Part 1:
With all the running I've been doing I probably lost a pound or two. After my getaway I got in my tuk and went back home, then I was questioned by my mum about Bora Bora since I didn't give her enough details the night before and then my sister questioned me about what my dad said before he left.
"You said you would explain today so explain" I'm surprised she remembered but then again when she wants to know something she can be pretty persistent. We went to my room and sat down on my bed before I started explaining.
"I met two guys while I was in Bora Bora then dad said and I quote "don't do anything you'll regret later on in life" you know how he is" I rolled my eyes at this cause I still wasn't over my annoyance at what he said.
"Two guys huh? My sister is a player!" She said while wiggling her eyebrows. I knew she was going to pull some nonsense like this.
"They're my friends! I'm allowed to have guy friends you know?" I was so annoyed because I know she'll never let this go and because she'll definitely embarrass me in front of them.
"Sure they are. What are their names?"
"Cole and Rocky and yes they are my friends" I said annoyed.
"Lose the attitude. What do they look like and how did you meet them?"
"You'll see them anyway so I don't need to describe them and I met one of them in Bora Bora and the other on the flight back".
"Have you told mum and dad about them?"
I just sighed and replied "why do you think dad told me not to do anything I'll regret later on in life? We wouldn't even be having this conversation if I didn't tell them" I was just tired now and I wanted to lie down.
"You need to stop being so rude and being such a brat. I'm trying to have a normal sister conversation with you and you don't even try. Don't try and say that you feel left out or that we aren't close because when we do try and talk to you, you're always an ass" she left after that and I just fell on my back and lay on my bed.
She always did this, she would piss me off and then tell me there's something wrong with me. Whenever she had a conversation with me it's usually because she wants to know something and sometimes I'm just not in the mood to deal with it, then she would leave but not before giving me the whole don't say we don't try and talk to you or whatever speech. It's happened so many times now that I'm over it.
I spent most of my day at the mall and since I had only woken up at around 12 in the afternoon today it was already night time. These past few days have been really exhausting and I had to hang out with Cole after he arrives from the airport tomorrow so I had a wash and got ready for bed. This time I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow since I was absolutely exhausted. My last thought before I slept was what would have happened today if Axel had seen me.
The next morning I woke up because of my alarm and as usual I stayed in bed for an hour before getting up and being productive. Cole would get here in about an hour or two and then my mum would question him before she let me go out with him. I planned on taking him to the mall today but I wasn't sure if he wanted to go there so our plans weren't exactly solid.
I made sure my room was clean and that the house was clean before having a shower and getting dressed. I let my hair air dry and tied it in a loose, low ponytail. Then I got some clothes out of my cupboard and laid them on my bed. My outfit consisted of a cropped, short sleeved hoodie that had a cameo print and black jeans. If anyone knows the Sri Lankan weather y'all are probably wondering why in the hell I'm wearing a hoodie. Reason one is just in case I have another situation like yesterday I would be ready and reason two is because I don't really like wearing clothes that show a lot of skin. There's nothing wrong with showing skin at all so don't take it that way. I just have a preference for baggy clothes and it's a cropped hoodie with SHORT sleeves. There's A/C in the mall too so I won't die cause of the heat anyway and I'm used to it by now too. Moving on from this discussion about the weather.
I got dressed and by then maybe 30 or 40 minutes had passed and Cole called to tell me he arrived at his house and he would be here in 30 minutes so I just watched TV and after I got bored I called Snape so I could bother him.
"Hello Danielle. May I know why you're calling me?"
"Well Snape-"
"You never listen do you?"
"No, I really don't."
"What do you want?" He asked aggravated.
"Well frankly I'm really bored and was hoping you would converse with me"
"Danielle I gave you this number so you could call me during emergencies or when you really needed to. Not so you could call me when you're bored"
"Me being bored is an emergency though. I could die of boredom!"
I could just imagine him rolling his eyes when he said this "I doubt that's going to happen, now I'm going to hang up"
"Alrighty then Snape. By the way, I'm going out with a friend today"
"Which friend is this?"
"Someone I met in Bora Bora. His name is Cole"
"I would like to meet him. When can that be arranged?"
"He will be coming to school so you can meet him there. Nice talking to you Snape"
He just sighed and hung up. I looked at my phone in disbelief and said...
"Well, that's rude"
"What's rude?" Cole's head popped up from behind my door frame and then he waltzed into the room.
"I talked to your mum for like 10 minutes outside and she said she wants to talk to you"
I got up and made my way towards the door but while I was passing him I said "I'm surprised she didn't scare you away" loud enough so he could hear but not loud enough that anyone outside could. He just laughed and sat on my bed.
"Mum you wanted to talk to me?"
"Yes, sit down"
"I took a seat on the chair opposite her and then she started talking
"I was talking to him then I asked him a few questions too and I wanted to tell you I'm okay with him" in other words that means she approved and she likes him.
"Thanks mum. Can we leave now?"
"Where are y'all going?"
"I haven't really had a chance to ask him yet but the mall probably"
'Don't stay out too late and bring me back something to eat"
"Sure"
I got up and walked into my room to find Cole gawking at the funko pops on my bedside table. There was one of Jack Sparrow and the other was Nearly Headless Nick but he was looking at the Jack Sparrow one.
"You can buy them at the mall I was planning on taking you to. That's if you want to go there or if you want you can take this one"
"No, no, it's fine and I'm cool with going to the mall. What's it called?"
"One Galle Face and if you want I can buy one for you instead of you having to spend money. It can be like of those welcome to this awesome country type of presents"
"You can buy me one thing but that's all. I have my own money anyway"
I just rolled my eyes but agreed "alright, fine. I'm gonna book a tuk now"
I booked the tuk and it came a few minutes later. The ride there was pretty uneventful except for Cole saying he's never been in one of these before and then me replying that he's been missing out. After we got to the mall he tried to pay but I already had the cash out so I forced it into the tuk driver's hand.
We walked around the whole mall twice and we had a ton of bags by the time we decided to eat. We went to the closest Sushi place and ate to our hearts content but I had this tiny feeling that something was wrong and then I saw him. Axel was here and he was walking towards where I was sitting, I put my hood up and kept my head low until I was sure he passed and then I lifted my head again.
"What was that for?" Cole asked me confused
"Can you see that guy wearing the white t shirt and he's on his phone?"
He nodded so I continued "he's the first elemental and he's somewhat of a caretaker/guardian person and a huge pain in the ass to me. I also didn't tell him I was leaving for a month and he apparently cares"
"Give me one minute.... So what you're saying is that he's the fire elemental and that he has been assigned to take care of you, and you didn't tell him you were leaving for a whole month" he finished his rant and looked at me to see if he was correct.
"Yep, that's basically it"
"Wait hold on. You said he was a pain to you, does that mean he likes you or something?"
"He does not like me! If anything he really hates me and he thinks I'm a huge pain in the ass too"
"Maybe he's acting like he doesn't like you but he actually does"
I literally choked on my drink and Cole got to my side and started patting my back. After my near death experience I finally could talk again and said
"He does not like me at all, he thinks I'm dangerous. A hazard and he probably thinks I don't deserve my powers either"
"Oh, well for what it's worth I think that you deserve your powers and that he didn't mean what he said"
After that I didn't want to argue with him at all so I left it alone. I thought that the bad feeling I had would fade away by now but it kind of increased. It has been ten minutes of me squirming in my seat and I was about to tell Cole that something was bothering me when this frantic shop owner came and forced me out of my seat and dragged me with her. The fire alarm went off immediately after that and I started running towards the place people were running away from.