The Fashion School

In a town

"It's two hours and we're- I don't know where are we and for the millionth time, where are we going?" I asked Alex. Getting him to manager a simple question is like waiting for statue to move, which will never happen.

"Why do you need to know so much? Be patient" he sigh, probably annoyed. Well, I am annoyed too. Sitting in this bloody thing for 2 hours. What if we don't make in time going home? What if it takes more than 2 hours? What if Mr. Camren ask about me being so long in the loo? Nah, I'll just tell him I have a big one in the toilet.

"Of course I need to know where are we going! What do you think? Driving around with the car not knowing where are we going, we will as well get lost!" I exclaimed. So much for being patient.

Alex sigh and rolled his eyes "For the last time Jenny were not going to be lost and I am the one who is driving, I know this place really well"

He's got a point. We won't get lost after all. But what if he all of the sudden forgets everything. We won't go back to boarding school and I am stuck with him.

His left hand took my right and say "You'll find out sooner"

I kept quiet for a brief moment and tell him "More like later! What if I die here, right now on this car seat of yours and never know where are we going?"

"You won't die, Jenny. If you do you can ask god where are we actually going to go" he gave me a genuine smile which makes me wanna punch him. I don't appreciate his sarcasm.

"Then, I'll haunt you!" I told him.

He laugh "Okay I give you a clue, it's out of this city"

I look at him with my biggest eyes. Out of city? Is he deluded? We are not even on the weekend and tomorrow I have school!

"What if we don't make it back in time?" I exclaimed at him and looking at him like he's a psycho. He really is one.

"We will, I've done it a million time, J. And if we don't, we'll sneak in"

"What if we get caught? What will your mother say?" I asked him.

"We won't. I've done it a million time"

"Will miss dinner! I am sure she'll suspect, and I will get expelled!" I said, to my horror. "And if I get expelled my mom is not only going to kill me but slice me to pieces and burn them"

"You are overreacting Jennifer. My mother knows that sometimes I don't come back to boarding school. I told her that I am staying to my another school" he shrugged.

"What about me? I am going to tell her I am also going home to stay with you too?" I asked him, angry at everything.

Alex turns to me and gave me a lopsided smile but I told him to look at the roads while he's driving. "You can say that if you want and give it a rest in my crib"

"No way! I rather sneak back in and you are going to help me"

He nodded.

"You are only teaching me how to draw why are we going to do it so are away?" I asked him.

"Your first drawing should be done in a special place" he answered.

Maybe he's just kidding, we are not going out of city. Maybe, he's just pulling my leg. He'll do something like that to scare me.

***

Okay, I take it back. We are out of city. In fact, were in the town! I am not excited like I. Am supposed to be but... The town? That is just too much. A two and a half hour drive to get to the town.

What will his mother says when she find out? What would Carissa says? That bitch is going down. I can Alex for this. She ruin my friend outfit last year and she humiliated me. It is payback time, bitch.

"We in the town" I told Alex.

He smile at me "Yes, J, were in the town"

"We're in the town!" I yelled. Alex just laugh at

I just kept quiet. "So what's the plan?"

"We'll go back to my place and have dinner then I teach you how to draw there and then I will take you around the city and get you home safely"

So, we're going to his house. Is it like a cottage or something.

There is a milkman carrying a box of milk and there's an old lady who maybe just got back from the market, carrying some stuff in a plastic bag and there's a...

"Oh my god! Is that a chicken?" I asked him. Pointing at the chickens who are pecking the bread.

"Yes that's a chicken, and have you seen a chicken before?" He peers at me.

I shook my head "Well, in tv, yes and have I eat it once? Yes, a million time"

"I think eating a chicken or an animal is just cruel. They're like humans. They breath and have lungs, too. But I can't help it if they are so tasty. Plus, were having chicken tonight"

"Yum yum, sounds delicious"

He drove us to a place where there's a little houses. All the houses looks the same. There's a lot of trees here. If only I could just live in a town and rest there. Do not need to worry about the fashion world in the city.

He pulled up the car at the driveway in front of a house, no, mansion. It's bigger than all of the houses here.

"Is this where you live?" I asked him.

He nodded. "Yep, the one and only"

"Let go inside. I'll cook dinner for us" he leads me inside to his house. It is really big for someone who stays in a town.

"You cook?" I asked him. You don't find guys who knows how to cook. It's really hard to find one.

"Yes I do cook" he said. This Alex I thought was different. I thought he was someone like Carissa but no. He isn't. He's caring, he loves animal (I think he regret cooking the chicken) and he's not like the all city boy.

"Is anyone home?" I asked him.

"Nope, just the both of us"

"You live her alone?"

He shook his head "Sometimes my mother gets back home if she's not staying at school, or sometimes my grandparents will be here"

"Your father?" Now I regret breathing that word.

After a brief silence he spoke "He left us two years ago"

I nod. Not going to say anything.

"I am starving" I whispered to his ears.

He gave a smile "Lets go to the kitchen, I'll cook us a chicken pasta"

"You make it sound so yummy"

"Of course I do"

Alex takes the kitchen utensils in the cupboard. He takes the pasta and boils it with hot water and he makes the sauce and take out the chicken in the fridge and cook it.

After an hour later watching him cook like a chef, the pasta is ready. It smells good. I bet it taste nice too.

"Yummy, my stomach is growling" I said to myself.

He smile at me and pass me the plate of chicken pasta.

"Looks good!" I told him.

"I know"

I took a bite of his pasta and it was heaven on my taste buds. Pure heaven. I don't want this to finish.

"It's so good!" I said with my full mouth.

He smile and look at me "My grandmother teaches me how to cook, she says quote 'every man needs to know how to cook for a woman'" he quoted his grandmother.

"Now, I love your grandmother" I said chewing the chicken.

He gave me a tinkling laugh and say "I love her bits too. Now, lets eat up and then I'll start teaching you"

"Agree!"