30 days to her birthday
Saturday
Mom was preparing lunch when I entered the kitchen
"Hey Mom" I said as I headed to the freezer to get a drink
"You're finally awake. What about Jack?"
"In his room" I answered and opened my drink "playing video games" I added
"Okay"
"Where is dad?" I asked
"He is in the garage with his truck"
What mom was trying to say was that dad was repairing his truck
"I told him to throw that piece of trash away but he wouldn't listen"
I wondered what type of car he would be getting me for my sixteenth birthday, so, I asked mom
"Mom" I called
"Uh"
"Do you have any idea of the type of car dad will be getting me for my birthday?"
"Maybe the one sister Catherine want to sell"
"What!?" I said shockingly and mistakenly dropped my drink
"Make sure to clean that"
I ignored her
"Auntie Catherine's car?" I asked with horror fully written on my face
"Yeah, what is wrong with it?"
"Auntie Catherine's condemned car? Everything mom, everything is wrong with it" I replied and sat on the floor "How do you expect me to take that car to school? That car is old and unfit for a young girl like me"
"Your dad is going to repair it "
"Goddamn. I'm sure she have been using that car twenty years before I was born"
"That doesn't really matter. The engine of a car is the main thing. Your dad went to check out the engine some days ago and he told me it is still strong"
"Mom" I cried and kicked my legs. I knew I sitting on the floor and kicking my legs was too childish for a sixteen years old girl, but at this particular moment I couldn't help it "please mom, I don't want that car and tell dad that I don't want that car" I got up from the floor and started heading back to my room "I will rather start trekking to school than to take that car"
"Come and clean this up" mom shouted but I ignored her and headed upstairs
"What is wrong?" Jack asked me as I was about to enter my room
"Go ask mom" I said annoyingly and banged the door on his face
"Irene" he called as he knocked gently "Open up"
"I don't want to talk to any one of you" he left not long after
Five minutes later, Jack was back
"Irene, open the door. Open the door"
I opened the door and asked "What do you want?"
"Can I come in?"
I shifted to one side in order to allow him to enter
He sat on my chair and I closed the door
"I just finished talking to Mom. They wouldn't be getting you that car"
"Okay but how are they going to get the money for a new car"
"I still have some money with me, but we will talk later"
"Oh, thank you"
"It's nothing baby"
"I'm not a baby" I said and hit him slightly on his shoulder
"Ouch, that hurts" he said
"That is definitely a lie"
"Should I also hit you on your shoulder" he said as he got out of his chair while I ran out of the room giggling
"Food is ready" mom said from downstairs
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"How are you feeling?" I asked an happy Jack
"Excited. This is like a dream come through"
"Oh" I pouted " My Jack is finally a big boy"
He hit me softly on my forehead and started running after me. I ran to where mom was and hid behind her back
"Jack, leave my baby alone" mom warned while I mouthed to him behinds mom back "Our Jack is now a big boy"
"Mom, look at what she is doing" Jack said and pointed at my direction
"She's doing nothing wrong" mom replied
"I knew you aren't going to believe me" he said and went back to his room
"He is so cute" mom whispered and went back to what she was doing
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"Are you sure this outfit is okay?" He asked for the hundredth time before stepping out of the house
"Absolutely yes" I replied "And I can't wait to hear everything"
"As if I'm going to tell you"
"Of course, you will tell me. I know you will tell me. You always tells me everything"
"Not like this one"
"Don't do me like that bro. I'm gonna miss you"
"It's not as if I wouldn't be coming home tonight" he said and stepped out of the house
"Bye" I waved
"Bye. Make sure you lock the door"
"Okay"
"So that the wolf wouldn't come and get you" he laughed
"Jack" I called annoyingly "That isn't funny at all. And I won't be telling you things next time"
"I know you will. Bye Irene"
I ignored him and went back inside
We got to the second underground and was welcomed happily.From my own point of view, the second underground wasn't as big or furnished like the first underground, but it was still okay"What do you think?" Alex asked with his thick voice. All of us were dirty and we really needed a good, long showerI pouted my lips and said "It's okay"He smirked and continued walking "The memorial is tonight" he said to Darrell that was on his left side "Go tell everyone""Consider it done your highness" he said, bowed and scrambled away"What memorial?" I asked him when we entered our room"It's for the people we lost during the attacks" he replied"Oh!" I gasped and remembered Darcy and Tanner. They were the ones that rescued me when my parents house was attacked some weeks ago, but now they were no more."I hate losing people too" Alex said and brought me back to reality.I sighed heavily and said "Are you going in first? Or
10 days to her birthdaySaturdayThankfully, everywhere was dark"No stopping" Alex said "We have to keep running. His men might be out here"Even though all of us were still sad about what happened to Darcy and didn't want to leave her in an unknown land, we realized that we do not have an option but to listen to Alex.After running for half an hour, we slowed down and started working normally.I was looking at nowhere in particular when I saw something in the air, it was projecting our way, at Liam to be precise."Liam!" I called in horror and launched myself at him in order to push him down. The arrow hit a tree and Alex screamed "split up"I rolled off of Liam instantly and we both got up. We ran in the same direction and came across about two hundred vampires. We were surrounded and there was no way we were winning against them.My back was to Liam's and I could feel his anger
11 days to her birthdayFridayAlex opened the door and we all ran out"Get me the princess!" Someone shouted. It was the B-Lord "Alive!"His men were after us in seconds"No stopping" Alex said "Keep running"We kept running for almost a minute until we came across some vampires. We all stopped on our tracks and formed a circle with our backs to each other.The Blues were coming towards us with their syringes on one side while the vampires were coming towards us with their fangs protruding out of their mouths on the other side"Don't be far away from me" Alex whispered to me "Watch out for the syringes" he warned all of us and roared"Attack!"The way he screamed attack was a replica of how Adrian Sargon had screamed his, hundreds of years back and I wondered if everything was going to end for us the same way it ended for Adrian and his armyAlex and Jack's fangs and claws were ou
11 days to her birthdayFriday"Get up!" I ordered him and looked at my friends for a few seconds. I will soon be back, I thought "Take me to your priest" He wasn't expecting that. He didn't know that I was going to work it out so easily "Now!"I pushed him to my front and followed him "And one single mistake, you're dead" he nodded with fearAfter turning and turning for five minutes, we stopped at a corner and he turned and looked at me "We're there"I held him by his neck and slowly peeped at the hallway. If I counted the number of men that were in the hallway right, there were fifteen huge men there.I looked back at my captive and whispered to him "Go to them and tell them that the B-Lord is in trouble and they are needed" he nodded his head "You do this, you live. You betray me, you die" I said venomously "Go!"He ran into the hallway and shouted while breathing heavily "The B-Lord is in trouble
11 days to her birthdayFridayWe dressed in the attires we were given and were welcomed to the party by the B-Lord himself.He stopped the singer, dancers, drummers and the whole gathering by raising his hand up in the air"Blues!" He called"Forever" the whole gathering chorused.I guessed that was their slogan"Blues!" He called again"Forever!""I want to introduce you to our friends here, they came from the other side of the world" we waved at them and they 'whoa' at us "All of us have given up hope. We thought everything was a lie, we thought they wouldn't make it here but just few days...just few days, they showed up. Welcome them once again!"He motioned to us to sit down and signaled to the singer to continue her music.The singer had a very beautiful voice but the song wouldn't make it in our side of the world. I scanned everybody at the party, they were all
11 days to her birthdayFridaySomeone knocked on our door and Alex jumped out of his seat."Relax" I whispered. Liam and Jack were still sleepingAlex went to the door and opened it"Hey" someone said, it was a female "How was your sleep?""Great. Is it morning yet?""Morning..." The lady trailed off "according to you people, yes. The B-Lord will like to see you after your first meal""Okay" he replied and the lady leftWe were served a different meal, but it still tasted the same to me"What were you and Jack discussing when we got here?" Alex asked when we were almost through with our food"Oh! Jack told me something. Maybe you should tell them yourself" I said to JackJack wasn't really happy with what I did, he hardly talks to Alex but he knew he had no other choice but to answer the questionHe put down the bowl of blood which he was drinking and faced A