Chapter 1
Early mornings. School. No sleep.
Nope, not my thing. Usually, I would ignore the alarm clock and sleep till someone wakes me up and tells me I have about twenty minutes for school to start which makes me scold myself for almost oversleeping and rush to school faster than flash. But today will hopefully not be considered as one of my ‘usual days’. I actually woke up full of energy, maybe because it was the first day of school for the year
Or maybe because you overheard Nani talking about making her drool-worthy cookies
I dusted off the invisible specs of dirt from my skirt and fixed my tie. And as for makeup which I rarely apply, my light pink tinted lips was now covered in shiny lip gloss and a little bit of mascara and eyeliner helped make the feline features of my eyes look more prominent
Well, hello miss perfect
“Lee! You’re going to be late for school” Mom’s voice drifted up from below. Glancing in the mirror one last time- the peekaboo strands of my new dark pink hair that stood in between my tousled brown waves gave me the whole ‘ No humanity Elena Gilbert vibes’.
Damn, now all I’m missing are the two hot ass vampire brothers. Preferably, the Salvatore brothers or maybe a little bit of Klaus and Elijah would do too
I scoffed at my ridiculous thoughts. –not wasting any more time I grabbed my blazer and backpack and headed for the stairs. The warm smell of baked cookies rose comfortingly from the kitchen hot my nose when I made it downstairs
Ha, just as I anticipated. WAIT FOR ME MY BELOVED COOKIES, I’M ON MY WAY! I skipped to the kitchen.
The plate of cookies that now rested on the table in front of me made me lick my lips an inhale the heavenly smell of the freshly baked cookies. A look of greed and hunger made its way across my face as I took a cookie from the plate. A moan escaped my lips as I sank my teeth into the cookie and let the chocolate slowly melt in my mouth. But sadly, it lasted for only a few seconds thanks to Zander who decided to enter the kitchen right about then. His hair was messy, typical. His shirt was tucked out and his tie was overhanging loosely on his neck. If I wasn’t being all miss neat and tidy today I would’ve looked like the exact girl version of him, well, except for the blonde hair, the grayish green eyes and the Natural dumbness he possessed, that would be.
His eyes showed a look of confusion. I mean that was understandable. It was me, wide awake and neatly dressed and most importantly, right on time. His eyes shifted from me to the cookie I was holding and back to the cookie. His eyes widened as realization dawned upon him. His eyes scanned the room and a smirk tugged at the corner of his lips as his eyes rested on the plate of cookie. I narrowed my eyes at him and got ready to get the cookies before he did. Before I knew it both of us had raced towards the plate of cookies at the same time, which made us slam into each other. My elbow accidentally collided with his nose as I fell on the floor with a loud thud
Bye bye miss perfect. It was nice knowing you
“Ouch, ese idiota herido!” (Ouch that hurt, idiot) I hissed, getting back up on my feet. “No! You’re the one who broke my nose” zander groaned in reply, rubbing his nose gently. I opened my mouth to argue but I was cut off by mom “you kids are truly the definition of being immature!” she exclaimed “but I still love you” she added with a heartwarming smile. “We love you too ma” we cheered in unison giving her a small side hug. But zander had to ruin the moment “but it’s not fair… Lee broke my nose. It’s excruciatingly painful. I really do wish your future husband good luck, and hell if someone even-”
“Shut up before I decide to break your face too, querido hermano” I cut him off with a fake smile plastered across my face, he rolled his eyes back at me and mom gave me a pointed look and looked at her wrist watch “ well I’ve got to go now, my clients are probably wandering where I am.” She sighed. “que tengas un gran día en la escuela and boys, please be nice to your sister” she said directing it towards zander and the person who now stood behind me before she planted a kiss on our foreheads and left the kitchen
“Sure will do” a voice muttered from behind me
Oh cool, Prince Charles is here too who else am I missing? Taylor swift?
I turned around to face Val, My oldest brother “Good morning to you too, Mr. Softcheesecake” I commented, sarcasm clearly laced in my voice. Zander burst into laughter “‘Mr. softcheesecake’ HA, I’m so calling you that”. “You will not do anything of that sort” Val shot him an Icy glare which made zander go back to munching his cookies
And there comes his monotone voice
“And you” he said turning around to face me with a mischievous glint dancing in his eyes “te estoy llevando a la escuela”. I almost choke on the cookie I was eating “you? Why are you driving me to school? You never drive me to school” I asked, surprised because Val rarely leaves the house except if it’s regarding work. “Just wanted to spend some quality time with my little princess” he shrugged off. “What happened to zander’s car?” I asked out of curiosity, because normally he would drive me to school, considering the fact that we both go to the same school and well, he’s only one year elder to me. “Oh robins doing great, my friends are giving me a ride and I just have business to after school” zander responded. Right. That Business.
We all know what happened the last time he “attended business”.
He came home with a broken ankle and a bloody face and a few bruises here and there. But I guess he’s stronger than he seems because he healed pretty fast. I nodded not wanting to question them anymore.
I groaned in frustration. “Well then, I don’t want to be late”. “Don’t worry I’ve got it covered lee” Val winked at me before leaving the kitchen, expecting me to follow him. Zander then hopped over to me. In his hands he held the last one of the cookies that was remaining, crumbs still decorating his lips from the ones he’s been eating, like the pig he is of course. His face was once of pure glee, his eyes alight with the kind of pleasure born of mischief. I protruded my hand in order to take hold of the cookie but he stuffed it in his mouth just as fast as my fingers brushed on the cookie “Finders keepers, loser’s weepers!” he sang and headed out of the kitchen. I rolled my eyes
What an asshole.
With Val’s driving style, the drive to school took us very little time. As we entered through the gates many pairs of eyes already kept glancing our way. We parked the black Mercedes right next to zander’s ride, the red flashy Lamborghini
Damn, this guy or girl has taste
Zander and a couple of other guys whom I didn’t recognize stood in front of the red car, waiting for us. Just as I expected, both the new vehicles and ourselves dragged loads of attention. Maybe a little too much today. The whole school was practically fawning over us or should I say… the boys? I could say that the boys were pleased and satisfied with all the attention, but me? Not so much. I glanced sideways and looked at Val who was now looking all serious and was least unbothered by all the people around us. His eyes met mine and warmth clouded over his green eyes. He planted a small kiss on my head and muttered “mi suavidad parece interponerse en el camino”. The corners of my lips were fighting a smile that was soon going to break on my face “whoa there big bro, you’re gonna give away your tough gang leader act” I giggled slinging my backpack over my shoulders. “Then get going lee, I don’t want you to witness me glaring at people to death after this” he chuckled and got back into the Mercedes.
You definitely got that right. I don’t I thought to myself as I started walking over to the familiar group of friendly faces that were waiting for me
