Emma's

POV

"Back to hell," I sighed as I stood in front of the school gate. I didn't want to come back anymore. I had just wanted to stay cooped up in my little fairy tale land forever. But sadly, that wish of mine would never be able to come through. "What are you thinking so hard about?" I jolted when someone suddenly whispered in my ear. I turned around, placing my hand on my racing heart. I stared at the person with confusion. "Who are you?" I asked curiously. He laughed.

"Very funny, Emma, nice response to my new look. I'm glad I changed so much that you could hardly recognize me," he said with a smile.

I recognized his voice very much, but I just could not place this voice that I've always known with this new look.

"It's John Emma, he changed a lot right?" Ria laughed, coming into my view. I nodded my head.

"John, what did you do to your hair, and is that a piercing?" I asked curiously. He changed his dark brown hair to strawberry blonde, and he has piercings, four to be precise on his right ear.

My eyes widened in realization. I know why I refused to believe it was him. He wasn't wearing his glasses. I've never seen John without his glasses before. His gray eyes looked much deeper and more visible now. "Hot right?" Ria asked, grinning widely.

"It looks good," I replied honestly. He looked so different that I almost could not recognize him. But in a good way.

"Of course, he looks good. He had the best stylist, which was me by the way," she said, pulling him in for a kiss. John held her tight as they made out in front of me.

"Get a room guys," I mutter, covering my eyes with my hands. Ria giggled.

"Come on, Emma, it's nothing you've never seen or done before," John said with a wink. I blushed and turned around, hurriedly walking back to the school at a very fast pace.

"Wait up!" John calls out, but I break into a run and they both laugh, running behind me. They caught up and we all walked together.

My phone suddenly starts to ring. Yes, I finally have a cell phone now. The triplets got it for me during our last day on our trip. They had insisted on getting it for me because they didn't want me to be unreachable whenever I'm in trouble again. I still remember Alexander's words as he placed the phone in my hands.

"Who doesn't have fun these days? It's the 21st century, it's not like we are in the ice age," he had grumbled. I smiled at the thought. The triplets have been really nice and sweet toward me.

"Is that phone yours?" John asked, looking surprised. I nodded.

"Let me guess, the triplets got it for you?" he asked again. I nodded with a smile.

"Wow, look at the way you brightened up when I mentioned the triplets, they must be really taking care of you. I can't believe you finally have a cell phone. I can reach you easily now, and I can finally prevent the smashing of my phones by you whenever you are angry," he chuckled. I gasped, hitting him playfully on his shoulder.

"Wait, this is your first cell phone, ever?" Ria asked in shock.

"Yes?" I replied skeptically. Why is she sounding so shocked?

"Really? Eighteen years is a really long time to live without a cell phone. If I were you, I would have died out of boredom," Ria replied. I forced a smile, my busy and sad life kept me quite entertained. I didn't even have time for my school work, to talk more on a cell phone. Come to think of it, it feels like ages since all that happened. John seemed to have noticed what I was thinking about. He cleared his throat loudly.

"Pick up your phone, Emma, I'm sure it's the triplets," John said teasingly. I picked up the call shyly.

"Emma? Where are you?" Julian asked.

"At school, where else would I be?" I replied.

"We've been looking for you. Why didn't you wait for us?" Philip asked.

"You all were asleep. I didn't want to disturb you," I said, leaning onto my locker. Ria and John both stared at me in disbelief.

"You should have. We will gladly lose sleep for you. Next time, wake us up okay? We don't want our girl walking to school," Julian said.

"Our girl?" I asked shyly, feeling my face redden from the way John and Ria were staring at me.

"Of course. You are our girl now and everybody knows that," Philip replied and curled my hair with my fingers, smiling widely.

"That aside, didn't you miss us? We haven't seen you this morning" Julian asked seductively.

"I miss you. Definitely," I replied with a smile. John opened his mouth wide, staring at me in amusement.

"Then get ready to give us deep kisses later. Maybe we can even do something much more interesting than that," Philip said, his voice husky.

"L...like what?" I stutter, feeling hot all over. I have an idea of what they might be hinting at.

"We will show you later when we arrive. Alexander, what the hell man....," the call suddenly disconnects.

Show me later? I bite my lips nervously, feeling giddy in anticipation.

"Emma," John calls out, jolting me from my thoughts.

"What?" I mutter. He started glancing around dramatically.

"Where is Emma? And what has happened to her?" he said. I rolled my eyes with a smile.

"I want to feel butterflies too. I need my own high school shy fairytale-like love story," Ria whined. John scoffed.

"What about me?" he asked her.

"Ours isn't a shy love story. Ours is like a wild erotic sensual one," she said and they both grinned. I sigh, it seems like I have to get used to this public display of affection.

"Uhm...why are these dumb kids all staring at us like that?" Ria asked curiously. I followed her gaze and truly the students in the hallway were staring at us and whispering. It's nothing new anyway. "Could it be that they are whispering about John?" I asked.

"No, they look far too serious for that. No offense babe, you look hot and all, but I don't think you are the cause of all these stares," Ria said.

"None taken. I agree with you completely," he replied.

Three girls suddenly walked towards us.

"Good morning," they greeted cheerfully, looking at ... .me. I stared at them in shock, feeling tongue-tied. This is completely new. Why are they greeting me? This is weird.

"How was your holiday? Did you enjoy it?" the blonde one asked, smiling widely at me.

Is this a dream? Or is this another prank before the drink pouring and name-calling starts?

"Good morning Emma, I bought you coffee, it's steaming hot," another student comes shoving a cup of coffee in my hands with a smile.

"Emma here's a free ticket from my mum's club,"

"Emma, would you like to join our study group?".

"Emma, that's a lovely phone. It's the newest edition. Where did you get it?

"Emma, would you like to come to our restaurant's opening?".

I stared at all the students hounded in front of me with smiles and gave me invitations in shock. What the hell is going on here?

"Shut up everyone! You meet us here first!" the blonde girl yells at everyone in the hallway, and the chatter dies down. She turned around and smiled at me. "Emma, we are having a party this evening, and it's one of the best parties you will ever see, you can ask around. You definitely don't want to miss it," she said. "She definitely does," Ria replied.

"Excuse me? Who are you? I was talking to Emma and not you," she mutters with disdain, glaring at Ria.

"My name is Ria and you should definitely use that money you waste on throwing parties to fix your fake blonde hair, your teeth, and poorly done nose, you should go back to the doctor who did that nose and collect a refund, while you are at it, fix your entire face because believe me when I say this love, you look horrible," Ria said with a sickly sweet smile. I glanced at Ria in awe.

The girl stared at her, her face red from anger. Ria took my hand, and we left them all behind. They suddenly started chattering and following us, again calling my name. The bell suddenly rang and we rushed to class.

We all sat silently as the teacher taught when Julian and Philip suddenly walked in. The teacher paused but didn't dare say anything about their lateness. I glanced at them wondering where Alexander was. My phone suddenly vibrates and I read the message from Julian.

"Alex got into an accident,".

I quickly sprang up from my seat and ran out of the school not giving anyone a second glance. I was out of breath by the time I reached the pack house. I ran towards Alexander's room and my eyes widened in shock when I saw what he was up to. What is he doing? Was this the reason why he skipped school?

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