Chapter 6

ASTRID

Knock! Knock!

“Señorita?”

Ring! Ring!

“Señorita, gising na po. Your mommy is calling you!”

Ring! Ring!

I groaned in annoyance at hearing that fucking maid knocking outside of my room, and the damn alarm clock was also ringing nonstop, so I was very annoyed that I didn’t have time to throw it away, which caused a vase to break in my room.

“Señori—”

I didn’t even let her finish speaking, I shouted out of irritation at her.

“Shut the fuck up, you dumbass! I’ll go downstairs whenever I want! Okay?!”

Fuck people!

My day was ruined this early in the morning. Arghh! I immediately got off the bed and yawned using my maarte and oh—so expensive tone before going to the bathroom to take a shower.

But before I forget, my dear fellas, let me introduce my pretty self first so that you guys are aware of who you will be fighting against by chance.

Astrid Monteverde here. I’m 18 years old  and I’m the only child of the Monteverde Clan. I’m a bitch, brat, madilta, bully or whatever else you call me. I don’t give a fucking damn, bitch.

Why? Do you think I care about people like you?! In your fucking dreams bitch.

After I took a bath, I immediately came out of the bathroom wearing my bathrobe. Today’s the first day of school and it’s allowed to not wear your uniform, they’re not yet strict, and it’s not forbidden to wear anything you want, so I decided to wear something sexy, something classy and elegant. A red dress. Then I went out the door without using a makeup.

Do I even need that? Duh, I’m beautiful in my own way, and I was born this way.

“Good morning, Mom and Dad.” I kissed them on their cheeks before sitting down in my usual seat when I arrived at the dining area.

“Good morning, sweetie. How’s your sleep?” Mommy asked sweetly after drinking her orange juice.

“It’s good, mom.” I answered her briefly and started eating.

Dad coughed. I looked at him. He put down the newspaper he was holding and then looked up at me.

“Sweetie, we’re going somewhere tomorrow. You need to come with me,” Dad seriously said.

“Where are we going, Dad?” I asked politely.

Well, if you’re wondering why I’m like this to my parents, it’s because I’m still respectful when it comes to them. My respect depends on who you are or how you act in front of me. Moreover, my parents give me what I want by hook or by crook, so I’m also lucky to have them. Yeah, I see it that way. That’s just it but sometimes they don’t have time for me because they’re always busy with their business thingy. I don’t give a damn about that, though. It’s good that we’re eating together now. Sometimes lang kasi ‘to mangyari.

“It’s your Tito Tristan’s birthday, and Allyson wants to bond with you. She said, she missed you.” Tito Tristan is Allyson’s father, and Allyson has been my best friend since before we were fetus.

Actually, there are five of us in the group, and we’re all best friends, the fact that we mostly have a similarity lalo na sa ugali namin, our parents are also friends, from high school until now. And it’s just funny that we’re really following in their footsteps.

“Alright, Dad.” I grabbed a tissue and wiped my mouth.

“What time is the party?” I ask. Of course, so I don’t want to be late, right?

“7:00 pm tomorrow. Wear a casual outfit because there are sure to be a lot of people going there.” Allyson and I—i mean the five of us are also rich, so that’s what happens whenever something has an occasion.

Us? Are we rich? Well, I can afford to buy you nga eh what i mean is buong pagkatao mo. I came from a family of business tycoons. Our family has many businesses, and my parents have already built countless branches.

“I’m done. I’m going first, Mom and Dad.” I kissed them on their cheeks and bid them goodbye.

“Be careful. Study hard,” Dad reminded.

”Of course, Dad,” I replied.

I left the house and immediately went straight to the car. Our family driver opened the door for me, and then he took me to Brixton High University, the school that my bitch friends and I own. Yes, OUR!

20 minutes later and we immediately arrived.

“We’re here, ma’am.” The driver said to me as I was lost in deep thought.

“I’ll text you later when I’m magpasundo na,” I told him which he nodded.

After he left, I walked to school. I immediately noticed that there were no more students in the hallway. I glanced at my wristwatch. Oh, I see. I’m already late. Oh well, do I care? Hawak ko nga oras ko, and I come in whenever I want. Besides, we are the owners of this school, duh. I stopped walking when I heard my cellphone ringing. I pulled it out of my bag and checked who was calling.

Bitch Allyson’s calling…

What does this girl need? I sighed, rolled my eyes, and answered the call.

“Hey, bitch.” I greeted.

“Astrid bitch, where are you?” she said on the other line.

“I’m on my way to my first class, bitch.” I walked again. “Why?” I asked her on the other line.

“Oh, right. Athena, Aphro, and Artemis are here at our hangout. We will wait for you, bitch. Hurry up!” She said, and she immediately dropped the call.

Seriously? Didn’t she hear that I’m on my own in my first class? And how dare she drop me the call?! Ugh!

“That woman is really… argh!” I just shook my head.

I checked my watch again, only to see that our first subject was already coming to an end. I was really late. Alright. Maybe I just won’t attend since it will just be useless. I’ll just catch up on attendance, and the next subject is in a faraway building. My friends who didn’t attend and I want to join them, though, since it’s our first day.

While I was walking, I noticed other students around me looking at me with admiration, especially the men who were just about to drop their saliva while looking at me. And of course, what’s even funnier is that their girlfriends were jealous again. Many of them would break up because of me. Many of them would get angry again. Is it my fault that I’m pretty and they’re not?

That’s right, bitches! Just be jealous of my goddess beauty!

I smirked at that thought.

I stopped walking when a man suddenly appeared in front of me, carrying flowers and cheap chocolate. I raised my beautiful eyebrows and crossed my arms. I looked at him from head to toe. Well, I can say that he’s handsome, but there was something off about him. He was acting a bit soft, and he just seemed to be forced into what he was doing since he was pushed by his friends, that now laughing and cheering him on.

Those jerks na papansin!

“Uhm…hello, Ms. Astrid. Flowers for you.” I rolled my eyes and looked at him while he seemed to be trembling with fear.

That’s right. He should be scared of me.

“In case you don’t know, I don’t like receiving flowers, so if you don’t mind me asking, can you please move out of my way?!” I shouted using the top of my lungs.

They all know that I don’t like receiving flowers because, apart from being too common, it’s like you are being inalayan as if you were dead, tch.

“S-sorry, p-po.”

He was shaking, and he moved to the side. I looked at his friends, who had been laughing at him until now. I thought of something silly to embarrass those jerks who had been shouting and cheering around a while ago, so I didn’t hesitate and immediately took the orange juice from a female student who was about to pass by me and who was shocked immediately after I sprinkled her juice on the jerks who were papansin, causing the people around me to gasp.

“Shit!”

“The Fuck?!”

“Damn, ang lagkit!”

I looked at them with deadly eyes before slowly walking to where they were. I approached them as if I were whispering something to them.

“Next time if you’re going to be a pabida here, that’s not all you’ll get. Is that clear?” I warned them in my coldest tone.

“Y-yes, miss.”

“C-clear, Miss Astrid.”

“O-opo.”

They answered me one after another, almost stammering, while shaking with fear. Scaredy cat, huh?

“They deserve it. They’re so rude, kasi.”

“Tama lang yan sa kanila, mga feeling gwapo, mukha namang impakto.”

“Right, I agree with you, girl.”

I heard the idiots near me whispering. I looked at the man who had blocked me earlier, who was just stunned by what he had witnessed.

“And you!” I pointed at him. “Are you gay, huh? Why don’t you even know how to refuse? Are you that desperate?!” I said with annoyance.

I know it’s too much, but as I said, I don’t fucking care!

“A-ahm…I was just pinag-utosan lang po kasi miss astrid,” he said, stammering while bowing his head.

“Whatever. Next time, don’t ever block my way. Clear?” I said, and he nodded in response with a shiver.

I looked around and noticed that the chismosa had been muttering silently while looking at our direction.

The fuck? Seriously?!

“ALL OF YOU! LEAVE!” I shouted to them, and they immediately obeyed me as well as the men I confronted earlier. Terrible fears running away.

I immediately went into the comfort room to retouch for a while. For Pete’s sake, my day hasn’t started yet, but it’s already stressful.

Ghad! Those bastards, tch. They really shouldn’t show themselves to me again if they want to breathe.

“Hmm, I think I’m good to go.”After I got ready, I immediately fix my things.

I looked at myself in the mirror again and then I went out. But then, I suddenly bumped into someone-no, actuall, the stupid bumped me.

“Ouch! The fuck?!”

“Aray ko..”

We almost said the same thing to this stupid girl I bumped into.

Damn it! Isn’t my day going to get better? It’s getting worse and worse!

“Bitch.” I mumbled in annoyance.

Ugh! I hate this fucking day!