Chapter nine: Moving in
"No…please dont….I wanna sleep…" Maya was talking in her sleep.
She felt something licking her face and slowly opened her eyes.
"What the…Tyke?" she said blinking.
The little wolf tried to wake her up by licking her face. His bright blue eyes were shinning with happiness. Maya was very happy to see him like that. He seemed to recover from his loss since yesterday.
"Hey, little buddy, why did you wake me up so early?" Tigress asked, yawning.
Tyke tried to tell her something so he disappeared under the bed for a moment.
"Tyke? Where are you? Come back here! Tyke?" Maya searched for him.
Tyke finally came out holding something in his mouth. It was a picture of the guys taken by girls while they were training. He showed it to the black haired girl.
"Of course! How could I forget! Theyre coming today!" Tigress remembered.
She quickly put her clothes on and brushed her teeth. She kissed Tyke on the forehead saying "thanks" and ran out of her room. Tyke just stared at the door she went through and decided to go after her.
Tigress almost killed herself, going down the stairs with Tyke right behind her. They went to the living room and saw quite a lot of boxes and other stuff there.
"Huh, they are already here?" Maya asked Tyke
She heard some noises coming from another room.
"Bring it over here….wait….I have to open the door" Lyra called from the next door.
Maya heard some footsteps behind the door, where Lyra was standing. All of a sudden there was a noise, which sounded like someone was struggling his way out.
"Aaah Kai, wait! I havent opened the door yet!" the moon lover yelled.
"What? Uh, sorry I cant hear you!" Kai shouted back, holding a pile of boxes in his hands.
"I said, stop pushing, because I havent opened the dooooooooor!" Lyra screamed, because the door had already opened and she fell through it straight on the floor. Kai seemed to lose his balance too and fell right on top of Lyra who was now looking straight into his gorgeous eyes.
"Ahem!" Tigress interrupted
They both looked up from their positions and Kai quickly rolled off Lyra who was now as red as a tomato. Right after that incident somebody came through the door again. It was Ozuma and Sabrina. They saw Maya holding Tyke in her hands and Kai helping Lyra stand up. Ozuma and Sabrina looked at them wondering.
"What happened here?" Sabrina questioned.
"Uh, nothing…..just…" Lyra began
"Kai accidentally slipped, dropped the boxes and…..Lyra sort of fell over the box" Tigress explained, knowing that they both owe her a favor now.
"Aha. Ok, umm Kai, there are some boxes left outside, so could you give me a hand with that?" Ozuma asked his mate.
"Yeah, sure man" he said
"Oh, and find Tala and Johnny, because we aint gonna bring in their stuff by ourselves." Ozuma told the three girls.
"Sure" Sabrina smiled to him.
"So, have you seen Wo…I mean Tala?" Tigress asked her best mates, who smirked at Talas nickname.
"What? Thats his nickname! Im Tigress, hes Wolf. Got a problem with that!" Maya questioned them warningly.
"Nope….not at all…" Lyra tried to hold her laughter just like Sabrina.
Maya saw their laughing faces and rolled her eyes.
"Whatever" she said and went outside to the backyard.
"And find Christina!" she shouted back
Tigress went to find Tala, but she couldnt find him by the pool nor the training room.
"Where could he be?" she asked herself.
Meanwhile Johnny was wandering around the house. He went upstairs, where the girls rooms were. On each door there was a name, which obviously was the rooms owners. Johnny immediately noticed the door, which had Christinas name on it.
"She probably wont notice if I snoop a bit in her room" he thought for himself and entered the unlocked room, knowing that he will be dead if she finds out. He left the door slightly open and looked around the room.
"Wow this room is huge! I bet they all have rooms like this one" Johnny said in awe.
He started searching her drawers first and found some pictures of her and her friends. He went on. In the corner he saw her boxing gloves and put them on. He was punching the air just to get the feeling how its like.
"Impressive" He smirked to himself.
He went on searching through her stuff and found himself in front of her wardrobe.
"I wonder what kinda stuff does she wear" Johnny smirked again.
He opened her wardrobe and saw a lot of mini skirts, some tops with the lightning print on it. It was obvious that she liked the storm and lightning.
"hmm, sexy" he smiled
He closed the wardrobe and turned towards her bed. Her whole room was painted in the colors of the storm, lightning, thunder and tornado. Her four poster bed was huge and Johnny felt the urge to jump on it, but he stopped when someone interrupted him.
"Johnny? Is that you? What are you doing in MY room?" Christina said with an angry tone, waiting for the explanation.
"Umm…..I was just….looking for the bathroom?" He said with an innocent voice.
Christina didnt seem to fall for it, so he quickly changed his answer.
"Ok, ok. I was just looking around the house and your door was opened and I….." He explained
"Went in and went through my stuff" She cut him off with her death glare.
"Well….yea. Look Im sorry, I know I shouldnt but I wanted to check the room, I mean we will get rooms like these, wont we?" he tried to apologize.
"Not if you dont stop snooping around in our rooms! Get out!" She merely shouted.
Johnny didnt have to hear it twice, so he nearly ran out of her room.
"Damn, now shell never forgive me" the redhead cursed under his breath and went down the stairs as quickly as possible.
Meanwhile Maya was still looking for Tala, but he seemed to have vanished. After searching the whole house she remembered the music room.
"If he isnt in there then the aliens must have taken him." She thought for herself, hurrying to the music room.
She suddenly stopped on her way, because she heard a tune, which was coming from the music room. She went through the door and saw Tala with HER guitar in his hands. He was playing a tune, which she recognized immediately.
"And when it all goes to hell, will you be able to tell, me youre sorry with a straight face…." She sang.
Tala quickly looked up a bit frightened when he saw Maya. He thought she would shout at him, because he took her guitar, but he was relieved when he saw her smile.
"The Patron Saint of Liars and Fakes?" she asked
"Yep, by Fall out boy" he smiled
"Umm…..normally I would shout at everyone who took my guitar, because they usually dont know how to treat a guitar, but in this case……I didnt know you can play the guitar?" she asked surprised.
"Well I played it a long time ago, but when I heard you play the other day, it kind of reminded me of my early days of guitar playing." He told her
"Wow, why didnt you tell me that before?" Maya asked him curiously.
"Well…I donno, I didnt feel like it" Tala simply shrugged.
"Right….not very good at lying, are we?" Tigress said shaking her head.
Right then Johnny came in the room. He was running, it was seen on his face.
"Johnny? What happened to you?" Tala asked his mate.
"Christina hates me" he said sadly
"What? Why?" Maya asked
"I went in her room when she wasnt there." He explained, still catching his breath.
"Aha. I thought something like that happened. She hates it when someone snoops around her room, you know?" she told him
"Yeah, I kind of figured that out already" he said, still with his sad face.
"What are you going to do now?" Wolf questioned
"Well I donno. I tried to apologize, but it didnt seem to work. Shes really mad right now. Shell never forgive me." Johnny said in desperate.
"Oh, come on Johnny, stop talking trash. She likes you. But if I were you, I would avoid her for some time until she calms down." Maya assured him.
"She likes me? No way!" Johnny seemed to brighten up.
"Way" she smiled. "And dont tell her I told you that. Shell kill me"
They heard noises coming closer and the next minute, they saw Kai and Ozuma, each carrying a pile of boxes in their hands.
"Where have you two been?" Kai asked the boys angrily.
"Yea, dont expect for the stuff to come in by itself." Ozuma added
"Oh yea, sorry I forgot. Im on my way…" Tala smiled, handed the guitar over to Maya and disappeared through the door.
"Johnny, come on, move! We aint gonna bring your stuff in!" Kai said angrily
"Ok, ok. Im coming…" he answered quietly and went after Kai.
"Whats up with him?" Ozuma asked Maya
"Oh nothing, Christina is angry with him, thats all." She said simply and went outside.
"Geez, not again. Ah well, thats Johnny. Screws everything up" Ozuma merely shrugged and followed the rest of his mates.
"Hey Maya, did you find your Wolf?" Sabrina asked Tigress loudly, who had just walked through the door with Tala behind.
When Sabrina saw the scene, she quickly put on her guilty face, meaning to say "Sorry", while Maya on he other side of the room glared at her venomously meaning to say "you are SO dead". Luckily Tala didnt hear her and asked:
"What did you say?"
"Oh nothing, I just asked Maya if she found umm…." She started
"Tyke" Maya finished the sentence for her.
"OK. Where is Tyke anyway?" the red-head asked.
"He was hungry and I sent him into the kitchen. Mrs. Jones will take care of him" Maya told the truth.
"Wheres the rest of the crew?" Sabrina asked
"They went to help the others with the boxes. I think we should go too." The black haired girl answered.
They went outside the house, where the rest of the group was. There werent much boxes left anyway, so each of them grabbed a box and brought it in the living room. After all that hard work, guys were famished. They all went into the diner for lunch, but were surprised to find Christina, already in her seat.
"Hey sis, what are you doing here all alone?" Sabrina asked with her usual hyper tone.
"Nothing. I had to check my room, if there were any rats." She said bitterly
Johnny just lowered his head.
"Rats? Did you find any?" Lyra asked, while everyone sat on their seats, waiting for lunch to come.
"I did and I personally dealt with it" the blonde said and sent a death glare to Johnnys direction.
He just groaned quietly and stared at his empty plate.
The only ones who knew what happened to Johnny and Christina were Tala, Maya, Ozuma and the unhappy couple. The rest had no idea.
It was 3 pm and the diners door suddenly opened, with Mrs. Jones on her way to the table, serving lunch. Tyke was running right behind her, pleading for food.
"Mistress Winter, could you please control your young wolf?" Mrs. Jones asked Maya, trying to keep her balance with all the food in her hands.
"Yes, of course. Im sorry. Tyke, come here boy!" she called and Tyke quickly ran to her feet.
While they were eating, Tyke jumped from one person to another to get a bite. He mostly got food from Maya, Tala, Kai and Lyra. Ozuma and Sabrina were too busy competing who can eat more so they didnt leave any bits for Tyke. Christina and Johnny were in their thoughts, one angry with another, so they didnt bother when Tyke came drooling around.
They didnt want Mrs. Jones to see them feeding the little wolf under the table so they occasionally dropped pieces of meat on the floor. Because if there was one thing Mrs. Jones was mentally allergic too, that was peoples lack of cleanliness. She was absolutely obsessed with hygiene.
"Mister Valkov, please stop feeding the wolf under the table" she said impatiently.
Tala quickly turned to his plate and smirked. Lyra looked at him and then at Maya who sat next to him.
"Whats up with her lately?" the bluenette whispered.
"Dunno, shes been like that ever since I brought Tyke. She mustnt be very fond of him, I guess" Tigress whispered back, so their made didnt hear her.
Lyra just nodded and grabbed a fork to get some more chicken.
"Mistress Winter, I would like to speak to you after you finish your lunch of course, if you please" Mrs. Jones said suddenly.
"Umm….yes of course" she quickly said back, surprised by her mades sudden different style of speaking.
"Ill be in the kitchen" Mrs. Jones nodded and disappeared.
"That was weird" Ozuma said, when they were alone.
"Tell me about it. Shes getting really weird lately" Maya agreed
"You better ask her whats going on, Tigress" Kai said for the first time during this lunch.
Soon after lunch they all went in the living room to get the boys stuff I their rooms. Maya went into the kitchen, where she found unhappy looking Mrs. Jones.
"Hey"
"Hello, Miss Winter"
"You said you wanted to speak to me?"
"Yes, I did" the lady answered, offering Maya to sit down.
"Ok, Im listening"
"I want to speak to you about three things" she started. "The four boys, wolf and hygiene" She counted on her fingers.
"OK…." Maya had nothing else to say.
"Lets start with the boys then. Whats with all those boxes I saw them bringing into the house?" Mrs. Jones asked, apparently not knowing anything about boys moving into the mansion.
"Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you theyre moving in"
"Moving in? Are you sure? I mean in such short time"
"Yeah, Im sure. We trust them. You dont mind them, do you? The black haired girl said.
"Oh no, Mistress Winter. Well you are the rightful owner of this mansion, so its your choice……but still…wouldnt you like to think again…I mean"
"No." Maya said firmly. "Sorry, but we have already made our choice. Even though Im the real owner, Id like you to treat others exactly how you treat me." Tigress explained.
"And you can stop with the "Mistress" if you want to" she added quietly, embarrassed.
"Oh no, Its my duty to call you like that, and if you wish me to call the others as well, so be it." The made said, growing slightly nicer.
"Thanks. And please tell this to other members of the staff too" Maya smiled, although felling rather like a businessman.
"Ok. So we settled this thing. What about the wolf? Is he also a new member of the family?" The lady asked once more.
"Yes, and I know that you think hes wild, but believe me, me and my mates have already fought about that, so…..hes staying"
"I thought so. Well its ok with me as long as hes out of my way. I also heard some complaining about him ruining the gardens and all so…" Mrs. Jones said
"Ok, I understand. Hes going to be different when he grows up. I promise. And the last thing you wanted to talk about?" Maya said, looking at her watch. Its been quite a long chat.
"Hygiene!" she merely shouted, making May ajump. "You know I like everything to be in order, so if you could please tell your friends to keep it that way"
"No problem. Ummm….If theres nothing else……Ill be off" she stood up prepared to leave.
"No, I…I think this is all. Im glad we discussed these matters."
Maya left for the living room, still thinking about Mrs. Joness sudden style of speaking. But she didnt care about it that much. At least Mrs. Jones was nice and friendly again.
"Hey, how was your chat?" Lyra asked, grabbing another box.
"Good. We straightened some things out"
"Such as?" Kai came through the door, helping Lyra.
"Erm…you moving in, Tyke and hygiene. She said we have to keep the mansion tidy or…"
"Shell freak out" Tala cut her off
"Yea, something like that" Maya smiled.
They heard footsteps and a second later Ozuma, Johnny and Sabrina joined in.
"What did she say about the boys?" Sabrina asked
"Oh nothing really…She thinks moving in with us is too fast. Says, we should know you better"
"Nothing, eh? What did you tell her then? Ozuma said curiously.
"To stop thinking that way, what else. And because I own this mansion, she said she has to call me "Mistress". I told her thatI trust you all and she should treat you guys the same way." She explained.
"Does that mean shell call us "Master" and you girls "Mistress"?" Ozuma asked excited. "Wicked" he said in awe, when Maya nodded.
"Hey, I thought Johnny was supposed to say that? Its his style anyway" Tala said loudly.
"Yeah, whats up with that, McGregor?" Kai turned to Johnny. "Lost your sense of humour?"
"Nothing" he said quietly.
"Is Christina still mad at you?" Maya said with sympathy.
He nodded.
"What do you mean, md at him?" Sabrina asked puzzled.
"He checked her room a bit while she wasnt there, right Johnny?" Tala laughed and earned himself a nice punch with the elbow, performed by Maya.
"Oww, that hurt" he complained.
"Serves you right" Tigress smirked triumphantly.
"Women" he rolled his eyes.
"What did you say!"
He received another smack on the head.
"Youre evil" he said making a face like a little kid, going to cry and touched the place where he was smacked, carefully.
"I know" she grinned
"Cut off, you two" Kai said seriously.
"Is that true? You went to her room? Oh, mate I gotta tell you she aint gonna forgive you that easy" Sabrina told him.
"Great, thanks. I feel so much better now" Johnny replied bitterly.
"Come on mate, cheer up. Shell get over it" Ozuma slapped him on the back.
"Yeah when Im dead. Why dont you just murder me now. I shouldnt have moved in with you anyway. All I do is damage to other people" he said hopelessly.
"WHAT the hell are you talking about!" Tala raised his voice.
"Murder you? Mate, have you been drinking?" Ozuma said surprised
"Dude, are you crazy! You had to move out of that tree house. Were in this together now!" Lyra said loudly. She remembered Jack.
"Youre saying all this, because of one girl? You must be out of your mind" Kai shook his head in disapproval
"Thats called LOVE, Kai. For your information" Maya smiled.
He just rolled his eyes, leaned back on the wall and shut his eyes. If Johnny was in the mood that moment, he would say: "Kai went back to his daily nap". But instead he just said: "What are you talking about?" and blushed.
"Look Johnny, if we talked to her, will you feel any better?" Maya continued.
Johnny looked up slightly cheered up. "Will you do that for me?" he said, his eyes wide open.
"Sure. No problem."
A minute later the living rooms door opened once again. There stood Christina with Tyke in her hands.
"Speaking of the devil……" Kai mumbled
"Maya, I found him in front of my door, crying" Christina handed Tyke over to Maya.
"Oh, thanks. Umm…"
She looked at Johnny and the boxes left.
"Listen, we could do with another pair of hands. Could you help Johnny carry…" she started.
"No. Sorry, cant. I have some more important things to do" the blonde cut her off, turning to the door.
"Oh, come off it, Chris!" Tigress grabbed her shoulder
She quickly turned to face her.
"Come off what?" she said carelessly
"You know bloody well what!" Lyra joined in.
"Umm…girls? Well just……go all right? You have your little girly chat, eh?" Tala said, picking up one of his boxes and nudged Kai to follow.
"Come, Johnny" Ozuma grabbed Johnnys arm.
When they were alone Maya continued.
"Could you stop giving Johnny such a hard time?"
"What do you mean, hard time? Hes the one who went through my stuff!" Christina defended herself.
"Well, he apologized, didnt he? Sabrina asked.
"Well…yeah, but….I was really mad at that time so I didnt listen" the blonde confessed.
"You see? And now hes really miserable. He said we should just kill him, coz it wouldnt matter to anyone anyway" Lyra told her.
Christina frowned. "He said that? Oh my god, what have I done!"
"Indeed," Tigress nodded. "Personally, I think you should say sorry to him"
"But why? I didnt do anything" she said innocently.
"Anything? Hmm, sis…How about then, when he tried to apologize and you just shouted at him?" Sabrina asked.
"Yeah, and what about during lunch. That comment about rats really hurt him" Maya added
Sabrina and Lyra looked at both of them.
"You mean…the rats you were talking about…" Sabrina started.
"That was supposed to be Johnny? That was really cruel of you" Lyra looked at her furiously.
The next second all three girls were telling her how bad the situation is and they all talked one over another. Christina got really sick of it and shouted back: "ALL RIGHT! SHUT UP! Fine, Ill do it. Just…stop it already."
She looked at their stunned faces.
"Im going to talk to him, when I bump into him" she added calmly.
"Ok" they said in unision.
"Where is his stuff? Ill carry it to his room" The blonde continued.
"Over there" Sabrina pointed to the pile of boxes in the corner.
Christina picked them up and went upstairs to Johnnys room.
"That went well" Maya smiled.
"Better than expected. I thought she was going to be angry with him for at least a month" Lyra laughed.
"Its pretty obvious she likes him. A LOT. I mean, if I did that shed make my life miserable for a really long time" Sabrina laughed too.
"And were talking MONTHS, haha" Tigress joked.
Back with Christina……
She climbed up the stairs to reach the girls rooms and there were another stairs which she stumbled on to get to the boys dormitories. She knocked on the first door on the left, which were half opened.
"Ozuma, I told you to…" Johnny began.
"Oh, Its you" he added surprised.
"Can I come in?" Christina asked
He stood up from the floor.
"Yeah, sure."
The blonde stepped forward and Johnny closed the door.
"I came to say, Im sorry Johnny. Im sorry I shouted at you and that rude comment I made."
He looked at her immediately. He didnt expect this. He thought she was going to yell at him some more, but her face was totally opposite than he expected. Her face looked calm, and guilty? He couldnt believe his eyes.
"No, " he said. "Im the one who should apologize"
"You already have, but I didnt listen. Its just…Im really protective over my things and…" she explained.
He smiled. "Yeah, I noticed"
"We all are," he added. But I was really rude, when I went to your room without your permission. And Im sorry for that. I promise Ill always ask first."
Christina smiled. "Its ok. But next time Im not going to go so easy on you"
"Deal" Johnny laughed. "So, were cool now, right?"
He didnt want to say "friends", because he secretly wanted to be more than that. But neither did Christina, when she said: "Yeah, were cool"
They were quiet for a minute or so, but to them it seemed like forever. They didnt find any words to say to each other, so they looked around Johnnys room. Then Christina suddenly said.
"Umm…well I have to go now and erm…oh yeah, here. I brought your stuff up"
"Oh, thanks" he said. "You didnt have to"
"No problem" She answered and grabbed the doorknob, ready to leave.
"Bye" she said to him.
"Wait! Christina?"
Now was his chance to do something, he thought. If he missed this opportunity, he will regret it for the rest of his life. He had to stop being the "chicken" and said to himself: "Oh, screw this!"
She turned around saying "Yes?" and Johnny came closer and stared down into her eyes. He was a head taller than her. He brushed her hair off her face, touching her cheek. He looked into her beautiful blue eyes. And kissed her. Softly. To Johnnys surprise, she kissed him back.
"KAI! Give it back!"
They broke off. The cry was very loud. They stared at each other for a second until Christinas lips formed a smile. Johnny smiled back.
They heard another noise. Another cry.
"KAI!"
Christina glanced at Johnny. "We better check whats going on"
They ran downstairs to Lyras room, where the cry came from.
"Whats going on?" Johnny asked with Christina behind.
"He stole my moon pendant!" Lyra yelled
"What? Im just looking" Kai smirked and held it high enough, that Lyra couldnt reach it.
"Youre going to break it!" she shouted
Christina rolled her eyes.
"Cmon, Maya said were going to watch a movie"
She left the room with Johnny on her tail.
Kai looked down at Lyra. She was a bit smaller than him.
"Give it back, Kai" she said warningly
"Why? Its such a nice pendant. I might want to keep it" Kai said calmly.
He was clearly testing her patience and watched her struggle to get the precious pendant.
"Kai, Im warning you. Give it back or…"
"Or what?" he challenged.
"Or youll feel the consequences" Lyra said angrily, looking straight into his gorgeous eyes.
Even now when her really precious treasure was in "danger" as she would call it, she couldnt do anything but melt inside. She always got this feeling whenever she looked into his eyes.
"Im waiting" he said patiently, his arms still high above him.
She sighed in defeat.
"Just give it back, please? Its…its the only thing that reminds me of my parents"
Kai lowered his hands with a serious expression. Lyra took advantage and snatched the moon pendant from Kais hands.
"Gotcha!" she smiled triumphantly and ran out of the room, downstairs.
"You…" Kai beloved
"You double-crosser!" he yelled and ran downstairs after her.
When he reached the living room, he saw everyone in their places to watch a movie. Kai scanned the room for Lyra. She was hiding behind a sofa. He saw her, but pretended he didnt. He quietly crawled behind her back and started tickling her. She merely jumped.
"Kai! (giggle) Stop, please! (laugh)" she screamed.
"Sshhh!" someone said angrily
"Were watching a movie here!"
Kai and Lyra both fell silent. They decided to claim peace for now and joined the others watching the movie.
It was a clear night tonight, all the stars were seen. Even the moon was so clearly visible. Who knows what could happen.