Our favorite place (Book 1 and 2)

Thirty

D E A N N A

"Hey relax."

"Ate Ly how could I?"

"They will find her, okay. We need to focus."

Then I saw Edgar Morris walking towards the venue.

"Hey!!" I shouted. A lot of people looked at me, including that bastard. I was about to approach him when Ate Ly stopped me.

"Deanna, wait."

"Ate, I bet he has Jema."

"Yeah, I bet too. But think first. What if they really got her tapos nilapitan mo sya now, imagine things that he will do to her."

I walked out at her and proceeded to the dug out. Our team are all worried that Jema is still not here. 5 minutes and we are set to go against Indonesia.

"Just do your side of the deal Deanna." Ate Ly almost whispered to me once we get back.

"Why ate?..." I asked her.

The Avengers (yes we stuck on that since Bea insisted) were already walking towards us. Our other teammates were looking at us so Maddie thought of a way to distract them. She gave them chocolates. It worked.

"... Why are you so insistent on just throwing the game? What? Did you get another deal? Assure that we will throw the game and we will delete the video that we have?"

Ate Ly avoided my gaze.

"Oh my God." I exclaimed in realization.

"Ly?!" Ate Den asked her.

"Look, he called me last night and assured me that he will get rid of the video. He said that he just wants one thing for now and that is we loose. Guys, we have to relax. This is what sir... he wants." She almost whispered the last part.

"Okay guys, we need to think of a nickname for him, they are asking me what is going on." Maddie said.

"Jon Snow." Bea suggested. We all looked at her. "Deanna called her bastard last night. Well, Jon Snow is a bastard."

"Ate, Jema is out there, God knows where. So you can't just expect me to sit here and play and relax. Put yourself on my shoes, what if it's Mika." I sighed. "I understand ate, you just want to protect both Ate Den and Mika. I get it, but it hurts me cause as much as I want to protect Jema, I can't because she's not here."

"Excuse me po Ms. Valdez, pwede na po tayong pumunta ng court." One of the floor director said.

Ate Ly just nodded.

"I don't know what to say Deanna, but we can't just abandon the game, and we don't have solid evidence that.. Jon Snow, abducted Jema. So we get on the game and hope that after we throw this, we get Jema back."

As I had promised, we threw the game. We lost in 4 sets against Indonesia.

Its a bullshit feeling that on the sheet we are already the loosing team just because of a scumbag that is black mailing us.

J E M A

"Urgh."

"You're awake."

I opened my eyes and saw the same guy that put a towel on my face.

"Why am I not surprised that it's you?" I said weakly. My head is pounding and super hurt.

"Damn, Jema. You really are asking too much questions."

I attempted to charge to him but I was tied to a chair.