Twenty minutes later, Diamond walked in with a plate containing a small portion of pancake and handed it to Xander
"Pancakes? It's even too small. This is what you used almost an hour to get?" Xander frowned lightly
He was really hungry, and worst of all he wasn't a fan of pancakes
"FYI, that's my food. You should be grateful" Diamond said angrily, but still the frown didn't leave his face
She too was hungry. She had only eaten the food Eloise bought for her since morning.
"This is how you guys eat?"
"Are you eating or not?" She asked sounding really pissed, and Xander having no other choice dug into the food
"I thought as much" she mumbled with an eye roll as she walked back to her study table.
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Few hours later, Xander walked to the bed and sat on it after going through some of Diamond's books due to boredom
"What are you doing?" Diamond asked glaring at him
"I want to sleep, isn't it obvious?" Xander asked back.
"The only obvious thing to me here is that you want to break one of the rules by intruding"
"How?"
"This is my room and it's only wise for you to leave the bed for me" Diamond stated authoritatively.
"And sleep where?"
"On the floor of course"
"Why can't we both sleep on the bed?"
"Are you kidding me right now?" Diamond asked in a tone mixed with surprise and a bit of anger.
"This is my room...."
"And I'm your guest." he cut her off sweetly.
"When did you become my guest?"
"The moment I came here"
"And when did you come here?'
"The moment I became your guest" Xander smirked.
"Can you stop being ridiculous already cause this isn't funny" Diamond frowned
"If you can't sleep together with me then you should sleep on the floor, it's that simple" he said and laid on the bed
"Xan..." She stopped herself from yelling his name seeing that it was already night and he was already faking a snore
"Gross!" She mumbled.
"Why don't I just kill my pride and share the bed with him?" She thought
"No, if I do that he's gonna think that I'm interested in him" she thought
"Of course you are interested in him" her subconscious said cunningly
"I'm not" she denied under her breath.
Angrily, she pulled the duvet cover from the bed and grabbed a pillow.
"Good night" Xander muttered
"Bad night" she answered with a snare as she spread the duvet on the floor and laid on it.
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Xander walked out of the bathroom dressed in baggy clothes and smiled to himself when he found Diamond now sleeping on the bed. He walked closer to her and tapped her lightly, but when she wasn't waking up, be shook her a bit roughly making her jerk up in fear.
"Hey! Why would you jerk like you've done something bad?" Xander asked
Diamond felt a bit relieved when found out that it wasn't her mum or any of her siblings, but a light frown rested on her forehead when she saw Xander even when he looked cuter.
"Oh Diamond, please stop admiring this weirdo" she thought
"You can go on and admire me, it's free" Xander smirked making her go wide-eyed
"How did he know what I was thinking?" She thought.
"How did you know what I was thinking?" She asked out of curiosity
"Ohh! So that's what you were thinking?" He teased knowing fully well that that was what she was thinking after reading her thought
"Don't be silly. And why would you wake me up like that?" She queried.
"That's because I've been tapping you gently for ages but you weren't responding. I thought you were dead" he said sincerely.
Though he didn't know so much about humans but he knew werewolfs don't sleep deep and they always wake up at the slightest sound.
"What the.....?" She frowned staring at him weirdly.
"What?" Xander asked not knowing what his offense was this time.
"What are you putting on?" Diamond asked adjusting into a sitting position.
"Clothes dummy"
"My clothes!"
"These are yours?"
"Yes jackass"
"What! By the way, are these not male clothes?"
"It's called unisex pot head"
"Can you stop with the insults already? I'm far older than you are"
"And who's talking about age here? This is my house, my rules. How many times do I have to state that? Just the first day and you are already breaking rules"
Xander was about saying something but paused when a loud bang came from the door.
"Oh my God! Xander you need to hide" Diamond rushed her words as she jumped up from the bed.
"Oh! You called my name, that's a first" he said smiling sheepishly.
"Are you kidding me right now? I said you need to hide" she said in a hush.
"Oh I see. You wanna do the movie thing huh? Tell me, is it your boyfriend that's at the door?"
"What the hell are you saying? Please just get into the bathroom and don't come out, please don't put me into trouble now"
The bang came again, this time louder
"Jamila!!" Talon's deep angry voice followed.
"What! Your name is Jami.. what?"
"Are you crazy? Save my ass already"
"I like your choice of words" Xander smirked and walked stylishly into the bathroom, shutting the door behind him.
Diamond took a deep breath and did the cross sign before walking towards the door. Immediately she opened the door, angry Talon walked in and smacked her hard on the face, making her face fall to the side and her hair over her face.
"Why did you keep me standing outside and when did you start locking your door?"
"As you rightly called it, it's my door and I have every damn right to lock it" she wanted to yell in his face, but how dare she? Saying that alone means death.
"Can't you talk?" He yelled at her making her shiver.
"I'm sorry" she mumbled out
"That's not the answer to either of my questions" Talon growled.
If not for Xander she wouldn't be in this mess. He was the one who made her lock the door because she couldn't afford any of them barging in as always and seeing Xander.
"Are you just waking up?" Talon asked
"No" she shook her head sideways.
"Who were you talking to on phone?" He asked and Diamond sighed mentally.
"Thank goodness he didn't suspect that someone is in here" she thought.
"A classmate" she lied
"All you do is lazy around like a useless dummy, but not too worry, when I have enough time to waste on things like you I will let you know. For now I need you to get a computer literate to come fix my computer. We are leaving for somewhere and.... Wait... Why am I even explaining to you? Ptss! Just get my computer done and be sure to pay the person"
"What!" She screamed in her head.
"But I don't have any money" she said trying not to sound rude.
"Tell that to the person when he's done" he said and walked out.
"Why do they have to put me in so much trouble everytime huh?" Diamond grumbled with a frown.
"He's your brother?" Xander asked as he walked out of the bathroom.
"It's none of your business" Diamond said, trying to hide her sadness.
"Why would your brother lay his hands on you?" Xander asked irrespective of her reply.
"I said it's none of your business. I remember telling you not to interfere with anything that has to do with me" she half yelled and walked out of the room.
Getting downstairs, she peeked through the window and saw Nevaeh driving out, together with Talon and Bethzy.
"Where could they be going to?" She thought as she looked up at the wall clock.
It was just 8 AM.
"Eight AM! I'm suppose to be in school by now!" She thought with fear and paused for a while.
"No! I'm not going back to that school." She muttered as she walked back upstairs.
* * *
Getting upstairs, Diamond went straight to Talon's room and walked over to his study table where his computer was.
"I don't even know what to do now, how on earth am I going to get this fixed without having any money, huh?" She frowned
"Need help?" Xander asked startling her
Turning, Diamond saw him standing right beside the door.
"What are you doing out here? I thought I told you not to ever leave the room" Diamond frowned.
"But your family isn't around now. I thought you were hiding me from them" he said making her roll her eyes at him.
"What's wrong with the computer?" Xander asked moving closer to the study table
"How am I suppose to know that?" Diamond asked rhetorically.
Xander sat in front of the computer and drew it close to himself a little.
"So.... Jamila..."
"My name is Diamond" she interrupted him making him burst into a loud round of laughter.
"What?" You think I don't deserve the name?" She asked with a bit of hurt
"No, not that. I am just surprise as to why you would lie about your name" Xander said, his eyes on the computer
"I am Diamond. My late dad gave me the name" Diamond said, not smiling at all
"And Jamila?" He asked doing somethings which Diamond couldn't really phantom on the computer.
"My mum named me that"
"What does it mean?"
"Beauty, it means beauty"
"Nice" Xander muttered
After few more seconds of working on the computer, Xander shifted back a little and breathed out a "done"
"What!" Diamond smiled out in surprise
"How were you able to do it when you didn't even know what the problem was?"
"And who said I didn't know what the problem was?"
"I thought... Nevermind, it's past now. Thank you so much" she smiled out
"You weren't gonna tell that to the computer literate your brother asked you to get when he was done, were you?" Xander asked, emphasizing on the *COMPUTER LITERATE*
"I don't get"
"My pay" he said plainly
"You are really gonna do this?" Diamond asked
"Do what? I just did the job you were asked to do, isn't it right for me to get my pay?"
"But I don't have any money" she pouted out
"And who said I want money?" He scoffed
"If you don't want money, then what do you want?" She arched her brows at him.
Xander got up, and walking closer to her, he whispered "You will know very soon," in her ears and walked out of the room, leaving her stunned.