Short Update :D
Greetings :)
Well, I'm actually ongoing to do my homework right now but I have the urge to write my blog. But right now, I'm might write it briefly though since I really need to get my homework done. hehehei :D Anyway, I've been feeling okay lately though but not completely but you know, I'm trying to feel better. I hate this kind of self-hate feeling that keep growing you know and the feeling that everyone is just pretending that they care and there are group of people who just hate you secretly by the way they eyeing you. it just, I don't know. Maybe I'm being paranoid and stuff but mostly what make me so angry and sad and every other negative feeling that existed is when people are being nosy about other people stuff, like why bother telling me? do I look like I care? then, after telling me and expect me not telling anyone else? What the fuck is wrong with this people? they don't even can keep the secret for themselves and expect me to do it? come on, now~ (=.=') but this kind of conversation really bringing me back what trigger me for the first time. you know, stuff... Well, speaking of which. I've decided to maybe sharing what have been trigger me to self-harm lately. Well, um.... maybe. I'm not sure yet but maybe. But then, I guess I'll just keep it to myself though and just tell anyone briefly about it.
And oh, sis Jaba noticed my scars though and I'm like "Shit. shit. shit. shit. shit." hahahaha I mean, she's the last person that I wish to know about it. Well, honestly. I want everyone to be the last to know. I don't want anyone to know about it and asking questions that I don't know if they really mean it or they just being nosy to know. Well, I know some people do, if they ever saw it. Well, she did ask me what's trigger me and well, I told her the reason but not everything. I'm sure she's gonna fled if I told her the whole thing. I just want to play safe you know. But if I told her about the rest, I guess the distance that we already have now will be more further. I know her very well to predict this kind of thing though. I mean, seriously. So, I'm considering to wear longer sleeves clothing from now. hahaha :D
So, I guess I'll be back later and tell what had happen to me lately. Well, the good stuff of course. If i can remember some of those. kekeke :3 so yeah, see you later :)
I'm A Complete Mess.
Hey, there :)
I'm back again. ehehehehe I was actually decided to do my homework but then again, my head is in mess right now and well, maybe I'll force myself doing it sometimes later since tomorrow I'm gonna go..... SHOPPING~ kekeke well, not really me actually, I'm just tagging along with sis Jonny and Lalan kekeke :3 Um... Maybe I'll go to Starbuck tomorrow. I've been craving for Cappucino with Vanilla since forever, due to my unwell situation kekeke I really need that drink and I hope it's gonna heal my sickness as well though. I'm tired of coughing and sneezing, gah! so frustrating. Now my body temperature is like up and down like a roller coaster and i'm having toothache. wuwuwuwu i'm so fucked up hahahaha but well, it's not that hurt though. I'm just having the feeling of nagging, that's all :) and.... well, tomorrow is 20th of May which is my precious baby princess's first birthday~ yeahh, baby :) it's gonna be Rania's first birthday party and as a proud aunt, I'm gonna party hard for my princess. kekeke XD
I'm gonna find her new Minnie Mouse doll tomorrow kekeke :D and speaking of Rania, I'm glad that she come to my life. I mean, every time I feel down and feel like I have no more reason to keep going in life, her cute face always come to my mind with her pair of brownish innocent eyes looking at me, her cute laughter rang in my ears, full or innocence, pureness, happiness.... it just pure, enlightened me. She really saved me from my misery. Every time I looked at her smiling picture, or pouting, I would automatically drawn a smile on my face too and I feel so free and it just happiness that I felt inside me. No worries, no stress, no guilt, no sadness, just pure happiness and love. I guess, it's true that people said that babies are like angels that come to our life and enlightened us with happiness.Well, at least it's true for me though. hehehe :) So, honestly said. I love Rania more than I love myself. I thanked her mom for giving birth to this precious baby angel. Thank you for bringing her to be part of the family. I don't know if I can hold on if it not wasn't for her :)
And well... umm.... how to say this... Um.... well, I uh... wanted to say sorry that I lied about stopping self-harming the other day. Well, I've been starting to do it again. I did stop but its just temporarily. I thought I wouldn't started again but then, when I do this, I feel better for couple of days you know. I've doing it last 3 days ago when my brain going crazy, reminiscing back all the best memories that kills me. Yes, it's my favorite memories that trigger me. I'm just... I don't know... I don't know how to cope with the fucked up feelings it just too freaking hurtful. So... umm.. I did it again and well, I'm feeling better quite better now. Well, right now I'm having a feeling of the hurtful memories flowing back inside me again and I don't know if I can cope with this later. I hope I won't choose to scratch eh. hehehe :) Just hopefully. I mean, I wish I can stop myself from doing this. Not on my precious Nia's birthday. I mean, there will be numbers of people who came to the party later on and I don't want anyone to see fresh scratches on my skin. I can't, it would bring questions and I don't want to be questions about it. Seriously.
And this time, I didn't mention it to Lalan. I still pretending that I'm stopping already. Well, not sure if she suspecting anything though but I hope not. Just let her think that I'm stopping. I'm through telling her, I mean, she has her own problems though. I don't want to burden anyone anymore and as for sis Jon... I think she's suspecting something that she seems to be much more caring lately. I mean, last time she was checking my phone and looking at my pictures and I forgot to delete one of the picture of my scars and I guess she must had seen it but well, I hope she'll think that just some pranks. hahaha since yeah, I always pranks her with something like that like last time, I remembered I poured my blood coloured nail paint on my whole hands and send it to her and she's like "Oh god, What happen to you?!" hahahahaha XD it's the best prank I've done so far. kekeke XD
And Umm... I'm thinking or changing my blog URL again since I feel like everything I wrote here is getting more personal. I'll change it one day but not today lah, since my head is pretty messed up right now hahahaha *cough* I'm not really laughing though. hahahaha XD And back to this again...
today I feel so tired like so freaking tired to move my body and my head. I end up sleeping like a rhino and wake up when Lalan and Shawn burst into my room and wake me up for dinner. but still, until now I feel really really tired. Maybe I'm tired because today I got class in the morning or I'm just tired because I'm a mess. I a Mess. Yes, that's definitely what define me right now. I'm a complete mess. I can't find some good reason to smile or laughing out loud like I used too. It just too rare now and I kinda miss it sometimes. I miss all the good times I used to have and when people said I laughed like a banshee. hehehe:) but then, I have not laughing like that since. Um... I don't know... I don't remember kekeke :3
My.... I feel like I'm no longer the me who used to look damn happy like before. But then, I'm glad that I'm such a good liar, everyone seems to buying it even my mom. I mean, they didn't even give a shit about me. Mom only cares about my brother, scare that he's gonna involve with shit stuff again, getting along with bad peeps like he used too, afraid that he's gonna turn bad again. I guess she's too busy worrying about him and has no time to worry about me. All she care about is the money I've spent before like blaming me for wasting money for unnecessary stuff like comics, figurine and stuff... like what? I mean, at least I didn't buy drugs with it. I'm spending the money to buy stuff that make me happy, what. It may look trashy for her but it's important to me. Does she ever care? Neah, she care for only my bro. But then again, it's make sense that she cared more about him though since you know, he always get in trouble for choosing the wrong path in life. I hope for the best for him though :)
But I'm glad that she's giving me less attention though hehehe :) at least I have my alone time more without anyone sticking their nose into my business. I kinda find that annoying lately. I just want to be alone but at the same time I need someone to be with me. That's when I feel damn grateful to have Lalan here with me. We don't talk, we do our own stuff, minding own business... and yep, I'm glad for her to be here though. If she wasn't here, I won't be afraid to pick up the razor and scratch le skin in the room as well, other than the toilet. hahahaha welp, I guess my skin gonna get ugly faster than it is now. I'm just glad. I guess, the Lord is giving me chance to recover that he provides me with someone like Lalan, precious person like Rania, big sister like sis Jon. I don't know how I'll end up if not because of this people. But if one day, they all leaving me behind, I think the best choice I had is ending this life. I mean, no one will care about me anymore if they leave. I have no one else other than them. Mom? she's there but I never feel like she's really there. I feel distance. But that's just one of the reason I'm doing this though. kekeke but of course, I won't ending my life, it just some crappy talks okay? I'm still have the heart of taking a great care about those I'm gonna hurt if I'm gone, even if they don't actually care about me. hehehei... I'm too selfless I guess. huehuehue XD
But then again, it's not something to be worry about though since I'm only scratching not cutting until bleeding to death. Nope. I'm fine. I tell you. hahahaha that's completely fine. So yeah :DD relax~~
Well, I guess I better go now and start to get done with my homework. kekeke if I want to do it. I guess I just want to lie down right now and pretend to be asleep. I can't sleep since I just have a cup of coffee just now. kekeke XD maybe I'm gonna sleep as well since my eyelids is freaking heavy right now and my back is aching. I seriously need to lie down :) So, yeah.... Just a friendly reminder that, don't worry about me though. I'm seriously fine. Like seriously. Nothing to worry about since it is none of your concern. It just my head messing up with me. so yeah :)
Screaming for help
But no one seems to care
I cried every night in my sleeps
Praying for someone to notice
How fucked up I have been
How fucked up I have been
I'm a mess
I'm a mess
But no one seems to care
I try to reach for help
But everybody is running away
I give them clues
But they don't bothered to do anything
I'm a mess
I'm a mess
But no one seems to care
I'm all alone now
I have no one else
But this razor in my hand
I have no one else
But this razor in my hand
They say they care
But I never feel it
They say they love me
But never show it to me
They say they never gonna leave me
But at last, they would leave
Why bother telling lies?
When I'm already in a mess?
I'm a mess,
I'm a mess
But no one seems to care
I don't need lies
I don't need empty promises
to make me feel better
I'm so fucked up already
All I need is a hug
A sincere hug
Can anyone hear me?
P.S Let Your Smile Cover Up Your Tears :)
O>O
CHAPTER
ONE: Sunday Morning
It was the first Sunday morning of
Summer Break. Elie was still watching Durarara with her sister, Rhea. They
haven’t slept since yesterday afternoon. It was their second anime for the day.
The clock strike 7.47 a.m and the anime reached the finale. “Finally,” Rhea
stated while stretching out her aching body due to the sleepless night. She
curled herself onto a ball, hugging her favourite teddy bear with her eyes shut
neatly. The TV screen now shows the main menu of the anime but none of the
girls were bothered to push the stop button. Elie yawned until a tear rolled on
her cheek, she’s feeling very tired but her eyes won’t let her sleep, so she
just settled down next to her sister who happen to already leaving to dreamland
by then. Staring at the ceiling with an empty mind, she just stayed like that
for a moment until she heard someone calling for them behind the wooden door,
“Rhea,
Elie…. You guys still alive?” asked the voice. It was Neil, the second and only
son of Michalis Marquees, their dad. Neil pounded his fist against the door for
a few times. Elie tried to ignore him and covered her ear with her pillow. She
glanced at Rhea, checking whether she has woken up yet but there isn’t a single
sign telling that her sleep disturbed. In silence, Elie thankful because if
Rhea’s sleep was disturbed, she’ll be grumpy all day long and grumpy Rhea,
isn’t the Rhea she wish to deal with, especially under the sleepless night like
this. “Guys, come on!” Neil called again, “Mom will kill me if you guys don’t
answer me right now,” he said, sounded more like begging. Elie sighed
exasperatedly as she forced herself onto her feet and shuffled lazily towards
the door. She turned the brass knob and glared at her brother, “What?” she
growled.
“Breakfast,”
he grins. Elie rolled her eyes in irritation, “Seriously, you’re making noises
that can wake up the whole town just to call us for breakfast?” she said
incredulously
“Well
yeah…. I don’t want to be breakfast,”
he shrugged,
“I
can’t believe you,” Elie groan, running her fingers through her messy braided
hair. “I’ll be there in a sec, “But I will not wake that lioness up,” she pointed her thumbs toward the sleeping beauty.
Neil took a short glanced inside the room, “Me either,” he shook his head with
a serious tone coming out as he spit the word as if it was the last thing he
wanted to do in life. Elie took a deep breaths and went back inside the room to
start arranging all the scattering anime DVD on the floor, near where the lioness sleeping. Slowly she paced
across the room just to ensure that she won’t wake Rhea’s up. After finish
arranging, she went straight to the bathroom and stood in front of the bathroom
mirror. She noticed that her face look paled and tired that again she yawned
and turned the tap on. Splashing the cold water to her face few times before
reached for her toothbrush and lazily started to brush her teeth,
“Breakfast
yet?” she heard Rhea’s voice from the bathroom door that she just glanced at her
through the reflection on the mirror. She was startled by her sister voice but
she managed to put her facial calm, that she nodded as an answers. Rhea then
retreated back to the previous room, walking lazily, resembling a zombie that
she let herself fall onto the queen-sized bed and drifted into slumbers, again.
Elie
just rolled her eyes and quickly brushed her teeth. Walking back towards the
room while trying her hairs into ponytail, she pushed Rhea half-sleeping body
with her feet, “Rhea, you’ll be breakfast
if you don’t wake up now,” she said tonelessly. She wasn’t really that worried
to wake the lioness up since she’s already wake up on her own by now. Rhea just
replied with a growled and slowly the raven girl pushed herself up and walked
in zombie like towards the bathroom with her eyes completely closed.
***
Few minutes later, the two girls
appeared at the kitchen with a frowned at each of their faces. Their skin were
drained in colours and they look very tired, making their mom formed a thin
line over her lips, “Let me guess,” Michalis said, “A zombie-wannabe?” he
teased, a small teasing smirk playing over his lips. Rhea just narrowed her
eyes boringly at their dad and rolled her pair of brownish eyes. Without any
comeback, she went sat on her usual placed, next to their youngest sister, Leah
who was busy plastering the butter on the bread. She put the bread on Rhea’s
plate and started to do another with strawberry jams. Rhea just stared at the
bread and the hot tea in front of her, her mind was still not functioning quite
well that morning after that all-night-anime-marathon. She’s pretty much
regretting it for accepting the none-sleeping-challenge from Elie. She felt a
bit cheated by Elie since she’s an insomniac. Rhea sighed and shook her head,
pushing away all the sleepy feeling away from her head and started to take a
bite of her bread. “I was getting an email from Madam Rose this morning,” Leah
spoke
“Oh,
what she said, dear?” their mom asked and took a sip of her tea,
“My
project made to the finale,” Leah grins widely and their mom gasped in shock,
“I knew you can make it,” she said happily. Leah just smiled and took a bite of
her bread. “What about you three? Any achievement?” their dad asked, eyeing
over the three teenagers who automatically exchanged look as the questions were
asked.
“Well,
if make it to level 56 in Crimson Red is counted, then… that’s a yes for me,”
Neil lifted his broad shoulder, unsure if he provided the acceptable answer
which receives a smacked from each side at the back of his head, he just grins as
he glanced at the two walking dead girl who sat at each side of him. Michalis
laughed at the trio, knowingly about their answers, “Typical,” Michalis
chuckles. Rhea took a deep breath and put her half-eaten bread down, “Then why
bother asking us?” she glared, crossing her arms over her chest. Their dad just
open and close his mouth doesn’t know what to tell her.
“Why
don’t you just ask your golden girl?” Rhea snorted almost in whispered as she
took a sip of her tea. She’s tired of his dad’s attitude. He always giving this
look of underestimating her and the other two as if they are incapable doing
anything. Does he ever care about all the competition they ever won? Like Neil
who always won every basketball match and is the best player of their school.
Is he ever takes note of that? No. All he cares is about his new women and his
golden girl. Rhea rolled her eyes. Michalis noticed that his eldest daughter is
fuming in anger that he dragged his sight back on the newspaper,
“Anyway,
uncle Sam is coming today,” he said, clearing his throat. He knew that the
Uncle Sam, his best friend in the world, is his children’s most favourite
uncle. But they are occasionally met since Samuel lives in Italy which is
thousand miles away from their home. Rhea choked on her tea as she heard the
news, “Seriously?” Elie lips parted as she blinked her eyes few times in
disbelief. Michalis nodded his head with the smile wider curving on his lips.
“Is
Sammy coming too?” Neil asked.
“Well,
maybe…” he replied shortly without even bothered to look at his kids as he
glued his eyes on the newspaper. He then heard his kids start to talk
enthusiastically with each other until his eyes set on a small partial of news
on the very page he was reading. The news was about a group of teenagers
founded dead in their car near the Red Valley and they all were dried, bloodless. His eyes widened in
fear as he read the rest of the story. Maybe
that’s what brings Samuel here…
“Dad…?”
Leah called him, making him startled a bit that he quickly folded the newspaper
and put it away from his sight, “Yeah?” his voice sounded uneven,
“You’re
okay?” Neil squint his small eyes at their dad as he noticed the nervous facial
their dad having upon his handsome face. “Of course, why are you asking such a
silly question?” he grins nervously. He tries to calm himself down as he
doesn’t want to make it obvious that he was definitely not okay. He glanced at
his wife, who threw him some concerned look, as if quietly asking him what’s
wrong but he just smiled at her.
“Seriously,
dad,” Neil demanded, Rhea as well didn’t bothered to move her gazed from their
dad, waiting for their dad’s to answer them. As Michalis was about to say
something, Elie intervened, “You guys know about the new Chill and Kill shops
that just open downtown?” she asked all the sudden, making the two curious teen
moved their attention to her, “The new ice-cream shop?” Rhea arched her brows,
Elie
nodded, “We should bring Sammy there if he happens to come with Uncle Sam,” she
suggested,
“Brilliant!”
Neil thumbs up, “I love ice-cream there,”
“Since
when do you like ice-cream?” Rhea raised her left brows, questionably at her
brother.
“Since
there were bunch of hotties working as the waitress,” Leah joins in, saying in
the matter-of-factly tone. Neil then receives a glanced from both Rhea and
Elie, a judging-you-so-hard glances. They keep on talking about the new
ice-cream shop that Michalis dare not to join in since he doesn’t want them to
remember back their previous topic. He thanked Elie for brought up the
ice-cream topic at the right timing and he also very thankful with the short
attention-span that Rhea and Neil have. He doesn’t know why Elie do that but he
knows that she’s brought up the topic on purpose. But he knew that everything come with a price. Maybe he
should just be ready for interrogation.
TWO: Surprise
“Shoot the head, damn it!” Rhea
spat, tapping over the console as hard as she could as the zombies were adding
up before her. “Damn it, I’m trying!” Neil replied her and tapping as furious
as she does. They were playing Kill or Be Killed, a new release zombie games
that Neil bought last Friday. While the two busy exchanging insults at each
other, Elie just sit there in the middle while reading some Gothic-like book.
“Why are you so cold today?” Neil suddenly spoke which receive a short glance
from his sister. Rhea shrugs, “I guess I’m just tired of his bullshit,”
Neil
chuckles, “Yeah, he only cares about Leah,” he said with a weak smile but his
eyes still glued on the screen. “Because she is Carol’s daughter,” Rhea stated,
“And us, we’re mom’s.”
“What
is that suppose to mean?” Elie butts in. Rhea just shook her head, “Nothing,
I’m just saying that new stuff always
receives more love,”
Neil
and Elie exchanged look. Elie lie on her chest, “I wonder how mom’s looks like
outside the picture,” she said while flipping the pages absentmindedly. She
never had the chance to meet their real mom since she dies after a week giving
birth to her. Rhea sighed, suddenly feeling heavy in her chest as she pause the
game, “Well…” she said, turning herself to face Elie and Elie looked up at her,
“You have her eyes,” she smiled, “Rhea have her lips,” Neil said, also looking
at Elie with a loving smile. Elie smiles at both of them. “… And I have her
charm and beauty,” Neil said jokingly, receiving a pushed on his forehead from
Rhea, “Go to hell, Neil,” she said with a chuckles. “Nah, Earth needs someone
handsome like me,” he put on his smug face, brushing off the invisible dirt
over his shoulder. Elie just laughed at them.
“You
know what?” Rhea said, shuffled herself back facing the screen again, “I’m
going to continue killing this motherfucker, now.”
“I’m
with ya, bro,” Neil said, mimicking his sister movement. They exchanged smile
and Rhea un-paused the game and the shooting started again. Elie just smile at
them, glad to have these two cursing-gods as her siblings. They may appear like
the bad children but actually they have a very good heart. Even if they said
they dislike Leah, Elie knows the two bastards actually care about Leah, just
like they care about her. She took a deep glad breath before setting her eyes
back on the book. She titled her head as her eyes caught some interesting
facts,
“Vampires could not be killed by just stabbing
them on the heart,” she read out loud,
“That’s
bullshit,” Rhea replied her, “Fuck! Neil behind you!” she instructs and Neil
quickly turned his character and kill the two zombies that was trying to attack
him from the back, “That’s was close,” he breathed. Elie turns to another few
pages and waits for them both to cool down a bit before she started to read out
again, “It’s said here that the shape-shifter can’t shifted to be those who
have impure elements attached to any parts of their body,”
“So,
those who were having plastic surgery won’t be able to be copied?” Neil asked,
“Rhea, I think you should check on the maps,” he said, and Rhea tapped on the select button and the menu screen
appeared on the screen,
“Well,
I guess so,” Elie answered him, shrugging.
“That’s
mean, there is no way in hell Korean will be shape-shifted,” Rhea snorted and
receives a chuckle from Elie who turned to the next page, “Then you don’t have
to worry about marrying the real Rain,” she joked,
“Hey,
my Rain didn’t do any surgery okay?” Rhea frowned, “We never know,” Neil teased
and giving high five to Elie who grins. Rhea just pouts, pretended to be
sulking at them both which they could care less about it. The three of them
keep on doing the same thing; Elie would read them both some doubtful facts and
they would answers her or even questions back at her while playing the games.
***
Leah
sitting down at the living room by herself, switching one channel to another
since hours ago and still she can’t find any good movies to watch. She finally
decided to turn off the TV and walked towards the kitchen and makes herself
some ice lemonade. The weather is quite hot that day, its summer for god’s
sake. Their parent went out for some groceries a moment ago just to get all the
ingredients for later night barbeque party. She looked up that the time on the
kitchen wall as she stirred her drink and it was just 3.24 p.m; she sighed and
suddenly remembered the last confessions she get from one of the skater boy at
school,
“I’ve been set my eyes on you since
the first I lay my eyes on you,” said Michael, one of the infamous skater kid
of the school. His bangs were flipped to the side, revealing his sweet smiley
eyes as he grins nervously as he confessed. Leah just stood there, blinking
rapidly as she tried to collect every word he said into her mind. The
confession is kind of sudden that she wasn’t ready for anything about it yet.
“I…. uh….”
“No, you don’t have to answer me
now,” said he, letting out a small nervous chuckles, “I just want you to know
about my feelings about you, Leah,” he smiled as he slowly stuff his hands into
his jeans pocket, biting his pierced lips, “It’s all just too sudden, you see…”
Leah crooked her head a bit, throwing him a guilty look,
“I know-”
“Mike, you’re cute, talented, famous,
awesome,” she chuckles; Michael joins her with a glints of hope in his hazel
eyes. “So, you’re-“
“Even so, I can’t accept your
confession,” Leah cuts his words off before he managed to say something more,
“… and I am so sorry,” she placed her palm over his shoulder, with a sincere
apologetic look drawn all over her porcelain face. Michael frowned but he
nodded his head anyway, “Does…. It because you have someone else in mind?” he
asked casually, with a puppy eyes he looked up at her. Leah swallowed as she
slowly retreats her palm from his shoulder.
She
sighed at the short flashback she just having. “Do I?” she muttered, repeating
the unanswered questions that Michael asked her. Then she remembered her
boyfriend, Ryan that she snorted a laugh, “Of course I do,” she added. She
couldn’t believe that she already forgotten about her own boyfriend. Speaking
of her boyfriend, she remembered the time when she saw Neil throw a punch at
Ryan with Rhea stumbled flat on the ground with bleeding lips. That happens after
a week the rumours about them dating were spread. Leah closed her eyes, shoving
away the thought, the questions that running in her minds. She wonders what had
happen. Since that day, she knew the facts that her other siblings hate her
boyfriend. Maybe that’s why I forgotten
about him, she thought.
“Hey,”
said some familiar voice coming from the kitchen entrance. Leah eyes shot up
and she swirled around to look at the person, “SAMMY!” she exclaimed and left
her drinks on the counter as she lunge herself to the boy about the same age as
her for a hug. Sam just chuckles at her sudden hugs. “Hugging only Sammy?”
asked the older man that just appear from the boy side, with a fake pouts on
his lips. Leah smacked his shoulder playfully and hugged the older man, which
is believed to be Uncle Sam. “When you guys arrive? Oh my god, I’m so sorry I
didn’t hear you guys coming in,” Leah said, breaking their hugs, “How did you
guys manage to enter, anyway?”
“A
moment ago… Well, we’ve met with your parent on the way here and we’ve got the
key,” Uncle Sam winked as he brought the house key to Leah’s eye level, “Anyway,
where’s my precious the wonder trio?” he asked, putting the house key on the
dinner table. “Upstairs, doing their usual stuff,” Leah shrugs, forming a thin
line over her small lips.
“I
see…” Uncle Sam nodded, “Let’s go Sammy, let’s see their priceless face,” he
winked at his son and went upstairs without waiting for his son to respond. Sam
just chuckles, “Shall we?” he asked Leah who just warmly smile at him and
nodded.
***
“You fucking killed me,” Rhea scowled as she
tossed the controller away from her and lay down on the carpeted floor. “You’re
the one who threw yourself into dead pit,” Neil rolled his eyes in annoyance,
putting down the controller neatly as he crawled towards the PS3 console, “Feel
like going on a war, yet?” he asked, looking back at his sister, wiggling his
eyebrows as he reached for the Call of Duty 3. Rhea pushed herself back onto
sitting position with her left brows raised and they both exchanged smirks, “Let’s get that shit done,” she
replied and took Neil’s controller as it was the nearest to her. Neil rolled
his eyes at her action and took the controller she once threw.
“Guys,
have you ever heard about the facts that witch can’t be terminated by fire,”
Elie asked, with her eyes glued on the page, scanning all the words written in
Latin. “That’s true,” replied a very familiar voice, Uncle Sam.
The
trio turned their head towards the door so fast that they could snaps their
neck with the expected priceless face, “Uncle Sam!” they exclaimed and racing
towards the man of 40’s. Samuel just laughed at them, “Sammy, my love…” Neil
exclaimed as he saw Samson appeared with Leah by his side. “Hey,” he greets him
and they’re bro-fist and hugs, followed by Rhea and Elie. “Wow, I feel like
ages that I didn’t meet you guys,” Sam grins, “Literally ages, for god’s sake,”
Elie stated at the matter-of-factly since the last time they meet were on
Christmas 4 years ago.
“Ne,
Uncle Sam…. Met any sexy hot Italian chick?” Neil wiggle his brows with a
playful smirks plastered over his face. Samuel put on the same smirk on his
face but then turned to laughter as Neil gotten smacked from Rhea. “This is one
reason why I miss you guys so much,” he uttered and continued on laughing.
***
Flipping
from page to another, Sam scrunched his nose at the old looking gothic book,
“Where did you find this book?” he asked, briefly glancing up at Elie who drank
her ice lemonade in one gulped. “Library…” she replied with some questioning
tones trailed behind the words, as she stuffed the lemons into her mouth.
“That
book is very rare, I’m quite surprise
you found it,” Samuel intervened, pointing at the book with his eyes. “Actually
Rhea is the one who found it, I’m just help her with the reading,” Elie facial
shrugs.
“It
was actually located at the forbidden section,” Neil spokes, leaning himself
over the wooden dinner chair. “I was just curious, alright?” Rhea said,
defending herself.
“Curiosity
kills a cat,” Elie muttered,
“Shut
it, bookworm,” Rhea gritted. “Whatever, lousy gamer,” Elie shot back, making
Rhea scowled. Samuel just shook his head while letting out a soft chuckle.
“And
I’m quite surprise though that you actually can read Latin,” Sam arched his
brows at Elie who was trying to fish Leah’s lemon’s out from her glass. “No
language is impossible for a bookworm,” sneered Rhea, leaning herself back on
the chair, smirking victoriously at Elie who threw her some incredulous glanced
at her, “Elie does help me a lot with translating old English though,” Leah
said after a moment of silent. “Impressive,” Samuel said, placing his chin over
his knuckles, “So it’s like Rhea do the job, Elie strategies and Neil guard,”
he concluded.
“Sounds
like perfect team for me,” Sam smiled, showing his white teeth at the four
siblings, “So, what you always do then,” Samuel turned to Leah. “Me?” Leah
asked back, “Um… Well, most of time I-“
“She’s
cleaning off the situation,” Neil cuts in,
“Like
covers everything up for you guys?” Samuel questions again. The trio nodded,
“It must be tough,” Sam throw Leah some apologetic smile. He knew that the trio
always getting involves with lots of trouble. He doesn’t have to ask, by just
looking at their faces, he already knows.
**********
CHAPTER
THREE: BBQ Party
“I’m
inviting Ryan to come over. Will that be okay, mom?” Leah bit her bottom lips,
waiting for approval from her mom’s lips. Mrs. Michalis half-turned her body to
face Leah, “Sure, honey. The more, the merrier,” she said, brushing her thumbs
over Leah’s rosy cheek. Leah grins, “Thanks mom,” she said and hugs her
lovingly. “But, will it be okay?” she asked again, with concerned filling her
eyes. She knew that none of the trio likes Ryan. She knows that her boyfriend
has a very unpleasant history with the trio.
Neil
who unintentionally heard the small talk, pursed his lips up, “Rhea will hear
about this,” he mumbled and running up the stairs towards their gaming room,
where Rhea and the rest already waiting. As he arrives at the gaming room, he
turned the brass knob and, “You won’t believe what I’ve just heard just now,”
he said, closing the door behind him neatly and settled down next to Sam who is
playing Metal Slug with Rhea. “What?” Rhea enquired.
“Leah
is inviting her boyfriend over for BBQ,” he told them,
“WHAT
THE ACTUAL FUCK?” Rhea gasped in exasperatedly, dropping her console down,
looking quite angry at her brother. She looks as if can reap anything that
walking in front of her. “Why in the world would she do that?” Elie turned to
ask,
Neil
shrugged, “I don’t know, I didn’t stay for that long to listen for the rest of
their talks,”
“What
did Carol’s said?” Rhea asked behind her gritted teeth.
“She’s
said okay,” Neil formed a thin line over his lips.
“Of
course,” Rhea and Elie said in unison, throwing their hands in the air with
their shoulder slumps in defeats. “Fuck all this,” Rhea shoved her controller;
suddenly have no feeling of playing games anymore. Her anger is all over her
now.
“Um…
if I may ask, who the hell is this Ryan guy?” Sam intervened, and the trio
turned to him simultaneously. “I thought I’ve mentioned it out loud,” Neil
blinked, scrunching his nose. Sam just grins, “I guess I missed that part,”
“FYI,
Sammy…. He’s the most fucking sicko bastard that I ever meet in my whole 17
years of living. He’s the most insolent perverted who cares about nothing else
but the number of fuck he have in a day-“
“Rhea,
calm your shit down,” Neil cuts her words before she’s losing her temper
completely making the girl groaned and stood up, “I need bath, a fucking long
bath,” she grunted and stomped her feet on her way back to her room next door.
The wall shake as Rhea slammed her room door as hard as she could.
“Dude,
you’re making a mistake by telling her that news,” Elie said, forming a thin
line over her lips. “I thought it would be the best she knew about it first,”
Neil pouts as he leaned himself on the bed leg.
“Is he
really that bad? I mean, if he does, why Leah even dated him?” Sam asked. Elie
scratched her forehead, “Well, honestly… I have no ideas about that too. I
mean, I’m sure Leah knew that Rhea hate that guy more than anything else-“
“Why?”
Sam cuts her,
“Well…
Err…“ Elie paused, moving her sight towards her brother, “There’s a rumour
saying that Ryan kid were only dating Leah because of a bet,”
“A
bet…” Sam stated, enquiring them to tell him more,
“Well,
like…who can fuck Leah, he’ll win the bet,” Neil explained briefly. “That’s
harsh,” Elie scowled but her brother just shrugged it off. “So, he’s just
dating Leah for… um….” Sam licked his chapped lips, trying to find a decent
word for ‘fuck’, “Sex?” he finally said.
Elie
and Neil nodded. “That’s crazy,” he uttered lowly. “I know right? And Leah
seems to… you know… all over him,” Neil sighed, running his fingers through his
brownish hair. Sam threw him an apologetic smile and patted his thigh, “Love is
blind, Neil,” said he. He knew that the trio cares about Leah as much as they
care for each other, even though they didn’t shows it directly.
***
The
party has begun and still there are no sign of Rhea to join them. Elie, Neil
and Sam sat around the Barbeque grill where Uncle Sam busy flipping the meat
upside down. Once in a while he glanced on the three teenagers who were sharing
stories about their schools and some random stuff. Then he realized that one of
them was gone, “Where’s Rhea?” he asked, sprinkling the oil over the almost
cooked meat. The trio abruptly stopped talking, “She’s um....” Neil tried to
look for some good reason covering for his pissed sister.
“She’s
doing her homework…” Elie said, more like questioning actually, “Rhea is doing
her summer homework?” Michalis intervened. Elie nodded unsurely, making their
dad snorted in disbelief,
“Honestly
dad, we always finish our homework too, you know,” Neil frowned as he felt like
their dad is underestimating them. As their dad about to say more, suddenly
their mom stood from her seat and said, “Hi, there…”
Sam
and the other two turned their sight towards the direction Carol is facing and
there he saw Leah with a cute looking guy walking towards their direction.
“Good evening, Mrs. Michalis,” he greeted and gave her a friendly hug. Carol seems
to accept the young man very well that she return the hug. Sam noticed that
Neil looked away and Elie rolled her eyes in annoyance,
“Hey,
young man,” Michalis greets and shook hands with Ryan. “Sir, you’re looking
fine today,” he complimented. “Am I not looking fine always?” Michalis teased,
making Ryan and Leah laughed. He received a short glared from his wife.
“I’m
sorry for the trouble though,” he grins abashedly,
“Not
at all, honey. The more the merrier,” Carol said with a chuckle.
“Hello,
there young man,” Samuel joins the introduction and Ryan looked a little
surprised at him. “Oh, this is my Uncle Sam, from Italy,” Leah introduced him
to the older guy who gave him a friendly smirk. “Hi, I’m Ryan,” he jerked his
hands for handshake. Uncle Sam shook his hands smugly. Then, Leah brought him
towards the table and seats, “Please make yourself comfortable, honey,” Carol
said as she put down the plates on the table.
“Please make yourself comfortable honey,”
Neil mimicked his mom with a funny face, making Sam and Elie chuckles. “Guys,
why don’t you seat there and talk to Ryan?” Carol asked the trio. Elie rolled
her eyes, “Over my dead body,” she muttered and gets up on her feet, shuffling
back towards the house,
“Where
do you think you’re going?” Michalis asked her, “Didn’t you hear your mom?” he
added. Elie controlled the urge to roll her eyes, “I’m going to pee, dad. I’ll
be serving the royal later,” she said, smiling sarcastically. “Language, Elie,”
her dad warned. Elie just shrugged it off and continued on her way into the
house. Michalis just shook his head, “Teenagers,” Samuel pats his shoulder.
***
The
meats were already cooked and they were already sat around the table, eating
the perfectly grilled meat. “This look delicious,” Ryan said, grinning. Samuel
snorted a laughed, “The best griller in the world,” Michalis exclaimed, patting
his best friend’s shoulder proudly, making the rest laughed except for Neil. He
wished that he had joins Elie back to the house before, this current situation
making him feel like puking. Ryan has managed to buy their parents heart with
his lovely words and pretentious manners. How he showed himself in front of the
elder, making Neil doubting Rhea’s impression on the guy. What if the rumours aren’t true and he’s actually a nice guy for Leah? He
asked himself.
Sam
noticed that Neil was lost in his trance as he was playing with his food since
then. Sam wanted to ask him what’s wrong but that would make him seems to be
oblivious since he is already know what’s wrong. So, he decided to let him be.
“I heard you’re in the same basketball team with Neil,” Samuel stated, forking
the meat. “Well yes, sir. I did…”
“You did?” Samuel emphasized on the word did.
“Well,
after the tryouts… I find that the team have low possibility to win and the
leader can’t be trusted,” he chuckles. Sam knows that Neil was the basketball
team leader and he could feel that his friend is raging with anger beside him,
“At
least we won 15 times, 2 years in a row,” Neil rudely interrupted, “We don’t
need smug face like you in a team anyway,” he smirks. Neil noticed that his mom
is glaring at him but he pretend that he didn’t noticed it since it worth it.
Basketball is his pride, how dare the smug face insulting his team. “Really…”
Ryan arched his brows pretend to be oblivious about the facts, “I didn’t really
cope with the sports news, though,” he added, “Good for the team then,” he smiled,
“At least it’s not lame like the Kendo Club who earn nothing but defeats,” he
shrugged.
“Kendo
club is losing again?” Michalis jaws dropped.
“That’s
because their trainer dropout from the club, damn it,” Neil spats.
“Neil,”
Carol scowled at him but he ignored.
“He’s
dropping out because he couldn’t stand the lameness of the club,” Ryan smirked.
“Kendo
Club was never lame,” Neil gritted, “It’s much better than your fucking douche
rugby team, anyway,” he spat, glaring dagger at Ryan who is trying hard not to
smirk victoriously at him.
“Whoa,
Neil…. Hold your horses,” Michalis interrupted, “Why are you defending Kendo
Club so badly, anyway?” he chuckles, unsurely. “Sure is rugby team is much
brighter than Kendo Club, right? Unless we’re in Japan, of course,” he
continued with the same unsure expressions. He then nudged by Samuel, who
telling him to stop. Neil just glared at their dads and let out a deep sighed.
He couldn’t believe that their dad forgot that Rhea and Elie were in the club.
All they could remember is about Leah, the golden child of Marquees’ family; he
snorted at that, “I’m done here,” said he and left the table. Michalis
exchanged look with his wife and then glanced at his friend who just smiled
weakly at him,
“I…uh…”
Sam cleared his throat as he wiped off his lips with the napkins, “I’m going
back inside as well,” he said and awkwardly leave the table.
****
“You
see… here’s stated that there were a group of underground agents that works for
the Vatican,” Elie explained, “Underground agents?” Rhea pursed her lips,
looking down at the sentences her sister pointing at. Elie nodded, “They were
called SEAMUS…”
“Stand
for?” Rhea enquired. Elie shook her head, “Just SEAMUS… and they were spreading
all over the world,” she added. Rhea nodded, “So, why are you telling me this?”
“I’m
just wanted to share you my curiosity about the secret Vatican society,” she
shrugs, “I thought you would like it though,”
“Well,
now you got my attention, baby,” Rhea winked playfully at her sister which
resulted her to get a smack on her forehead. She just laughed, “Well, tell me
more about this guys,” she demands for some more information, hugging her brown
teddy bear closer to her chest.
“Well,
ummm…. The books says that they are like hunters,”
“Hunters
like hunting animal or the other beings like
supernatural?”
“Hunting
other things….” Elie replied shortly and crossed her legs with each other with
the book placed on her laps as she continued, “They are basically Brothers and
Sisters from churches all over the place. In time of training or mission, they
went to some other place which is not on earth,”
“Whoa,
so you said that there’s another world? Like E.T world?”
“I
believe E.T lives on a planet, darling,” Elie narrowed her eyes and Rhea just
shrugs, “More?”
“Um…”
Elie cleared her throat, “Mainly, SEAMUS hunts for Vampires,”
“Vampires…”
Elie
nodded, “And they uh….consuming some potions that could turn them into vampires
for few hours or if the potions is strong, they would lasts for few days or
even weeks.”
“That’s
wicked,” Rhea snorted with amusement, “They got the picture of the potion?” she
asked, leaning closer to her sister to have a better look at the book. Elie
showed her the very page which shows a picture of 2 small potion bottles; one
blue and the other one red. “Blue last for few hours, and the red one lasted
for days,” Elie translated the short descriptions under both potion pictures.
Rhea nodded. “Well, I guess that’s it for SEAMUS,” Elie announced as she
flipped to few more pages that is now about the structure of Vatican City, the
history and some other unimportant (for them) secret units under the Vatican.
Rhea
snorted, “Well, at least now I know that the Vatican is real,”
“I
know right? I mean, I never thought that they can be real though.”
“Seriously,
me too,” Rhea said and they shared smiled before fell into comfortable silence.
“Why is dad has this book kept in his library anyway?” Elie break their silence
again, brushing her fingertips on the name written on the first page of the
book. It was their family name, Marquees. “And of all people, why Leah is
chosen to read this awesome book,” she added. Rhea shrugged, “Like hell I
know…”
“Just
curious though,” Elie smiled briefly and scanned the very page with her brownish
eyes. “Maybe dad cares more about her…” Rhea muttered lowly, enough for Elie to
hear it, “No offence, though,” she shrugs. Elie shook her head and continue
scanning the page. As she brought her eyes to the most corner of the page, she
crooked her head, “Levedad,” she
muttered.
“Soledad?”
Rhea shot her head up, with her forehead wrinkles,
Elie
rolled her eyes, “I said Levedad, idiot,”
Rhea
face-shrugged, “What’s a Levedad?”
“It
sounds like a name to me,” she scowled.
“Another
secret society, I guess?”
“Maybe,”
Elie shook her head and flipped to random pages, seeking for information about
the Levedad but as she failed doing so, she put the book aside and sighed, “I
wonder what happens down there,”
“I’m
sure they have forgotten about our existence by now,” Rhea snorted in
annoyance. “Especially mom,” Elie stated and they both snorted. “Hell, I feel
like rip the guts out of his throat,” said Rhea and fell on her back over the
comfy soft bed. Then they heard a click sound from the door as it flung opened,
revealing the familiar Mohawk haired boy who looked pissed.
“What
happen?” Rhea asked, bounced on the bed onto sit position with a teasing smirk
curved on her lips. “Fucking bastard,” Neil gritted and slumped himself on the
bed, horizontally with his eyes shut. “Easy now,” Elie smiled, patting his
forehead.
“I’ve
told you, he’s a fuck-head douche,” Rhea smugly said,
“I
hate that guy so fucking lots,” Neil said, sighing out loud as if releasing his
anger through the air he’s breathed out. A moment later, the door flung opened
again and Sam walked in with a smile. “Bros
before hoes, eh?” Rhea grins proudly at Sam.
Sam
just grins and he settled himself next to Neil, patting his thigh, cooling his
anger down. The four of them stayed in tense atmosphere for some time. “Leah
isn’t a hoe,” Neil gritted, “I didn’t mean it for Leah,” Rhea rolled her eyes.
Sam just smiled weakly as he knows who they are referring too.
********
CHAPTER
FOUR: Reasons.
“I’m
very sorry about the rudeness of my children today,” Michalis apologized as he
settled down on his chair while pouring some whiskey into the glasses on the
table. Samuel just smiled and sat on the chair provided, facing his friend who
looks disappointed by the small gathering party this earlier evening. “The
party… it was supposed to be lively and… and memorable, you know,” he stated
while holding his whiskey, followed by a sigh,
Samuel
just stared at his whiskey as he said, “I find that Leah’s boyfriend is kind of
rude too,”
“What?”
Michalis asked almost shrieked, “What do you mean he’s rude?”
Samuel
shrugs, “I’m sure he knew about Neil being the basketball team leader,”
Michalis
eyes dilated that he slowly put his whiskey on the table, “Neil is the leader?”
he asked in surprised. “H-how come did I never know about it?” he asked,
frowning. Samuel stared a moment at him with pitiful face and sighed, “I guess
you’re too busy with Leah, Mike,”
Michalis
snorted and gulped down the whiskey down his throat as he leaned back on the
chair, “Are you saying that I’m being unfair to my kids?”
“Sort
of,” Samuel replied emotionlessly. Michalis ran his fingers through his grey
hairs and as he was about to say something, Samuel cuts him, “Do you know which
clubs Rhea and Elie is in?”
“What?”
“Club that
Rhea’s joining in,” Samuel repeated.
“She’s
joining the chess club. Why?” Michalis wrinkled his forehead. “Other than that…?”
Samuel asked again. “What do you mean other
than that…?” Michalis asked, a
little angered sounded in his voice. He was exasperated by his friend for
accusing him being oblivious with the trio. Samuel shook his head and snorted a
laughed, “Then, I assumed that you don’t know,”
Michalis
glared at his friend, “What are you trying to say, Sammy?” he gritted. Samuel
smirks, “Have you ever known that Rhea and Elie joins Kendo Club, the lame club,”
Hearing
those from his friend make Michalis jaws dropped and his chest suddenly felt
heavy with guilt. “What?” he asked faintly. “Yes, Mike. They’re one of the Kendo
club members,”
“B-but
they never told me…”
“Have
you ever bothered to ask, hm?”
“I-I…”
Michalis losing his words, he never thought of asking them about anything
because the trio never shows any interest on clubs activities. Well, he does
ever wonder why they always come home late in particular days but he thought
they might line up at the game store downtown for the new release games. Samuel
just watched his friend who lost in his mind, maybe feeling guilt. He always
knew the facts that his friend never take the trio seriously since after he
marry Carol 3 years ago. He surely is too focused on his new wife and Leah. “Maybe
I’m too focus in making Carol and Leah feel accepted to the family and feel
comfortable in this pass years that I unconsciously had neglected those who is
precious to me,” he muttered, still in his trance. Samuel just glanced at him
with pitiful looks, “You know, Mike…” Samuel said, “It’s not too late to
change,”
Michalis
poured another round of whiskey into his glass, “I know… But will they ever
forgive me, Sam?”
“I’m
sure they will. You just need to try,” Samuel smiled. They fell into deep
silence, both lost in their own thought with only the half-full bottle of
whiskey accompanying them. “What brings you here actually?” Michalis suddenly
asked, breaking the silence atmosphere around them. Samuel took a sip of his
whiskey before he replied, “Have you heard about the mysterious murder in Red
Valley?”
I knew it, Michalis thought. “Yes, I’ve
heard. Is it them?” he frowned,
concerned filing his chest. Samuel took a deep breath as he shook his head, “We’re
not sure about it but there are possibilities,” he said in serious tone, “But don’t
worry, the boys will get it done in no time,” he smiled.
“The
boys?” Michalis arched his brows, “You’re saying that we’re having new members?”
Samuel
nodded, “My Sammy is one of them too,” he grins proudly,
“Really?”
Michalis asked with excitement on his face, “Wow… I mean… Wow…” he said,
obviously speechless. “I mean, it’s take every bit of your intelligent and
energy to pass the exams… Man, your boy is really something,” he added. Samuel
grins shyly, “Well, thank you…”
“So,
they’re like having mission here?” Michalis asked, now more enthusiastic.
Samuel nodded, “Around the corner, I bet… So, I decided to join him over,”
“I see…”
Michalis nodded, “And… they’re organizing a summer camp too,” Samuel said,
making Michalis glanced up at him, “summer camp?”
“Yep…
It’s designed to those who love supernatural beings and to take new members,”
Samuel explained, “And I’ve been told to tell you that you should send one of
your kids to join in too,” he added.
Michalis
froze a moment, “Hell no, Sam. Hell no…” he shook his head violently, “I won’t
endangered my kids,”
“The
camp is fully protected, Mike,”
“No… I’m
not going to send my kids there,”
“It’s
the authority’s order, Mike,”
“Fuck
the authority… No is No…” Michalis spat, “I won’t let my kids in danger, Sam.”
“They
won’t. It just a camp,” Samuel said. “And your kids, they can take care of themselves.
Just that you don’t know that they can,” he continued. Michalis went silent for
a moment, thinking what his friend just told him. “Why my kids?”
“Because
you’re the best agent of all and your kids have potential,”
“Potential,”
Michalis snorted,
“Just
send one of them. They don’t ask for all of them to go,” Samuel again tries to
convince him. Michalis just shook his head as he put down his whiskey, “My
answer is still no, Sammy. Case closed.” He said and walked out from his
office. Samuel just watched him disappeared as the door closed and he sighed.
***
The
four teenagers just having a blast night together since Sam was given
permission to stay for the night, spend time with the trio. They were having a
very good time, like reminiscing all the great memories they were having when
they were still child, their school life stories, and who were their crushes
is. It was Sam’s turn.
“What?”
Rhea asked in disbelief, and let out a snort after Sam told them about him
confessing his love to a girl and the girl when all bitchy-high-pride about
herself, and telling Sam that she’s too cool and famous for him. Neil just
laughed, “The fuck is wrong with that girl, man?”
Sam
just chuckles, as he watched Elie polishing his nails with black colour after
she shows him her infamous puppy eyes, “You tell me,”
“She’s
seriously has a problem with herself,” Elie commented. Rhea points her finger
at her sister, “I’m fucking agree with you there,” and Elie just chuckles at
her sister, “If I was the girl, I would never ever bitching about how un-cool
you are, Sam… I mean, come on… you’re…you hell got a package, man,” she added.
“Thank
you,” Sam chuckles again, “But I guess I don’t have the whole package there,”
“You
do,” Elie briefly glanced up at him before continued with sticking some flowery
nail stickers on his nail. Sam just smiled, “Hell, that bitch deserves some
place in hell,” Rhea scoffs.
“Well,
it’s her loss then, babe,” Neil said, grinning. Sam just shook his head as he
laughed.
“I
guess you meant to marry Leah,” Elie suggested, a teasing smirks plays on her
lips, making the boy blushed a bit, “What? Why in the world I-“
“Oh,
Elie… I like that,” Neil cuts him,
“Seriously
guys, why would I marrying Leah anyway?” Sam repeated.
“2
reasons; One, because we three…“ Rhea points to herself and her two siblings,
“shipped you and Leah damn hard, and two, you’re hundred thousand times better
than that motherfucker,” she added.
“But
she doesn’t like me,” Sam chuckles
Elie
shot her head up, “So you like her, then?” as her eyes widened, she exchanged
looks with Neil and Rhea. “W-what?” Sam stuttered, “No… I mean, she has Ryan
and its obvious she won’t like me back, because she likes Ryan…” he rambled.
The other three doesn’t even listen to what he said; they’re just like giving
him the looks which making the boy blushed, “Come on guys… you can’t be
serious,” Sam chuckles nervously.
“You
just admitted that you like her, dude,” Elie winked.
“How
in the world does ‘she doesn’t like me’ making me admitting my love to Leah?”
Sam wrinkled his forehead, doesn’t quite understand their points.
“In some
ways, it does” Neil said, still with the smirks plays neatly on his lips.
“That’s what I would call as love denial,” Rhea butts in and they laughed. Sam
just chuckles, and went on scratched his head, forgetting the polished he had
on his nails, which making Elie cried dramatically, “Noooo!” She spend like 40
minutes to make his nails pretty and he just ruins it. She was freaking
devastated which making Rhea and Neil laughed at her. “I am so sorry,” Sam bit
his lips, looking at the hopeless looking girl who still in shocked states, “It
was the best nail art I ever done in my life,” she muttered. Sam just gave her
an apologetic looks with the laughter still rang around the gaming room.
******
CHAPTER FIVE: Questions.
The
clock strike 3.02 A.M and they were already sleeping soundly until Sam’s phone
vibrates. The boy growled sleepily and slowly took his phone which rested over
his head and slides his thumbs on the screen, answering the call. “Sam?
Where the hell are you?” His
eyes shot opened as he heard the voice, “Hendrik,” he said, “I-I’m uh… at my
friends house, why?” he asked, he is now fully awaked. He slowly shuffled
towards the room balcony, sliding the door shut slowly so he won’t wake the
trio up. “We need backup”
“What?
What happen? Where are you?” Sam asked with concerns, running his fingers
through his ravens. The line wasn’t that clear, making Hendrik’s voice sounded
unclear, “If you’re at Red Rock…. To
Rendell’s dockyard….Milo and Qui….Vampires attacks…”
“What?
Hendrik… I can’t really catch up,” Sam cried but the call was off. Sam silently
cursed and shoves his phone into his pocket. He licked his chapped lips, trying
to recall back the short information he’s getting from Hendrik. “Rendell
dockyard,” he snapped and automatically turned himself to the east side of the
balcony. He realized that Rendell dockyard is only couple of blocks away from
the Michalis. He briefly smirks and quickly searched all over his pocket,
looking for something.
He took out a small potion bottle, with a
bluish liquid stuff in it and finished the whole bottle in one gulped. Sam
closed his eyes as if feeling the liquid went down his throat; he flinch a bit
and gripping tight his hands over the balcony fence as the pain biting from the
inside of his flesh. He felt like burned alive but he has no other choice.
After a moment of fighting the pain, he opened his eyes again and now his eyes
were crimson red. He squints his eyes at the bright moonlight before went
jumped from the second floor balcony without even thinking twice. He thought
that no one was watching and he was wrong in that part.
Rhea
can’t believe what she just saw that she just blinked hard few times, recalling
the moment where Sam took a familiar bluish potion and his eyes turn red and
then just jumped of their balcony as if he was jumping over the 20 cm fence.
“What
the actual fuck?” she breathed out, still with her lips parted, she ran towards
the balcony and saw that Sam was now jumping over the 3 feet tall cement fence,
making her jaws dropped to the floor. Without even waiting for another second,
Rhea fled back to the room and grabbed the random jacket she saw before making
a run following Sam. Her curiosity is all over her head now; she just has so
many things to ask the boy especially on where in the world Sam get the bluish
liquid from. Is there something Samson didn’t tell them? Is he one of the
secret groups called SEAMUS under Vatican that Elie told her before? Who the
hell is this Hendrik guy? Sound Spanish to her. But of course, she won’t know
until she went along and figure it out herself. That’s what she thought.
She
passed through the kitchen door and saw Elie was standing near the counter,
briefly she thought of alarming the girl and told her to come with her but then
again, if the information in the book about the potion is true, then she has to
be hurry if she wanted to catch up with the boy. So she decided to go by
herself.
***
Elie
startled from her sleep as she heard the vibrate sounds from Sam phone. She
growled lowly as she was just having a good night sleep after few days of
sleepless night. It was actually her first good sleep for the week but its
ruins by the loud vibrations. She saw Sam shot up and walked slowly towards the
balcony, talking to someone name Hendrik, on the phone. She just sighed, who the hell would call in the middle of the
night like this? She thought and stood up from her place, “Where you
going?” she heard Rhea who is half-awake, looking up at her. Elie yawned,
“Kitchen for breakfast. I don’t think I can go back to sleep again,” she
growled in whispered. Rhea just snorted knowingly her problems and turned
herself to face Neil’s back. Elie rolled her eyes before went out from the room
and straight to their kitchen, getting herself some fresh milk from the fridge.
She put down her glass near the sink, facing the backyard and started to pour
the milk onto it but as she was pouring it, her eyes fixed with some familiar
figures pumping on his feet like a hungry cheetah and jumped over the concrete
wall like it was nothing. She was so caught up with the unbelievable scene that
she over-poured the milk. She cursed silently as the milk got onto her pyjamas
but she shoved the thought of getting dirty by the milk and quickly went to the
back door and she stopped a moment to seek for something as a weapon; she saw
the unwashed butter knife lays on the sink and took it before quickly went to
the backyard with her bunny slippers as she went running after Samson.
It was
pretty hard for her to catch up with the boy since he ran as fast as the wind. Plus,
she doesn’t have any clue where he’s going but thank God, the route that he’s
taking is going to one place only- the Rendell Dockyard. Rendell’s Dockyard is
only a one-way route, so it is pretty easy for Elie to follow his pace. After a
while of running and hiding, Elie stopped her paced 20 feet away from Samson
who is now walked in casual pace. There she noticed that he was greeted by a
good-looking Mexican-like guy who is about the same age as him, maybe a bit
older; he was wearing a dark green trench-coat with a gun in his hands,
“Sammy,” he called with cheery voice, “You made it,” he smiled and cocked the
handgun, as if readying it for something big. Elie blinks few times, she
wonders who in the world is the guy is? And what is his connection with Sammy?
“Quinn,”
Sam greeted back.
“Nice
nails you got there,” Quinn teased as he saw Sam’s nails. Sam quickly shoves
his hands inside his pocket, “My friend did that,” he said abashedly.
“Mmhmm… Friend…” Quinn smirked playfully. Sam
wrinkles his forehead at the guy who is acting weird, “What?” he asked.
“I
didn’t say anything,” Quinn trying to hold his laugh
“Quinn…
Do you have-“Another guy appeared with a pack of salt on his hands. He looks
cute and quite good-looking too and he’s wearing the same designed trench-coat
with the Mexican-looking guy but his was in midnight blue. “Sam, you made it,”
he continued as he saw Samson. Sam just nodded at him, “What happen here
actually?” Sam asked, approaching the newly arrived guy,
“Um…
well…”
“They wanted to claim this place as theirs,”
Quinn cuts in, handing Sam the handgun. Elie wrinkled her forehead, who are they referring to? She asked herself. She wanted to hear more
that she took another steps forward. She didn’t notice the rusted pipe near
there and when she stepped on it, she slipped with her face kissed the ground.
The pipe clangs as it flew backward which make the trio turned to her. She
looked up and finds that her eyes met with the shocked trio. “Hey!” Quinn
shouted and Elie quickly jumped on her feet and briefly exchanged look with
Samson who is completely froze on his feet before she took a step and ran.
***
Rhea
slammed the main door and ran towards the road. Fortunately their front yards
weren’t surrounded by 3 feet tall concrete walls and only the nicely painted short
picket fence. She jumped over the fence and stumbled a bit as her jacket got
caught over the picket. She pulled her jacket carefully and looked around
before went to take the short cut routes towards Rendell’s Dockyard. She’s glad
that she has explored every inched of the neighbourhood with Neil before.
That’s quite a blessing for the time like this. She put a brief smirks on her
paled face before continue on her run. After a while of running, she finally
arrived at Rendell’s Dockyard. She looked to her left and right, to make sure
that there is no would notice her presence there before she shuffled quietly
towards the piling huge metal container ahead of her.
“HEY!”
Rhea
flung towards the nearest metal container as she heard the shouting with her
heart almost jumping out of her chest. She peek from the metal container and
noticed that the shouting wasn’t for her. She breathed out with gladness. Then
as she looked again, she saw Samson stood next to a gorgeous Mexican-like guy
in dark-green trench-coat. She noticed that Sam looked shock and froze on his
feet. Wonder what he’s been seeing, Rhea move towards the other ends of the
metal container to have a clearer look and to listen better,
“Milo,
go find the girl and bring her here,” said the guy to the cute looking guy who
is wearing a different colour trench-coat. “Quinn, let me do it,” Sam demanded.
“Why? You’d
know her?” Quinn asked. As Sam about to ask, suddenly the surrounding seems to
feel a little bit cold than the usual, the cricket sounds fell into silence.
Everything went quiet, except for the sounds of waves crashing on the dock. Rhea
swallowed her saliva hard; her heart beat fast, she felt something isn’t right
is going on here. She looked again at the two boys and now she noticed the
handgun in each of their hands, “What the fuck?” she muttered lowly as she saw
Sam, her childhood friend, the one she knew since forever is holding a handgun.
Samson looked cautious with his surrounding that he pointed his gun towards the
direction Quinn has been shouting at. Rhea squint her eyes to clear her vision
and she noticed that both Sam and Quinn eyes were crimson red and their skin
were as pale as the snow. She wonders if the blue potion that Sam took had them
turn them into a vampire.
“Well…
well… well….” Unfamiliar voice suddenly echoed around the place which now
covered in cold white fog before Rhea could hear group of footsteps, “Isn’t
this our favourite people?” said the same voice again. Slowly the fog disappear
and reveal a dozens of men and women looking all paled and had a crimson red
eyes just like Sam and Quinn does but theirs full of hungers and hatred. Rhea
gasped; she couldn’t believe what she’s seeing before her eyes, real vampires.
“We
won’t let you have this place, Darren,” Quinn gritted.
The leader,
Darren, just smirked maliciously, “Why don’t you choose the easy way, boy?” he
asked, “You give us the place, you live,” he added. “Over my dead body,” said Quinn,
glaring at the vampire leader as he pointed his handgun at the guy.
Darren
laughed, together with his minions, “Fine,” he spat and suddenly disappeared,
his minions too. Quinn and Sam were not seen in the place too. They seem to be
disappeared into thin air. But what excites Rhea more about the situation is
that she could hear the metal clank and the blood drops onto the grounds; one
by one, the minions fell to the ground and burnt. Once in a while, they would
show up, with bloody face.
“Argh,”
Sam grunted as he stumbled to the ground. “Sam!” Quinn shouted and as Darren
noticed he was guard down, he attacked Quinn and scratched his face with his
sharp claws. Blood dripped from his cheek, “Damn it!” Quinn growled and started
to fire his gun at the vampire leader. Once again the vampire leader disappeared
into thin air, followed by Quinn. Sam at the meantime was still on the ground,
unable to move an inch as he was under spell of one of the minions. She smirks
at him as she approaching him and she opened her jaws, showing her two sharp
teeth. Rhea noticed that she’s going to feed on Sammy’s blood, that she almost
ran out from her hiding place to help the boy but before she done that,
suddenly the girl was headshot. She quickly turned towards the bullet coming
from. She saw a dark blond good looking guy in the same dark green trench-coat
with Quinn, jogged towards Sam and helped the wounded boy up to his feet. “You’re
okay?” he asked, his voice really sounded pleasant, thought Rhea. Sam nodded. Then
he disappeared into thin air, leaving Sam standing there together with another
young guy, wearing printed hoodies. Rhea assumed that the blond guy went to
help Quinn.
After
a moment of battling the vampire leader, suddenly the blond guy appeared with
Quinn. “We lost him,” Quinn said, “Keep your eyes open,” he ordered. Sam and
the other nodded and started to look around. Rhea did too, secretly. “Maybe he
fled already, since his minions are all dead,” Rhea muttered all to herself. “Well, what we have here?” said some familiar
voice, which would be the most unwanted voice Rhea wanted to hear that time. “Shit…”
she cursed and as she tries to get out from her hiding place, Darren got her
and locked his left arms around the girl neck, with his other hand held her
arms. He pushed Rhea out from the hiding place with victorious smirks on her
face, “So thoughtful of you guys to bring me a snack,” he said. Making the good
looking guys turned to him. Sam face went paled, “Rhea…” he breathed out in
trembling voice which making Quinn and the blond guy turned to look at him, “You
knew her?” Quinn asked in disbelief. Sam licked his chapped lips, he cursed
silently for not being too careful with them. He is now bringing danger to her
life. He then remembered about Elie being chased by Milo just now and he hope
that Milo got her already.
“Retreat
or I kill her,” warned Darren as he leaned closer to Rhea’s neck, his fangs now
showing. “Son of a bitch,” Rhea gritted and elbowed the vampire leader on his
stomach as hard as she could, make the vampire leader loosen his gripped. Then
she turned herself and kicked him on his face, making him stumbled on the ground;
she put on a satisfying smirk on her face. “Bitch!” roared Darren and pulled
her legs, making her stumbled to the ground too. Quinn and the blond guy couldn’t
take a shot of the vampire leader as Rhea was blocking him. “Shit!” Rhea
cursed, trying to kick the vampire leader off her.
“Rhea!”
shouted some familiar voice and as Rhea turned her head towards the voice, she
saw her sister hurdling a silver blade towards her with the same cute guy who
is known as Milo, trailing behind her. The vampire leader almost got her neck
when she able to reach for the silver blade that landed exactly next to her and
without thinking twice, she stabbed the blade to his temple, the blood burst
out from his skull, wetting the girl face. Darren screamed in pain as the
silver blade burned his rotten flesh. But he didn’t seem to stop that as he was
trying to bit Rhea again, he was shot twice on the head and on the chest. He
burnt to ashes.
“Rhea,”
Elie helped her up, “What are you doing here?” is the first thing that comes
out from Rhea’s voice. “I’m about to ask the same thing to you too,” Elie
shrugs as she wiped her sister face with the jacket. “Who are you girls?” asked
the sharp looking blond guy as he jogged towards them,
“Hey,
here… use this,” said Milo to Elie as he handed her a pack of tissues. Elie
smiled at him and started to wipe her sister face with the tissues. “Well, who
the hell are you then?” Rhea asked back, “And what is going on here?” she
added, looking straight at Samson. Sam swallowed his saliva, he felt guilty for
not telling them at the first place,
“What’s
going on here is none of your concern, miss,” said the blond guy. Rhea rolled
her eyes, “I’m not asking you dude,” she said plainly, “I’m asking Sam,” she
added, locking her sight at the guilty boy. Their jaws dropped, “You know Sam?”
asked Quinn.
“Well,”
Sam retracted his lips, “They’re the Michalis,”
“WHAT?”
the boys exclaimed in unison, “Seriously?” asked the young boy who came with
blond guy earlier, “Yes, Addy. They are,” Sam replied, apologetically. “What’s
wrong with our dad?” Elie frowned,
“Hendrik,
don’t you think we should send them home?” Quinn asked the blond guy. Hendrik
shut his eyes closed before he looked at Sam, “Your dad is with sir Michalis now,
right?”
Sam
nodded, “Good, then lead us there,” he commanded. “Wait a second, blondie,”
Rhea pulled his strong-build arm. Blondie?
Quinn thought and bit his lips to restrain himself from laughing out loud. “What
do you mean by leading you guys there?” she scowled,
“We
need to get you guys home and tell your parent about this,” Hendrik replies,
“Hell
no, damn it,” Rhea shook her head, “Our parent must not knowing any of this,”
“We’re
passed our curfew already,” Elie butts in, “We shouldn’t be out here by the
this time,”
“They’re
gonna bake us alive,” Rhea said and as she wanted to say more, Sam collapsed to
the ground. “Sam!” shouted the girls in unison, “He needed to be treat fast,” Milo
warned. Rhea went silent for a moment, looking at Sam’s shoulder which is
bleeding now. Rhea let out a sighed, “Fine, I’m doing it for Sam,” she said.
“Thank
you,” Hendrik told her. Rhea formed a thin line over her lips. She must get
herself ready with the volcano eruption from their dad later.
********
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