| Chapter 7 After hours worth of teasing from Bryan and myself blushing a few billion times, Esther and Nicky were still not back. According to Shane, they had left around 3pm to search for our missing car. Yet, it was now 8:30 and they were still not back! We were getting worried because they had not called or left a note. I secretly had something of an idea of what they were doing� Later, I was sitting in Clara's room reading a magazine when I heard a door slam. Not knowing what it was, I peeked through the drapes to see Nicky and Esther wrapped in each other's arms. I laughed a little and decided to get to sleep and bother her tomorrow. Ten minutes later she, finally, burst through the door with a huge smile on her face and collapsed on her bed. I tried to watch her while keeping as much of my eyes closed as possible. I noticed her hair was all messed up and I then looked towards the ceiling "rewinding" the day's events so I could replay them in my dreams. I soon heard Esther's steady breathing and fell asleep to the slow, continuous rhythm. ****************** "Wake up!" Someone yelled at me. I opened my eye, sleepily, to see who it was. "Clara." I whined. Trying to go back to sleep. "Melia! Wake up! You have to see this." She said, shaking the sleep from me eyes. "Fine, fine" I gave in and rose from the bed to see what all the fuss was about. I stood and walked a few steps before tripping. "Owwwwww!" I yelped and glanced down at the box by my feet. "What is it?" I asked looking at the wrapping. "I don't know. Open it!" she commanded forcing my hands to tear off the paper. I opened the box and grabbed the card. I read it� Mei, this box is full of some clothes our stylist bought for you and Esther when she was in town yesterday. We guessed your sizes and I hope they fit. Is it your style? Oh well, we will send out some messages later for your car so we can get the police on it. See you soon, Mark I smiled and passed the note onto Clara who greedily grabbed it. I took the box from her lap and looked through the objects. A few shoes, shirts, pants, everything looked ok. Some things weren't me, but I was sure Esther would love them. Then of course, what choice did I have staying out here? Lots of clothing is better than the one outfit I had. ************* "Hey Melia!" a voice screamed flinging the door open. "Amy!" I screeched, taking her in my arms. I introduced her to Clara who then showed her the box and letter. "Wow" was all Amy could say. "What, huh, who?" asked Esther emerging form her "beauty sleep". "AMY!" she chirped and quickly got up and hugged her friend. Amy had just driven from the other side of the island to visit us, and, of course, be an extra. As she said, "If there are guys, I'll be there!" I looked at her long blonde hair, the same color as my curly mess, then asked, "So do you want to meet them?" "Do you have to ask she said rolling her eyes and dragging the three of us out the door, "Excuse me." she said pushing someone out of her way, "Oh I'm so sorry, and you would be�." She apologized looking up to the boy in front of us. Chapter 8 "Well actually, I'm Bryan or Bry, but the reason I came over was that it's lunch so come on, I'm starving and they won't let me eat till you all come. Hurry please it's late and I never had breakfast!" he pleaded. We all laughed and followed him into the main house. ------------------------------------------------ "So you must be Vikki" I said gesturing towards the dark-haired girl with Shane. "Yes, I am. Who are you again?" she smiled. "Well Melia, or Mei for short." I reached ou to shake her hand. I noticed a bit of a glimmer and cold metal against my hand. A ring. 'So she must be more than Shane's girlfriend' I smirked. "So how long have you two been engaged?" I asked. "How did you know?" she blushed. "Oh, the ring. Well actually since last night. You see, the other's don't know yet." She smiled. "Oh I see." I said, "Don't worry, I won't tell." I promised. "Thanks." She replied. "Won't tell what?" someone behind me asked. "Nothing." Shane said quickly before heading off with Vikki. "Hi Mei." That someone smiled. "Hi, Mark." I said giving him a quick kiss on the cheek. "So do you wanna get some food?" I asked. "Sure." He replied. At lunch, I watched the glances between people. Vikki and Shane's "I-love-you-more-than-you-can-imagine" looks. I sighed and wished for a love like that one day. Then you had Kian and Clara, and their 'lil looks. I didn't want to know what they were doing under the table. Hehe! Of course you had Nicky and Esther exchanging secret glances 'cos they were supposedly "not an item". I thought differently. On the other side of the table you had the erupting laughter of Amy and Bryan, whom I'd say were getting along very well (with their insane senses of humor and all)! One glance kept catching my eye, and it was not Mark's. It was a cold, hard glare she tried to hide behind her sweet smile. I could feel it burning holes through my body. Her glare seemed completely oblivious to everyone except me. Nisa's. 'What did she want from me?' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Later, we were out on the beach again having a bon-fire. All 11 of us were out, sitting around as the flame danced upon the wood, the light our faces. The sky above us was clear and beautiful. I marveled at the billions of stars set above in the heavens."Isn't it lovely?" a voice suddenly asked. "Mark!" I cried turning around to see my 'friend', "I haven't seen you since lunch." I continued. "Miss me?" he asked with his cute smile. "You bet!" I smiled back and held him close."You know, I'll really hate to leave you." He suddenly said. "Don't say that." I scolded putting a finger to his lips. "Hey, Amy! Can you get me a drink?" I heard Bryan ask. "Sure," she replied, "Melia, d'you want to come?" she questioned turning my way. "Why not." I replied, "Do you want anything, Mark?" I asked. "Nope." He said. "Alright. See you in a while then." I said walking down the path with Amy. "I'll be waiting." I heard him call back. I smiled and Amy gave me a funny look, then ran off up to the house. "So Amy, how are things with you and Bryan going?" I asked searching the fridge for a couple of sodas. "Um, well, fine... I guess." She blushed, "He's a really sweet guy." "A really sweet guy?" I repeated mocking her, "Since when do you call a guy 'sweet'?" I teased. "Shut up, Mei. Don't be talking, look at you and Mark. Ha!" she replied spraying whipped cream at me. "Oooh. You're gonna get it!" I cried as I chased her out of the house, and back down to the beach with the drinks in my hands. All fun and games stopped when we reached the beach. Nisa had suddenly appeared and was holding Mark."Mei, why does this look funny to me?" Amy asked, "What's going on?"I didn't take the initiative to reply because I bolted when I saw them kiss. Crying muffled tears onto my pillow I wondered why this was happening. 'I thought he liked me' I told myself. 'He does like you.' The other half replied. 'No way, you're not good enough for him. You are just a plain girl from Hawai'i!' Yet another voice said. I took these thoughts in and tried to drift off to sleep. The eyelids of my eyes finally closed as I slept to a bad dream-less night. Next |