I'm a Filipina girl,My name is Aldeana Yaki Dela Cruz, 18 female,grade 11 I get grades above 95% at the very least, I'm popular for being the so called "Lesbian" Because I'm on a scholarship for being an athlete I do sports like foot ball voleyball basketball ect. and I have some queer friends too and I love them sm but that doesn't mean I like girls! truthfully I actually like someone

Well let me explain more... properly, I have a crush on my boy best friend Aether Mark Fernandez I mean we've known each other since we were 5! Why wouldn't we be perfect for one another? Well that's what I thought until last night Friday 5:30 pm we were going out with his family like usual Friday evening when he brought a girl our age and his parents introduced her as his... GIRLFRIEND?

she looked like she could be Korean!She had pretty black hair and cute dark brown eyes she had that dream body all girls die to get and she's just so...Girly! this type of girl was not His type! he likes people who gets him! people who'd play games with him!People like me!

I was so shocked when she gave him a kiss on the cheek and looking back I was so... IMMATURE! I was so grumpy all night and damn I don't wanna admit it but I'm jealous!

it was later until my boy best friend told me he was forced to date the girl because she's his mom's friend's daughter or something he said he didn't like her but still he could at least say something about this to his parents!

what if he gets stuck with that Witch for life! I know girls like that! they are the ones who are pretty but really mean! it should be me who he's dating!! but who cares about her it's not like she'll be able to talk to him all the time I mean I don't even think she goes to the same school as us!!

that's what I thought...until...

**Monday morning in XXXX high school**

"Hello I'm Akira Mindora Reyes pleased to meed to Po I hope we can be good friends"

(the words Opo and Po is a sign of respect in the Philippines)

"THATS HER!! HE'S GIRLFRIEND! did she transfer here just to be with him?" I was thinking that until break time when I could finally talk to Aether

"Yo bro did your girlfriend transfer here just to see you" I said acting as normal as I could

"You see she's from abroad although she grew up at Korea she still knows how to speak English and Tagalog she just came back from Korea she's now trying to learn more about her mom's religion AKA she's studying things the Filipino way" he said like he like it didn't bother him that he was forced into a relationship with the same girl

"Supp mga paree(what's up dude) How's lunch goin'? gimme that mark"

**he tries to eat mark's/aether's food**

**aether kicks his feet**

this guy is Esikiel Andres he's a clingy weirdo especially towards aether he is thick skined as f*ck he's like 6'4 and could beat anyone's *** but he's kind...to some people he's one of the people we met at 1st grade but now at high school we don't go at the same class but of course we're still great friends

"Get your own food Kiel quit bothering your boyfriend~"

"Aye aye can't tease him and aeae for being in a relationship anymore now that mark's got a girlfriend"

That's Cassandra Peterson and Alexandria Dragon they're dating and are basically two pieces in a pot they're the cutest couple

Cass is more of a nerd and softie she's 5'8 tho and looks really pretty

Alex tho is 6 foot and me and her is kinda similar we both like sports and are going to school as athletes but unlike me she gets the worst grades and I'm pretty sure Cass always helps her with homework

"ooh Marites is that you girly? where's my little nerd?" Alex said sarcastically

(marites is what people in the Philippines call other people when they know a lot of gossip)

"She's right here don't worry" Cass said sounding very serious

"Cass you need to know how to take a joke" Alex said while laughing her *** off seriously these guys are so cute

"Anyways~ since when did you meet your girlfriend dude why didn't you tell us?" Alex asked Aether kinda sounding like she's pouting

Aether just explained to both Alex and Kiel how he fell for her like love at first sight so did she and how pretty she was and all the sparks bullshit

"hey are you still not considering your bi or lesbian Ali?" Cass asked me

why does she always ask me that even though she knows I like mark!

"Still no Cass, why do you ask?"I said partially cause I didn't want our conversation to end mostly cuz I seriously am curious why she thinks I would be gay

" I mean mark has a girlfriend I have a girlfriend which is Alex and you know Kiel he's probably gonna be a dad Soon and you don't seem to be interested in any boys so I thought you'd be like us because you know I started off like you and you definitely give off lesbian/bi energy you know what I mean" she said with seriousness in every word

"he—heyy! even tho I'm like this it doesn't mean I don't like anyone!!and why does it seem like you put so much thought into this?how long were you thinking about this subject you like almost wrote a whole essay about me!!" I responded flusteredly

"first phase..denial" she said looking at me like I'm some sort of experiment or something

"think what you want I'm not like that!!" I said

"Okay okay" she said quietly

All of them asks me that,even aether who's been my friend since we were kids do they really not know I like him..? I

"Dude when will you let us meet the girlfriend~" Esikiel said cheerfully

"Look at her there she looks like that one Wattpad transfere girl who just got back from Korea and now is in Philippines and is in the same school school as her boyfriend who she met 3 days ago" Cassandra said seriously like she always is

"What are we waiting for?Let's go chat with her! c'mon!!" I said so I won't look jealous and this is how I normally am anyway

I walked over to her,Alexa I mean to say hi we met 3 days earlier at dinner anyway maybe she'll feel comfortable with me around and I want to know more about her if she's gonna date aether and they actually do fall for each other I'll of course be happy but I wanna make sure she's at least an ok person

"Hello Akira what's up it's me Aether Your boyfriend's friend I'm Aldeana Yaki Dela Cruz you look lonely come to our table maybe?" I said acting and normal as I could be

"He did tell you we were forced to date right? we'll be over in 1 week I don't need to get close too you guys"she said shyly like she's scared or something...

is it because I got such an evil looking face?

"Oh my well so sorry to hear that but still we would like to get close to you please give us a chance" I said sincerely I really do want to get close to her now that I'm talking to her it feels like she's traumatized of something

I kept trying to convince her while the other guys were watching me

"she's trying offly hard to make that girl eat with us don't you think" Alex said like she was trying to point out something

"Yeah like isn't she the one who said we shouldn't add anyone else to this group anymore?" Kiel replied

"Well Maybe cause it's my girlfriend? or maybe cause she's new? you know aldea she likes being..social" Aether said

"true but still...why is she being so...hardworking? Cass can you back me up on this theory?" Alex said like she really is pointing out something

"something smells fishy in here" Cassandra said focused on aldea's movements

"Her breathing is a little faster than it usually same with her heart beat and it's true that she didn't want any more people in this friend group so why try so hard to get someone in here? everything is so suspicious,but it's true that she's your girlfriend and it may be just her trying to make you feel comfortable I mean it always was like that she had always been like the mom of this poor group" Cassandra said full on being serious

before the others could respond I came back with my victim,Akira and somehow finally convinced her to come with our group

"Guys~ I got aether's girlfriend with me!!" I said cheerfully

"yes we've noticed.." Alex said

"sorry for my friends weirdness she's always like this"aether whispered to Akira

"it's...okay" Akira replied

"What are you guys whisperin' about? are you planning on ditching us to go have you romantic little date?"Kiel said sarcastically

"ooh" the other three said teasing aether and Akira

"IT'S NOT LIKE THAT!! sorry Akira" aether replied

"it's okay" Akira said

" it's normal for them to be like this if I was your girlfriend" Akira added

"But we're...still I'm sorry if we make you feel uncomfortable" aether whispered

"it's alright" Akira responded

we ate our lunch and spent our time mostly with teasing aether and it was affective but Akira wasn't really bothered it seemed like this was normal for her? I'll change the subject a little so she'd be able to talk

"Hey aki-aki Can I ask why you decided to move to Philippines again?" I asked her

"Mom wanted me to learn this the "Filipino way" and my dad got a business offer here so we came with him" Akira responded like she's told this to people multiple times

"Are you gonna stay here forever?" Alex asked

"don't worry I won't stay too long here" Akira responded

"what do you meeaann? long distance relationship this?come ooonn your love story can't end like this" Kiel said

"for the record we aren't really "in love" we were just forced to date" Akira blurted out

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an awkward silence filled the room for a few seconds

"oh god— I feel bad for you Akira" Said Alex

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?" Aether said feeling insulted

"I mean what I mean poor baby is getting forced to date...a guy like you" Alex said

"will you guys break up then?" Cassandra asked

"I think we will in a week or so" both aether and Akira responded

"Well it's better to be friends I guess I mean you will be stuck with each other for a week"Kiel said

"correct" Cassandra said

"are you guys really okay with me being in your group?" Akira asked

"of course we are" we said

"even tho we're Forced to date and all I'd still like to be your friend"Aether said

" I see...I thank you" Akira said sincerely

she doesn't seem like a bad person and she looks like someone who's got strict parents who makes their children get high grades maybe we'll get along? it's good to have someone else in this group who's a straight girl anyway! and it's not like she'll steal aether away from me

"I'd hate to break our fun but aren't midterms coming soon?" Cassandra suddenly said

"oh no" Alex said

"I'm prepared to be honest" Kiel bragged

"stop lying to yourself man" aether said

"Now that I think about it it's in 2 weeks...OH NOO" I said

"why?!" the three asked

"Akira just transferred here so in 2 weeks??midterms?? she's probably not so prepared!" I added

"you don't have to worry about me" akira shrugs

"oh yes I do aether you make sure Kiel has a grade above 60" I said

"Yes" aether responded

"Cass make sure your girlfriend won't fail" I added

"mhmm" Cassandra replied

"and I will tutor our transfere" I added again

This is a great way to be close!right?

**3:00 am in the Dela Cruz residence**

"mom where are my clothes?" I shouted

"use your eyes stoopid" mom shouted back

"I can't find it!!!" I said

"if I find that I'll shove it down your throat!!"

your probably wondering why were shouting in the morning aren't ya? well you see there's this week called "holy week" in the Philippines and today is the 2nd day of that week and we're about to go to the church

my family are Christians and I respect that...but why'd they have to drag ME into their Christianity I want SLEEP And I have class tomorrow and I NEED sleep but I don't really have a choice so let's do this!

**throws clothes**

"ITO NA PUTANGINA MO" My mom shouted at the back

(Here it is *curse word*)

"thank you mama,labyu(love you)!!!" I shouted back

**throws the tsinelas**

"DONT RAISE YOUR VOICE AT ME!!go change quickly" mom shouted

"Opo opo" I said

(opo is a sign of respect it means yes but more respectful)

**at the church**

*looking for familiar faces*

*spots someone familiar*

"Heluuu" I said

"hi?—" they responded

It's Akira! she's here! I mean she did say she'll learn things "the Pilipino way" so I guess I should've expected her being here

"You here too huh?" I said

"I was forced again..." she said

"Same here huhu" I responded

"but you being here isn't all that bad at least there's a familiar face and someone I can talk to" I added

"guess that's great" Akira said

" by the way about our tutoring session how about this week Saturday 12pm to 4 pm? if you're free" I said because I didn't really know what to say next and I didn't want to our conversation with THAT

"sure in up for a tutoring session I don't really have much to do anyway" Akira said

"you guys are my only friends at the time so..I don't have much things to do" Akira added

"Oh mAh gawd okay in Saturday I'll teach you to the best of my abilities and make a test and we'll go out in Sunday if you do good in that test! you need,no deserve a fun day with friends! if your gonna learn things the "Filipino way" It's best to start with making Filipino friends!" I said and I kept blabbering about life and Filipinos for almost the whole time we were in the church

~Saturday~

it's been 3 days, we'd see each other I'll approach her and we'll talk. Talking to her is really fun because she listens well and she sometimes makes comments about this that happens to me.

And after a 2 days of me mostly talking about myself she finally talked to me about her life. She told me that in Korea they studied till 9 pm!! How the heeel,and they also wake up at 4 and go to school at 5 how is she even alive??

~Sunday~

today is the end of the holy week I didn't have much plans for today except sleep but someone asked for a food trip and of course who'd I sacrifice my free day for? that's right AETHER BABY! He's kind of the big brother of the group and he's also the sugar daddy I mean...he has MONEY! I mean he gets 10k every month as long as he's got grades higher than 95 and it's been like that since we were kids that's also how we kinda related we both have parents strict with grades him and Cassandra go switching from aether being top 1 and Cass being top 2 to Cass being top 1 and aether being top 2 and it just becomes a cycle and there's some sense of rivalry there and there but of course it won't be enough to break our friendship!

Cass,Alex,Kiel and Aki-aki will be there too! this is my first time hanging out with Akira I wonder how she'll look like

now that I think about it Akira studies a lot how high could her grades be?I'm currently in the park because that's where we wanted to meet up I've been sitting here for a solid 40 minutes where could those b1tches be~

we told each other we'd come at 1 f^ck1ng 30 it's 2 motherf^ck1ng 30 where are they~

As I was about to call them someone grabbed my face from the back and covered my eyes...IT WAS AETHER!!

"Hello~~We're here we stopped by at 7/11 for snacks" He said

"I'VE...BEEN SITTING HERE..(smack)FOR ALMOST..(smack).AN HOUR...(smack)AND YOU DIDN'T THINK..(smack).TO TELL ME..?" I said while hitting him on the stomach not too hard...I think

"sorry sorry mammy we won't do it again" he said acting like he's in pain

"Sorry Aldea I told them we should at least tell you but they said we shouldn't..." Akira said shyly

"Don't worry Aki-aki I know they just convinced you to Go with their Bullsh1t so don't worry" I said in my most sincere voice poor girl probably was traumatized with these guys attitude and teasing

"where's the couple who always leaves us out?" Esikiel asked me

"They don— don't know ain't they with you?" I asked

"oh yeah they totally are they're hiding in my boxers bitch why would I ask" He replied with while smacking my head

"Payback hehe~" he added...let's just say things got messy until Aki and aether stopped us

"Heyy~ are be late?" a voice said... FINALLY! it was Alex!! and Cassandra was by her side kinda pink

"what took you guys so long it's 2:37pm we said we'd meet up at 1 freaking 30?" I asked calmly while shacking Alex's body(not really she's lying)

"Ask Cassandra Peterson" Alex said while smirking and giggling

"Ooh is it what I'm thinking or is it what I'm thinking?" Kiel asked

all of them laughed except from me and Cassandra, Cass looked like she was gonna die of embarrassment even Akira was giggling on the side trying real hard to hide her smile she looks really cute to be honest

"what is it?" I asked

"HAHAHA Yaki you might be the mom of this group but your still the youngest and we need to protect that innocence" Kiel said sarcastically

I kicked him again and that's what our conversation revolved around for the past 30 minutes until Cassandra shouted at us

that's the first time we heard her shout or even get the tiniest pissed so we stopped since we didn't wanna make her uncomfortable anymore.

**Later that day Aldea finally got what Cassandra and Alex did**