????Journey To The
Beauty Land????
(Once upon a kingdom…)
CHAPTER 25
By: Tofunmi Nikky
★★★★★
“Arrgh!!!!!!!”A scream emits from her and she flinched back with fright, holding her hammering chest as the person jumped over the window and into her room.
She immediately swirled around and made for the door to escape. But she was only opportuned to grab the doorknob when a hand wrapped around her waist, and the other covering her mouth and turning her shouts into muffles.
“Hush, Sabrina. It’s me.”he voice hushed, slowly letting go of her.
Sabrina turned around and shakes her head unbelievably at her brother. Her hand was on her chest, her heart still thumping in its ribcage. God! she was so scared.
“You couldn’t use the front door, huh?”she snapped her index finger before him gingerly, arching her brow inquisitively.
Instead of answering, Austen turned to the window and went to lock it close.
“Mother!…”Sabrina started to shout but before it could get any louder, he had grabbed her shoulders and turned her around to face him, the look on his face so pleading it made Sabrina to clamp her mouth back shut.
“I didn’t want them to know I came late, I’ll just go to my room from here.”he said and as he spoke, Sabrina noticed he wasn’t looking into her eyes.
He let go of her shoulders after she’s nodded in agreement. And she again noticed the slight winch that escaped his mouth when he dropped his hands back beside him.
Immediately she knew something wasn’t right with him.
He gave her a smug smile and briskly walked towards the door. Sabrina ran forward and leaned against the door, successfully obstructing his way.
“Take that off.”she snapped at him the next minute, as she indicated towards his hoodie.
“It’s chilling in here, Sabrina. I need to get to my room.”he dismissed the talk, grabbing her hand.
And before he could even think of pushing her away from the door, she tiptoed and throwed the hoodie away from his head.
“Damn, Austen!”she slammed her palms against her mouth and gaped at the huge red bruise located a little below his eyes. Her eyes bobbed in their sockets and knowing this wasn’t going to end well, he quickly pulled her away from the door, threw it open and shuffled out of her room, throwing the hoodie back on his head.
“I clearly got into a fight.”she mumbled to herself, peeking her head out of the door to see him entering his room and slamming the door shut, causing her to snuck back her head into her room.
*****
NEXT MORNING…
After getting ready for school, Sabrina strolled down the stairs and walked into the kitchen. A smile spread itself on her face when the smell of waffles and lasagna reached her nostrils.
“Good morning, Rina.”her mother cooed, noticing her presence just as she poured the first patch of waffles on the plate.
“Morning.”Sabrina greeted back and her smile grew bigger when her mother slide a plate of waffles and lasagna on the countertop for her. She muttered a quick ‘thanks’ before hurriedly chunking the delicious meal down her throat.
She mo-an-ed halfway, earning an impressive chuckle from her mother.
“And where is Austen? He’s supposed to drive you to school yet he doesn’t seems to have left his room.”mother spoke, supposedly directing the question of his whereabout at her.
She simply shrugged, pretending to be lost in her meal. She knew how her mother might develop a sudden heart attack when she sees the huge wound on her son’s face. Had it been some other days, she wouldn’t even think twice before spluttering- ‘Mother, your dear son got into a fight last night and jumped into my window to get to his room so you wouldn’t know’.
She knew she’d only say that if she wants to stay at the hospital for the whole month. That’s if Austen haven’t sliced a knife up her throat, and bury her six feets below the ground.
“I’m done.”she announced, putting the plate into the sink. She was about storming up to go drag Austen out of his room and straight to school when the blaring of a car’s horn was heard right outside.
Her phone went off in her head immediately and a message from an unknown flashed throu-ghthe screen.
Unknown: It’s Luciano. I’m right outside to take you with me to school.
Before she could start giggling with excitement, the impatient horn came again.
“Bye mother, I’ve got another ride. And if Austen finally decide to get out of the room, tell him he should go to hell.”And with that, she flung open the front door and closing it behind her, she hopped down the porch and straight into the Limousine that was waiting outside.
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“Ok. So why did you decide to pick me up?”Sabrina questioned while buckling her seatbelt as Luciano started driving them to school.
“Regarding what you told me yesterday, there’s something I want to tell you.”he replied and she found herself nodding with a little hesitance.
For the rest of the ride to school, the car was silent.
*****
Roselia paced back and forth the school’s parking lot, her eyes glancing down at the wristwatch on her wrist every pa-ssing second. It was crazy how she was the first person to arrive at the school today. Just 6:30 and she already here. She wasn’t even an attendee of the school, yet she was here after all.
“It’s 8:21… When the hell is he coming?”she gro-aned, taking a stop.
A pink BMW raced her way and almost slammed into her, causing Roselia’s face to turn red with anger.
Anita climbed out of the car, closing her car’s door and stomping towards Roselia.
“Can’t you see you’re in my parking space?”Anita stopped before her, waggling her brows at Roselia, as she twirled her keys around her index finger sa-ssily.
“Oh, piss off. Your presence stink so much that I might have to puke.”Roselia scoffed disbelievingly, shifting a little away from her and snicking a peek above Anita’s shoulder to look at the school’s gate.
Anita snickered in annoyance.
“Since am just seeing you for the first time, I had like it if you go back into the rusty corner you’ve been at for ages before I have to show you who I am. Because mere looking your face, you look more or less a nerd just lifting her nose from the books it’s been buried in for a lifetime.”Anita spat, and as she catwalks away, she intentionally slammed shoulders with Anita
Roselia looked around the school and noticed they’ve gained a crowd. Her face puffed with embra-ssment and knew she’s to do something so she couldn’t be their object of ridicule.
“Hey, Anita!”Roselia turned her and called.
Anita instantly stopped, shocked that the supposed nerd knew her name.
“Look behind your back. It su-cks how as big and sa-ssy as you’re, you forgot what to do when you’re on your period. Now, look at what a mess you’ve turned your skirt… Gush, you’re so ridiculous.”Roselia mocked, giving a disgusting face.
Anita immediately looked behind her with an horrified face. It was so fast how tears started blossoming down her -caked up with makeup- face. She just ended her menstrual cycle last week, but here it was again, her white floral skirt all stained with blood.
????OMG, Her skirt is all ruined up????
???? She’s crying, Brett.????
????Yes she is… What does that have to do with me????
????I thought you said you’ve ha-rd a crush on her since ages????
????Yes, but seeing this, whatever I once felt towards her is gone????
????And who is that girl, is she new??????
Luciano’s Limousine screeched to a halt at the school’s parking lot just as Anita wanted to make a run. She was hoping she could just get into her car, drive back home and cry herself to death.
????Prince Luciano is here!????
Roselia disregarded Anita’s sobs beside her and her face dissolved into a big grin when she saw Luciano stepping out of the car… Until, a feminine figure stepped out with him.
???? Sabrina is here… Look????
???? She’s so beautiful it hurts…????
????They are a perfect match????
????Ugh, I wanted her first!????
Roselia cracked her knuckles in anger. That was the Sabrina girl he told his men to punish back then.
“Guess she haven’t learnt her lesson.”Roselia thought with an immense amount of anger.
She couldn’t take it. Roselia started stalking her way towards them.
“Hubby…”she called and when he snapped his head at her with a warning expression, she quickly corrected herself,”I mean Luciano, good morning honey.”
She threw her arms up and made to hug him but Luciano grabbed Sabrina’s wrist and she slightly slammed into his chest. Sabrina was confused at what what happening.
“Honey, I mean… Luciano, I…”She stopped when she saw him lost staring at the girl’s eyes. Luciano’s jaw ticked when Roselia’s hand touched his bicep, and he knew he had to indirectly tell her to go to hell. He cupped Sabrina’s face in his palm and leaned in.
Anita ran the opposite direction immediately, not wanting to see the scene.
Roselia’s face paled and her eyes popped out of their sockets as Luciano slammed his li-ps unto Sabrina’s, claiming her plump li-ps and gaining an erupting scream from the crowds.
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TBC