BLIND DATE ( ENGLISH VERSION )

KEN’S POV

” I want to court Alexa, ” I said straightforwardly to them.

I tried to remain serious even if I wanted to laugh because of the reaction of Caleb and Rhea. Caleb’s jaw almost dropped, while Rhea almost let go of the burger she was eating. Silence surrounded the table we were sitting at. After some time…

” Wait, what do you mean about courting her? Are you two in a relationship right?” Caleb asked amidst his confusion.

I hit my forehead when I realized that I was not able to explain to Caleb the whole truth about my fake relationship with Alexa. Rhea and I exchanged gazes to think who would answer Caleb’s question.

” So, am I the only one who did not know what was going on?” Caleb asked. He may be noticed Rhea, and I was exchanging looks.

” Bro, I unintentionally forgot to tell you about it,” I explained. I could see how disappointed Caleb was after he heard what I said. I wanted to say something when I noticed Rhea elbowed Caleb.

” I was just kidding bro. Of course, I know about it. Rhea told me about it before,” Caleb said, then laughed.

” You seemed professional earlier. You can be an actor,” Rhea commented and laughed.

I weakly punched Caleb’s shoulder, but he kept laughing. This guy is getting on my nerves. I got nervous about how I could explain it to him, and then he just acted up.

” There is no problem to me if you want to court her, but you will be in trouble if she is in pain because of you,” Rhea said with the scariest voice I had heard her use.

” Yes, Ma’am,” I assuredly told her. I also saluted her, which made her laugh.

” Thank you for trusting me, Rhea,” I genuinely thanked her.

” No worries, just promise me that you will make her happy. She experienced more than enough already,” Rhea seriously said.

” Who?”

Caleb, Rhea, and I looked back when we heard Alexa’s voice. She is currently looking at us while her eyebrow is raising, which seemed telling us to answer her question.

” I am asking,” she added before sitting down beside me.

ALEXA’S POV

Caleb, Rhea, and Ken exchanged looks. It seemed like they were pushing each other through their eyes for someone to answer my question, which made me frown.

” Are you hiding something to me?” I asked again.

” Nothing, beshy. We just talked some random things earlier,” Rhea replied.

” Then, who is she you are pertaining earlier?” I asked.

” You,” Ken straightforwardly answered. We looked in Ken’s direction altogether when we heard him answer.

” Me? Why?” I confusedly asked.

” It is because we were talking about why you are taking for so long to comeback,” Ken casually explained.

” Ah, mommy and I spend some time together while talking about random things,” I replied. They nodded.

” By the way, how was the practice?” I asked Ken.

” Speaking of which, you need to be in rehearsal later since that will be the last. If not, you will be disqualified,” Ken replied, which made my eyebrow raised.

” What? ” I almost exclaimed.

” Yeah, so eat your lunch fast because it almost the call time for the last rehearsal,” Ken instructed.

Rather than responding to what he said, I immediately started eating. Gosh! I prepared for this contest, so I did not want my effort wasted.

” Eat slowly. It looked like you have not eaten for a year,” Ken jokingly said, so I glared at him. Ken raised his two hands while laughing to show that he surrendered. Gosh, this guy is getting on my nerves. He should be thankful that I did not have time to deal with him. After a while, I finished eating.

” Let us go,” I immediately said to Ken after I drank some water. I also stood up.

” Wait for a while. You just finished eating. Take some rest, even just for five minutes,” Ken said and pulled me to sit again.

” You are too worried about me, mister,” I teasingly told him.

” I am, so sit down,” Ken seriously replied, which made me raise my eyebrow.

Seriously, what is wrong with this guy? I think I prepared more that he messed up with him rather than throwing cheesy lines at me. I heard Rhea giggle, so I glared at her, but she did not care.

” You should take your seat, Alexa. You could not win over him when he was serious,” Caleb said while pointing his lips in Ken’s direction.

” Fine,” I surrendered and sat down once again.

” So, beshy, what did you and auntie talked about?” Rhea maliciously asked while her hands were on the table.

” About…” I could not say any right word to answer her.

” What?” Rhea asked.

Caleb and Ken sat down properly too. It seemed like they would listen to what I said. I had second thoughts if I would answer Rhea’s question, especially since Ken was here. I do not want to offend him with the words I will say to Rhea.

” Ah, look, what time is it, Ken and I might be late for the rehearsal,” I said after pretending to look at my watch to change our conversation.

Caleb and Ken frowned after hearing what I said. On the other hand, Rhea raised her eyebrow because of my reaction. Gosh, I did not know how to tell them, so it would be better if I did not tell them right now. I gave Rhea a meaningful look to let her know I would say it at another time.

” You are right! Fine, fine, just tell it to us next time,” Rhea remarked after understanding what my gaze at her meant.

” Okay, but you need to tell it that story next time,” Caleb agreed.

” Yes, next time, I promise,” I replied and raised my right hand showing I was promising.

” All right, let us go,” Ken said and stood up from where he was sitting.

” Enjoy / Good luck, ” Caleb and Rhea said at the same time.

” Thanks, ” I said and waved to them to bid farewell before I went outside the cafeteria.

While Ken and I were walking towards the gym, I noticed Ken’s quietness. I think it would be better since I need to prepare myself to tell them about James’ plan to court me. I stopped thinking about it when my face hit Ken’s back.

” Why are you stopping suddenly?” I irritably asked him.

” You are spacing out. We are here,” He casually replied. I looked around and realized that he was right. Gosh, girl, you were really spacing out.

” You went first inside, I will just go to the restroom,” Ken instructed.

” Why?” I asked him unconsciously. I heard him laugh after I asked. Aish, he seemed too happy.

” Silly! What should someone be doing in a restroom?” He asked me while laughing. My eyes widened after realizing what I had asked. Argh! I hate you, self, for spacing out too much.

” Hmp, be fast,” I angrily told him to hide my shyness from him.

” Yeah, right. Be a good girl,” Ken said and messed up my hair.

” What do you mean about being a good girl?” I asked after hitting his hand.

” You might be in trouble while I am away,” He replied.

” Do not think that I am like you,” I irritably remarked.This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.

” You are worth fighting for, ” Ken said and smiled.

* dug, dug, dug *

” Wait, I badly need to the restroom,” He added.

Ken did not wait for me to react because he had started running already. When I could not see him anymore, I unconsciously held my chest, which was currently beating too fast because of what Ken had said.

” Oh, Miss Alcantara, what is wrong?” I heard someone ask me from behind.

” None, Sir,” I politely replied after I looked at whoever asked me.

” Alright, go inside, we will start already,” our trainer for the pageant responded.

I simply nodded and quietly followed him. But my mind is flying somewhere else.

TO BE CONTINUED!