"This is so perfect, I love it here!" she said excitedly rolling back and forth on her bed. While she was still giggling and rolling on her bed the song of Zara Larsson ft Mnek titled Never Forget You came alive, immediately she sat up and dig her hand in her pocket and brought out her iPhone and placed it on her ear. "Hey mom, missing me already?" she shrieked smiling.
"I was missing you even before you left me. Have you gotten to your apartment?" her mom replied on her end.
"Yes, just got here. Mom the place is really beautiful and spacious just like I wanted it".
"Can you give me a tour around the house?"
"Of course, let's switch the call to video call" she suggested standing up to her feet. The call was switched to a video call and both ladies were smiling at each other. "Okay Mom, let's start from my room. I'm in my room right now, can you see it?" Anna asked moving the phone around for her mom to have a glimpse of it.
"Your room is beautiful" her mom said and Anna giggled.
"Not really beautiful to my taste though, I'm still going to get some fancy wallpapers and have a change of my blanket and even the wall paintings to white and blue" she blabbed and her mom laughed.
"You're always too creative which is one of the things I admire in you. Now take me to your living room let's see if there's going to be any changes as well".
"Okay, we're going out of my room now to the living room" she replied taking a walk out of her room to the living room. "Here we are mom, welcome to Anna's small palace" she laughed and her mom grin widely. "How do you see it?".
"Wow, it's beautiful, I love the white painting, the couch and the structure of the house. It's well furnished, I love it, I can't wait to come visit you".
"Soon mom, soon. Would you like to see the kitchen?"
"Yes, I'll love to see everywhere including the surroundings".
"I got you covered, we're heading to the kitchen now. Where's dad?"
"He stepped out few minutes ago".
"Okay. Here we are in the kitchen, it's not looking bad right?" she moves her phone from left to right for her mom to have a view of the medium size kitchen that was well designed with dark grey wall tiles that matches the kitchen cabinets.
"It looks beautiful, I'm sure you're going to enjoy your new place".
"Yes I will. Let me show you the last view which is the outside of where I'm staying" she shut the kitchen door closed and came out from the main entrance of the house.
"Mom can you see it?" she asked walking around the front of her new home. Her new home was in a secluded area surrounded with a well trimmed flowers and thick bushes was just down the road. And a few distance next to her apartment was another bungalow painted in white.
"It looks calm, but don't you think is a little bit too lonely and far away from the city?"
"C'mon mom, it's not lonely as you think, the town is just fifteen-twenty minutes drive from here. And besides, I won't even be staying much at home, I'll get a job soon probably by Monday and I'll be working after school".
"Okay, sounds better to me" she smiled and anna smiled and tug the strands of hair behind her ear. A few meters behind Anna someone stood behind a tree watching Anna. He was dressed in a black hoodie, dark-shaded glasses and a black mask was covering half of his face. He peaked his head behind the tree to stare directly at Anna who wasn't even cautious of her environment.
"Who is behind you watching you?" Her mom asked and Anna glanced back to see nothing.
"Who are you talking about mom?"
"I don't know, I just saw someone few seconds ago before you turnaround, he's probably hiding now".
"Mom, stop, you didn't see anything, maybe is just my neighbor who was passing".
"He wasn't passing, he was standing and staring at you. Just be careful honey, okay?".
"Okay Mom, just don't get overly worried over what you saw. I've got to arrange my stuffs. I'll talk to you tomorrow".
"Alright, bye sweetie, love you" she blew kisses on the phone and Anna giggled and blew hers.
"I love you Mom, bye" she hanged up and glanced around to find no one before she went back inside.
Couple of hours later, Anna was in one of the grocery store int the city to get some food items she'll be needing. Being a pretty young lady with round blue eyes and beautiful smile that showcasees her right dimple the stares she was getting from both young and old male and females was beginning to make her feel uncomfortable. She hastily did her grocery shopping with her cart and went standing in the queue. She was the next customer to be attended to and when she stood in front of the counter she stared directly at the sales rep, he is a young handsome dude with a charming smile that could easily attract more customers to the store, his name is Drake.
"Hey, can I ask you a question?" she asked.
"Sure" was his reply as he kept checking the prices of her items.
"Is there something obscene on my face?" she asked and that got the sales rep to stop what he was doing and paid attention to her.
"What do you mean?" he asked looking a bit confused.
"I mean is there a dirt on my face, scar, mask or something odd not meant to be seen?" she repeated the question more explanatory and he chuckled.
"No, your face looks perfect. What makes you have that feeling that you're not looking beautiful?".
"Since I got in here the stares has been so crazy that it almost made me trip on my steps a couple of times" she explained. Drake burst into laughter and that landed him so many stares from the customers and his colleagues.
"Sorry, it's nothing serious" he said to them and his gaze returned to Anna and his grin became so wide.
"You think that was funny?" she asked with a frown and he shrugged and smile.
"Well it's quite amusing. I guess they're wondering who is this beautiful princess in a small town like Lismore".
"Are you teasing me?".
"Hell no. I don't like telling ladies what I'm about to tell you because their reaction gets me running away from them, but I must confess you're really pretty that's why you're getting all those stares. Your boyfriend must be lucky to have you".
Now it was Anna's turn to laugh at his comment and he raised a brow at her. "Unfortunately I don't have a boyfriend" she replied and tug her strands of hair behind her ear.
"Okay, can I apply for that position?" he grin cockily at her and she chuckled.
"Hey dude, she's not the only one that needs to be attended to!" Someone yelled from the back of the queue and Anna and Drake snickered.
"You're a distraction. If you'll give me your contact number I'll love for us to finalize if I'll be hired to fill in that post" he winked at her and gave her a pen and a small jotter and she laughed.
"We'll see" she collected it and wrote down her number while he sum up her total amount of items she got. She paid with her credit card and collected her packed goods from his hand.
"See you soon sunshine" he half-yelled and a murderous glare came right from the men on the queue.
"Try this next time and you'll be fired" one of the men threatens and Drake snorted and bowed his head in apology.
It's midnight and Anna's phone kept buzzing disrupting her perfect sleep. She ignored her buzzing phone and changed her sleeping position to laying face flat on the bed and using her pillows to cover her ears. To her she felt it was too late for anyone to be calling her. The phone stopped buzzing for a moment and then in few seconds it was back to buzzing. Anna woke up upset and reached for her phone."Who the hell is it? Don't you know the rules for calling me?" "Woah. Take it easy Missy, I'm sorry I didn't know you've got rules for taking calls, perhaps I'll have to read them before calling you next time" the male's voice answered calmly. "And who are you?" she asked rudely causing the caller to sigh heavily. "It's your new boyfriend at the grocery store" he said in humour and laughed. "Why are you calling so late? Don't you sleep at night?" she asked smoothening her hair with her hands. "I'm sorry I'm calling late, is becau
Playlist ~ Alan Walker - Spectre Anna's alarm woke her up at 6.30am the next day. She sat up and raised her fist in in the air and screamed "Woohoo" excitedly. Her face was plastered with a wide grin that could easily make one think she just won billions of dollars lottery. But to Anna, having the opportunity to attend her dream campus and have lectures is worth more than that. She stood up and rushed to the bathroom and did the usuals. When she got out from her bathroom she reached for her closet and glanced through her clothes looking for the right clothing that matches her happy mood. After a moment of searching, she settled for a white crop top and sort of a baggy black pants. She paired it with her white sneakers and grabbed her phone and wallet and put them inside her white backpack on the bed. She stared at her reflection in the mirror and she picked up her hairbrush and brushed her silky straight hair which cascad
Drake was waiting up for Anna outside her classroom for him to take her home after the day's lectures. During their break earlier, Anna had showed him her timetable and that was how he knew the last lecture she would be having for the day which was Mathematics. "Hey Drake, you were waiting up for me already?" she called out to him as she stepped out of the classroom. "Yes before Nicole will steal you away from me again" he answered smiling and walked up to her. "Is someone beginning to get jealous of my friendship with Nicole?" she teased. "I wouldn't be if she doesn't interfere with my time with you" he replied. "Anna!" a feminine voice squeals from behind them and when they turnaround it was Nicole. "Speaking of the devil" Drake groaned with an eye roll and Anna chuckled. "Gossiping about me?" she chirped in
Few days later, Drake and Anna were off work duty. It's a Sunday and Drake had invited Anna to his family's house to meet his sisters and Mom and she had accepted the invitation. Anna is at the doorstep feeling nervous as she pressed the doorbell once. The door flew open within a minute and Drake appeared in front of her. "Hey" she greeted shyly. "Hey, you're right on time. Come on in" he said ushering her in. She nods and followed him inside. When she got inside Drake's two sisters were standing halfway to the door smiling widely. Drake's immediate younger sister Kylie who is fifteen years old walk up to Anna and stood in front of her. "Hi, you're welcome" Kylie greeted and hugged her briefly while Anna slowly hugged her back. "Thank you" she smiled and released her from the embrace. "Hello Anna, my brother has told us so much about you" Julia the youngest of Drake's sister who is 8years old said and stepped forward. "
Anna went on her knees and gently picked up the frame. She gasps when she saw how badly broken it has become. "Oh my God, how did this happen?" she cried out touching the picture of the broken frame and then a tiny piece of the broken glass pierced her right middle finger. "Ouch" she squealed and threw off the frame on the floor and held her right middle finger tight and blood gushed out. She stood up and rushed to the kitchen sink to wash it off. "Shit!" she cussed as she washed off the blood but more kept gushing out. She off the tap and walked out of the kitchen to her room. She searched in her cupboard for some first-aid kits and luckily she found one. She hastily clean it up and put on a plaster on it. "Oh no, I pray it goes before morning, I can't afford to take a day off from work over a silly mistake like this one" she puffed an air and shut her eyes closed for a moment. When she flutters it open, her gaze narrowed down to her window, it was half-opened. She
Anna woke up the next morning with a knock on her door. When she got out of her room and went to check who was at the doorstep, she saw no one. She looked around finding who had knocked but no one was in sight. "Is this a joke or what?" she asked feeling upset and her gaze never left her surroundings. "Drake are you out there?" she half-yelled and no response came her way. "It obviously can't be Drake, if he was the one, his bike would be parked outside" she thought. Anna went back inside and slammed the door closed. "Maybe I heard wrong, right?" she thought again and glanced back to the door briefly before returning her gaze back to where she was heading to which was the kitchen. She tried to shut all negative thoughts but the more she tried the more the thoughts of her being in harm keeps coming up. She lost appetite of eating and she turnaround and went back to her room. When she got in front of her room door to open it and get inside, another knoc
When Drake released Anna from his embrace she was still feeling scared. "Please don't leave me here he might come back for me" she begged holding on to his shirt and he stared at her for a moment and a chuckle escaped his mouth. "What do you mean he'll come back for you? Who is coming back for you?" he asked with open arms. "He... that person I saw...he..." "Ann! Stop being dramatic! You're just imagining things, there's no one out there. Have you been seeing a horror movie lately?" he interrupted. "I've been seeing horror movies before now Drake and nothing like this has ever happened". "I think you should stop seeing them". "Drake this is no joke, he/she is out there waiting to get me!" She whisper-yelled. "No, I disagree with you. If it means me going out there to prove it to you then I will. I'll be right back" he touched her cheek and headed out to glance around the surroundings. He heave a long sigh when he found
The next morning when Anna woke up, Drake was already gone. She felt bad she didn't get to say goodbye before he left. She sluggishly stood up and go look at herself in the mirror. The first thing that caught her eye was a piece of pink notepad fixed on her mirror. Good morning beautiful, I'm sorry I couldn't stay to kiss your strawberry lips when you're wide awake. I had to go back home and change up my clothes. I'm going to see you at school. Love, Drake. Anna giggled after reading it and she removed it and placed a kiss on it. "He's so sweet" she mumbled aloud and fixed it back to the mirror. She made her way to the bathroom humming excitedly to the song of Katy Perry Unconditionally. **The day went by quickly with Anna going to school, having lectures, seeing Drake and his friends and she resuming back to work. When she closes from work by 9pm, she texted Drake to come pick her up. She waited for his reply but