❝Forever?❞ Raya asked nervous. She was holding onto that little moment of hope.
Chad nodded, smiling. He grabbed her hand and started to hold it. ❝We were meant to be together.❞
Raya Souix was built for the spotlight. She has beautiful legs and beau...
Returning home as a champion brought both immense joy and unexpected challenges. As she sat on her bed, fiddling with the edges of her trophy, she felt a knot of anxiety tighten in her stomach. Her friend Gabriella, sitting cross-legged on the floor, watched her with a mix of admiration and concern.
"I can't believe you did it!" Gabriella exclaimed, her eyes wide with excitement. "You actually won the championship!"
"Yeah," she replied, forcing a smile. "But now I have to go back to school, and I'm worried about how everyone will treat me."
Gabriella frowned. "Why would they treat you differently? You're still the same person, just with an awesome trophy now."
She sighed, looking down at her hands. "It's just... I'm afraid they'll see me as someone I'm not. Like, they'll expect me to be perfect all the time or something."
Gabriella reached over, placing a reassuring hand on her knee. "You know you don't have to be perfect. Your friends love you for who you are, not just because you won some championship."
"Thanks," she said, her voice tinged with uncertainty. "It's just... there's more to it than that."
Gabriella tilted her head, her curiosity piqued. "What do you mean?"
She hesitated, glancing around the room as if the walls themselves were listening. "There's something I haven't told you," she admitted, her voice barely above a whisper. "The real reason I'm worried about going back to school."
Gabriella leaned in closer, her expression serious. "You can tell me anything."
Taking a deep breath, she finally confessed, "I'm worried about a secret I've been keeping. If it gets out, everything could fall apart."
Gabriella nodded, her eyes filled with understanding. "Whatever it is, we'll face it together."
She sighs, picking up her nails. "I don't think we can."
"We can try. Don't you wanna try?" Gabriella asked, lifting her head up. She shrugged, huffing. She didn't want to deal with James anymore, it was worse that she told Troy so she knew that Troy was going to keep running his mouth, it would be doomed from the start.
