Click. Click.

"Can you please share the blanket?" Reece grumbles tugging at his own hair. The blanket only reached his top half of his body.

"Get another blanket Reece." Beth growls back rolling her eyes. She shrugs her shoulders and rests her head back down on my pillow.

Click. Click.

"God! You're so annoying." Reece huffs and just lets out heavy sigh. He moves around the room to retrieve my purple fluffy blanket.

"So are you." She lifts her chin and closes her eyes. I giggle softly at their banter. I too rest my head on the pillow and felt some of Bethany's hair on my cheek.

Click. Click.

I was surfing through the internet looking at funny cat memes. I felt that I really needed to laugh today. I just loved cats.

Speaking of cats. Alex won't stop hissing at Bethany who hissed back. Alex extended his claws at her from the bottom of the bed. His hisses becoming louder until he just jumped off the bed and pranced off with his tail wiggling.

"I think I know why he doesn't like you Beth." A smirk is plastered onto Reece's face.

"Humour me. Why?" Bethany rolls her eyes.

"Because you're a female dog."

Beth grunted and showed the bad middle finger before shutting her eyes.

Bethany and I were lying at the top of the bed while Reece is in the middle just at the bottom. Cam being Cam was just lying all over Bethany's legs eating skittles.

It was Monday afternoon and we were all so tired from a heavy day of school. I felt extremely drained. I had to write a chemistry report on genetics, an English pop quiz, and say a speech in front of the Freshmen class about the wonders of Calculus.

"Cam can you pass the Twinkie's please?" I asked him wiggling my fingers. He absently lifts his hands throwing me one.

"I'm so tired." A groan from Beth was heard throughout the munching sounds from Cam.

"Go sleep then." Reece muttered under his breath turning his body slightly so that he was lying on my legs now. His soft-which definitely needed a cut-hair was tickling my bare legs.

I giggled softly running my fingers through his hair. "You need a haircut Reece."

Reece groaned into my calf and his words feels more ticklish against my skin. "I know. I'm getting it tomorrow."

"Good. You look like an ugly werewolf." Beth adds in after I gave him a nod.

"And? You look like a female dog."

"What a weak insult." Beth however didn't look like she thought it was weak. Her eyes were glaring at Reece's head.

"Annie, where is your parents? I didn't see them when I came in?" Reece asks me still not moving his face from my calves.

I furrowed my brows together as to think where they'd gone again. "Oh right. They're at Auntie Macy's house. They left in the morning. They'll be back late."

My body felt exhausted after I spoke. My eyes felt heavy and droopy. I placed the laptop on the floor next to me and wiggled back into the warmth of my bed.

"You gonna sleep Annie?"

"Yeah I think so Cam." I sluggishly replied. My eyes were twitching, ready to shut down. I soon heard the soft snores from Beth filling the room. Reece soon began to cuddle into my legs, wrapping his arms around me.

"Okay. So you don't mind if I raid your fridge right? Your mom said she left me some Lasagna."

Of course that boy only cares about food.

I gave him a soft hmm.

* * * *

When my eyes finally opened it was dark outside. There wasn't much stars from where I could see. The only light that shone in the room was from the moon.

When I was younger I thought that the moon was made out of pure white cheese. Cliche I know. But I really did believe it. I used to wonder why it was made out of cheese if it couldn't even be eaten by us.

I looked around my room and noticed that Cam and Beth weren't in the room, Reece's head was now on my stomach gripping me tightly.

I wasn't uncomfortable with the way Reece held me. In fact I liked it. It reminded me of when we were younger. As best friends, growing up we were naturally assigned as cuddle buddies. He was my teddy bear. Although now he's more of an overgrown teddy bear.

For some reason I couldn't stop thinking about the Nikolai situation.

It's been on my mind all weekend.

The fact is, the guy is definitely a meanie head, he is a bad guy and does bad things. Also he was in my house, my room and he left me the most beautiful dress and necklace that I have ever seen.

Speaking of the dress. As soon as I came back from the charity event, I immediately threw the dress and necklace back into the box and tucked it at the bottom of my closet.

Surely enough I found some clothes that I haven't worn in ages. So that was a major plus.

I know what you're thinking. You are probably thinking why am I not calling the cops.

Well actually it has crossed my mine several times but then I realised that I can't. Nikolai was too powerful for me to call the cops on. Mr Smalley already said that that Santana guy killed someone and got away.

I don't even want to tell my family or friends about him because I'm terrified that they may be dragged into this little thing with Nikolai.

My stomach soon started rumbling. I realised I was so into my thoughts I didn't realise that I was hungry.

I peeked down at Reece who held me as if he was a koala on a tree.

"Reece." I gently whispered running my hair through his hair. I love playing with Reece's hair. It was just so soft and light on my fingers.

"Hmm." He mumbles sleepily. I knew why Reece was so tired. The boy had done too much training for his football.

"Wake up." I kept my tone gentle. There was one thing that made Reece lose his marbles, and that was when people wake him from his sleep. Luckily Bethany wasn't here. Because she's always the one who wakes him up and that results in another grumpy argument.

"Hmm." His voice was deeper than normal.

"I'm hungry." I softly whined as another rumble went through my belly. It must have sounded like thunder under Reece's ears. I softly giggled at the thought.

"I can tell." He slowly lifts his heads with his eyes still closed. An adorable yawn escaped his pouty lips. Adorable.

Once his eyes were open he looked a bit disorientated. His eyes darted around the dim room before it finally landed on me.

"Anne, you're the best person to sleep on. You're like a pillow." The side of his lips coiled upwards.

"Thank you." I shyly replied as he got of the bed and helped me down too.

"Wanna a piggy back ride?" He grins knowing I won't resist. I loved piggy back rides. But why was it named piggy back ride? Huh? It could of been Cowwy, Sheepy, Catty, Doggy, Spidery, either one of those. But it had to be piggy. But why?

"Please." I smiled making sure that my dimples were on show.

I stood on the bed steadily and slowly wrapped my arms around Reece's neck, Once I was stable then I wrapped my legs around his waist.

And then we started flying.

I'm kidding we just went downstairs to where Bethany and Cam were eating KFC.

After we all ate, the gang left Alex and I on the couch. Alex was purring loudly with a giant scowl on his face. If he wasn't purring then I'd think he was angry. I was on my phone scrolling on it which surprisingly hasn't broke yet.

Uhm.

Well. So today at lunch I was talking with this girl Arey who actually had a green mow-hark, she also had this really cute tattoo of a demon thingy on her shoulder. Any way, I was talking and then I thought I saw someone in a panda suit. I'm deadly afraid of pandas. Sorry to the panda nation. So I got a bit of a fright and my phone flew out of my hand which hit Arey then it fell onto the floor.

The result of this was that I had a single threadlike crack running down the length of my phone. Unfortunately for Arey, her forehead is now painted with an ugly reddish purple bruise.

I still haven't told my parents yet.

Also guess what?

I finally beat my high score on Colour Switch. I'm on 13 now. Bam! Although now, every time I play I can't get passed 10.

"Alex." I cooed as I watched Alex's eyes perked up at his name. I gently rubbed his eyes down and the top of his head. "Aren't you the cutest?"

His purring became louder under my stokes. He stretched his body out rolling to the side.

As I was taking pictures of Alex, a notification popped on my screen revealing that I had a message from an unknown number.

I gnawed on my bottom lip as I thought about who might it be. Should I reply? No. What if it's important? Or my friend? Okay Anne do it then.

I know I talk to myself but seriously who else am I going to go to that has expert advice?

'Um hi? Who is this?'

I held my breath once I sent the message. I watched as the dots in the bubbles move in the bottom left corner of the phone.

Jasper.

The breath I was holding released and my shoulders sagged down in relief.

'Hi Jasper :) How did you get my number? And yeah I'm better. I was a bit shaken up after I met Nikolai.'

'Um actually he has. You know the dress that I wore to the charity? Yeah he told me he delivered it to my house. Well actually the box was on my bed.'

'Okay. No cops. Um how's Adrian? Is he okay?'

'I mean I haven't really seen him in a while.'

It's true actually. I haven't seen Mr Grumpy in a while. After the last time we talked he disappeared off the face of the earth.

He took a bit longer to reply than he did with the other messages. I began to worry. Maybe he didn't want to answer it. Maybe Mr Grumpy forced him not to say anything.

'Adventures?'

'Wait, aren't you his best friend?'

Wasn't Jasper supposed to know where he goes? And if Mr Grumpy does go on these adventures frequently, where does he go? Why does he go?

I took my time reading the message Jasper sent. The information that came out of the message shocked me. I always thought that they were best friends. That they were close. They weren't.

Mr Grumpy was just a person who lived in Jaspers house. Mr Grumpy was just a person who had no one. He was like a ghost. If he were to disappear permanently off the grid, we wouldn't find him. He told no one what he was doing. So private. Secretive.

This just spiked up the curiosity bubbling inside of me. I wanted to solve Mr Grumpy like a rubix cube. I wanted to unravel all of his secrets.

I wanted to know who Adrian Miles was really.

* * * *

It was exactly 16:38pm when I received the message from Jasper. I was sitting on the east wings bleaches with Betsy.

Betsy was doing her maths homework beside me. Reece had training and I because I'm such an amazing friend, I decided to support and cheer him on.

"Do you think I should ask Cam out?"

I didn't reply to her because my focus was still on Jasper's text. He's back. Mr Grumpy's back.

I didn't know how I felt really.

I had this weird feeling in my stomach in my stomach as I re-read the 2 words.

Maybe it was butterflies because for some reason I felt nervous. Or maybe I ate something bad. Probably the latter one.

"Hey did you hear me Annie?" Betsy tapped me on my shoulder. I looked at the now black screen and slipped it into my pocket before blushing.

"Hmm?" I felt creases forming in my forehead. I really needed to pay attention.

Betsy rolled her eyes. "Do you think I should ask Cam out already?"

"Oh my gosh yes! I've been shipping you two for ages. Cetsy or Bam or Cetsam." I grinned at Betsy's face who turned a bit pink. She ran a hand through her hair giggling.

"Cetsy sounds cute actually." She paused as her eyes looked down where some juniors were talking obnoxiously loud. "I was thinking of asking him on a date on Friday night. Then take him to this chef food taster place. And then ask him there or something."

I let out an awh sound.

"That's so cute. He'll love it."

"I know." She winked at me returning to her math questions. "So you and Adrian huh?"

Suddenly I felt like a fish with the way my mouth dropped and made weird sounds. "Huh?"

"Don't hide it Anne. You and him are cute together. It's weird though. He's so rugged and manly while you're so small and just innocent."

I didn't know what to say so I let her carry on.

"When I lived in Maine, he and Jasper visited when they were about 14. Adrian fought in one of the underground cage fighting championships. The guy actually won. He took down an 18 year old. Adrian was extremely massive for a 14 year old. He was so graceful the way he moved almost like he was royalty or a ballerina. His hits were robotic like he was trained. I don't know. His eyes though were dark, a brewing storm. They had this scary glint in them. It's his eyes that always gets me. That man is not to be messed with."

Her eyes were wide as she spoke about Mr Grumpy. My eyes widened momentarily as I heard them too, he fought at the age of 14 and won in cage fighting. Who the cakes was this guy?

"Woah." I blew out a puff of air and she nods. Twirling her pen she stares at the next one. Betsy wasn't the best at maths but thats fine, because our school provided a lot of help.

"Hey, can you just show me how to do this one again? I keep forgetting." She rolls her eyes as she puffs her cheeks out in embarrassment.

I gave her a gentle smile.

After an hour of helping Betsy, shamelessly watching shirtless guys play football and staring back at the message from Jasper, I was sat in the comforts of my own bed.

"So how was your day hun?" Mom snuggles closer to dad. She stares at me waiting.

I leaned further back into my pillow watching the two married couple looking cozy at the end of the bed. "It was great mom! I helped Betsy study. Mrs Vee said she needs to talk to you though."

She raises her eyebrows at my cheery voice. "Good hun. And you my darling? How was your day?"

Dad gave her a cheeky grin and tightened his grip around mom. "It was pretty bad until I saw this precious face."

He softly rubbed his thumb over her flaming cheeks. Mom gave him a giggle which made him give her a kiss on the cheek.

"Flattery will get you anywhere."

"Is that so?" Dad wiggle his brows at her and she giggled before she hit his arm.

"Shh. Not now, my sweetheart is here." She shook her head at him before her attention came back to me.

I adored their relationship. They always felt only love and adoration towards each other. I couldn't wait until someone looked at me the way they looked at each other.

Their love was pure and I'm sure that anyone could see it from a mile away. I just couldn't help but fawn over it.

"Mom how did you two meet?"

Suddenly a bright smile was put on her face and dad grumbled lifting a hand to rub his face.

"Hmm. Where do I start." She picked at her nails even though they were immaculate. "Well for starters I was one of the cheerleaders in my school and your father was this nerd who looked tougher than any other footballer. "

I stifled my laugh when I heard that my father was a nerd. Hmm that must be where I get my love for maths.

"It was on a Friday when I was talking to Jacob Flemmings who might I add was gorge-"

Dad grunted out making mom wink back. "Anyway, Jacob was congratulating me on my cheering. And I was stoked when he asked me to the dance. I was about to say yes until your father coincidentally threw a soda can at Jacobs head. I knew whoever threw it would get in trouble since Jacob was popular too. Imagine my surprise when I saw that your father who looked devilishly fine with his plaid shirt and glasses. Then suddenly something clicked in me when I found a blush on your fathers cheeks. And yeah I don't know I just fell in love with him."

I gaped at the two love birds story. Who would have thought mom was into cheerleading, and dad through a soda can at a footballer.

"Your mom found my glasses attractive actually." Dad added in. Mom giggled. I smiled.

The rest of the night went by with us sharing memories about anything and everything. Laughter filled the air. They soon left after mom started to yawn.

My room soon turned dim and only the moonlight shone brightly over the dark velvety blanket.

I was just about to shut my eyes until I saw a shadow come into my view.

A shadow of a man.

A man who was in my room.

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