Chapter One

“Great Burglar”

 Sabby's POV,

 So here I am trying to call my best friend slash sister, Alaister. I was outside our house, and it was almost 2 am. Unfortunately, when I ran away from our home, I accidentally left my spare keys. 

 "Yes! Finally, you answered it!" I exclaimed when Alaister answered my call.

 "Where are you, Aeshe? Are you outside of our house again?" She said with sarcasm.

"Good thing you figured it out, please open the door for me," I said as I slapped my face. Geez, the mosquitoes are killing me!

 "Okay, wait for me. I'm almost home," she replied.

 "What? What time is it? You are really outside of our house. It’s a miracle, Alaister." I laughed when she hanged up. Ow, she's pissed.

 "Hey, Aeshe!"  

And there she is wearing her favorite hoodie paired with purple pajamas.

 "Oh! Hi Alaister, you've finally experienced being a teenager now." I laughingly said as she grabs my hair and slightly pulled it. Damn, that hurts!

"Ouch! That hurts, Alaister!" I muttered to her. "I’m just kidding! You're a real sadist."

 "Go inside."

Is she stupid? I just told her I couldn’t open our house cause I left the spare keys.

 "Why? I told you I couldn't open the door without a key, and.." I stopped talking when she cut me off.

 "Then find," she suddenly said. I was about to ask her when she cut me off again. "Find my care for you." 

I almost threw her my purse. Geez! This woman! 

I laughed sarcastically at her.

“Be thankful because you are my best friend. If it wasn't, I already killed you!" She just looked at me wearing that innocent face. Damn it.

"Just please open our house. It's getting cold out here." I said with an angry tone. 

She just shrugged 

"I don't have spare keys either," she said like she doesn't care at all.

 "Then how can we get into our house?” 

I know she's smart, but sometimes she’s stupid.

"Then we need to go up the door in the veranda," she suggested while pointing at the veranda. 

 "For Pete's sake, we're looking like princesses, but you wanna climb houses like we're some sort of burglars? Are you crazy?"  I said in disbelief. 

She's really insane! Shh, don't tell her. 

 "What? For your information, missy, I'm not crazy! Do you want me to slap your face, left and right?" Irritation was written all over her face.

 "What the heck, Alaister! You're really serious?! You will let me go up there?” I pouted at her.

"Did I say that you'll be the one climbing? You’re wearing mini skirts for Pete's sake! Where the hell did you go, and why are you wearing them?" Before I could even answer her, she shook her head. "Ah, never mind."

Next thing I know, she's already on our veranda, waving at me. What the hell? Seriously?  How did she get up there so fast without falling?

Yeah, she didn't fell while climbing, but she fell into the wrong person. 

She went inside our room. Then I waited for her to open the front door. After a few minutes, the door clicked, and Alaister greeted me with a smile.

"You'll be a great burglar," I remarked as I went inside our mini house.  

Yes, we have a mini house. Alaister and I lived here. We're not siblings, but we treated each other as one. Our parents are business partners, and since they're always on their business trips, we decided to live together, so we requested this house.

Good thing, they agreed. They say it'll also help us both.

 "Aeshe? We have to sleep already. We need to be early for our enrollment tomor--- I mean later!" Alaister shouted from the top, my best friend's attitude notwithstanding.

I closed the front door and already went up to our room, holding my pouch and her book that she gave me a few minutes ago.

"Alaister!"  There was no response.

I opened the door and threw my pouch somewhere. When I looked at the bed, she was already sleeping. That fast? Geez.

I just shook my head and decided to turn the aircon. After that, I removed my crop top and mini skirt, leaving me almost naked.

 I crawled into our bed and closed my eyes. Ow, right! I almost forgot to introduce myself.

I'm Sabby Aeshe Zraa, and the girl next to me, sleeping is none other than Alaister Lilyane Hirsch.

I was sleeping soundly, dreaming about something good. Suddenly, I jumped into the sea without thinking. 

Oh, shit! I don't know how to swim! I'm drowning! I can't move my legs! Help!

Help!

I woke up, eyes wide open. I was breathing heavily, still thinking about my dream. I could still feel the cold water until now. I could even feel water dripping all over my fa--- wait, what?!

 "Fuck! Cheers to you for being a good friend, Alaister! You could've tapped my shoulder to wake me up!" I shouted at her as I removed the blanket. I tried to throw it to her face, but it flopped.

She was laughing out loud, hands on her tummy.

 "Aeshe, I was trying to wake you up for the hundredth time, but you're still asleep!" She wiped the tears on her eyes. 

"So I decided to wake you up that way! Your face was so priceless! You kept yelling 'Help!'. Oh, God." Then she burst out laughing again like there's no tomorrow.

 "Whatever! You'll be the one washing the bedsheet and comforter! It's your fault!" I shouted at her, but she just sticks her tongue out.

“I don’t want to!” She laughed.

"Yeah whatever, I'll take a shower." I got up and walked towards the bathroom.

"You don't need a shower! You're already wet!" she teased and laughed again.

I glared at her. Oh, God. Stop me before I slap her face! She had to piss me off in the morning! 

 "Just kidding!" She opened the door. "Go ahead and please hurry up so I can take a bath too!" She shouted from the outside.

 I heaved a sigh.

After taking a bath, I put on my bathrobe and went out then went straight to our walk-in closet. I didn't see my best friend in the room so maybe she's downstairs.

While choosing our outfits, I heard the bathroom door opened and the shower turned on. She's probably taking a bath now.

I just shrugged my shoulders. 

Anyway, I'm always the one choosing our outfit. My taste in fashion was always better compared to her. 

Yes, she's richer than me and all of her accessories are branded, but she’s always wear hoodies, leggings, or simple shirts. She literally doesn't know the word 'style' and ’fashion’.

Good thing, she has me.

So as for my outfit, I chose the black sleeveless tank top from Victoria's secret paired with loose pants by Old Navy and Vans shoes with my LV pouch. 

For Alaister's outfit, I chose the Gray to pullover by Ralph Lauren paired with a checkered mini skirt from Chic home, Channel sling bag, and Nike sneakers.

I let out a smirk while holding her outfit. She's not used to wearing this, but she doesn't have any choice now. We're almost late and knowing Alaister, she loathed that word.

Just like how she loathes this mini skirt.

Payback time.

I was already dressed when I heard the door opened. I peeked on the closet door and saw her on her bathrobe and about to blow dry her hair.

 "Aeshe! Can you please bring me my clothes?"

I smiled and walked closer to her.

"Here it is! A gray pullover by Ralph Lauren, checkered mini skirt from Chic home and Channel sling bag and your favorite Nike white sneakers," I said as I smiled sheepishly at her. 

She looked at me in disbelief. 

 "What? Don't look at me like that! You're gonna wear this whether you like it or not. No buts, either. You don't wanna be late, right?" I gave her a sweet smile before turning around and left her dumbfounded.

The moment I closed the door, I heard her yelling. 

 "Aeshe!? FUCK I’M GOING TO KILL YOU!"  

She deserved it. I was supposed to wear it, but for the sake of my revenge, I chose another outfit. I'll just wear it next time.

I went to the living room and stopped in front of our full-length mirror to fix my hair. Since I’m wearing a tank top, it revealed my toned abs.

I'm confident in my body. I know I'm hot and sexy, especially when I wear great outfits. On the other hand, Alaister is also sexy, but she just kept wearing hoodies, covering her magnificent body.

Speaking of the devil, she's coming.

 "Wow! You're gorgeous as hell! I told you it'd look great!" I exclaimed, staring at her. "Wait, are you wearing makeup?"

 "I don't have a choice, okay? I had to wear make-up to fit it in with the clothes you gave to me!" She yelled while glaring at me.

 "Good choice, Alaister! Let's go," I said and grabbed my pouch.

 See? She's stunning and sexy. I don't get it why she's covering it with hoodies.

 "Sorry!" I gave her a sweet smile, "But trust me, you really do look stunning."

 "Whatever! Come on! We're going to be late!" 

She gave me my phone even though she's pissed at me. I completely forgot about it. 

 "Yay!" I exclaimed, pulling her out of our house.

We saw Aunt Ana, our maid, waving from the gate, waiting for us to open it. There were also other maids with her. We waved back and immediately opened the gate.

We have maids, and they come here every day to check and clean the house while we're not home.

"Aunt Ana! Hi! We're off to school. Please take good care of the house," Alaister said and smiled at them.

 "Good morning, Miss Alaister and Miss Aeshe. Be careful on your way to school," Aunt Ana said before closing the gate.

We both nodded at her and walked away.

 "I'm excited to meet handsome guys!" I said in excitement while pulling her to the van. Tom, our driver, already opened the door, waiting for us.

 "Then? What will happen again? Just like the old times?" She rolled her eyes and scoffed while I just nodded at her, smiling.

We got in the van. Tom closed the door and went around to the driver's seat.

 "Tom, we were just waiting for Aunt Ana. She's already inside so we can go now," I said to him as I offered the throw pillow to Alaister so she can cover her legs.

She's really uncomfortable with that skirt. I wonder how she became a model?

 "Okay, Miss Sab," Tom responded before starting the engine.

 Alaister and I just chuckled.