A Filipina Fairytale

Chapter 1

Ever wonder how it would feel to go abroad? I'm sure it would be very lovely. Not everybody is given a chance to go out of your home country - especially a poor girl like.

My name is Andie. Andielyn Rose Santos. I'm 18 years old. Pretty? I don't think so. I'm actually normal. Long black hair, thin lips, Mocha colored eyes, a nose fit for a lady and most of all. Poor. Well, that is what you get when your drunkard father runs away and leaves behind a lot of debt. Sad really but that never stopped me and my mother.

My mother Flora is working as a cleaning aid for our community and believe it or not, we actually have a small sari-sari store. That is where we get funds to spend everyday and it is also we get the money to pay our debt. We're just lucky that the person whom we owe money is very nice. He treats us very kindly - just not to my dad though. He understands our situation and definitely loaths my father.

Anyway, I still go to school in a case you guys are wondering. I'm a scholar and taking up fashion design here at the Philippine College of Fine Arts.

'Andie! Come on girl. You are going to get us late.', yelled my gay friend Tammy. Don't let him fool you though. This gay has already fooled almost half the school's boys when he first started. All the boys mistook him as a real girl just by his cute and petite looks.

'Coming!'

'You better hurry or else Yuri and Yue are going to have their tantrums!'

'Alright' I said witha matching giggle. Oh yeah! I have two other friend. They are Yuri and Yue. They're twins and before you guys wonder, Yuri is a girl while Yue is gay. Sometimes it makes me wonder why I am getting a lot of gay friends. Don't get me wrong. Gays are wonderful friends to have. They are caring, funny and diligent - mostly funny but who's counting.

I'm now heading to our classroom with Tammy while we are chatting the latest campus gossip.

'Girl, I heard Margaret got all bloated up.' He said.

'Bloated up? What do yo mean? Tammy, she is a girl and not a balloon so how'd she get bloated?'

'Oh you know what I mean. Pen and cover? Snake and tunnel? Kamasutra?'

'Ohh! That bloated up.' I said as my mouth remained in the shape of an 'O' from the shock. Margaret was the campus b!tch. Always picking on the weak and showing off those designer outfits whenever she had the chance. According to Tammy and Yue, she even made out with a professor in exchange for higher grades. Tammy and Yue talked about it for 2 days without stop until the news died. I'm guessing the rich had their ways of staying at the top with the amount of money they get every single day.

'So what happened? It's ratber strange that you are talking about this. Unless, something happened that made your day.' I said with a hint of mishiefin my voice.

When I looked at Tammy , his grin reached from one ear to the other. Now something is fishy.

'Of course. Why would I even mention that woman's name in the first place? According to the gay resources, her father is very furius and is shipping her to the States right this moment.'

'Gosh, isn't that too cruel of him? I mean she is still his daughter.'

'Andie. This is Margaret we are talking about here. The crazy woman who played more than a gazillion pranks on you and almost a half on the entire female student body. Shouldn't you be celebrating?'

'You've got a point. Still, I pity her. The States is a pretty far distance from home.'

'Oh boy! What will I ever do to you? You're too soft Andie.' He said. 'Speaking of the States, I heard the department is giving out a 1 week trip to their fashion house in New York for 1 winner and 3 people.'

'Really?' I said with a twinkle in my eye. It has been a dream of mine to fly to the States, learn about fashion and maybe meet the guy of life there.

'Yeah but the chances are too random'

'Huh?'

'Principal Goofball is picking the winner.'

Now my chances of getting that trip has floated along with the wind. Principal Mario or "Principal Goofball" is too much f a free spirit. He is good at managing the school but he can really put a huge dent in destiny's plan for a person.

'What took you guys so long?' Said Yuri. It looks like that we've finally reached our room.

'Well Miss-to-good-to-be true here was being sympathic towards the devil.'

'Hey!' I said trying to sound offended.

But I just received eye rolls from all three of them.

'Haha. Very funny Dee. Yue has been bugging me to go to the cafeteria.'

'Why is that?'

'As if you didn't know. Terence is there.'

Terence. Terence John Renee. The school hot shot. Rich, good-looking, and everything. Name it and he has it. The school gays even dubbed him as the God of Arts. Too exagerated if you ask me. He's an acting major and from the looks of things he is going to be one of those wannabe actors. Just looks, no brains. Yuri and I would be furious if he even dares to mess with us but I think Tammy and Yue would just become his gayservants. Gays. What would you without them?

'Attention students. I have an announcement to make.' A deep voice echoed through the halls. 'I am here to announce the winner of the trip to an all-expense paid trip to our fashion house in New York City'

'OH MY G!' Squeeled both Yue and Tammy. It looks like both are excited to get this trip even though both of them can afford a trip to anywhere in the world. Tammy's parents owns TF industries, the biggest in Philippine fashion industry while the Twin's folks own and manages Direct Pharmatiuticals - a japan based company. Asking why the twins are enrolled in an art school and not taking up medicine or business management? Well, let's just say that their parents are allowing them 2 years to take up their dream education before being forced to take up what their family has decided for them.

'Without further delay, our winner is... Andielyn Rose Santos.Congratulations! Please proceed to the principals office for further instructions. Again congratulations!'

What?!?!