ARIANA’S
It has been a week since the party and today is Austin’s birthday.
I woke up very early, tiptoed to the kitchen and began making cake, as quietly as I could. I put the batter in the oven and froze when I heard a noise, I sighed when the noise stopped.
I put the cake on the dining, waiting for him to come downstairs. I was tempted to laugh when he walked down sluggishly. It had been a long I saw him this way because I no longer cleaned the house.
“Good morning sir” I said bowing slightly.
“Yea morning” He grumbled, walking to the dining. He sat down and I opened the cake.
“HAPPY BIRTHDAY!” I yelled with a smile and he stared at me for a while, did I do anything wrong?.
“Thank you” He said slowly and I smiled inwardly.
He munched on a little piece and had breakfast, then left for upstairs. He doesn’t seem excited or was he pretending not to be happy.
A FEW DAYS AGO( Brooklyn ).
“Hello, mom” I said, kissing her cheeks.
“Looking good son” Mom replied, admiring my dress.
“Mom I’ve missed you so much” I whined, putting my head on her lap as I lay on the couch, she laughed.
“Sorry son, I had to go to Korea, I’m a full-time business Luna” She answered, brushing my hair with her hand.
“Mom it’s gonna be our birthday in a few days, let’s throw a party at Austin’s house” I suggested and she nodded thoughtfully.
“That’s right, he spends his day alone, let’s make it lively and fun” Mom added and I rejoiced within, my plan was falling into place slowly.
“I’ll invite everyone at school and get everyone ready for the surprise, I’ll get the decorations and attendants” I said and she beamed with a smile.
“You’re so nice, it’ll stop Austin from having a lonely day” Fiona replied.
“Excuse me, I have to take this call” Mom let out and she stood up. She muttered some words to her phone and nodded occasionally.
“Son, I’m sorry but I’ve got to be in Chicago” Mom said with an apologetic face.
“It’s fine mom, I understand that it’s important” I responded, feigning a sad face.
“Thanks, son, love you so much, have fun” She announced, kissing my cheek and going upstairs to get her luggage.
I teleported to my house, Ava and Dracula were smooching. Don’t get why she’s into this demon.
“Urgh!. Stop it already, if you wanna have sex then do it in a hotel, not my house, it’s strictly for business” I complained with a groan and they stopped.
“Stop being a kill joy and get yourself a girlfriend…. Did you convince Fiona?” Dray Implored and I nodded with a smile.
“Yay! We gonna have a party! I’m inviting all my girls to school” Ava beamed with a purr, sometimes I wonder why Dracula involved her.
“Here’s the plan, we’ll go to his house and set up everything, Ava would hypnotise the workers and make them do the decorations, I’ll invite everyone at school, while you stall him immediately then school closes. If you can’t then I’d help and stall him till it’s late then he’d come home and see everything set up already” I explained and they nodded. I made a few calls and then left for my room.
Austin’s
I drove to school with Ariana in the car, she felt very excited about my birthday, humming birthday songs to herself. I was shocked, this is my birthday yet she has made it hers.
We got to school and she alighted. People stared and murmured but who cares?. We walked inside and I went to my class while she went to hers.
I got to class and everyone began to whisper. “Happy birthday Austin… I… Please ac.. accept this gift” She stuttered nervously, feeling intimidated.
I collected the gift and put it in my locker, a lot seems shocked a few gasped. “Happy birthday Austin!” Candy yelled, coming to my locker with a large, wrapped box.
“I don’t need your gift” I replied coldly and she flinched, she looked around with embarrassment as everyone stared at us with rapid attention.
“Austin please take this gift, people are staring” She whispered pleadingly, I collected it and kept it on the floor.
She left and some giros began murmuring, a few mimicking her. Brooklyn walked in and a person uncocked champagne. An “Happy birthday Brooklyn”. The banner was hung at the top of the board and they began singing.
Brooklyn smiled broadly, lots of girls hugged him and gave him gifts. “Hey bro, happy birthday” He said with a smirk and I pushed my AirPods into my ear.
A teacher walked in and taught a subject I didn’t care about. When the bell was rung, I went to the cafe, I saw Ariana and Charlotte having breakfast but didn’t see Donald. With a shrug, I sat down, they exchanged glances.
Brooklyn walked inside the cafe and it became noisy, he brought his food to our seats, which pissed me off. Why was he trying to get closer to Ariana?.
“Hello ladies, hello Austin “. He said with a wave and I ignored him. Charlotte had a frown on her face.
“Hello, happy birthday” Ariana replied with a smile and Brooklyn gasped dramatically.
“Oh my!. You remember my birthday?. You’re better than a lot of people” He sneered at me, holding his chest.
“Can we all eat in silence or would you excuse us?” Charlotte said rudely and he zipped his mouth. Wow, I smiled slowly, Ariana needs to act like Charlotte once in a while.
A few girls would come to our table, they would flirt with Brooklyn while throwing daggers with their eyes at Ariana. He knew his girls were making jest of Ariana yet he couldn’t do a thing to stop them.
Ariana and Charlotte ate their food immediately and left, I sighed happily. “Why are you here?” I asked, resisting a growl.
“I’m here to eat food” He teased and I banged the table, it attracted stares.
“You know what I mean. Answer me” I growled lowly.
“Don’t create a scene brother, people are watching and today is our birthday we shouldn’t fight” He replied, smiling through his teeth.
”I never cared about what people thought or said. It has always been you” I insulted, infuriating him.
“Stop chasing Ariana, she’ll never be you’re not in a million years to come” I declared and his eyes changed with anger, I could see his claws already.
“You speak with confidence like she’s under your control” Brooklyn responded, calming his nerves.
“That’s our private life. I’m warning you, I won’t keep calm if you come near her. This isn’t Nicole” I clenched the knife in my hand, a girl gasped and I glared at her angrily.
“Let the best suitor win” Brooklyn replied and left with his tray. I let out a deep breath. Would Ariana leave me for Brooklyn when she hears Nicole’s story?. Won’t she like Brooklyn because he’s nice and isn’t cold?.
I left the cafe, I saw Candy and Mia talking in hushed tones. Whenever they whispered, it doesn’t end well. I ignored them and entered my class, took my bag and left for the garden.
I sat on the grass and brought out my music book. Been a long I wrote anything, been a long I enjoyed peace and quietness. Damn! A lot has changed ever since Ariana came into my life.
I enjoy her company a lot but I shouldn’t, I’m supposed to be distant from girls but wouldn’t hurt to have one FRIEND.
I heard a footstep and looked back, it was Ariana. “I’m sorry. I know you don’t want me here but I’ll leave….” She asserted.
“You can stay” I interrupted and she opened her mouth and shut it with a nod.
“Sir I brought you a present” She said timidly bringing out a wrapped box. It looked funny, I collected the box and opened the present. I laughed, it was a pink wristwatch. She got me what should have been hers, which guy would wear a pink wristwatch around?.
I wrapped it on my wrist, it looks cute and girlie, I smiled and nodded. She beamed with a grin, I made her put her head on my lap and laid down.
I smoothened her hair slowly, humming softly and she fell asleep, her face looks so calm, she had baby looks. My heart raced as I stared at her lips, she has the cutest face ever.
I used my hand to make a pillow then laid on my back and fell asleep.
After some hours
I woke up and almost rose, I looked at my lap, surprised she was still there, I checked the time. How could she sleep for 3 hours?.
I woke her up and sluggishly she opened her eyes, muttering some words. She looks funny. ” Wake up, the bell would be rung soon” I announced and she opened her eyes wide.
“What! Why couldn’t you wake me up?” She retorted and I stared at her with surprise.
“I woke up a few minutes ago” I replied and she nodded, recoiling with a pout, she raised her head. She rose and dusted the dust from her body and ran to class.
I went to my class and saw Candy, something just wasn’t right. “Why isn’t Donald in school?” I inquired.
“He had to accompany dad to Seoul” She replied and I nodded. Why were the people close to me not here today?.
The bell was rung and I took my backpack, I was walking out of class when I saw a glimpse of Dracula. What was he doing here?.
I followed the shadow I had seen and run after it till I was in the forest behind the school, why did he bring me here?.
“Hello, Austin”. Dracula said with an irritating grin.
“Why were you at the college Dracula” I gritted.
“Oh!. I came to wish the little alpha a happy birthday” He replied dramatically and I rolled my eyes.
“Coming from a demon who’s almost a thousand years, I feel honoured” I mocked and he smirked.
“Allow me to tell you the big secret behind it. I have humans for breakfast, dinner and lunch so I live longer” He responded with a hearty laugh.
“No thanks, I don’t have to depend on humans to be alive” I retorted and he frowned.
“So little alpha, is there gonna be a big party or you would spend it alone?” He inquired, raising his brows.
“You tell me Dracula” I responded.
“Hmm… I foresee a lonely night for you and a happy and fun day for Brooklyn” He replied and I was confused. He wanted to kill me so why would he monitor Brooklyn?.
I shrugged and wanted to leave but he stopped me. “Chill man, I have a present for you” He said, blocking my path.
“That’s very nice but I don’t need it” I answered, trying to push him aside.
“Sorry man but you can’t refuse, I’ve gone through a lot for this” Dracula muttered as he held my hand and we teleported to a large game room.
It had a large door, with a game in front of it. I tried teleporting myself out but I couldn’t. ” Try as you may but you can’t leave without passing my games” He let out, laughing as he sat on a chair.
The room was brightly lit and a big panel with large stepping boxes was before the door. “Create a good sound and the door would be open. You need just six keys and for each failure, you get this sound… um” He explained, hitting a large red button.
Why the hell would he trap me, I needed to get home fast. I started stepping on each box and they produced different terrible sounds. “What did you do?. You can’t keep me here forever” I said growling as I tried to shift but couldn’t.
“Nope but I can stall you for some hours” He replied and I wondered what his intentions were.
There were only six boxes, one sounded Dracula and another long. I stepped on another and it sounded only. What do I need Dracula, only and long for?. I wondered with frustration.
I wanted to go home to Ariana. Poor girl, how would she get home?. I stepped on another and it sounded live. I tried to remember where long was.
So the good musical tone was long live Dracula the only… Soon I figured it out, long live Dracula the only alpha. It sounded lame and dumb. “This tone sounds lame and dumb, something a dumb person would put together” I insulted and he ignored me, filing his nails.
I stepped on the correct boxes and the door opened to reveal a large room with lasers. ”My bad, this dumb demon forgot to inform you that you have 4 more obstacles to go. Have fun!” He mocked and I turned, trying to grab his shirt but I felt a glass, the bastard had caged me.
“If you touch a laser, you start all over. Isn’t this fun?” He asked and I groaned with frustration. Slowly, I began passing under the lasers, I had to start all over six times before I successfully passed it.
I was sweating and panting, Dracula isn’t the type that wastes his time, why was he with me?. “Hey what’s the time?” I inquired.
He checked his wristwatch since mine had stopped working. ” it’s almost 4:30, you still have 4 hours to go” He replied and I growled.
“You’d better get to work rather than growl and try to boss around alpha, this isn’t your courtroom” Dracula mocked and I wiped the sweat from my face.
The third task was to pick the right colour. All the colours were black. How would I differentiate black from black?.
“Dracula this is shit, open the door now you fool or you would regret it” I yelled, hitting the glass barrier.
“You have three hours left. You have two options, either you stay idle for the next three hours or you complete the game and go to your big lonely house?” Dracula declared, playing with the red button.
“Why are you doing this?” I asked, it just doesn’t add up.
“I’m helping you celebrate your big day, isn’t this better than staying alone I’m a big mansion?” Dracula teased, laughing loudly.
I picked a colour and the whole colour rearranged itself. “What’s wrong why isn’t the door opening?” I inquired, furious.
“Oh son, for each wrong colour, the colour would he rest, isn’t this quite fun!?” He implored, clapping his finger like a child.
“Dracula open this door now!” I yelled and he chuckled.
“Open it with your powers, I’d like to see u throw snowballs at me” Dracula teased.
I tried to teleport but my powers weren’t working. “What did you do to me and why did you bring me here” I shouted, hitting the glass.
“Well…. I added just a little drop of yellow powder and a few drops of a slimy green liquid, you should know what it is” Dracula drawled with a smirk.
Yellow powder and snake poison mixed with chicken bile!. That mixture would make a person powerless for a few hours.
“You fool… Dracula get me out of this place now!. Open this damned door” I yelled, punching the glass but it didn’t crack.
“Have fun, my dear, you see we’re both powerless, either you open the door quickly and we go separate ways or you wait till it’s time” Dracula announced with an evil gleam in his eyes.
“None! I want you to open this door now” I commanded and he cracked up.
“As I said, this ain’t your courtroom boy, it’s my game room. You should talk to me with respect, you’re 18 and I’m 814” Dracula said through gritted teeth.