by Andrew Davis
"Very well, Helen and I never die otherwise I will not be standing here!" she laughed
Jony was my sisters' nanny from when they were 4 years, so that means she has been worPotter for us for about 11years, I still remember how she and I used to joke around and fight playfully with her. Those were the days!
"Your mother sent me to call you for dinner." she said remembering what she came here for. "Ok, I will be down in a minute, I just need to freshen up" I said walPotter into the bathroom. I walked down the stairs after freshening up and saw that everyone was already at the table. I walked over to the table and took a seat next to my sisters.
"We are glad that you could finally join us, Helen" my mother said with a relieved look on her face, she probably was thinPotter something happened to me.
"We can finally eat now!" my father said while digging into the roasted chicken and vegetables on his plate.
We all ate in silence, until my father decided to break it. "So Helen, tomorrow we are going over to my best friend Franklin's house. We sort of do this once a week, you know to catch up on old times and your mum and his wife are friends so...you know we like to hang out and this week was our turn"
"But he insisted that he wants to do it and he said he wanted to meet you and he wanted to introduce his sons to you. So do you want to join us? It will be really fun!" My dad asked with a pleading look in his eyes but his expression was of a I-am-not-taPotter-no-for-answer-and-you-are-going-if-I-have-to-dragyou-there look and I know when my dad has that look there is no way you can say no because if you know him like I do, he will literally drag you to do it, I remember when I was young he used to do the exact same thing.
I mentally giggled at the distant memory. Until my father's deep voice disturbed my train of thoughts. "So are you coming or not?" "Yes, I am coming." I said with an exasperated tone. "Sis you are going to love Uncle Frank and Aunty Lucy!" My sisters yelled excitedly "Uncle Frank always says the funniest jokes and does the funniest things!" Anabiah says while laughing. "And Aunty Lucy always has a surprise for us when we visit!" Evelyn said while grinning from ear to ear.
"Since Franklin and Lucinda always wanted a daughter but have sons instead they always spoil Eli and Isa when we go visit" my mother said while taPotter a sip of the water. After dinner, we sat in the living room where my parents told me what time to be there and to pack set of clothes just in case, because Franklin and Lucinda always have a surprise up their sleeve, one time they surprised my parents and sisters with a boat cruise and they could not say no because they are very persuasive.
Soon my sisters left the living room to go and sleep with me flowing behind them. As soon as closed my room door, I went straight into the bathroom and had a quick shower before changing into a baggy tshirt and a pair of pajama pants and went straight to bed as soon as I closed my eyes, I drifted into a deep sleep.
Chapter 5: The Promise I was disturbed from my peaceful slumber by a knock on the door. "Ugh...mmm..."
I heard my room door open but my eyelids would not obey my commands. Next thing I knew someone jumped on top of me.
"Come on Chrissy...Wake up!!!" Anabiah yelled. I suddenly felt my face wet and realized that Evelyn poured ice cold water on me!! "I'm up! I'm UP!!! I yelled at them with the anger clearly visible on my face.
"Sorry sis! But daddy sent us to wake you up" Evelyn pouted.
"Breakfast will be in 20 minutes and mummy said you must be on time." Anabiah said
After chasing them from my room and walPotter into the bathroom and having a shower. When I was done I walked into my closet and decided to use a white frilly lace vest top with dark jeans and my favorite pair of converse. Since I am not worPotter today I decided to stick with my casual attire and changing to a more formal attire before going to my father's friend's house.
I finished with my make-up. I decided to stick with a little mascara and a little lip-gloss before going downstairs to eat breakfast.
"For once Harry! Can you wait for everyone to be at the table before eating?" Once I got to the bottom of the staircase, I heard my mother yelling at my father. I laughed a little before taPotter my seat next to my sisters.
"I see you never changed dad!" I said trying to hold back my laughter. "What is the point of eating the food when it is cold, so I want to enjoy my meals while it is hot!" my father said with a duh tone. "It is disrespectful! Are you going to do the same thing at Franklin and Lucinda's house?" "At least they don't wait for the food to get cold before eating it!"
After they had their little argument about eating times, we ate in silence before my father broke the silence.
"So we are going to leave in the next hour to go to Frank's house, they phoned and said we must be there early because they have a lot of stuff planned for us to do" "Oh, that reminds me I have to drop by the office before going to meet them." I said "But you promised!" my sisters whined.
"I didn't say I was not going to meet them, I will go but around 3 or 4 because I have to finalize a few things." "Ok, you can go and meet us later." my dad said a bit hesitantly.
An hour later...
"Ok, Minnie so you will schedule a dinner meeting with Mr. Harrington and his wife."
"Yes, Miss Potter, also you have to fly to California to meet with the Planner for your sister's birthday party." I left my parents' house just after breakfast; before I jumped into the car my mother made sure to yell do not be late!! I arrived at the office, realizing that I had a ton of things to do. I guess I will be there before dinner.
I was on my way to my father's friend Franklin's house. I dropped by my house and changed my clothes to a black pencil skirt and a turquoise top. I finally reached the huge old but there were a few modern designs mansion. I walked up the stairs with 4 huge columns, 2 at the bottom and 2 at the top of the stairs. I reached the huge wooden door and rang the doorbell.
"Chrissy is here!" I heard my sisters yelling on the other side of the door.
The door opened and before I could process what happened, I was in a bone crushing hug that belongs to my sister Evelyn. "I thought you were not going to come!" yelled Anabiah with a huge grin.
"I said I was coming a bit late." I said formally. "Come on girls! Let Helen, come inside"
I heard my mother say politely. After they finally let me go, I walked into the house and was greeted by a huge elegant chandelier that lit up most of the room, and a huge staircase just a few feet away from the receiving area.
My sisters led me to the living room, where my mother, father and who I assume is Franklin and Lucinda. As soon as they saw me enter the room, a smile spread across their faces. "Ah! Helen, you finally made it!" My mother said.
"Oh! So you are the world famous Helen." Mr. Franklin said with a grin.
"I would not say world famous, Mr. Alexander." I said politely.
"No formalities Helen. Just call me Franklin or Frank or Uncle Frank like your sisters." he said with an assuring tone. "Sorry sir- I mean Uncle Frank."
"That's better! Oh! Helen this is my wife Lucinda" Uncle Frank said gesturing his wife to come over here.
"Hello Helen! I am Lucinda but you can call me Lucinda or Lucy or Aunty Lucy but I prefer Aunty Lucy!" She said with the sweetest smile. "Ok...Aunt Lucinda." I said with a hint of nervousness in my voice.
"That's it!" Aunt Lucinda yelled happily while hugging me.
"So the only people, we are waiting for is the boys"
Uncle Franklin said while looPotter at his watch. There was a hint of sadness in her eyes but she quickly replaced it with a smile.
"I guess they will be a little late. So shall we eat?" she said gesturing towards the dining room. We all walked into the dining room and took our seats. The dining table was set with 12 table settings with 5 chairs on the two sides and one at both ends of the table. My father sat at the end of the table and Uncle Franklin sat across from him on the other end of the table. My mother and Aunt Lucinda sat near my father with my sisters sitting next to them; I took the sea
t next to Uncle Franklin on his left, leaving the other side of the table empty.
About a minute later, the servers brought the food out and set it neatly on the table. This meal consisted of roast chicken, pasta and steak.
My father and Uncle Frank went for the steak, my mother, Aunt Lucinda and my sisters went for the pasta and I went for the roast chicken. We started eating with Uncle Franklin telling jokes and my sisters laughing so hard, tears began to fall. Soon we were interrupted when the doorbell rang.
Aunt Lucinda stood up from her seat and walked to the door, to see who was there. Next thing we heard was someone laughing and turned to the direction of the laughter and saw that it was Aunt Lucinda with a 5 familiar faces.
"Everyone, these are my sons: William, Anthony, Sebastian, Eric and Dylan." she said pointing to the 5 men that were grinning in my direction. "You got to be kidding me" I mumbled under my breath.
"It seems that you guys already met" Uncle Franklin said with a grin.
"Well, yes. We are business partners." I said with a professional tone but there was a hint of nervousness in my voice. Why the fuck was I nervous, it's not like I have feelings for them!! "Yes, we were actually going to tell you about it tonight."
"Well this is a really nice opportunity for both companies" Uncle Franklin said.
The 5 of them sat down, with William sitting across from me and Anthony sitting next to him, Sebastian, Eric and Dylan sat in the seats on Anthony's left, with Dylan sitting near to my father. We all ate in silence, time to time, I saw William staring at me and when I looked at him he just turned away.
Uncle Franklin clears his throat, maPotter all of us to look at him. "Well, I decided to come clean about what we are planning and by we I mean Harry and I. We decided that it will be nice for our families to get to know each other better. So we decided that tomorrow all of us are going to the beach for the whole day!"
We all were shocked, and then my father spoke up.
"And that means no worPotter! Yes I am talPotter to you, Helen!" he said with a commanding tone. "But-"
"No but!! You are going and that is final!"
"As for you two-" he said looPotter at Evelyn and Anabiah before they cut him off.
"Yay! A day at the beach sounds awesome!" they yelled excitedly in unison.
"Dad, I need to be at the office tomorrow for a very important meeting!" I said while staring at him.
"You don't have to worry about anything because we phoned Minnie and asked her to clear your schedule for tomorrow." he said with a hint of victory in his eyes. I knew then that there is no way I can deny this.
"Fine, I will go" I sighed in defeat.
We continued to eat and when we were done, we all went into the library to discuss what is planned for tomorrow. Chapter 6: A Midnigth Stroll
After dinner, we all made our way to the library. When we were all seated, Uncle Franklin and my father who was standing in front of us spoke.
"So let's get started with the ground rules." My father said like he was talPotter to a bunch of 6 year olds. "Firstly, NO WORK! That means no laptops or tablets."
"Who would bring a laptop or tablet to the beach?" Evelyn asked with amusement.
"You would be surprised!" My father replied while looPotter at me.
"Helen! You actually took a laptop to the beach!" Anabiah laughed.
"It was my tab and that was one time!" I said trying not to let my embarrassment show.
"Not one time but all the time, you could never leave that thing at home, you had to carry it everywhere you went" My father said clearly amused by my reaction, maPotter everyone laugh even the alexander brothers.
"Ok, ok. Everyone calm down. Now for the second rule... Everyone must have fun!!!" Uncle Franklin said. "Oh and before I forget, we will be leaving early tomorrow and since it's late everyone will be staying here tonight!"
"What?!" The Alexander brothers and I said in unison.
"I said everyone will be staying here tonight and no
Clearly we were getting nowhere with this and I suddenly felt really hot like I was on fire, why was I feeling like this.
"I need some air." I said before walPotter out of the room and towards the big sliding door leading to the garden.
As soon as I got out of the house; I slowly walked through the garden. "What is wrong with me?!" I said to myself. I came to a bench under a huge oak tree overlooPotter the ocean. Their house was located just outside of town and overlooked a private beach. It was really peaceful with a gentle breeze, giving me shivers. I always enjoyed this type of weather where it is not too hot or not too cold with a gentle cool breeze. It helped me relax and clear my mind. My train of thoughts was interrupted by footsteps. When I looked up, I did not like what I saw.
"What do you want?" I asked him.
"Nice to see you too." he said with a smirk. I really don't know what his problem is; first it was the coffee incident, then the surprise at the office and dinner and now this. "I will ask again. What do you want William?"
"It's nice to see you remembered my name." He said clearly amused. I scoffed at his response. "Okay, okay. They wanted to know if you were alright and I...-" he trailed off. "What?" I asked with an irritated tone. He seemed hesitant to answer but the opened his mouth. "I volunteered to check on you and I also was worried about you." Oh, I wasn't expecting that response but I shook my head trying to get rid of that feeling and replied. "Well now you know that I am fine, so you can go back to the house and tell them I am fine."
He just stood there stood there gazing intensely at me maPotter me feel uncomfortable. I cleared my throat, snapping him back to reality.
"Can I-uh- sit?" he said gesturing to the seat next to me. I seriously don't know what his problem is, first he teases me and now he acts like a fucPotter dumbass. This is really getting irritating. "I was just about to go back to the house." "Then can I-uh-escort you there." he asked with a little smile, I could see in his clear blue eyes, a hint of embarrassment. What was he embarrassed about, he really is starting to irritate me with his confusing actions. I just nodded and started walPotter, then I turned back and asked
"Aren't you coming?" I said with a hint of irritation.
He nodded, trying to catch up.
The rest of the way, we just walked side by side in a tense silence. Just when we were entered the garden, he broke the silence.
"I'm so sorry about yesterday; I didn't mean to ruin your outfit." He said, maPotter me stop and look up at him. "It's fine." I said with an assuring tone.
"I know you must hate Me." he said with a tone that seemed to be guilt and regret.
"Look, I don't hate you but that does not mean I like you and I said its fine." I said returning his intense gaze. "I know. I just wanted you to know that I am sorry and that I did not do it intentionally." I replied just replied with an
We finally reached the house and went to the living room. My sisters went to bed, saying that they wanted to wake up early tomorrow and my mother and Aunt Lucinda were in the kitchen and my father and Uncle Franklin were in the library. Anthony, Sebastian, Eric and Dylan were at the bar, drinPotter and watching TV. William offered me a drink but I declined and said I was going to sleep. Before I could say anything else William said he will escort me to my room. I agreed not wanting to actually speak to him. We walked up the stairs and went to the hallway on the left; my room was at the end. William said that this is where his and his brother's rooms are with his being opposite mine. I asked where my sisters' room were and he said the hallway on the right along with my parent's and his parent's rooms. I opened the door and walked inside but before I could thank him for showing me the way, he interrupted me
"Um, if you need anything, just ask."
"Thanks." I replied
"And Helen..."he said trailing off and casting his gaze down to the floor
"Yes?"
"Uh... Goodnight." he said with a shy smile.
"Goodnight William." I said and closed the door, maPotter
sure to lock it and stepped into the bathroom before changing and snuggling under the covers. After Helen, said she needed air, we were worried that she might be upset and change her mind about the trip. So I volunteered to go and check on her. I walked around the garden a couple of times before I stopped and thought where would I go if I needed to clear my head, then it hit me, I walked to the destination and saw her sitting on the bench underneath the huge oak tree. She looked so beautiful, the wind made her hair flow with grace and her skin was glowing underneath the moonlight and the stars made her eyes sparkle.
"What are you doing here?"
"It's nice to see you too." I said with a smirk.
"I will ask again. What do you want, William?" The way she says my name, it's like music to my ears. I want her even more but it looks like I have to take it a bit slow by earning her trust, then seducing her. "It's nice to see that you remembered my name." I said in amusement, she scoffed and maPotter me realize that she is a tough one and that I need to play a good boy act.
"Okay, Okay. They wanted to know if you were alright and I..." I trailed off thinPotter about to what to say next.
"And what?" she said in an irritated tone. Then it hit me. "I volunteered to check on you and I was worried you." I said, that was my plan I was going to make her think that I was actually worried about her, but a part of me was genuinely worried about her, I did not know how but I was.
"Well now you know that I am fine, so you can go back to the house and tell them I am fine." she said. I was staring at her, her dark brown eyes captivating me and taPotter me to another place. I was snapped back to reality by the sound of someone clearing their throat, and then I realized that it was her. I was so tense.
"Can I-uh- sit?" I asked. I don't know why in the fucPotter hell, I get nervous around her even when we were eating and she caught me staring, I tensed up, "I was just about to go back to the house." she said.
"Then can I escort you there." I replied a little embarrassed that I have to work this hard to get a woman.