It was a beautiful Saturday morning. The sun was slowly coming up, revealing to the world the start of a new day.
Colours that ranged from purple to pink, coloured the still dark sky. The contrasting colours brought a new look to the sky. Making it seem like a magical moment.
It was a beautiful display of mother nature at its best, but I had no time to admire that beauty.
Why you ask?.....
Because I had spent the entire night up until morning watching back to back episodes of Titans the series, then went to watch all fifty something episodes of Black clover and finally finished off with Black Butler.
To say I was exhausted, would be an understatement.
I still sat on the couch, legs folded, eyes firmly glued to the television and mouth crunching on a few snacks.
After the last episode I stood up from my uncomfortable position stretching out my stiff limbs and took a look at the messy sitting area.
Crumbs of cookies were splattered on the couch cushions, wrappers of sweets and chocolates laid all over the floor and a half full packet of potato chips sat at an awkward angle at the corner of the seat.
I sighed in frustration as I began cleaning up the mess I had made.
Thirty minutes later the room was neat and tidy, as if last night's events had never taken place.
Looking at the clock on the side table, my eyes nearly fell out of their sockets. I turned to look outside to make sure the time of the clock was indeed right and not my imagination playing a cruel joke.
Beyond white, picket fences and green grass filled with flower beds was my arch nemesis...the sun. Halfway up the sky.
Geez, how long had I been watching for?
The heavyweight of my eyelids and continuous yawning informed me that indeed I had spent hours on end watching TV.
No wonder my mother kept telling me my life was going to waste away infront of a large screen.
I didn't believe her, but now I definitely do.
Picking up my blue blanket in a bundle, I rushed upstairs to catch a quick nap.
Some time later in the day, I heard the loud annoying ring of my cellphone....discarded somewhere in my room.
Too disorientated, I had trouble looking for the device, soon after came a new loud bang coming from downstairs.
Giving up on my phone, I got out of bed and made my way to the door.... without checking in the mirror.
The banging continued ferociously which just pissed me off more.
Throwing the door wide open I answered with a rude "What!", Scowl firmly placed on my face.
"Woah, what a beautiful sight. Messy hair, drool on the face....very attractive."
Came the annoyingly, enchanting yet teasing voice of Nicholi.
He seemed to look good in a white shirt, black jeans and bed hair.
Gotta love the bed hair. I'm trying it too...only it doesn't look half as good as his.
"What?"
I asked again, this time fairly pissed because no matter how hot he was, no one woke me from my sleeptime.
I am well aware that Nicholi is a total badass, who can kill with a single glance, but I am a maniac with zero brain cells when woken up.....I fight crazy!
The tall boy rolled his eyes at me while clicking his tongue.
Did he just click his tongue at me?....ohh this boy is getting on my nerves, I swear!
"You were supposed to contact me for the assignment.... remember?"
I gave a dull look as the information processed in my head, as soon as it did a lightbulb shone on top of my head.
"Oh yeah....alright come in"
I moved to the side to let him enter,closed the door and walked to my room with him on my tail.
Kicking my door room open; cause that's what I do, Nicholi stared at me with a brow raised and I simply shrugged at him.
"Okay well, welcome to my humble abode. That's my bed where I sleep, eat and occasionally plan people's demise. Over there is my personal heaven; which would be other's hell, my bathroom and last but not least"
Falling onto the soft bean bag chair, feet dug in the furry large rug
"This is my relaxation place"
Nicholi eyed my room, moving his eyes from one part of the room to the other.
While he took his sweet time admiring my lovely estate, it slowly dawned onto me that I, socially awkward Reign had a boy in my room.
But not just any boy.....Nicholi freaking Herricks!
What was I supposed to do, do I start up some sort of conversation? Do I ask him about his day?
What do normal people act like?
"Sooo...."
I had nothing else.....just that....nada!
"Your room's pretty cool."
I smiled in thanks
"I mean it's better than what I thought it'd be"
I raised a brow at that. What did he mean by that?
"What do you mean by, better?"
He took a seat on the beanbag chair across mine, one leg was stretched out on the rug while the other stayed at a right angle. He layed back into the chair and answered
"Well, I thought I'd come up and see all shades of pink decorating the room, stuffed toys on the bed and romance novels packed on the shelves."
I laughed at that
"Okay first of all I hate pink, disgusted by romance novels and thrive in dark colours. Secondly, there is nothing wrong with stuffed animals."
He raised a brow at that, lips slightly lifted at the corner in a miniscule smile
"So you do have stuffed animals?"
I rolled my eyes as I sat up and walked to the closet, opening it I revealed my collection of stuffed animals
"Tada"
I jazz hands at him. He laughed at the unexpected show of toys...and the fact that I showed no shame.
Let's be honest though, I've lost the ability to be ashamed of myself.
"Wow, you really are something"
"Yes, yes I am!"
I proudly proclaimed with my head held high, hands on hips and a wide smile decorating my face.
Nicholi chuckled once again and.,.oh man the things that chuckle did to me.....I mean pfft, whatevs.
As soon as I packed away my not so shameful hobby, we began our work.
To be honest I thought that I'd be the one doing all the work while Nicholi sat there looking pretty...but apparently I was wrong.
He was a good partner and we did the work in equal amounts. To say the least, Nicholi was complacent.
After three and a half hours, we were finally halfway through.
"Ugh, I can't take it anymore. Let's rest up a bit."
Throwing myself carelessly onto the bed, I wined a complaint at my partner.
Nicholi stood up from his position on the bean bag and stretched his arms, above his head.
The action caused his shirt to ride up, revealing the bottom part of his sturdy abs that followed down a deep v-line, slowly disappearing down dangerously low hanging jeans.
Can you say mouth watering?
"Enjoying the show?"
I looked up from the wondrous abs to the gorgeous face of Nicholi.
Why did I think he was creepy again? I must have been high, this guy is hot as hell!
"Get over yourself, I wasn't looking at you. I was.....looking at the poster behind you"
He looked to the back of himself where he saw a poster of a cat with a top hat, quoting "puur-fectly radiant!"
Nicholi looked back at me, brow raised and amusement in his eyes.
"So you're drooling over a picture of a cat?"
My eyes widened as I began wiping around my mouth. Nicholi laughed at my actions
Wait a second....I didn't have anything on me did I?
I gave him a death glare, which just made him laugh more. Just for that I gave him a not so nice hand gesture.
"You're a douche!"
"Yeah yeah"
Getting up from my bed I went out to the kitchen.
"Oh come on Reign, it's nothing to be ashamed of. I get it, you think I'm hot."
"Or I just find a picture of a cat with a top hat saying it's 'puur-fectly radiant' really attractive."
Nicholi gave me a "really" look and I just smiled widely at him.
"Do ya want popcorn or ice cream?"
"Can't I have both?"
"Good choice"
Placing a bag of popcorn into the microwave I set it for three minutes, then took out two spoons and a large tub of ice cream from the fridge.
When the popcorn finished, we made our way to the sitting room and binged on Netflix series. While of course munching on our snacks.
It was around eight at night while watching a horror film, the door clicked open.
"Holy Moses, what was that?"
I asked Nicholi slightly frantic.
"Calm down, it's probably nothing"
I gave him a "are you crazy" look while rapidly shaking my head.
"Seriously? That's what people in movies always say before they start running from a crazed maniac with a hockey mask!"
He gave me a deadpan look, as if saying I was ridiculous and just paranoid.
Well excuse me for being cautious! I don't want to die!
"Ray, you really need to get your head outta the clouds. This is real life-"
"Yeah, meaning it is gonna be even more painful getting killed Nicholi!"
I whisper yelled at him...still frantic.
A small click came from the hallway, causing me to slightly jump from the couch.
Too afraid to really care about embarassing myself, I held onto Nicholi's arm, legs to my chest.
"Well I don't mind this position."
He smirked down at me while I just rolled my eyes.
The creak of a wooden plank caused me to forget my irritation towards Nicholi and instead use him as a shield while I squirmed in fright.
"Geez, how about we go and check it out then?"
I shook my head rapidly in denial, but that didn't stop him from standing up and walking towards the dark hallway.
Since he was my shield, and I didn't want to be left alone in a dark room with a possible killer in my house, I followed after him
We walked in the light less long passage, my breathing almost nonexistent. I kept fairly close to Nicholi, my chest close to his back.
"Could give me some room to atleast breathe?"
I shook my head once again in denial at his request. He sighed in frustration and continued to walk forward.
Coming to a halt in the dining room, my eyes widened as we saw....nothing
"See, nothing. You were worried for nothing."
"This is bad"
"Wait what, isn't it a good thing there wasn't anything?"
My eyes grew once again in fright, slightly shivering from feeling the creeps crawl over my bare arms.
"Haven't you watched horrors? When you don't find anything at first, it means you're definitely gonna die as something shows outta nowhere, snatches you and drags you to the darkest part of the house. Then turns your guts into mush and slurps you like a shake.!"
"Really?"
He face palmed and shook his head in mild disappointment.
"Yesss, and-"
I was about to tell him more about how the creature could turn us into mince meat roast, but a hand clasping over my shoulder stopped me mid-sentence.
Not wasting time; cause I ain't a moron girl in a horror film, I screamed out loud hands raised and pushed Nicholi aside.
"Eat him, not me!"
The lights then came on and there stood in place of the great horror beast I thought was there, was my mother.
"Reign! What did I say about watching horror films in the night?"
I laughed lightly at her, scratching the back of my neck in embarassment.
"Aah....hey mum. When did you get here? Hehe"
My mother gave me a deadpan look and shook her head.
I feel like I've been getting those a lot today.
"Reign, go to sleep and- who are you?"
My mother finally asked as she took notice of the other person in the room.
"Nicholi Herricks, pleasure to meet you"
He introduced himself, voice deep and husky while shaking hands with my mother. She slightly blushed and shied away.
Can you say ew!?
"Okay, well it was a pleasure to meet you Nicholi. Reign, go to bed."
"Yes ma'am"
I mock saluted at her. She walked up the stairs presumably to her room for a long slumber
"Well that was an emotional rollercoaster"
Nicholi gave a deadpan look and I smiled widely at him with my hands on my hips