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Chapter 5
Luckily for me, it was Monday. Normally I wouldn't look forward to Monday but this was an exception. Erik was coming back from the competition tomorrow and I was super excited. Even though I did have fun with Stevie Rae and the Twins while he was gone, there's nothing better than him being with me. I even had a little mini countdown as to when he was coming back. Since the school day was over, I lied in my huge bedroom watching T.V. and eating strawberries with melted chocolate and whip cream. Mmmmmm. Even though dinner was over, I tended to still be a little hungry afterwards. A little sweet treat here and there wouldn't hurt.
"Hey, Z!" Stevie Rae chirped, jumping onto my bed.
"Hey, what's up?" I asked, sitting up from my pillow.
"Eh, nothing much." She said, plainly, "Are you excited Erik's coming back tomorrow?"
"Yes! I missed him so much." I told her, still eating my strawberry with chocolate on it.
"Oh, strawberries and chocolate." Stevie Rae said, dipping on in the whipped cream.
"Yeah, the Twins call it sex food." I said, shivering at how Erin described how she used melted chocolate with her boyfriend, T.J. Trust me, I don't think anyone would want to know that.
"Hey peeps." Shaunee greeted, sitting on the bed next to me, "Oh, sex food." Ever since I became High Priestess of the House of Night, everyone kind of used my loft as our hangout. Not that I minded.
"Gee, I wonder who will barge in my room next?" I questioned, sarcastically.
"Well, I wouldn't call it barging in." A voice that I've been waiting to hear for days said, opening my door.
"Erik!" I nearly squeaked, jumping into his arms as he caught me, "When did you get back?"
"Well, everyone was complaining that they wanted to come back early, so I got a last minute flight for everyone to come back home." He told me, giving me an eskimo kiss, "I missed you."
"Hey, Erik!" Shaunee said, too sweetly, "Where's my presents?"
"Ha! You're funny." He told her, sarcastically. That translated into: I didn't get you anything Shaunee.
"I thought you told him to get me a present?" Shaunee questioned, pouting at me.
"I did, and he said hell to the no." I said, smiling. Shaunee just sat back on my bed with Stevie Rae.
"Heya, Erik!" Stevie Rae chirped, with a mouthful of strawberries.
"Hi." Erik replied, waving at her shortly.
"Shaunee and I were just leaving." Stevie Rae smiled, pinching Shaunee's arm.
"Oh, right." Shaunee agreed, nodding her head in agreement, "You two have fun now."
"Guys!" I whined, rolling my eyes. Why is it that they always think Erik and I are going to do it? Man, they were crazy......okay, maybe they were right a little bit.
"Well, I'll be in my loft if you need me. I'm pretty tired." Erik told me, yawning.
"I understand. Good night." I whispered, as he kissed my cheek.
Words cannot describe how happy I am that he's back. I mean, I did have some decent fun while he was gone. I remember yesterday that the Twins, Stevie Rae, and I had a slumber party in my loft. I had to admit that our game of truth or dare was crazy! The Twins had dared Stevie Rae to run around the professor corridors in her bra and panties and I was shocked that she actually did it. The only person who had supposively caught her was Damien. Plus, it was funny watching scary movies with the Twins because all they did was laugh through some of them, while Stevie Rae and I were hiding our faces at the gory scenes. Back to my actual situation, I'm really happy that my boyfriend is back. Life sure was good.
It's been about three weeks since the monologue competition and I was somewhat happy that things were back to normal (as in movie marathon's every weekend, having dinner with Erik every now and then, slumber parties with the Twins and Stevie Rae, and sometimes Damien.) I was back to my same old job, being the head of the entire school and a equestrian instructor. This week in particular, I had to interview a new vampyre (along with Erik) to take a position as a student teacher for Erik's drama classes. So far we've gotten past at least one good person that I was seriously considering, but not entirely.
"This is a lot harder than I thought it would be. I mean, I'm looking for someone who is intelligent, committed, you know, the goods." I explained to Erik, sighing.
"Same here. No one seems like they know anything about drama." Erik sighed, lazily.
"I need a blanket and a pillow." I told him, on the verge of sleeping. That is until this girl walked into my office. She was a dark, really light caramel colored girl. She was at least 5' 5'', she had dark black, Asian hair (I think she's Filipino), big boobs (not that I care), big light brown eyes, and a figure that guys would be attracted to. Her tattoos were intricate patterns of spiral lines with a small design of tiny moons in the spiral loops.
"Hi, I'm Whitney Shay." She said, waving.
"Hi, I'm Zoey Red-" I began, about to formally shake her fore arm, but she went over to Erik instead.
"You must be Erik Night. It's nice to finally meet you." She greeted, shaking his fore arm.
"Nice to meet you too, Whitney." Erik said, shaking her arm, but he had a weird twinkle in his eyes. It reminded me a little of the twinkle that Neferet gave off when men met her too. Hmmmm?
No, Zoey! You are better than this! Do not suddenly get jealous of this girl! I told myself, biting my lip. As Erik interviewed her, I just stared at her. She had on a really (in my opinion) slutty outfit. A dark grey polo shirt and a black high waisted skirt with what looked like hooker heels Aphrodite might wear. Uggghhh!
"So tell us a little about yourself. Any interests besides drama?" Erik asked, paying attention to his clipboard.
"Well, I do like painting and drawing. I also have an affinity for spirit." She said, making me want to vomit. Did she just say that she had an affinity for spirit? I could not let this slut represent spirit in my circle.......OH MY GOD! I'm sounding like Aphrodite. I knew that ho was contagious.
"An affinity for spirit? My, that's interesting." I commented, smiling.
"Yeah, I've heard that you have an affinity for all five." Whitney responded, still holding that fake, bitch smile that Aphrodite did when I first came to this school. Bitch.
"That's me. So, it was nice meeting you." I told her, cutting everything short.
"Thank you. It was really nice to meet you, Erik." Whitney said, giving that little flirty smile towards Erik. After picking up her purse, she left swiftly and flirty.
"So, what did you think of her?" He asked, as I just gave him a stare that he could easily recognize as "I totally hate that slutty bitch!"
"What do you think I'm going to say?" I asked him, crossing my legs.
"Z, come on. You've only talked to her for five or ten minutes. Are you honestly that jealous of her?" Erik questioned, sitting next to me.
"No, I just think she's a way worse version of Aphrodite." I replied, rolling my eyes.
"Well, I don't want her to come between us. K?" Erik asked, lacing his fingers in between mine. He was so cute when he was sensitive.
"Okay. That's only because I'm not stubborn like other people." I told him, sighing again.
"Good. I have to go show Whitney around." He told me, pecking my cheek. After he was long gone, the Twins and Stevie Rae walked in my office staring back at Erik.
"We need to talk, Z." Erin stated, sitting down on one of the comfy chairs.
"Yeah, we got a peek of that Whitney chick. I think she's doing some flirting with our homeboy Erik." Shaunee added, agreeing with Erin.
"Guys, I totally trust Erik. I know he wouldn't cheat on me." I told them, putting a somewhat faith in my boyfriend. He hadn't been me. He never went behind my back and cheated on anyone. So I trusted him.
"Y'all, I think Zoey and Erik have trust that can't be broken. Otherwise, the whole flirtin' would give Zoey something to worry about." Stevie Rae pointed out, shrugging her shoulders.
"We're not trying to give her something to worry about, it's just that Erik is a really hot vamp and Whitney is a Aphrodite clone of some sort, and if he fell for Aphrodite, then he could probably fall for her too." Shaunee explained, pointing out the obvious. Erik was an insanely hot guy and before I arrived at the House of Night for the very first time, him and Aphrodite were going out.
"Ditto, Twin." Erin commented, quietly.
"I think you're both right. I mean, I trust Erik, but I'm still watching out for Whitney. She does have an affinity for spirit." I said, crossing my arms.
"No way." Erin gasped, gapping at me.
"For real?" Shaunee asked, raising her eyebrows at me.
"Yeah." I muttered, sadly.
"Z, you can't let her in our circle. You've always been the one to represent spirit." Stevie Rae said, as I could hear the worry in her voice.
"That's one thing I'm not letting her do." I said, sternly. I was dead serious. I was not going to let this bitch take over spirit in the circle. It's always been the circle with my friends and I.
"Well at least that's a plus. I still think we should spy on her." Erin suggested, smiling deviously with Shaunee.
"Exactly my thought, Twin." Shaunee agreed, smirking.
"Come on guys, I don't want you scaring her. She just got here and I want her to get at least somewhat situated before you do anything." I replied, sounding slightly irritated.
"So basically you're saying we can spy on her?" Shaunee asked, waiting for my response.
"As long as you don't hurt her, I don't care." I muttered, not really caring. Honestly, if I weren't the good person I am, I might've actually joined the Twins in their little spy thing. I trusted Erik and that was that.
Well, it's been officially two weeks since Whitney started student teaching for Erik's drama classes. You know, every now and then, I would take a peek by and blow an occassional kiss at Erik. Obviously, she saw me but that was the whole point. I wanted to establish in little hints that I'm with Erik and that we're in love, madly. As for Shaunee and Erin's plan, they decided to buy a lamp that had a camera in it for Whitney (not that she knew there was a camera) to put in her bed room and a hidden camera in Erik's room (for what reason, I don't know of). Though I really don't agree with cameras invading peoples privacy, that's how the Twins decided to set it up. I spent a little time with Stevie Rae talking about the whole situation and she just suggested that I play it cool when Erik and I are around Whitney.
"Well, what I'm worried about is if she might use her affinity against me. What if besides trying to go after Erik she wants to get rid of me too?" I asked Stevie Rae, as we opened the doors to the teacher's lounge.
"Honey, I wouldn't really worry about that Whitney chick. You and Erik are obviously in love and I don't think he would go for someone else." Damien told me, appearing right behind Stevie Rae and I.
"Thanks, Damien." I told him, smiling.
"Besides, have you seen what she's wearing now a days? Talk about two years ago." Damien muttered, making me giggle. Damien was an expert on shopping so everytime we went, he was always there with a taste for clothes.
"Plus, she shows a little too much of her double D's." Stevie Rae interrupted, making me almost choke on my apple juice.
"Stevie Rae! I can't believe you said that." Damien laughed, setting his tray down at our little groups table.
"What did she say?" Erik asked, chewing on a piece of bread. I just now noticed he was sitting there.
"Nothing. It's an inside thing." I lied, quickly. I didn't want to tell him we were dissing Whitney because he would go into this whole thing about letting my jealousy get in the way.
"We were talking about certain people who show too much of her hooters," Stevie Rae told him, sitting down next to me, "It just irks me when girls feel that guys have to see what's going on down their shirts."
Erik just stared at me in response to Stevie Rae's comment. He acted like I said something about Whitney (that's if he knew who we were talking about.)
"What are you staring at me for?" I asked him, digging in my spaghetti.
"You know why." He told me, plainly.
"Don't blame Zoey, Erik. She had nothing to do with us crackin' jokes about the new girl." Stevie Rae responded, standing up for me. I love Stevie Rae.
"I'm sorry." Erik whispered, kissing my cheek.
"It's okay." I smiled, sipping my brown pop.
"What I want to know is why are you getting so defensive over her?" Shaunee asked, almost dropping her glass of red pop. That was a pretty good question.
"I'm not trying to, but I just don't want her to feel intimidated." Erik replied, as I noticed Whitney sitting at a table by herself. I kind of felt bad for her a little bit. She didn't really know anybody here and none of the other teachers would get to know her and we weren't necessarily helping her either.
"Hold on." I sighed, going over to the table on the balcony that Whitney was sitting at, "Hey, Whitney."
"Oh, hi, Zoey." Whitney mumbled, picking at her salad.
"I just came out her because, well, would you like to sit at our table? You know, since it's really cold out here." I told her, smiling. I'd probably regret this later but what the hey?
"Oh, okay. Thanks." She chirped, picking up her tray. See, I could be a nice person. Then something kind of changed my mind when she took my seat next to Erik.
"Why is this bitch sitting with us?" I heard Erin whisper to Shaunee, raising her an eyebrow, "And why is she in Z's seat?" As they continued to babble, I just grabbed another chair and squeezed in between Stevie Rae and Jack. As everyone continued to eat, Shaunee turned to me like she was about to say something.
"So, we went to her room and Erik's room the other day and gave her the lamp and installed the camera." Shaunee whispered, almost making me choke on my spaghetti, "And we kept staring at the little monitors for both cameras. So far, we got nothing."
"I still can't believe you guys did that." I told Shaunee and Erin, as they started laughing.
"Wait, what?" Stevie Rae asked, as I tried to tell her but couldn't stop laughing. After giggling a little bit, I told her about how the Twins got a lamp for Whitney that had a camera in it and whatever else the Twins were planning with this spying thing. I should have told her about the hidden camera in Erik's room but, I don't think she would have cared much.
"Well, I have to go. I'll see you later, Erik." Whitney said, patting his shoulder affectionately.
"I still don't like her, I'm sorry. I just don't like other girls who are like Aphrodite." Shaunee commented, rolling her eyes.
"She's not remotely related to Aphrodite." Erik replied, sighing.
"Uhh, yeah she is. Where's your eye for observation?" Erin asked him, raising her eyebrows.
"Obviously, Twin, our little Erik doesn't see that Whitney is clearing flirting with him." Shaunee pointed out, shrugging.
"Thank you, Shaunee." I added, finishing off my brown pop innocently.
"I don't get you guys at all. Whitney isn't flirting with me." Erik argued, smirking as if the Twins were joking (which I knew they weren't.)
"Looks like someone's in denial." Erin mumbled, sighing.
"Well, I'll be in my loft if you need me. Peace." I interrupted, heading back to my comfy loft. I was tired of the Twins and Erik going back and forth like little kids. Even though I mostly sided with the Twins on this situation, it just grew to be a little irritating. I knew for myself that Whitney was definitely trying to flirt with Erik. It's not to the point where it's confrontational, but if she does grow to get a little too comfy with him, then I will tell her so.
Once I was in my loft, I locked the huge doors behind me. I wasn't too worried about Nala getting in since she had a kitty door at the bottom of the door on the left. I just sat on my couch, staring at the flowers on my little coffee table. After a little bit of thinking, Nala jumped on my lap letting out a tired "me-uff-oww".
"Well, baby girl, I don't know what I'm going to do. I trust Erik but the Twins do bring up good points. It's like Erik think's she's not flirting, but she definitely is. I don't want to be obnoxious about it and be like "Oh my God, he's totally mine!" but what am I going to do?" I questioned, stroking Nala. She just rubbed her head on my belly, for some odd reason, "Come on, I'll put you to bed."
As I ascend up the stairs to my bedroom, my phone starts vibrating. I put Nala down on my bed gently and looked at my messages. It was Erik.
Hey, let's go out tomorrow night. I happen to have some extra $!
~Erik
He was so sweet, but despite what happens with him and me over the next couple of months, I'm still watching out for Whitney.
"So you and Erik are going out tonight?" Stevie Rae asked, brushing her curly hair by my makeup counter's mirror.
"Yeah. He didn't say we were going anywhere specific, so I'm assuming our dinner thing is on campus." I said, curling a strand of my hair into a spiral. It was only on special occassions that I curled my hair. Other than that, it was mostly straight.
"I wonder what he has planned. Maybe he'll have a dinner out on the balcony. That would so romantic." Stevie Rae chirped, smiling.
"I don't know what we're doing, but he sounded really happy about it. I'm so nervous." I told her, sighing, "I don't know what to wear."
"Wear that little black dress you have and your leggings." Stevie Rae suggested, lying on my bed.
"I guess but the leggings would make it look too casual." I muttered, thinking about an alternative.
"Wear your skin tone panty hose." Stevie Rae replied, plainly staring at the ceiling.
"That would work." I smiled, throwing what I was wearing on my pillows. I still didn't understand why I was getting so nervous about going out with Erik tonight. We've been out before and it usually ended up him being on top of me. Anyway, I felt that there was something more to us just being out tonight. There was something else in store for me.
"Well, I gotta go. I promised the Twins and Damien I'd watch chic flics with them in Damien's loft." Stevie Rae said, breaking me out of my thought process.
"See ya." I mumbled, as she shut the door to my room on her way out. There I was, left in my room all alone. After I was done with my hair, I slid into my panty hose, dress, and heels and headed out my bedroom door. Once I got to the door of my loft, I found a small piece of paper on the ground.
See how she leans her cheek upon her hand!
O, that I were a glove upon that hand,
I might touch that cheek!
Erik, I thought, smiling. I kept walking down the narrow hallway, on my way to the poet's loft. I really did hate coming here because it gave me so many bad flashbacks of what happened before. Once I was at the door, I noticed that it was crack and only a little bit of light was visible.
"Erik?" I questioned, quietly opening the door. I hadn't really seen the inside of the loft thoroughly. It was decorated with different shades of blue with black see through drapes. I walked out to the balcony and noticed that there was one of those benches that was really a swing. There were candles lit on the small table next to it that gave off the aroma of vanilla.
"I'm sorry I kept you waiting." Erik said, making me turn around.
"Oh no, it's fine. I just got here." I replied, as he brought me closer to him. I loved the way he always smelled like a forest after it rained mixed with a little bit of fresh cologne.
"Sit." He whispered, as we both sat on the bench/swing. I leaned my head onto his shoulder, staring up at the half moon.
"So we're not going out anywhere?" I asked, quietly.
"No, it turns out I forgot to pay my phone bill so I didn't have any money left over. Sorry." Erik told me, holding my hand.
"I was just wondering. I didn't really feel like going anywhere." I said, shrugging as I put my legs up onto the bench.
"You know that I love you with all my heart, don't you?" Erik asked me, holding my hand a bit tighter.
"Yes, I do." I answered, not sure where he was going with this.
"And I'll always be with you no matter what, right?" He asked, getting up from the bench.
"Yes, of course. Now tell me what's going on." I told him, sighing. I noticed he was taking something out of his pocket.
"I want to spend the rest of my life with you, Zoey. Will you marry me?" He asked, causing my eyes to bulge out of my head. The next thing I knew I fainted.
YAY! There's going to be a wedding!!! Until next time, R&R plz!!!
~Cherriez :)