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"Hey I've been meaning to ask you this but why did you choose me as your model?" Therese ask Gerona as they take a break from the sculpture the latter is making

"Damn I never thought that you will ask me that question this early haha" Gerona said, her nervousness is showing

She looks away for a moment, she can't even look at Therese straight in the eye and she feels her heart pounding, maybe the reason why she is nervous and it's hard to say it how she feels from her.

"Hey relax, it's just me alright? I think you're too tense right now. " Therese said to make her calm while still looking at her sincerely and making a worried face, thinking that it's really difficult for her to tell this.

When Gerona heard those words from Therese, she thinks that it is the right time to tell it to her what she really feels while seeing the cheerleader in the practice at the gymnasium, her walk in the hallway at slow motion and most especially when she saw how Therese performed a cheerleading routine at the arena.

She looks at Therese with a daring eye, a little smile that shows through her face and she thinks of a great idea " Wait a minute, I'll show you something but don't freak out, okay? Promise me you won't." she said it as soon as she stood up to search for something.

"Alright, I won't, I promise not to freak out." she said it with assurance to make sure that she knows she'll keep her promise to do that.

Gerona is hesitant to show it to her while she is overthinking. What if she doesn't like what she'll show to her, 'you must not be like this' such as thinking too harshly on yourself, said it to herself.

"Would you close your eyes first?" She asked Therese to do it because she wanted to surprise her just a little, to show what she put effort in.

Tilting her head a little on the other side, she became more curious at what Gerona said, like why need to close her eyes, follow what she commanded her so she began to close her eyes using her hands "Can you chill for a bit." a little scoff went out to her mouth, "Yes, I'm closing my eyes now for you."

Gerona struggled where she put it but sooner or later, she found it in five minutes what she wanted to show to Therese, she said 'hooray!' in a whisper tone not to ruin the suprise. She stood in front of her, saw that she's still closing her eyes, she grabbed both sides of the canva and it's on landscape.
"You may now open your eyes!" Gerona said with a smile on her face, still expecting what would be the reaction of her when she showed it now, what she'll think of me? Many questions went through her head.

Therese slowly removed her both hands in front of her face and slowly opened her eyes, as soon as she saw it, she began to gasp at how much detail and the color, how much her art turned out to be a masterpiece.

It's a definition of an art, I say and not to mention it's me who she painted, she feels mesmerized by it then she sees at the painting, a little note at a corner with Gerona's signature and that indicates what she feels about me.

Written on the corner of the painting, it said 'I love you.'

Therese said with a happy smile back to her and excitement, "I can't believe you did this to me, now I know how talented you are and you're one of a kind artist. In fact, I've never seen anything like this!"

She still felt curious whether Therese liked it or not so she began to ask "Do you like this?"

While still observing the painting, she gulped a little and now she feels the pressure because it's now her time to say what she really feel to the painting and most specifically to Gerona, shocked to hear that word from the one who she love from afar, when she saw how her passion in painting that made her motivate to do what she love too and not gonna lie, that became her inspiration and somehow she adore, seeing the artwork of Gerona in the Art Exhibit at school, made her wonder that woman really swoon her such as thinking every meaning she put at her work, that made her fall in love to her.

"I don't like it" silence now surrounds the room... "Just kidding" she said it in a joke way and chuckled because of her, "I'm not yet finished, I don't like it but I do love it so much!" Therese now stood up, touched both hands of Gerona who gripped both sides of her painting.

Gerona looks at her straight in the eyes, Therese does the same and they both smile at each other how relieved they are.

"You know, I do feel the same way and I know it's early to say this but you're my love at first sight. I love you too." When Gerona hears that, she can't even explain what she wants to say; not a single word can define it.

"It's a good thing that I asked you to be my model for my art sculpture."
"Well it's the best thing that you asked me about it, now look at us right now."
They think it's late now, there's cricket again but Gerona insists on bursting the bubble so that it's not full silence "Therese, what time is it? I think it's getting late but I'm glad that you did this with me, you accompany me to do this with you."

"Your welcome, it's my pleasure also it's for your school activity too so I have to agree with it, I mean..." she thinks of something to say to make Gerona feel she's genuine "I mean I enjoy staying here with you."

After the moment they confessed their feelings together, Gerona first put it on the safe place at her table the painting of Therese, got the paint stand and assembled it then she put it there to make it secure.

"I need to tell you something, you know I kept your painting in a safe place to make sure that I'll show it to you at the right time." she looks down for being embarrassed or more likely that she is shy.

She's now flattered at what she said "For me to show it at the right time?" Gerona nodded at the question. "It's so splendid of you to do that to me, how can I owe something such as you did that and I didn't even? It feels like my birthday." she asked her, she wants to do something for her feedback.

"No need you to owe me something, I'm alright and the important thing is that I'm glad, I'm not keeping my feelings for you anymore unlike before."
"Me too, I said what I want to tell you and at least You're not the only one who feels this cause I'm here so that you'll never be alone."

They cleaned the art room at the house of Gerona, even just a little and arranged some things that needed to be arranged in 20 minutes. "My place is okay now and it's neat, thanks for your help."

"No problem, you really thanked me alot and I don't mind. At least I can help you." she said while looking at Gerona

"Do you want me to drive you home? I think I destroyed your beauty sleep schedule."

"You don't need to, I'll drive myself at home also I know I parked my car somewhere there."

Gerona guided Therese to go out in the art room, in the hallway and now at the door.

"Let's just see you later at school, what do you say?"

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