He left it open, and saw a cup at the dining table, he strode over and stared at it blankly.
Cross took it, and returned to his seat, he sat down and reclined on the chair, and he shook the juice.
“What kind of wine is this?” he mumbled, and shook his head, he twisted it several angles, before opening it, and pouring himself a drink.
He sat calmly and started sipping from the cup leisurely, Katie stirred and grumbled, she woke up, and her eyes widened in shock when she saw the stranger that she took in sitting down leisurely, and sipping juice.
She gasped when he saw her late father's favourite tea cup in his hand, she stood on her feet and snatched it from him
“Hey, not this one,” she said and kept the tea cup away after disposing of the juice.
“Why are you naked?” she grumbled, and threw a duvet at him, she webbed her hair with her palm in frustration.
A knock came at the door “don't move” she signalled to him before walking to the door, she opened it slightly and peaked.
“Child, are you alright? I heard a wolf howl?” Granny Fray told her, Katie looked at her confused.
“That will be from the backyard, you know, there are many wolves in the wounds” she replied.
Granny Fray nodded “just be careful child” she cautioned Katie who nodded her head several times in agreement.
She bade Granny Fray goodbye, and turned, only, to see the man still sitting calmly on the chair without moving a muscle.
She stomped her feet, and stood before him with arms akimbo, “so, who are you?” she inquired.
A knock disrupted the moment, “ah! Who is it again?” she grumbled, and went to get the door, she opened it and saw Chloe's angry face glaring at her.
She shoved Chloe and shut the door behind her, “Katie Clyde” Chloe shouted at her with all her strength.
A deafening ear-wrenching scream made Katie's ears tingle, she covered her ears with her palms and crunched her eyebrows, “Chloe, what was that for? Ouch! My eardrums” she whined.
“Good for you!” Chloe smirked and maintained her angry demeanour “Katie, you will be the death of me, I was so close, very close, to getting my crush…”
Katie interjected “sorry, I thought you have numerous crushes, I mean crushes if put in plural”
Chloe's frown deepened “I mean the one at the top of the list, Brien, you just messed up everything, you are such a terrible friend” she complained bitterly.
Katie didn't know how she messed up Chloe's plans of getting hooked with another of her crushes, she gave her an askance look
“Chloe, how did innocent me, mess up your plan while we are thousands of miles from each other?” she asked, curiously wondering how plausible could that be.
Chloe stomped her feet angrily, and pointed a finger at her, “of course you did!”
Katie shook her head in pity and slumped her shoulders, “I hereby declare the accused, guilty” she mimicked a judge she saw on a TV screen.
Her phone started ringing, she brought it out, and her eyes widened when saw the series of familiar numbers, the moment she picked up the call, a voice roared “Katie Clyde, where the fuck are you?”
“On my way” she responded, and quickly ended the call, she pulled Chloe away and started talking relentlessly
“Chloe, you just made me go late, and I will appreciate it if you will be a good friend, and go home, we will see maybe, weekend, or tomorrow, whenever”
She let go of her arms, and ran inside, Chloe watched in a daze “is Katie going insane?” she mumbled.
Katie barged inside the room and exhaled in relief when she saw that the man she took in sat calmly.
She ran inside her bedroom and picked up her identity card, and her company pass, she came out, and ran out of the house, moving frantically without caution.
“Oh- my God!” she exclaimed and re-entered the house, she stared at the stranger she took in, and saw that he hasn't eaten anything.
“I know you are hungry, let us get you what to eat,” she said, without waiting for him, she went into the kitchen, microwaved some food, and served him.
“don't move” she warned him again, before running off, Chloe stuck around even when “Katie!” she called out to her friend.
“I am late Chloe” Katie reposted, and got into her trunk “don't misbehave, don't misbehave” she stuttered and twitched the key with her eyes shut tightly.
The engine roared to life, and she opened her eyes filled with a sea of stars and smiled smugly, “aham!” she exclaimed excitedly.
Katie Clyde parked her trunk and came down, right at the company parking lot, her old trunk looking oddly improper.
She ran inside the company, and frowned when she saw the manager on duty, he didn't give Katie any breather, before yelling “Katie Clyde, you are twenty minutes, fifteen seconds late; therefore, I am deducting it from your paycheck” he spoke with a tone of finality.
Katie lowered her head looking pitiful and swapped an imaginary tear, “Sir”
“Another five seconds late” he added more numbers, Katie Clyde's eyes widened in shock “what the fuck!” she cursed, and ran into the changing room.
“Manager Duke, what a cone-headed bastard” she scolded him viciously.
Another worker who just signed and she was also changing into the routine uniform overheard her, “Katie, what is the matter?”
Katie became flustered “Ah, nothing, nothing” she explained with exasperation, and scurried away.
Her colleague stared at her and shook her head, “what a pity” she commented, and left.
Katie changed and came out, wearing the helmet “your first order, Katie Clyde, don't delay, your time starts now” the man warned ruthlessly, and pointed to a package.
Katie resisted the urge to roll her eyes and grabbed the package, got on her assigned bike, and rode off with her electric bike.
As she waded through the City traffic, she hummed a tone.“Hey! Watch where you are going, idiot!” someone yelled at her.Katie frowned, her eyebrows knitted tightly, the voice seemed very familiar, she didn't put so much thought into it.She arrived at the location of the person who ordered the pizza, held the box tightly and walked towards a residential building,the street was very clean, different from other streets she has been to, without being told, anyone could tell that people of affluent in the City reside there.She rang the electric bell, the gate opened, and a burly man stepped out, Katie Clyde looked up, the shadow of the man was blocking the sun from her face.“Yes,” the man said in a deep baritone voice.Katie licked her lips nervously, “I am the pizza girl, someone ordered a pizza here”She recited her usual lines, “call the person”Katie Clyde whipped out her phone, and called the person who made the order, “hey, what took you so long? I was expecting you an hour ago,
When Katie got home, she dragged her tired body through the front screen door, she kept her trench coat on the hanger, her eyes wandered around the room and landed on the table before she looked towards the settee and discovered that Pascal was still sitting where he was.Her eyes widened in shock "you, didn't you eat?"she rushed towards the dining table and checked the microwaved food she have prepared for him, but to her surprise, she saw that the food was left untouched.She furrowed her eyebrows, and stood arms akimbo at Pascal's front, with her head slightly raised like a peacock, Pascal chuckled."Hey, why are you laughing? you haven't eaten, ain't you hungry? and what is your name?"Pascal looked into her eyes speechlessly, he didn't know how to respond, he doesn't even know what she was talking about.Katie started demonstrating with her hands, but when no response came from Pascal, she gave up "he is probably deaf and dumb, or mentally unstable, what a pity" she mumbled whil
Katie emerged with Dr Syd by her side from the room, Pascal looked at Dr Syd and squinted his eyes."Hello, this is my friend Dr Syd, he is a doctor, I called him over to look at you," Katie told Pascal, who just looked at the two without moving his muscles.Dr Syd narrowed his eyes at Pascal "hello, what is your name?"Pascal responded in saxon, and both of them were astounded, Katie glanced at Dr Syd "what is he saying? I don't understand" she said."Katie, I would like to see you for a minute"Dr Syd took Katie Clyde into her room once again "Katie, can you tell me what is going on? and it should be the truth, no lies"Katie Clyde looked at Dr Syd and crossed her heart "no lies, I saw him on the road naked and took pity on him, that is why I brought him home"Dr Syd gasped and gaped at Katie Clyde "you are something else, Katie, what if he is a criminal? what if he wants to harm you, how can you do such a thing?"Katie Clyde nodded in understanding "it is just an assumption, can yo
"Talking of the devil" Katie Clyde mumbled and hurried over."Mrs Scott" she greeted smiling widely.The woman looked at Katie Clyde sternly "you are supposed to be among those planning the transportation of students, why are you late Katie Clyde?" she asked."Ah, that, I wasn't told" Katie Clyde replied.Mrs Scott made sure she scolded Katie Clyde before letting her go, she exhaled a breath "what a horrible morning" she muttered.The moment she ran into Catherine "can my day be any worse!?" she lamented."Katie Clyde, hope you got the gift I gave you, Senior Rose is looking for you, girl, you are in a deep shit" Catherine warned her smilingly.Katie Clyde's eyes widened in realisation "thank you so much, Catherine, catch you later" Katie Clyde said, she turned around and fled."what is wrong with her?" Catherine's lackey at her right hand asked, "she is crazy" Catherine replied, and looked towards the direction that Katie Clyde fled to.When Katie Clyde arrived at the planning commit
Katie Clyde was absent-minded when the new owner ascend the podium, Edna one of her co-workers nudged her."He is so handsome, Katie," she said and blushed faintly.Katie Clyde blinked her eyes in confusion, and looked at her "what did you say?"She rolled her eyes "forget it, Katie Clyde"The owner stood on the podium and started speaking "my name is Jack Rich, I am impressed with the way the dispatching company has been organised, I am not going to change any policies, except the ones making my workers go home sad and crying""Katie, he is looking at us, he is looking at me" she started assuming because Jack Rich's gaze was directed towards where they are sitting.Katie Clyde rolled her eyes, "thank you all, for your hard work" Jack Rich ended his speech, and left the podium, the manager followed him out of the conference room.Katie Clyde followed the other staff out of the conference room, "um... I would have called Pascal, but he doesn't even have a phone, poor boy""Poor boy?" t
Pascal stretched his hand and grabbed the burly man's neck and broke it, he turned around swiftly and looked down, and saw the man escaping with Katie Clyde's bike."Hey, stop, I am going to call the cops" Katie Clyde cried out, running after him on foot."Hahaha, call the cops? they won't dare come over here" he mocked and diverted into a more dangerous street.His eyes caught a glimpse of a man standing ahead, in the middle of the street."fuck!" he swore, and stepped on the brake, the tyres screeched and halted right before Pascal."Fuck you, man! what the hell are you doing in the middle of the street, I would have knocked y..."Pascal didn't even bother listening to the nonsense he was saying, he stretched his hand and caught his collar, pulled him up directly, and flung him over his head."woohoo!" the street urchin screamed "ouch!" he wailed the moment he landed roughly on the tarred road."Hey, I will call the police, return my bike" Katie Clyde's voice filtered into Pascal's
"Take care of Katie, when it's time, we will settle with the vampires once and for all," he said and teleported back to the house.Jack Rich looked on and sighed emotionally, he wasn't expecting him to be still alive."Pascal!" Katie Clyde called out, she has been looking for him for the past ten minutes.The screen door in the backyard opened, and Pascal walked inside the house "hey, where have you been? I have been looking for you"Pascal replied "I was in the backyard"Katie Clyde furrowed her eyebrows wondering what he was doing in the backyard, she didn't bother asking.She went inside the house and changed her outfit, "um... we will be going over to Granny Fray's home, sorry didn't tell you this earlier" Katie Clyde said nervously."It is fine if you don't want to come, I will go...""I will come with you," Pascal said and stood on his feet surprising Katie Clyde, "are you serious?" she reiterated.Pascal nodded, everything was still new and awkward to him."Okay," Katie Clyde r
Pascal looked at them in confusion, in his time, women were not allowed to behave freely."Time has changed" he muttered under his breath."Katie, where the hell are you planning to go with your boyfriend?" Chloe asked with interest.Katie Clyde rolled her eyes "you ain't coming, Chloe, we are going out for a date"Chloe was momentarily surprised "I am happy for you girl""see you," Katie Clyde said and grabbed Pascal's arm, she pulled him towards her trunk, "before I forget" Chloe ran over and whispered to Katie Clyde before returning to her car.Pascal's lips curved upward, amused by what Chloe has done, he could even hear their heartbeats."What is the balloon?" Pascal asked tentatively, wondering why Chloe will mention that secretly.Katie Clyde looked at him wide eyes, wondering if she heard wrongly "what did you say?" she reposted."Nothing"Chloe started driving away "see you girl, kisses" she blew a kiss before driving off."We should leave, already" Katie Clyde reminded Pasca