Elena
I had to hurry up home because my cousin would be coming back to New York today, I was so excited that I had to leave school on time.
Ella is so big and beautiful now, glad she has accepted to come back. The last time we ask her to be here, she rejected without a single thought and well this time, she came without anyone asking her to come.
Now that I am settled, I remember I wanted to have a conversation with Ryan but I didn’t get the chance to.
Damn… I want to text him, but I don’t know if he would be asleep by this time. Or would he reply? I’m thinking he must be mad at me because I disappeared without telling him and I haven’t gotten a single text from him nor calls. I check my phone and I didn’t see calls from him.
I think of texting him already, rather than settling on an assumption.
Elena: Hey, you asleep?
I bite my buttom lips as I click on send message.
I’m waiting for his reply as I fidget my hands across my phone, his reply is taking longer than it should. Is he angry with me? My heart falls to my trunk, feeling guilt washing over me.
I wait for about five minutes more, but there is no reply forthcoming. Now it’s either of these two, he is angry at me or he is asleep already, it is past 11 pm anyway. It’s bedtime.
Elena: Hey, I’m sorry we haven’t gotten the chance to talk properly. I had to leave urgently.
I thought of not completing my statement, before sending it.
I send the message, biting my fingernails as I wait for a reply. I wait a little longer but no response. Maybe he is asleep. I go to text him good night, but then there’s a knock at my door.
” A minute please..” I am almost naked, I have to get something to wear because I don’t know who’s at the door, it could be my mom.
I run to my closet to get a white tank top, I have a short on already. Then I go for the door. ” Sorry, it’s late can I come in?” her voice is tiny and soft.
Is she finding it hard to sleep? Well, I’m also finding it hard to sleep because I’m worried about Ryan. ” Sure you can come in.” I open the door widely for her to come in.
She enters my room and begins to marvel, oh right it is her first time being in my room after the renovation had been done.
” Wow your room is beautiful, Elen.” her eyes light up. She’s done looking around so she comes to sit on my bed.
” Thank you, the Quads did this,” I tell her as I come to sit beside her.
” Really?” she turns to face me, her green eyes widely open in surprise.
I can understand that face, I was also surprised. ” You don’t believe it right,” I say, tilting my head on the tip of my knee, which I propped up.
” I swear, Elen. I missed all the gist, how did it happen? Please give me all the fucking details.” her interest is understandable because she was here when the quads swore to make me see the real colour of hell and to know how hell felt like.
” The truth came out Ella, and it still wasn’t me behind all those acts, and guess who? Because you won’t believe it if I tell you who was doing all that.” I pause for her to guess, but she rolls her eyes to face the ceiling, thinking about who it could be.
In the few seconds that she is silent, she gives up. ” I have no idea! I barely knew anyone, so I don’t know who to suspect.” She grumbles, causing me to laugh because her face looks funny with that behaviour.
” It’s the Quads’ father, Ella,” I say calmly, she gasps, flying and her hands to slap against her mouth.
” I told you, you’d be surprised.” I smile, staring at her face for a while. I miss this face, I laugh as some thought crosses my mind, I haven’t really had a good moment with Ella as I have with Ava.
When Ella was still around, I wanted her to go badly because she was my weakness. The Quads could easily devour me because she’s a relative and they know I will do anything to protect the people I love.
” We truly don’t have amazing memories to hold on to.” I smile, I wave her caramel hair that is sweeping across her face to the side of her ear.
” Yes, you are right Elen. We only had horrible memories, like when you got trapped because of me..” she makes mention of it and her voice suddenly slows down as our eyes meet.
” Let’s forget all that, Ella. It’s all in the past, and we are on good terms with the Quads now.” her eyes are so beautiful as she squints them.
” I’m glad about that.” She blows a smile on her cheek. It’s smooth like a concrete wall.
” I would like to see them though, if you don’t mind doing the introduction again, I don’t think they would recognise me.” she laughs. Yeah, right.. they might not because Ella is changed a lot. She looks extra beautiful than before, and the way she speaks also changed. She doesn’t look like the naive girl I once knew.
” Sure, I will. They are my mates and be glad to know whoever is related to me.” my cheek goes faint red as I thought of Ryan and Daniel.. Tyson and Darius have been quite busy lately. They ain’t the active ones.
” Great then.” She smiles, throwing her two legs completely into the bed.
” Also, Ella. Since you are here, there’s enough time to create lovely memories.” I speak fast when I notice she’s about to shut her eyes closed in my bed.
” I think it’s bedtime already,” I tell her, seemingly like I spoke her mind, but she only nods she seems pretty drowsy. She needs enough rest too, the journey must be stressful.
I shut the light off and lay close to Ella.
By the time it’s morning, I didn’t see her in my bed anymore. The day is bright as the sunlight is pouring into my room, from the window.
Maybe she later went back to her bed last night, I thought to myself. Getting off the bed, my hair is a mess. I wave it back and pack it into a bun.
Ryan is the first person that comes to my mind when I fully recover from sleep. I search for my phone, I pick it up expecting to see Ryan’s message because it is 8 am already.
But I see no reply.
Suddenly worried, I begin to type another message to send.
Elena: Ryan. Are you okay? I know you must be mad at me. Please reply.
I send the message and put my phone down, I am meant to be in school already, but I doubt I will be going today. I need to be around for mom, and it will probably be the last time I will skip school.
This semester is a very serious one for me, the year I ought to graduate so I have to be serious with school and not skip anymore.
I get up to align my room and my phone suddenly pings.
I run back to pick it up quickly, I gasp cheerfully as I see it’s from Ryan. I open the text and read.
Ryan: Does it matter if I don’t reply to you?
I make a face to show that I’m not surprised to get a reply like this.
Elena: Of course it does, matter.
I type back a reply, it doesn’t take a minute before he replies again.
Ryan: Whether I reply to you or not, it doesn’t matter Elen. It doesn’t matter to you.
I sense anger in his words, why does that make him angry? Not like we won’t be seeing every time or not like someone is about to snatch me from him.
Elena: Are you angry?
I ask the obvious, even though I know the answer. I need to understand why something like that will offend him.
Ryan: I’m not.
He replies, now that smell like a typical lie.
Elena: Well, tomorrow is Saturday, we can make up for it. I left as early as that because I was too excited to meet my cousin.
I bite my fingers, waiting for his reply again.
Ryan: You should have told me, you made me feel like a fool!
he replies, I can surely sense how frustrated he felt.
Elena: But you didn’t even give me a call or a single text!
I yell through my words, wondering why he didn’t ring me.
His reply comes as soon as possible.
Ryan: Elena?
he calls me by my full name and I wait for his next message to load.
Ryan: Elena, I gave you fucking five missed calls.
I read, causing my brow to furrow. That’s strange, when I found my phone in my bed, around 11 pm. I didn’t see any missed calls.
Elena: Are you sure?
I text, biting the tip of my finger. Why didn’t I see the call, it’s even five?!
Did someone temper with my phone? No. Nobody would. I don’t think so.
Ryan: As sure as I am sure of my name.
I read and smile as relief watches over me.
Elena: If you are not busy, the whole of my Saturday night can be for you.
My eyes light up, my fingers are so fast as I also try to get my room set up too.
Ryan: Why not today?
He asks.
Elena: I’m too busy to go out today, the reason I’m skipping school. I feel horrible about it.
Ryan: Okay then. There’s a party at my place tomorrow night. We might not have the chance to go for a night date. But would you like to come to the party instead? We can make up for that.
Elena : Amazing then.
I reply, excited. It’s cool, it’s also a chance to introduce Ella to them. And then, make up for the time I haven’t spent with Ryan.
Ryan: See you tomorrow night then.
I read the reply and throw my phone across the bed, while I continue with the cleaning in my room.