Lillian was on her way to work after she finished her homework at home.

"Good afternoon," Lillian yawned.

"Good afternoon, Lillian, you look exhausted," Nori replied.

"Yeah… I only has two hours of sleep yesterday…"

"Oh my! Why?"

"I don't know why."

"I see…Hope you have a good sleep today."

"Thanks…"

Nori gave Lillian a smile and patted her back.

"Well, we gotta get to work!"

"Yeah…"

"Lillian, can you clean the pool today?" A butler asked.

"Yeah, sure, where is it?" Lillian replied.

"If you go straight through the living room and turn left, there's a clear-glass door which you'll be able to find where the pool is."

"Alright."

"Thank you."

Lillian grabbed a duster, surface cleaner, a towel and went to the pool as the butler instructed. It wasn't hard to find the glass door because other maids were gathering around it.

"Isn't he so charming?" The maid said dreamily.

"I'm so glad I work here!"

"He's rich, hot, and perfect!"

Through the visible door, Cam was resting on a pool chaise lounge chair under the shadow of a huge umbrella.

"Um.. excuse me… May I pass through the door?" Lillian asked.

The maids stared at her with their mouth open.

"You were told to clean the pool?" One maid asked.

"Uhh.. yes…"

"Lucky! I wish I was you!"

"You can take the job if you want."

"We wished to… but we got our own jobs to do."

"Oh I see."

"Well we got to go before Master yell at us, have fun."

Lillian waved at them goodbye and entered the door. The pool was bigger than her bedroom. There were ruffles as the leaves fell onto the water. Four chaise lounge chairs were arrayed on each side of the pool with white table on each end. The maid began to dust the outdoor furniture that were far away from Cam. Lastly, she stood next to him while cleaning the last chair. There was a silence except for the sound of the duster rubbing against the wood.

"Hey!" Cam yelled.

Lillian was startled by his sudden call.

"Y-yes?" She stuttered.

"Is being honest a bad thing?" Cam asked.

"N-no…"

He stood up and grabbed Lillian by her shoulder. His eyes focused directly into hers.

"I was being honest about Nancy this morning. Why were you angry?"

"…"

Lillian's heart was racing so fast she couldn't speak. She took a few steps back, forcing herself out of Cam's hold.

"H-hey! You're gonna fall!" Cam yelled.

The maid forgot that there was a pool behind her, so she took one more step back. The young master tried to grab her but he fell into the pool, too. Both gasped for air when they reached the surface.

"S-s-sorry, young master!" Lillian stuttered.

"You still haven't answer my question," Cam said.

They were unaware of the position they were in. While Lillian was drowning, Cam grabbed her waist to help her up. She stayed silent to calm down her racing heart. Unfortunately, she did not know how to swim and they were in the middle of a deep pool. She knew she had to hold on to her young master to keep herself from drowning, again. With a deep breath, she stared into his eyes. The words stuck in her throat every time she tried to speak.

"Y-you know, truth hurts," Lillian answered.

"…."

"but no one want to be lies to. Do you?"

"no."

"Nancy didn't want to lie to herself and kept silence when she's around you. She wanted to express her truth self to you because a special feeling for you developed inside her heart. She would be lying to you if she were to pretend to be quiet."

"…"

"You did tell her the truth about how you felt and you proved it with your action. But you know, you have to be aware of her feeling before you do something."

Cam let out a chuckle.

"If I was considering about her feeling, that wouldn't be my truth self, then I'd be lying to you and everyone else," Cam answered.

"If I wasn't angry at you for your action, I'd be lying to you and everyone else." Lillian replied. "In the end, everyone spoke the truth."

"That was a nice lecture from you, considering you don't talk much in class."

Lillian felt her face turned red. She pushed Cam away from her but she turned even redder when she realized how close they were a moment ago. Unaware of the fact that she didn't know how to float, she sank into the water.

"E-hey!" Cam shouted.

He dived into the water to save her. The young master brought his maid back to the ground before she drowned again. The pen in Lillian's bun fell out, showing the length of her long hair that reached down to the ground while she was sitting on the gray cement. Cam's eyes were wide opened.

"Your hair is so long…" He said.

"Why are you acting so surprise?" Lillian asked.

"I've never seen your hair down before."

"Now you have."

The glass door slides opened with a scream, "Hey Cam!"

Cam looked to the source of the voice to find Ash walking toward him.

"Who's the new maid?" Ash asked.

He came close to the new maid and stared at her with his eyes wide opened and his jaw dropped.

"Lillian?! What are you doing here?"

"I-I work here…"

"Woah… how come I never know about this?"

"You never ask."

The boy turned to Cam who was confused.

"Hold up, how do you know she's a new maid?" Cam look puzzled.

"I don't know, she just looks different from the back? Maybe it's because her hair is long?" Ash answered.

"…"

"WAIT! Lillian! Your hair is so long!"

From the door, another voice called out.

"Lillian! What happened to you?" Nori shouted.

She rushed over to Lillian and bowed down to her young masters.

"Excuse me, young masters, may I take Lillian to dry her up?"

"You should before she gets sick."

"Thank you."

Nori grabbed her friend by the hand and escaped the awkward atmosphere.

"Are you okay, Lillian? You seem to be having troubles with the two young masters there" She giggled.

"Yes, thank you. I owe you one," Lillian replied.

"No worries. Maybe you should go clean yourself and go home. You seem exhausted."

"Okay. Thank you."

After Lillian was all cleaned and dried, she found the young masters waiting for her in the living room.

"This can't be good…" Lillian mumbled.

They stared at her in an observant way, at the side of the new girl they hadn't seen before. She was wearing a simple dress featured blossoms with pink and red petals with green leaf. Its fold-pleated skirt reached down to her knee. Her well-combed hair that separated into two portions lay on her shoulders. Her long bang was brushed to the left.

"Where did you get that dress?" Ash asked.

"Nori," Lillian replied.

"It looks pretty on you," Ash gave her a smile.

"Thanks."

Lillian bowed down to them and dashed through the door to hide her flushed cheeks. She saw Kana strolling around when she exited the mansion. He met her eyes the moment he looked up and he gave her a friendly wave.

"Lillian! How've you been?" Kana shouted.

She ran excitedly to her old co-worker.

"Good, you?" Lillian replied.

"We're lonely without you. Boss shouldn't have given you up."

Lillian giggled and replied, "I miss working with you."

"Then come back to us. You are our lucky charm."

"Boss will throw me back here."

"True. She wants the best for you."

They laughed together and walked side-by-side. Though, there was a silence lingering around the air for a moment.

"Is the school treating you well?" Kana asked.

"Huh?" Lillian asked. She was stunned by his question.

"Rich kids there are obnoxious. Some girls could get overwhelmed with jealousy, especially to girls like you."

"Why…?"

"Well, because you are much prettier and smarter than them."

Lillian cast her gaze to the ground to hide her redden face.

"H-how would you know that?"

"You're the prettiest I have ever seen."

The girl surely knew that her face was like a tomato by now. Her heart was beating rapidly inside her chest.

"Well, it was nice to talk to an old friend, again. I got to go now. See you later," Kana said smiling.

"Bye bye," Lillian waved at him.

She was a little bit disappointed to see him leaving but it was a good talk.

"Come visit us!" Kana shouted.

"Mhm!"

Lillian was lying in bed with mind full of thoughts. She remembered Kana said 'old friend'. She had never considered him anything more or less than a co-worker. But she was glad he thought of her as a friend.

This was Lillian's 4th week into school, she was leaning her head against the hard desk as her gentle breath escaped her nose. The poor girl had been staying up all night to study for her tests that were given today. When the lunch bell rang, she stumbled to the school's roof. She gave up her lunch time to take a little nap in a little corner.

"Move aside, this is my spot."

Lillian opened her eyes wide enough to get a clear view of the person face. It was Cam. She was preparing to leave the spot but Cam pulled her back.

"I only told you to move aside, so stay here," Cam said.

"…"

The girl did as she was told because she was too tired to find another place anyways. They leaned against the wall, restoring their drained energy. Cam caught a glance of Lillian's calm face. Her hair swayed in the direction of the wind.

"Why are you here?" Lillian asked in a soft tone as she rubbed her eyes.

"This has always been my resting spot," Cam answered.

"Why?"

"It's quiet here."

"Am I interrupting your peace?"

Cam thought about her question. He always liked to stay on the roof alone when no one was there, but he doesn't seem to mind with Lillian by his side.

"I don't know."

"Cam," Lillian spoke in a stern voice.

"What?" Cam felt like he was in serious question as her voice stayed in his ears.

"What is your truth-self?"

"What do you mean?"

"You're mean to me in school. You're nice to me at home. You're mysterious when we're alone. You made me filled with curiosities," Lillian's eyes fixed directly into the boy's beautiful emerald eyes.

He responded to her gaze and chuckled.

"I don't even know myself. Maybe I wanted your attention?" Cam admitted. He regretted spatting those words out in front of her.

"Attention. You got it. I talk to you more than I usually do to other people. It's strange."

"That makes me feel special."

"Don't get the wrong idea. There is no special feeling for you. I guess I am recognizing you as a friend."

Cam felt a little disappointed. Inside his heart, he wanted to be something more than just a friend. It wasn't a love kind of thing, yet. He thought of being someone who was closed to her enough to be able to share everything about how they felt.

"Should I be grateful?" Cam responded.

"I guess not," Lillian replied in a rather sleepy voice.

Cam turned to the girl who was sleeping against the wall. She must have been exhausted. He let her stayed like that then woke her up when the bell rang.