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. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2YKUd3W0b
I feel my cheeks heat up just looking at her. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8a7EdFYVFz
“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. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA94SxOOtJo
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! 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkD5WoQ3b0e
A huge smile appears on her face as she nods excitedly which causes me to smile widely. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3Icq5z0fB
Alright she said yes! 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsR6HBn73KA
“How about this Saturday then? I’ll come pick you up if you want.” 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQWmwYNEFD
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. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6eHO98dSFo
“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. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHOO8xpx1a
A hesitant nod is all I get to which I immediately know the answer. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrWs5gRkc6O
“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. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOLRu55T2P
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. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Ikp4XqVkl
A smile quickly reappears on her face, it’s small but a smile nonetheless. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡriwXD037B3
“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.” 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVF98Yqxax
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. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfaT3pRBNR2
I smile happy that she’s slowly opening up more to me. At least that’s what it feels like to me. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlFwGuiZE1R
About three days later it’s the day I’m supposed to go to the fair with Naomi. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvSvBpoIbw
God damn it! I throw what feels like the tenth outfit I’ve tried on now. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWj7ATwJb7
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. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgb7WSU8ZmF
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! 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYp0EXeu8PM
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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. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVNPs5JBss
I wish it was a date though…227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6en7D3IFs
Shut up me! I’m already freaking out as it is! 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvCZFLNfGj
A knock at my door snaps me out of my rambling. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgIiId44pHa
“Come in!” I yell a little annoyed. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ40dZIRix0H
The door opens and Ivy enters looking at me and the clothes thrown on the floor. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1OhpcwskQ
“Having trouble finding an outfit I see.” A sly smile forms on her face. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ622AACOogt
Leave it to Ivy to be sarcastic whenever I’m in distress. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3YbynbIeJ
“Yes I am thank you for that observation.” I say sarcastically back. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1bQkRet32
“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. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCg2RGwZ6Ot
“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. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1qjSFrOKyc
A small chuckle comes from her. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjG90X0p7YR
“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. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0hrdDYCpr
“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. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYceOxMISny
“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?” 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRBquQaUHbm
I hear Ivy sit on my bed. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJEVaBqsFn
“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. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFxNMGBRyZ
“Thank you! That’s such a huge relief! I wouldn’t have been able to fully enjoy myself!” I feel arms wrap around me. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGUeHWyvf2
“You’re welcome Mei. You’ve finally made a friend. A good friend from the sound of it.” I relax in her embrace smiling. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKPmRXX1A1
“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.” 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYh8bl2gJs3
Ivy stays quiet as she listens. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaATM7W8oRK
“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?227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxSLcTkIp0V
“She sounds really special Mei. I’m happy for you.” 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yKbBN3gId
My smile gets bigger. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡznXcRiztXW
“Yeah, I am too.” 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEGXtOVexSQ
After about 5 more minutes I get back to finding an outfit with Ivy’s help. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxYCnKjWJa
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. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm4wk0uI5dR
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. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflLxfy8cxW
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.227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXsq0WwWNbY
OMG! So lucky! Wish I was at the same school as Mei! 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7PNuPPJnDr
Some posts were funny because they claimed to be friends with me which was not true. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcIDvADlWm
I’M SO LUCKY TO BE FRIENDS WITH MEI! SHE IS SO SWEET AND DOWN TO EARTH! 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOWDqegW5y3
And the comments of that post, well you can guess how people reacted to posts like that. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyylfi3SgFM
Honestly my main reason for looking through these posts was to see if any had Naomi in them. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRH47dcG6f
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. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmoDp2fYCjt
“Mei…Mei!” I snap out of my thoughts, turning off my phone. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgUleNei0n
“Huh…What’s up Ivy?” I give her an apologetic look. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIzuuMoNESW
“We’re here.” She points behind me to which I turn around. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjEeD5feyHS
My eyes widen as I see what looks like a mansion but at the gate there’s a plaque that reads Hope’s orphanage. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfdh9ws0qE
This is Naomi’s home? No wonder she looked worried when I said I’ll pick her up. It all makes sense now. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIeIcAxWZ37
Not knowing what to think I quickly left the car. “I’ll be right back.” 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVOqqu9vWy
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. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLnFY0Fbunc
How long has Naomi been here for? My heart aches just thinking about it. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeokO1zMzBv
Before I know it I’m at the front doors. Nervously I knock, waiting patiently. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ6cpabEz4M
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. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Z9VnAiySR
The door opens revealing a woman who looked like she was in her early to mid thirties. Not quite what I was expecting. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWxOsvIH9q5
She locks eyes with me and gives me a warm smile. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUrnGGPQ6f6
“Hello. Can I help you?” Her voice was soft to the ear and calming at the same time. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUwkWhHcCv
“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. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRrMPlAoJUt
A huge grin forms on the woman’s face. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0BKg3mCWKv
“Oh you must be Mei. Come in please.” She steps aside letting me in then closes the door. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ794Fzuod3m
I quickly text Ivy I might be a while to which she replied no worries with a thumbs up. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfMaGxiZRz
I swear that….227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpirQzFG7Bm
“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. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxEQxi8BK7u
“She talks about me?” I feel my face heat up. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn4JQH0kauQ
“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. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡziyLeZxaM7
The lady chuckles at me. “She's right, you are very cute when flustered.” I swear I feel like steam is radiating from me. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFuJ6mSdeEb
“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. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYiJqliwldK
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.” 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7zc2ua9Rb
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.227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIH18neKncE
““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. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDeBqwcg6ZR
“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. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWneA6rytx
“Do you prefer coffee or tea?” She asks as we’re walking. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwK5Dro0jOq
“Oh um tea please.” 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJMZpd44Tw
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. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVYYCAGu7s
Lucinda explains that I’m a friend of Naomi. They look excited and ask me questions all at the same time. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbmlPPatwJQ
I get a bit overwhelmed but they’re so cute I try my best to answer them. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZkSCjNZ1EK
“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. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKyevTMxNqE
It felt like hours when Naomi came to the kitchen. The moment I saw her I almost fainted from just how cute she looks. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKSUzUcf8M
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. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRLsa7JwAyX
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.227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVtVHAyVoTL
“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. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLSzYWf0pD
“Okay you two don’t you have somewhere to be?” We both look over to Lucinda who’s smiling. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7VPjYGjdN1
“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. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKjGhbl05cI
“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. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhUQmT3lcF
I hold my hand out still blushing like crazy and so is Naomi who takes my hand into hers. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7dOEoFCVm
We both reach the car and I open the door for her following behind her so I’m sitting next to her. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDaaojI9j4P
I don’t realize we’re still holding hands until Ivy says something. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ48MdCY1kSI
“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.” 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7v6zI2OAt
Naomi looks super nervous as she tries to speak but nothing comes out. Her grip on my hand tightens meaning she’s panicking. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJcCoVLPkM
“It’s alright Naomi, Ivy understands your situation so don’t worry.” I explain to her but her grip doesn’t loosen. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXLK6cYm0x
“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. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO2aetDF51s
“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. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIo3eOXFosm
“Don’t you dare.” I glare at her but Naomi nods with a big smile on her face. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5YTNawsIW
I sigh in defeat. This is gonna be a long ride. I gently squeeze Naomi’s hands enjoying the warmth. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOsXpsVLvcr
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. 227Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVVdZZQsl5
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