right? It's your fault that you didn't listen, loser."
"And by the way. Thank you for making me have injury. Matthew's taking care of me and he is so sweet."
Miel crossed her hand into a fist after reading Ahliya's messages. She can't help but to reply to her.
"I'd rather be a loser than be a flirty woman who use her body to get the man she likes. I have dignity and that's what you don't have, Ahliya." Miel replied.
After a few seconds, Ahliya replied and it is obvious that she's mad.
"You pieace of shit!"
"I'm not using my body!"
"Anyway, there's something too that I have and you don't."
"I have friends who are always in my side."
"Unlike you, your fried Janice is betraying you and you don't know it. Poor you."
Miel stopped after seeing Janice's name.
"What do you mean?" miel asked.
"She knows that Matthew is just using you. She was there when I learned the truth and Angelo told her that he'll date her in exchange of her, hiding the truth from you."
"Isn't that painful?"
Miel's crumpled her blanket using her hand out of anger.
"That's not true. I know Janice. She won't do that to me!" Miel replied, trying to defend Janice.
"Are you sure? Have you ever wonder how Janice get Angelo easily? It's because of that secret, Miel. You're really a fool." Ahliya replied and that's when Miel realized everything.
Janice suddenly stopped supporting them.
She suddenly act like she hates Matthew.
And lastly, she suddenly got Angelo.
"Arghhhh!" Miel shouted then she threw her phone in her bed. She took everything that she gets and threw it everywhere.
Pillows, stuffed toys, blanket and many more.
"Miel? Darling. Open the door. What's happening?" Mariella knocked on Miel's door many times but Miel didn't reply. She just cried with all the pain that she feels.
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"M-miel please listen to me. I tried to tell you about it----"You tried? But you still chose that goddamn Man! Are you that desperate?" Miel interrupted Janice.
Miel's words hurt Janice that she can't help but to cry.
"It's my first time to be in love, Miel. Like you, I'm willing to do everything---"Bullshit reasons. I don't want to hear anything from you anymore. I don't need a fake friend." Miel interrupted again then she left Janice in the hallway, broke and crying.