Don't Be Surprised - Alexa H (free books to read .txt) 📗

Alikah


I run downstairs to be greeted with a great surprise." Please repeat those words mother"my stern face caused my mother to become silent before speaking. "Were taking a week vacation to Louisiana,be excited!" She jumped from her chair with the butcher knife still clamped in her hands, jumping up and down causing my little sister Rosa to come in. " mm, what's going on?" My mother looked shocked to just be notified of the ruckus she made. She slowly put down the butcher knife and ran to Rosa. " Oh Hun..I am very sorry I woke you. Please go back to bed" Rosa nodded turning around dragging her stuffed bear up the stairs taking a breath after every step seeming like a zombie. My mother glanced back at me with her bright green eyes, trying to confirm something. " Alikah I don' care for your response, it'll only be 1 week and you'll be back to your worthless life." giving me a hard core glare my mother took a regular knife and proceeded cutting the
carrots. " tch, I didn't say i wouldn't agree I said I'm shocked at the point that you would agree to something like that without consulting me on my feelings." I nodded doubtlessly and headed off back to bed to scream into my pillow. "FUCK MY LIFE" I said as the words echoed through the hallways. Slowly drifting off to sleep the noise of beeping alarm clocks filled the air. "mm, ROSA TURN OFF YOUR DAM CLOCK!" She seemed a little startled before answer from the room door down. "S-Sorry Alikah". I arose from my bed like a zombie and proceeded to the kitchen to be welcomed with a sweet breakfast smell. As the blurriness went away my vision got more clear. below me there in sight was a richly coated eggs warm delicious looking chocolate drink waiting beside and bright coated red bacon strips hanging off the side. Licking my lips I walked over to grab the plate but was caught off guard and hand followed to be slammed into a empty table. " What the-" " this isn't yours, go heat up some bread or something" I looked up to see my mother looking straight down at me. " w-what the hell's your problem!?" My face went tense at the sight of my mother. " we don't have time for your long chewing, go make toast and head off to packing." I made a little fit before grabbing a slice of bread from the cupboard and placing it in the toaster, stealing glances of my horrible mother. We never had that mother daughter relationship like you think we did. All my life she would treat Rosa like that was the first daughter she ever had,and well me. I would be the off side character no one cared about, same goes with my father. They never treated me right so if something goes wrong when In Louisiana and we somehow get separated I'll be gladder than this toast about to jump out. My mind cleared of thought as the toast went off, and I grabbed my food in mid-air. I munched the whole thing in one bite followed by a glass of orange juice and headed off to start packing. My room was a mess when I finished but luckily I always had clean clothes. Slipping into the shower about 5 minutes later the lukewarm drips greeted my back as all the tense muscles went away. When my shower was finished I did my normal routine of drying my brown curly ends, straightening, applying a small shade of lip gloss, and heading into my bedroom. I got out my regular clothes I mean this trip wasn't going to be anything fancy. I slipped on some white skinny jeans and a blue and white stripped baggy top, that showed a small tint of my bra. Walking downstairs my hands clutched to suit case and loosened as I threw it swiftly into the back of the car. Slowly the car started to pack up. My mother was in the far end with her glasses cocked up on her face and leg crossed over one reading a magazine,Rosa hugged her bear slowly drifting off to sleep.well I wouldn't blame her I wouldn't be able to get any sleep either if all i heard at 3 am in the morning was yelling from a sister and mother. My father drifted into gear gripping onto the steering wheel and proceeded driving off. Instantly I got knocked out into a deep sleep. with the song " Lucky strike" by maroon 5 playing over and over in my head.When I awoke, my blurry vision was replaced with a clear sign saying. "welcome to Louisiana" I jumped from my chair to see the view. It was indeed beautiful.Trees surrounded my eyes as I heard beautiful nature fill songs in my ears. We stopped at a Large tall building. I opened my door when my father stopped the engine of the car making the humming sound." Incredible!" Rosa murmured under her breath,The building stood tall and was wide, It seemed like your regular everyday business place where Adults do office work,but No where was it near my conclusion. When we stepped inside a pale light purple coated the walls, my warm ocean blue eyes quickly searched for the Check-in desk. I scanned the lady behind it. Her dark brown eyes seem to match perfectly with her long blonde wavy hair, the glasses she wore gave a intense look on her face but her smile was indeed welcoming. I stepped toward her following my mother and father while my sister went to admire the t.v. show that seemed to be playing in the other room. "Welcome to Sundas Magical Inn,what can I do for you today?" the more closer you went to the lady the more it seemed she was in her early 40's or late 30's. The soft smile on her face meant she was not only here for business but also to make customers happy.My mother gave a polite smile back before letting my father answer."I would like to book a room of 3 beds and 1 bathroom please." She nodded at my fathers request and started to type insanely fast. After our registration I grabbed my bags to our 1 week stay room 204 and flopped on the old fashioned neat bed. " Ah finally I can sit down" I gave a big sigh before feeling a soft yet hard sensation hit my face with a slam. moaning the object removed from my face to be revealing my blurred sister. " OW! ugh Rosa!" I snatched the pillow from her hand and attacked her with my playful wolf instincts. She giggled loudly as we tossed and turned on the bed. " Playtime over we need rest I'll be nice, tomorrow take your sister to the pool Alikah" My mother said grabbing the pillow to set it gently on the bed next to us. "Ugh, Why me!? I wanna go see If there's a mall nearby" I pleaded with puppy eyes, which only resulted to get a death stare from my mother. At this I agreed willingly.

Alikah


The loud beeps of an alarm clock droned my ears as I got up in zombie mode to see my mother and Rosa watching t.v " It's bout time you got up Go down the hotel for breakfast we already ate" My mother said glancing at my way before handing Rosa her swimwear. " Me and your father will be taking care of business so after you finish eating grab your bathing suit and go." I walked out the door trying to tune out the horrible sound of my mothers voice. When suddenly I was bumped into a hard wall that gave me a small spark. No wait this wasn't a wall It was a person, me and my dumb carelessness. " Ah! My apologies, I seemed to doze off into another world and I-" The small beautiful chuckle filled my ears before I could finish my sentence. " Don't worry about it, Tell me your name beautiful" the stranger said with a husky voice. I looked up to be greeted with a beautiful man seemed to be one year older than me. His bright green eyes searched me up and down. I blushed for the moment turning my head hoping he wouldn't see, " Alikah, yours?" " Steven but call me Steve if you don't mind" His polite smile reached his eyes to be seen as a grin. " Well um I should be heading My way, aha you know breakfast and all" I gave him a shy smile before trying to find escape. " Wait,let me guide you, your probably new here right?" grabbing my hand Steve pulled me slowly to the so called " breakfast' area. I took a deep breath of the smell of fresh toast and eggs. As I gathered food I notice the guy was still here. I walked to a table and glanced to see him following me. I finally got the chance to speak up and said " Weren't you going somewhere?" " Huh? oh! um back to my parents but I'm sure they won't notice If I'm gone I told them I'm gonna head over to the pool" " oh really? I have to bring my sister to the pool" " great! I'll get my stuff and we'll meet at the pool?" Steve gave a grin before hearing me say a a yes or no and ran off." Geez what a difficult one, You okay with this Clar?" "Absolutely! he's wonderful and hot" Clar (pronounced Cl-r , not Claire) is my inner wolf as I guess you would call it. I'm part werewolf so this would be understandable for our race and most humans who know about us. After breakfast I walked slowly back to room 204 to be greeted by my cheery sister. " POOL POOL POOL!" Rosa chanted " I got it pool" I said pulling on my shorts and a bra. As soon as I finished Rosa grabbed me by my knee and pulled all the way to the door " Rosa! I'm gonna tr-" Luckily at that same time It was like in slow-motion Steve came to my rescue. Rosa oohed in excitement and Steve gave a slight pink blush, hardly see able. " Oh uh your here I thought we were meeting at the pool? " my face seemed questioning, he seemed a bit puzzled until remembering the fact I came out the other door. " oh that's because I'm in room 205" Steve gave a light grin before ushering my little sister to his back. " YAY PIGGY!" Rosa giggled slightly
before pouncing like a wild animal on Steve's back,He twitched for a second not believing her weight before proceeding to the pool. As soon as