confused life of a fangirl / tvk book series

4- Punk Rock Kid's Foot

"Jesha..."

"Hey, Jesha..."

"Jesha baby..."

"K-Kyle? Where are we?"

"Wonderland..."

"What? Wonderland? How?"

"Wake up, sweetie..."

"Huh?"

"I SAID WAKE UP!"

I was up faster than you could say "up". Caitlyn was beside me and laughing her head off. Her phone was in her hand and she seemed to have been recording my voice.

"Girl, you WON'T believe what I just heard you sleep talking about!" She said, placing the phone as far away as possible before I could react. She tapped on the play button and I heard my voice immediately.

"Kyyyylllleeee......wkfnn....where are we.....fhuyjmio...."

Caitlyn proceeded to laugh like there was no tomorrow. I glared and fumbled out of bed.

"Anywhooo, your tita called this morning-"

I scratched my head. "Tita? Sinong tita?"

"Si tita Espie, loko. Yung assisstant ng manager sa The Voice Kids?" She said, throwing a pillow at me. I caught it and tossed it to my pink bean bag chair.

I opened a window and inhaled the fresh air. "Ohhh, edi sorry naman po. Ano sinabi niya?"

"She said she could bring some people of her choice to the rehearsals, and so she picked you! You can bring three friends, by the way. So I told ate Jenna and ate Cath already." She replied casually, as if this was your usual cup of tea.

In which it isn't, am I right?

"Caitlyn, are you serious?" I asked. She nodded and smirked.

I raised an eyebrow. "As true as?"

"As true as Cara Delevingne's eyebrows on fleek." She said, raising her right hand.

I squealed and started jumping up and down. "Oh mah Gosh, we're actually seeing it live!"

"Yiee, excited ka lang kasi makikita mo si Kyle!" Caitlyn teased, poking my arm. I smacked her head playfully and rolled my eyes.

I stared out the window. "Pffft, as if."

Well, maybe I am kind of excited.

*

"Jeshalyn! Bilisan mo, aalis na kami!" My dad said, closing the car trunk and getting in. I tied the shoelaces on my red Vans and ran to the car. Caitlyn was on her phone texting while Edward was playing Minecraft on his iPad.

I know what you're thinking. Those are some rich kids. Nah, I don't think so. My parents just really love us and work hard. I'm proud of them.

Heh, enough of this mush. My dad drove to Resorts World Manila and dropped us off at the entrance.

"Okay kids, ate Jenna and ate Cath are already waiting for you inside. No loitering, no talking to strangers, no bothering anyone, no distracting the singers-"

"Okay dad, we get it." I said, facepalming. Caitlyn snickered and covered it so my dad wouldn't see.

He grumbled and nodded. "I'll bring your brother over to the arcade then we have lunch afterwards. Have fun." He drove to the parking lot, leaving me and Caitlyn.

We stopped at the door. "Could you believe it? We are actually going to see them perform LIVE." She reminded me, flailing her arms. I could hardly contain my smile.

"I knoooow. Well, let's get inside before we die of excitement." I retorted, chuckling. We opened the doors and walked to the back room to see my tita.

She was talking to some of the crew and typing things on her tablet. She caught sight of us and cheered. "Oh my, Jesha, is that really you? You're so grown up na!" I blushed and laughed. She hugged me and gave me a piece of paper. "These are your seat numbers. You can go na if you want."

Caitlyn and I squealed. I thanked my tita and checked my phone for messages.

Ate Jenna <3: Hey Jesh! Ate Cath and I are waiting for you at the bathroom. :-)

Jesha: Okay, I'll meet you there! <3 xx

Caitlyn wanted to go ahead, so I went to the bathroom by myself. There seemed to be some kids hanging out here. I ignored them and walked to the bathroom.

Suddenly, someone's face moved and caught my attention. Hmm, that guy looks familiar...I swear I saw him somewhere...

OOF!

I scrambled and got up. I glanced at the guy's outfit.

Those black Converse! It's the punk rock kid!

I swear, I'll get back at this dude when I can. He friggin' tripped me twice already!

I didn't notice the person I bumped into until he stood up as well.

"Listen, I'm sorry." I said quickly, not wanting to miss the rehearsals.

"Pffffft...HAHAHAHAHAHA." The guy I bumped laughed. He made no effort to help me up or at least ask if I was okay. I frowned and glared at the punk rock kid, who pretended he didn't see me.

Wow, these are some nice gentlemen. Note the sarcasm.

So much for boys.

I diverted my glare to the boy I bumped and almost choked on my own saliva.

"K-Kyle Echarri?" I managed to choke out, amazed that I had bumped into one of my crushes here at the bathroom.

He stood up straight and smirked. "The one and only. Now, get out of my way. I'm late for the rehearsals." He shoved me out of the way, making me bump the nearby wall.

Yeesh! If I had known he was a jerk, I wouldn't be falling for him hard. He ran up to my tita and put on a sweet, angelic yet fake smile and proceeded to the back room. (No offense to you, Kyle! You still seem pretty shy. :P)

Ate Jenna and ate Cath ran up to me. They shrieked much to the dismay of the other kids hanging out at the bathroom. I shushed them and dragged them to our seats.

"Oh my gosh, Jesh, I saw what happened there. You friggin' bumped into Kyle Echarri! Doesn't that feel exciting?" Ate Cath said, waiting for my reaction. I shrugged.

"He's not so bad." I replied casually, checking my phone for any notifications.

Ate Jenna forced us to stop in our tracks and looked me in the eye. "NOT SO BAD? GIRL, HE IS THE MUTHA EFFIN' KYLE ECHARRI WHO I BELIEVE IS COMPATIBLE WITH YOU. HOW COULD YOU JUST SAY THAT HE'S 'NOT SO BAD'?" She shook me until I looked back at her.

I huffed and blew a piece of hair away. "Okay, so he's nice, and cute, and dreamy. Ooooh, I love him so much." I pretended to be lost in thought, but in reality I was killing him in 100 different ways in my imagination.

They giggled and sat down. Kyle walked up on stage, "smiled" at the audience, and sang So by Ed Sheeran.

What a jerk.