Mina went along with Mrs. Adams to the dining hall, Jia's sister Mia was already seated in the huge 8 seater Mahogany dining table with matching chairs. In the Adams family there was no head of the family seat which Mina really admired.
Mia Adams, Jia's sister, who was hogging on a bowl of cereal in a hurry heard footsteps in the dining room and lifted her head to see her mother and Mina making their way towards the dining table, she got really very excited seeing Mina and immediately jumped down her seat and ran to hug Mina, and exclaimed with starry eyes, "Sister Mina, I missed you. Wow! You look so pretty. You look like an angel!". Mina blushed for the second time in 5 minutes this morning and hugged Mia back and said, "You are the cutest Mia, you are the prettiest darling in the whole word! I missed you too".
Seeing the children's antics Mrs. Adams just smiled and called for the butler of the house Mr. Woodluck to serve both Mina and her breakfast. Mina was vegan and she asked for a bowl of cereal with oat milk and Mrs. Adams had brown bread toast with coffee. They began eating and Mia kept them entertained with her stories. Mia was an 8-year-old. She had lots and lots of stories to tell Mina. She considered Mina her family as she had always seen Mina since she was a baby. Mina equally adored her too.
In fact, the entire Adams family considered Mina their family and they adored her as much as they adored Jia and Mia. Mina was extremely grateful for that.
Just as Mina was about to finish her breakfast, Jia entered the dining hall running. "Woohoo!" whistled both Mina and Mia looking at Jia who was dressed to kill in all her formal glory.
Jia looked dapper in a knee length skirt and a matching blazer which she paired with an off-white shirt and black stockings and had very minimalistic make up on her face with a subtle pink lipstick and light kohl and eye liner on her eyes and she completed the look with a formal thin heeled black leather shoe. She wore a very thin silver hooped earrings which gave a classy touch to her overall attire and, she had tied her long blonde hair in a sleek ponytail. Overall, she looked she was an airhostess of an expensive flight. Somehow, this did not make her look out of place because of her confident personality and air of classiness.
Jia winked at both Mina and Mia, and kissed her mother's cheeks and said, "Mother, I am ready. Today we have a long day. Mina has an audition at the TV tower, and I have promised to accompany her. Can we take one of the cars please?".
"Ofcourse No, you are both not 18 yet. I am not gonna allow you girls to drive this young. I am a responsible citizen of the UK and more over a mother to you. I do not want you girls driving!", said Mrs. Adams glaring.
Jia immediately said, "Mother, I was going to ask next after you approved for the car for a driver today. I do not want to drive, and I definitely do not want this speedo Mina to drive. Today is an important day. Can we bring your personal driver with us please? We will probably be late as we do not know when Mina will be called to audition and this is a popular production house and I am sure a lot of girls would be vying for the part. I know for a fact that at least 10 girls from our own school is auditioning for the same role today!"
"It is settled then. You can take Arnold with you. He will drive you around. Mind you girls, no running around on your own and you must always, always keep Arnold informed of your whereabouts! Am I clear?", asked Mrs. Adams staring at both the girls.
They answered in unison, "Yes boss!". This made everyone in the dining room chuckle and lightened up the mood in the room.
"Grab a bite quickly Jia, it is already 7.15 AM. We need to be in school in the next 15.", said Mina for which Jia answered, "I have an energy bar in my bag, I will have it later. Let's go first!"
Mrs. Adam said, "No! You will have your breakfast before you leave. Have a bowl of cereals! Now!" emphasising the 'Now' sternly. Jia, who respected and feared her Mother, quickly added some milk into her cereals and ate the whole bowl in 2 minutes.
Mrs. Adams finally happy said to both girls, "all the best both of you! Have a successful day today! I especially wish you a very good luck Mina, our Rockstar" and hugged them both and went ahead to look for Arnold.
Jia quickly picked her bag and brought two coats, one for herself and one more for Mina, she noticed Mina did not carry a coat. It was freezing outside. Mina never felt cold. This always puzzled Jia. But anyway grabbed her a coat and handed her one. Mina took it and thanking her and held hers on her arm whereas Jia wore hers.
What Jia did not know was that Mina never felt cold. Her body could handle extreme temperatures. That was one of her 'powers'!