Miel walk towards her classroom, preventing her tears to fall. She's strong now. She won't let anyone to see her cry so no one can take advantage of her ever again.
She had enough. She's tired of being dependent to people around her. She's tired of being weak and open.
Miel saw Matthew while she's walking towards her room. He's in front of her but she acted like she didn't see anyone. He entered in their classroom, ignoring Matthew.
She walk towards her seat slowly and with confidence. She flipped her hair and walked gracefully, making her more elegant.
"So the rumors are true. The nerd girl turned into a gorgeous hot lady. Woaa look at that hair flip."
"Indeed. She looks beautiful that I can't recognize her."
"You're right. She's even prettier than Ahliya."
Lucas and his group said, complementing Miel. Miel smiled after hearing those words from her classmates. The feeling of being like by the crowd is very new to her but it makes her feel more confident.
Miel sat on her chair silently and just watch how her boy classmates look at her with their sparkling eyes.
Suddenly, she saw Matthew walking towards his seat which is beside her while looking at her. She feel so disgusted that they're having an eye-to-eye contact so she remove her gaze to Matthew and accidentally landed her sight to Lucas, the one who hates her a lot.
Usually he would glare at her or show her his middle finger whenever they're having an eye contact but this time, he just stared at Miel like he's looking at a beautiful sight so Miel smile at him.
Lucas' eyes widened in surprise after seeing Miel smile at him. He suddenly smiled widely and look away like he's shy which made Miel laugh bitterly.
"Look how physical appearance can affect the people's treatment to someone." Miel whispered. She leaned in her chair and sat boredly.
"It's inevitable since people look at appearance fist before knowing someone or even something." Matthew suddenly said that made Miel look at him.
There, Matthew had the chance to stare at Miel's face and appreciate her beauty.
"Fuck it. She's so beautiful." Matthew said in his mind.
"But most of the people nowadays are valuing the beauty of physical appearance than the beauty of the heart. That's what I meant when I said those words." Miel replied then she removed her gaze at Matthew.
That's the time that their first period teacher came.
Everyone stood up and greeted the teacher.
"Good morning. You may now take your seat." The teachers said and everyone followed her.
"Before we start may I ask if Ms. Dela Vega is here? I thoughts she's seating beside Mr. Monteverde?" Said the teacher while looking for Miel.
"Yes, ma'am. I'm here." Miel said then she stood up to get the attention of the teacher.
The teacher looked at her from head to toe then she continue in searching for Miel.
"I don't have time for pranks, class." The teacher said. "Is she still absent?" She added that made Miel laugh, a loud laugh that made everyone look at her so the teacher glared at her.
"What's funny, Ms.? May I know your name?" The teacher asked.
"I'm sorry. I just can't help it. I'm Riena Miel Dela Vega, Ma'am Sheena." Miel said then she bowed a little to show some respect.
"Really? But you...." The teacher said and stared at Miel.
"I just removed my eyeglasses, ma'am and changed my style." Miel explained.
"Oh. I'm sorry. I didn't recognized you. By the way, the faculty decided that they'll give you a chance to complete your missed exams today since we received a letter from your mother that you had a high fever so you skipped taking those exams last friday. You may now go to your subject teachers and complete your exams. Just ask your classmates on the things or activities that they did for the whole day. You may now go." The teacher softly explained to Miel which the students cannot believe.
She offended the teacher by laughing at her mistake but they can't see any sign of anger from the teacher. She's even smiling widely to Miel.
"Thank you for understanding, ma'am. I'll go now." Miel said then she took her bag and went outside the classroom. She went to all of her subjects teachers to complete what she have missed.
One hour later, she already finished answering two exams so she went to Mrs. Torres after answering the second examination. It's the last exam that she needs to take.
"Good Morning, Mrs. torres." Miel greeted Mrs. Torres when she got inside the faculty room.
"Good morning, Ms. Dela Vega. Are you here for your missed examination?" Mrs. Torres asked that made Miel surprised because she doesn't need to introduce herself anymore since she recognized her unlike the first two teachers that she asked for her missed exams on their subjects.
"Yes, ma'am." Miel answered.
"Okay. But please kindly call Mr. monteverde first. He missed my exam too." Mrs. torres ordered.
"Oh that man skipped his exam to flirt with her Ahliya. Disappointing." Miel said in her mind.
"Okay, ma'am wait for a minute." Miel said then she bowed a little at Mrs. torres before leaving the room.
Miel went to her classroom to call Matthew. When she arrived there, she knocked on the door three times. After a few seconds, one of her boy classmate opened the door for her.
"Y-your'e beautiful." Her classmate who opened the door said when he got the chance to see Miel that close. But Miel just looked at him and she did not respond to him. She looks at their teacher instead and told her what Mrs. Torres said.
"Good morning, maam. Mrs. Torres is calling for Matthew for his missed examination too." Miel said so the teacher called Matthew and let him go with me.
"Thank you, ma'am." Miel said then she closed the door of their classroom.
He looked at Matthew and said. "Follow me." Then she started to walk.
Matthew followed Miel silently 'till they arrived at the faculty room.
They went to the table of Mrs. Torres and saw that there's already two arm chairs beside her table and Miel assumed that it's for her and Matthew.
"Kindly take your examination now so I can finish your grades today. Please be honest in answering your exams. Kindly occupy those seats." Mrs. Torres said then she pointed the two arm chairs beside her table. "Here's your papers." She added then she gave them the test papers.
Matthew and Miel followed the instructions of Mrs. Torres. They sat on the arm chairs and started answering their test papers.
After thirty minutes, Miel finished answering but she can't give her test paper to Mrs. torres because she went to the library to get some books. So Miel just stayed in her seat and just observed the design of the Faculty room while waiting for Mrs. Torres.
While observing, she saw in her peripheral vision that Matthew is uneasy and he seems to want to talk to her.
Miel smiled after realizing that Matthew used to copy all of her answers and because of that, he never study during exams. But now that Miel learned the truth that he's just using her, he can't ask her for her answers anymore.
"Being dependent makes you weak. You should prioritize studying than focusing on other unimportant matters." Miel whispered, enough for Matthew to hear.
Miel focused on her peripheral vision and there he saw Matthew with an uneasy look then he sigh in frustration.
"You didn't just used me to get Ahliya. You used me too to have good grades. And now that I learned the truth, I'll make sure that you'll go down together with that pretentious Ahliya. I'll ruin both of you. I'll ruin your relationship no matter what." Miel said in her mind. She's full of anger. It is evident in her eyes.