🌹🖤THE PICKPOCKET TOMBOY 🖤🌹
[She’s Sassy…]
THEME: The Grand Hottie’s Kissmate
©2025 Wizzy Babe C. All rights reserved
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CHAPTER 9&10
The ‘Good Riddance’ was a mistake.
Anabelle’s glare was enough to shut the laughing students up.
But the rich kids still giggled, running away.
“I marked your faces, I swear you’ll be expelled. Just wait!”She screamed, joining Isa to pull Mirabelle up.
“Help me dumbasses!”Isa screamed, some lingering students quickly joined them to carry Mira but she sprang up, sitting shamelessly on the ground.
“Mira!”Ana and Isa tapped her, Isa poured water over her hair, to calm her down.
The students who almost offered to help, moved away.
“What just happened?”Mira breathed.
“I dare not say”Ana said, she pulled her up.
“All of you looking at me, you’re all expelled! No appeal to make, scholarship or no scholarship, you’re all expelled!”Mira yelled.
Students flinched.
“Including me?”someone said.
All attention diverted to that someone.
A girl.
She’s like a tomboy since her uniform is a blazer on shirt and pants. Her sneakers? Gawd.
Her long hair wooshed over her face and she stuck it behind her ears.
She’s resting on the bonnet of a car and two boys are resting on both sides of the door.
Eric and Derek.
While Eric is chewing gum, scrolling on his phone, Derek is watching the scene before him, smiling with folded arms.
•Oh my gawd, it’s Rhapsody.
•Grand Hottie’s best friend after Derek
•She’s Hotter
•I’m nervous but I’m soaking inside… For Grande Hottie
•Someone pinch me to take my eyes of My Grande
•No, Derek Denaley
“Rhapsody, finally you’re back from the criminal’s house? Tell me, how many did you kill? Or were you perhaps jailed for extorting drugs?”Mira asked in a mocking tone.
“Nah, I didn’t kill anyone and if I should, you’ll be my first target”Rhapsody stood.
“And jailed? That’ll be after I kill you”she shrugged.
Derek burst into laughter.
Mirabelle folded her fists, Isabelle threw her fan at Rhapsody but she only tilted her head to a side, the electric fan whoozed past her, meeting the car windshield.
That caught Eric’s attention, he looked at the little ‘cheap’ fan and frowned.
“I’m so sorry, Grand Hottie. I was aiming it at Rhapsody, she was being annoying”Isa quickly apologized, running to pick the fan.
It didn’t crack the shield, of course it won’t, instead it broke.
She bit her lips harshly, fuming inside.
Ana just stood, not knowing what to do.
“Wash the car”Eric told Isa, he stood straight, dressed his Blazer and started walking.
“What?!”Isa screamed.
“Good luck ???y”Derek patted her and walked to Rhapsody, he crossed his arm over her shoulder and they followed Eric.
“That dude left us? What a jerk!”Rhapsody started running to Eric.
She turned back and gave Mira the middle finger.
“Rhap, something tells me you love Eric more than you love me”Derek chased her.
“Suck my dick!”she shouted, catching up with Eric, she crossed her arm over his shoulder.
“I’d do that, if you have one,”Derek yelled after her.
Students started dispersing, leaving like they’ve never been there.
Mira and her friends stood rooted, too dumbfounded to talk.
Ana talked first.
“So, we wash the windshield”
“I’m not gonna bring myself down to do that”Isa snapped, Mira glanced at her.
“We’ll wash it, Isa. It’s my Ricky-hottie’s car talking about”she said.
“Your Ricky-hottie, I wish”Isa said in-between her teeth.
Mira scoffed, pacing.
“I don’t blame everyone, I blame the idiot bitch of a newbie and Rhapsody who acts so dense because she’s friends with Eric”she muttered.
“So? What next?”Ana said, already accessing the car.
It’s locked but since it’s an open roof, it’s possible for her to jump in, but she didn’t.
“We’ll call some scholarships to wash the car, I’ll go to the principal’s office later to tell him about some students’ expulsion, including the newbie”Mira said.
“I thought you said WE will wash the car?”Isa asked.
“Bro, you touched it with your fan, not us. And yeah, I said we. So? You don’t expect me to really do that!”Mira snapped.
“Guys, who do we appoint as our lickspittles this week?”Ana asked.
“Let’s not appoint anyone. I have a plan”Mira muttered and unlocked her phone, sending someone a message.
One of the reps ran to her immediately, holding his phone.
“I just saw your message, Queen bee,”he said.
“That’s because I just sent it. Appoint a scholarship, one that’s so weak to do a thing. He or she’ll wash this car and it must be shiny”Mira said and walked away.
*
Alex walked out of the principal’s office with Cathy. She’s now dressed in her uniform— like Rhapsody, she’s in trousers.
“You wouldn’t wanna wear a skirt? Even for once?”Cathy asked, Alex had made sure she followed her everywhere to protect her from any bully… for now, because who knows, maybe Alex will be bullied also.
Crap.
“I don’t fancy skirts,”Alex replied, wearing her necklace.
“But tomboys wear skirts,”Cathy pressed.
“Well, Cat. I don’t”Alex said, she shrugged.
•Ohh my gawd!
•I still can’t get over Grande Hottie, look what he posted on IG.
•It’s now. He just took the pics with his friends in his private class.
•Rhapsody is so hot.
“Rhapsody is back?”Cathy asked a student, she giggled and nodded.
Alex collected the phone from one of the hallway giggling girls and widened her eyes seeing Rhapsody in the photo.
“She’s fúcking a student here!”she said in happiness and amazement.
“Rhapsody just got back from Russ…”Cathy tried talking but Alex grabbed her by the wrist, pulling her in a short run.
“C’mon, take me to the class she’s in”Alex said.
“No, it’s prohibited. We can’t…”Cathy couldn’t even talk because Alex increased pace.
•Stone’s Residence•
“DAD!”Mirabelle stormed in.
She rushed upstairs and came back down running to the female house worker who’s diligently doing her work— cleaning the dining chairs.
“Mistress…”Mirabelle yanked her hair before she could complete her words.
“Ahhh, Mis…”
“Where’s my dad?”Mirabelle asked.
“He hasn’t… he…”
“Mira”Omar walked in. He’s in a tuxedo and fitted pants. So young and fine in them.
“Dad”Mira left the poor woman and ran to him, hugging him.
“What happened? Why did you call me to run all the way from my office? And why were you mistreating my staff?”he asked.
“I was too angry”Mira rolled her eyes and broke the hug.
“Now apologize to her”Omar glanced at the staff whose head was down, then back at Mira.
“What dad? I should apologize to a lowly slave? She fúcking deserved what I did to her!”Mira yelled.
“Your language young lady. Apologize to Mary”Omar repeated.
Mary only fidgeted.
“Lawrry”Mira muffled.
“Mira?”Omar frowned.
“Why’s everyone attacking me today? I called you home because I wanted your intervention! The principal refused my order to expel some bunch of hooligans and I need them gone. A newbie in particular slapped me thrice on my cheeks, it burns dad. Now you want me to beg a lowlife? Never!”Mira screamed and marched upstairs.
“Sometimes I wonder if my daughter is a sociopath. I’m sorry Mary”Omar said, Mary only bowed and disappeared.
Mirabelle walked back downstairs in something different. Not uniform.
She didn’t spare her dad a glance, Omar watched her run outside and as he heard the sounds of screeching tyres, he palmed his forehead.
“Mira,”he groaned.
•GRANDE’S VILLA•
The golden sun dipped low behind the hills, casting a warm glow over the sprawling villa.
The Villa stands out among all rich living places in New York because it’s the home of Thomas Grande.
Instead of bougainvillea and palms to frame the Villa, tech-securities and robotics filled every nook and cranny.
Unlike Eric, Thomas still got house workers to work for him everyday, not normal stewards and cleaners but experienced tech-staff who oversees everything in the house.
A crystal-blue pool stretched beside the house, its surface glinting like glass. Beyond it, soft lounge chairs waited under a canopy of cream-colored fabric.
Inside, the Villa breathed elegance and modernity, living out of the world. Everything is so beautiful.
In a security room, Thomas sat with a few of his team, eyes glued to the screens like they’d miss a clue if they take their eyes off just for a sec.
“We have fifty claimers now,”a man beside him said.
“Fair enough,”Thomas replied without removing his eyes from the screen.
There was silence for another five minutes, just clicking sounds from the computer, then the screens went off and they exhaled.
They’re just five in that room, Thomas, three other men and a woman.
Thomas rolled his chair, backing the computer.
“By tomorrow, the fifty teenagers claiming to be the Sharmer King will be here. Eric is gonna decide which one of them is real”Thomas said.
“The cops still haven’t given us any useful information. Looks like the Sharmer King isn’t ready to reveal himself”a man said.
“I don’t depend on the police,”Thomas muttered.
“What if… among these guys coming tomorrow… the Sharmer King isn’t there?”the only woman asked.
“What are you saying? We’ll continue the search”a man scoffed.
“And what if he doesn’t wanna be found? Young CEO really wants to see his savior again and he’s gradually getting too worried and that’s not good. We can’t continue searching for who doesn’t wanna be found and we can’t risk young CEO’s health. It’s over a month now”the lady, Joanne said.
The men squinted, not getting it but Thomas chuckled.
“Only Eric knows what the Sharmer King has, we can’t fake someone else as he or Eric will know. Let’s wait for the fifty teenagers, if he’s not among them, then I know exactly what to do… that’s IF Eric agrees to tell me what the Sharmer King has”he said.
Everyone got it immediately.
“CEO, you won’t…”the first man muttered.
Thomas nodded.
“If Eric gives me the quality of the Sharmer King, I’ll do that. He’s all I’ve got and I won’t make him think too much about anything. He still blames himself for my wife and daughter’s death, he shouldn’t be too stressed to worry about another thing. I don’t blame the Sharmer King if he doesn’t wanna disclose himself to the world, we’ll just maybe build our own Sharmer King”he said.
“CEO, we’ve never built a human robot before, what if this doesn’t work?”another man asked.
“I too hope it doesn’t. I hope we find the real Sharmer King among the fifty. But if we don’t, we’ll work on the human robot, we’ll put our best in it and make it real… anything to unstress Eric”Thomas said, the love for his son stretching in his voice.
His team partners exchanged glances.
Only Joanne smiled. She knows Eric has been calling lately asking about the Sharmer King and the way he sounds makes her worry everyday. She’s Thomas’ new PA, but before then, she’d been a staff member.
She knows Eric in and out. And for Eric to be concerned about the Sharmer King that much, he’s really grateful.
Not finding Sharmer King may hurt him, so this is the best idea— Either faking the Sharmer King or building him.
“And he’s calling,”Thomas sighed and picked his phone.
•Back to Stars High~Eric and Friends’ Haven•
The teacher hadn’t left when Eric started dialling his dad’s number.
Thomas picked immediately. The teacher left and Derek and Rhapsody leaned to hear.
“Eric, we’re still working on it,”Thomas said. “But we have fifty claimers, you’ll be meeting them tomorrow”he quickly added.
“I’ll be home tomorrow at five”Eric said.
“They’ll be complete by then,”Thomas replied.
Eric nodded as if his father could see him and he hung up, standing up.
He’s not in blazers anymore. Just his clean as fúck shirt and pants revealing his mighty, expensive belt.
He got to the cellar, picking HIS champagne— Dom Pérignon.
It’s his alone. No one dares take his thing with him.
He poured some into a glass, swirling the golden liquid in his hand.
“What?”he frowned at Rhapsody and Derek who focused their gazes on him.
“Aren’t you too nice about ‘The Sharmer King’s’ matter?”Rhapsody winked, air quoting.
“I think he’s turning gay, cause the Eric I know won’t do this”Derek looked at her, she nodded, they exchanged knowing smiles and turned to Eric.
“Look, I’m just grateful okay? He saved my life so bury yours if you want to”Eric scoffed.
“You’re grateful? Sounds new to me”Rhapsody laughed.
“What’s the meaning of grateful?”Derek asked her.
“Dunno, maybe we should ask ‘Mr Grateful’”she said.
“Rhapsody, I just let you in my haven. This is not your place… out”Eric ordered.
“You think I’ll leave? Dream again…”Rhapsody was still talking when Senitel’s voice stopped her.
“Master Eric, two scholarship students are at the entrance”
“Scholarships? Here? Are they high?”Eric frowned.
“One of them looks high, she’s a girl in pants, like Rhapsody. Pretty tho”Senitel said.
“What do you know about pretty? Let them in”Eric took a sip of his champagne, he let the liquid linger in his tongue, enjoying the sweetness.
But the liquid rolled down his throat immediately Alex entered.
Then Cathy who never looked up.
“Echo?”Rhapsody jerked up, gulping.
“Hey, Rhapo, I’m finally a student,”Alex smiled.
“Fúcking Christ, Mi bestie!”Rhapsody screamed and ran to her, hugging her with her life.
“Didn’t see that coming”Derek muttered.
“Echo, you’re different! Wow, I’m so sorry. I didn’t forget you, I swear…”Rhapsody muttered.
“Bro, it’s four years, of course we’ll lose contact,”Alex replied, hugging her back.
“Tried everything to find you, but I didn’t know where you and Christy relocated to. I’m glad you’re here now, how long have you been here? I just got back from Russia so I dunno”Rhapsody said.
“Became a student today, and it’s hectic already. But I’m in for trouble”Alex winked, they laughed and exchanged their friendship handshake.
“Now who’s Echo? Our Tomboy?”Derek laughed.
“Guys, meet Alex, my best friend before you guys. Back when I stayed in Nyack with my granny, she was my everything and she still is. Note, I call her Echo alone. I gave her that name, she calls me Rhapo”Rhapsody said, already placing her head on Alex’s shoulder.
Alex’s eyes found Derek and she gave him a short smile but when she glanced at Eric, the burning hate in their eyes could set the school on fire.
Eric didn’t blink as he plotted mischief in his head, Alex didn’t blink either.
“What’s happening?”Rhapsody blinked.
“Your best friend? Unfriend her if you wanna keep coming here, Rhapsody. Clock that”Eric looked at her, sipping his drink. He dropped the glass and slipped through a door.
“What’s wrong with him?”Rhapsody asked.
“I think your Echo stole his first kiss,”Derek grinned.
“If he wants to die, that’s his problem. Not like I gained anything from placing my lips on his”Alex scoffed and whispered something to Rhapsody who laughed.
“Seriously? You could have used Derek as a camouflage instead. Eric hates people touching him, especially strangers, calls them ‘unclean’”Rhapsody said air quoting the last word.
“That was exactly why I did that,”Alex shrugged and looked behind her. “Cat?”she called.
Cathy had disappeared.
“Great”she pinched her middle brows and looked back at Rhapsody. “Was about introducing a new friend to you. Well, I badly missed you and I fúcking need you right now,”she said.
“Of course bitch! four years!”Rhapsody gushed and hugged her again.
Derek ignored them, playing videogames on his phone.
“First, let’s play billiards,”Rhapsody suggested.
“Are we supposed to play billiards when class…”Alex started but a ping-pong ball hit her forehead before she could finish.
“Are you gonna stand there staining my floor with those tiny legs?”Eric frowned.
“You think I’d wanna waste a second if Rhapo wasn’t here?! I’d die of suffocation!”she snapped, grabbing the ball and threw it back at him but he caught it, eyes locked on her as he bounced the ball on his palm.
“Then go out there and die, Tomboy. Don’t stay here. Your presence irritates me”he tossed the ball at her again, this time she dodged it, almost running to him but Rhapsody stopped her.
“Echo, you’re still crazy. This is Eric’s haven”she said, shaking her.
“I don’t care if he owns this place of doom, I didn’t do anything before he hit me with the ball”she replied, another ball flew to her head.
Eric stood there chuckling quietly like a maniac, like it was fun. He’s holding another ball, bouncing it on his palm, staring at Alex with unreadable eyes.
“Eric!”Rhapsody screamed.
Alex shoved her aside and lunged at Eric, she gagged his collar, pushing him to the wall.
He didn’t flinch, his back landed on the wall and he looked down at Alex’s burning eyes.
“You know what happens to people who touch me with their dirty hands?”he calmly asked, like he didn’t trigger anything.
That calmness made Alex boil.
“Then you wouldn’t have allowed me to touch you!”she screamed, headbutting him.
“Lit!”Derek commented looking at Rhapsody who just stared, confused and more confused.
“Your Echo is so crazy”he said, Rhapsody glared at him.
The pain didn’t affect Eric. What affected him was the trickle of little blood on his forehead. He hates stains!
“Fúck”he cussed, pushing Alex away. She’s bleeding too.
“Clean it”he glared.
“Ne-ver”she mouthed.
“Clean the fúcking blood, bitch”he repeated, almost grabbing her but Alex was faster, she moved backwards, giving him a kick in the groin.
“Jesus Christ!”Derek screamed in amazement, he covered his crotch like he was the one kicked.
Rhapsody sighed and walked to the cellar without saying anything, she got herself a bottle of Scotch, drinking directly from the bottle.
“Sometimes, one needs to chill and watch”she muttered to herself, nodding.
Eric? He was more than shocked as the pain hit him there like a storm.
He covered that spot, biting a side of his lips as he fell on a chair, glaring daggers at Alex.
“Watch your back Grande Hottie. I hate you more”Alex wiped her forehead and walked out after giving Rhapsody a stare.
Rhapsody nodded once. “See ya later, Mi Bestie”she waved.
Derek jumped up, running to Eric whose eyes stayed on the entrance.
“She’s Sassy, I know. Don’t cry”he patted him.
“Does it hurt?”Rhapsody laughed, one glare from Eric was enough to shut her up.
She and Derek exchanged glances and burst into laughter.
They quickly ran out, Rhapsody didn’t leave her drink behind, she sipped as she left with Derek.
Eric’s lips curled into a mean smile.
That Tomboy doesn’t know what she’s gotten herself into.
•Closing Hour•
Rhapsody, Cathy and Alex walked out of class together— Rhapsody won’t stay in Eric’s haven again, not when Alex is back.
“I’ll be heading home now,”Cathy said.
“Good luck, bite anyone who tries stopping you”Alex said, she laughed and walked away.
“She’s cute, you don’t make friends with cuties”Rhapsody turned to Alex, she shrugged.
“Maybe I’ll make one cute friend”
“Hi, Miss Alex and Miss Rhapsody!”Winter ran to them, smiling brightly.
“Miss?”Rhapsody and Alex chorused, frowning slightly.
“Umm, you’re a rich kid and you’re a fighter. How do I address you both?”Winter asked.
“Whatever”Rhapsody rolled her eyes. Alex chuckled and they started walking.
“Rude,”Winter muttered.
“What’s rude?”Dennis whispered behind her, covering her eyes with his palms.
“Den,”she smiled. He groaned and released her, she turned to him.
“You can’t let me surprise you for once,”he said, and she smiled.
Meanwhile, Alex and Rhapsody almost got to the garage when a student surpassed them.
“The principal wants you in his office now”he said and ran away without further words.
“Who? Me or you?”Rhapsody asked.
“Who else? Me. For giving ‘church bell’ what she deserved or for the stupid grand hottie”Alex said.
“You two are crazy actually”Rhapsody commented, they started walking back to the school.
•The Principal’s Office•
Alex entered.
She rolled her eyes seeing Eric seated like a chairman on the chair, tapping his ringed fingers on his glass of champagne.
He’s dressed in a hoodie and baggy trousers, fine sneakers. All white.
The chains on his neck were worth billions and Alex was already calculating in her head how much one was worth by estimation.
His Hunter eyes— hidden in the hood, ran over her, like he was assessing his prey.
The principal, Mr Woods, a man in his early fifties with dark moustache and full hair looked up from his table, smiling at Alex.
“Miss Alex, how was your first day at school?”he asked.
“Not bad”she looked at Eric and the principal.
“Grand Hottie came to report me?”she asked.
Mr Woods frowned, he looked at Eric and back at Alex.
“Report?”he repeated. “Eric asked me to send for you, he didn’t complain about you,”he added.
“I’m not a poor ass like you to report, Tomboy”Eric said and looked at Mr Woods.
“Cancel her name from the list of students admitted this year,”he said.
“What!”Alex’s eyes bulged, she balled her fists immediately.
Even Mr Woods was taken aback, he widened his eyes, adjusting his glasses.
“What?”
“What!”Rhapsody rushed in.
“Yes, I was just coming to say that!”Mirabelle ran in, breathing hard, she glared at Alex and flashed a smile at Eric, but he wasn’t staring.
His eyes are on Mr Woods.
“Sir?”Woods swallowed.
“You heard me, Woods. Except you wanna lose your place on that fúcking seat”he said, his voice calm like a dove’s yet proud like he owns the world— Even Alex’s life.
TBC…
