A few months later, our school's student council made an auction for Valentine's Day, also known in Mexico as the Day of Love and Friendship, the winning bidders would get a dinner or a movie with the person they won at the auction. Two weeks before Valentine's Day and all the money went to the care of hospitalized terminally ill children and their families. My two friends begged me to be the auctioneer and highlighted item at the end as a way of thanking me for the effort into making the auction a success as they said "Anne, please would you be our auctioneer and be our headliner to be auctioned off at the end. Pretty please! You will be helping the children. You want to help the children, right?"
Replied back to them "I will help by being your auctioneer and headliner to be auctioned off at the end. For three reasons: one, I want to help the children, two, to stop the pretty please and lastly, it seems like fun." They answered energetically "You will. Thank you! You're helping a good cause! It will be fun like the day you played the game of popping the balloon with your butt to get the question out to get points on the exam and the funny positions you made while playing in Pharmacology." Replied back to them again, "Don't know if anyone would bid on me?" My friends answered back humorously "Don't be silly. You're nice and smart. There are many guys and girls who would be dying to hang out with you on that day if not, we will bid on you! Hey, it's a day of Love and Friendship after all."
The two days before Valentine's Day, Tuesdays have always been my early day so I could change quickly into my auctioneer costume, which had a cool witch's hat and cape and costume made me feel like I was the queen of the auction, before 2 pm. Exiting the girl's bathroom, Raúl sees me in the hallway then asked "Hi, Anne. Why are you wearing a witch's costume?" Replied back "Hi Raúl. I'm the auctioneer for Valentine's Day auction and winners get a date. Hope you come! Help little children." He replied back "Oh yeah heard that you were going to be in it. We will see a lot of consultations today." Spoke back "Ok. Hope you come. It will be fun and support a good cause."
At 1:10, met Quilla at the almost finished auction stage with a catwalk to show off the ones being auctioned off, which were all volunteers, of the 24: half were in a relationship and the other half including myself, just thought it will be fun and a good cause, so everybody knew it will probably be biased towards their romantic partners as he told me this "Anne, you're ready?" Replied back "Yes, I think so. It will be fun. Where will I stand in the auction?" He answered back "Oh, yeah. The podium next to the catwalk when I introduce you when it's time to hangout behind and the walk-in like when we're in the choir." Then walk and have fun on the catwalk when we are auctioning you off." At 2 pm, I saw a huge crowd of professors, students, and administrators from behind the backstage curtains started getting nervous then Quilla spoke to the crowd "Hello, everyone! Welcome! Thank you all for coming to the First Annual Valentine's Day Date Auction. I would like to introduce to you our Mistress of Ceremonies for this little event: Anne Monik Ross Webber!"
Right when heard my name being called, walked from the backstage to the podium while waving and smiling to the crowd, but actually was in complete terror and stress by all the eyes watching me, which is ironic that I'm a decent Youtuber that talks about life in Mexico City and being a medical student in a school that is incorporated with UNAM, but instantly calmed down and started truly enjoying being the auctioneer of this silly little auction. While at the podium, spoke to the crowd with exciting hopeful energy "Welcome again to the First Annual Valentine's Day Date Auction. Thank you all for coming. Rules of this event: One: All of the money from this event will be donated to Lomas Children's Hospital. Two: For all winners of the auction, they would get dinner or a movie with the person they are bidding on. Four: No fighting and no foul language, please. Five: Most of all have fun and maybe a surprise at the end! Let's get this amazing event started. We passed out announcements who were going to be auctioned off. After three hours, we made a lot of money for terminally ill children close to 20000 pesos from 20 pesos to 100 pesos then spoke to the crowd "The surprise we have for you all is that the auction is not over yet there is one more person being auctioned off. Your Mistress of Ceremonies: Me!" Then tossed the auctioneer hat like a frisbee to Elias and he caught as we rehearsed multiple times and for four days straight just to get it right. As he put on the hat "Hello everyone I'm Elias Riley Torres Salas. Let's start the bidding at 50 pesos for a date with Dolores." My friend Alica said "I bid 100 pesos!" Elias spoke "I bid 150 pesos!" Out of nowhere, Dr. Raúl proclaimed "5,000 pesos for a date with Dolores!" Elias replied nervously looking at other bidders "5,010 pesos anybody. Everyone was so scared out of bidding against him. Elias spoke again "5,000 pesos going once, going twice and sold to Dr. Raúl Lessing Hernández." Under my breath, I said "Shit, just like last time. He was not going to let me go with someone else. I belonged to him and only him. I am his property and loyal dutiful servant in anything including his sexual needs." After the auction, he told me as he hugged me with a happy and warm tone "You were amazing as an auctioneer I saw the whole thing." I asked him confused "How I thought you had a lot of consultations today?" He replied back "Yes, I did but they were quick and my last two consultations cancelled so I hurried just in time to see you." Then he hugged even tighter and spoke with a possessive vindictive tone of voice "You thought you were going to go away so easily. You were wrong. I won't let some lowlife have you. You are mine. I own you twice now. The only way you are going to get free is if I let you go and I'm not letting you go anytime soon." Then back to the normal friendly eyes I know and love as my two friends come over. They knew someone was going to bag me as they proclaimed "Anne, I knew someone was going bid on you. We are just surprised that it was the nice cute professor Dr. Raúl for 5000 pesos." I said with regret and some worry under my breath "You don't know his possessive vindictive side like I do and you don't want to find out."