Beatrice found herself pulling up to the hotel entrance, her nerves won't calm down and her heart was beating so fast. She never thought her parents would come here and pay a visit, staying over to her cousin's hotel building. The Blossom Hotel owned by her second cousin who she was close with because their parents are also close cousins.

The family reputation they have is bigger, the pride was within them. Beatrice however, had her very own pride as well, Beatrice got off the car and the valet boy did the rest of the job for her. She thanked him and walked in the hotel, she walked towards the lobby and waited for a few minutes before it was her turn to be entertained by the employee.

"Good morning ma'am, are you here to book a room?" The woman asked.

"No I'm here for Felicity and Sean Hansen. I'm their daughter, Beatrice Hansen." Beatrice replied politely.

"Ah yes, Mr. And Mrs Hansen is on the top suite floor, ma'am." She answered, handing a small envelope to Beatrice before gesturing to her to get going.

Beatrice thanked the woman and proceeded to ride an elevator, she looked at the envelope and a familiar name she could see printed on the back of the envelope. She opened the letter and saw an invitation, reading the piece of paper that was placed inside the envelope Beatrice scoffed after reading it.

It was from the guy whom she had rejected before for the offer of dating her and getting married after graduating college. Because two powerful children of two famous CEO presidents is a good news to all the business lines.

Beatrice rejected him a long time ago to which her mother became furious of her sudden decision, during the time where she was screwing around with Danielle. She put the invitation back inside the envelope, she already knew how this conversation with her parents would end.

Beatrice knew her parents all too well, questioning her about her friends, swimming, school performances and academics. Then, asking her to be around them 24/7 while they introduce her around to people that she needed to know for the matter of handling her father's business, she is getting to know her rival in business corporations.

The invitation was from her father's close friend, the man whom she hated so much as well. Became part of Beatrice's hated lists to understand her, she met the man during her high school days but eventually things were turned upside down. She no longer wanted to attend any meeting, everything for Beatrice was ruined and destroyed ever since Quinton happened, also because of the stupidity of trying to forget and fall in love out of lust and wanted to forget. The elevator made a ding sound and the elevator doors opened, she was greeted by a Caucasian male.

"Ms. Beatrice Hansen?" He politely asked. Beatrice just nodded her head.

"Mr. And Mrs. Hansen is waiting for your arrival." He added as he led her to the penthouse top floor. As soon as he opened the door, he led them to the dining table where her parents were waiting.

"Ma'am, sir. Ms. Beatrice has arrived." Timothy, her parents' personal bodyguard.

"Thank you Timothy. Beatrice darling!" Her mother, Felicity Hansen spoke. Opening both of her arms waiting for Beatrice to hug her.

"Hello Bea. How are you?" Her father, Sean Hansen asked her daughter who tried her best not to show any discomfort for being around them.

"I'm doing well dad, ma." Beatrice politely replied, bowing both to her parents before she took a seat.

"We heard the news about your team winning against the other teams. You do the same again for the championship, you're half way through the Olympics." Felicity said to Beatrice.

Beatrice remained silent, going through the menu that was placed on the table. She didn't have any appetite at all, being in front of her parents makes her nauseous and lose appetite to eat. The uncomfortable feeling has always been there ever since what happened with Quinton.

"I heard Ava chose to study in the university and you two are roommates, is that right?" Sean asked.

"Yes dad. She's my roommate, she studies in the same university." Beatrice replied.

"I hope you two aren't a thing too. I would not want another shame to be brought on the table." Her mother spoke.

"Felicity!" Sean called out his wife. Beatrice started to feel shaky, she knew her mother would speak up in her very own venomous tongue.

"What? I did not say anything wrong, Sean. I don't want another headache and shame to show to all of our family and business workers and personnels. She had done enough." She replied, eyeing her daughter who did not look up once.

Beatrice was shaking, her hand ball into a fist, her gripping was tightened due to her controlling her anger. She didn't want to lose her temper in front of them, she remained her lips sealed as her father argued with her mother.

"What happened to her past is no longer applicable to this present day, Felicity. She knows what she's doing right now and so we let her be." Sean said to his wife.

"Are you ready to order for your room service, Ma'am? Sir?" The employee asked, Beatrice gave the employee a look. A thank you look. It was her trusted friend of hers here in the hotel.

They ordered the food they wanted to eat and just waited patiently for it, the atmosphere was so silent. Beatrice didn't lift her eyes up to look at her parents, she remained quiet the whole time while her parents were talking about their plans while they're in town.

"Beatrice, sweetie. I'm sorry for what I said earlier but I was making sure." Felicity said to Beatrice. Beatrice was beyond annoyed and pissed but rather kept her lips sealed, she didn't look at her mother and just continue staring down on the table. She was asking for a miracle to be pulled out from this moment just for a little while.

Then her phone started ringing. She pulls out her phone and excuses herself, she walks away heading towards the living room where she finally answered the call.

"Hansen." Beatrice said.

"It's Lea, where are you? Can we talk?" Lea replied.

"Oh I'm not around the university right now." Beatrice said.

"Where are you then?" Lea asked.

"Meeting with my parents." Beatrice replied.

"Need to get out huh?" Lea asked.

"Yes. As in now, I can't breathe." Beatrice replied.

"Okay then. It's perfect timing for you Hansen. Here's a lie to say, the officials are calling for all council officers, your presence is very needed, the meeting place is at the diner." Lea said.

"Thank you, Lea." Beatrice replied then hung up. She casually walked back to her parents and so an unfamiliar face sat across the table. A woman in her mid 20s, she was having a conversation with her parents but Beatrice didn't mind and continued walking towards the main door.

"Where are you going? You haven't eaten your order." Sean said to Beatrice.

"Council officers are requested to be present, I'm a president dad. I need to be there." Beatrice replied.

"You are not going anywhere, sit down." Felicity said.

"Whatever. I'm going, enjoy your meal." Beatrice replied, leaving the penthouse while hearing her mother yelling for her to come back but Beatrice didn't waste no time but to get out of that place.

Beatrice finally found herself taking a long deep breath, she entered the elevator and headed down the lobby. She finally reached the lobby, leaving the hotel right away, driving back to the university. Her nerves weren't still calm, she could hear her own heartbeat. Beatrice needed to calm down, she took her phone and dialed Lea's number right away. It started ringing and ringing, she was hoping for her to respond right away.

"Hello? Bea?" Ava replied. Beatrice realized it wasn't Lea but Ava. Beatrice closed her eyes and took a deep breath before responding.

"Hey. I'm passing by the diner, do-do you want anything?" Beatrice asked. It was also an excuse for her to hear her voice. It helped her calm down.

"Umm you know my favorite and my usual. Just don't forget my chocolate milkshake!" Ava replied, the younger girl giggle and Beatrice could feel her heart bursting out. She suddenly remembered what her mother had said about her and Ava.

"See you when I get back, alright?" Beatrice said.

"Better give me a warm hug when you come back." Ava replied.

"Is a hug necessary?" Beatrice asked.

"Yes! Please?" Ava replied. Almost like a beg. Beatrice just scoffed and bid farewell to the younger girl. She hung up and somehow found herself calm. It was a great idea to mistakenly dial Ava's number, she was calmer than she was before. She met up with Lea in the diner and then headed back to the university right away.

After getting back to the university, she texts Ava telling her about the food she would put in the mini fridge they have in the room. While going through the mini fridge, she saw few food inside and then remembers JC visiting the other day because of Ava giving her the food she craves during her period.

Beatrice took her phone out from her pocket and dialed a close friend that works in the appliances. "Yes hi, it's me Beatrice. Is Cam around? Ah yes! Hi, I'm planning to replace the mini fridge here inside my dorm room. Can you give me at least a medium size of the fridge? I'm paying right away." Beatrice said.

After making that call, she made arrangements with the officials and told them that after she graduates, the fridge will be replaced again and serve as a souvenir. She quickly fixed some of the food she had bought for her and Ava, she could eat with the younger girl after a long day.

Beatrice and the rest of the council officers started doing their duties for the day, they looked around and spectated for a minute with the games and the food servers as well. Everyone was busy enjoying the free time they had before everything went back to normal again.

She still couldn't shake the words out of her head, it kept her up all night since that day. Her mother deciding on what to do with her after the graduation and stepping as the new CEO of the company, she was getting set up to be married to a man whom she hated. And humiliating her again during the lunch meet at the hotel where they were staying.

Besides her parents that she hated so much, this man was someone she could never forget. She would always think of cursing him along with Quinton, the two main characters of her life who ruined her all throughout her existence. The rage inside Beatrice was getting bigger now, she has to control herself because she might explode if that happens.

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JC couldn't sleep for days, he wanted to talk to Ava but he was losing himself. He was blaming himself again for what he had done, the rage he usually keeps inside him is starting to grow again. When he punched Dylan, he felt better releasing his anger, he was triggered by Dylan saying things that Ava may have somebody new in her life.

That thought did not leave his mind, it bothered him. The paranoia of the girl he really, really loves would leave her one day for someone better than him, it scared JC. He didn't want to lose Ava, he was doing fine not until he decided to leave her in the hotel.

"You alright?" Hale asked.

"Huh?" JC asked.

"We've been asking you the same question for the past two minutes and you haven't spoken a word. Are you good?" Gerald said.

"Uh, yeah. Just thinking about Ava." JC replied.

"You two haven't made it up yet?" Yves asked.

"We did until I fucked it up again." JC replied.

"Dude, she'll come around, don't worry about that. Besides, it's her loss if she didn't come back for you. You're JC Lawrence, the quarterback. Every girl would want to be with you." Raver said.

"I don't want any girl, Raver. I want her." JC replied.

"What is it about her anyway? You're so into her." Terrance said.

"She's everything that you can never see from any girl Terrance." JC replied.

"Geez. Are you really in-love with the woman?" Hale asked.

"I am that's why no one can have her, not even you or anybody. She's mine." JC replied.

"You sound like an obsessed crazy boyfriend, dude." Hale said, shaking his head, disappointed of how JC is reacting and JC, on the other hand, didn't like how his friend reacted but he was too focused on how he will get Ava back.

His phone started ringing and saw it was Diane, JC could feel the stress getting to him as well. He stood up, walking a little further away from his teammates and answered the call.

"What is it? I'm in the middle of something." JC answered.

"Please, you have to come." Diane replied.

"What's wrong?" JC asked.

"It's Oli." Diane replied. JC didn't waste any time, hung up and told his boys that he needed to be somewhere. JC quickly left the field, heading directly to the parking lot, unlocking his doors. Driving off.

Hale and the rest watched JC leave so quickly, just in time for Lea to arrive to ask where his brother was but it was too late for her as JC left the field in a hurry.

"Where's JC?" Lea asked.

"Oh he just left, he was rushing to leave. I guess it was an emergency with Diane." Terrance replied. Hale elbowed Terrance, the sudden realization in his face says it all and Lea was curious.

"Alright, thanks." Lea said. Leaving the field, she was beyond curious but still remained to do what she had to do.

Lea went back to the campus to help out the other clubs from the department and texted her brother for them to talk about something she had discovered.

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Meanwhile, inside the empty gym where Ava is with the rest of the other props that were finished and unfinished, she stretched out her arms after doing the other unfinished props, she continued making the other designs as well, her love for arts was big. She started to draw at such a young age, she stood up and walked around a little bit to just stretch out her arms and legs.

Her phone suddenly made a ping, she checked it and immediately had a smile formed on her lips. It was Beatrice who texted telling her about the food she had brought home with her, Ava then wanted to eat with Beatrice tonight.

She paced around, deciding whether to invite Beatrice to eat tonight with her in the dorm, Ava found herself being shy at the thought of asking her best friend to eat with her. She was confused as to why she was feeling that way but she let herself type down the question she would want to ask Beatrice. Fingers crossed hoping that her best friend would say yes.

Ava: hey, um I was wondering if you would like to join me tonight? I don't want to eat alone.

Beatrice: Are you not going to ask JC out for that?

Ava: please let's not talk about him.

Beatrice: ?

Ava: please join me tonight?

Beatrice: I'll think about it.

Ava: Just tell me if you're gonna be that busy and you're heading back to the dorm late, I'll do the effort.

Beatrice: What do you mean, Ava?

Ava: Secret!

Beatrice: No.

Ava: love you bye!

Ava giggled loudly enough as she put her phone back inside her pocket. She was recalling that small conversation and she is now giggling for no reason.

"What the hell was that?" Dana asked. Ava got startled by Dana and Sam standing there with food in their arms.

"Huh?" Ava asked.

"You were giggling so much. You and JC make it up already? That was fast." Sam replied.

"No it's not JC and no. He and I are still pretty much, still in distant matter." Ava said.

"You still didn't tell us what really happened to the both of you." Dana said. Ava sighed and sat down on the floor with the two people who had been nothing but friendly and good to her.

"Remember when JC asked me to come with him and went on a date with him an hour away from here?" Ava asked the two who nodded their heads.

"He and I kissed and kind of carried away. But I stopped him in the middle of it, he didn't like how it did not end the way he wanted. He left the hotel, leaving me behind." Ava continued.

"What an asshole?" Sam remarked.

"Yeah, so. I mean he apologized to me, too many times non stop. And then something happened yesterday, I had to go to him and check on him. The first time I saw him punch somebody and he was out of control. I had to make sure he doesn't do that again. Well until yesterday, Dylan happened." Ava replied.

"Of course. Dylan." Sam said.

"He may be an asshole but when he speaks up about something, it really turns out to be true." Dana replied.

"But then, I am not dating Beatrice. JC started asking me questions because of what Dylan had told him about me and Beatrice dating low key that's why I wanted space from him." Ava said.

"But the truth is, you needed space because of what he did to you." Sam replied.

"Exactly. I mean I know JC and I have been dating for a long while but that doesn't mean I'm ready for something between us. I'm still not ready. And then yesterday he was lashing out, I got scared and I was just crying." Ava explained. Dana nodded her head and grabbed Ava's hand, Sam patted her shoulder and simply ate the food they had brought.

They ate the food and rested for a bit before they started doing the heavy works for the props, Ava continued doing some art designs for the props while Dana and Sam focused on assembling some tables to be used, a few other students came inside the gym to help out when suddenly they heard loud noises coming from the hallway.

The entrance door swung open and there students who were freshmen came in and one of them we're familiar with Ava, Travis. She just found out that Travis is JC's half brother from his father's second wife, JC and Travis never got along with each other, Travis is a spoiled brat according to JC and Lea.

Travis feared his older brother, he knew him better than anybody else. Lea knew them both better than any of the people she knew for so long, Ava watched the others run around the basketball court while there were props laying on the floor waiting either for the paint to dry or the glue.

Some of the students tried to warn them and told them that they could use the outdoor court, Travis was playing deaf and purposely dribbled the ball in his hand and shot in the ring and so the rest of his friends did not listen and just went along to play with each other.

When suddenly one of the students was frustrated, he walked towards them and grabbed the ball. Travis didn't like this and so he was the one did the talking to the male student who just took the ball from them.

"What the fuck is your problem?" Travis asked.

"We were given permission to close down the gym to keep all the props here, all students who wish to play or practice should use the outdoor court." He replied. The annoyance in his tone was clear.

"Well fuck that permission. It's too hot outside, Markle so we crash here. What are you going to do? Tell the teachers? Tsk. The president? The bitch who thinks she's all that just because she's rich but she's not she's just a dumb dyke asian who would be sent back in China or whatsoever asia planet she came from." Travis spoke.