A Way To My Dream

Chapter 12: No pain, no gain.

"No pain, no gain."

On the following day, the practice has began. Since Mandy is designated for dance training, she woke up early in preparation for the practice. On the other hand, unbeknownst to Mandy, Ashley has already arrived at the dance studio.

After that event yesterday, he went back to his room and never went out for dinner. He tossed and turned on his bed, lie still and would look at the ceiling. Liquan, the young lady, who wouldn't stop running in his thought. He even wonder what the girl was doing. Is she tired? Is she cold? Or maybe she's still crying about her book. Then it came to him.

'Her book...'

Luckily, before leaving the gazebo, he saw a drenched book lying on the cold wooden floor.

"What is so important about this book anyway?"

Ashley got curios and open the book. Unfortunately, the pages were fragile and it torn. He found an alternative using his phone.

'The Dreamer's Dream'

The story of the orphan girl who got adopted by the two abusive and pretentious middle-class worker couple, Dreamy. At her very young age, Dreamy was treated as a mere maid of the couple. Giving her old and rugged clothes and left-over foods. If she does anything thr displeas the couple, they punish her by making her grassed their garden at night until dawn. Dreamy, despite having abusive foster parents, she has many friends in school, as she is humble, kind, and adorable. She's friends with Marga and Margarette, the two sibling who will often give her sandwich of different types. She's friend with Andy who she thinks is very kind and forgiving. She's friends with her other teachers and some young children of her own age and not.

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Until morning came, he didn't able to finish the full edition of the sorry. He hopped out the bed and prepare for the practice. Wearing his black with a touch of red sleeveless hoodie. Shortly after his arrival at the room, Mandy came with her snapsack.

"Oh my! You scared me..." Mandy exclaimed. Then she bowed to him as they all normally do.

"You're early, coach." Ashley say, eyes still on his phone.

"I personally think it's not good for a teacher to be late in their class." She reasoned. He might be doing something important since he could only hum in response.

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"I've heard about what happened yesterday... I'm sorry, it's my fault."

Liquan faced Jia as she ties her shoelace.

"It's not your fault. Forget it." Liquan think that somehow it's her fault, too, for disclosing something she should have kept to herself to her group. It's not that she doesn't trust them. But, similar to what happened yesterday, anything could easily be mistaken. At the least, Jia admitted what she did. She praises her for that.

Jia mentally scoffed. Surely, Liquan, is blaming her internally. She just refused to just show her. She smiled at her.

"I still feel guilty. Are you alright now?"

"It's nothing major, really. I gotta go." Liquan pats her head and went out the door.

"Tsk!"

"I still feel guilty. Are you alright now? Tsk! How pretentious can you get?" Jiao mocked her, slipping her head from the gutter of her bed, looking down the Jia.

"You... you, Jaojao!" Jia pointedly shouted and glared at her, waking the twin. She subconsciously touch her chest in shock.

"Oh, please. Don't call me 'Jaojao' you're giving me goosebumps."