Chapter 1

CHAPTER 1

Bracelet

[Amanda]

The days passed quickly, I was already stepping into junior high. I'm still here where we go. Arcadia National High school.

I heard that my crazy classmates were coming from the other side of town. I'm happy because of that! the madmen who always tease me will be gone.

I sat quietly in the corner seeing my name outside this room. I mean, here's my room. Second floor.

"Awful! Your skin is white!" A shrill voice caught my attention.

"That's my dream! "This was a difficult question for me.

"You have beautiful eyes too!"

I smiled. "I'm shaking. Thanks for the compliment!" I said in a modest way.

"Your eyes! Blue mixed with white! Do you have a race?!"

I shook. "I'm a Albino," I sparingly answer.

"I hope I like it too! I really want to turn white!" she said while holding my arm.

"You can't stay all day in the sun."

"Oh! It's okay! I don't want to spend the day!"

Just now someone talked to me like this. she did not judge me, instead she praised me.

She was busy fiddling with my hair as the number of my future classmates gradually increased.

It took a few more minutes for the woman to chat with me before she introduced herself. "I'm Kisses Andrado! More kisses to come! You? What's your name?"

"Amanda Hernandez."

"Even your name, that's nice!"

I laughed. She's cute! Very lively and humorous.

When our future adviser arrived, she enthusiastically introduced us and asked each other's names. she didn't force us to change seats, as long as we sat there because we were comfortable there.

"Again, I'm Mrs. Aurora Buena. I'll be your science subject teacher."

I listened intently to what she was saying, while the one next to me was busy looking at the beautiful and ugly in our class room.

"Why is that eyebrow like that?" She whispered.

My forehead furrowed and I turned to what she was referring to. a bit weird eyebrows when she was referring but I didn't say a word.

"Okay, that's all. Tomorrow I'll just introduce you to our topic in science. Good bye."

Time passed quickly, our other teacher arrived. others may not be ready to see the faces of my classmates.

We only had half a day, they said there were too many students here at the school and the number of buildings could not fit, so there was another afternoon, there was also another morning.

"Let's have lunch at the cafeteria!" There are kisses.

I thought, I only have twenty pesos in my bag... when I get older, the food there can be bought for forty pesos.

"Oh no! Then first... I'm still full," I excused myself.

"It's easy! You're free! I want them to see my very white bestfriend! "

She pulled me to the cafeteria. she politely greeted the saleswoman there, it looked like she was a customer as well.

"Hi Marjie, two tapsilog please."

I rolled my eyes across the diner, I could almost get all the attention of the diners there. marvel at the color I have.

"The one with you is very white," the saleswoman said.

"Yes indeed! I can envy her color! That's my dream!" Kisses replied.

"Your color is also beautiful! Brown! The others there are still turning black!"

"Eh I want to be white!" Kisses said.

served us the tapsilog ordered by kisses. The breeze was fragrant, delicious to eat.

"Oh here, spoon fork," kisses reach out to me. she did the same to her before leaving her food.

"It's Yummy right?" Asked kisses raining. I nodded.

"I often eat here. There's not even food at home, sometimes I even owe my sister marjie!" Her laughter.

I smiled. It's like the colors of her life. she is well known and easy to approach.

After that lunch, I decided to go home. she didn't want to go home because she still wanted to go around, but I had to help grandma in the mansion.

"All right! It's open again! Bye! Be careful!"

"You too! Thanks again!" I said and got on the tricycle.

Upon arriving at the mansion, I immediately did my natural activities here. Grandma was busy cooking while I was mopping the floor and sweeping.

"Hija, don't ever leave your room tonight until tomorrow," said grandma after we finished doing the chores here in the mansion. we help the other helpers here, the others are on the second and third floors cleaning.

This is always our routine whenever the owner of this mansion comes. Grandma doesn't like me being taken out. and if possible I should also avoid opening the windows, she said that the owners of the mansion have a strong sense of smell and they can only smell a little bit of my smell.

I nodded. When it was three o'clock in the afternoon, I immediately went to my room.

"I'll take you tonight later," said grandma.

Using the book my teacher gave me in grade 6, I distracted myself from reading while lying on the bed.

I didn't realize the time, when I got bored of reading I used my kalimba to play.

while playing, I feel like I'm in a cloud and being dragged to sleep. And that's exactly what happened a few minutes later. I fell asleep while playing the kalimba.

I just woke up to a faint knock. I quickly got up and turned off the electric fan, I also took the cloak and bracelet that I had to wear when grandma came in.

The bracelet has a prayer. Where no one can smell the contents of my blood. I only wear the cloak when the owner of the mansion is here. Maybe it's because my hair smells so I can wear it as much as possible to be safer.

The truth is I don't understand why her instructions are like that. she said I would follow her advice knowingly for my own safety as well. So I just follow.

"Ada, this is your dinner," said my grandmother when I opened the door for her.

To Be continue...