Thank God for Starbucks
Soor that i didn't update faster! I have school so i have very little time to write. And also this chapter is pretty long so... forgive me this time. Anyways i have something very intresting to share with you. We will be playing a game from now on. Every time i update a new chapter, I will give you 2 or 3 celebrities. they can be pop stars, actors anything, okay? And then you will have to vote for your favourite celebrity out of those 2 or 3. You will have to write them in the reviews adn i will announce the results the next time a update a new chaper along with my own favourite star out of those 3 withn the results. If you guys wanna actually play this gamme or whatever it is, then please review. The name of this game is 'Celebrity Wars 2015'. If you guys have a better name to suggest (because i bet everyone thinks the current name sucks) then review that also! I will give today's list of celebrities at the end so... wait until then. Yeah so, in the mean while, enjoy the chapter and i hope you like it!
Chapter 2:
I stand in front of the door exhausted after teh long day of work, but whenever I hear this particular 3 year old kid call my name, it brings a smile on my face; no matter how tired I really am. And that is exactly what happened today.
"Twis!" I heard him yell.
"Hey buddy!" I said smiling.
Kevin was our neighbor's kid. When we moved in this apartment, I met Kevin's parents. They were really happy, with Kevin who was 2 years old back then. And I was glad that I met them. Since then Kevin and I were on good terms. He was obsessed with cars. When I say obsessed, I mean obsessed. Whenever they used to go out on a shopping trip, which they do very often, he gets minimum two new toy cars. Every single time. And whenever he gets himselff a new car, he would come to my house and show it to only me.
Christina and Kevin weren't really good friends and still aren't. Christina can't tolerate kids, at all. She gets really pissed really soon. And once when Kevin came home, she yelled at him so much that he started crying. So the percentage of friendship between them was 0.00001%. Pretty bad, right?
But I was the complete opposite of her. I love kids. And so Kevin and I are pretty close.
"Twis! Look I got a car!" He said showing me one of the models of a Ferrari car.
"Wow, that looks cool, Kevin! Did you tell your mom that you came here?" I asked concerned. I don't want his parents to get worried.
"Yeah." He said, playing with his brand new car, not really bothered.
Then I saw his mom open the door, searching for him.
"Katey, Kevin's with me! Is it okay if he plays with me for while?" I ask his mom.
"Yeah. Yeah. Sure." She said smiling.
"Okay, thanks." I said, smiling back at her.
"Come on, buddy. Do you wanna play?" I asked Kevin, ruffling his hair.
"Yeah!" He said extremely excited. I have a stock of kids' games at home. I had preserved all of my childhood board games because they were the closest thing that reminded me of my parents. And Kevin plays with those almost every day.
I rang the bell. Christina opened the door and surprisingly even Uriah and Zeke were there. Kevin rushed immediately into my room where I kept all the board games.
"Who's the kid?", asked Uriah clearly surprised.
"Neighbor's son." I said.
"Hi Zeke, it's been so long!" I said hugging him. I had known Zeke because Uriah and Zeke were always together and had this weird telepathy connection between each other. They would just glance at each, without even speaking a word and BAM! A prank was planned. A huge sacndal would be planned in a glance. I mean it, just a glance.
"Yeah, you too, Tris." He said grinning at me and patting my head.
"How long is he staying here?" said Christina. I completely forgot about her presence in the room.
"Who Kevin? He'll just play for a while and leave." I said annoyed at the fact that Christina still doesn't like him, even though it's been a year since we moved in.
"TWIS! Can I play with this?!" Kevin asked holding a board game which he had never seen. It was what my father and I used to play. My eyes started stinging with tears but I blinked them away quickly and said,
"Sure Kevin. Why don't you give me a moment so that I can change and then we can play together?" I asked smiling at him.
"Yeah!" he said running into the room.
"Just sit there, don't touch anything!"
My room was filled with papers and articles and other important documents and stuff so I had to be extra careful. Sometimes I get too lazy at night to clean up everything before I go to sleep because I work till 12 in the night sometimes. See being an editor is quite frustrating.
I changed into some comfy sweatpants and loose full-sleeve t-shirt. They were the most comfortable clothes for late night work. I washed my face with cold water to brighten my face and take away the tired look on my face. I had dark circles under my eyes because I never get proper sleep except for the weekend. But on weekends I usually stay up late with Christina and watch some movies. So it's something which doesn't bother me anymore.
Christina always fusses about how I should try and cover them up using make-up, but I just don't think it's necessary. I could just search in the net for some home remedies to remove them permanently. You know the ones using natural ingredients easily available at home. I think they are more helpful and effective than just faking my natural look. Like I use honey on my lips in the night because I keep biting them during work and hence I end up with dry and chapped lips. Honey helps lighten dark lips and also hydrates them.
"So now let's play!" I say as I reach my room and laughing at how he was concentrating on the game, trying to figure out what it meant.
"That's not how you do it, buddy. See you move this here and you pick the dice and roll it. Okay? Like this. Got it?" I said carefully showing him what to do. We played for more than 10 minutes and I remembered how my father and I used to play this game for hours and hours together. We played with it so much that my mom had hid it from me because I wasn't studying properly. But I searched for it for a week and found finally in my mother's wardrobe. She had locked it in her drawer and hid the keys in other drawer. I sneaked into her at night when she was sleeping and took the game. I hid it in my wardrobe later that night so that she wouldn't take it from me again. So my father and I ended up playing the game at midnight. I would never sleep without playing the game. And father could never say no to my puppy dog face so he had to play with me.
I was definitely my father's daughter. I had always spent time with my father when I was young but my brother was always with my mother. I used to support my father and he used to support me back, and my brother used to support my mom and she used to support him back. And I always ended up winning the argument because my mom never used to argue with my dad so the fight ended with me just saying a simple 'sorry'. This made Caleb really angry and so he stopped fighting with from them. Yeah, he learnt his lesson.
"Twis, I wanna go home." Said Kevin suddenly. I ruffled his hair and smiled.
"Sure, bud. Come on." I said following him to the door.
I opened the door for him and waited till he went back home. I mean it is my responsibility that he reaches home safely. Because if he roams somewhere else and doesn't go home, I'm the one to blame.
Christina, Zeke and Uriah were watching a movie while I was playing with Kevin
"Hey! Why're you not watching the movie without me?!" I whine
"You first answer my question. Where are the chips that I bought this week?" Christina demands, crossing her hands.
"What?" I said innocently.
"You heard me." She said firmly.
"Well….. I ate them." I murmur to myself so that no one could hear me.
"I can't hear you, Tris." , she said firmly. She's gonna kill me.
"Fine. I, um, ate them." I said louder so that she could hear me.
"The whole packet?" she asked angrily. I nod. Uriah snorted. I glared daggers at him. Zeke burst out laughing. It all happened at the same time. The exact same situation happened when we were in college. I ate her food, she got pissed, Uriah snorted, Zeke laughed and I glared. The exact same thing. Déjà vu?
My inner 13 year old whispered in my ear, I think so.
Shut up, I said to her. She whimpered and ran away.
Sorry, I didn't mean to say that, I said guilty.
She giggled and ran away.
And I was standing there, looking at her disappearing like, What just happened?
My conversation with 13 year old myself was interrupted when Christina burst out laughing. I started laughing too. In the end we were all on the floor, clutching our stomachs.
"Can we go get some chips? I'm hungry." Said a whining Uriah.
"Of course you are." Said Christina, rolling her eyes. I look at the time: 11.10 pm.
"But it's late and it's cold." I said whining.
"Your fault Tris. You shouldn't have eaten all the chips." Says Christina grabbing her wallet and keys.
"Wait, I need my sweatshirt!" I said running towards my room and grabbing my oversized navy blue sweatshirt.
We walk on the dark and calm street beside our apartment. There is a small departmental store where Christina and I get our midnight snacks. It's open almost the whole day and the salesman, an old man, is a pretty cool guy and fun. We know him quite well because we almost always buy our groceries from this store. It isn't very far away from our apartment so we reach there pretty quick. The distance was one of the main reasons the store was so convenient for us.
Christina grabs my shoulders and says, "You wait here while we get ourselves-", pointing to the Uriah, Zeke and herself, "-some chips and I will not get you any. Okay? Stay here."
'What? But even I want some-" I said arguing but she interrupts me and says,
"Not that easy. It's your punishment."
"Dude, no-"
Uriah and Zeke start laughing and even Christina. I smack Uriah on his arm.
"Hey! I didn't do anything!" he says.
But I could retort, Christina drags both of them inside the shop.
"Fine! But it's cold!" I scream over their laughter.
"And cold." I say to myself. It must have 2 minutes since I was standing out in the cold, because my body was adjusting the temperature. I don't know why this happens to me but, even when it hot and my friends are sweating, I can survive with a sweatshirt. I just can't switch on the fan at night because I wake up in the morning with my feet ice cold. I suddenly hear footsteps and so look up from my shoes and see a man walking towards. As he closes up I notice that it is Four.
I grin at him. Maybe I can plan something against Christian or something. Maybe.
He grins at me.
"Should I worried or surprised that you're standing in a lonely street at the middle of the night?" He said smiling.
"Maybe both. But don't worry. Christina, Uriah and Zeke are just inside the shop buying food, for themselves, let me mention that." I said frowning.
"Why?"
"Because I ate the last the chips packet at home. Don't tell her but I also finished the coke and the cake which I bought for her from Starbucks. You know, the one you ate."
He laughs, "You mean the coffee cake."
"Yeah. I mean I have appropriate excuses. I had a bad day! Okay, my stupid boss just rejected every single idea I gave that day for some reason. I spent a whole week, a week, to do that stupid article and then in the end he says, This isn't appropriate, Ms. Prior. I want you to do again. I mean like, dude, this isn't funny. I spent a whole week just to complete that one article! It's so annoying." I said exasperated.
"Yeah. It's pretty annoying when people do that." He said grinning. I nod.
"So, do you come here often?" he said pointing to the store.
"Oh yeah! We come here at least thrice a week for our daily groceries. We stay up late watching movies so, yeah, we just keep coming her. What about you?"
"Yeah. I come here along this road for a walk every day and I would just buy a coke or something on the way."
I hug my sides feeling cold again.
"You come for a walk when it's so cold?" I said raising my eyebrows in disbelief.
"I'm used it. We used to wake up at 4 in the morning for the police training cource and go for jogging, so this weather is nothing for me."
"It must be hard, right? You know, police training." I said looking at him.
"Yeah. It is. But I got used to it. Stress isn't new to me." He says looking down.
I don't what it means but I don't press the topic because he looks uncomfortable. I don't even know him. Obviously he wouldn't want to share everything me. In the bright light of the shop behind us, his eyes look so bright. I notice for the first time that they have a tint of green in them.
"So how did you meet Zeke?" I ask him suddenly, trying to divert the topic.
"Oh," he says smiling, "I met him right here. You know, during another one of my night strolls. I just wanted to buy some milk and then he was standing there with Shauna, yelling at shopkeeper about something. It's a long story." He said looking towards the shop.
Christina, Zeke and Uriah walk out of the store holding four chips packets.
"You got one for me?" I asked with my best innocent look.
"No. These two are for me!" says Uriah, holding the packet towards his chest protectively.
"Please…." I said , giving my best puppy dog face. He could never say no to that.
"Fine." He says sighing.
"Yay! See Christina. That's a true friend!" I said sticking my tongue out. Zeke and Four laugh at me.
Hey," I said looking at Four, "do you wanna come home watch a movie with us tonight?"
"I'm sorry, but I can't tonight. Maybe some other day. I'l see you guys later. Bye."
"Bye!" We all say together and watch his retreating form.
"So... what movie are we watching?" askes Christina as we reach home.
"Monsters Inc.!" says Uriah. They all look at me, asking for confirmation.
"Anything's fine with me." I said yawning.
I end up sleeping on the couch with my chips packet untouched on my lap, even though I had been just five minutes through the movie, Frozen. Yeah. We watched Frozen for some reason later. After all, it had been an exhausting day.
So that's it my lovelies! I hope I haven't disappointed you. So anyways today's celebrities are... Taylor Swift, Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez! It's a battle between the Swifties, the Lovatics and the Selenators! Who is going to win this celebrity war?! If you are truly a fan of your favourite female artists then review away! And that's it. One Love Superwoman and have a wonderful day... or night! And bye! ;) Teehee!
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