Chapter 6
I woke up to somebody shaking my shoulder and telling me to wake up. I buried myself further into the sheet that was actually meant to be used to cover a bed not to as a blanket, but who cared? I was cold.
"Go away Isaac, I'm tired" I moaned. I knew it was Isaac from the sound of his voice
"Why are you downstairs?" He asked
"Stupid neighbours" I replied
"Was it bad?"
"Yup, I really don't want to remember the sounds, so please let me sleep it off" That sounded as stupid as I thought it would, but I didn't care
He didn't move, just stretched up and looked down at me with a disapproving look.
"Isaac go away before I kill you!" I said my voice was husky. No one interrupted my sleep, I wasn't a morning person either, so that didn't come to a good combination.
"I'm making breakfast, I thought you would want to be the first one to eat but" Isaac was the definition of evil in that moment "Oh well"
I poked my head out of the bed sheet and said "What is for breakfast?"
"Blueberry and Chocolate waffles, Croissants, Sausages and Eggs "
"I need coffee! Since you woke me up you are going to take responsibility" I said
"I'll bring you a cup through in a bit" He said with a smile "You gonna help me with breakfast?"
I let out a cackle "Like that is going to happen! I spent yesterday cooking with Kael. Go wake up Blake or Hayden, tell one of them to help you"
"Fine! Fine! Can you wake Blake up while I make your coffee? You like Lattes right?" I gave out a sigh and got out of the couch.
"Yeah Latte. Don't skimp on the sugar though" I said
"Like I would ever. Your cranky without a sugar rush" Isaac moaned
"I'm not a morning person" I replied with a shrug. "It's abnormal to have so much energy so early in the morning"
"Alright, alright. Hurry up and get Blake"
"Remember I'm doing you a favour, darling." I said with a smile
I ran up the stairs towards Blake's room. In the room was Blake, Theo, Zadkeil and Mihael. I gave a silent sigh of relief that Raphael wasn't in the room because that would have just messed with me. I skipped over to Blake. "Blaakeey, wakey, wakey" I said in a sickly sweet voice, messing with them like that, was enjoyable.
"Samara go away!" He said into the pillow. I gave a devious smile, if he wasn't going to wake up when I was being nice then that meant I would wake him up the best way I knew how.
I went into Blake's bathroom and soaked a rag in freezing cold water then skipped out again. "Blakee, wakey, wakey." I was going to give him a last chance. Boy was I feeling nice that morning.
He groaned and pulled a pillow over his head. I grinned. And pulled the pillow off his head and splashed him with the cold rag. He let a high pitch screech, that woke up the three others in the room. I let out a chuckle "Your helping Isaac with breakfast today" a grin spread across my face
"Why couldn't you woke me up the normal way?" He said
"Well I tried" I shrugged my shoulders "You just wouldn't wake up, so I went for the wet rag. Lucky I didn't get a bucket"
I know I said I wasn't a morning person, but the fact I had coffee waiting for me downstairs and the look on Blake's face, were things that were capable of postponing my morning mood.
I heard the two Benedict boys start into a fit of laughter.
"Samara, you have a really different personality than you let on" Mihael said chocking back his laugh.
"That's because she wasn't expecting you to wake up so, 'Shy Samara' was not present. But now you've spoken Samara will go into her hermit ways" That was enough to snap me straight into my morning mood, so I picked up the rag and shoved it down Blake's back. "Sorry, wrong time of the day to irritate you! I'm going downstairs now I promise" I walked out of the room with irritation. I needed coffee.
I ran straight to the kitchen to see my coffee sitting on the counter. I grabbed it, muttered a thanks and went to the living room. I opened up the curtains to the light drizzle of rain, the storm had eased up during the night, it seemed as if it would fade at any time now.
I walked back over to the couch and got comfortable, trying to fight back the tiredness that was beginning to overcome me again. I stared at the blank TV, I could see my reflection in the screen. I looked exactly like I felt, like an irritated zombie. If I did not have my cup of coffee already I probably would have crawled back to sleep until the food was ready.
Blake ran down the stairs and gave me daggers as he passed, apparently the guy didn't like getting soaked. After Blake came the other three, Theo, Mihael and Zadkeil, followed. They all came into the living room on sat on the couch on the other side of the room.
I began to sip at my coffee as if they weren't even there.
"What's for breakfast?" Zadkeil said .
I just looked at him and continued to drink my coffee.
"Did I do something wrong?" He was worried
"Nope" Theo intervened "she is just not a morning person. Once she's finished her coffee she will be normal"
"Oh" he seemed to understand the explanation fairly well
"Maybe in a good mood, depending on how many sugars are in it" Theo added.
I just pointed to the kitchen, that was enough of a indication that Isaac had made my coffee for me. Theo ran into the kitchen to ask Isaac and he came out with a smile.
"6 teaspoons, yup she's gonna be in a really good mood" I just smiled into the coffee, I knew i liked the cup more than usual.
"Whoa isn't six a lot?" Mihael joined into the conversation
"Naa Samara usually adds a lot more when she's in a bad mood, plus the girl has a massive sweet tooth" Hayden said whilst leaning up against the door
"What are you doing up?" Theo said. Hayden didn't crawl out of his bed until food was finished.
"I heard Blake's high pitched screech" he said with a smile, he turned to look at me "Was that you?"
I replied with a smile, Hayden and Kael were the two who truly appreciated the masterpieces that were pranks.
"Never thought the macho man could scream like that, wish I had seen it"
I looked into my empty cup and put it down on the coffee table then looked at Hayden. "I tried to wake him up in a normal way but he ignored me so I threw a wet rag on him" A devious smile flashed across my face "His face was priceless"
Hayden threw his head back in laughter. "What is the normal way Samara?"
I shrugged "The way mum wakes up Theo" I scratched the back of my head "I may or may not have called him 'Blakey' and told him to 'wakey, wakey'"
"Mum does not wake me up like that!" Theo shouted, obviously offended
"Yeah,right!" Hayden and I said in unison
"Wow!" Zadkeil said
"What?" Hayden said
"No I was just thinking that Samara has an amazing personality transformation" Before the coffee I would have said an insult in return, but I was on a sugar high so I just threw my head back and laughed.
"Lil sis here is usually laid back" Hayden said calmly "She had just met you yesterday and she doesn't do 'strangers' so well" I could tell there was an insult in there. "And she is the crankiest morning person you will ever meet only way to get her to not be cranky is to give her coffee filled of sugar. Oh and tip don't insult her unless your in her good books otherwise you will be dealing with a really irritated Samara!" It was a joke but there was a serious warning under his words. It was not pretty when I was mad.
"Yeah and at the moment your brother will need to work to get out of her bad books" Theo added
"Which brother?" Mihael asked
"Raphael" Theo said in return
Both Zadkeil and Mihael let out a laugh "What did the idiot do?"
Theo shrugged his shoulders and Hayden answered, trying not to laugh "First he called Samara 'little girl' which is stupid unless you want something to be broken" Theo was now trying not to laugh "And then he called Samara a 'little girl' now the last guy who said that to Samara ended up with a bloody nose and a broken arm"
"He did a lot more than call me 'little girl' Isaac!" I defended myself, the guy I gave a bloody nose to was some old, nasty, pervert. He deserved a lot more than what I gave him"
"What else did he do?" Zadkeil asked
"The guy tried to touch me up and before I had see him do the exact same to a much younger girl. So I got angry and did some move I saw whilst watching WWE" I said as if it was the same old story
"The guy was the height of my Dad but was a lot fatter!" Isaac said with a chuckle
"I should of broken his jaw, since he liked eating food so much" I muttered
"Your violent aren't you?" Mihael said
"Not violent, just someone you don't want angry" I replied with a grin
"Oh yeah, we might have training today" Theo said
"What?!" I said
"He can't. We just moved here and there was just a bloody storm!" Hayden added
"I heard him thinking that it would be good to have training if the storm lets up" Theo said
"Dammit! I don't wanna train, Dad always picks on me!" I pouted, sounding like a six year old but I could care less
"Yeah thats because your the one with least control over your powers!" Hayden said in a mature tone, contradicting my childish one
"Yeah but I'm amazing at telekinesis and I'm the best at my actual fighting skills"
"In a fight with a bad Savant who will use their main power do you think you can win?"
I threw up my arms "Ughh whatever!" I got up and strolled into the dining room, I knew that the breakfast was done. A grin spread across my face as I sat down, in what I was now claiming as 'my seat', and reached over to grab the food that was already placed in the centre of the table.
"Call everyone first!" Blake said, still angry about the whole wet rag thing
I took a deep breath.
"Samara don't you dare-"
"BREAKFAST IS READY!" I screamed at the top of my lungs, my voice resonating throughout the whole house
"Samara do you want people to have a heart attack?" Hayden said, whilst massaging his temples
"I was told to call everyone and that was what I did"
"Which of you two was stupid enough to use those choice of words?" Hayden said looking at Isaac and Blake with a raised eyebrow
"Blake" Isaac said immediately
"So when mum and dad complain your taking the blame" Hayden told Blake who was still rubbing his head
"Ah whatever"
Everyone bounded down the stairs and into the kitchen
"Oh wait! Today is MUMMY AND BLAKE DAY!" I said in a high pitch voice with a grin
"Oh my I almost forgot!" My mum said "We can go shopping, get massages and go to nice movie" A big smile began to spread across her face.
My brother gave me 'I'm going to kill you look' but I just blew him a kiss. My mother looked at me with concern
"How much sugar have you had Samara?" My dad said
"Isaac gave her 6 teaspoons" Theo snitched
"Isaac made your coffee?" My mother asked
"He woke me up so he took responsibility" I said calmly
Kael laughed "you woke her up? Were you ready to die?"
Isaac shrugged "I was making breakfast, she wasn't gonna kill me"
"You guys all act like this sweet girl is shark or a lion" Kareena said, I couldn't tell if she was amused or confused.
"Mrs. Benedict-" Kareena cut Isaac off
"Call me Kareena" her smile was soft yet adamant
"Sorry, Kareena. Samara is an amazing sister but she is also not a morning person, nor is she someone you want to irritate because well" Isaac couldn't seem to find the right words to describe me
"She enjoys messing with her brothers and when Samara is angry it is not the prettiest sight" My mum filled in the words my brother couldn't find.
"She tends to give double the amount she receives" Kael added
"Yet you guys continue to mess with me" I said with a raised eyebrow
They all just shrugged their shoulders and I laughed my head off, everyone was now at the table waiting for breakfast.
"How peoples personalities change" Cassiel said with a grin
"She is usually the centre of attention at dinner when its just us but she is really shy so last night her personality didn't come out" My father said. "Anyway Samara what was with the shouting? How many times have we told you not to do that?"
"Blame Blake!" I replied and leaned back in my chair
"Yeah the idiot told her to call everybody" Hayden said
"She knew what I meant!" Blake said defensively
"Come on you know me better already to know the way that I would take it" I laughed
"Whatever! Lets eat!" Blake shouted
We all laughed and began to dig into the food, this time I was one of the first to grab the food, I wanted both the chocolate and blueberry waffles.
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Once I got all the food I wanted I realised that Raphael was sitting opposite me at the table again, this time he was looking at me. His eyes seeped onto my skin, it sent sparks of electricity circulating through me, warming my skin and speeding the beat of my heart. I didn't want to meet his eyes, I couldn't, the effect they had would be way too embarrassing.
"Well I have certainly enjoyed my stay here" Naheul said
"Yes, the Demetrio's are excellent hosts" Angeline added with a smile
"Oh my Thank you" my brothers and I slyly rolled our eyes at our mother taking the praise for our work.
"There is this wonderful exhibition party that is going to be thrown soon. How about we all go" Kareena said with a sweet smile
"Ohh that sounds wonderful! Right kids?" My mum said, her voice making a squeal only dogs could hear, and me of course.
We all smiled and nodded, but I was pretty sure that none of us could be bothered for the hassle.
"Samara we will need to get you a dress!" My mum added, which made me choke. No way was I getting a dress
"Excuse me?" I said with the little breath that I had mustered
"Mum you know Samara and dresses don't go together" Blake said with a laugh
"Yeaa can't you put Blake in a dress?" I said
"Nonsense Samara! You never wear dresses and you will be wearing one to this exhibition!" her tone of voice was matter-of-fact
"But-"
"No buts! Blake and I are going shopping today you will join us!"
I looked at my mother, I got my stubbornness from her and I knew that I wasn't going to break her once she had set her mind to something, even if I tried the result would be an angry mama. And nobody wanted that.
"Fine!" I said throwing up my hands "The dress better be comfortable though!" If I was going to wear I dress I would not be in physical pain as well!
"Good! Now what courses are you picking for college?"
I had forgotten all about college. "Uhh..."
"Samara please tell me you have thought about it! I bet you Liana and Jael have thought about this months in advance!"
There it was. The comparison to other people my age.
"Yeah I have" Liana said. Did she not sense that I needed her to support me?
"So have I" Jael added. I had given up on him the moment Liana said yes.
"Ohh what have you two chosen?" My mother said excitedly
"I'm taking A levels in Art & Design, Media and Statistics" Liana hated reading so I wasn't surprised that she had picked something involving maths. She had always excelled when it came it numbers. "I'm going to do one year of Economics" she added at the end.
"And I'm taking A levels in English Literature, Photography and Art & Design. As well as doing 1 year of Government & Politics " Why was I not surprised they had chosen at least one A-level that was the same.
"See Samara?" I had a rough idea of what I wanted, so I guess I would pick on the spot.
"I know what I want to do, Ma" I said nonchalantly "No need to worry"
"Ohh go on" She was obviously calling my bluff
"A-levels in Psychology, Law and Computer science. AS level in Information and Communication Technology" I said calmly
"You just want to improve your hacking skills" Kael said with a smirk that I returned
"I'm learning law for a reason big brother"
"Samara!" My dad said angrily "What have we told you about hacking?"
"I was just joking pops! I haven't hacked since my previous masterpiece"
"That so wasn't funny Samara. I can never go into the building again" Isaac said, a slight redness seeping on his tanned skin
"What did she do?" Raphael asked. He moved his eyes away from me the first time the whole of breakfast.
"Hacked into the company and made everyone see a video of Isaac singing and dancing to 'I'm sexy and I know it'" Kael said, at the end he exploded into a fit of laughter as did everyone else at the table.
"It wasn't funny! That was the most embarrassing day of my life! What if someone uploaded it on the internet or something?" Isaac said
"Don't worry I had complete control of every single electrical thing in that place. They couldn't have recorded it if they wanted to" I said with a shrug
"That is some talent" Naheul said
"Why thank you. But I don't do it anymore, unless it was a life or death situation" I said looking at my parents
"Good girl" I grinned at my fathers response
After breakfast all of the guests left to their own homes. I let out a breath I did not know I was holding and turned to my parents and said "I'm going to have a nice bath, call me when its time to go" At that I ran up the stairs, a smile spread across my face. Even though I really didn't want to go shopping it was better than training. Anything was better than training. I ran into my bathroom where I indulged in a well earned bubble bath.