Alvierra's P.O.V.
The next day, I didn't go to school. I was just confined to my room, and Papa didn't go to work either.
Two days after Mama spanked me, I went to school wearing a jacket. I didn't want them to see my wounded arm. Luckily, it was cold every morning. Three of us were wearing jackets, so it wasn't embarrassing.
I sat silently in my seat. I could still feel the pain and sting, but what I felt was even more painful.
"Vierra, why didn't you go to school yesterday? Are you okay?" Elissa asked. I ignored Elissa's question and just borrowed notes from Nash. Luckily, Elissa felt that I didn't want to talk yet, so she went back to her seat.
"Are you okay?" Nash asked. I just nodded and started writing. I couldn't move my left arm, so I kept it on my lap.
I saw Rade come in with Juls and another male classmate.
I saw him looking at me from the corner of my eye. I continued writing until our teacher arrived. I returned Nash's notebook to him first.
I gave my excuse letter to our adviser, and Papa just said in the letter that I was sick yesterday. Luckily, all they did yesterday was discussion.
During break time, I stayed in my seat. I was still having trouble moving and walking.
I saw everyone leave the classroom to eat downstairs.
I took out my lunch and just ate it. I endured the sting of my wound and bruises.
I suddenly choked when Rade came in. I quickly grabbed my water bottle and realized that I didn't fill it with water earlier.
I saw Rade approach and hand me the softdrink he was holding. I drank it because I had no choice. I might die here, you know.
"Are you okay?" he asked. I nodded.
"Thanks," I said. Rade took my bottle and shook it.
"You bring a bottle, but it's empty."
"I just forgot to fill it earlier," I said. I rushed out earlier because Papa would take me to school. We went to the lugawan to eat breakfast and he also bought me snacks for my lunch before I went to school.
"Sorry for yelling at you last time. You didn't, you know... you didn't finish our game," Rade said.
"Sorry too. I promised, but I didn't follow through," I said.
"Why didn't you go to school yesterday?" he asked.
"I got sick," I said.
"Are you not sick anymore?" he asked and touched my forehead. I stared at him because of what he did. "Good thing you're okay now. Is that why you're wearing a jacket?" He lowered his hand.
"Ahh, yeah," I said, looking away.
"Are you really okay?" he asked. "Your cheeks are red."
"Ha?!" I asked and touched both my cheeks. I winced when my left arm stung because I raised it.
"What happened? What hurts?" Rade asked. He held both my arms. It hurt even more when he held them, so I screamed. He was confused, so he stared at both my arms.
"Alvierra, take off your jacket," Rade ordered.
"Ha? Why? W-wait, it's just that my stomach hurts, that's why I winced," I said.
"I said take off your jacket!" he shouted. I looked at the door because I was afraid they might hear us.
"Rade, don't shout," I said.
"Will you take off that jacket or will I take it off?" he asked. I immediately obeyed him. I slowly took off my jacket, starting with my right arm, then I slowly pulled the sleeve off my left arm.
He grabbed my left arm when he saw the wound and several bruises on it.
"Ouch," I said.
"What happened there?" he asked.
"Ah, because the other day when I went home, you know... I got hit by a motorcycle," I said, closing my eyes. Please believe me. I don't want to say that Mama did this.
"Motorcycle?" he asked. "Why weren't you careful?"
I breathed a sigh of relief and checked my wound again. He helped me put my jacket back on. After a while, my other classmates came in.
"Hey, the line downstairs is so long," I heard Jessa say. I just sat down and finished my food.
Raileigh knows what happened to me, but she didn't ask anymore. When Rai came yesterday, Vince told her what happened to me.
Rai and I went home together, and she didn't say anything anymore. She understands that I don't want to talk about it yet. And I keep hearing the words "Are you okay?" "Are you okay, Vierra?"
"When I got home, Mama just told me to eat so I could do my assignment," I said, nodding and just eating.
When Papa came home, he cleaned my wound again and put ice wrapped in cloth on my bruises. Papa also washed the dishes because Mama was still computing. I opened my bag and was surprised to find four notebooks that weren't mine. When I opened them, I saw the name on the front page. Raiden Alvarez. Tss, he probably put them there when I went down to the C.R.
I looked at the back to see if he had any computations for math, but I didn't see anything. When Sir gives us problems to solve, I solve them on the back.
But there was only one thing written on the back. The word 'ALV' with a heart above the letter V. I added AREZ to make it Alvarez.
I went back to the front of his notebook and copied some of the notes he lectured on yesterday.
On his other notebook, there was another ALV written, so I added AREZ again. Why would he write like that if it's incomplete? I just shook my head, closed his notebook, and put it in my bag. I might forget it tomorrow. I also answered one of our assignments that was just given earlier.
After that, I lay down and slowly moved my left arm. I just fell asleep. I woke up in the early morning when I felt cold on my side. There was light coming from outside the room, so I could see who was beside me. I saw how she slowly cleaned my wound, and I also saw her put ointment on my bruises. She cleaned my wound and put a bandage around it.
She stood up and opened my cabinet. She took out the uniform I was going to wear tomorrow and prepared the undergarments for my uniform, like a tank top and shorts. She carefully arranged my shoes and put my socks in them. Then she went out of my room and Vince's room.
I smiled because I knew Mama still cared about me. I know Mama loves me so much.