Ai sa Bastet Ch. 2
Here's another chapter of Ai sa Bastet and it's literally been ten minutes since I post the last chapter so there is no magic in this chapter. Now, on with the quote.
""I feel like a part of my soul has loved you since the beginning of everything.
Maybe we're from the same star."
― Emery Allen
Now then, on with the new chapter.
o0o0o0o0o0o0o Ai sa Bastet o0o0o0o0o0o0o
The next morning I dressed in a pink and white sundress with a white cardigan over top that ended right under my breasts and whose sleeves ended under my elbow. White knit knee socks were donnes along with a pair of light brown high heeled boots and a white knit scarf around my neck. My hair went into its messy braid with a white beret, my TMNT backpack was pulled onto my back, and my favorite Pour Femme perfume was spritzed on that deemed me ready for the day. Mom had to leave early for work so Chloe and I ate in record time before I drove us to school. I was still in a funk over my inability to stop Chloe from lissing the human, so naturally, I was in a bad mood. I even held true to the frustration until lunch after three periods.
"Amy," Chloe called out to the shorter, dark haired girl as we caught up with her coming out of her classroom.
"Hey Chloe, Cat," she greeted us nervously. My eyes narrowed suspiciously at her behavior. What is up with her? Is she hiding something? Does it have something to do with why she left the club early?
"I can't believe you just left us there," Chloe scolded lightly. "But you are forgiven, I ended up having the greatest night of my life. Cat did too."
"Cat did what?" I questioned feeling out of the loop.
"Why?" Amy demanded stopping at the foot of a flight of stairs, feeling a little hurt about what Chloe said. "Because we left?"
"No," chloe denied before she began her story about the human. "But this is why Cat had a good time."
And like that, video footage of Adrian and I dancing popped up on Chloe's phone.
"Oh, he is so hot," Amy drooled. "Is he your boyfriend."
"No," I shot down at once. "Drin in not my boyfriend."
"'Drin'?" Amy echoed before a sly smile fixed itself on her lips. "Come on Cat."
At the end of that sentence, the dick Alek began to bounce his basketball above Chloe's head who was leaning against the wall. Really?! He knew Chloe was the Uniter yet he was treating her with this much disrespect? If I would have been in my catwoman suit, I would have put him in his place like I did back at Valentina's apartment. Instead I easily caught the ball above Chloe's head mid bounce and glared at the dirty/golden blond haired boy across from Chloe.
"Can't you see that we're having a conversation?" I hissed, feeling my eyes flash gold in irritation. "If you want to play ball so badly, go play in the gym."
With that I threw the basketball behind me without removing my heated gaze from his dark brown eyes. As soon as surprise sparked in them, I knew that the ball had managed to fall perfectly into the trash can down the hall. Damn it all!
"Cat?" Chloe uttered in surprise while Amy stayed silent.
"C'mon guys," I said, never taking my glare from Alek's eyes. "Let's find somewhere else to talk. The neanderthals have taken our spot."
I made sure to whip my braid behind me when I walked away which had Alek's eyes on my back until I was out of sight. Damn him! He just had to make me blow my cover as a normal human, didn't he? That self-centered, egotistical, arrogant bastard.
"Cat, how did you do that?" Amy asked me on our way to the cafeteria.
"Yeah, I mean you didn't even turn around," Chloe chimed in.
"Just drop it," I growled, my Queen exceeding aura seeping out around me. Amy instantly fell silent and began to shake while Chloe began to fidget. Fuck me in the ass, I sighed in my head while I massaged my temples.
"Look, I'm sorry. I was in a bad mood today and you know how the asshole irks me."
"C'mon Cat," Chloe piped up, placing her hands on my shoulder. "Let's go eat some lunch. I think today's tuna fish day."
After eating some tuna and drinking some milk, I found myself calming down from my earlier anger. Gone was the worries about Chloe and the human. Gone were the aggravating thoughts of Alek the Jackass. Gone were my concerns about being the Ai sa Bastet. All I was during this time was Caterina King, a normal sophomore and sister to Chloe King. The rest of school passed by in a blissful cloud with me skipping to each class, much to Chloe's, Amy's, and Paul's amusement. Nothing could possibly bring me down from this, I thought as I ventures out of the auditorium. At least that's what I thought. I didn't expect grade A jerk Alek to stop me under a staircase on our way out of theatre class.
"That, was very impressive," he told me with his forearm resting against the wall above my head, his voice dripping with arrogance. Damn my shortness, I cursed in my head. "Maybe you could show me some of your move sometime."
"Really subtle Mr. Hotshot," I sassed up at him. "But I'm not interested."
I tried to push him away so that I could leave, but he only pushed me back to the wall with a hand resting on my abdomen. This simple yet defying act had my golden eyes flashing and a low hiss to pass my lips. I had the highest position in Mai world, besides my mother Bastet herself, and this cocky bastard was trying to challenge me?! Hell no! This ain't gonna fly. Just as my hiss met his ears, something seemed to snap in Alek for he leaned in closer while placing a stronger hold on me so that he could sniff my scent. My hissing then turned into a low growl. How dare he do something so intimate as this! He isn't- My rant was abruptly stopped as soon as I caught his scent. Campfires, spices, and the wild musk of the Mai assaulted my olfactory glands that completely wiped any and all thoughts from my mind. It was like everything that mattered to me was all packed into the lion before me. I have found my zamil, I realized with shock. I am only fifteen and I had found him. My body slowly relaxed against the wall which had Alek letting out a pleased growl.
"You smell...very good," he breathed into my neck, making me shiver unconsciously. The physical reaction I had to him and his voice seemed to snap me out of my dreamland because I again began to get annoyed, I seriously got him as a zamil?! How did this happen?
"Get off me," I ground out in a hiss, meeting his green cat eyes with my own golden ones.
"Why are you giving me such a hard time, Caterina King?" he growled in irritation. Even just him saying my name made a tingle shoot up my spine as my knees wobbled threatening to let my body buckle. Fuck no! I am not letting one measly lion degrade me to a simpering house cat. I have trained for ten long years to become the battle ready lioness demigod of the Mai. Not only did I need to stay in tip top shape for myself, I also need to for Chloe. If I let myself get caught up in him, I wouldn't be able to focus on protecting her. She also need my support and guidance now that she had awakened. But he is your long awaited zamil, my heart argued with my mind. Tears then built up in my eyes at the conflict between my mind and heart.
"Because you are an arrogant jack-," My retort was quickly cut off by Alek's lips claiming mine in a forceful kiss. My eyes widened in shock before I began to struggle underneath him. Please don't do this to me, I pleaded angrily in my head. How am I supposed to hate you like this? As soon as his lips began moving against mine, my resistance all but dissipated. His slightly chapped lips brushed against mine in a mindnumbingly delicious way that had me grabbing the front of his shirt as I melted against him. A rumble came from Alek's chest while the arm that wasn't on the wall dragged me even closer by the small of my back. Warmth seeped into my being as we kissed, bringing me a sense of peace. Is this what it feels like to be with your zamil?
"Alek!" shouted a concerned female voice from behind Alek's back at the staircase. Another growl left Alek at the interruption and he pulled away to look back at the girl. At the loss of his warmth, I felt the giddiness and contentedness flee from me as I came back to my senses. I can't believe I did that, I screamed in my mind while I shook my head to further clear it. I need to get away from him. With unshed burning the corner of my eyes, I shoved Alek away from me and turned my back to him. Leave while you still can, my voice of reason told me. This needs to be as painless as-
"Rina," Alek said, placing his big hand on my shoulder. "Where are you going?"
"It's none of your business Petrov," I spat while I steeled my body and heart against the silent sobs beginning to slightly choke my voice. "Stay away from me."
I could hear the protest that was about to come from him so I abruptly shouldered off his hand then strongly walked down the hallway. There was no further calls for me to come back which tore me up all the more inside.
Chloe waited right by my baby for me and she immediately recognized that something was wrong.
"Cat, what's-,"
"Alek," was all I said as I tried not to break down on the spot. Her eyes hardened and her nostrils flared in anger at the name.
"If you want I can-,"
"It's alright Chlo," I smiled weakly, touched at her sisterly concern. "Can we just hurry over to the store then we can continue?"
"Sure," she agreed at once. "Are you okay to drive?"
"Yeah. I'll be fine," I assured her. She hastily took her helmet and shoved it on while I sling my leg over the side of my baby.
The familiar and comforting purr of my baby's engine surrounded me as we rode along the streets. I almost forgot about the disastrous confrontation I had with my zamil. The operative word being almost. Like usual I parked across the street from the store and let Chloe hop off first, then I followed her after shutting off the engine and locking my baby behind me. When we entered the store, I saw Lana setting up the open sign. As soon as she saw the both of us, specifically my face, she stopped us.
"What's wrong?" was the first thing past her lips.
"Remember Alek?" Chloe asked.
"Yeah."
"He's the cause of this," Chloe told her while gesturing to me. Well geez, I must look bad if all they have to do is look at me. This time Lana's eyes hardened and her lips thinned before she pointed to the back where we sat our things during work.
"Back. Now."
Silently Chloe dragged me towards the back with Lana hot on our heels.
"Alright, spill. What did the cocky bastard do?"
Both Lana and Chloe turned to me to pressure me into telling them.
"He kissed me," I mumbled under my breath while holding the elbow of one arm with the other snug under my breasts.
"What? Speak louder girl," LAna scolded, placing her hands on her hips.
"He kissed me," I spoke louder, this time looking down at the ground.
"How'd that happen?" Chloe pressed on. "Was it because of the basketball thing?"
I nodded at the same time Lana asked about it. While Chloe explained, I tried hard not to play what had happened on repeat in my mind. How could I have said that to my zamil?! I could have just told him about my situation instead of snapping like that.
"Okay, well, how did the kissing incident happen?" Lana asked once Chloe was done with her explanation.
"He cornered me under a staircase after theatre," I began as my gaze unfocused in memory. "He had his forearm on the wall above my head and complimented me on my supposed basketball ball skills. I could easily hear the arrogance in his voice and I remember cursing my shortness. I in turn snapped a retort at him telling him that I wasn't interested. I tried to leave, but he pushed me back against the wall with a hand on my stomach. By then I was getting angry at his attitude. He even commented on how I was giving him a hard time and I made to give him a piece of my mind when he slammed his lips on mine. At first I was shocked because the guy I hate was now kissing me and had taken my first kiss, but because it was my first kiss I got lost in it. It was some girl that called out to Alek that brought me back to my senses so that I could push him away and leave when he put a hand on my shoulder and tried to get me to stay. Needless to say I shrugged off his hand and kept walking out to the parking lot."
Chloe was the first to react by taking me into a hug.
"You like him, don't you?" Lana accused making me flinch.
"I used to," I admitted with a heavy heart.
"Well what happened?"
"He told me he liked me after months of hanging out together then suddenly started ignored me."
"When did this happen?" Lana demanded.
"When we were still in middle school."
"If that boy sets foot in here, I'll kick his ass myself."
"Uh, Lana, he's a minor," Chloe reminded our boss.
"But I appreciate the sentiment Nana," I smiled at her.
"Hey, it's sisters before misters honey. Us sisters gotta stick together."
"That's right Nana."
She gave my shoulder a squeeze that conveyed a silent promise we had for protecting each other.
"Are you okay Cat? Do you need a few more minutes?" Chloe questioned. "'Cause if you need more time-,"
"I'm fine Chlo," I assured her. "I just need to work to get my mind occupied."
"Alright," she relented, though she did not believe me. I blinked to make sure all the tears were gone before I entered the main part of the shop.
"Hey Nana, is all the stocking done?" I called out to our boss who had went to stand behind the counter.
"All but the new arrivals we got yesterday," she threw back while she set up the cash register.
"I'll do it," I offered. Just as I made it over to the new arrivals, I could hear the first notes of Rihanna's "Don't Stop the Music" hi my sensitive ears.
"Ooh turn that up Nana. I love this song."
"You can hear that?"
"You can't?" Chloe countered, moving her head to the beat. Lana said nothing and put her ipod on the dock. While she did this, I debated on whether I should dance along or not. Hmm, well, why not. I felt the music in my bones as I moved my body to the beat. Maybe Chloe would like to dance with me. When the last "please don't stop the music" played, I began singing.
"It's gettin' late
I'm makin' my way over to my favorite place
I gotta get my body movin'
Shake the stress away
I wasn't lookin' for nobody when you looked my way
Possible candidate (Yeah),"
My choice of dance partner changed when I saw none other than Drin enter the store. A large grin lit my face at the sight of him when our eyes met. He took in the silent invitation, shrugging off his leather jacket to reveal a snug fitting black t-shirt to join me in dancing.
"Who knew
That you'd be up in here lookin' like you do
You're makin; stayin' over here impossible
Baby, I must say your aura is incredible
If you don't have to do, don't,"
By now Drin was right in front of me with a smirking grin on his sculpted lips while I smirked right back up at him.
"Do you know what you started
I just came here to party,"
Drin then came to stand behind me so that we could dance the rest of the song together.
"But now we're rockin' on the dance floor
Actin' naughty
Your hands around my waist
Just let the music play
We're hand in hand
Chest to chest
And now we're face to face
I wanna take you away
Let's escape into the music
DJ let it play
I just can't refuse it
Like the way you do this
Keep on rockin' to it
Please don't stop the
Please don't stop the music
I wanna take you away
Let's escape into the music
DJ let it play
I just can't refuse it
Like the way you do this
Keep on rockin' to it
Please don't stop the
Please don't stop the
Please don't stop the music,"
As I danced with Drin, I could feel my earlier distress about Alek melt away.
"Baby are you ready 'cause it's gettin' close
Don't you feel the passion ready to explode
What goes on between us no one has to know
This is a private show (oh)
Do you know what you started
I just came here to party
But now we're rockin' on the dance floor
Actin' naughty
Your hands around my waist
Just let the music play
We're hand in hand
Chest to chest
And now we're face to face
I wanna take you away
Let's escape into the music
DJ let it play
I just can't refuse it
Like the way you do this
Keep on rockin' to it
Please don't stop the
Please don't stop the music
I wanna take you away
Let's escape into the music
DJ let it play
I just can't refuse it
Like the way you do this
Keep on rockin' to it
Please don't stop the
Please don't stop the
Please don't stop the music,"
During the little break, Drin and I began to Salsa and continued when I began singing again.
"I wanna take you away
Let's escape into the music
DJ let it play
I just can't refuse it
Like the way you do this
Keep on rockin' to it
Please don't stop the
Please don't stop the music
I wanna take you away
Let's escape into the music
DJ let it play
I just can't refuse it
Like the way you do this
Keep on rockin' to it
Please don't stop the
Please don't stop the
Please don't stop the music."
At the last part of the song, Drin dipped me while bringing his face close to mine.
"What brings you here Drin?"
"I came to warn you about The Order," he whispered in my ear. "They've been upping their game. I just wanted to let you know."
"Thanks Drin."
"Who is this Cat?" Lana asked me when Drin pulled me back to my feet.
"This is Adrian Davis. He is one of my best friends. Drin, this is my boss Lana Jacobs and my sister Chloe King."
"You mean your boyfriend," Chloe tried.
Drin and I looked at each other only to break out laughing. Both Lana and Chloe looked at us as if we had lost our heads. Eh, maybe that statement is somewhat true.
"I'm not her boyfriend," Drin chuckled with an arm around my shoulders.
"He bats for the other team Chlo," I explained.
"But if I was straight, I'd definitely snatch her up. It's too bad you're not a guy."
"Sorry I disappoint you Drin," I snorted with an eyeroll. At our little banter, Lana and Chloe couldn't help but smile. It was very hard not to like Drin no matter who you were.
"Do you wanna talk while I register the new stock?" I asked Drin after Lana and Chloe had went back to their tasks.
"Sure. I'll help you."
Just like that the both of us fell into a rhythm.
"So Leo, what's been bothering you?"
"Is it that obvious?" I chuckled.
"Only cause I've known you he most as Leora where you have to wear an emotional mask. If I can notice then, it's obvious now."
I sighed and drooped my shoulders.
"Remember that Alek guy I told you about?"
"Yeah."
"He's Mai."
"Okay?"
"And he's my zamil."
"Wait, what?" he questioned, almost dropping the piece of clothing he was folding.
"Yeah, and he kissed me today."
Drin raised an eyebrow which prompted me to tell him what had happened earlier minus the cut out details.
"I need to meet this Alek," Drin commented to himself before he turned to me. "So, do you still like him?"
"No. Yes. I don't know Drin," I groaned. "It's complicated. I hate him yet everything but my mind wants him."
"That is complicated," Drin agreed. "I don't have any advice to give you besides talking it out."
"You don't always have to have advice for me Drin," I told him with a small smile. "I'm just happy that you let me vent to you."
He gave me a smile of his own as he hip bumped me.
"What are friends for Leo?" he laughed lightly.
"Exactly," I beamed. We then fell into a peaceful silence that was interrupted by my sister trying to flirt. A chuckle escaped me until the scent of a human male met my nose. Are you fucking kidding me?!
"Another human," I sighed under my breath which Drin caught.
"Another?" he echoed in confusion. With another sigh I told him what had happened after we left the club.
"Jesus Christ," Drin breathed under his breath. "Leora-,"
"I know Drin. I fucked up."
He gave me his own sigh as we finished up the last of the new stock.
"You have my number if you need anything Leo. Don't hesitate to call."
"I won't Drin. Love you."
"Love you too Leo."
As per our usual goodbye, when we weren't rushed, I stood on my tiptoes and put my arms around his neck so that I could place a kiss on his cheek. He returned the gesture by hugging me round the waist and planting a kiss on my forehead.
"You're welcome back anytime Adrien," Lana called after his retreating figure.
"Thanks Lana," Drin threw over his shoulder. "Keep me posted Leo."
"You know I will."
"It is too bad he's gay," Lana remarked after Drin left, watching his ass. "Look at that hot ass."
I couldn't help but agree while Chloe looked uncomfortable at our topic.
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