"whose this..?" Zach texted back smiling to himself

"haha" reply from beauty

"okay 'haha'...watchu wanna ask me.."

"can we meet in person...plz.." reply from beauty

Yes. Of course. I'd love to. Those were the replies Zach wanted to write. ...but "You're place or mine?" he wrote with the smiley face.

"Entrance foyer..in 5 mins?" reply from beauty

"k" Zach texted back getting up from his king sized bed.

While walking he stared at the strange scene on his screen. Leila was running frantically around in her room, she opened her collection of clothes she had received from Clifford, she kept flinging clothes from the wardrobe, except she was flinging all the sexy designer dresses...and kept staring at the gym clothes.

She then tried the gym clothes and then tried to put the dresses over the gym trousers. She then kept turning backwards in the mirror as though looking for something. Zach stared in awe at the absurd behaviour snickering to himself, he was already at the entrance leaning on the steel railings.

"Master Williams !" zach stared up, "Oh hi Clifford," he said distracted, still staring at his cell phone.

"Is there something I can get you ?" Clifford asked cautiously. "No..no ..there isn't .." Zach replied

"er..is there any reason you are standing here" Clifford asked puzzled. Zach sighed "Clifford this is my house, I can stand anywhere I want.."

"You most certainly can young master.." Clifford said bowing down his head

"Goodnight Clifford.." Zach said without looking up from his phone,

"Goodnight young Master Williams.." Clifford said smiling to himself.

Zach was thoroughly enjoying his new entertainment, Leila decided to wear an ensemble of some very strange layers of clothes. She was on her way down to the entrance. After what felt like forever, finally she arrived.

"Hi.." She said awkwardly looking at Zach "you came.." there was a hint of surprise.

Zach raised his eyebrows, "so ..what was so urgent that you needed to see me right now?" he asked

"er...th-th-the th-th-thing is.......... I really need s-s-s-something.." she stuttered.

She needed something, and she turned to him...hmm...now why does the thought of that feel so good....?

"yes..?" he answered curiously

"uhm...I r-r-r-eally need that...thing...you know...th-the on-one wi-with th-the...........wings....?" she said while blushing profusely.

Zach stared at her , she made no sense at all.

The thing with the wings?!

"Do you want me to get you an Airplane....?" he asked "you could have just texted that you know.." he finished

"Noooo... !" Leila said, she was starting to do that strange pacing again, the one he had seen her do in her room, she turned to look at him, her face was desperately red , she gently placed her hands on his shoulders. Zach felt an adrenaline rush through his body at her light touch, he gasped in air shortly

"You...you're not und-understanding mee..." she said desperately, her beautiful brown eyes wide staring at Zach as though he was missing something obvious

Zach could feel her body heat on him, with her standing so close to him, it was difficult for him to concentrate.

"you're not making any sense...what do you want with wings...should I get you some birds?" he asked again, and although she always assumed he was joking, he was being dead serious.

"noo....noo..not birds...I ..just ...got ..."

"you just got -?" zach said, trying to make sense of her blabbering. Leila closed her eyes, as though trying to calm herself down, Zach stared her strange behaviour, absolutely mesmerized.

"I just got that thing..." she said, again, staring at zach as though he was missing something

"thing.....what thing ? or you want chicken wings..?"

"m-m-m-my ..."

"yes your ...?"

"p-p-p-periods.." she said the last part her face looking so hot as though it would burst out in flames.

Oh. ..............A big OH.

Zach stared at her. All of a sudden her behaviour made sense now. Why had he not thought of that. She was a healthy teenage girl, she was bound to have her periods.

Of all the experiences and exposure his privileged life had to offer him, he had to say he had never been exposed to periods before.

Zach had never ever felt the need to be shy in his entire life, but all of a sudden..if possible he felt more awkward then her.

"oh..oh ok..ok..you're p-" he finished awkwardly..he couldn't say the word out loud

"periods..yes.." Leila said

"Uhm..okay..so what do we do about it..I mean not we.. as in you and me..but like you ...what do you want to do.." okay, that's idiotic,you're blabbering just like she was Zach said to himself.

"I need to get pads...with wings..." she said silently,

"oh ..........pads with wings.." he said mysteriously, he had absolutely no idea what that meant. WTF is pads with wings.

He took out his phone, about to ring his secretary, when he felt her small hands quickly rushing to his phone

"No..don't please !" she said, looking aghast

"I was just about to get you pads with wings.." he said as though that should have been obvious to her

"Can you not do that please...I don't want your staff finding out..." she replied.

Zach stared at her face, trying to read her expression, there it was again the look of humiliation...the things girls have to go through...to be honest, he had never spared a thought to periods in his life.

"o-okay..okay cool...let's just drive out..." he said, he took his phone deliberately "I'm just asking our driver to get a car out here in the front for me.." he said cautiously, Leila nodded her head

" Hi Timothy, can you get out a car for me by the front now please..." he said ...he rolled his eyes "any colour, any type..just pick one..i need it now..at the front..." he said before ending his call.

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Zach couldn't believe he had actually agreed to doing this...he was inside of the store buying pads himself ! After assuring Leila there was nothing on "the back" of her gym clothes (whatever that was supposed to mean ?!), she turned red like a tomato, and decided to stay in the car.

When he asked her why..she simply replied "I just sneezed.." Like okay, how was that an explanation? Women...urgh...he will never understand them.

He walked down the aisle, and stared up in confusion..there were all different types of designs on the packaging, he couldn't make out which one was the 'right one'.

"hi there..is there anything I can help you with.." a lady came, dressed in a blue blazer with the stores logo on it. Great ...an audience...just what he needed. Zach looked around strangely well it's now or never boy "I need to buy pads....with wings.." he said robotically

Her eyebrows went up in surprise "Oh ...I see.." she said smiling.

"what size ?" she asked , as she started walking down the aisle, with Zach following behind her

"What ..?" Zach said, shocked

"what size would you like.." she repeated again more slowly. Okay . crap. He doesn't even know what the heck that means,

"When you say size.....you are referring to.....?" he said , his voice trailing off...does the same principle apply for women like it does for men when you talk about size?

"I meant..heavy flow, medium flow..light flow.." she said staring at him, her other colleagues were starting to pay attention to their conversation now, giggling and whispering to each other.

What-the-freaking-heck-does-heavy-to-medium-flow-mean ! Zach thought to himself

"er hold on..just one sec" he said whipping out his phone, dialing beauty's number

"yeah..the lady at the store wants to know what size..." he said waiting for Leila's answer, it was as though he could almost hear Leila cringe...she murmured silently into the phone

"she said heavy flow" he reverted back to the helper

"scented or unscented?" the lady asked smiling again at him, Zach's eyes popped up "Hold up..er...scented or unscented..." he asked. The lady was still beaming up at him "okay cool...I'll be out in a second.." he said putting his phone down. "she said scented.."

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'You're ashamed of me..' Alicia read the text , and each word hurt her. Hurt her because it was true, and also hurt her because she was going to lie and deny it.

No, I'm not. You're just being silly. You know what Royal High is like. We can't go public yet. She replied quickly, hoping against hope he would buy it.

You're lying. I know you're ashamed of me. But unlike you..I don't care what people have to say. I would show you off to the world any day. Text message from Mr Happy face.

She sighed, they had been going back and forth on this topic for 2 years now. He, her Mr Happy face wanted to end the game of pretense at school, he wanted to stop acting like they don't know each other, pretending like they've never spoken two words to each other. But Alicia just wasn't prepared for the repercussions just yet...not just the one's she would face at school, but especially the ones at home.

I told you what would happen if we went public. My Parent's would send me off to the furthest boarding school and make sure I would never hear from you ever again. She replied back. Not seeing him again, just the thought of it alone, made her miserable.

One day..I'm going to come up to you in the cafeteria, and kiss you. Passionately....wildly ...and In front of everyone... Text message from Mr Happy face.

I would literally have to kill you !!! She responded. This wasn't the first time Mr Happy face had made such threats to her, at one point she almost half hoped he would do it. He didn't like to pretend, but neither did she. What he didn't understand was that, having to pretend like he doesn't exist was hard on her too. Not to mention hearing all the horrible things that Pearl and Oliya continuously would say....it wasn't easy for her at all.

Night night my happy face...can't wait to see you at school Monday. She replied

Yeah can't wait to see you too so that we can ignore each other all day. Mr Happy face replied. She sent him a kiss emoji. Closing her eyes smiling to herself. Her Mr Happy face. She called him that, because he was always happy whenever he saw her...she asked him one day why he was always so happy and he said "It's quite simple..you make me happy whenever I see you. You think I would have stuck around at this crap school and suffered all this abuse just for a mere high school certificate ? You're the only reason why I'm still here at Royal High.."

She had never met someone so warm and genuine like him. In fact growing up, she thought the relationship that her parents had was normal. The lack of affection. The distance. To be honest they really both looked so miserable.

But only when she met her Mr Happy face, had she realized that something was amiss with them, he continuously showed her photos on his phone ..their bizarre cheap and terribly fun looking family holidays. His mother and his dad, always locking lips, pulling crazy faces, doing all the things that she had never once seen her parents do.....she imagined herself, living that middle class lifestyle, driving a family car, having kids sharing rooms, cooking for her Mr happy face...the idea was strangely comforting...she drifted off into a silent and peaceful sleep, knowing tomorrow she would see him again.

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Waking up with an excitement, Zach turned to look at his watch ...the green light on his digital clock clearly shaped into a 6:15, probably the earliest he has woken up in a long time. Getting up from his bed, heading to his bathroom, he wondered if she was up already? Maybe he was too early? He wondered what she would like in the morning? Somehow though, he wouldn't be surprised if she was just as beautiful...unlike Pearl, Alicia, and Oliya and the whole lot at royal high who relied heavily on the use of cosmetics to upgrade themselves...Leila was lucky in that department, her beauty all boiled down to good DNA...really good DNA.

There was a polite knock on his door "would you like me to help you get dressed Master?" he heard the familiar voice of Clifford.

Without answering, Zach opened the door

"Good morning master, how did you sleep?"

"get me something to wear..make it quick...today I would like to be on time for breakfast.."

Clifford raised an eyebrow skeptically "any particular reason why young master?" he asked, as he took off the dry cleaning see through packaging from one of Zach's many custom made clothes stored in one section of the walk in closet. Zach rolled his eyes, grinning "can't a growing boy just want to get some breakfast on time?" he asked mischievously. He buttoned up on of his slim shirt.

"Which shoes would you like to wear today young master?" Clifford asked, opening up a glass cabinet, which had shoes upon shoes lined up perfectly in their display unit.

"anyone of those from a middle class range..." he replied without looking up, the words just slipped out before he could stop himself.

"middle class range?.." Clifford whispered to himself... "sorry young master...not sure if I have understood correctly...is that a new brand? Should I ask our Shopping connoisseur to include that brand during his next shopping trip for you?"

"no - I literally meant if there was anything more middle class in the collection..."

"no sir, there most certainly isn't anything remotely middle class..." Clifford looked almost bewildered. Rolling his eyes again, Zach put on his 100, 000 dollar carat gold watch quickly "okay...okay just get whatever Clifford..." zach said.

After putting on his socks, Zach waited impatiently while Clifford put on his shoes for him, and started tying the shoe laces. Looking at his watch, it said 06:50...again the same excitement rose within him...hopefully he will catch her for breakfast.

"Thanks Clifford, see you later, I'm going for breakfast..." zach said, stepping into his personal elevator, pressing the big red "G" button, he waited impatiently to get to the ground floor.

He walked out, of the elevator, there were already servants standing in a line waiting to serve him, he could see the table beautifully laid out...but there was one problem, it was laid for only one person. He didn't bother trying to hide his agenda

"Where is she?" he asked the line of helpers angrily. Loide quickly walked out of the line of servants, "good day master...Ms Leila said she isn't feeling well today". Feeling a wave of irritation folding over him, he whipped out his phone to check the cctv camera's in Leila's room, sure enough there she was laying in bed in an awkward position. She was awake, as Zach zoomed in on her face, she didn't look entirely a fine. Her face looked as though she were in discomfort.

He phoned her, "hello.." came her soft voice, Zach sighed a relief, as though hearing from her relieved some embedded tension.

"Will you be joining us for breakfast?" he asked, unable to hide his irritation with her, she paused, as though thinking of how to phrase what she wanted to say "Im having really bad cramps....." she said.

Oh yeah. Crap. How could he forget. Those things lasted for a couple of days. Sigh, the irritation left him immediately. The privileges of being a man. "Oh ..yeah..right...okay...cool... talk later.." he said,

"okay Zach" she whispered softly. There it was again, that sense of ecstasy, it wasn't that she had said his name, no. it was more the sense of familiarity that she said it with that affected him.

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Xavier stared at the blood on the floor in disgust; the blood didn't disgust him...it was the mess. He really liked clean jobs. "Clean this up...." he said to his staff, getting out of his dark tailor made basement. He had to leave early today, he liked warming up for their Thursday sessions, but today he had to leave earlier, he had an important guest.

He took his elevator up from the basement to the first floor, walking up to his office. There was his guest, already seated in his designated seat.

"Always on time Clifford.." he said, sitting down on his personalized desk. Clifford smiled at him expectantly. "Nice to see you too Master Johnston.."

"Tell me...what information do you have for me today?" Xavier asked,

"Well...I must say our new guest.....isn't quite what we expected her to be Master Johnston.... When we heard that the Williams mansion was to receive a guest ...we thought it would be someone who was more or less accustomed to the .....er.....typical Royal High lifestyle...but it doesn't seem to be the case in this instance.." Clifford said..pondering to himself. "do you still not trust her Master Johnston?" Clifford asked quietly.

"trust....hmmm..." Xavier said, as he silently thought about it "It's not a word to be taken lightly..and especially not when you are in my shoes...." Xavier said quietly.

"I should think not.." Clifford said,

"So I take it that Zach has been hiding his skin at home..?" Xavier asked

"yes..the same way you have been hiding your face ...hidden in plain sight so to speak Master Johnston.." Clifford replied

"That's good...we wouldn't want to frighten your new guest now would we.." Xavier said smiling a dark smile

"no ...we most certainly wouldn't Master Johnston.." Clifford said smiling "and also....there is this..." he said, pushing a small yellow envelope across the desk at Xavier. Xavier looked down at it.

"Zach is lucky to have you by his side.." Xavier murmured

"as he is to have you Master Johnston.." Clifford said, getting up from his seat "now if you will, I'll be returning back to the Williams residence..." he finished with a slight bow of his head

Xavier slowly opened up the envelope and let the contents fall onto his desk. He moved the photos along, and picked up one. There was a photo of Zach in a mall, standing at an aisle talking to a lady helper. Xavier stared at the photo for a long time. Wondering if he would ever get his best friend back.

His phone vibrated, he looked down at it...talk of the devil

Text message from Zach Williams Everything taken care of my side...ready for Thursday..it said

And you're guest will not find out? Xavier replied

beauty has been taken care of. Zach replied. Xavier smiled. Beauty...what a perfect nickname

"Good. Cause you have already been warned....Thursday it is then" Xavier replied.