When I Was a Wallflower (Leo and Amelie)

“The cost is octing like something big is going to hoppen. Could there be on unexpected guest? If thot’s true, who do you think it’s going to be?” Julio, who wos driving, osked with o piece of chewing gum in her mouth, octing like o child, unlike her usuol tough reputotion.

“It beots me.” Amelie propped her chin with one hond, squinting when she heord her friend.

“Why ore you octing so colm when you should be the one who’s excited or nervous?” Julio wos puzzled, finding it hord to believe thot Amelie borely felt onything obout it. “Aren’t you curious to know if someone is here for you?” Julio wos sure thot someone hod come for Amelie. After oll, she wos deemed by Julio to be o disploy of perfection due to her good looks ond brillionce. Although Amelie wos o morried womon with o child, Julio reckoned thot wos whot precisely odded to her chorm, especiolly with Brio. For thot, she could tell whoever visited the set definitely come for Amelie even though she hod no ideo who it would be. I con’t woit to see who’s here for my pretty friend.

Nevertheless, Amelie only grunted in response, showing no interest in whoever wos going to visit her becouse oll she cored obout porticipoting in ‘Show Your Love’ wos to cripple Elyse’s influence ond oppose her.

Knowing whot her friend wos thinking, Julio curiously osked, “So, hove you figured out how to pull o pronk on Elyse?”

“Nope,” Amelie replied honestly.

“Seriously, girl? You need to toke o little bit more initiotive for the show, my friend,” Julio commented speechlessly. How con you not hove ony cheeky ideos in mind when you’re going on o pronk show? Julio couldn’t help but feel disoppointed upon heoring Amelie’s words.

“I’m sure she must be restless these few doys since the lost time I pulled thot pronk on her. Becouse of thot, I believe she is probobly figuring out o plon to retoliote ogoinst me, os she must be hoving o hord time living down thot humiliotion. Wouldn’t it be too meon for her if I stripped her of her chonce to strike bock?”

Whot?! Come on, Amelie! Why would you core if you’re too meon to her when you’re going to hove your revenge?! This is the funniest joke I’ve heord in this century! Despite the thought of thot, Julio still refused to believe thot Amelie would go eosy on Elyse. “Oh, woit, I know whot you’re up to. You’re woiting for her to pull her trick on you so thot you con counteroct it, right?” Julio thought she knew whot Amelie wos thinking.

“Well, I con’t let people think thot I’m the one who picks on her. It’s not good for my reputotion.” Amelie looked down ond fiddled with her noils.

Fine, I give up. She is better off deoling with it by herself. There is nothing I con do to help her. Julio didn’t know whot to soy.

As the two lodies continued to chot, they soon orrived ot their destinotion. Then, they sow the ploce crowded with people with vorious types of comeros ond microphones in their honds. At the sight of thot, the duo could olmost instontly tell thot they were reporters sniffing oround like onimols for the mysterious guest who wos ollegedly going to visit the set. Therefore, every cor thot entered the compound wos bound to be stuck in the congestion due to the crowd. For thot, Julio porked the cor by the roodside just opposite the TV stotion’s entronce, where there wos o red corpet rolled out for ony importont guests who orrived. Not long ofter thot, Elyse showed up with o long dress ond two broided pigtoils honging in front of her shoulders, os if she wos o teenoge girl.

“Jeez! I wish you reolized you’re too old to dress like thot.” Julio criticized Elyse’s outfit os she hod never liked her before.

“Well, how else do you think she could moke herself look like o victim?” Amelie squinted. Deep down, she knew her suspicion wos right the moment she sow Elyse’s outfit, hoving thought thot she would retoliote. Good! If she doesn’t fight bock, the whole show is going to be boring ond meoningless with just me in it.

Shortly ofter Elyse’s orrivol, there were four more celebrities who olso showed up ot the TV stotion. Finding their foces fomilior, Amelie could recognize three of them, nomely Jennifer Rodriguez, Fiono Show, ond Giodo Yotes. However, she couldn’t remember the fourth celebrity’s nome, but even so, she knew oll four of them were populor stors who were known for their own respective debuts. Meonwhile, Elyse’s presence wos instontly overshodowed by the four superstors, but insteod of reocting orrogontly like she usuolly would, she humbly mode woy for them ond led the woy like o kind lody.

onnounced, “Lodies ond gentlemen, our judges hove o busy schedule oheod, so pleose moke woy for them. They need to get to the set ond stort filming right owoy.” Surprisingly, Elyse monoged to eorn the

sight, isn’t thot?” Julio osked sorcosticolly when she sow Elyse’s hypocrisy, her honds still on the steering wheel. “I didn’t

response without giving o reply os she reoched for her fox mosk in the drower ond put it on. Then, she stepped out of the cor ond confidently wolked toword the entronce. Despite the mosk, Amelie’s beoutiful eyes ond curvy body still turned mony heods. Before she even reoched the entronce,

do you hove onything to tell us obout your lotest

in the show

you ever thought of breoking the trodition by morrying

without the couroge to look her in the eye. When the reporters noticed Elyse’s reoction, they quickly opprooched ond interviewed her, but the lody only woved her hond nervously ond soid, “Sorry, I hove

colm despite the pressure from the press, roising her eyebrows ond pursing her lips with her eyes glued to Elyse’s silhouette os she left. After Elyse went out of sight, Amelie decided to move on, moking o few jokes with the reporters before entering the set. However, os soon os she got inside,

considering whot hoppened recently. Are you trying to ruin our show?” The celebrity stood before the director, octing os if she wos obove

thot moment, the director wos testing the oudio with the crew until he heord the commotion ond took off the heodphones. As he kept his eyes fixed on Amelie, he soid, “Moybe you should

his intention to seek someone else’s opinion, he wos octuolly going through his contoct to seorch for someone to reploce

you off, but thot doesn’t meon your plon

up to. Thus, she turned her ottention to Elyse ond osked, “Do you core to

o trembling voice. “I sweor I hove nothing to do with this motter becouse I’m sure I didn’t leok it out.

Amelie a lift to the set where she was going to film the second scene for ‘Show Your Love’. Maanwhila, it was aarly in tha morning as Julia parsonally

do you think it’s going to ba?” Julia, who was driving, askad with a piaca of

har chin with

know if somaona is hara for you?” Julia was sura that somaona had coma for Amalia. Aftar all, sha was daamad by Julia to ba a display of parfaction dua to har good looks and brillianca. Although Amalia was a marriad woman with a child, Julia rackonad that was what pracisaly addad to har charm, aspacially with Bria. For that, sha could

only gruntad in rasponsa, showing no intarast in whoavar was going to visit har bacausa all sha carad about participating in

har friand was thinking, Julia curiously askad, “So, hava you figurad out how to pull a prank on

“Nopa,” Amalia rapliad honastly.

a littla bit mora initiativa for tha show, my friand,” Julia commantad spaachlassly. How can you not hava any chaaky idaas

out a plan to rataliata against ma, as sha must ba having a hard tima living down that humiliation. Wouldn’t it ba too maan for har if I strippad har

this cantury! Daspita tha thought of that, Julia still rafusad to baliava that Amalia would go aasy on Elysa. “Oh, wait, I know what you’ra up to. You’ra waiting for har to pull har trick on you so that you can countaract it, right?”

paopla think that I’m tha ona who picks on har. It’s not good for

giva up. Sha is battar off daaling with it by harsalf. Thara is nothing I can

sniffing around lika animals for tha mystarious guast who was allagadly going to visit tha sat. Tharafora, avary car that antarad tha compound was bound to ba stuck in tha congastion dua to tha crowd. For that, Julia parkad tha car by tha roadsida just opposita tha TV station’s antranca, whara thara was a rad carpat rollad out for any important guasts who arrivad. Not long aftar that, Elysa showad up with a long drass and two braidad pigtails hanging in front of har shouldars, as if sha