"Ayra have you seen any of my invitation cards? " Alice questioned barging into her room and looking at everywhere at once as though she was expecting to see it in her room.
Ayra who had discreetly collected a few cards for her friends cleared her voice repeatedly and sought for a lie , her conscience pricked her but she tapped it down, it wasn't stealing at all she merely wanted her friends to join in the fun and after all it was her house too ' I'm sure Alice wouldn't mind when she finds out what I have done' She thought in her head.
" Uhm Alice maybe you just misplaced it or you can look for them in the sitting room or something but I haven't seen any invitation cards " She replied hoping Alice wouldn't see through her lie.
" I'm sure of the exact quantities I printed and I have checked every where in this house but I still can't find it. If I find out I was frauded by the woman that printed it to me I would skin her alive " She threatened and ayra pitied the poor vendor.
"Relax Alice I'm sure you would find it soon or you can always print new ones " .
" I can't relax!!! My birthday is tomorrow and I need everything to be perfect to the thinnest bit. I still have to handle the decorations and stuffs and now this? " She groaned in frustration pulling at her hairs.
Ayra wanted to tell her that things hadly goes as planned and none of our plans in life goes as perfect as we want it but we just have to do what we had to do and leave the rest but she knew Alice wouldn't appreciate such words and would even get mad at her so she held her tongue wisely.
"You know you can't carry out all the necessary activities if you're stressed out, so just try inhaling a deep breath and releas-".
" Shut up ayra!! You are making things worse" She said storming out from her room, she was almost at the door when she suddenly turned as though hit by a bee. " I have a task for you, you promised to do anything I asked in order to seal my mouth from spilling your tea" She said admiring her newly made nails.
Ayra's jaw dropped open ' hell she thought alice forgot about that night already, who knows the horrible task she had in store for her ?. Ayra thought to herself in disdain.
" What do I have to do? "
" I like the enthusiasm, follow me " She ordered sashing towards the sitting room and ayra followed meekly hoping this would be a one time blackmail and alice wouldn't continually use this against her anytime she was in need of labour.
Ayra awed at the new sight of their living room, it was filled with beautiful decorations of all kinds for the birthday tomorrow. " Wow alice all this is really nice " .
" Yeah it's my birthday everything has to be perfect!! " She replied starring at the large portrait of her framed in the middle of the room, it was kept in such a way that it might seem as though she was looking at everyone in the room and of course all eyes would be on her both physically and visually come tomorrow.
" I love the theme ali :glam, glitz and a little bit of whimsy " Ayra commented admiring the cute little ribbons decorated at the chairs.
" Hey be careful don't touch anything " Alice warned swatting her hands away and wondering if they should head to her room instead.
" Sorry tsk where is the task? Have to get back to my school work " .
" You didn't remember your school when you were chatting with your boyfriend but now it's about me you suddenly remember it huh? " .
Ayra took a deep breath " Alice do you have a problem with Jack and why? "
" So I have this really good idea of writing cute sweet message on these sticky notes for my guests " She said totally ignoring her question.
" Hmmm so where do I come in? " Ayra questioned knowing that if Alice didn't want to answer a question nothing would make her do so.
" Don't be daft ayra, you come in by thinking of the message and writing them yourself. You have a pretty handwriting put it to use now. "
" Alice you want me to think of messages to write for over hundred guests and counting, not only that I have to write them down too!!!? " She questioned appalled.
" Yeah I just said that why are you repeating my words? " .
Ayra swallowed hard "That's too much for me to handle, have some sympathy for me!!. Okay what if I think of the messages and you write them down, that way it's faster " She suggested .
" You are in no position to be bargaining young lady, I still have a whole lot on my plate as you can see " .
Ayra swore and muttered beneath her breath " Well I'm not the one that asked you to organize a high profile birthday party you couldn't handle " .
" The sooner you get to work the better " Alice said bringing her out of her grumbling.
Ayra sat down on the dinning area with a blop making sure not to ruin the perfect decorations around her and got to work. Using the internet she got access to a lot of cute messages and within hours she was done, satisfied with her work and how fast she completed it she sought for Alice and found her in room . She was on the phone probably with one of her nasty friends, ayra waited patiently for her to be done before speaking but Alice beat her to it. " Omg you're done? That was a quick one Christ I wish I can turn you into a machine right now"
Ayra couldn't hide the disbelief from her voice and eyes "Alice is this the appreciation I get? " .
" I owe you no thanks baby sis we both helped each other out nothing more."
" Christ why am I surprised? You are one of the meanest person I know!! " Ayra shouted offended by her words.
Alice for the life of hers couldn't comprehend where the hateful comments were coming from and the reason for them , ayra was supposed to know this was her twisted way of showing love " Mind your words ayra if you don't respect me at least respect that tomorrow is my birthday!! " .
" When have I ever not respected you Alice? and guess what fuck you and your little birthday party I genuinely hope it flunks " Ayra said in a moment of complete anger and regretted it immediately but what followed was a dirty slap on her checks.
" How dare you hit me Alice?! " .
" I am your sister ayra!!! Your damn sister I don't and won't take this behavior from you " She cried her heart heaving heavily.
" I hate you and i wish you were never my sister. you would never understand the true misery means because you have such a perfect life". Ayra screamed furiously.
Alice told herself not to think about the word "hate" which her sister had used on her ,people said things they didn't mean when they were angry she consoled herself.
"You think my life is perfect? well be my guest I wish you my perfect life, I hope you would walk in my perfect shoes ."
"Whatever Alice I hope you get to walk in mine too" ayra muttered walking away.
"That's what you always do ,walk away shy away from confrontations .For crying out loud you are the intelligent one ,mom is always proud of you I mean everyone speaks highly of you .The perfect life you accuse me of you are the one that actually has the fucking perfect life".
Ayra turned around and was surprised to see the amount of pain on her sister 's face, for the first time ever Alice wasn't wearing a bored expression but she ignored it, it could be one of her trump trick and said "Christ you are so sick to think that".
" Maybe I am ". She screamed back in fury and turning her back, trying to hide her weepy eyes.