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The one where they confessed - 8

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As per usual, Michelle planned the activities they'll be doing today. And for today, they'll go surfing.

Surprisingly, Anntonia enjoyed surfing even if it does required her to go deeper to the ocean than what she was used to, or decided to, and Michelle couldn't be any happier and prouder. 

Anntonia started to face her fears, but only if Michelle is by her side.

For over the three weeks they have been together, Michelle won't deny the fact that she started to like Anntonia. 

How couldn't she? The girl is an epitome of a queen. 

Besides of her perfect looks, she acts like a queen. She radiates a regal aura. 

Her humor? Just the same as Michelle's. Even without the specific details about Anntonia, Michelle instantly felt connected to her.

Michelle didn't event know it was possible.

Michelle saw how Anntonia treated other people. And that left Michelle in awe. It is as if Anntonia was raised to be in service of others. 

She will literally put other people before herself. It doesn't matter if you're the waiter, the owner of the restaurant, or the one who drives the boat, she will treat everyone with kindness and respect.

She always wanted to ask Anntonia what she do in life for her to be what she is now. It must have been something good because of how good her outlooks in life is. She will see the best in anything.

Of course, Michelle cannot miss the fact that Anntonia is so damn smart. Academically? That's given. But just joining her train of thoughts, it's magnificent, Michelle asked herself a couple of times on what could possibly is going on in Anntonia's mind.

If she tell Rhian and Max about this, they probably would have teasted her non-stop. It's hard to please Michelle after all and Anntonia did it in less than a month. But not just please Michelle, Michelle literally told herself that she is starting to like Anntonia.

Of course, it doesn't help that Anntonia seems to be riding her jokes, even her advances. Every time she'll joke about Anntonia missing her, the other girl will agree. When Michelle gives out some flirty comments, Anntonie will fire back. It gives Michelle some kilig moments like a teenager.

Michelle is not short of compliments to Anntonia and the latter will either say something equally nice to her, or she would tease Michelle about it. This doesn't help the case of Michelle at all.

But the month that she promised her dad is about to end. And Michelle knows that she have to do something about her feelings, especially that she doesn't know much of Anntonia.

She couldn't plan ahead. Should she just run away again and go where Anntonia live? She was literally having this thoughts already. She remembers that Anntonia mentioned which country she is from but Michelle forgot about it.

For Michelle, Anntonia is like an angel that literally came down from heaven and made changes in her life.

Aside from knowing that her mother is dead, Anntonia has a brother named Chris, and her father is somewhat a powerful man with a heart. He agreed to let Anntonia have this break after all and this reminded her of her own father.

She reminded herself to ask the other girl another time, but with a few days left, she's nervous that this might be a summer worth of memories only. And she knows she will regret it all her life.

Michelle looked at the mirror on her bathroom as if assessing herself. Sure, she is being linked to a lot of girls back in the city and she knows it's because of her lifestyle.