Clodian could already feel the gazes on his body as he walked into the hall, infatuation, envy, admiration he could all differentiate them. Wearing a smug yet charming smile he slowly swept his gaze through the hall feeling superior yet disgusted at the looks given to him, he finally landed his gaze on Theo's side.
It was quite surprising to see Kendra interacting in the gathering and here she was talking with Theo that shameless guy, they even managed to bring Ned along with them. However visible shock appeared on his face when he saw the Ice goddess herself Jenny standing with them, what in the world was happening was it coming to an end. Everybody knows she took after her Father in the 'art of being cold', to worsen it she was talking with a guy, he hasn't seen before.
Only God knows how much he has tried to establish some kind of relatable relationship with Jenny but all he got was a cold shoulder now some guy can just stand there and get it?. Clodian fixed his eyes on the guy as he tried to examine his origin.
'Huh just because he's handsome they are both around him, women are truly vain' Clodian said to himself
"That bastard what is he doing here" Someone cursed at is back staring daggers at the guy
"You know him, Andrew" Clodian asked raising his brows
"Yeah he is a new transfer student at my school, bastard disrespected me for that trash Ned" Andrew spurted angrily
"Well it's obvious he did it to get on his good side so he would come here" Clodian suddenly assumed
"Yeah that does make sense"
"Why don't we go over there and say hello" Clodian smirked evilly and walked towards Theo's side along with his 'guys'
With Clodian sudden movement towards Theo's side people started murmuring
"Oh my Gosh he's moving towards the new guy"
"Is it me or is the new guy looking better than the Fair prince"
"Hush your mouth it's just you"
"No I also do think the guy is hotter"
"The prince is moving towards his direction to male gods at once"
"I have to take a picture…"
"Sigh why he is coming over here" Kendra clicked her tongue in a frustrating way.
"Come on he couldn't obviously stand that Gustavo over here is looking much princely than him, he coming over to show superiority, what a sorry vain dude, I almost feel sorry for him" Theo mocked Clodian who had finally arrived
"Hey guys, it's nice to meet you all, you know we hardly meet it's through this gathering we get to see each other" Clodian said as he came with just Andrew as he quietly dismissed them, Andrew was clearly glaring at Damion but Damion's attention was on reviews Jenny had given isn't she a bit too young to like that vintage old bag, even if his attention wasn't on the reviews he wouldn't have cared one bit for Andrew.
"We attend the same school" Jenny hurriedly replied him as she turned her attention back to Gustavo who had now fished out his phone to note down the comment
Biting his lip "Yeah you and I attend the same school but that doesn't align to the rest "Clodian said trying to save some face.
"Pfft" Theodore tried to hold in his laughter
"Theo is great to see you, I see you have been well" Clodian faced the laughter filled Theo
"Yeah as you can see better than ever, my skin is softer, I don't have to hide my face in public so I don't get trampled by my obsessive fans and I even found out better ways to praise myself and well I will tell you the rest when I think about it" Theo shamelessly spurted nonsense
'You mean a better way to irritate people with that shameless tongue of yours' Clodian grumbled inwardly with a forced smile on his face
"Kendra I must say you look astonishing" Clodian decided to praise her so as to get rid of the awkward atmosphere gotten from Theo's conversation.
"Thank you, you also look good but what do you want" Kendra asked
"Huh can't he just come around and greet Kendra" Andrew fired back
"And the guard dog decides to speak" Theo fired back at him
"Mind your mouth Theo" Andrew warned him
"Humph, all bark and no bite, instead of wasting your time being a guard dog hiding in someone's shadow why don't you just do something much more profitable oh wait you've got nothing" Theo mercilessly berated Andrew
"You…"
"Okay that's enough, no need to keep arguing with him" Clodian cut of an already anger stricken Andrew
"That's right doggy listen to your Master" Theo said before receiving a glare from Kendra
"Ha, is it that suspicious that am talking to you guys" Clodian slowly said
"Coming from the guy who publicly shuns every from Winter College, yeah it's suspicious" Kendra replied
"Let me guess you guys don't have any plans of changing schools" Clodian asked
"Never thought of it never would" Theo replied this time around
"Sigh Ned I trust you've been doing well" Clodian faced the quiet Ned
"Yeah" Ned said giving him a brief eye contact
Turning towards Damion whose eyes was glued to his phone
"Hey, I don't think we've met am Clodian Maxwell" Clodian said as he extended his hand to Damion
Damion looked up to see who was talking to him and realized it was the 'fair prince' that Theo was taking about
"Gustavo Adolfo, it's nice to meet you too" Damion shaked his hand planning to return his attention back to his phone
"Andrew here was telling me a bit about you, you have both met" Clodian tried to start up a conversation with Damion
"Who?" Damion asked shocking everyone around further earning Andrew's rage
"The guy that was disturbing Ned" Theo quickly filled him in
"ohh, so your name is Andrew" Damion said, Andrew was about to reply when Clodian signaled him to stop.
"Anyway it seems all of you are good friends but it's strange because I haven't heard the family name 'Adolfo' before" Clodian said
"Don't push it "Kendra and Theo simultaneously said
"Am not from around here, that's why" Damion coolly said
"You seem alright, let's be friends okay. Let exchange contacts" Clodian said fishing out his phone
"Erm sorry but I don't want your number right now since you're friends with my friends I can equally take your number from them" Damion rejected him
*cough*
"Not friends" Theo faked a cough
"Don't be mistaken Gustavo we don't have his number it's a surprise that he is handing out his number to a NON ROYAL" Kendra said emphasizing the last words
"You guys are too much, why do you keep so much bitterness and envy when you can just switch schools I mean Royal College is going to keep beating Winter College" Andrew said
"We don't need treacherous words from a person who decided to sell out his own school for the position of a guard dog" Theo spat back
"Ha, Winter college is trash compared to Royal college, all those bad blood that the school keeps enrolling just keeps pulling the school down, I can't wait to leave" Andrew argued back
Clodian used to moment of chaos to study Damion's expression, yet he couldn't make out anything from it, it was almost as if he didn't give a damn about the argument in front of him. Little did he know that was the truth, Damion was thinking of how to currently boost revenue from the company MF.
Jenny who have been silent suddenly stretched forth her hand towards Damion,
"What" Damion Asked?
"Your phone" Jenny replied
"Why" Damion asked
"Further communication"
Damion gave his pone to Jenny who in turn put her number into it, this action alone dissolved the heated argument as they all looked at them,
"Jenny did you give Gustavo your number" Ned courageously asked
"Yes" Jenny replied
"You go my man" Theo said clapping leaving a very confused Damion staring at him.
"Well this has been fun, I guess I should go greet other people" Clodian said moving out with Andrew
"Don't tell me you're letting them get away with what just happened" Andrew asked as the moved away
"Of course not, just read the room and then we will treat those brats well" Clodian said smirking evilly
"Sigh look at them plotting against us just because a slight confrontation" Theo said as he watched their retreating backs
"To be fair you did annoy them a lot especially Andrew" Ned said pushing up his glasses
"Yes and I take full credit for it" Theo shamelessly took credit for causing havoc before casting a look towards Damion who was quietly going through his phone while listening to Jenny who suddenly became talkative.
"Sigh won't you even ask" Theo asked Damion
"Don't care" Damion shot back without looking up from his phone
"tchh" Theo grumbled and looked away
"It's starting" Jenny suddenly said as the music slowed down and Clodian took the stage
"What's starting" Damion said
"Vanity" Kendra said
"don't mind her, it's the annual award show, here we the youths hand out awards to the most outstanding youth through the year however two awards are selected in the course of the party" Theo said
"That is the best looking couple and the hottest youth, winners gets two million dollars and becomes current face in the youth division magazine" Ned pushed up his glasses as he took over from Theo
"Again Vanity" Kendra gave the same answer
"Huh says someone who has always been the face of the magazine" Theo replied
"Aren't you always in the magazine too" Kendra shot back
"Guys calm down they are starting" Ned said
Damion looked up from his phone, he didn't know why but he felt that Clodian scorching gaze from the podium, he stared coldly back earning a smirk from Clodian
Damion looked towards the balcony, it seemed like a nice place to stay…
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The garden was decorated in a lovely way, decorated chairs were neatly placed, each was placed in a grouped manner however most people weren't seated
The old patriarchs were seated in a relatively comfortable place laughing about some, the heads were talking with others trying to gain more allies.
Charles was someplace gathered by people consoling him, Nicole waked towards Charles in long strides with Jason running after her, blatantly ignoring the stares from people around Charles
"We need to talk" Nicole said with somewhat swollen red eyes
"Ohh, Nicole dear if Max death affected any person more than me it must be you after all you were sworn siblings" Charles said pitifully attracting more attention to him
"How did he really die" Nicole staring deep into Charles eyes
" Of course I can't hid the truth from you, he didn't really die from a bullet wound though there were bullet holes on his body, he died from a car explosion, they wired his car to explode" Charles said under the scrutiny of her stare
*sob* Nicole let out a small cry as Jason drew her in
"It's going to be alright dear" Jason said patting her
"No it not going to be alright, Charles I want you to find his killers fast" Nicole said with a crazed look on her face
"Honey" Jason called in a depressed tone sensing her rage
"Already on it "Charles replied with a determined look
Nicole nodded and stepped away from her husband embrace, she wiped her eyes before fully facing Charles
"Charles where is his Son" Nicole suddenly asked shocking all those around, this year gathering has been shocking enough, first the introduction of drug Z, then Max's death, now they are being informed he had a son, even the patriarchs turned their attention towards them on hearing Max had a child. Reginald had a sly smile on his face he was obviously enjoying what was happening
"What" Charles asked with a rigid look?
"You heard me, where is Zayne Fisher, Max son, you didn't think he won't tell me" Nicole gave him a glare
"Right, of course he told you, it's not like we're trying to hide it, is just that his situation is quite difficult to explain" Charles said
"What's so difficult to explain, I know his mother died when he was two years old and he didn't like showing his kid off, but am his god mother plus Max always came to me for information" Nicole said
'Darn' Charles grumbled inwardly, the child was obviously Damion, he always wondered how Max managed to take care of Damion, it turns out it was because of Nicole
"Nicole, the truth is that even we don't know where the child is" Charles said shocking the people around
"What do you mean by that" Nicole said angrily
"I mean Max home around December of last year and took Zayne away, we tried to stop him or at least know where he was taking him but all Max told us that he was taking Damion to his mother, which was quite shocking as his mother was already dead, Max insisted that he met someone and would like Damion to bond with her" Charles lied through his teeth
"Impossible, how come Max didn't mention this to me" Nicole shot back obviously not buying the story
"Well now you mention it, it does look like he didn't want us to know where the child, however we are still searching for the Child" Charles replied
"When you find him, I want him since am his godmother" Nicole said hinting at Jason it was time to leave
"Am afraid it's a problem, since he has the blood of the Fishers in him he should stay with his family" Charles retorted
"Family? Ha, don't make me laugh. If he thought highly of you then he wouldn't have hidden his son from you. This year should make him 19 years, which means he is old enough to make his choices, when that time comes we will know which he will choose" Nicole said walking away from Charles with Jason
Charles gritted his teeth as he watched them walk away however he switched back to his mourning self, he was outside so he had to maintain his image
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"
"Noooooooooooooooooooooo"
"Thud"
Two screams simultaneously rang out as a body fell from the balcony from the hall and landed on the floor, though there was a bit earth there, it wasn't smooth, the person will likely end up cracking something and bled
The scream was enough to alert everybody that something wasn't right
"Jenny"
"Kendra"
Jack and Jenny father yelled at the same time on hearing their daughters screams and rushed towards the hall only for them to pushed aside be them as they ran to the body
"Ned what is going on" Henry said spotting his son running with speed towards the body however all he got was a cold shoulder as Ned ignored him completely and ran to the body
"Gustavo can you hear me" Ned anxiously said as he looked at the body whose eyes were open and staring at the balcony
On the balcony Theo was angrily strangling a person
"I swear I will kill you Andrew if anything happens" Theo said coldly without any trace of his shameless behavior
Kendra tried to lift his head to her laps and felt a wet sensation on her fingers when she lifted it, it was blood. It was a bit darker than normal but it was definitely blood
"Kendra talk to me, what happened" Jack asked looking at his child distraught face
"Father, he needs help he's bleeding "Kendra said
Jenny's face fell as she looked at her father with pleading eyes, Ned reaction was strange when he heard Gustavo was bleeding, he suddenly stood and yelled
"No no no, Theo he is bleeding" Ned yelled towards Theo on the balcony