He came to a stop in my room, the abrupt stop snapping me out of it. "Here we are!" He exclaimed cheerfully. He dropped me carefully and grinned at me. My hands remained wrapped around his neck, I was still staring but this time, he was looking back at me the exact way I was. His eyes averted to my lips then back at my eyes and back to my lips again. I averted my eyes to his neck and furrowed a brow. The veins of his neck had popped out in lava colour, almost like his neck was intubated. "Ignore it," I still kept looking. "Can you walk?" "Uhm," I let go of him and staggered back. He reached out to me. "I'm fine," "I'll make you soup," "You can cook?" "I live alone in a van, duh!" He said with a girlish sway of his hips. His hips' movement made me look down and I noticed a swell in his tight skinnies. I bent forward a bit and pointed at it. "What's that?" "Huh?" I looked up at him from underneath my eyelashes and raised a brow. Ace's eyes widened when he looked down at me. I heard
I bit my lip meticulously. Ace and I were playing a game, PS5 that is. It was a ninja game, and his avatar was kissing my foot. Fortunately, years of being alone turned me into a game master, but Ace was good. "Shit!" He exclaimed as his avatar fell dead. Winner! Ready for round 3 in one minute! "After this, you owe me a day of emptying your credit card!" "I'm going easy on you, princess, don't be too glad," "I'm great with games, admit to your defeat, kid!" I shrieked. "I am not arguing, I'm simply stating the obvious," "What obvious?" I snorted with arms akimbo. "That I am better than you, duh," "I won the first two rounds. How are you better than me?" "None of those matters. What matters is the final round—" "Your credit card is mine! Muahahaha!" I laughed evilly. He threw two jelly beans into my mouth, I almost died as I choked on the beans. "Are you insane!" I yelled with red eyes and a croaked voice. "Final round in ten, nine, eight…" "May the best player win," he sm
"What do you do for a living?" "I deliver goods for people and I am also a DJ, both on the human side and here, especially here," "So, what's your cool name? Food devil?" I asked derisively. "That was the first name I thought about but Elle hit my head with a frying pan thrice and called me an idiot." "Aren't you?" He placed his hand on his chest with a dramatic wince. "Ouch, I am a genius, a hot genius," I rolled my eyes with a smile. He stretched his hand forward to play with the neckline of my top, a habit he developed over the weeks. It was nice, but not nice when he always ends up pulling down the neckline unconsciously and revealing my cleavage. If he looked at it, I wouldn't have minded. But he never glanced at my cleavage or my breasts. I swat his hand away. "Stage name," "DJ Blaze," a gasp left my mouth as I grabbed his shoulders in shock. Back in school, all the girls were always talking about the young DJ who they could barely get their hands on, the mysterious fire-b
I stood there staring at him as he looked at me with disbelief, obviously by how beautiful I looked. I felt like fainting with the way he was looking at me. I glanced at Ann who remained calm in her seat, a smirk on her face. I glanced at Ace who was staring at Roy's hand on my arm with a narrowed gaze, like he would break it soon. With all the courage from him and Ann, I whipped my hand away from Roy's hold and glared at him. "Marinette, is this really you?" "Yes, any problem?" I asked calmly. "No way, this bitch here can't be Marinette. The one I know is as ugly as my old maid's shoes," Maribeth said incredulously. "There you have it, the one you know or in this case, knew. I am no longer like her and I would appreciate it if you behaved yourself and avoided causing unnecessary scenes. My boyfriend is watching me and he is a very jealous person. Roy, for your sake, don't let him know you are the rapist he has been searching for, you will die this very minute." I smirked at him an
"She is not home, Ace," "I borrowed her house key the last time I came," "Ace…" I drawled. "It's called borrow when I return it," he paused and smacked his lips. "Right after I duplicated it," "You could easily sneak in—" "My aunt has a spell around her house to prevent any paranormal creatures from sneaking in. Except you have her enchanted house key, you will die the moment you try to sneak in," I rolled my eyes. "Don't worry, she doesn't have dogs or cats." "That makes me feel so much better," I said sarcastically. He chuckled and stopped the car in front of a beautiful bungalow, peach and pink in colour. Lanterns surrounded the top walls of the fence, hung down from the trees inside the compound and beautified the roof. It was beautiful, like a glow worm garden. The compound was so clean and beautiful. I could live here forever. "Come on, Jasmine," he said teasingly. "Jasmine, seriously?" He shrugged. "Why?" "It's the only Disney princess I know that suits your appearance,
Fire-blazed soulmate! Fire-blazed soulmate! Fire-blazed soulmate! Those were the words that reverberated in my head as I rummaged through the school's library. The following morning after that night, I didn't find him in bed with me but the words never left my head. It had to mean something useful, something that would explain why I was so attracted to him. We returned home acting like nothing ever happened. He didn't know I knew he snuck into my room but that didn't matter anyway. From that morning on, Ace started acting differently, very different. He was clingy. He touched me whenever he got the chance, like touching me in places where friends should never touch each other. He would corner me every moment we were alone and kiss me until my lips were beyond swollen and my breath came out in short wheeze. It wasn't like I hated it, it was the exact opposite but still. How am I okay with this? How am I okay with a guy cornering and doing things to me when I wasn't with the others?
"Is there anything else you need to know?" "What am I?" "Pardon?" I exhaled. "I need to know who I am and what powers I possess. I see trances, hear voices, what does that mean?" "It clearly means… Well, it has two meanings. One, your powers are trying to reach out to you by manifesting in different ways. Two, someone or something, is trying to contact you. The next time you hear or see anything, when such a thing happens, take a deep breath with your eyes closed, relax and say 'Show yourself, I'm ready to listen'. Then open your eyes. If you see nothing, then it's your power, but if you do, then listen to what the spirit or spirits have to say." "They say I'm a witch. What sort of witch am I?" "There is no better answer to that question than your reflection. Go to the hall of ancient artefacts and portraits, fifth floor. Find the diamond-shaped mirror with blue sparkles and let your reflection show and tell you who you are." She said with an encouraging grin stuck to her face. I
I walked out of the school building holding Leaf's hand as she told me about her love life. The day went fabulous. I had swimming practice. Ann gave me a test and I nailed it with Leaf cheering me on. Leaf, Ann and I formed a friendship bond. It's amazing. I still haven't told anyone about who I am, for a week now and I wasn't planning to tell anyone until I find a way to master my abilities. Anyway, back to my amazing day. After swimming class, we followed Leaf to find and heal a pregnant Jackalope, well, Ann did the healing and Leaf did the tracking. I tagged along for the excitement and to learn how to hike through a forest. Then, we came back and helped the lunch lady organise and wash the dishes. It was fun playing and singing as we worked. The one thing we all had in common is, we love animals and helping people. "…so I thought maybe if I said hi one time, he'd like me or just be my friend but it didn't go so well. He only insulted and disgraced me. I don't have any friends an