Apple's Point of View
"Friends? Do friends do that to each other, huh Ayen and Marco? Am I supposed to still befriend you after what happened? You guys betrayed me and I didn't even know it! How am I supposed to react to it, huh? I have the right to be mad at you" I lashed out.
They all looked down, trying to get my sympathies but no that won't work. My plan not to see them is to move away so what are they doing here? They want me to forgive them that easily but I still had trust issues from what had happened.
"Why do you want my forgiveness, first and foremost?" I asked them calmly. They wouldn't be here if they really didn't have a reason to get my forgiveness.
"We're here to have a peaceful life after all, we don't want to think about you anymore" Marco stated. I scoffed, they can always have a peaceful life without asking for my forgiveness. They didn't even think of me when they're backstabbing me so why now?
"I don't believe what you're saying, you liar" I said harshly. They seemed a bit shocked and surprised. Did they get shocked because I changed from being always kind to always rude? It's somehow their fault.
They bid their goodbye after that, saying that I might be late for my next class and I just remembered that I needed to go on to my next class after that. I was raging mad as I was running, they kept on ruining my life.
I was thankful that I've bumped into Renz . That's why I can be relieved that there's still no subject teacher. But I still went to my room and sat down in my chair. They're still playing games so I just keep quiet and wait for them to be finished.
The teacher announced in the group chat our groups and my group was Renz, Alina and Mina. I'm thankful but somehow I knew it, we have a common first letter on our surname so it doesn't surprise me anymore.
We went home after the last subject the teacher discussed. I was quiet the entire time and I lost my chance to talk to Renz.
That's why my entire ride with my dad was quiet. That was the last time that I could talk to him. I can't talk to him anymore because there's no reason to talk to him. That makes me so frustrated.
I even remember how I went in the elevator and saw him going to the comfort room. That's my chance but I've lost it now. Taylor's song 'Speak Now' was playing and I laughed out loud on the lyrics that says "I hear the preacher say, "Speak now or forever hold your peace", There's the silence, there's my last chance, I stand up with shaky hands, all eyes on me, Horrified looks from everyone in the room, But I'm only looking at you"
I couldn't do it. I was now going to be forever haunted by the chance that I've lost. I could've asked him right there and then and that would be the start of our conversation.
"Are you okay, Apple?" My dad asks me. I looked at him to gesture him that I was okay, I was really fine and nothing to be worried for.
After that he didn't say things anymore as I don't speak. I was in the midst of things that frustrates me.
It was now tomorrow and just what my everyday routine is. I got ready to go to my school and once I got there, I saw Marco again. He was getting on my nerves now. Do they really want my forgiveness that bad? I don't think so.
"You know, Marco states what you really need from me. Don't sugarcoat everything and think I'm going to believe it immediately. I'm not that naive after that incident, so what now?!" I asked him frustratedly.
He can't waste his time on me because he has a child to take care of. Ayen and him had a child to take care of so I don't really believe they're going to waste their time for my forgiveness.
"Okay, the truth is we're being blackmailed to get close to you and get your information" He said and looked down. I want to believe him but I don't know what's backing me off. It feels a little weird for those people who blackmailed them so I chose not to believe him and went to the school.
I even see Renz again, looking at the floor with a smile on his face. Who can make him smile like that? I'm jealous. I shook it off and continued on the room. I placed my bag and left the room to go to the comfort room.
"Something was off about Rena, really. She doesn't go to school anymore and to what I've learned she was being abused by her mom" Someone outside my cubicle speaks. I got interested once I heard Rena's name on it.
Rena hasn't been to school right now and it's really unusual not to see her. It might be a prejudice to Rena or assumption since I don't see bruises on her when she goes to school or she's just good at hiding it.
But there's also a possibility that Rena's actually being abused since her dad was a psychopath and seeing him really makes me chill.
We just have our English Subject then PE subject which we play. We aced every game over other teams. Me, Alina and Renz were there and we're just split in half by our teacher. I'm really curious about who's the person behind Renz's smile. I want to know and smack her, just kidding.
I get my things after that and go to the comfort room to get done. After doing things, I was shocked to see Alina, Mina and Ayen there waiting for me. I feel so good but I still gotta be careful because they might stab me in the back.
My dad picked me up in school after that and I was so tired on our way home, I even dozed off. My dream was super weird because Renz was there together with Frederic and Marco. They were plotting something against me and it terrifies me how I can also see Dad and Mom watching it with a grin on their faces.
I opened my mobile games and distracted myself with it. I played until we got home and we're exactly on time with dinner because mom was already serving meals. I opened up the problem with my parents.
"Someone's blackmailing my old classmates. Marco said that they were being blackmailed to get into me and my information" I said. They glanced at each other and looked at me.
"What did you do?" Dad asks. I got embarrassed to say that I shrugged it off and turned my back on him. They would think I'm that bad and rude person if I tell them that.
"I, uh, turned my back against him and didn't believe him" I say honestly. I closed my eyes tightly after that, waiting for my dad and mom to scold or nag at me for behaving that way. But unfortunately they don't.
"That's the way to do it, honey. We're going to look for your old classmates so don't go immediately to the people who said that to you" My mom comforted me. I just nod and low down my gaze.
After I ate, I opened my phone and chatted with my old friend using a dump account that I already didn't use. It has a different name and I want to try to help with my parents by giving them the information of this blackmailers.
I'm already tired of this set-up. I hope the karma of this blackmailer will double. I hope they won't have proper sleep because they're ruining a peaceful place. I already had enough with my relatives, mostly my Uncle so I really had enough.
But on the same thought, I think the blackmailer and my Uncle's family was just one person. Rena's mom was so good at manipulating people but if I prejudiced them, I would already be the person I hated.
The people who assume and make things worse on the other people are different kinds of evil people and I have been tested on those people. I guess life was never really easy and you need these obstacles for you to grow.
Because if there's no obstacle, I might still be the naive person who I used to be. I would still believe in whatever I want to believe and I would still trust people who can't be trusted in the first place.
So I get this conclusion that every person really need to go with hard obstacles to know how hard life is and if you're living easily you might not learn anything on how hard and harsh the world really is.