NATALIA
IT IS A FREAKING WOLF!
OH.MY.GOD! It is so close to me. Its lips are furious and its long white fangs are gritting. Its eyes pierced my deepest soul.
Is this my end? Help? Please! Someone help me! I wanted to scream and ask for help, but all I could do was swallow several times while watching the gradual approach of that scary creature.
"H-help!" whispering, I said.
My voice is hoarse. I felt like I swallowed my tongue.
"Errrrr..." I heard the wolf growl. God, am I going to die?
"July!" I don't know why, but that was the first name that came to my mind, so that's what my mouth said. "July!!!" I shouted desperately. I closed my eyes as if the wolf was now so near to me.
"Natalia? Nat?" I heard July's voice. I was encouraged. But where is she?
"July? Help! July!" I called her again.
"Here I am, baby. Wake up." Her voice was so comforting. I can feel the safety in her voice. And what did she call me? "Nat, baby, wake up." She called me baby. Aww.
Then I felt my cheek hurt.
I lost my eyesight. And when I woke up, her beautiful face was the first thing I saw.
But...
"Why did you slap me? You are so shameless!" I beat her. That hurts so much!
"Aw! Aw! I am just waking you up. Ouch! You're dreaming, heck! You're having a nightmare, Aw! Nat, I had to slap you because you are not waking up. Ouch! Stop that!" She grabbed my hands because I was hurting her and maybe it was too much to handle my beating.
I took my hands from her because I didn't want to stare at her. I was still angry with her. She left me last night! She didn't guard me well. She's claiming she's my lady guard, but she just flirted last night with other people and didn't keep her promise to Dad to watch over me carefully.
"Hmph! Get out! I don't need you!" I yelled at her.
July's brows met, but she remained seated where she was. We were only a meter away, so I squeezed even harder on the headboard to be a little further away from her. Her looks melt my knees. After all, what is she doing in my room so early?
Don't say... Did something happen to us? With that in mind, I suddenly tightened my grip on the comforter and lifted it to my chest as I realized, I'm just wearing a... What? Negligee?
Her eyebrows rose as she mused, a smirk on her kissable, delicious lips. She is still so beautiful in the morning.
"W-what did you do to me?" I asked angrily so that I would stop thinking that I wanted to tear off her white shirt and take off her white baggy pants and devour her glorious lips.
"Excuse me? I'm not doing anything to you, Miss Natalia," she replied, one eyebrow raised.
We did nothing. Why am I disappointed? Damn, don't put this crap on my head!
"Then who dressed me? Why are you here? What happened to me? Where am I?" I asked in succession. "Who am I? What's my name? Do you know me? Why are you so cute? Can I just have you?" Just kidding! I didn't ask those. Just the first four questions.
I will never ever admit that I am crushing on you, July!
"Calm down, Miss Nat…" the agent replied calmly.
Okay, so I'm the one freaking out. She's super relaxed! She's always the mature one. Ugh! I hate this!
"How can I calm down, agent?" Let's go back to bitch mode because it looks like this agent is getting used to me being friendly to her. I will return her to his agency in St. Peter if she does not do her job properly! Hmph. I saw that she was stunned by the sudden change in my mood. "Get out," I insisted. I'm pushing her away because my heart goes crazy every time I'm near this gorgeous agent. Argh!
"Are you sure you're fine?" She asks, ignoring my attitude.
"I said, get out," I said softly but in my command tone. Do you see it? She doesn't want to follow my orders!
"But Miss Na-"
"Get out, agent! I need my privacy! Even here, in my private room, you're following me! Get out!" I screamed at her.
When I said that, I looked the other way so that our eyes didn't meet. Because when I do look at her, it's as if she can read my whole heart.
I heard her let out a deep sigh as the bed moved. Then I looked in front of me again, just to see that she was not there anymore. I looked straight into the wall, pretending to ignore that she was leaving, but I saw in my peripheral view that she was going to the door, and she looked at me first before leaving completely.
I exhaled the breath I was holding. I furiously released my breath and slapped the foam on that bed as I said these words, "Now you're just going to watch over me? Where were you last night? Does that mean you are just starting your job this morning? Where did you go? You hooked up all night! Then now, you're going to show up acting worried! Huh! If I know, it's just because of my Daddy. You're so numb! You're so numb!" I said as I acted to tear up the comforter. Huh! It was like I was going to transform into a Hulk because of my anger.
"Nat?" I paused what I was doing and turned to face the person who had called me. I was still trying to rip the comforter, and that's the scene she saw. "What are you doing?" she asked again, with two eyebrows raised.
"Nothing." I shrugged and quickly lowered the comforter and sat up straight.
"Are you trying to rip the comforter?" She raised one of her eyebrows after she asked me that question.
"What? No," I answered defensively. "Well, yes." I'm blabbing. "I just want to know if their comforters aren't ruined lightly. In case someone is having wild sex here, I am checking if they won't rip easily…" Excuses, excuses…
Sofia's eyebrows furrowed more, but she did not pry further.
"I see," she said, but there was a look of disapproval on her face. This friend of mine is just really kind and just goes with how crazy I am. "So, how are you?"
I was the one who wondered because her expression suddenly became super worried.
"I am okay. Why?" I wondered.
"You don't remember anything from last night?"
"N-nothing. What's wrong, Pia? You look so worried. Did I do something again that would damage my father's reputation? Sofia, enlighten me. I got worried as well.
I love my dad and I respect him a lot, being the president of this country, which is not obvious, but I still want to know from her if I have done anything to ruin my father's reputation. Again.
Sofia looked at me for a long time, as if checking if I was telling the truth. "As in you don't remember?" she asked again. I shook my head. "Alcohol hits you hard, eh?" she added. I nodded.
Yes, blame it all on the alcohol. Seriously, I was really drunk last night.
Silence...
"We'll talk about it later. Take a shower and get dressed for breakfast. Hurry up. I will meet you outside," she said.
I just nodded. I'm so happy I have a friend like her. Though she's not a normal person, I'm happy she became my friend. Sofia and I were closer than Haruka. Because we are both reserved about our feelings, and even if we don't talk about our feelings, I'm still more comfortable with her, even if other people see her as a dangerous creature. But for me, she's my friend. A normal friend.
Sofia turned around and walked to the door. I got up to go to the bathroom when I felt someone hug me from behind. I was shocked, but before I could ask, she preceded me in speaking.
"I'm glad you're safe and alive…" Sofia said and ran outside. I couldn't react anymore and just raised an eyebrow, savoring what she said.
"I'm glad you're safe and alive."
What does she mean? I'm confused. What the hell happened to me last night? Does it have anything to do with my dream this morning? Come on, brain, flashback, please? But my mind is really blank. I cannot remember if I did something stupid last night, aside from being drunk.
My head already hurts and this conversation only added to my hangover. I don't really remember anything. What really happened?
I stopped thinking about what happened last night when I didn't get the answer I wanted. God, all I really remember is my flirting, drinking, and dancing on the dance floor. Beyond that, nothing. I will take a shower first. I'll just ask Sofia what happened last night later.
And with that, I stripped and took off my clothes and went to the bathroom to take a bath. I badly needed the cold water to ease these confusing thoughts.
~*~
JULY
"HOW IS SHE?" I heard Hakura ask Sofia as she entered the kitchen.
I was just silently watching them while sipping my coffee. I'm only with them because the four guards are watching outside. They are guilty of what happened last night. They said they were too drunk and they fell asleep, so they were not able to guard Natalia properly. But it wasn't really because of the booze that they fell asleep, that was all planted. How did I know? Well, I just know.
"She's doing great. She didn't really remember what happened to her last night," Sofia answered. She sighed and sat down next to Haruka's chair.
"Did you tell her?" Haruka asked again.
"No…" was Sofia's short answer and she looked at me.
Sofia's critical eyes never left me. She's looking at me like she really knew what happened last night.
I look at her too, and we measure our gaze. Maybe this woman thought she could intimidate me. I know she dislikes me so much because she is jealous of me and for many more reasons, but I will not let her win over me. She can not intimidate me. She doesn't know what I could do.
'She's still cute…' Wolf, just don't speak. I got this! 'Okay…'
Maybe Haruka noticed the staring war between Sofia and me and back and forth she looked at us last.
"What exactly happened, Juls?" Haruka asked.