•Previously•
What happened to you?"
"I had a little accident. There was a thief in the house."
"This mansion? No way."
"She didn't steal anything. Why would she stab me and how did she get in? The guards were everywhere and nobody saw her out."
"Unless..."
"It's someone from the inside!"
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•Now•
°Madelaine's POV°
"Nik?" I faced him as he put on his coat.
"Hmm? What's wrong baby?" He strode towards me and kissed my cheek.
"Can I talk to you?" I took a deep breath.
"You're talking to me." He smirked.
"Nik, I'm serious." I glared at him.
"Ok, ok, go on." He put both his arms in the air.
"What if the person who stabbed me is living in this house?" He thought for a while.
"I'll find out soon. Do you have anyone particular in mind?" He ruffled his hair.
"Ye- no." I spoke changing my mind, I hated lying to him, but she threatened me. I can't tell him about Velix's sister. She's a real psycho, just like her brother. And the fact that she is living here as Veronica. I have to keep my eyes on her.
"It's ok Laine boo, you can tell me." He teased.
Laine Boo?
"I don't want to blame the wrong person. Let's just wait for the right information from your men."
"Alright. We can stay you know?" He said for the third time. He had been telling me it's fine to stay home but I said no.
"Let's go." Ignoring him I descended the stairs and went straight to the garage. Standing next to a white sports car. It looks nice. But it'll be too loud. We're only going to ride to school anyway.
"Do you want this one?" He tilted his head to the white car and held out the key.
"No." I replied.
"Ok." He got in the white car and turned on the engine. Right, of course, he never listens.
I opened the car door and was going to step inside but he closed the door from inside and got out of the car. "What?" I questioned.
"You can't get in yet." He opened my door and signaled for me to get in. "Now you can." I rolled my eyes and smiled, saying thank you. I got in and he closed the door after.
On the way to school, Nik told me to not wait for him when we reach there, so I didn't.
I walked to my locker, looking around hoping to find Daisy or Nana.
"Boo!" Screamed someone in my ear.
"Oh my god!" I turned around and Nana's face came to view with her wide gorgeous smile.
"Hiya! Did you miss me?" She smiled still.
"Of course I miss you, Nana." She spun around randomly and hugged me. She's a weird little fluff ball.
"Let's get to class!" I took a look around trying to find Daisy while taking out books from my locker. "Don't worry bout her. She's in the janitor's room." Nana pulled me with her and sat next to me in class.
"It's nice of you to finally join us today, Miss Key." Said Ms. Prime.
"Of course Ms. Prime, I wouldn't miss more of your class," I replied back. She glanced at me for a while then back at everyone else.
"We'll be discussing..." I zoned out as soon as I stared out the window. Is that...? What are they doing out there?
I sat near the window so I was able to see the view which is our school's field. I definitely didn't expect to witness this. There were a few people gathering in the middle of the field. Most of them wore suits. The man in the middle of the group was Nik.
Someone caught my eye, the principal. He's one of the men in suits too. I can't quite see their facial expressions but they seem agitated.
Nik craned his neck up and caught me looking at them. Or did he?
He didn't move his eyes from me. He kept staring at who knows where. Later, he said something to the people and then they dispersed. He stayed there for a while and looked in my direction again. This time I'm sure he really is looking at me. He walked towards the school door not tearing his eyes from me.
The teacher was calling random names to answer the questions she has on the whiteboard. The door of our class banged open, which caused everyone to jump in their seats.
Nik walked inside gracefully, dominating all presence. He stopped in front of me and shooed away my seatmate. Nana got up and sat on another empty chair without any question. He sat perched on the now empty seat beside me and cleared his throat once. He pulled out his phone without a care in the world and started typing away.
"I'm sorry Mr...?" Said Ms. Prime, trying to remember the name of the student she never met.
"It's Russo." Nik said nonchalantly not looking up from his phone.
"Nik, be polite." I hushed him.
He turned off his phone and put it back inside his coat pocket then looked up at Ms. Prime. "You can call me Mr. Russo, Ms. Prawn."
"It's Ms. Prime. I haven't seen you before, are you a new student?"
"Yes, I am. You can talk to the principal and he'll tell you about me." He yawned and faced me.
I shook my head and signaled with my eyes trying to tell him something but he obviously missed it.
"You're so pretty." He brushed my hand like nobody is watching.
I slapped his hand away and focused on the whiteboard. Now that all the students have answered their questions on the whiteboard, they had all gone back to their own seats.
Everyone's eyes were on us. Since the teacher was standing in front of us, it's no wonder. Dead silence.
Nik being Nik, he decided to end it. "Miss, don't you have anything to do? Like teaching maybe?" He shrugged.
"Yes I do, but unless you have a student ID card I can't do anything but to have you out of my class, Mr. Russo." Ms. Prime crossed her arms in front of her chest and pressed on her boobs so they looked more pushed up.
"With all respect Ms. Prime. Please call the principal right now and ask him if I'm a student and he'll tell you about it." Nik proceeded to speak and she looked shocked for a second.
A tiny second.
"Mr. Russo, please kindly exit my class because I have not been informed about any new student that will be attending 'my' class. And I do not wish to waste any of the principal's time." Miss Prime took off her glasses and tugged on her shirt between her breasts.
"Oh come on Miss. You know you can call him." Nik smirked as if he knows something. "Or I can call him for you." He dialed a number. "Excuse me." He said before speaking, "I need you here in class mister principal. Could you 'please' come?" He emphasized the last sentence and ended the call with a sigh, he brushed his hand through his hair.
A few seconds later, the principal entered the room, and any hushed conversation the students were having had died down.
"Yes, Mr. Russo." Said the principal standing in the doorway.
"Tell Miss Prawn here that I am really a student." Miss Prime looked annoyed and I understand her. But Nik is bad with names, or is he?
"Miss Prime, he is a student. He enrolled just today, so he might not look like a proper student right now. But tomorrow he will wear the uniform assigned by the school and he also will follow all the rules in this school." The principal announced and avoided the glare he received from the young man beside me.
"Nik, that's enough," I whispered. He huffed and slumped in his seat.
"Alright, thank you for your time Mr, Francesco." The teacher nodded at the principal and went back to teaching. Everyone was whispering about the situation that has become a new topic right now.
"Cara." He called softly while pulling at the hem of my shirt. (Darling)
"Hm?"
"Are you mad at me?"
"Mmh." I hummed the 'no' tone.
"Hmm." He hummed back.
"Don't argue with me!" I tsked at him.
"Then don't be stubborn and talk to me bebè." He brushed out thighs together under the table.
I wish the table wasn't connected.
"Hey." Somebody tapped Nik's shoulder with the butt of a pencil. From the corner of my eye, I saw pink bitch.
To be honest, I don't even know her name.
Nik rolled his eyes and scraped his seat against the tiled floor so he sat a few inches away from pink bitch. I followed his action and he raised an eyebrow at me.
"Miss, isn't four times five twenty?" I said when I noticed she wrote four times five twenty-five instead of twenty.
"Oh right, sorry." She scanned her eyes across the classroom and stopped at one person longer than the others. Nik.
I purposely cough loudly, closing my mouth with my hands. She shifted one foot to another before turning back to the whiteboard. I looked at my hands for a while and my eyes went wide. Well, karma's a real bitch.
I stared at it for too long, Nik joined and stared at my hands with wide eyes as well. "Laine are you ok?" He panicked.
"I'm fine, I guess." Why's the room spinning? I held on to Nik's arm with my other hand.
"Come on baby, I'm taking you out of here." Nik held me up and carried me outside with the teacher screaming for us to come back. Like what the fuck ma'am? I'm coughing blood. I'm about to die, man, have some conscience.
While Nik was wasting his energy to carry me, I looked up at the bright sky. What a good day to die.
Yeah, I lost consciousness on the way. That's how I died.
♪
Why am I still alive?
Because satan shooed me back to Earth.
Why?
He said I watched too much porn. More than average people do.
I mean, am I really sinning?
I don't think so.
Nik is answering a call right now.
"You sure it's him?"
I don't know what he's talking about.
"Kill him if you're a hundred percent sure, but if it turns out it's not him that ratted us you know the consequences of killing the innocent." He blurted.
He turned to me and tossed his phone.
"Baby, why did you skip your pills?" He sat beside me and pulled the cover over me.
"I think it's not the right pill." I held the cover.
"Is that so?" I nodded. "I'll personally get the new pills for you ok?" I blinked once. "Everybody has their own most prized possession, and you're mine baby." He kissed my forehead and combed through my hair. He likes doing that. "I don't want anything to happen to you. Do you hear me?" I nodded and he pecked my lips. "Good girl. Stay here ok?" I nodded, not feeling like talking to anyone but myself.
He got out of the room and closed the door behind him. I sat up from the bed and stretched my limbs.
What do I do now?
Why not take a bubble bath? No.
Go back to sleep? No.
Cuddle with pillows? Yes. Yes. Yes.
Just as I was about to cuddle my pillow, a knock sounded on the door.
"Come in." I said.
The person slipped through the door and closed it back. He walked towards the bed and flopped onto it.
"Who are you?" I asked.
He rolled over next to me and said, "The name's Ponzzo." He extended his hand for a handshake.
I looked at him suspiciously and shook his hand with mine. "Madelaine."
"I know, nice to meet you. I'm the brother of the owner of the bed I'm laying on." He clicked his tongue and winked.
"What?" I processed for a while and realization hit me. "Oh. Nice to meet you."
"You too. So are you his girlfriend or?"
I nodded. "Yes." He smirked and nodded approvingly. "If you don't mind me asking, what are you doing here?"
He raised an eyebrow, "I wanted to meet you. He never introduce you before, did he?"
I shook my head.
"How are you?" He propped his head, putting his arms behind his head.
"Not bad." I laid back.
"Are you guys getting married soon?" I looked at him with wide eyes.
I shook my head quickly.
"Oh, I see." He smiled.
The door busted open. I jumped from the bed and fell to the floor.
I looked up facing a worried Nik. "Sorry baby." He ran to me and helped me up.
I closed my face with my hands. So embarrassing.
"Did you just fall with style?" Ponzzo laughed out loud.
I took the pillow and covered my face with it.
"Fuck off Ponz." Nik cursed.
"What?" Ponzzo played dumb and rolled over every inch of the bed. "Why do you get the comfiest bed of all?" He asked Nik.
"We all have the same bed." Nik looked at him like he grew four eyes.
"Oh really? Well, it feels different. Maybe because there's a woman on your bed." He winked.
I rolled my eyes internally.
"What do you want?" Nik asked sitting on the sofa.
"What could I possibly want from my brother?" We both looked at him expecting an answer. He sighed loudly. "They found the rat. Killed him actually. I hope you know what he does for a living or I'm gonna be dead for saying all these in front of you." He pointed his finger at me.
I nodded.
"You're really vocal." He teased.
I rolled my eyes.
"Get out now." Nik shooed him.
"Why?" Ponzzo asked.
"Because this is my room." Nik rolled his eyes.
Ponzzo too rolled his eyes. He got up from the bed and walked out the door, "See you soon bella." (beautiful)