"Surprised, Valerie? You really look speechless?" he demanded. I responded, "Nothing ooh Kevin, just that I didn't expect this from you, I…" he walked to me and silenced me by putting his hand on my lips and addressed,"Don't say anything Valerie. Now, I'll do the talking and you'll do the listening, okay?" I nodded, took me by my hand, got me under the mistletoe and continued,"Valerie! You might think I'm crazy to say this. You might think it is too early for me to say this but I've been trying so hard to keep it all to myself but I don't think I can do it any longer. I love you Valerie and I want to make you mine. I want you to become my girlfriend, I want you to spend the rest of your lifetime with me. You can give me the answer whenever you're ready." With a pretentious emotional face, I held his hand and said,"Kevin, you might think I'm crazy too because every guy expects a good and a girl with an integrity will be like I'll think about it but Kevin, I don't have to think about it because I already have the answer. Since the day I set my eyes on you at that gym, I…I felt a kind of way that I've never felt before. I knew that you were the one even though you were not my boyfriend. I was crushing on you ever since, Kevin, I love you more and I want to be that girl that makes you happy, that supports and protects you. I love you." He gasped and I hugged him. My plan is finally going to work, he has fallen deep into my trap and I'm going to deal with him greatly. He gave a bracelet made of silver, I smiled and gave him a peck on his cheeks. We went to at my favourite place at the beach to talk.
"So tell me, since when did you find out that you love me Kevin?" I carped softly while my head was on his shoulder. "I loved you Valerie, ever since the day I set my handsome eyes on you. I saw you the very first day you and your friends walked into the hotel. When I saw you, I fell head over heels in love with you but I was so much afraid of saying it because I knew you were a girl with integrity so I kept getting myself together," he said. "Awwh that's so sweet of you Kev," I remarked. We observed some moments of silence for some time, I then remembered that, I needed to get back to the hotel because Bryant and Cindy would be very worried about me since I left the hotel in the morning. Remembering all these I yelled,"Oops! Sorry Kev but I have to go, Bryant and Cindy would be very worried about me since I left the hotel room in the morning. Kisses dear, I gotta go." Kevin cuddled me and said,"Okay dear, I'll escort you to the hotel, let's go." We walked hand in hand together and went to the hotel, when we got to our door, he gave me a peck on my forehead and we said goodnight to each other. Now, Kevin has fallen flat into my plan so it's left with me to play carefully. When I got into the room, I saw Bryant and Cindy sleeping already. It was just eight o'clock and they don't sleep this early so I wondered that which was wrong with them. I placed my hand on their heads to check if their temperature was high, but I realize it wasn't hot at all, so why are they sleeping at this time of the day. I gave the both of them a goodnight kiss and said,"Heaven knows how much I love you guys, I want to listen to you guys but the thing is that, I am too hurt with what Justin did to me and I want to take my revenge on Kevin, who's his brother. But I assure you guys that I will be very careful." I went to take a shower and slept quietly on my bed.
[Cindy's POV (Point Of View)]
We pretended as if we were sleeping so that we'll see what Valerie will do when she returns from wherever she was coming from. I was touched with what she said, at such a tender age she had to go through a lot of problems. She lost her dad, little sister and brother, and now her first boyfriend had cheated on her. How cruel can the world get at her? Few minutes after she slept, Bryant and I decided to wake up. I could see frustration in his eyes, I mean Bryant's eyes. He had being Valerie's best friend since childhood so he has all the rights to be worried. Looking at how worried he was, I asked,"What do you think we have to do about this. I don't have to tell you about Valerie again, you know that if she plans to do something, no one can ever change her mind right?" He looked at me and agreed, "You are right about that Cindy, now we have to think about something to help her achieve her aims without getting hurt. I know my Valerie very well Cindy and I know that, she is soft-hearted, she will rather fall H of H for Kevin and I don't want that flirt to hurt her just his brother." "So what do you suggest we do now Bryant?" I asked nervously. He responded,"I don't really know Cindy, I just don't know what we gotta do to save my sweet angel Valerie. For now, we have to keep our eyes open and keep it on her. I bought a voice tracker this morning, and in case she finishes dressing up to go, we'll put it on the cloth she's wearing. Then anything they discuss, we'll hear it all and we also have to follow them wherever they go so that tracking them down will much more easier." "Wow Mr Bryant Lytton, I guess you got a lot of ideas in this your small handsome head," I remarked while throwing my hands around his neck. Bryant is the sweetest and loveliest boy, I've ever met and I'm really enjoying his love. We played our love plays and later decided to go out for some walk on the streets. It was really fun.
The next day, Bryant gave me the voice tracker and I placed it on Valerie's dress she had prepared to wear. She sat in front of the dressing mirror to dress herself, suddenly "Valerie!" I yelled, "Don't you think it's been long since we went out together as friends. I missed my Valerie, the lovely girl that is always happy and tries to make others happy as well. Where is she Miss, tell her to come back." She stood up after dressing, checked herself in the mirror and said,"Let me tell something Cindy, you can't be down always, you have to show them that you are more than a warrior. Cindy, that your Valerie is still here in my heart but will only emerge if she takes revenge against those people that took away her joy." She walked out of the room, banging the door behind her loudly. I quickly called Bryant to rush straight out to watch where she was going to while I meet him later downstairs. I quickly dressed up, picked up Bryant's medicines and rushed downstairs. Wow Bryant and I made a great investigators, we disguised ourselves so that they'll not recognize us even if they see us. This time around, they went to a cafeteria, where Kevin went to serve himself and Valerie as well. I went to bring a glass of water for Bryant to take his medicine while we were spying on them and also listening to what they were discussing. I saw smiles on Valerie's face, and a tears dropped from my eyes. In such a long time, I mean after the incident of Justin betraying and cheating on Valerie, she changed totally, she hardly smiles, eats little and talk less. Maybe if I were her, I would have done worse because, it was not easy to loose your first love, your first boyfriend. We kept a close watch on Valerie and Kevin that we hardly drank the tea we served ourselves. We were so tired because they sat that just talking about love for over an hour, I felt like easing up myself so I excused myself to the washroom. When I got there, a tall and hot guy stopped me and asked,"Beautiful lady, where are you going all alone." I felt that, there was no need to answer since he saw me holding the handle of the washroom door but you may never know who such person was so I replied,"Washroom, any problem?" He walked towards me casually which made me wonder what he was coming to do. This sent a shiver down my spine, I began to stammer,"Wha…what… are you…you…do…doing?" We spent over thirty minutes just on this, I just hope that the worrying nature of Bryant will drag him to this place. The stranger crossed me with his two hands and continued,"Has anybody told you how beautiful you look in this dress? Well, I am the one telling you this, your lips look good for a match dear." I will always trust Bryant for his wonderful protection. He came out of the blue and ordered,"Leave her alone you son of a bitch!" The stranger turned to face the person talking to him only to receive a hot punch on his face. Bryant then gave him a kind of beating that brought blood out of his nose and could not even stand up from the floor because he was very weak. "Next time you see anyone close to me, make sure you pass by them because if you do anything funny with them by trying to hurt them then have yourself to be blamed," Bryant bluster. It felt really good to have someone to protect me, Bryant made go to ease myself, washed my hands but when we were about to leave the washroom, the stranger who was still lamenting, sniffed, "Trust me kid when I say this, I'll definitely get back at you. I will make sure you pay and suffer more pain than what I am suffering, I will have sex with her right in front of you but you will not be able to do anything. Always keep this." Bryant wanted to go and beat him again but I held him back and we left the room.
Oh my goodness, I don't know why bad luck has decided to stay in us. When we got back from the washroom, we realized that, Valerie and Kevin were no longer in the cafeteria. Where would we find them in such a big city? We were worried and annoyingly, we were only hearing their voices. We were already tired so we decided to just listen to their conversation and later keep our eyes on them. I was also thinking about the threat that the guy in the washroom gave us, he really looked like someone who partakes in such activities, and him being a partaker means that we were in danger. The fact that, Valerie doesn't always stay in the hotel, got me into confusion, she can even be kidnapped by someone.
Now, Valerie spends little time with us than before. She goes to spend time with Kevin all day without even sparing us a moment to recall old memories together. I really do miss Valerie. "Now that we are all alone what do you prefer we do?" I asked Bryant with a serious face. He placed his hands around my waist and dived his lips into mine. It was such a pleasure for me to receive my first kiss from Bryant.