Chapter 4 - 4. Getting ready.

As she closed the main door behind her she sighed of relief, then started to walk up the flight of stairs to her apartment. She walked to her front door, opened it and walked in, then she closed the door very quickly behind her, not realising she wasn't alone as she thought.

'Today was a good and kinda... crazy day'- she thought. 'That weird stalker guy, why the hell was he following me and what would have happened to me if I was alone with him?!'- She shuddered at the many thoughts going through her head and then chose to push them all away, for now, because it would only freak her out more to dwell on it.

"It's all good now, I'm home and safe, no point thinking about these terrible thoughts, I will only scare myself more." she said out loud to no one.

She put her bag on the kitchen table and walked to her fridge to grabbed a bottle of water.

She actually going out tonight for the first time in ages and she is really looking forward to it, so she decide to focus on getting ready, speaking of which she pulled out a shoulder strapped black lace a line above the knee dress that she has never worn before, she bought it on a whim but has never worn it before.

"Might as well now, since I have it and have never worn it before.

Maybe I should thank that stalker dude for saving me some money." she said out loud with a little chuckle, she knew herself well, she would have bought something she was definitely going to regret, all for a night out with her crush.

So, once she decided on the outfit she was wearing tonight she decided to change out of her work clothes to something more comfortable, then she went into the kitchen to get something to eat. Since she was going out drinking tonight, she knew she had to line her stomach, otherwise she would be in trouble.

She knew she could drink, that wasn't the problem, the issue was what would happen after she drank the entire bar and probably the next club's alcohol too (she had no self-control!) she didn't want to be ill like she was once. She shuddered at the thought of it, her head down the toilet retching badly.

It was awful. She couldn't seem to remember her limits once she started drinking, so it was better to eat some good meals first then hopefully it won't be as terrible.

She opened her fridge and decided to make herself brunch, sausage and chips with veggies. She was a complete meat eater and couldn't live without it. Thought she ate a lot she didn't seem to put on any weight and that always baffle her but then again why question a good thing?

So, she started to cook her brunch as it was about that time for her to eat and that's how she had spent her afternoon, eating and watching a tv shows. Once evening arrived, she started to get herself ready, she was getting excited.

She hasn't gone out in a while since her best friend Anna got a promotion at work and became really busy but to be fair, she has other friends too, but she just didn't want to go out without her. So tonight she was looking forward to letting herself go a little and having a good time.

She when to her tiny bathroom to shower and get herself ready. Once she was done, she came out with her towel wrapped around her curvaceous body and a smaller one around her hair and sat on her bed to towel dry it before using her blow-dryer.

At the same time, she was deciding what colour palette she should go with for her make up since she was wearing black. she thought pinkish red lips would look good, then decided to keep in minimal.

Just some mascara, blush and lip tint with gloss since she really didn't like to wear a lot of make-up, besides she didn't think she needed it, so once she made up her mind, she started to blow dry her hair. She had long curly blackish brown hair that got lighter as it reached the ends.

People would aften ask her where she got her hair done but it was completely natural and she would tell them that, but they refused to believe her, what can she do! it's the truth.

As she was doing her hair, she decided to leave it down for the night but would also take a hair band with her just in case it got too annoying for her to keep it down.

Once she was done drying her hair, she started to apply her make up, since she rarely uses foundation, she was quite quick, so she went to check the time because she didn't want to wear her dress right now, she might get it dirty and that would be a pain.

It turned out it was only 7 pm and she still had an hour to go. So, she went to make herself a sandwich and then wait till it was about 20 minutes before 8 pm, before she would then put her heels on.

She chose red heels to match her lip colour kinda and thought that it was better then wearing all black, she place them beside her bed so she could wear them quickly and walked out of her bedroom in her black laced bra and French knicker set.

As she walked to her living room, she froze… and quickly turned around to check her surroundings while covering herself with her hands. Just a moment ago She could have sworn she just heard a suck in of breath.

"Hello?!"- she said out loud, As she frantically looked around her tiny apartment. After a while..... "This is crazy, I'm going crazy, I can see my whole apartment standing here and there is no one here but me."- she said out-loud to herself, almost trying to convince herself of this fact but she felt certain that, for some reason she wasn't alone.

"Maybe it's a ghost"- she muttered to herself. "Ghosty, if there's a Ghosty here please go away, I didn't invite you here, you have to leave and if it's a male ghost get out you pervert!" she said gigging at her own joke she made due to feeling a bit scared, not realising there was a dumfounded audience of one watching her performance.

As she turn to the kitchen to get some water, still in her underwear, she didn't and couldn't realise she wasn't alone and this particular person was loving his job. He had been watching and protecting her for the best part of a year, but this is the first time he had seen her in this kinda... state. He was usually protecting outside her door. 

'Well, she did run home looking scared and he had to make sure she was ok, who would have thought he would see her get undressed, then naked, then dressed in the most sexy pair of knicker/ bra set he has seen? There was nothing he could do!' He was trying to convince himself as he was stuck between duty and being mesmerised by her beyond, over the top, stunning beauty. 'His king is really lucky!' He though and with that though he snapped out of it!

'Shit!!' -He was staring at his Majesty's mate like that and his future… 'Nope, no, I didn't do anything, this Mage had his eyes closed, and I didn't look at her toes, let alone anything else!'

'Dear god, he would die so horribly if his Majesty found out!' He paled at the thought, as cold sweat dripped from his forehead. As this happened, Sophia walked past, and it landed on her forearm.

"Huh, is there a leak?" Sophia said as she looked at he celling to check if there was a leak anywhere but it looked fine. She then rubbed he arm then caught the sent of the water, it smelled musty.

"So Gross!" she said as she went to her bathroom to wash her arm in the sink, she thought it smelled like a sweaty man but that was impossible. 'Maybe there was a tiny hole in her ceiling.'- She mused to herself.

'I will have to check it out later, if it gets worse and becomes a big whole, it will cost me big!' she internally complained and outwardly mumbled. She was on her own and stuff like fixing taps and leaks and insurances and all kinds of crap where on her shoulders.

"Damn, this adulting thing is a scam!" -She complained as she thought about fixing the potential leak that didn't exist.

As time went on she finally decided it was time to get ready, she put on her dress and then her shoes and finally made sure she had every thing she needed in her bag like money, her lip gloss, phone etc.

She checked to make sure her phone was fully charged, as she has a habit of leaving it on half and you never know If there was an emergency, she needed to make sure she had more than enough battery to last the night.

So, when everything was prepared, she messaged Sammy to make sure he was ready and they were still meeting at the designated place, he replied quickly and said he was leaving his place in 5 minutes.

Once she received his reply, she grabbed he bag and her coat, in case she got cold, grabbed her keys from her kitchen counter and walked to her front door but as she got close to the door she stopped in her tracks…..