Chapter 4
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“Hey Naomi, I was wondering…” I look over to her and she stops drawing to look up at me with a curious look in those icy blue eyes. We were on the rooftop enjoying each other’s company for lunch as always. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvovb9Q0Opr
I feel my cheeks heat up just looking at her. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQYTv6C7QC
“W-We never see each other outside of school other than texting and the occasional phone calls so I was just wondering if you wanted to…I don’t know maybe hang out if you want to? I heard from the other students that there's a fair and was maybe hoping you’d come with me?” I nervously finished the last part not sure of how she’d respond. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYeXS2bh0WA
Why am I so nervous? I feel my cheeks heat up even more and my heart beats faster. It’s not like I’m asking her out! 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPwu1e10hL
A huge smile appears on her face as she nods excitedly which causes me to smile widely. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Qml8Ex0KM
Alright she said yes! 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5JAXBoZXA
“How about this Saturday then? I’ll come pick you up if you want.” 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJIHOMgqBn
As quickly that smile appeared it disappeared just like that. She looks away as if fighting with herself. Her eyes closed tightly and her fists clenched tightly as well. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm48RlrElR8
“N-Naomi?” I gently try to coax her to hopefully snap her out of it. Thankfully her eyes slowly open, glancing at me with fear but something else I couldn’t figure out. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKYYVK3ZqL
A hesitant nod is all I get to which I immediately know the answer. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0uY6zCrNOy
“O-Okay, are you sure? We can meet up somewhere if you want?” I wonder why she’s scared of me seeing where she lives. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykSsH0TUMq
I get a no from her shaking her head. Icy blue eyes stare into my emerald ones almost like she’s telling me she trusts me. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhyFXcKGBk
A smile quickly reappears on her face, it’s small but a smile nonetheless. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9zpfqFWZQW
“Alright I’ll pick you up then, um text me your address later and I’ll pick you up. Oh I hope you don’t mind that I’ll be wearing a disguise for obvious reasons. Also bodyguards watching over us from a distance of course. I figured I’d let you know ahead of time so you don’t feel overwhelmed or anything later.” 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1E9GYuoIm
My body goes stiff as her hand goes on mine. Again without saying anything, just those icy blue eyes staring into mine, she gives me her answer. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfvBPpvYEb
I smile happy that she’s slowly opening up more to me. At least that’s what it feels like to me. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5xqcyAUo2
About three days later it’s the day I’m supposed to go to the fair with Naomi. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9nayDU1Ps
God damn it! I throw what feels like the tenth outfit I’ve tried on now. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzj0RgYq4Pu
Sometimes I wish I had a personal stylist to choose my outfits for me but sadly I don’t. Only for concerts and other idol related events. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeXaXWkzXiY
Thankfully it was still early in the morning so I had a bit of time till I had to pick up Naomi. But I still haven’t been able to pick out an outfit and I still had to shower, do my hair, makeup, and make sure I look good overall! 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctyps8WMxv
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Is this considered a date? I feel my face heat up and my heart race. I asked her on a date didn’t I? Wait but does she think this is a date? I mean we’re both girls so it’s normal so it fine. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGC9BZXSdUP
I wish it was a date though…316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6Gf2KIqN3
Shut up me! I’m already freaking out as it is! 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7dIdQK6Dt
A knock at my door snaps me out of my rambling. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIKEfX8i62
“Come in!” I yell a little annoyed. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZthZ1FT7Jo
The door opens and Ivy enters looking at me and the clothes thrown on the floor. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJWLFEZZTl
“Having trouble finding an outfit I see.” A sly smile forms on her face. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhpP6jR51y
Leave it to Ivy to be sarcastic whenever I’m in distress. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8JbDffhSH
“Yes I am thank you for that observation.” I say sarcastically back. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmtwBOfbsJp
“Well I wanted to talk to you about your little date.” I swear she just loves to poke fun at me from time to time huh. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9zjuwzSaPi
“It’s not a date! It’s just two friends going out to have fun, that's all.” I can feel my face heat up. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4mITa0jPLZ
A small chuckle comes from her. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeopiEZvs7w
“Really now? Because that’s not what your face is saying. Mei I know you like the back of my hand ....” I ignore her as I go back to finding an outfit or at least try to. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4HcJrnIXcl
“She's all you talk about, you text her pretty much every day and you’ve been writing new songs all about being in love. I’d say you have it really bad. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpgtlQIsK6
“I-I don’t know what you're talking about.” I just stare at the floor flustered. “A-Anyway what did you want to talk about?” 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNgnvYZ5ZH
I hear Ivy sit on my bed. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWx9JZ6AzS
“Firstly I talked with the company and convinced them that you won’t need any guards. Right now you just need to enjoy yourself. Secondly I’ll be taking you. I want to meet the girl who has you so infatuated.” A huge smile appears on my face. I jump on Ivy hugging her. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJ3UT3Gyyg
“Thank you! That’s such a huge relief! I wouldn’t have been able to fully enjoy myself!” I feel arms wrap around me. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmQQ2Ay6Jm
“You’re welcome Mei. You’ve finally made a friend. A good friend from the sound of it.” I relax in her embrace smiling. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8O6aGyalQ
“Yeah she’s amazing. She doesn’t care about me being an idol or the attention I get. She’s really shy so it’s kind of hard to talk with her but that’s fine with me. And I feel like she’s slowly opening up to me. You’ll love her, the only thing I’m worried about is overwhelming her by introducing her to someone important to me.” 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGykCSx2bfz
Ivy stays quiet as she listens. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKFa3h6mEq
“I can’t help but want to protect her. She’s fragile, really fragile and I hate to see her in pain. I want to brighten her world and be there for her.” My face heats up just by talking about her. Man I really have it bad huh?316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAdkrITlae
“She sounds really special Mei. I’m happy for you.” 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3dxAroAJB
My smile gets bigger. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4LZkt3LAPI
“Yeah, I am too.” 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVcWUR2mZy
After about 5 more minutes I get back to finding an outfit with Ivy’s help. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1nJBR4RSJj
This time I was able to find a cute outfit. Well Ivy chose it actually, it was a red wine colored batwing long sleeve scoop neck top with black skinny jeans with a heart shaped necklace to compliment it. For the shoes she chose black boots and put light makeup on me since I don’t really like heavy makeup on me. And for my disguise I chose a brown wig that’s about the same length as my hair along with brown contacts. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczfbRd6qqx
About an hour later we were both in the car to pick up Naomi. I put her address into the google maps and it was about a 35 minute drive. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYNBY3ukqy
On the way I was browsing through social media and saw a bunch of photos of me at school. I decided to read some of the comments.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv0q7Faimtk
OMG! So lucky! Wish I was at the same school as Mei! 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpn7B9Yl038
Some posts were funny because they claimed to be friends with me which was not true. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatixgvd2xZ
I’M SO LUCKY TO BE FRIENDS WITH MEI! SHE IS SO SWEET AND DOWN TO EARTH! 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ00ad2E21y
And the comments of that post, well you can guess how people reacted to posts like that. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzF7qYj4Y7W
Honestly my main reason for looking through these posts was to see if any had Naomi in them. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDngF6yvNBn
A couple had her in them but luckily none had only both of us in them. Not that I’m ashamed or embarrassed to be seen with her but I don’t want her getting bullied any more than she was before she met me or rumors to spread. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8jYXACtAb
“Mei…Mei!” I snap out of my thoughts, turning off my phone. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTxx85DCFg
“Huh…What’s up Ivy?” I give her an apologetic look. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU51CSPBN7y
“We’re here.” She points behind me to which I turn around. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeuXA9vXU9Y
My eyes widen as I see what looks like a mansion but at the gate there’s a plaque that reads Hope’s orphanage. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvOBMHmyKKS
This is Naomi’s home? No wonder she looked worried when I said I’ll pick her up. It all makes sense now. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3E6pLJPah
Not knowing what to think I quickly left the car. “I’ll be right back.” 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgv6zEsGKy
Slowly walking up to the front door just looking around it all looks well taken care of. I look back towards the entrance to look at the area outside and it’s well within city limits. The area is nice and it’s not in the middle of nowhere. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxemh8ioyZ
How long has Naomi been here for? My heart aches just thinking about it. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo08fbNTQQH
Before I know it I’m at the front doors. Nervously I knock, waiting patiently. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjXk9RTlND
I hear children running around and playing behind the doors. I then hear a woman’s voice telling them to go play in the living room. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkf5UO7aAUX
The door opens revealing a woman who looked like she was in her early to mid thirties. Not quite what I was expecting. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0McOwhnYc2
She locks eyes with me and gives me a warm smile. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNATrlYIBi
“Hello. Can I help you?” Her voice was soft to the ear and calming at the same time. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPaNyWQbv8
“Y-Yes…um I’m Mei, Naomi’s friend from school. We made plans to go to the fair and I told her I’ll pick her up.” My heart is racing, hopefully she can’t hear it. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZs46v9Pvl
A huge grin forms on the woman’s face. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIErxv1sAIA
“Oh you must be Mei. Come in please.” She steps aside letting me in then closes the door. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHk2RJJzdW0
I quickly text Ivy I might be a while to which she replied no worries with a thumbs up. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡor4no9qcBA
I swear that….316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5TZVbsQEVF
“Naomi speaks about you a lot. She says you're her first friend and I want to thank you for being friends with her.” The woman snapped me out of my thoughts and I quickly listened. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4q9MmND28o
“She talks about me?” I feel my face heat up. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGW5mByRzPT
“I’m touched honestly. She’s my first friend too so I owe her a lot. Wait, you said she talks about me a lot but she barely talks at school and it’s barely audible. Not that there’s anything wrong but just….” I'm so nervous I can’t even speak. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAE7rX4zZ9s
The lady chuckles at me. “She's right, you are very cute when flustered.” I swear I feel like steam is radiating from me. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG6EuGZTosL
“But you are correct she barely speaks and is very quiet. She writes down what she says when I talk to her or resorts to sign language.” I'm shocked, Naomi never told me she knows sign language. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnsctiJ61p
As if she reads my mind she explains herself. “Not a lot of people know sign language so Naomi probably assumed you didn’t and just didn’t bother telling you as she felt it wasn’t necessary.” 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3h6kQFkry
That makes sense, it’s true that I don’t know sign language. But still…No it’s fine it just means she was thinking about me in a sense.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgwL7IYyc3
““Oh where are my manners, my name is Lucinda Lockheart. I’m the headmaster here and yes I know I’m young but this is a family orphanage so my parents want me to take over. I don’t mind since I love taking care of those in need. Plus these kids and teens need someone who genuinely cares about them.” So she’s technically Naomi’s guardian, she sort of reminds me of Ivy a little. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIlkj0jLbpa
“Oh Naomi is still getting ready but she’ll be ready in a minute or two. Come why don’t we have a seat in the kitchen.” She directs me to the kitchen. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPZGvAzggm
“Do you prefer coffee or tea?” She asks as we’re walking. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVwe0BNuJKV
“Oh um tea please.” 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxhpGWyOMs8
She just nods. I feel the other kids staring at me wondering who I am. A couple of the younger ones run up to me and ask who I am. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmq2ldFHAG
Lucinda explains that I’m a friend of Naomi. They look excited and ask me questions all at the same time. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYklWtxa9Wv
I get a bit overwhelmed but they’re so cute I try my best to answer them. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPA26MM8z4G
“Alright children, why don’t we continue in the kitchen so this lovely young lady can sit and get comfortable.” Lucinda saves me as all of them stop and run to the kitchen dragging me. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQMivub7Ol
It felt like hours when Naomi came to the kitchen. The moment I saw her I almost fainted from just how cute she looks. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMNEnFBHVnS
She was wearing a black and white striped sweater tucked into a black skirt with matching knee high black socks and black ankle boots with a crest moon buckle on them. She also had a black bow in her hair. I could feel a nose bleed coming as I saw her creamy white thighs. I look up to see her wearing lipstick and some makeup. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQOAWf5jWlb
Overall she really looked like a real life porcelain doll. So cute yet so cute and innocent almost like if I touched her she’d break. Her blushing wasn’t making it any better in fact it just made her go into cuteness overload.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe5klQNTJTB
“H-H-Hey N-Naomi. Y-You l-l-look a-absolutely adorable. I l-love your o-outfit.” My face matches hers as I’m blushing like crazy. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgXISZasQg
“Okay you two don’t you have somewhere to be?” We both look over to Lucinda who’s smiling. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Um8rTtsVT
“R-Right. Um thank you Lucinda for the tea and it was nice meeting you and the children.” I get up walking over to Naomi who’s still blushing. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxGoUhARNc0
“You’re welcome sweetheart. You’re welcome back anytime so don’t hesitate.” Smiling, I give her one last thank you and walk out with Naomi. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Jt9JDtSDO
I hold my hand out still blushing like crazy and so is Naomi who takes my hand into hers. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1zDsuyhhZ8
We both reach the car and I open the door for her following behind her so I’m sitting next to her. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWO24bBoREJ
I don’t realize we’re still holding hands until Ivy says something. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52DHobOOYO
“So this is the famous Naomi I hear so much about. It’s nice to finally meet you. I’m Ivy, Mei’s manager and guardian.” 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSgNd09x4U
Naomi looks super nervous as she tries to speak but nothing comes out. Her grip on my hand tightens meaning she’s panicking. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo56t1LasVb
“It’s alright Naomi, Ivy understands your situation so don’t worry.” I explain to her but her grip doesn’t loosen. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3l49hhwscd
“Naomi, it's okay. Like Mei said, you don’t have to worry, I understand, so you don’t have to force yourself.” With that Naomi calms down and nods giving a small smile. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgleSdAeFTA
“How about to make you feel feel better and relax I'll tell you as many embarrassing stories about Mei as I can.” My eyes widen and jaw drops. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDR2u4P29nV
“Don’t you dare.” I glare at her but Naomi nods with a big smile on her face. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqs48I15uDF
I sigh in defeat. This is gonna be a long ride. I gently squeeze Naomi’s hands enjoying the warmth. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9w3JMrUV12
But it’s worth it. A huge smile forms and my heart soars as I see my Angel smiling and laughing. Yup, totally worth it. 316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGf7obBkUI
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