TRULY YOURS - CHAPTER 14

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It’s been a week since the incident, and it’s like Eleanor had finally lost her enemies, as no one bothered her anymore. Ousen finally felt a little safe for her, though it was still boring without Beatrice. But that will all change today, as Beatrice had promised to resume today.

Eleanor got up earlier than usual because she couldn’t wait to see Trice. She quickly took a bath and changed into her red-print shirt and chinos pants, which she had worn on her first day. That was also the first day she met Beatrice, and since then, it feels as though she couldn’t do without her. Beatrice had become someone dear to her in such a short period, and she had also promised her mom to bring Beatrice over that weekend.

Eleanor rushed out of the lodge in excitement and went straight to the theater, even though she was about an hour early, but she didn’t care. Nothing could ruin her jolly mood that morning. Or so she thought.

“I see you’re early, Queen.” Mr. Styles said the moment he spotted Eleanor in the building.

Eleanor responded with a nod as she ascended the stage.

“That’s perfect, then. Go over these lines today. We made a few changes to the original storyline.” Mr. Styles said, and handed Eleanor the new scripts.

Eleanor creased her brows as she read the new lines. They were to act out two scenes that day. The first meeting of Romeo and Juliet, and then their first kiss scene as well, but prior to the original story where Juliet was expressing her frustration over the feud between their families and her desires to be with Romeo despite the challenges they face, while Romeo was hiding in the shadows at the balcony before revealing himself, in the new script, it got changed to make Romeo have an argument with Rosalina, whom he first believed to be in love with, before setting his eyes on Juliet at the party.

In the argument, Rosalina expresses her frustrations over Romeo’s friendship with Juliet, and Romeo is forced to confess his love for Juliet. At that moment, Juliet walks into the scene, and Romeo makes his point by kissing her before Rosalina to make it all clear to everyone.

“So this is why Beatrice said it was a revised Romeo and Juliet play? It’s like re-creating the original version with their own…” Eleanor paused and went over the scene again, then a realization struck her.

Gavin had the role of Romeo, and Rosalina was none other than Lisa! Which means that Gavin would kiss her on stage in front of everyone, and most especially in front of Lisa!

Eleanor was happy over the fact that she had one week of no drama from Lisa or Salma, and although Gavin had been trying to talk to her ever since, she just decided to avoid them all. She had wanted to talk to Jake, though, but he turned into a different person after that day, and had completely ignored her for days, while other girls swanned around him like bees in a bee hive.

Now that Eleanor was finally getting used to being by herself, Mr. Styles chose the perfect scene to ruin her peace!

“Is there a problem?” Mr. Styles asked when he noticed the look of horror on Eleanor’s face.

“Mr. Styles, is there anyway we could at least change this scene a bit? Maybe you could simply let Romeo kiss Rosalina instead, or just remove the kiss scene completely, or just let Juliet die before that…” Eleanor kept rambling, as she couldn’t even think straight anymore.

If it were before, she would be more than elated to have the kiss scene with Gavin, but things have changed now. She had even ripped off her bucket list to shreds as she no longer fantasized about doing anything anymore. She had made up her mind to focus on herself instead, but Ousen just had its way of making her feel frustrated.

“What’s the problem with the scene? A lot more scenes would be changed from the original, so don’t worry about it. Just put in your best and make me proud.” Mr. Styles said while giving her a pat on the back, and then he walked away.

Ever since Eleanor began acting in the theater, he had warmed up to her and she didn’t see him as someone who is terrifying anymore, but that’s not the point now.

Eleanor’s mind was in chaos!

“I see you’ve seen the new scene.” Eleanor turned around to see Lisa standing with her hand crossed under her chest.

“At least I had one week to myself.” She muttered, but surprisingly, Lisa heard her.

“That’s because I decided not to waste my time on meaningless things.” Lisa said with a smug grin.

“And we’re back to square one.” Eleanor rolled her eyes and was about to walk away, but Lisa blocked her.

“Even if you kiss Gavin, it won’t change anything; just keep that in mind and don’t get your hopes up.” She warned, and Eleanor gritted her teeth.

“What is your problem with me? I’ve tried so hard to get along with you since the first day we met, but all you’ve done is treat me badly. Trice kept telling me that there’s a good side to you, but all I see is just some spoiled rich brat whose parents didn’t give enough attention!” Eleanor yelled, and Lisa widened her eyes in shock.

“I never said I wanted to be friends with you, did I?” She asked after a while.

“Well, then point taken, and if it makes you happy, then I’m not doing this d@mn scene. In fact, you can go ahead and take the lead role, for all I care! I’m so done with all your drama, Lisa, and from now on I won’t hold back.” Eleanor snapped and threw the script at Lisa’s face before walking away.

Lisa just stared at her retreating back, speechless. She never expected Eleanor to be so daring, and that actually impressed her.

“It looks like you finally got a taste of your medicine.” Gavin spoke from behind, and Lisa turned around.

“I guess I pushed her too hard.” She muttered.

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Eleanor stepped out of the theater to get some fresh air, as it felt suffocating inside. She was beginning to rethink her choices from scratch. She came to Ousen to spread her wings, but all Ousen had ever done was try to cut them instead.

The guy she had daydreamed about for five years had done nothing but piss her off for a whole month since she got in.

The girl she admired the most turned out to be nothing more than a thorn in her flesh, and nothing else was working out for her.

Maybe she made a mistake coming to Ousen. Maybe she should just transfer to another school now that it’s still early. It won’t be easy, but she had to try. She couldn’t afford to remain here anymore, as every moment was beginning to seem like torture.

“Why do you have that look on your face? Did something happen?” Eleanor raised her head and creased her brows at the unfamiliar lady before her.

“Who are you?” She asked politely.

“I’m Meghan, and you must be Eleanor.” Meghan replied with a smile, and Eleanor furrowed her brows.

“How did you know my name?” She asked, feeling perplexed.

“I know a lot of things about you, Eleanor, and I think we’re going to be besties.” Meghan beamed, but Eleanor only felt uncertain about her.

She had long, dark hair and a rosy complexion, and she had almost the same aura as Lisa. They were both smoking hot, but for some strange reason, she felt even more thr_@tened by Meghan’s presence than that of Lisa’s.

“Meghan?” Eleanor turned around and saw Gavin stepping out of the theater. He had followed her to talk to her, or more like, try to talk to her again since Eleanor had been avoiding him, but he never thought he’d see Meghan here, not after everything that happened.

“Did you miss me?” Meghan asked instead, with a cheeky smile.

“Look, who decided to show up?” Lisa walked out as well, but her expression wasn’t a welcoming one.

Eleanor recognized that look; it was the same one Lisa had given her when she first got here, and when she turned back to Meghan, she also noticed that Meghan had the same expression, which could only mean that the two were rivals.

“Yes, Mona Lisa. And I’m here to stay.” Meghan responded boldly as the two engaged each other in a glaring competition.

Eleanor didn’t know what to make of the scene before her, but one thing was certain: These two are definitely not going to get along.

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