Chapter 4

Avatia's POV

I got home to find a note on the refrigerator. Mom's not home. Draya's still at work so I call Kenny. It rings for about 9 seconds before I hear his cute voice on the other end.

"Baby? You missing pretty Kenny already? "

I know he's all smiles so I don't roll me eyes. There's NO ONE like Draya and Kenny. They're my best friends. "Dream on Ken, anyways, do you have something doing? You could come over, I'm home alone." I fight the urge to sniff as I remember the reason I'm home. I just lost my job.

"You're at home? Aren't you supposed to be working or stuff like that?" He ask and I just can't hide my feelings so I start crying. "Hey munchkin, don't cry. I'm on my way, okay? Just hold on, I know what's going to make my baby sister happy. I'll be there in a bit." And he hangs up.

He cares for me as if I am his real baby sister not just cousin. I just can't stop crying without eating my favourite chocolate ice cream with M&M's in it. I know that's what Kenny's going to buy on his way here. My nose is all red and my eyes are puffy. I start thinking hard. Who is Mr. Black? I mean the guy has a lot of authority. Wicked and cruel. But I don't want to sound judgemental. The soft look he gave me when he commented on the color of my eyes just can't get out of me head. I hear the sound of the bell and snap out of my thoughts of the guy who made me loose my job.

"Oh my baby, you've been crying." Kenny says as he engulfs me in his tight bear hugs. "Kenny is here okay, don't cry munchkin."

"Hope I didn't disturb you?" I ask as I pull away from him and walk to the couch. The side table is full of tissues.

Kenny scrunchies his cute little nose in disgust. "Someone has been crying nasty to have all this tissues on the table."

I playfully punch his arms and let out a dry laugh and start crying again. "I lost my job Kenny."

"I know honey. I spoke to Draya. I'm so sorry okay, we'll find you another job sweetheart. And that asshole who did that is going to pay." He says and I can feel the anger radiating from his ears.

I look at him for a while. He's so cute with his piercing green eyes. If he wasn't gay, I'll definitely matchmake him with Draya. "Don't cuss Kenny. But seriously, did I disturb you? "

"No munchkin, you're my number one girl in the world and so it doesn't matter if I was busy or not. Let me get spoons before our ice cream melts." He stands up and walks over to the kitchen returning with super large spoons. That's just how Kenny and I are. We use extra large spoons for ice cream. "So, you want to talk about it? "

I take in a deep breathe and tell him what I think. "He's so handsome but he's got some shitty personality. I know I'm not the judgemental type but Kenny he's rude. He's got this amazing silver eyes that one can look at for hours. Perfect jet black hair, perfect chiseled jaws, straight nose, plump lips, amazing muscles that look like its gonna tear his suit apart and he's so tall. So so so tall and_____"

"Woah take it easy tiger, you realise you've been going crazy with his looks, right? And you never go that extra mile with anyone. Even me. Do you have a crush on him?" Kenny ask making me realize what I was saying. I blush red like a tomato. "Oh my God, you're blushing. You have a crush on him."

"No!!! How can I crush on someone like that. He's so full of himself. I don't like him." I say shocked at how fast I said it.

Kenny gives me his I'm- not- convinced look.

"Seriously Ken, I don't even know. If he was a little bit more gentlemanly, I'll consider him a nice guy but no. He's anything but nice. He's the guy who almost ran me over on my first day here and made me loose my job. If anything, I despise him. He's a horrible person with a despicable personality." I deadpan but felt guilty for jumping into conclusions.

"Okay.... That's what you say but I'm still not convinced. So what are you going to do now. You know its hard to get a job here in New York, right? " Kenny ask me as he scoops a large amount of ice cream and tries to put it in his mouth causing it to smear all over his face. I giggle. He's so adorable.

"I don't know Ken, mom's gonna be disappointed. I get a job and loose it the next day? I can't tell her Ken, she's going through so much now. Her job's not stable yet. I'd do anything I find." I say honestly.

Kenny cocks his eyebrows and starts smiling. I know he's about to say something silly. "Even sucking a dick?"

I slap his shoulder. "Eww, that's gross. I feel like vomiting right now."

He's laughing like a maniac right now. Its so funny for him. "You're such a baby, Avatia. I still remember when I had to tell you 'dick' is 'penis'. You're 21 and still a virgin. An innocent one that has never even been fingered.

Gosh baby sis, you're____"

I slap him again. "Stop Ken, that's disgusting. Urghhh, you need to leave now cause that mouth won't shut up anytime from now, will it? "

He's still laughing. This best cousin of mine. Urghh. "Stop what munckin? You're so beautiful. The most beautiful girl I know. You need to get hitched, you know? "

I stand up and pull him with all my strength but he doesn't move an inch. He's so big. "Get up big cat. Get your big butt off my couch and go. I'll see you tomorrow "

"Fine baby, I'ma go cause my boyfriend is waiting for this big butt to have a good time. So bye sweetheart."

And with that, he left. Left me to my thoughts that keep drifting back to the silver eyed Greek god instead of thinking of a new job.

******

I wake up the next morning to the smell of freshly baked lemon cake. Mommy's such a good baker and this smell, ooohhh...... I could drown in it. I walk to my bathroom and brush my teeth, do my morning business and walk to my small closet. I choose to wear a cream white sweater and violet mini skirt tagged along with a light black legging. In senior high, I got the class award in fashion. I look at myself in the mirror and smile. I'll just go down to the newspaper store and get to look for a job.

"Mommy " I say as I walk into the kitchen.

She turns and looks at me giving me a lovely smile. "My baby, you look good sweetheart. Are you off to work? "

My smile falters a little. I can't believe I'm going to have to lie to mom. I simply nod.

She runs her fingers through her hair. "Honey, I might be staying long nights at the hospital. There's a lot of work and we need the money."

I walk to her and hug her. "Its okay mom, I'm big. I can take care of myself." I put a piece of cake in my mouth and moan at how good it is. "Its delicious mom. Let's eat so you won't be late."

We sit and eat while sharing small talk. Once I was done, I stood up and kissed mom goodbye. "See you later and take care. I love you mom."

I walked out into the warm air of New York. I guess I'll just walk a bit before hailing a cab. A couple of minutes later, a nice black SUV pulled up in front of me.

I groaned. Not again. I'm tired of seeing expensive black cars everyday. They never end well.

This time, a different guy stepped out. He was good looking with brown eyes and brown hair. "Hi Kim." Oh, so he knows my name? Great. I keep quiet and wait for him to say something else other than 'Hi Kim'.

"I'm Roberto Cameo and my boss has a job for you." He said and I couldn't miss out on his Italian accent. Why do they all have that particular accent?

I look at him like he's grown two other heads. "Who are you? "

He smiles a bit. "Boss was right when he said you're naà ̄ve. I already told you who I am. Roberto. Remember? "

I have to smile too. His smile is contagious and he seems friendly. "Fine, who's your 'boss'? " I ask emphasizing on boss.

"How about you find out yourself. Don't bother, I don't have a gun and the Job's legal." He says raising his huge hands to show me he's not having a gun. "Just come with me."

I rolled my eyes. "You must be out of your mind if you think I'll just follow you."

He chuckled. "I actually didn't expect you to just come with me. But you need a job and my boss can offer you one."

I think a bit. "How do you know I need a job? How do I even know you're not going to kidnap me? "

This time, he laughed like I said the most funny thing on earth. "How'll I kidnap you? You're 21 so I can only 'adultnap' you. But either ways, its going to look like kidnapping since you have a baby face and you're really small."

Okay, that freaked me out. How does he know my age? "How do you know my age? If anything, you're scaring me." I told him.

He chuckled. "Adam sent me." He said easily.

I thought about it for a while. "Okay, fine. I'd go with you but so you know, I have my pepper spray."

He smiled down at me like I was some 2 year old. "Its fine with me little one, but hey, you don't tell a kidnapper that you've got your pepper spray, okay? "

I just smile and get into the car with him. I hope I don't regret this. After all, I need a job.