{ THE D-DAY}I looked at my phone, and a message arrived from the system. I read through it and knew I had to win. I doubt Shadow Blade was going to help, judging from the rift between us. My heart raced a bit, and I knew I was on my own. "You don't want to be late. You had better get going." Thomas looked at me. I stood up and looked at everyone in the room, and with a teary face, I spoke my mind. "It is an honor to have you all as my friends. I had never believed I would be friends with you all. Let's all meet again after all of this is done." I said it with a smile. They all nodded and looked at my face. "It is fine, Fred. It's a pleasure to have someone like you as a friend too. Make sure you take Titus down. We are rooting for you." Xavier said and looked at me. My phone rang, and I saw it was Diana. "Where the hell are you?" Her voice was visibly heard over the phone. "You sound worried; what is going on?" I asked, looking at Rosetta, who felt a little bit jealous."Everyone i
{ A NEW BEGINNING}I gently stood up with my face bruised as blood oozed out of my mouth. I tried to support myself with my hands and looked at Titus, who couldn't believe I could withstand all the blows that he had melted out of me. I staggered gently and looked at the spectators as they kept chanting my name. "Should we?" I said it from the gaming system with a smile on my face. [LET'S SHOW HIM WHAT WE ARE MADE OF] Shadow Blade said he was rushing towards Titus at full speed. The students all gasped as they saw how fast I was. The camera shutters were visibly heard as many of the students began to wonder how I was able to move fast. Mr. Dickson couldn't believe his eyes as Titus was being beaten all over the place. I looked around with my hands in the air as they kept chanting my name, "Fred! Fred! Fred!!!!!" Part of me felt relieved to see that I wasn't going to die after all. I looked at Titus as his eye turned before the shadow blade delivered the final blow, and he landed on
{ IS IT LOVE? }I clenched my chest slightly, looking at Diana. "What is this that I am feeling? Do I love her, or is it just her heart playing some tricks on me?" I looked at Diana and back at the reporters. For a moment, the time froze, and I imagined just the two of us in the spotlight. With a smirk, I looked at her and said, "You love me, huh? Isn't this another scheme from your father?" I looked at Diana. "I think you have to stop doubting my love for you, Fred. I would do anything to gain your trust." Diana replied " Anything?" I looked at her face. "Yes, anything. Just tell me what you want me to do." She looked back at me. "You can start by telling me where I need to find Flora, Zaco's girlfriend. I went to an underground dungeon as a fighter, and I heard some noises down there." Diana looked at me with a frightened look on her face. "What is it?" I asked, looking back at her. The reporters swam all over us as they took exclusive pictures of both me and Diana. "Can you
{ A NEW SYSTEM WITH SUPER BENEFITS}"What do you know about the stolen funds? Did you do this?" Diana asked with anger. "What are you talking about? What fund?" I looked back at her, trying to feign my ignorance. I have been with you the whole time, not to mention the fact that I was fighting with Titus. Have you heard anything about him? And what fund are you talking about?" I looked at her, dropping the pen on the table. I dipped my phone back into my pocket and decided to check the message later. My heart is still racing. I knew that since I wasn't dead, I must have passed the test. "I need to go. My father wants to see me." Diana looked at me, picking up her hand. "Do you want me to tag along?" I asked, trying to show that I cared.She looked at me. "Don't worry, I can handle myself." I watched as Diana zoomed out of the restaurant. I heaved a sigh of relief and smiled. We had managed to kill two birds with one stone. I won my match, and we were also able to get the slush fund f
{ TOWARDS THE END OF THE SESSION }My heart skipped a bit at the mention of " Diana". Cassandra looked at me " Have you grown fond of her with the little time you spent together?" She asked with a sigh" I don't know, I don't know why I am telling you this but I feel like I have to talk to someone. Do you think I am being a jerk?" I looked at Cassandra and back toward Rosetta who wasn't paying attention to us. " You might have had a change of feelings with the little time you spent with, Diana. Do you think she is being real with you? "Cassandra asked and looked at me. That was the part I was getting wrong. A part of me wants to believe Diana was real with me while the other part tells me she is just following orders. Jonas never liked me to begin with and the fact that I won the fight against Titus won't make Mr Dickson like me or anything. " I don't know what to believe anymore." I let out a sigh, looking at Cassandra. " I think you need to sort out your feelings for Diana first an
{ DAVINA WANTS ME BACK }I felt a hand over my face, and I called Rosetta's name gently. She was all I could think about. The hand slowly crawled away from my eyes, and I saw Davina standing right in front of me. I looked at my phone, and Diana's call came in. I picked it up and lashed out at her. "I thought you were in the garden! Where the hell are you?" I shouted over the phone. Davina looked at me and wondered why I was yelling. "Did you do this? Do you still think of me as the same low-esteem guy I have always been?" I stood up and kicked away the plastic chair that I sat on. Davina walked closer to me and tried to reach for my hand. "Don't you dare!" I shouted and looked at her. I would have had a normal life as a teenager, but she dragged me into knowing all about the horrors of life on campus. I was going to forgive her for it. "I am sorry, Fred. I am being sincere with you right now. We can start all over again, forgetting what has happened between us. I am ready to be with
{ MR. DICKSON'S WORK OFFER }"You can say whatever you want, but I wasn't the one that had your father robbed." I tried convincing Diana. She looked at me and, after some time, accepted the fact that I didn't have a hand in it. "But I could help with the funds," I added, and Diana's gaze was sharp. "You mean you can give out almost $345,000,000 without asking for anything in return?" She asked "I just need one thing in return." I looked at Diana, and she furrowed her brows. "What is that?" She asked "I can tell you that now. Talk to your father and let me know he has accepted my offer." I replied and walked away. I quickly went back to Sandra and asked her for the list of student accounts. I knew the school was having it."What do you need that for?" Sandra asked with a curious face. "You just said I had the privilege of getting whatever I wanted, and I need that list." Sandra handed it over to me without much talk. "Do you remember Richard's death? I find it weird that the school
{ ALONE ONCE AGAIN}I looked at Mr. Dickson and laughed. "I should work for you? As what? security?" I asked, looking at him from the corner of my eyes. "What should I offer you?" I asked, walking towards the wine cellar. "Anything is fine." Mr. Dickson replied, acting nice. I knew he wasn't, and I smiled. It was just a scheme to get the funds he came for. As I walked to the wine cellar, I couldn't place my hand on what I wanted from him. I wanted to know a lot about his work, and infiltrating his inner circle would be a good idea. My relationship with Rosetta was on the brink of coming to an end, and I might have to choose between her and Diana. I knew I was developing feelings for Diana, but I love Rosetta. What do I do?" I looked at all the wine and thought of what Mr. Dickson would prefer. I decided to go for champagne. I remembered that the tradition of making sparkling wine dates back to ancient times, with the oldest recorded production of sparkling wine being in Georgia and