šUNEXPECTED EMOTIONSš
(Tales of Meteor City)
**CHAPTER SEVEN**
By, Naomi Cindy B
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“Who the hell are you!” Kingston demanded
“I’m Iris, what more do you want to know?” Iris said, taking a bite of the orange again
” My gosh I’m going to go crazy at this rate, how the fvĀ¢k did you get in here!” Kingston demanded again
Diamond’s mouth is still agape at the disheartening scene
” Hey calm down handsome, I’m just…
Almost immediately, Kingston’s phone rang
It’s his chief worker
“This ain’t the right time to call Danny” he said into the phone
“I’m sorry boss but a bad News, the England dealers cancelled the deal alre-ady” Danny said
” What!”
” Yes, and right now I’m getting the news from the guys that the sĀ£negal dealers are breaking it too” Danny said
” No no, that’s impossible!’
“And another one boss, the Pakistan…..
Kingston smashed his phone in anger
“Are you some sort of badluck or something?, Are you crazy or mad?’ he said
“I’m not a badluck but …
” Call the cops” he interrupted
“The cops?” Iris wondered
Diamond dialled the cops line on her phone and reported
“The moment I saw you, I lost three of my clients and I’m sure I’d have lost more by now, I can’t risk this, and for a girl like you to come into a house like this, disorganize a room and sit comfortably on the be-d, wearing my sister’s go-wn and eating one damn unpeeled orange, it’s all too strange!” Kingston yelled, but despite the harshness in his voice, Iris never trembled
“I heard it’s not good to shout, you might get so-re throat” Iris said
Diamond ruffled her hair as she continued staring at the wonder in front of her…she’s just too strange
The cops car stĀ©pped in front of the house and Kingston went downstairs to bring them in
“Hey pretty, what’s your name?” Iris asked Diamond
” How did you get here?” Diamond asked calmly
“I fell from a very high place” she replied
“She’s not normal” Diamond muttered but Iris heard
” I’m normal!” She said quic-kly
Kingston c@mĀ£ in with the cops
” Here is the intruder, no breakage but how she entered is a wonder’ Kingston said without patience
A cop gr@bbĀ£d Iris by her arm and pu-ll-ed her out of the room
“Where are you taking me!, Let me go!’ she kept shouting as she was dragged out
“Just charge her for breakage” Kingston said
“But Oppa , there’s no breakage” Diamond said
” Then can you explain how she got into your room?, Immediately we saw her, you don’t know how many bad news I’ve heard?, Oh God!, plea-se take her away” Kingston said.
The cops took ignorant Iris away in their van
“Oppa, she looks harmless and…
” No Diamond, you won’t un-derstand, she’s just like a devil,her appearance is….
His phone rang
It’s Danny again
He picked immediately
“Yes?, Another bad news?’ he asked
” No, good News, the dealers called back just now to renew the deal, they all said they made the call the other time without knowing, it’s strange boss” Danny said
” So far we have our dealers back , it’s cool, I’ll see you”
He hanged up and inhaled ha-rd
” Oppa, can you let the girl go at least?” Diamond asked
“No” Kingston replied and went upstairs
” How strong-headed” she muttered…
“******
” Where is this place?” Iris asked as she’s thrown into the police detention room
“Your new house” a cop replied
“My new house?, Really?, It smells, it reeks, it stinks…it…
” That’s because it’s a house for thieves like you” the cop replied
” Thieves like me?, Really?, You just called me a thief?” Iris said
” Sure, aren’t you?, You broke into someone else’s house, what were you expecting” the cop replied rudely before leaving
Iris smiled
“Let’s get a little bit of rest, it nee-ds to get dark before I can start the show” she thought
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” Where’s Eleven?” Aurora asked Eragon
.. it’s evening alre-ady
” He has been in his room since morning” he replied
“Why?, Cos of his lost love?, Is he feeling lovesick?, How blind” Aurora said, smiling satisfactorily
” I think so empress, but we don’t nee-d to worry, he’ll soon get over her” Eragon replied
” He better do so quic-k” Aurora said, staring into space
Eragon bowed before leaving
He c@mĀ£ across Lillie at the corridor and she held his arm just like she did the other time
He looked at her, swallowing ha-rd
“Yes? Princess?” He asked
“Drink with me tonight, just a cu-p of wine” she said
Eragon re-moved his hand from her grip
” No thanks” he replied before trying to walk away
She drew her sword and placed it on his nĀ£Ā¢k
“I’m not done yet” she said
Eragon gently pushed the sword off his nĀ£Ā¢k and faced her
” And I’m not interested in what you’re talking about, excuse me” he said and walked away
” Eragon!” Lillie called but he never looked back
He went straight to Eleven’s room
He opened the door and met him staring out at the window, his back visible
“I want to be alone, plea-se” Eleven said dryly
“No my prince, you haven’t eaten anything since morning, you can’t continue to starve” Eleven said
” I don’t have an appetite, I really don’t, plea-se Eragon, you nee-d to leave” Eleven said, still not looking at him
” Prince…
“Eragon!” Eleven shouted, ma-king Eragon tremble
“I’m sorry master, really sorry, I’ll go now” Eragon said before leaving the room
Eleven regretted shouting at him Immediately but what can he do?
He’s heartbroken so he’s not himself
“Iris where are you” he thought , trying to fight back his tears
******
Eragon left his room with guilt
“He shouted at me for the first time in history, he must be really hurt” he thought, thinking about the p@rt he pla-yed in sĀ£nding her out
” I’m so sorry Eleven, I just don’t want her to be killed, that’s why I did it” he said to himself, looking at his doorstep…
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Lillie rushed In anger to the emperor’s room
Eragon’s constant rejection each time she tries to get closer to him is getting to the brink
And it’s annoying…
She got to the emperor’s room and stared angrily at him on the be-d
“Lillie” emperor called
“Don’t call my name!, You have no right to call my name!, You should call Eleven or your long lost Novato!” She yelled
” Lillie…
“I told you not to call my name again you idiot!, You’ve always hated me when you’re still ok, and now that you’re as useless as a corpse, now that I have my chance to hate you, I’ll do that with all I have, I hate you father!, I hate you!, And do you know what you are?, Useless!, You’re useless!” Lillie yelled again at the tĀ©p of her voice, her voice radiating throu-gh the whole palace
“Who told you I hate you?, Who….
” It’s mum! , Mum told me you hate me cos I took after her!” She yelled
” Aurora told you that blatant lie?” Emperor said
Aurora c@mĀ£ in hurriedly
“Is that a lie?, Haven’t you always hated her cos she took after me in everything?, Useless emperor, so far I’m still alive, you’ll never stand up from that be-d, that be-d will be your death place!” She said
” Aurora…
“Shut up!” Aurora interrupted and left the room with Lillie
Almost immediately, Dan c@mĀ£ in with his tea
“So I now have to take it in the evenings too?” He asked weakly, tears trick-ling out of his eyes
” Yes, empress ordered it, but don’t worry your highness, it’s for your own benefit” Dan replied
” Where’s Eleven?, I want him to feed me” Jin said
” Your highness, Prince Eleven is emotionally down, the girl he loves left him” Dan replied
” He loves a girl?, My son loves someone?” Jin said
“Yes your highness, but she left without telling him her destination so he’s down seriously” Dan replied, scooping the tea into the spoon
“oh Eleven” Jin lamented
“I’ll persuade him to come here only after you take your tea” Dan said, placing it on hisl-ips
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” Like seriously?” Carson said as Kingston narrated iris’s story to him
Kingston actually went to meet him at his hospital
” Yes buddy, like it’s shocking, how she entered still remained a wonder” Kingston said
” But don’t you think it’s strange?, You said she was eating unpeeled orange, is she normal?” Carson said
” I don’t think so but I don’t want to talk about it again, she’s with the cops, they’ll take care of her” Kingston replied
Skylar c@mĀ£ in
” Hey baby” she hvgged Carson
Kingston coughed
“No matter what, I won’t be oppressed so Zi-p it and come back here” Kingston said as they broke the hvg
” When will you ever get married?” Skylar said
“Get married?, Ask when he’ll have a girlfriend first” Carson replied
Skylar laughed out loud
“I think I should go” Kingston said, standing up
“You hate talks about girls or marriage, ion know why” Skylar said
” Because ion like them, I’ll see you both around” Kingston said before leaving
” Now I know why people call him heartless” Skylar said, sitting on Carson’s l@ps
” He’s not heartless and you know it” Carson replied
” Yes , but people think he’s heartless cos of how he frowns and never smiles, he never as-sociates with girls, who won’t think he’s really heartless” Skylar said
” I know right?, Well enough talks about my friend, let’s talk about us, I’m hungry” Carson said
” Then eat me” Skylar replied, wi-nking
” Why must you show it everywhere that you’re a se-ductress?, Eat you in the office?” Carson said
“does it matter?” Skylar replied, pe-cking him
“It really doesn’t” Carson replied, standing up to go bolt the door…
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“Is your room a meat market?, It’s all a mess” Isla said as she entered Diamond’s room with Cole
” This is just not cool, I mean, it looks like an entirely different room, did a tornado happen here?” Cole said, looking round the room with his arms akimbo…
“Shut up you two, this is why I called you both, help me tidy up plea-se” Diamond said
” It’ll cost you a pe-ck” Cole said and stole a pe-ck from her cheek”
” jĀ£rk” Diamond replied, ru-bbing her cheek
” What if I come across a br@, p@n-t or…
” I know that’s what your per-vert full heart will think, so i took care of them alre-ady, just tidy up this room for me will you?” She said, sitting on the be-d
” Why don’t you just tell your brother to hire maids” Isla said
” Cos we don’t want to,we value privacy than money, and that’s why he doesn’t move around with guards despite his dangerous job” Diamond replied
” So what really happened here?” Cole asked
“It’s a long story” she replied
They both sat beside her
” Tell us”
She took time to tell them everything
” What!, What kind of a girl is she?” Isla said
” Ion know, all I know is that she’s…. pretty!, She’s adorable, looks innocent and harmless” Diamond replied, remembering her face
” So why will your brother sĀ£nd her to the cops after all these characteristics?” Cole asked
” Ion know, all I know is that I’ll persuade him to go get her re-leased when he comes back since she stole nothing” Iris said
” she stole the beauty of your room” Isla said, looking around again
” Let’s get to work, it’s getting dark” Cole said, standing up
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(Ion care how many times I have to say it but those who comment “next” should stĀ©p… it’s annoying to me, how many times do I have to say it?, How is next related to a story?… comment something about the story and not bloody “next”… Biko)
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Iris smiled in the detention room and stood
She flexed her fists and folded it
“Let’s pl@ya little” she said to herself
A kick from her leg brou-ght down the room door
It fell heavily and she left the room
“Holy moly” the cops exclaimed as she walked elegantly out of the room
“Get her!” The rude cop ordered
They surrounded her and she smiled knowingly before closing her eyes…
It started raining inside the station alone and the water is so cold
The cops caught serious flu as the water tĀ©uƧhed them
They all fell down, shaking like a leaf on water
“Avoid me next time” she said, stepping out of the station
She got out and smiled at what she’s seeing
More beautiful than Meteor
She spre-ad her arms and jumped up
“Freedom!!!” She screamed…
TBC
Don’t type next un-der my post, plea-se and plea-se, I don’t want to start blocking
Love š§”