"I feel like the character is turning into a real one" Zacky's message on messenger.
JA found herself smiling. She didn't understand why her heart kept on racing like she was talking with Zacky personally.
She did not know anything about him, not even his real name, his face, or his voice. But she felt so deeply connected to him, which she could not explain why. She always thinks of him from time to time, and she even got affected if she feels something wrong happened to him.
She occupied major thoughts in her mind and she felt it very strange.
She was thinking that if Zacky had turned into a real one, meaning he accepted his role in the story. Because of that, she decided to call him "baby" as the term of endearment she used in the story. Of course, she would also like to play the role of the leading lady.
Until one time.
"I'm sorry", she said, sending an audio clip to Zacky.
She just wanted to express how sincere she was in saying sorry to him, that's why she sent him an audio clip.
"It's okay, you don't need to apologize"
"You know you have a lovely voice. I guess you're good at singing." Zacky said.
After reading his message, she smiled. And again, her heart was skipping a beat.
In the midst of their conversation, Zacky was asking her if she could sing a song, and that totally made her nervous.
A song? why all of a sudden?
The first song that came to her mind was of course the piece of her soul, "One Day In Your Life", but she did not finish it. She did not know why she chose to sing that song.
She sent it to Zacky.
"It's true that you are really good at singing", Zacky said. If that was just a compliment or what, it warmed her heart. Until such time, Zacky requested her to send the full cover of the song.
JA felt mixed emotions. She was happy that aside from her and Ryle, there's another person who liked their song. At the same time, she was also sad because the more she sings the song, the more she's longing for Ryle.
But she was asking herself, why did she feel a strange feeling towards Zacky? Why did she feel she was deeply connected to him?
She was in deep thought, as she fixed herself in going to school.
Before they ended their conversation on messenger, they exchanged sweet messages.
"Take care dear", Zacky's message.
"Take care baby", she responded with a smile on her lips.
She could not imagine how happy she was with those sweet messages. And calling Zacky "baby" was quite odd. She never calls anyone 'baby', not even to her kids. But calling such to a stranger was truly unusual. Well, she just wanted to bring the story she was working on, to reality because she was longing for something.
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At Bannister Academy.
"Hello cher JA.", the kids greeted her.
"Hello kids, it's good to see you. How are you?", she responded with a Duchenne smile.
"You look so happy cher", the kids exclaimed.
"Cher, please continue the story about princess JA", Josh uttered.
"Sure sweetheart, but only after our lesson", she spoke.
The kids were much attentive to the lessons. All of them were very smart and genius. So, it was easy for her to deliver the lessons.
"Yeheyyyy...we're done.!!! Can we now have the continuation of the story cher?", the kids shouted in excitement.
The kids moved closer to each other and seated near to her. She was smiling while looking at her kids. How could she say 'no', to these sweet and lovable kids?
"Where did we end up last time kids?", she asked.
"The prince wanted to meet the princess, but he cannot easily enter the palace because there were many guards. Then, what's next cher?", Chris was blinking his eyes in excitement.
"What is the name of the prince cher?" Samantha asked.
She paused for a while because she did not have any idea what could be the name of the prince.
"Umm, Prince Z", she uttered.
The kids were giggling with exhilaration.
"Please continue cher!", the kids shouted.
"And so the prince, talked to the King and Queen, to allow him to see the princess but they were very strict and they did not allow the prince to get inside. One day, the princess, disguised herself and dressed as a lady's maid for her to be able to go out of the place. She went to the river with the other lady's maid without the knowledge of her parents. After a moment, Prince Z happened to pass by the river. He saw the lady's maid, so he came closer and introduced himself. He did not know that the lady was Princess JA. Since then, they became friends, and later on, they became lovers. Until one day, Prince Z heard someone singing from a distance. He hurriedly came closer because he was sure it was the princess' voice and so he wanted to meet her. But he was surprised when he knew that the lady's maid was the princess herself. So, he hugged the princess and promised to stay with her. He went to the palace and asked for the princess' hand in marriage. So, Prince Z and Princess JA got married and they lived happily ever after."
Ja paused and smiled.
"That's the end of the story"
"Yeheyyy!!", the kids exclaimed in happiness and hugged her.
"That's why you are happy now cher because you already found your Prince Charming", Josh uttered.
"Who is your boyfriend cher?", Marco asked.
"No, I don't have a boyfriend, but there's someone I love", JA responded.
"So, he is your prince charming cher!", Gillian exclaimed.
"You are Princess JA cher, so your Prince Charming is Prince Z", Josh said happily.
The kids teased her, and they chuckled so loudly.
"You are blushing cher! you're really in love! ", the kids exclaimed.
"Can we meet your prince charming cher?", Josh said while blinking his eyes and clasping his
hands together.
"Yes, Yes!!!", the kids agreed.
JA just smiled because she could not believe that the kids would take her story seriously, to the extent that they wanted to meet her prince charming. How could that be possible, when the prince charming she was talking about was just only her imagination and only found in her story?
After some time, the kids bid goodbye to her. That was one of the happiest days in her life with them. They were truly God's innocent creations and she loved them so much.
She went home driving her car, still thinking of her enjoyable moments with the kids.
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At home.
JA opened her laptop, to continue writing the story, but nothing would come out of her mind. She shook her head. It was really hard for her to write a story after she stopped writing for two years. She paused for a while and took a deep sigh while shutting down her laptop.
She wanted to sleep because she was hoping to meet the man in her dreams. She had to ask him something because she was already confused.
When she read Zacky's mind, she was certain that he was the man in her dreams, but after dreaming about the whistling of the song, she was already in doubt if it was really Zacky because no one knows their song except her and Ryle.
She wanted to meet him again to clear up her doubts but she did not appear in her dreams.
She woke up at 3:00 o'clock in the morning, too early than her usual wake up.
While she freshened up herself, the thoughts of Zacky flashed on her mind especially their sweet conversation on messenger. She could not help herself but smile upon remembering those sweet messages and she was expecting another chat with him.
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"How are you dear? Are you alright?" Zacky's message.
"I'm fine baby. How are you?" she responded with a smile on her lips.
Usually, those were the opening lines of their conversation. After that, they began to talk a lot of things, sharing their ideas and opinions. They laughed and joked around as if they have known each other personally.
They care for each other and even got worried if anyone of them was not feeling good.
But because they have individual differences, they could not avoid that from to time, their ideas clashed that causing them to quarrel with each other.
"Okay, you think of me as the character of your story and nothing else, until your story will be completed. That's our deal", Zacky chatted.
"No, I am withdrawing the deal because you're no longer the character of my story. Plots can be twisted", she responded.
"There's no turning back, I already accepted the role. Finish the story, so that I can go", Zacky's message.
"And why would you go? We are friends. You are my friend", she replied.
"Friend? you did not think of me as a friend. You just think of me as the character of your story", that was Zacky.
"It's not true. You are my friend", she responded, and tears welled up in her eyes.
She was always like that, she usually initiated the quarrel but at the end of the day, she would be the one who is hurt. Until she felt, she could hardly breathe.
Zacky was sending her plenty of messages, but she could not anymore internalize what he meant to say because she was already running out of breath.
She replied, "What else do you want to say?"
"What else?"
"Hurt me and I will die"
"Hurt me and I will not breath"
"Dear, are you alright?" Zacky's message.
"Dear, what happened?
But she did not anymore reply. She logged out of her account and put her cellphone in the drawer. She tried to call her Nanny to come to her room because she felt like she was about to faint.
Until everything becomes vague.