Hi all :) Here's Chapter 2. Not sure if anyone's reading this, sure hope so. Would really appreciate some reviews guys! Thanks for reading :)
"Yay!"
"No, Kai, not 'yay'. That means I have to spend another week or so listening to people carrying stuff in and out, whining that something was lost, was broken, was damaged… oh God like this assignment wasn't enough," I half-cried, going through the mail.
"I've been listening to you whine for three years, you don't hear me complaining." I simply glared at him.
"You know," he continued, already munching on one of the waffles, "my neighbours have been living there for ages now. Doubt they plan on moving soon. You know you could study there, right?"
I was just about to open my mouth when he interrupted me again.
"Ah ah ah don't you dare start whining again, you're worse than a menopausal fifty-year old with a hernia the size of a football. Now, be a nice, friendly, neighbour and go introduce yourself to your nice, friendly, erm, new neighbours." He started pushing me towards the house, and my feet unwillingly followed, seeing as he was six foot and had a body that visited the gym often, whereas my 5'4" frame was lucky if it visited the gym once every five years.
"Wow. Real original Kai," I said, trying desperately to stop my legs from going in the direction he wanted them to go, but failing miserably. "Did they teach you that in college?"
"Hey, I added 'new'. That makes it original."
"Whatever makes you sleep at night," I said. "So if we're going to be the nice, friendly neighbours, we should offer them some food, right?"
"If you want," he replied, opening the paper bag to grab another waffle.
"So... You're giving them the waffles."
"Hell no." He retaliated by shoving the whole damn thing in his mouth.
I looked at the ground as I was walking, and noticed that one shadow was missing. He had stopped walking.
"Aren't you coming with me?"
"Of course not. They might take my waffles."
"Some help you are. Here goes nothing." You'd think being friends with almost the whole neighbourhood makes it easy for me to make new friends. Think again. I almost get an anxiety attack every time I meet someone new.
"Excuse me?" I stopped in front of a man wearing a navy blue suit, white shirt and loose tie. He was looking at some papers, probably some sort of checklist. Who wears a suit on moving day, anyway?
"Excuse me?" Still no luck. The guy was completely absorbed in his papers. I looked back at Kai. With an amused look on his face, he lifted his hand forward, as if gesturing me to go on.
Sighing, I turned around. And of course, by now my new neighbour had noticed me, and was now looking right at me. Figures.
"Yes, miss?" he asked. Ooh. British.
"Oh, hi. Erm, well, I noticed you're just moving in, so I thought I'd welcome you to the neighbourhood. I'm Maya, I live next door." Smooth. I held out my hand, waiting for a handshake.
"Oh well that's incredibly sweet of you, Maya, thank you," he said, returning my handshake. "I'm Elijah."
"Are you moving in by yourself?" I asked.
"Oh no, this house is awfully large for me to enjoy by myself. I'm here with my three siblings. Two brothers and one sister. Ah, there she is." As he said this, a beautiful blonde appeared from behind the van, wearing a pair of black pants and a loose, white t-shirt that slipped over her shoulders.
"Maya, this is my sister Rebekah, the youngest. Bekah, meet Maya. She's our new neighbour," Elijah said.
"Hi Maya! Thank God, I thought it would be hard to make some new girlfriends in a new town, but here you are! Now I don't have to go through the torture that is living with these three all day."
"Hi! I'm Kai," I heard from behind me. Now he shows up. Figures. He took her hand in a handshake, with a goofy lopsided grin on his face.
"Rebekah, Elijah," I emphasised that last name, seeing as Kai had completely ignored the fact that there was another person in the conversation, "This is Kai. My best friend."
"Pleased to meet you, Kai. Now," Elijah went on, looking around him, "I'm sure that our other two sibling are around here somewhere, but knowing them, Kol is probably scouring the house to find the best room and Klaus is already exploring the neighbourhood to see what it has to offer."
"Bingo," agreed Rebekah.
"That's fine, I'm sure we'll see them around," I said.
"Of course. I'm terribly sorry but I really must head back to this. The next moving van should have been here fifteen minutes ago and it mostly has Klaus' things. I wouldn't want to be the delivery man if those things turn out to be either damaged or missing," Elijah answered, pulling out his mobile, presumably to call about the missing van. "Bekah, a hand, if you will?"
"Be right there, Elijah," she said. "Thanks again for the welcome, Maya. I'm sure we'll see each other very soon," she smiled, and with that she went back to help her brother.
Making our way back home, Kai was the first to speak. "I like them," he said.
"You like them, or you like her?" I asked, grinning.
"Oh don't be such a smartass, it doesn't suit you."
"Hey, you started i-waaaa!" I found myself in mid-air, suddenly dangling over Kai's shoulder.
"KAI! Put me down!"
"Yeah, not hearing you!"
"Kai I mean it –"
"– La la la la la la –"
"Oh my God Kai!" I screamed, punching him wherever I reached.
"Do you hear something? I swear I can hear this really annoying bee somewhere, but I can't see it…" This guy. I could kill him.
He opened the door to my house (yes, he got a key to my house made, because why wouldn't he? He's Kai), all while still holding me over his shoulders, and the bag of waffles in his hand. Told you he visited the gym often.
Finally, he put me down. "You're welcome."
"I'm welcome?" I fake laughed, trying to straighten out my clothes after that roller coaster ride. "And I'm thanking you for what, exactly?"
"For giving you a ride home, duh."
"Oh my, didn't notice I had such a valiant steed by my side."
"After you, m'lady," he gestured towards the stairs, knowing I would want to go straight back to that assignment.
Going up the stairs, I heard voices. It could have been Damon or Stefan, but this one seemed too close to be coming from another house. As I reached the top of the stairs, I realised what it was.
"Hey, Enzo."
My big brother, everyone.
"Hey sis, just talking to Damon here. Kai," he gestured towards my idiot of a friend. Behind Enzo, I could see Damon, his best friend, glancing over the balcony, waving at me.
"Enzo? You know your room has a balcony too, right?" I asked him, waving back at Damon.
"I'm aware of that, but unfortunately my room doesn't lead to Damon's balcony."
"So you plan on having all your rendezvous here? Go have a beer somewhere, geez."
"I am having a beer, love," he showed me the bottle in his hand, smirking.
"So Maya, heard you have new neighbours," Damon jumped in.
"Yeah, four siblings. Three guys, one girl," I said.
"She hot?" he asked.
"Oh yeah," Kai piped in.
I couldn't believe these fools.
"Yeah? Well I best go introduce myself to my new neighbours then. Excuse me –" Enzo was already halfway out the bedroom.
"Hey, wait for me, I'll join you," Damon said.
"I'll show you who she is, one second –"
And Kai was out too, leaving me alone in my room, speechless.
"Ugh! I'm surrounded by idiots."
And that's Chapter 2, hope you like it :) Let me know!