The Promise IV (Grand Finale) /On-going

Chapter 11- Wrong Turn

  "Heather! I can't believe you can be this immature!" Naya shouted angrily.

Heather stares blankly at the field, ignoring her best friend's burst of anger.

"How long are you gonna ignore me like this? What exactly have I done wrong to deserve your silent treatment?" Naya continues to shower her with questions.

Unable to sit there and listen to Naya's rant any longer, Heather finally stood up from her seat. She looked to her left and stared at her friend.

"You know what you've done." She said.

She walked passed Naya and ignored her as she continues her way towards the classroom. Naya stood there in disbelief as she stares at Heather's cold back moving further away from her. She could feel that her heart is slowly breaking into pieces.

She gritted her teeth.

"I was just helping Callie out! You can't be mad at me for that!" She shouted.

Her words managed to stop Heather from walking ahead. She paused her steps and inhale deeply before turning around to face Naya.

"Naya..I thought something bad happened to you since you didn't came to the library, I was worried. But then I found out that you were..busy taking care of Callie?!" She said, holding back her tears.

"Out of all people, it was Callie! You know how I feel about her! And you're saying that I can't be mad at you for it?!" Heather added, her voice almost shouting.

Naya take a few steps forward, moving closer to Heather.

"But..she was sick, I can't just ignore her like that.." She said, her voice much calmer this time.

"Yeah, why can't you just ignore her?! Why are you always taking her sides?!" Heather continues to shout.

Naya sighed and shook her head, "Hey! I'm not taking sides! This is not even a war!"

"Yes you are! What about at the canteen the other day?! And in class and then this!" Heather added as she throws her hands in the air as she speaks.

Naya shook her head vigorously.

"It's because you were obviously bullying her! I was just feeling sorry for her!"

"Oh yeah? And now I'm the big bad bully?!"

"Geez Heather! I don't know what have gotten into you these days! I almost can't recognize you anymore!" Naya shouted angrily.

"You can't expect me to stick to you all the time! Your jealousy is way too much for me to handle!"

"What..did you..just say?"

"I said I can't take this anymore!"

Heather gritted her teeth as she tries to hold back her tears from spilling out.

"FINE! GO TO YOUR CALLIE NOW!"

"YOU KNOW WHAT? I WILL!" Naya said with her eyes wide.

Both girls continues to stare deeply into each other's furious eyes. Both of them are at the verge of tears but they're too proud to cry.


"I HATE YOU!!" Heather shouted in anger.


Naya was so shocked with her words she can hardly breathe. She could feel her body was trembling because of Heather's 3 words.

Heather turned around and ran towards the school building as she wiped the tears that rolled down her cheeks.




**



Harry Styles was taking notes while talking on the phone as he stood handsomely behind the counter.

"Alright, we'll send one of our staff to pick them up." He said.

A few female customers were staring at him like he's on display. Well, he is one of the main attractions for the shop. Other than the tall waitress, the arrogant  shopkeeper and the manly manager, of course.

"Okay, thank you so much." He said politely before he hung up the phone.

"Who was that?" Sky asked, carrying an empty tray.

"The people from the printing company. They said that the posters and flyers for our shop are already printed but they can't send it here. They want us  to get it ourselves." Harry replied.

Sky nodded and looked around.

"Hey tall one, I want you to pick up our posters and flyers now." He ordered at Vanessa.

Vanessa sighed loudly. "Why me? Ask Laur to get it, after all it was her idea to print the posters and flyers. I don't really see the point of it."

"It's called the marketing strategy, you giant. With advertising, more people will come to our shop and this will boost the sales and then you and I can get back to the company.." Lauren suddenly said, annoyed.

Vanessa rolled her eyes.

"Whatever, but I still don't see why I have to go and get it."

"Er..maybe because you have a car while Laur doesn't." Harry said.

"Hey Laur's family has a huge garage full of luxury cars! But she purposely wants to hitch rides with me every day or order Mila to drive her around! She's evil!" Vanessa protested.

Lauren glared at her.

"What did you say?"

Suddenly Sky cleared his throat to stop prevent the situation from escalating.


"Vanessa, just go."




**




Joanna, Camila, Ashley, Ally and Lyla are having a meeting about the upcoming magazine feature.

"This is like our stepping stone to the European market. If we succeed with the photo shoot, we will have a bright chance to promote our magazine there and then we can also start recruiting some international models of our own." Joanna said.

"Remember, our long term goal is to make Glitter Magazine, international." She added, smiling.

The rest of the staffs are listening to her carefully.

"So I'm going to ask your department, the great Design Department.."

She paused and glanced at Camila causing the other girl to smile awkwardly.

"..about who is the most suitable male model for our new photo shoot." Joanna continued.

Everyone looked at each other, waiting for an answer. But no one says anything.

"Hey Camila, don't you have any suggestions?" Joanna asked as she stares at the girl.

Camila wasn't really concentrating to what she was saying earlier since she's busy texting with Lauren under the table. Lauren was really bored at work and decided to er..bother Camila.


From: Blankie <3

Honey, I can't stop thinking about you... Last night was so amazing.

I just can't wait to see you. And hold you. And kiss you.

"And then make you scream.." A voice added.


And then makes you scream..


She continues to write.



"Eh?"



Camila was startled as she finally noticed that there's a voice creeping behind her and almost lost her balance. She turned around and was greeted by Joanna's penetrating gaze. Camila gulped and froze on her seat. She has no idea when Joanna moved from her seat to behind her, peeking at her phone.

Joanna sighed. "I've heard from Ashley and even Heather about how..love sick you and Lauren are but I don't expect it to be this bad."

"I'm..sorry. It won't..happen again." Camila said, trembling as she put her phone back into her handbag.

Joanna chuckled. "I should be mad at you right now, you know that?"

Camila looked down, ready to accept any kind of punishment from her boss.

"But since its Lauren you're dealing with, I'll let this one slide." Joanna added, smiling.

Ashley and Ally smiled at each other and shook her heads, as they're witnessing yet another incident where Camila will get away with anything. The elders in the Jauregui family treasure her so much, sometimes more than their own child or grandchild.

If it's Ashley who got caught texting during meetings, she'll probably demote as a shop worker somewhere, just like Lauren.

"Okay, so any suggestions for the male model?" Joanna asked again.

"I have a suggestion, Madam Joanna." Lyla suddenly said. She was sitting quietly the entire time, observing them.

Everyone put their attention at the smiling short-haired girl.

"How about.."

She paused and smiled wider.


..Mario Casas?"




**




"Hey Troy, where are you going?" Gary asked as he saw his boss/friend hurriedly locked his office door.

"I have to get back early today. I can't miss this date with my girlfriend." Troy replied without looking at his friend.

Gary looked at him weirdly.

"But hey! You have a meeting with the developer in ten minutes! You can't just leave!" He said, panicked.

Troy put his hand on his friend's shoulder to calm him down.

"You can handle the meeting for me." He said.

Gary was too shocked to shout 'NO WAY!' and it took him a few seconds to recover. As soon as he's back to his senses, Troy was already in his white Porsche, driving out of the resort's gate.

Troy is a gentleman. He's the kind of man who treats women like queens and hardly hurt them. He's always gentle when it comes to women, even with his own family members. He has never raised his voice at his mother and always gives in to his sister. He's been protecting Ashley since she's been born and gives her everything she wants. Even when it means that he'll ended up with nothing.

The same thing goes to Ally. Troy would never want to break her heart.

He wants to make things right again.

Before it all goes wrong.

Even if it means he will ended up hurting himself.


Suddenly the rain starts to pour down heavily. Troy slowed down his car as he continues his way to the restaurant.

He reached a traffic light and stopped his car. While waiting for the green light, he looked out of the window and saw something.

He saw a familiar looking blue car stopped by on the other side of the road.

"It looks like Vanessa's car.."

By the look of it, it seems that it has a flat tire. There's a tall girl standing next to the car, struggling to change the tire all by herself. She was soaking wet, as the heavy rain continues to pour down on her. Troy shook his head, feeling sorry at the girl.

"She even looks like Vanessa.." He said to himself.

The light turned green and Troy quickly stepped on the gas pedal to move forward.

Then he realized something.

"Wait a minute..


..THAT IS VANESSA!!"


He pressed his brake pedal and with one smooth move he turned the car around, driving towards Vanessa.





He had completely forgotten about the dinner.