More Than A Maid

Bella’s POV

“What is it Peter?” I asked him when we were out of the Cafeteria.

“Vincent and Francis would come to my place this Evening” He said.

“What? Why?”

“For a sleepover” He said and my eyes almost bulged out of the socket.

Wait! So they must not see me there.

So I won’t be able to cook dinner this night and breakfast tomorrow morning.

Besides that, I won’t be able to teach Peter mathematics this night.

“What do you mean by Vincent and Francis are coming to your place for a sleepover?” I asked him avoiding to use the word “Our Place”

“Well it’s about Mathematics, the test is tomorrow you know? And we’ve come to a conclusion that you would teach me tonight. But the thing is my friends do not understand the topic also” Peter said.

“Okay.. so I… you are trying to say that I would teach the three of you tonight” He nodded.

“Peter, did you already tell them that I live with you?”

“No, no..”

“So what are planning to do? What are  you trying to insinuat?”

“I really want to help them, I wanna be my brother’s keeper. I haven’t told them that you are living with me yet. I only told them that there would be a night tutorial at my place and that I’m going to invite you to put us through” Peter said and I took a very deep breathe.

“I’m really sorry Bella but we really have to do this. You can do it?”

Do what??

“Peter, are you pretending like you really don’t want people to know I’m your maid? I think you are pretending. Because if you are not, you won’t think of inviting your friends to your place at this moment” I tried not to whimper.

“No, No Bella. That’s not what I’m tryna do?”

“Then what?” My eyes were teary already.

“If I had known, I would have let them know my true background from the onset”

“Listen.. listen Bella. We can keep up with the hiding”

He said.

That’s exactly it.. I’m hiding my identity and I really hope when everyone gets to find out., they won’t hate me for this.. most especially, Francisca.

He came closer and said somehow in a whisper..

“I hope this would help”

“What is it?” I tried to catch my breathe and move a bit backward.. but he came closer.. the distance between us is too close for a boss and his maid.

“What do you think this time?” He is the one causing all this troubles for me and he is still the one coming up with ideas to hide and sort myself out.

“Invite your friend, Francisca if possible” He said

“What Peter? Really? Why are you doing this to me?” I yelled at him… I was beginning to hate him from this very moment.

Is this the brilliant idea he thinks would help me after getting myself into this mess??

Okay, some people were watching us.. He held my hand pulled me away from that scene to a more cool and quiet surrounding were no Student were.

“Okay, Okay , fine… I would rather go ahead and announce to everyone that I live with you, I’m your maid, I’m a poor girl and your family is the one that sponsored me to your school. Isn’t that what you want? Isn’t that better than what you are tryna do right now? Why are you suddenly treating me this way?”

“Oh please Bella you are getting it all wrong! Why will ever do such?”

“Because that’s what you’re doing already. You told me to invite my Francisca, why? What are you tryna insinuate then? What then?” I yelled at him the more..

Not minding the fact that he is my boss.

“Calm down.. will you just calm down and listen? Please”

I gave him a weird look while I fought back the tears that wanted to flow from the teary eyes.

“It would be like a night group tutorial and sleepover.. with Francisca, Francis and Vincent and Monica or whoever wants to join. And you would be the tutor, I promise to pay you back in ten folds”

“I don’t want your money if that should be the case. And how does it help me??”

“You would pretend like you just came to my place for the first time, as if I invited you over to be our tutor because you already told me that you know the course well. It would simply look like we planned to gather at my place for the study sleep over and leave for school together the next morning. You are definately coming back alone and they won’t know anything neither will they suspect us” He said and I gasped.

“It’s… It’s just that everything is become unbearable. How long am I gonna do this?” I said looking confused.

“I’m sorry Bella” He apologized. I don’t know why he is apologizing.

I’m going through alot right now and I just wish to go back home, continue with distributing newspapers. I wish I never came here or we should rather reverse the time and I should have been myself from the onset.

“It’s fine, don’t invite Monica” I told him.

“If that’s what you want. I won’t”

I sighed: “I just hope I would scape through” I said leaving him alone.. I didn’t know my shoe lace was loosed.. and it made me tripped and almost fell to the ground but Peter was fast enough to catch me in his arms.

What a relief.

I got on my feet. “Thank you” I muttered and was about to leave.

“You still wanna trip and fall?” He said.. stopped me from leaving, bent on his knees and buckled my shoe lace.

“It must have loosed when I pulled you earlier” He said.

Oh seriously, I’m not comfortable with how he talks to me, relates and acts.. it’s makes me see him as more than a boss which is not supposed to be. If he continues with his sweet and over caring attitude, I might develop feelings for me.

Oops… What did I just think of.

I knocked my head..

“Why did you do that?” He asked me.

Geez, I’m still in front of him.

“Nothing.. Nothing at all. And thank you. I would go meet Francisca now” I said.

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Obviously Francisca was bored, she was done with the snacks she got, she pressed her phone and after some times, she dropped it on the table and took glances at Francis.

I smiled… She really likes this guy.. I sensed that she was sad too because Francis didn’t even notice her.

She took her eyes off him and pick up her phone again.

Surprisingly, Shortly after she stopped looking at Francis, Francis glare and stared at her with so much keen.

What? Francis likes her too..

I bet he didn’t know I was watching him. He would have stopped watching her assuming he noticed my presence. But no, he was engrossed.

They were each other secret admirer. That’s so sweet. Francis – Francisca… That’s sounds so lovely and compatible.

Unlike one Peter-Monica.

I walked to where she sat; our usual spot.

“Hey” I said to her.

“Are you sure Peter isn’t flirting with you? You have been away for so long!” She said.

“What?” But she really needs to stop saying stuffs like Peter is flirting with me, hitting on me.. Nah Nah.

“No he is not flirting with me, neither am I?”

“Are you sure?” She asked me.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“Yeah, he said he saw me when I was teaching you mathematics this morning and he wants me to teach him too” I lied.

“Oh really??”

“Yeah, well that’s it. He’s stylishly flirting with you”

“No Francisca, Please No. That’s not what he is trying to do. You don’t get it”

“Uhm but why do you feel awkward when I say something like this? It’s what I think. Like He wanna flirt with you, he wanna get intimate with you. Or Uhm did any other guy tell you he saw you teaching me today?”

“No..”

“No??? Now you see”

“Well I’m actually gonna teach not only him but his friends too, Francis and Vincent… At his place”

“Huh?”

“That’s what He pleaded with me for. So imma call my momma that I would be out tonight..’cos it’s gonna be a sleepover” I lied about calling mom…

“Sleepover? This is gonna be so much fun, so much study rather” She corrected and I giggled.

“We would pratice till we fall asleep” I told her.

“I know right. Imma get lot of junkies, Junk foods. We would eat, study and have fun” She said overwhelmingly.

“Oh my God, I’m having a sleepover with Francis” I heard her say to herself softly.

“I just taught you today, I thought you would have no interest for the Study-Sleep Over” I told her.

“What? Come on Bella, I was born to be ready for such Study-Sleep Over” She said and I laughed.

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