Simi felt all the muscles in her body relax and she felt like all her worries never existed. Simi wished she could stay here all night but she had a mission to get there in the morning….
As a student.
She wanted to look presentable tomorrow because her lack of sleep was visible as she often had huge eyebags
Simi felt a pair of eyes staring at her from a distance. She opened her eyes and looked around the pool area but there was nobody there.
Strange.
She knew someone was watching her even though she hadn't seen the person in question.
Simi's gaze fell on a silhouette at the mansion for a castle.
Wait?
He or she could see her?
From what she could see, it was a guy and he had his hands in his pocket. And he was staring at her. His green pair of eyes watching her with his head leaned on the wall.
Simi felt her heart skip at the sight before her; it was her protective detail.
Ryan.
His hair was a shade of grey in the moonlight and his face was partially covered by the dark.
AND
He just stood there staring at her while a zillion things ran through her head.
They were not supposed to meet, not talk to each other.
If that was the case JOHN should have thought of the possibilities of the princes getting curious about their new neighbors.
It was only their mansion and their house in the whole neighborhood.
Something wasn't adding up.
What was John not telling them?
Simi decided to pretend like she saw nobody there so she helped herself out of the pool and helped herself with a towel that was on the armrest of the chair.
She wrapped herself around the shoulder with the towel and hurried into the house only to bump into Kat.
Kat shrieked before Simi could place her hand over Kat's mouth.
"You're scared. ME" Kat said catching her breath.
"I'm sorry" Simi apologized.
"It's okay. What's up? You look like you were running away from something" Kat glanced behind Simi.
Nothing.
"I saw Ryan," Simi said, drying herself as they made their way to the living area.
"What?! How?!" Kat asked.
"He's our next-door neighbor Kat. Are you that surprised?" Simi asked
"A two-minute walk from here kind of a neighbor" Kat reminded.
"Well, prince charming was leaning on the wall staring down at me like some creep," Simi said.
"How sure are you that he saw you?" Kat asked.
"Like you wouldn't know when someone is staring at you?" Simi asked.
"So….was he..hot?" Kat teased.
"Katrina!" Simi cautioned.
"Come on! It's not like there's a rule against admiring them" Kat defended.
Simi shrugged.
Kat had a point.
"He's okay? I guess" Simi said, feeling feverish.
"How long were you in the water?" Kat asked
Simi smiled sheepishly.
"I'll be fine," She said.
"You told me to go to bed early mum," Kat said
"Fine! I'm leaving" Simi heads towards her room
"GET UP!!!" Kat yelled as she knocked on everyone's door. She stepped into Simi's room and sat on the bed nudging Simi who was still deep in sleep.
"Come on! We're going to be so late!" Kat said.
"I'm awake, will you stop yelling?!" Lauren yelled from her room.
"I'm GLAD you're up!" Kat yelled back.
She could hear Lauren grumbling and mumbling the meanest words on planet earth.
Simi sat up with her hair looking like a burd's nest. She stared at Kat with droopy eyes.
"What's wrong?" Simi asked, still feeling sleepy.
"What's wrong? We're going to be late for our first day at school!" Kat said.
"Oh my…." Simi hurried out of bed straight into the bathroom.
"You have ten minutes to get out of that place!" Kat said, placing Simi's uniform on the bed.
"Hey" Lauren called from the entrance to Simi's room.
"Good morning to you too!" Kat said smiling.
Lauren studied Kat in pure silence and maybe with a bit….awe?
Kat had her hair packed in two ponytails and allowed two strands of her black hair spray on either side of her face. She was wearing a school uniform which was a thigh-long grey skirt that had suspenders that formed an X across her back. She had a white long sleeve shirt, black ankle socks, and a pair of cute flats.
"Why are you in a uniform?" Lauren asked.
"The school is a private school Lauren and they have uniforms. I found mine in the walk-in closet with a paper saying it was the school's uniform." Kat explained
"Now we're going to a school where everyone wears the same thing...gross," Lauren said.
"Why are you here when you should be getting ready?" Kat asked.
"Tell Simi I need the password to the garage door," Lauren said, rolling her eyes at Kat's puzzled expression.
"Just tell her Kat. And you look silly" Lauren took her to leave.
She looked like a kindergarten and a lollipop would have made the picture-perfect.
Simi showed up in the room later in a bathrobe, running a hairdryer and straightener through her brown hair.
She stared at Kat a bit confused.
"Why are you in uniform?" Simi asked.
"The school is privately owned?" Kat said.
"That explains everything, '' Simi said with sarcasm.
"Just get ready. And Lauren wants you to give her the keys to the fridge." Kat said.
"I will when we're ready to leave," Simi said, puzzled.
"Whatever. Just get ready already!" Kat whined.
She was excited to start up the day and Simi got that.
"Fine. Can I be excused?" Simi said.
"I'll go get a few gadgets and please hurry up! I'm excited about today" Kat said with her eyes glittering in delight and hurried off.
Simi got into her school uniform and smiled at the lovely uniform looked.
Her brown hair was now straightened out making her look more presentable.
She wasn't a fan of makeup. None of the girls did unless it was found necessary.
"Let's do this!" Simi said, cheering herself up.