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Saturday, September 26, 2009

Chapter 1

My name is Corrie Tame. I was a dull-looking girl who wore glasses and dressed appropriately. I was 17 during those times and loved to study. I was an orphan and my foster parents were rich and were company CEO's'. They have a daughter who was my 19 year old sister, Corraine Tame. Corraine used to hate and despise me, a lot. We often quarrelled when we were younger 10 years ago, but later, Corraine was either too busy with being the most popular girl at school or going out with boys. She was so busy that we did not get to talk much anymore. Corraine used to have a boyfriend named Andre. He had gotten Corraine pregnant before. He didn’t like the idea of being a father and Corraine had to go for an abortion. After that, Corraine broke up with Andre. In the past when they were still intact, I always got to witness their flirtation and kissing scenes. During those times, I always envied Corraine for having such a good guy like Andre. But 'making Andre my man' had never come across my mind before, no matter how much I had envied Corraine. When they broke up, I grew disgusted of Andre as I realised that he had finally shown his true colours. Then, without knowing why, Corraine began being super nice to me after mum went to America. She spent a ‘bomb’ on me and I was surprised. On that very day when she started being extra good to me, she told me, "I am going to make you over. Ugh, if you want a good boyfriend, you gotta...Ugh, look nice! Look at you, ugh, nerd!" Then, she gave me a laser operation from her surgeon who was also one of her many ex-boyfriends. I didn’t have to wear my out-dated glasses. Then, she hired a make-up professionist to doll-up my look. Corraine proceeded to style up my hairstyle. After all that work, she dragged me to the mall. She threw clothes at me and i spotted one that will reveal your breast lines no matter how high you pulled at it. I declined the dress many, many times but still, Corraine pushed me into a dressing room and made me

wear that revealing dress. When I stepped out of the dressing room, the front was dropping and when I tried to pull it up, Corraine laughed and stopped me. She smirked,“Hey, you look good. Don’t change, don’t move." And she paid the salesgirl for the dress! After that, she pushed me out of the shop and ordered me to do my best catwalk publicly. I did my best and all the men nearby stopped and stared at me. I blushed. After sometime, Corraine applauded for me. We went home and every man who were at my age had to stop and glance at me. I nudged Corraine and hissed," Corraine, do I look weird? Why are they staring at me like as though I am from another planet?” Corraine just giggled and we continued our way home. When we reached our corridor, Andre was waiting for Corraine! When he saw me, he gasped and stood frozen and motionless. For 5 minutes, silence replaced our thoughts. Corraine then approached Andre and tapped on his face gently. "Finished staring? Haven’t seen a woman before, huh?" She questioned Andre as she tapped him on his cheek. Andre was lost for words. Corraine hissed and spat at him before dragging me into the house and slammed the door, shut. When Dad saw me, he almost fell in love with me. When dad gasped and stared at Corraine, she just laughed," No, dad. She's justtt Corrie." Dad observed my new look, nodded and said,"Hmmm, yes, indeed gorgeous. Good job on this, Corraine." I blushed and slapped my palms with Corraine as a happy cheer. Then, we went to our room and chatted. 6 hours later, Corraine began checking her phone's contact list. "What are you doing, Corraine?" I questioned her curiously. She replied without looking up from her phone," Looking for your ‘Mister Right’." I jumped up from my bed and said,” What? My boyfriend? Stop it, I hate boyfriends!" I tried to snatch her phone but she stopped me. Finally she smiled and exclaimed," Found it!!"

The Trapped Soul |1:30 PM|

Chapter 2

I gasped and Corraine smiled at me. "Nigel Fellton. Handsome, Cool, Popular. What do you think?" Corraine asked. "And he's your..?"I questioned her.

“Ex-boyfriend.” She replied.

"And?"

"Broke-up with him yesterday."

"What? Why?"

“Cause I like Lawrence."

“So you dumped Nigel?"

"You can say that again."

“How could you!"

"Whatever. Do you want him? One-Two-Three. OK, I count that as yes. I'll call him now."

"What, wait?" I said but it was too late. Corraine held up the phone close to her ears. "Hello, Is that Nigel? Ooh, hi, and no, I am not going back with you, and no, I am not getting married...SHHHH. I called to tell you that my sister wants to ask you out." Corraine said. I jumped in wilderness and exclaimed, “What? No! Me, I, Asked him out?" Corraine shushed me and continued talking to Nigel on the phone," So mean…Yes, she is hot like me...Mmm, Yah…Really? OK, So at the pub tomorrow? Huh, tonight?! But it is already so late..Umm, 3am, you say? OK. No! We are free! OK! SEE YOU!" And she hung up. I thought, 3 A.M.? Are we going to die? Corraine turned to smile at me. "Remember, 3 a.m. Now's 1 a.m. 2 more hours to go before your first date!" She said and winked at me. I sighed exhaustedly," Uhh, Corraine!! Stop playing a fool! I need to sleep!!" Corraine grabbed my wrist and dragged me to her makeup table. It was there when Corraine flaunted my makeup and redid my face makeup. After that, she wetted my hair, washed and dried it. Finally, She straightened it. She began dying my hair blue with black and then changed my hairstyle into a ‘highlight’ hairstyle. Then, she chose a revealing tank top with matching sexy shorts from her wardrobe and instructed me to wear them. When I had worn the ‘hot’ clothes, I checked the mirror and Wow! I looked so sexy! I peered at the clock and it read: 2:23A.M. Corraine noticed the time as well and gasped. She threw me her latest boots and we left after I had worn them on. We arrived at the pub on time and danced at the dance floor. After some time while I was dancing, I felt somebody landed their hands on my bottom. I glanced back and saw a cute man who was around my age winking at me. Corraine smiled and said," Oh hi, Nigel! This is Nigel, Corrie. This is my sister, Nigel." I shook hands with Nigel, with his eyes peering at my breast lines. I felt uncomfortable and went behind Corraine. However, Nigel came beside me and held my chin high. I blushed as he looked into my eyes and said, “Beautiful..." I danced with Nigel and found that he was a very humoring boy. Nigel was two years older than me but he was really in loved with me. We started dating the next day after we hangout at the pub. You must be thinking that we were crazy to date so suddenly, but yes, you are correct. We are crazy.
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When it has been a week since we have started dating, as usual, he called to tell me that he loved me and would like to treat me to lunch. We met for lunch and were very happy. We were on our way home when we started talking.

"Corrie...” Nigel said.

"Hmmm?" I replied sweetly.

"Can I tell you something?"

"Sure. What is it?"

"I need to break up with you."

I stopped walking and stared at him. "Why?!" I demanded.

"I have fallen for Sandy." Sandy was one of the many best friends that I had and just yesterday only, Sandy was introduced to Nigel for the first time! I gasped," Why...” He sighed, grabbed my shoulders and gave me a peck on my cheeks. "I love you, Corrie...But, I

really want to be with Sandy. She has confessed to me about her feelings towards me yesterday when you went to the ladies. I will be getting engaged with her tomorrow as I think that we are more suitable than you and me...”

"Yes, yes, I congratulate you.” I mumbled and forced a smile. "Thank you!” Said Nigel and he skipped away happily. I went home and the very minute I laid on my bed, tears trickled down my cheeks. I bursted into tears. I guess Corraine must have arrived home from work soon after and have heard me. She marched into my room and hugged me, coaxing,” I have heard everything. Nigel has dumped you, right? Why did you let Sandy have him?" I just kept sobbing and ignored Corraine's coaxing. Suddenly, she stood up and shouted," That's enough! You'll have him back tomorrow! Just tomorrow! And... Please break your ties with Sandy, that wretch!" I stood up and gasped, "No, I cant! Sandy's my best friend!" Corraine sighed and groaned, "Aww, man, you still have me! Get a life, Corrie! This is your...first time in a relationship and you lost it! Do you love to be a love loser?" I shrugged and cleared my tears. "It doesn’t matter. Just clear off and don’t bother about my life! Please, get out, I need some peace." I said. "Very well, don’t come begging for me to steal Nigel back for you from that ‘dumb’ friend when you regret!"Corraine yelled. I ignored her and pretended to be asleep. Corraine hesitated before leaving my room. Tears flew down my cheeks as I slept, I was too foolish.

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Chapter 3

In the middle of the night at about 3a.m., I heard my phone rang. I answered the call sleepily," Hello?"

"Hello," It was Sandy. "I am sorry for breaking you and Nigel up. I want to meet you at the secret place that only we knew. Let’s talk."

"Alright, but anyway, I don’t mind it at all. I just don’t put it on my mind. See you in 5 minutes.” I replied and hung up before Sandy did. I washed those stain marks made by my tears on my face off and got dressed. I went downstairs and to the secret place. When I stepped into the room and closed the door behind me, the light went on suddenly and I heard voices exclaiming, "SURPRISE!"

I was shocked and there was Corraine, Nigel, Sandy, Mum and dad, And Sandy's new boyfriend, Richard! I fell to the ground, feeling totally confused. Nigel laughed and tried to help me on my feet. I pushed him away coldly and went to Corraine. "So he's Lawrence huh?", I said to Corraine,mistaking Richard as Lawrence, “ What’s all this rubbish, you guys were

Celebrating Nigel and Sandy's wedding, huh? Thanks for inviting me, But, Goodbye!" I turned to approach the door but Sandy stepped infront of me and even pulled Richard close to her. They kissed in front of Nigel and me purposely and i turned to see if Nigel was hurt. To my horror, he managed to smile at me! I exclaimed," Sandy Dut! Are you two-timing Nigel and Lawrence? You even took Lawrence away from Corraine! How could you!" Sandy and Richard exchanged glances at each other and laughed. My body shook with rage. Everybody except me began roaring with laughter. "What? What?"I demanded. "Corrie! This was just a game to test you! And you actually took it for real! That, was not Lawrence but Richard, Sandy's boyfriend! And Nigel is still your boyfriend! Lawrence is not here today!"Corraine laughed. I stared in amazement at Nigel. He shrugged his shoulders nervously and came over to hug me. "I would never ever leave you like that.” He said with a smile to me. I realised what had happened. They had played a prank on me, a love prank! I felt angry and furious. I pulled away from Nigel's arms and everybody gasped. I said loudly and angrily to Nigel," But I do not need you anymore. " And just like that, i broke up with Nigel and left. I became terribly busy with my work and often, Nigel would text me with his phone," You are so petty!" And whenever i saw the message, I would giggle. But shortly, a week later, Nigel texted a message to

me,” I am getting married. This time, i am marrying your sister,Corraine. This is for real. No more pranks. Hope to receive your blessings soon." I stared at the message and smiled weakly. My ex-boyfriend was going be my brother-in-law! But that wasnt such a blow to me. The next day,I went to jog in the park. While I was jogging, i bumped into a rude man! He was about my age and when he knocked into me, he just snorted at me without apologising,"Watch your way the next time!" and left quickly! I hoped we will not bump into each other again. However, this rude guy met me at the library again!

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Chapter 4

I was looking for an encyclopedia and found the last one in the library that day. When I reached out for it, this rude guy reached out for it at the same time and our hands touched each other firmly! I clutched the book tightly in my hands but this guy was also glaring at me and trying to snatch the book away! We tugged and pulled, making a show of ourselves when everybody in the library turned to stare at us. The librarian came to us and snatched the encyclopedia from us and went back to her counter. I glared at the guy and he glared back at me. I stepped on his feet angrily and walked away. On my way home, this rude guy came up beside me. He kept following me and I was really irritated. When I could not tolerate anymore, I turned and shouted at him," What the Hell are you wanting from me?!"

He smirked,” My encyclopedia."

"That was not yours, it belonged to the library!” I replied angrily.

"But I saw it first."

"It was I who had reached out for it first. It was also I who had set the eyes on it first!"

"Well, since you cannot admit it’s your fault, I can give you a good chance to apologise."

"I don’t need a hell chance from you because I am never at fault!"

"Shhh...My girlfriend just broke up with me and-"

"Boo hoo, that’s bad news. Not my problem."

"And my parents are looking forward to see their future daughter-in-law."

"So?” I asked, feeling puzzled.

"So?” He asked, expecting me to know what he had meant. I thought for a moment before realising what he had meant. He needed me to be his fake girlfriend, just so that he will not disappoint his parents! I gasped and stepped on his shoes, again. I ran off quickly. I told Corraine about this and she giggled. I nudged her angrily,” It is not funny!" and she laughed," No…Ha-ha…it is just that…you are being wooed…ha-ha-"

"WHAT?” I yelled,” I don’t want a boyfriend ever again! And he is really, really rude!"

"Have you heard of the Cinderella story?"

"Of course!"

“Then her sweet life is the same like yours. You know, her prince is sooo perfect but she was sooo not perfect? But they still got married in the end!"

"It is different!"

"The same…"

"Different!"

"Same…"

"DIFFERENT!"

"I SAID IT IS THE SAME SO IT is THE SAME!" There was silence.

"So...Should I accept him?"

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Chapter 5

Yeah, now, I am meeting that rude guy now because Corraine said that I should accept him. I must admit that he looked cute, but he is- Oh! He is coming now! "Hello,” he said,"Thanks..i am Leigh Neigh. What’s your name?" I looked away and tried not to laugh, replying, "Corrie…Corrie Tame."

"So Corrie, Shall we start going out now? I mean...to develop our feelings…yeah?"

There was silence before I finally muttered weakly," Yes."

And boy, he was so happy that he picked me up and swung me around! I began thinking that he was not as rude as what I had suspected at all. We went to visit his parents and they actually asked me to stay with them! Of course, before I said anything, Leigh had to agree to it. He did not want his parents to think that something was fishy. So I moved in with Leigh and for the first night and I didn’t dare to step into his bed with him! He kept saying," Oh, come on, feelings?" And I kept replying," Yeah, come on, pregnancies?" We were lost and in the end, I had to sleep on the bed while he slept on a mattress, on the floor. We were too embarrassed to sleep together on the same bed! We went out the next day together. He brought me to the movies, to the disco pub and then to the playground at his voids deck. I sat on a swing while he sat on the other. "So,” he said, “Did you nurture any feelings for me today?" I replied, "Of course not! You were too boring to be falling in love with!"

"Then I will try even harder then."

“Why? Why are you so determined to make sure that I… I love you? "

He looked at me and our eyes met. He came closer to me and stroked my hair. We stared at each other for some time and suddenly, he gave me a quick peck on my lips! “’Cause I want you.” He said and blushed, getting off from his seat and went home quickly. I followed him too. And on that night, I thought that he was sweet, for the first time.

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Friday, September 25, 2009

Chapter 6

Today, He brought me to his friend's place. His friend was younger than me by a year old and is named Tony Wakier. When Tony first saw me, he complimented, "Wow, Leigh! Didn’t know you had such a hot sister! Man, why didn’t you introduce her to me earlier so I could woo her?" Leigh just laughed,” She is not my sister."

"What? I can’t hear you."

"I said she is not my sister, She is my girlfriend! Can you hear me now?" Leigh yelled at Tony.

"Yes...yes. But she is too pretty for you-"

"What did you say?"

"Nothing! Come on in."

So we went in and sat. While we were looking around, Tony's brother who was two years older than me, Dony, dragged me to the kitchen. He looked slightly plain and uglier than Tony. "What are you here for, babe?” He asked. I pushed him away and said,” Obviously not for you, sicker!" And I rushed back to Leigh. I felt protected with Leigh. Leigh asked me, “ What’s wrong, Sweetheart?" I hugged Leigh and whispered to his ear, "There's a pervert here. He is Dony." Leigh felt worried and held my hand as we continued checking around Tony's flat. When it was time to leave, Tony asked for my mobile number. Leigh gave it to him and we left. That night, somebody Video-Called me. It was a number that I hadn’t seen before. I answered the call and I saw Tony grinning. “What do you want?” I demanded.

“You! Even Dony wants you! But I will win your heart!” Tony replied.

"Don’t even think about it! I am Leigh's woman!"

"We'll see..."

And Tony hung up. I felt fear gathering in my heart. What will Tony do now? I went to tell Leigh and he frowned.

"Tony, you said?”He asked.

"Yes, It was Tony.” I replied.

"He wants you?"

"Yes."

"Impossible."

"Why? It is true!"

"He has never dared to snatch anything away from me...before."

“What about this time? He can’t be the same all the time! ”

"Ignore him. He won’t succeed. You are my girl."

“Yes, I know, I told him that I am your woman, but he said, ‘“We'll see…” ’

"Ignore him!"

"Right."

And we went to sleep. Tony pestered me for three months but Leigh and I could tolerate it. There was a day when Leigh did not return. I found myself feeling uneasy and worried. Then suddenly, I thought,” Why am I feeling so weird? Have I developed feelings for him already? It can’t be…it is only 3 months that had passed and I am already fond of him? Impossible!" But I grew more worried. I remember myself falling asleep and waking up with Leigh looking down worriedly at me. “Leigh!” I cried happily as I sat up and hugged him. Leigh felt surprised and hugged me in return. “What happened to you? Where did you go? What’s wrong?” I asked Leigh. He laughed and kissed me on my cheeks. He must have known that I have fallen for him.

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Chapter 7

One night, Tony tricked me into meeting him. He lied that he wanted to pass me his wedding invitation card to me but in order to do that, I had to meet him. So I met him at the nearby Cafe and we sat at a table. Leigh was there as well by coincidence and spotted us. As soon as Tony saw Leigh, he leaned over me, pretending to kiss me. When Leigh saw Tony lean over me, he thought he saw us kiss. He felt betrayed and left in rage. Tony saw this and beamed happily. Then, he sat back at his seat and held my hand. I pulled away and left the Cafe quickly, realising that Tony has tricked me. When I reached home, Leigh was sitting at the edge of the bed with his arms crossed. His face was furious when he glared at me.

“What?” I asked.

"Where were you?"

“With Tony.”

"So you have admitted that you were two-timing me, huh?" Leigh demanded.

"What? I did not! I met up with Tony because he lied that he wanted to send me his wedding invitation card! But in order to do that, he had to meet me so-"

"So you kissed Tony behind my back? You cheated on me?"

"I did not! Why would I kiss Tony? He is not even my boyfriend!"

"Stop lying! I saw you and Tony kiss in the Cafe!"

"So you were following me! You had suspected that I was cheating on you all along! I am not lying! At least, I am not guilty and told you the truth! If you don’t trust my words, lets break up!"

"Fine! Break up! Please be my guest to go and be with ‘your’ Tony!"

Tears came to my eyes. Leigh had accused me. I packed my luggage right before Leigh's eyes with tears pouring down my face. Leigh pretended to ignore me but he peeped at me every once or twice to see if I was really leaving. He was shocked when I slammed the lid of my full luggage together, shut. When I began dragging my luggage out, Leigh grabbed my elbows and said regretfully, “Wait!" But I pulled my arms away and left the room. Leigh's parents saw me and were shock. I stared at them in tears for a minute before leaving the house. I vowed to myself that I will not see Leigh again. When I had reached home, it was Corraine who opened the door for me. Seeing me, she dropped her packet of crackers while her jaw dropped. I went in and into my room. I dropped my luggage, jumped onto my bed and bursted into tears. Corraine came into my room and hugged me. “What’s wrong?” She coaxed.

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Chapter 8

"I can’t believe it! He didn’t trust you? How can that be? He was with you for half a year already! How could he not know your character well enough?" Corraine said when I have told her what had happened.

"I have no idea about why he does not know me enough too…"I sniffed.

"Let’s go and demand an answer from him."

"I won’t. I have vowed to myself that I will never meet nor see his face again."

"Silly girl! You love him so much so you will still see his face whenever you think of him! I will ask Lawrence to come over now."

"No...Just… Ask Lawrence to meet Leigh instead. Maybe they can talk about this between themselves."

"Yeah, right. And what’s gonna happen to you then?"

"Don’t worry. I’ll be...fine----"

And I went into darkness. I found myself in the hospital with Corraine, Lawrence, Mum, Dad and Leigh crowding around my bed with worried faces.

“Rie! What happened? I just came back from America just now and I found Corraine crying and wailing for you to wake up and you were on the floor, motionless!” Mum said to me.

"Mum! When did you return? I have missed you! And guess what, Corraine and I have stopped quarrelling ages ago! Isn’t that good?” I asked excitedly.

Suddenly, Corraine became another person and slapped my face hard. She hissed," You shut up, Slut! You are not her daughter! Stop talking to her like as though you are her daughter!"

Everybody gasped and stared at Corraine. This wasn’t the sister that I had known from six months ago. When Lawrence tried to talk to Corraine, Corraine pushed him away and screamed at him, “Go away, you freak! Who are you?"

When Leigh came to my bedside and held my hands to apologise to me, Corraine was angry. She came between us and pulled us apart. She proceeded to hold Leigh's hands in hers and smiled at Leigh sweetly. Leigh felt confused. Now, what will Corraine do?

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Chapter 9

The next day, I was discharged from the hospital and was waiting for Leigh to come into a restaurant for us to have lunch together. I couldn’t wait to see Leigh! My mobile rang. I answered it excitedly and heard Leigh sigh bitterly on the other line. "Hi, Leigh!” I chirped.

"Hi, Sweetheart, I am sorry but I can’t join you for lunch today."

"But---"

"Sorry…Just see at home later. CLICK!"

He hung up on me! And it was his first! Why? So maybe he had plans of marrying other women besides me? Maybe he fell in love with another girl and didn’t want me anymore like Nigel? All the men on earth are the same! Loving their girls at first, and then dumping them the next minute! My mobile rang and it was from Tony. I answered it grumpily, “Yes, Tony?"

"I heard you have broken-up with Leigh and-"He began but I replied nastily, "Yeah I broke-up with him yesterday but we are back together again! Stop butting in."

"What’s wrong, Corrie? You sound disappointed."

"Oh, I am disappointed! Leave me alone!"

"Look, if you have anything heavy in your heart, you can tell me about it-"

“Stop being so nice to me!” I yelled into the phone and hung up, slamming down the phone. I felt guilty and thought that I shouldn’t have yelled those words so nastily. I turned to face the phone and reached for it. But before I could touch it, it rang. I answered it, "Hello. Corrie here."

"Hi!", It was from another one of my many best friends, Selena who had returned America! "I have missed you and had heard that you...stole your sister's boyfriend over...love? I heard that you stole…Nigel?"

I gasped in horror. "Who told you these accusations?"

"Your sister. She even told me that she is gonna return you the favor."

"But she wanted me to have him about 6 months ago! And I had declined many times! She refused! And now, I have long broken-up with Nigel already! This is true! Selena, you gotta believe me! My sister is really crazy now! Maybe she is just joking!"

"Uh...I don’t think she is joking but I-uh…believe that your sister is more logical...sorry."

"What? You trust my sister more than me? She is lying through her teeth! You must not fall for her lies or I will be accused forever!"

"But her explanations are more....more...logical…umm-yeah."

"But can’t you see? I am not talking logically because I am not lying?"

"That’s the most ridiculous thing that I have ever heard in my whole life! How can you not speak logically when you are not lying? But I also don’t mean that you are lying so---"

"Fine!"

And I slammed the phone down. I cried and cried until my mobile rang. It was Corraine. I answered angrily, “What did you feed to my name?! Now everybody thought that I talked with my mouth full!"

I heard Corraine laugh on the other line and sneered, “I will have Leigh by my side one day. And you may have my Lawrence. Is that fine?"

"IT IS NOT FINE. NOT EVER."

"Cool down, girl! It’s not up to you to decide whether I can take him away from you or not. He is mine now."

"He is not! Why did you become so mean and cruel after I have gone to the hospital? Are you being possessed by a ghost or what?"

"Of course I was sweet before you went to the hospital, because I was acting! I had planned all this out with Nigel! He is not getting married with me! He is lying too! So you see, it was easy to fool you!"

"I didn’t steal Nigel away from you! Why do you have to steal Leigh away from me?"

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Chapter 10

Corraine didn’t reply.

"Well?” I tempted.

Suddenly, I heard laughter of people on Corraine’s line.

I realized that Corraine was the mastermind of this whole crazy prank that she and her group of friends had played on me.

"Aww, please! Why must you scare me all the times like this? "I groaned.

"Hahaha! Because it was fun!" Corraine Replied.

"Wait...Are you acting now?"

"Well...what do you think?"

"Stop making me worried!"

"Of course I am not acting now! Never! Being with you was so much fun, why would I bully you like that?"

"Is Selena with you now?"

"Ooh yes, your good friend! Shall I pass the phone to her for you?"

"Yes, please!"

After a moment, I heard someone pick up the phone. It was Selena.

"Uh...hi, I am sorry about the dumb trick we played on you but...it was really fun!" She said.

“It’s ok, Selena.”I replied.

"Is Leigh with you guys now?" I said after a while.

"Umm…nope. He is part of our victim list, just you and him."

"Gosh…he must have felt upset now!"

"But Nigel called him and did the same thing to him like how Corraine did it to you."

"Then that’s okay."

"Wait, someone's at the door. Be right back."

"Huh, wait! Where are you guys ,exactly?"

"At my place."

There was a click and after some time, someone was holding the phone again. "Hello? Selena?" I said.

"No. It’s me, Leigh. Are you alright now?"

"I am! What a prank! I fell for it!"

"Yeah...What a big prank..i fell for it too! So...shall we -- uhh...hangout tomorrow at the... movies?"

"Yeah, Sure. Of course!"

"Cool. I'll pick you up around 6pm tomorrow. Deal?"

"Deal!"

"Great! I love you! CLICK!"

Leigh hung up and I smiled excitedly. Leigh had just asked me out! I can’t wait for tomorrow! I can’t!

That night, I dreamed that I was kissing Tony. I woke up in sweats, trembling and shivering at the thoughts of kissing Tony. Yuck!

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Chapter 11

The next morning was Saturday. I met up with Selena at our neighborhood mall, The Hot-Stuff Mall. Selena looked so pretty! She looked better than before. When we had met up at the mall, We went to have our breakfast and I began explaining why I asked to meet her at the mall as she ate. I told her about my date with Leigh that will be at later that day and needed her help in dolling me up.

"Well? Shall we pick my clothes first or shoes first?” I asked after I have told her everything.

"Clothes. You're so lucky to have such a cute guy. ‘My’ Glenn isn’t as romantic as ‘your’ Leigh! But don’t worry, I wont steal your Leigh." Selena joked and we both laughed.

“I don’t have any idea of what my outfit should be.” I said.

"Think, then. You said you're going to the movies for your date?" Selena replied.

"Yes. Does that help a lot?"

"Of course that little hint is a very useful tool for your outfit! We can pick some hip hop clothes! Not too casual and not too revealing!"

"Oh well, ok…what about my hairstyle?"

"That’s okay, I will get my brother to style your hair. You can call him Dim."

"How old is Dim?"

"20."

"Wow…that’s 2 years older than us! So I should be addressing him as...big bro?"

"Nah…since young, I have called him by his name and not by big brother."

"What? That’s so rude!" I exclaimed. Selena sighed, "I know, but my parents and Dim don’t seem to care about this issue."

"Then I guess that’s fine for you."

"What about you? You address Corraine by her name!"

"That’s---that’s----different! We aren’t biological sisters, so it’s ok!"

"Then that’s fine with me too."

"Let’s move off."

"Sure."

We bought a lot of matching sets of boots and Tops and Bottoms. Soon, Selena’s brother, Dim, came to fetch us. When we were on our way home in Dim's car, I felt exhausted and fell asleep! It was an embarrassing scene, truly. But, hey, Selena fell asleep too, so it was fine!

When i have reached home, Corraine snatched my bags of clothes and shoes from my hands playfully! It was 4.30pm during that time. Corraine shook hands with Dim and whispered to me, "Is Dim born to be so ugly-looking?" I giggled and invited Dim and Selena into my room. While I changed into my new clothes, Selena and Dim chatted with Corraine. When I have gotten dressed, Dim proceeded to style my hair. It was amazing. By the time I had put on my boots, It was 6pm! Just then, Leigh arrived. He couldn’t regconise me at first and thought i was Corraine's friend but when he asked Selena where I was, who pointed her finger at me, his jaw dropped as he stared at me. He must have thought, “What a gorgeous girlfriend I have. Wow...I am so lucky!" Leigh and I waved goodbye to Selena, Dim, Corraine and my parents before approaching Leigh's car. He looked really cute! He kissed me and complimented that I was really cute. We left for our date.

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Chapter 12

When we went to the movies to buy tickets ,guess who was there as well! And it was not by coincidence at all. It was Tony. He blocked our way when we were about to head for the ticket lady. We stared at Tony, who stared at me. Leigh smirked, “Yo, Ton. Have you seen my girlfriend?"

Tony glared at Leigh. "Wada heck? She az not uer galfran! Ye guys, ye not marraid!(What the heck? She is not your girlfriend! You guys, You’re not married!)" He exclaimed with the side of his mouth. That’s his habit of talking. He thinks that that makes him cool. I think that makes him suck.

“Too bad, we are about to invite you to our wedding. We are here now, this moment, to celebrate. Right, Hon?” Leigh replied wickedly.

“Yes. Tony, what brings you here anyway?” I replied.

"Oh ahmm I am 'ere to uh...to-uhh...to..."Tony stammered.

"To watch us, right, kiddo? Thought you could trail us and fool my girl? You're lacking ass, man!" Leigh replied, laughing.

"Ure shuddup, Dude! This az none of eur bizneyz!(You shut up, dude! This is none of your business!)"Tony yelled.

"If it aint...get your ass or shit out of here! Loser, stop trying to snatch my girl alright? You're not her prince charming!" Mocked Leigh nastily. I gasped and pulled Leigh further away from Tony. "Stop yelling and speaking in those nasty insultationing words! You are not like yourself today!” I said seriously to Leigh. He saw how serious I was and became serious too. “Sorry, Hon…You know that I can’t stand Tony, right.” He said.

"Yeah, But you can tolerate him right? I mean…come on, both of you were once best of friends…until you met me...right? So----"I replied.

"Why are you helping him instead? Whose side are you on, exactly? If you're on his side, let’s cancel today's date.” Leigh said grumpily.

I hissed, "I am on nobody's side, you hear me? Nobody! Your temper is too tense and weird that I am starting to regret meeting you! Perhaps you might think that I am too stupid, but think again! You are not considering about my feelings! Is that what you want, a break-up again? Just because of this stupid little incident here? Can’t believe I told Corraine that you were the most brave and courageous guy that I have ever met in my life! Should have told her that you are the most petty guy that I have ever met instead! I--"

"Are you done talking? You are making me lose my face!" Leigh interrupted rudely. The second after he said the last word of the sentence, he regretted it. I yelled at him, "Yeah! Your face is more important than your own girlfriend, huh? Fine then, you can have all your face, all you want. It is an unlimited amount, isn’t that what you have wanted? I have wasted all my efforts trying to look matching to you for this whole afternoon and morning!"

I walked away angrily. I banged into Tony and he offered me a ride home. I glared a look back at Leigh before settling into Tony's car. Tony turned on the car engine when Leigh came hitting on the windows. I muttered to Tony, "What a total freak...let’s go!" He drove away quickly. When we have reached home, Corraine was shocked to see Tony. She had expected to see Leigh. But she knew Tony. Tony was Lawrence's cousin. I went to bed without changing my clothes.

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Chapter 13

"Ring, ring..." My mobile rang. I viewed the screen sleepily and it was from Leigh. I rejected the call and went back to sleep. My mobile rang again. It was Leigh, again. I answered it and snapped, “Yes can I help you?!”

Leigh sighed and replied, "Look--I am sorry--"

"I don’t listen to explanations."

"But I was too rash--"

"Yeah and your face is still important?"

"I am very sorry, Hon--"

"DONT CALL ME HONEY AND YOU ARE NEVER SORRY AT ALL."

"Ok, I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings, Corrie."

"So?"

"You can yell at me or do whatever you want to me as long as you are willing to forgive me."

"Ok. I will only want you to do something."

"What is it?"

"Break up with me and get lost."

"That’s no way!"

"Yes, that's way and oh yeah; help me and Tony to prepare a wedding invitation card."

"What, are you kidding me? You're marrying that basterd jerk? I am a billion times better! Have you lost your taste in men?"

"Yeah, even if I had, its none of your business. I'll take that critism as a blessing from you to Tony and me. Thank you. Goodbye."

"Wait! You can’t marry Tony! He's-he's-"

"It’s not up to you to decide who I can marry!"

I slammed the phone shut and went to sleep. After a while, Tony rang me. I answered, "Hi Tony. What’s up?"

"Nothing much. I have heard about your fight with Leigh and I am awfully sorry."

"No, it’s not your fault."

"And...Leigh just called to tell me that I am a retarded jerk to marry you. You have decided to marry me?"

"Yeah and wasn’t that what you have wanted all along?"

"No. You were always like a sister to me."

"But..If it’s like that, why did you talk with jealousy yesterday?"

"Because I felt jealous. I wanted you to marry Lawrence instead of Leigh."

"So you weren’t in love with me all along?"

"2 months ago, i must admit that i was. But now, I already have a girlfriend. She's Delen."

"My cousin? But it’s impossible! Why did you trail us yesterday?"

"I didn’t trail you. I was with Delen. She had to leave due to something at home and right after she has left, Leigh and you arrived! And I offered you a ride to cool you down."

"Morons...scoundrels! All the men on earth are the same!" I yelled and hung up. I went to sleep. Have I fallen for Tony? Somehow, I don’t feel safe with Leigh as much as when I was with Tony……….

The Trapped Soul |5:47 PM|

Chapter 14

Corraine advices me to end my relationship with Leigh.

Mum advices me to find a new lover.

Dad advices me to go overseas and forget everything about love.

Lawrence advices me to listen to Corraine.

Nigel advices me to listen to Lawrence.

Selena advices me to listen to Nigel.

I didn’t take any of the advices they gave. I chose to end my life. I took a whole bottle of sleeping pills and never woke up for a month. I heard howling and wailings and crying all around me. I heard mum cry, "Rie dear! Please wake up! I need you! Rie!"

Then I heard Corraine. She was wailing like a mad woman, "Corrie! Why are you so silly? You can’t leave me alone! You are everything to me!"

Then I heard Dad yell at somebody. "You darn basterd!!!You broke my daughter's heart twice! You idiot! Scoundrel! Get to hell soon!" Then, My eye lids fluttered open. The first person I saw was Mum. Mum cried tears of joy as she hugged me, "Oh!!! Thank god!!! You're alive! alive!!!" Then I saw Tony and Leigh. Leigh was being punched by Dad. "Dad..."I muttered weakly,” Dad..!” Dad turned to stare at me. "Don’t—hurt—Leigh--"I muttered.

Leigh tried to come over to my side but mum and Lawrence stopped him. They pushed Leigh out of the room. I was discharged that day. I ended my relationship with Leigh, and feared relationships. I have lost all my confidence in relationships. When will my prince charming meet me? Where shall my happiness await me?

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