Beuty and The Beast

Beauty and The Beast

He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. His father was a famous business man in Scotland and that was why James got the privileged to study in an elite school which was only for the rich and famous. On the other hand, only lucky commoners who possessed a brilliant brain could study there. James was a handsome, tall and stylish guy, that why the girls went crazy over him. Since, all his friend was good looking too, so they were known as the ‘hot’ guys in the school. James was also known as a captain for his school’s basketball team. They had always be seen practising as to make sure they grabbed the best title in any championship. After the practise, the girl would mop them for a little chat. Only the chosen ones could talk to them, then these fortunate lasses would be respected by others because the hot guy were very arrogant and too picky.

On the other side of the world, there was Betty, a fusty girl with a big spectacles, braces on her teeth and a pony tail who lived in a small, poor, outskirt town in Scotland. Her father was a farmer and her mother was died since she was a baby. Although she was in poverty but she manage to get flying colour results in any examination. One fine day, she got a letter from Scotland High School. She was surprised by the letter. Betty was offered of scholarship to further her studies at the school. She was at cloud nine because she never expected that she could be accepted in the famous school.

Upon registration, Miss Foley brought her to a class. Before arriving at her class. She could see many student with branded and expensive clothes. She only wore old fashion clothes. She felt very humble and kept looking at the floor. As she entered the classroom, all eyes converged at her. She had goose-bumps. Miss Foley asked her to introduced herself. “Hello, my  name is Betty Bake”, as soon as she was done with the words, everyone in the class laughed at her. One of the student interrupted, “Is ugly Betty, your mom?”. Betty kept holding back her anger because she knew that she was a new student and for sure there would be no who wanted to back her up. Miss Foley asked her to sit at any place that she liked but when she went towards the chair, the student would say the chair belonged to her friend. Finally, she got a chair which beside the handsome guy, James. The guy turned his head to her and said “welcome”. She just smiled back to James.

Every day, Betty would sit beside James. They never had a chat. One day, when all student went for recess and only them in the class. James asked her to join for recess. She was hesitated to answer it because she had no money to buy any food. “Do you have any problems?”, James asked Betty. Betty took a few minutes to answer it. She was dubious to share her problem. “My father was is sick due to cancer”, Betty replied. “I am sorry, I do not know about this”, James felt sorry for her. James treated Betty a slice of blueberry chocolate cake and orange juice. From that day, they got closer and James always spent time with Betty.

Betty always shared her problem with James. James would give moral support to her. As the time passed, James’s feeling towards Betty as a friend turned to love. He wanted to have a more serious relationship with Betty. Although everyone kept saying Betty was ugliest girl in the school but he believed that beauty lies on the eyes of the beholder. For him, Betty was very special because she was courageous, strong and tough to face any problems. Betty realized about James’s feeling but she was afraid that she was just dreaming. Betty realized about James’s feeling but she was afraid that she was just dreaming. Betty discerned that she was not suitable for James because she was poor girl.

Everyone in the school wondered about their relationship. Gorgeous with ugly Betty? This question kept questioning them. The other girls were jealous or Betty. The other girl jealous of Betty. They always bullied her like pouring chilli source on Betty’s chairs, threw her homework in the dustbin and stole her spectacle. James always became a hero to her. Since James befriended with Betty, he always skipped his basketball practise. His friend were not satisfied with him because he was no longer a responsible team member. He kept in his mind that Betty was number one.

One day, his friend asked him to come to the basketball court. They told him that they did not like the relationship. ‘If you want to befriend with us, leave her but if not, please let go your position as the captain as the team”, his friends warned him.” “I need time to think about it”, he replied. But his friends refused to wait, they wanted an immediately answer. After considering it prudently, James made a big decision that he wanted to leave Betty because he was influence by his friend. They told him that Betty only wanted his money.

Day by day, James furthered himself from Betty. Betty was very sad. James had become like other who was always bullied her. For this ego, he kept holding back his feelings. Although he knew that he was wrong but he did not apologise to Betty.

James always dreaming about Betty. Now he realise that he really loved Betty and he needed her in life. James shared his problem with his brother. His brother advised him to buy a necklace and gave it to Betty during the revelation. James tried to practise a few times until he had the confidence to confess about his feeling.

“Saw you from the distance, saw you from the stage, something about your eyes to look into, something about your beautiful face...”, James tried to remember the sweet words that his brother taught him.

One day, James rushed to go to class during recess. He brought along the necklace and the sweet words in his mind. James was so nervous to open the classroom’s door. He prayed to God to help him. After taking a deep breath, James open the door. He was so surprised because he saw Betty was kissing with another boy. The boy confessed to Betty that he loved Betty that he loved her very much. James’s heart was broken into million pieces. He left and closed the door behind him quietly.