Mirren Academy of Spells

Chapter 16: Internship

Chapter 16: Internship

We got home safely that night, but we weren't doing it again. Alice was so wasted she couldn't remember anything, at naiinis pa rin ako that Claudia had decided to check the other pub's drink selection, leaving me behind to search for her. I barely escaped the trouble...if not for Santi.

Santi had found Claudia just a stone throw away from the first pub we'd been to and he made sure that the three of us got out of the alleyway safe. I knew Santi and I had both agreed to stay out of each other's paths the night of the dance, but the more we pulled ourselves away, the more our paths collided.

"Naka-post na ang list!"

It was the morning after the disaster at the alleyway. Everyone in the dorm was up early for a weekend. It was the day the list of accepted interns in the assembly was going to be posted. Alice basically dragged me out of my bed once she heard the news from the hallway.

"Come on, Olivia! Let's check it!"

"Alice," I grunted under the heavy sheet. "It's seven in the freaking morning."

"So what? Everyone's already in the lobby."

I felt like stabbing someone when Alice pulled me by my arm to sit up. Lucky for her, she had no idea about last night's trouble, and being so drunk I basically had to drag her up the stairs to our room without waking up the dorm keeper.

I grunted all the way to the lobby, not bothering to change out of my pajamas and trying to tame my bedhead with a thin ponytail. Students rushed past us by the stairs to the announcement board near the dorm keeper's office where they piled around, gushing, some disappointed, others relieved.

"Excuse me..."

Alice held me by the arm as she squeezed her way through the crowd. The moment she did, I nearly stumbled over her dramatic gasp and the way she flung her arms around me.

"Nasa list tayo!" she chanted, forcing me jump up and down with her.

I squinted my eyes through the back of heads to see what she was referring to. There were ten people on the list and the top two were our names written in cursive.

"Oh my god!" Alice squealed again. "I can't believe I got in!"

I had to pull Alice away from the crowd that was starting to give her murderous looks. Not all were happy with the results, of course. Some were even sobbing at the couch at the lobby. To be an intern in the assembly equated to working in one of the most prestigious institutions in this town—a rare opportunity.

"Claudia didn't make it to the list," I mumbled.

Alice's smile faded. "What?"

We rechecked the paper posted on the board. There was no Claudia, not even Santi, even though they were both top students in the academy. How could that happen?

"Her uncle could have done something for her. She's an excellent student."

We were unable to grasp the fact that Claudia wasn't going to be with us in the assembly. We remained at the lobby, discussing Claudia's connection to the Liecesters.

"Lagi niyang sinasabi she's from the bad side of the family," muttered Alice. "But she deserves to be on the list. Wasn't she the top student of her class along with Liam?"

Claudia didn't really care about the list. She cared more about the fact that we woke her up so early in the morning while having a wicked hangover.

"I told you they wouldn't put me on the list," she muttered, eyes closed from her bed. "I should have made a bet with you." Then she went back to sleep.