Red String of Fate

Chapter 1: Instant

Alexa smiled as she looked at her housemates dancing seductively with the men they've just met. They were inside Dance Freedom, a posh bar on Harvard Square, and she's starting to get sleepy. She tried to appear entertained although inside she was bored as a donkey. She saw Michelle, her blond, Business Management roommate, roam her hands all over the guy's chest and she arched her brow. Ang wild talaga ng babaeng to. She thought as she looked away. Alexa's a nerd and she loves being one. Before the bar exam results, she was just an ordinary twenty-one year old girl na mahilig magbasa, mag-aral at masaya nang kumakain ng popcorn habang nanunuod ng reruns sa TV.

"Attorney Lianna Alexa Carbonel, why so boring?" Michelle asked with a pout. "Girl, seriously you look like an old maid sitting there by yourself!"

"Michelle, I'm having fun!" Alexa answered unconvincingly. She was never a night person. She's not a big fan of clubs, noise and crowd but she thought one night of clubbing wouldn't hurt her. "Go back there and dance, your partner's waiting for you!" She shouted over the noise with a smile. She pasted a smile on her face as she roamed her eyes around the club while sipping her juice. She saw Sheila, her Comparative Literature roommate, and she nearly choked on her juice when Sheila's partner's hand crawled under her roommate's skirt. Mas wild pa pala tong isang to. She murmured to herself. Alexa and her roommates are as opposite as night and day but she and the girls are actually very close - they let her study and she lets them party and borrow some of her shoes and clothes. 

"Alexa, what the hell girl? Come over here and shake some booty!" Sheila shouted and Alexa smiled and shook her head. "You sure?" She yelled again and Alexa nodded her head the second time. Sheila rolled her eyes and left her partner on the dance floor as she slid on the seat beside Alexa.

"Alexa, baby I know you're Filipino and such and you have your values and whatnots but you just topped the bar! Gracious, girl! Get laid, have fun, lose that virginity for Pete's sake! You're bound to lose it anyway, why not lose it early?" 

"I want to lose it to someone special." Alexa replied with a wink and Sheila rolled her eyes heavenwards.

"Girl, someone special? No man is special; all they want to do is lie between your legs and fuck your brains out! You might as well enjoy the experience!" She lectured as she lit a cigarette. "That's why they invented condoms, girl so women like us can have fun, fun fun!" She grinned as she puffed the smoke away from Alexa's face.  Fun, fun, fun until you get attached at wala ka nang gagawin kundi umiyak pagkatapos.

"Come on, I like it when you don't care why the sudden change?" Alexa teased and Sheila made a face. 

"You're the only pretty girl sitting alone, you look pitiful..." She replied as they watch Michelle walk towards them. 

"Don't nag her too much Sheila angel, she might sue you." Michelle said laughing as she took a gulp from her glass. 

"This girl is no fun!" Sheila complained for the millionth time since they shared a flat and Michelle laughed. 

"Let her, she's purity's last stand. Aint you, Alexa baby?" She joked as she smiled seductively at the guy sitting from across them. 

"Now that's mean." Alexa replied. "I should just have stayed home and packed." 

"What else is there to pack? You've packed like weeks ago! But I do love you for giving me that white and pink Louis Vuitton bag I adored!" Sheila muttered laughing gaily. 

"You're so easy to please." Michelle said rolling her eyes. "But I can't complain, Alexa gave me her boots." Michelle added and laughed as Sheila's eyes nearly popped out. 

"Not the Casadei with fur trimmings!" Sheila groaned. "I'm so jealous!" Alexa was about to say something when her phone rang. 

"Don't leave without me." She warned her roommates as she walked towards the women's rest room.