Chap 21-
A/N
Hey I'm replying to a question from helping out our future writers. I considered putting in Fangs P.O.V but I decided I wanted to keep his feelings a secret for a while just to have the feeling of the unknown. His P.O.V will probably come in later when I need it but right now I want to keep it a secret. Only because of what I've based the story on.
In answer to your next question I don't know how far I'm going, I think I'm going to make them age as the story goes on so they start of in year 6 and finish in year 12 or something like that. Hopefully this answers your questions. :D
I couldn't believe my eyes, it was unbelievable we drove down through the beautiful and fancy black gates and drove up a beautiful driveway. Maple trees surrounded the grounds but the most marvellous thing of all was the giant mansion. It reminded me of Aaron Spelling's house except it had balconies at the front and in front of certain rooms and it was a three story house instead of a two story. It was like a palace.
"Oh my god!" I exclaimed again.
"Do you like it?" Dad asked.
"I've only seen it for about ten seconds and I love it," I gasped. It was absolutely huge and gorgeous and did I mention huge. As Dad drove around to the back of the house I realised it was a lot thicker than Aaron Spelling's house, like maybe twice the width but it maintained the shape of a 'W'.
"I can't believe that this is yours," I gasped.
"Well it is, it was being built while Ari and I were away. If you come inside I'll give you a tour," Dad offered.
"No I think I'll just sit outside doing nothing," I replied sarcastically. Dad shot me a look and I burst out laughing.
"First thing is first, let's get Midnight to his stable," Dad told me.
"Huh?" I asked him. I unloaded Midnight and followed Dad. I hadn't even noticed the large and fancy stable behind the house… if you can even call it that.
"I love you!" I screamed. Dad already had it all set up so all I had to do was to take Midnight in there and shut the door.
"I'll be back in a little bit ok, I just want to go and see the house first and then we'll go for a ride," I said to Midnight and kissed his face. I couldn't believe I had my own horse I mean I was still screaming on the inside.
Dad made me walk all the way to front of the house so I could walk through the grand entryway. As I walked in I noticed that the floor had oak floor boards that I could almost see my reflection in. The walls weren't grey but not quite white; I don't think it had a colour. A giant chandelier with gorgeous glass hung down from the ceiling. A giant grand staircase descended both left and right. In the far left room way, way, way on the other side of the house there was an indoor gym. The master kitchen was one of the centre rooms at the back of the house and the dining room was in the middle of the house. There were so many different corridors that I knew I would get lost. Dad's humongous bedroom was on the second floor and Ari's room was four rooms away. I took a quick peek in what would be Ari's room at the moment he was still in Dad's room only until his third birthday.
The massive I repeat massive swimming pool was inside and outside towards the right side of the house on the second floor. The outside wall was a series of glass windows and you could swim under them to get outside. It was like a dream that I never wanted to wake up from. A connection from the pool was the spa, they both ended on the balcony that held a terrific view. At the other end of the pool which was inside was a waterfall make of fake rocks.
"Do you want to see your room?" Dad asked me.
"I have a room?" I asked.
"Of course you do," Dad smiled at me. We walked back into the centre of the house and that was when I noticed that cinema room. It was what it sounded like. It pretty much looked like a cinema but instead there were no floor seats but there where beanbags and lounge chairs.
"Oh my god," I gasped.
"Do you know how many times you've said that today?" Dad asked me.
"Lost count ages ago," I laughed.
We continued to walk and Dad opened up two double white doors with gold handles. The room was empty but huge! The entire floor had floor boards but the centre of the floor was raised. The window was apart of the tower that I had seen as we drove up. I had a huge walk in wardrobe and my own shining bathroom. I had doors that led out onto the balcony and I was just above the pool since the room was on the third floor.
"We'll go shopping and you can buy all the stuff you want," Dad told me. I was speechless, the house was gorgeous.
"Dad, when you get old and die just remember your favourite daughter in your will," I reminded him.
"Will do," Dad assured me.
Dad had a few workers around the house but he treated them really well. He wasn't bossy or rude he was polite and treated them like friends. A couple of them were assistants, others cleaned up and I think he'd taken on a few stable hands since I couldn't be there every day to take care of Midnight. A few of them had homes of their own but others stayed in the rooms downstairs. After that there were about ten empty rooms that I saw. Dad didn't know what he was going to do with them yet but they were all huge.
In a nutshell the house was massive. After the grand tour I headed back to the stables.
"Dad seriously this is huge, I mean celebrity huge," I told him.
"I know I combined some designs from existing celebrity homes and created this," Dad bragged.
I tacked up Midnight and put on my helmet. I led Midnight out of his stall and mounted up on him.
"Be careful," Dad warned me.
"I won't leave the grounds," I promised.
"Good," Dad agreed.
I started off with a walk and headed into a trot.
"Well, Midnight, this has certainly been one heck of a day, I got a horse, my Dad has a mansion," I told Midnight as we walked up a trail.
"Just you wait until all of my friends hear about this," I grinned and then I paused.
"Well, I would except I'm not going to tell them, they can't know. I know we've been friends for a while and everything but I don't want them to know," I sighed. Midnight made some sort of weird horse sound that told me he agreed.
I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket. I pulled Midnight to a stop and pulled it out. I know I'm only eleven and I shouldn't really have a phone but Dad bought it for me so we could keep in touch. I didn't tell anyone at school I had it because I didn't want them to see the blue bedazzled sidekick.
"Hey, Mum," I said.
"Honey, what time are you going to be home? It's a school night," Mum asked me.
"Um, I don't know," I replied.
"Well could you ask your father?" Mum asked me.
"Um not really?" I told her.
"Why not?" Mum demanded.
"He's not here at the moment," I told her frankly.
"Isn't that typical," Mum muttered.
"Ok, I'll tell you what, I'll head back now and get him to take me home," I assured her.
"Where are you?" Mum asked me.
"I'm Dad's backyard," I replied hesitantly.
"Ok, well I'll see you soon," Mum sighed.
"No later than an hour," I promised and hung up. I dismounted off of Midnight. I wanted to take a few photos just so that I could have him with me.
I took my shots and galloped back the stables where I found Dad waiting for me.
"Mum, called she said she wants me home," I told him.
"Alright, you take care of Midnight and I'll get someone to watch Ari," Dad told me.
I took off all of Midnight's riding gear and took it to the shed. I grabbed a brush and began to groom him. He was so beautiful that it took my breath away. As I looked into his dark eyes I suddenly remembered Fang. How could I keep this a secret from him, everyone else seemed easy when I thought about it but Fang saw straight through me.
I kissed Midnight on the forehead and left.
"I'll see you later, boy," I promised and ran down to the car. I managed to catch Ari just in time.
"I have to go now," I told him. He stretched his arms out for a hug which I gave him.
I climbed into the car with Dad and it only took about twenty minutes to drive home. I figured if I ever wanted to walk it would take a bit over an hour, I could find a bus or ride my bike. Or the best option would be to take Midnight home and keep him in the backyard.
I hugged Dad goodbye and walked to the front door. Mum opened the door and I walked inside.
"Ella!" I called out.
"Hey, Max, how was you day?" Ella asked me.
I showed her the picture of Midnight.
"Is he the horse you rode today?" Ella asked me.
"Yeah," I replied with a bit of a mystery tone.
"What riding centre?" She asked.
"None, he's mine," I grinned. Ella's jaw dropped and Mum fell into the bench.
"He bought you a horse?" The both screamed.
"Yep, his name's Midnight," I smiled.
"Where exactly are you going to keep him because I'm not having a horse in the backyard?" Mum informed me.
"At Dads new house," I replied.
"Oh… I see," Mum nodded. She wasn't mad at Dad at all. She was used to him buying me expensive things and she knew that if it was going to ruin me it would've already. She also knew that expensive things didn't make me love him.
"Do you have pictures?" Ella asked eagerly as she almost yanked my phone out of my hands.
"Yeah but you can't tell anyone," I told her.
"Why not?" Ella asked.
"I don't want anyone knowing that my Dad is a millionaire because of some great scientific discoveries and all that other stuff he did." I told her.
"Why not, honey?" Mum asked.
"I guess, I want my friends to like me for me and treat me like I'm normal. I don't want to take the risk of them suddenly changing because Dad's rich. I don't want them to always want to… I don't know. But I never told anyone about Dad being rich," I explained.
"I understand, and Ella does as well. This is something that you don't just tell everyone until you can trust them… well that's how you see it," Mum agreed.
"Thank you, Mum," I thanked her.
I lied awake in bed that night wondering how I was going to stop myself from going to school the next day and scream 'I have a horse!' at the top of my lungs.
A/N: So Daddy is richy rich.
Fang: She doesn't stalk celebrities by looking up their homes on the internet.
Me: Well I sort of modelled the house after Aaron Spelling's former home known as 'The Manor'.
Fang: Well you had to get the idea from somewhere.
Me: Anyways review and tell me what you think.
Fang: (on hands and knees) PLEASE! PWETTY PWETTY PWEASE!