She was staring at her reflection while wearing a red blended with black toga, her mother appeared from her back and smiled.
"Congratulations, sweetheart," Her mother, Alona, spoke and kissed her cheek.
It was finally her graduation and no one can measure her happiness thinking about the fact that she will finally ask her to court her formally. To ask Irene to be with her.
"Thanks, mom! Where's dad?" She asked and turned around dusting the fabric of her attire.
"Checking the car before we leave, I'll just get Paulo and then we will heading out, okay?" the girl nodded, her mother left her room.
A ting from her phone got her attention, it was a text message from Irene congratulating her. Her lips almost expand from ear to ear by just reading it. She didn't bother to text back as she was excited to see her there.
After half an hour, they finally reached the parking lot of the university. She saw her friends walking through their direction, Cath and Maggie greeted her parents and next to her.
"Congratulations to us!" The three of them made a group hug and jump a little in enjoyment. They went on their designated seat as the ceremony is about to start.
She was there in stage wearing her red fitted dress above the knee revealing her fine curves, her hair is neatly comb to the side of her head and her elegant eye glasses sitting pretty at the center of her pointed nose.
"I would lie to myself if I don't admit that Ms. Marcos is quite attractive," says the man behind her. She rolled her eyes in complete annoyance about what she heard. It's not that it isn't true, but the fact that there was someone-- a man who's admiring her woman. Unlucky them, she's someone's property already--well not yet, but still.
As soon as her name got mentioned by the person in the stage everyone clapped their hands and her mother escorted her up.
Her eyes focused only to the woman standing and waiting for her to come to give her a diploma and awards. She's a board of director of the school for your information. A knowing smile plastered on their lips while all the people inside the event hall, except to her friends, are unaware of what's going on between the two.
The woman shake a hand with Alona and helped her wear the medals in her head. After that they pose for a picture, Irene's arm was on Ariella's upper back and she softly squeezed it.
"Congratulations.." She softly whispered to her ear causing the girl to tingles secretly, "thank you, ma'am "
It went smoothly until the last part of an event. She tried look for the woman but she was nowhere to be found.
"Mom, I'll be back may hahanapin lang po ako," the girl excused herself and made it to the second floor of the building. The hallways were empty, only the clicking sound of her heels was heard. She saw a two figure at the boundary of the dimly corridor. It was her with someone she couldn't figure out as the taller one leaving the woman behind, she didn't even see the man's face.
"Who is he?" says the girl. Irene turned around seeing the slender girl with the confusion all over her face.
"None. He was nothing," the woman tried to hide the frustration and perplexity beneath her words but the girl didn't leave it unnoticed.
"I said who is he? He did something to you ba?" Ariella insisted but it is just made the woman scowled, "I said nothing. Let's get back there at the hall," says the tall woman and walked past by her. Ariella saw the dark aura dominated on her eyes, the eyes she could still remember by the first time she saw them. It frighten her, she have never seen her like that before.
"Are you just gonna stand there?" Her voice awaken her senses.
She followed her until they reach the hall and they quietly went on Ariella's parents. The woman smiled at them as if nothing strange just happened, it confuses the girl. She wants to know who and what is the purpose of that man.
"If you're not busy after this, Ms. Marcos, I would like to invite you sana to our simple dinner celebration of Ariella's graduation," Alona started and the woman genuinely nodded, " Of course! I would like to come," she said and steal a glance from the girl who is silently standing at the side of her father.
"That's great! And oh, Ariella told us you are living in the same village as ours so it'll so much greater!" The two older women chuckled as they continued to chitchat. Irene swiftly look at her, their eyes met but the young girl cut it off by excusing herself. She feels odd.
Ariella went to her friends and bid goodbye and tell them sorry for not coming with them to celebrate.
"Anokaba, it's totally fine with us! Don't think na sasama ang loob namin sa'yo pero parang ganun na nga," Catherine received a playful punch from her.
"I will make bawi, I promise," she tightly smiled and the two of them just smiled back for assurance that it is okay whether she come to them or not.
It was already 8:17 p.m. when the maids and her mother finished cooking their dinner. Her father, Joey was busy talking to other guests that they have invited. The two of them was alone at the veranda, the woman elegantly sipping her wine while the girl just standing looking at her.
"I am sorry about earlier," Irene started, and carefully put down her glass wine at the glass table. She gently pulled the young girl's arms and locked her with hers, not minding if there's someone might see them. Ariella could feel the warmth of her body against her,it is somehow ease her nerves after the tension back there at school.
" I promise I won't do that again," she uttered and tighten her grip to the woman. The scents of a girl lures her, maybe because of the wine she already consumed. Ariella was loving her position as she could feel the woman's pair of firm busts.
"You want to come by at my house? I have something for you," says Irene and the girl look up only to see her reddish face 'cause of the alcohol she take.
"And what is it?" the woman only smirk, " you'll see," she chuckled and let go of the girl. Ariella pouted as she don't want to cut the hug yet.
"They might see us.." Irene shook her head and took a sip on her wine leaving her lipstick stain on it. On the other hand, Ariella find it attractive.
"You want-- wait are you allowed to drink alcohol?" the older woman asked, she nodded, "yes, it looks delicious," she innocently smiled and step closer.
"Want to have a taste?" without a warning, the woman brushed her lips against the girl and let Ariella to taste the wine by letting the girl's tongue inside her warm mouth. Ariella pinned her on the wall and aggressively kissed the woman, it surprised her and enjoying the fact that the girl is being wild. She couldn't hold her soft low moan when Ariella's hand caress her inner thigh causing her back to curved.
The young girl was so lost that she forgot they are in the veranda, thankfully, their front yard was dim and it's hard to see them there. The girl's wet kisses made it more fiery. She lifted the woman's right leg and stroke it, her lips traveled down on her neck and plants a small kisses.
"Ariella.." Irene called out when she heard a footsteps coming through their position.
"Hmm.." the girl hummed, still lost underneath Irene's neck.
"I think someone's coming,"it was hard for the woman to take her attention so she stopped her by pulling out to Ariella's hands around her waist.
"Ate?" A tiny voice was heard and a little figure finally show up at the veranda, "it was just Paulo," Ariella wipe the smudge lipstick on Irene's lips and couldn't avoid to smirk.
"That was hot, you're so hot," She smiled, leaving the woman behind breathlessly.
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To be continued...
