Chapter 21: Gratitude
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She was not in a good list of Alyssa's and her knowing that name isn't helping matters.
"God..." Alyssa said, her voice thick with wonder. " You have changed a lot, now I understand why I couldn't find you when I looked for you," she said in awe and Sapphire was still confused. She stared at the twin in confusion and Luci nudged her head towards Alyssa.
"Sorry, but I don't really remember getting involved with you in the past," she said and the twins nodded when she looked at them for approval, the other twins sat on the couch staring at them, already bored out by the conversation.
"Uhm, yeah.." Alyssa paused and thought for a while to gather her thoughts. "You may not know me but I like you a lot, I actually saw you once," she said smiling thinking of the memory.
Sapphire felt good for some reason, it settled on her with a pleasant feeling. Maybe it is the feeling that comes with knowing that someone thinks of you fondly.
"Actually it was six years ago and I just had this accident that got me stuck with this chair," she said, gesturing to the chair she sat on.
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Alyssa stared at the beach through her tears, her eyes rimmed red and she had the eyes of a person done with life. She stared at her shoes and the wind blew her hair, she traced her eyes to the black automated wheelchair that had been bought for her a month ago and sniffed.
Andrew stood at the far corner under a tree and stared at her in silence, he knew that's what she needed, Alyssa stared at her brother and told him that she want to go back to the party where she was just turned to outcast and forced to realize that there's no good friend in the rich world.
He nodded and walked to her, he helped to the car and got her inside, he carried her wheelchair to the boot and entered the driver seat.
They arrived at the party shortly, even though she wasn't ready to face those friends of hers who betrayed her, she couldn't leave that pink wheelchair, Alexander just bought it for her and she knew it was to cheer her up.
The car stopped and she could see everyone through the tinted glass, it was an outdoor event after all. She noticed that the party was silent, it was like there was a very interesting activity going on that grabbed everyone's attention.
She whined down the glass and looked at them for a while before those obstructing her view parted and she saw that they were crowding her wheelchair that had a cute girl sitting comfortably on it.
"What the fuck is she doing?" Andrew asked in bewilderment.
"It's not the end of the world if you sit, use or are bound to this for life or is it poisonous or bad to be walking impaired and you lose your ability to walk, stand, do this and do that if you sit on it?" The girl asked loudly as she kept checking the many buttons on the chair and the rich brats kept mum, it was very obvious that she is a leader in that circle.
"Walking impaired?" Alyssa smiled,she isn't sure if that was even a word, even though she's dressed like the rudest and most spoiled of them all, the fact that this girl was sitting on the chair was already comforting her.
"Or does it make it less of a chair," she continued and Alyssa glanced at her brother to see him staring attentively, the girl sure knows how to command the attention of a crowd, she took hers too. There was pin drop silence every time she paused.
"I bet if it was a chair with wheels made of gold, had diamonds all over it and made by top designers or it was a limited edition that cost a lot of money that could be used to brag and have much more value that treasures and artifacts, you all will cry to daddy to get it for you and you won't rest until he gets it for you," she said adjusting her short hair, she raised her hand to her hair which was packed into cute buns with beautiful hair ties and adjusted it. She must use a lot of maintenance on it, it looks so silky.
Alyssa felt relieved and refreshed, the stinging at the corner of her eyes disappeared, the phlegm blocking her nostrils started clearing slowly. She felt like she could finally breathe.
Andrew was staring at the girl in amazement, he looked like he just saw real gold in plain sight and she understood why, not many rich girls think like that and even fewer had the guts it takes to insult all the rich spoilt brats and jerks.
She realized that she just wanted one person that's not her family to give her the assurance that she's still okay the way she is and this girl who's still needs gave it to her unknowingly.
"You brats are probably wondering who the hell I am and in case you don't know," she said standing from the chair elegantly, she brushed off the dirt on her butt and Alyssa almost felt indignation until she brushed the dirt off the chair with her hand gently.
She stood up and stared at them all, her eyes came into contact with Alyssa's, she stared at her briefly probably regarding her as one of the crowd she won't remember again but Alyssa knew that she would remember that face forever.
"I am Sapphy, bitches." She announced and walked away arrogantly.
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'Uh, that was what costed me a lot, I had insulted Melissa's friend and she got mom to ground me for six months, not allowing anyone to see me, not even Oliver and it made her and Heather got closer, she—" Sapphire stopped when she saw that her friends and kids were not the only ones present.
'It is okay, when I saw that stupid news, I knew that you didn't do that, you may be rude but not dishonest and you are passionate about things that you think are right. You thought Oliver was right, so you won't do that to him,"
'See, we are not the only ones rooting for you," Luci said.
'I am hating this Melissa more and more but by the way, welcome into the family," Alyssa said with a big smile.
