She was Tamed

• Jada •

"Byotchhhhhhhhhh!!!"

I just stepped out of the airport and an ear-piercing shriek welcomed me. As usual, they were late again.

"Shut up!" I snapped. "I've been waiting inside for thirty minutes already. Why are you guys late again? Did you just spat or swallowed?" pretending to be really irritated at the familiar faces that came to pick me up.

Two people came to fetch me from the airport. One is Bambi, my gay manager/confidante/gbf (gay best friend)/mother/father, older sister, and older brother, all in one.

Bambi is also twenty-five years old, the same age as me. He likes younger men though he would always complain when he runs out of money and none of his boys would show up.

"Fck! Are you mocking me? I'm parched! No one wants to water me since I'm penniless," he snapped, rolling his eyes before pouting at me.

I tugged at my earlobe, rolling my eyes at him too. I'm really tired of his drama, it's the same old story.

Following Bambi out of the van was Honey, Honreta Perez in real life. We're used to calling her Honey and even our fellow models address her by that name.

She was smiling brightly as she approached me, showing the small dimples on each end of her lips. This girl is my best friend forever. She's like my sister from another mother.

Driving the van is Edward, Honey's older brother, and my number one fan. He always follows her sister in every local gig, hoping to see me.

"Hi, sis!" Honey greeted me as she walks closer. I immediately hugged and kissed her before frowning as I let her go.

"Where have you guys been? It took you a while to get here, I almost hailed a cab and go home by myself!" scolding both of them. "I'm so tired from my flight and you guys even made me wait," I continued while helping Edward load my luggage to the van.

"Don't ask, I'm pissed too," Honey rolled her eyes at me. "Bambi went out on a date with one of his boys, that's why we're late!"

"Date? Where?" I asked Honey, creasing my forehead before turning to my pink friend, "Don't tell me you did it in my condo?" pretending to be mad at Bambi.

I went inside the van as I can't stand the heat anymore. I've been sweating all over and I'm already feeling uncomfortable.

"Byotch! Stop pretending to be holy! Don't make me want to punch you!" he snapped at me as he enters the vehicle. However, he was quick to retract his statement and even gave me a peace sign as soon as he saw me raise an eyebrow at him.

"You're disgusting! Now I know why you smell like hospital disinfectant!" I can't help but laugh. "Shoo! You're nasty, stay away from me!"

People listening to our conversation will think that we have no breeding. But this is us. This is how we interact with each other.

We don't really care who can hear us and we can't be bothered with their reactions. We don't care if they're disgusted.

In all honesty, I wasn't like this before. Even Honey doesn't talk like us even now. She maintains her prim and proper image, unlike me, unlike us.

Among all our friends, I was the only one who really changed. The reason behind that is something I never want to look back to.

Aside from that, I also believe in the saying, "It's better to be hated for who you are than to be liked for who you're not" or something among those lines. I now live by that.

But despite my friends being like this, I love them. They are my lifelines whenever I go astray.

Not in a life-ruining way, but they're the lights at the end of my tunnel. Especially in times when I'm about to go crazy not knowing what to do with my life.

Bambi Aure told us that he was born gay. That is why his family can't accept him and his father would always beat him up.

He grew up in a family dominated by the male species. All his siblings are male and his mother passed away after giving birth to him.

That is another reason why his father, a retired police officer, can't accept him. Mister Aure can't accept the fact that his son ended up like this.

He can't accept the fact that although Bambi's a man physically, he likes men too. His mind and heart think and beat for the same sex.

Honey, on the other hand, comes from a prominent family in the Province of Quezon. They used to own a popular resort and were considered the richest family in the province.

But that was before their family went thru something rather difficult. Fortunately, they were able to survive it.

His father was an Engineer and her mother was a Fashion Designer. The resort they own was passed on to his father by his parents.

They were able to succeed in running the resort business and that added to their fortune. Unfortunately, they weren't aware of her father's illness.

They didn't know that her father's been going back to the States for his heart treatment. They only found out about it when he had another attack.

That was also when they found out that their resort was already mortgaged to her father's greedy stepbrother. Sadly, they have no way of taking it back.

Honey helped her parents put up a small business. Her mom thought of designing wedding gowns and Honey came up with the funds for it.

Their business quickly became popular as it was a first in the province. Aside from that, her mother's designs are all unique and beautiful.

Other than Honey and Bambi, our circle of friends also includes Ada or Adamson Flores, Jenny Cruz, and Lowela Suarez. I've been friends with them since I was in college.

It was Honey who introduced me to the world of ramp modeling. Bambi volunteered to be my makeup artist, while Ada's in charge of Honey. Take note, they did it for free.

We also hired them to become our personal assistants when we start earning from our gigs. And now, they are our managers.

Bambi and Ada are now in charge of meeting the clients who want to hire our services, as Honey and I hate attending meetings. It's tedious. It's boring.

Both Bambi and Ada finished Physical Therapy. However, Honey and I believe that they should have opted for Cosmetology instead, as that is where their talent is.

Honey and I took a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and we both graduated with flying colors. Unfortunately, we weren't able to apply what we studied.

We started modeling back in college. We both liked the job and we enjoyed traveling so we decided to stick with it.

Honey is gorgeous. She's like a real-life Barbie doll. Standing at 5 feet 8 inches, her body proportion is out of this world.

I'm 5'8 too, but I'm thicker than her. She's got milk skin and is almost always mistaken to be a foreigner.

She had her share of boyfriends back in college. He got into a relationship with a school varsity, student council president, law student, restaurant manager, co-model, and even a politician's son.

However, all her relationships lasted for only six months. It never went beyond that even for just a minute or even a second.

I, on the other hand, only had one boyfriend. And unfortunately, it was a heartbreaking story. One I wouldn't want to tell anyone.