Mia
My mum was excited, more than I had ever seen her. It was a week after we had gone to Albert's house for dinner and things for their marriage moved faster than I could think. It felt like the two were waiting for me to meet him and like him before rushing ahead with their marriage plans.
The two were going to be married soon but mum didn't want to stay far away from her beau. Now that I knew of him, I believed she felt like she didn't have any reason to hide her relationship.She was moving into his house and I was going with her. I had done my interviews and waiting for feedback. I wanted to see where my mum was going to live for the rest of her days."Are you ready, Mia?" Mum shouted from the garage outside where she was with the driver.Albert had sent a truck to help us move and I was impressed at his thoughtfulness. He had also sent a small car where we would sit while the truck was only for our luggage. I wondered how rich he was.Whatever. I didn't care about that, as long as he took good care of my mother."Yes, mum. Just a minute." I yelled back. I picked my bag and wheeled my travel box outside.My mum had packed all her belongings but not me. I wasn't going to keep on staying at our house and only stay with my mum whenever I wanted to take a break. She was going to be a newly wed soon and I wasn't infringe on her privacy, regardless of how much she wanted me to stay with her.I only needed a few clothing to be with her till I got feedback from the jobs I had applied for.I got downstairs and looked at our house with tears in my eyes as I locked the doors. I was going to miss it till I was back. I had grown here and I was quite attached to it. My mum was already seated in the black car and the truck was already turning to move into the street."Get in here, Mia." She called out to me.I slipped into the car and the driver moved after the truck. Minutes that felt like eternity already to me, I looked out the window, noting how we were moving out of the city. We were leaving houses and civilization behind and going deeper into the unknown. Where were we going and why was it so far? I had no doubt that we had moved past eighty kilometers from home. I didn't think that I was going to visit my mum as I had thought earlier though I didn't doubt that Albert was going to send a car for me if I wanted to so I didn't have to worry about transport cost.I glanced at my mum and noticed that she didn't seem worried as I was. She was on call and I knew without asking that it was Albert she was talking to with the way she giggled and blushed.I sighed. It was no wonder she didn't seem worried that we were being driven into the woods. I prided myself on being brave and wasn't going to whimper like a frightened cat. My mum was happy and I wasn't going to ruin that for her by calling her attention to the fear churning in my mind, one that might not even be real. For her sake, I was going to be strong and stamp down on my fears.Albert could be one of those who liked to keep their privacy. With the way he was with my mum and even me, I didn't think I had anything to fear."Are we not there yet?" I asked the driver.He didn't even turn to look at me. "We are almost there.""I need specifics.""Just about twenty kilometers more." I sighed as I leaned back on the chair and put my headphones back on my ears. Thank goodness for music. I would have been bored out of my wits and screaming bloody malady.I heaved a sigh of relief when the driver finally parked in front of a huge house and turned to me. "We are here, Miss." His eyes twinkled at me as he spoke and I narrowed my eyes at his unwelcome show of humor. So, he knew that the trip was long and boring.I looked up at the mansion and my eyes rounded with wonder. I couldn't believe we would be living here. It was huge, more than I had ever seen. I had thought that my father was wealthy but this was grand.The butler was already waiting by the door when we got to it. I could see servants already going to the truck to move our boxes inside.The butler bowed when we got to him. "Welcome, Mrs. Garth and Miss Garth." He motioned inside with his hand. "Shall we?"We nodded at him and let him lead us inside, taking us on a tour round the house. He showed us our rooms and I breathed as I saw mine. It was beautiful.The butler's eyes sparked with delight when I told him that. "Thanks for your kind words, Miss."He turned to my mum. "Mr. Wolfe would be here soon. Would you like to rest before dinner?""Yes, please." Mum replied.He nodded and led her to her bedroom. Mum turned to look at before leaving. "See you soon, honey."Dinner was more than I thought. I walked into the room, shocked at the array of food on the table. I didn't think the three of us would be able to finish them all and I had no idea that we were expecting guests. Mum was already at the table with Albert and the two were talking. Albert smiled as he saw me. "Good of you to join us, Mia.""Good evening." I greeted as I pulled back a chair and sat."Let's eat." Albert said. "Your brothers would join us shortly."My brothers? I had no idea siblings came with the deal but it would be silly of me to think that Albert didn't have kids of his own.I nodded and didn't say anything else. Five minutes later, three tall, sturdy, muscular men joined us at the table and I had no doubt that they were my step-brothers. They looked just like their father.I wasn't comfortable with them as I never was with males and hated how they all sat beside me. I felt caged in, wondering why they left the seats beside their father. Were they already trying to act as overprotective brothers? I hoped not. I could take care of myself and didn't need them to.I finally summoned courage and looked at them, surprised to see them looking at me too. They seemed strangely familiar and I couldn't remember where I had seen them.Albert's voice was filled with warmth and pride. "Meet my sons, Mia. Sons, meet Mia, your soon to be step-sister.""They should know one another." I heard mum say, looking at Albert. "Didn't you say that they all went to the same high school as Mia?"I gasped, shrinking in fear as I remembered where I had met them. Quinn, Jack and John, the triplets of misery in my high school life.I looked at them again and saw them smiling at me. Those bastards. They had recognized me. I wanted to stand up from the table and run away. This was a mistake. How could mum get married to their father? How could Albert, as nice as he was, be the father to those devils with handsome faces?I had no doubt that the only thing they had inherited from their father was his looks.Mum seemed to notice the change in my expression. If only she knew that it was terror building in my heart. "Are you okay, darling?"My mum was happy and I wasn't going to ruin this for her. I swallowed and shook my head. I couldn't even talk past the lump in my throat.Jack reached forward with his hand and patted me playfully on the head. "Our new little sister is so cute. We will cherish her."It took everything I had to sit still and not cringe at his touch.Five Years AgoMiaI was bored. I hated chemistry class the most and was happy when it finally ended though I couldn't say that this was what I learnt from the class.I had only heard non-metals and asides that, I didn't think that I had understood any of Miss Brenda's explanation. It was lunch break and I walked to the cafeteria, already thinking of what to eat.I needed a hefty dose of lunch after enduring chemistry. It always felt like the metals or non-metals dug through my intestines in class and made me hungry than I was meant to be.I scanned the cafeteria for Rose but I couldn't see her. I frowned as I patiently searched through the faces at the tables, eating and laughing and yet Anna was nowhere to be found. This was unusual. She was always there, waiting for me after securing the best spot.I walked out of the cafeteria and went outside, searching for her. "Have you seen Anna?" I asked around as I passed students going on their way to the cafeteria.Some of them shook thei
MiaI was glad that it was sports day in school. I was going to be free of them for a while. The girls and the boys were separated and didn't participate in the same sports. They weren't going to be able to follow me around and harass me. Even though we were all on the same field and I could feel their eyes on me, trailing after me everywhere I moved to, I still tried my best to ignore them and have fun.I wished that the games weren't going to end. Anna noticed where I was looking at as we jogged and winced. "I'm sorry I got you into this mess. You wouldn't be bullied by them if it was not for me."I waved off her apology. "Don't worry about that." I told her as I had been telling her for the past four months since the incident.She felt guilty and I hated it. I had enough negative baggage to deal with and I didn't need her guilt added to it. It had happened and I didn't blame her. I couldn't understand why she insisted on blaming herself.It had been long since I had talked with h
Present DayMiaI turned back to the table and hissed as I angrily removed the hand on my head and glared at Jack. I lowered my gaze, afraid of making him angry and annoyed with myself that I was still afraid of them after all the years that had passed.John smiled and crossed his arms. "It seemed like the little sister doesn't like brother very much."I glared at him. The pretentious little bastard. Who gave them the right to call me little sister?I couldn't wait for dinner to be over and I breathed in relief when it finally was. How I had cleared out my plate, I had no idea. I rushed to my bedroom as soon as I could leave, counting down to when I was going to leave and already thinking of the excuse I was going to give mum for leaving earlier than planned.I heard a knock on the door and rushed to it, thinking it was mum there to ask if I was enjoying my stay.I stared in surprise as I saw Quinn at the door and winced as he pushed his way and closed the door."What do you want?" I
MiaI was shocked when his eyes suddenly softened at me, gazing at me with affection unlike the cold ones staring back at me a while ago."What?" I asked, tired of all the confusing emotions that they wrought in me.I wondered if they had a particular gift for that. Making people like them and hate them at the same time. I wasn't confessing to liking them, I was just annoyed. After all, what was there to like in them?I would be a fool if I ended up liking the boys who had bullied me and treated me like I wasn't worth shit.His eyes gleamed with amusement. "Are you still angry?""Don't I have the right to be?""It happened years ago, Mia." He said as if I didn't know. "You should have moved on. We have."I snorted. "Easy for you to say."Easy for them to do. I was the one bullied, it wasn't them. I was the one with sleepless nights and nightmares and not them. I bet that they slept fine on their beds. It wasn't like that for me. I couldn't sleep unless the bed was soft enough and even
MiaI couldn't calm down when I got to my room, no matter how hard I tried. I paced around the room, biting on my lip as I thought. I cringed as I stopped biting my lips, remembering that Quinn had just kissed me.I was disgusted as much as I was annoyed and went to the bathroom. I brushed my teeth as if I wanted to peel them off and it wasn't until I was satisfied that I had washed him off that I stepped out of the bathroom.I knew Quinn, regardless of his speech that we should let sleeping dogs lie, wasn't someone who was going to let things go. He would get back at me for what I had done, for daring to bite him.I remembered the way his eyes had sparked open when I had bitten his lips and they had turned yellow before I ran away.Yellow. Just like they were years ago in high school. Just like the ones of the wolves in my dreams sometimes.Werewolves. I realized that there was a theory there I needed to go after.I brought out my laptop and began to search for werewolves. I was amaz
QuinnI hadn't liked it when I had heard, of course, but I liked and respected dad a lot. I couldn't deny him anything and knew that Jack and John couldn't as well. Even if the other two didn't want to go somewhere, I could convince them to as the eldest. That was why we were always found at the same place at the same time. We were never far from one another.Looking at my new step-sister, I was happy that I had decided to come back home. Our boring lives were about to become interesting with her arrival. She looked beautiful and I hoped that she was still as interesting as she was years ago. I couldn't forget the way she had charged boldly at us in order to save her friend. That was hot and even though it had been years, I felt the same jolt of desire I had felt for her then.I briefly glanced at her mother and let my hands wander back to her. I lowered my gaze to her wavy long hair. I wanted to pull her away from her middle-aged mum and thoroughly kiss her, slipping my hands into h
JackGazing at my beautiful step-sister, I couldn't control my inner joy. I couldn't believe that I was going to see her again and it was so good to see her.Of all the girls to be our sister, I couldn't believe that it was her. I was happy at my dad's marriage but now, I was excited. I wanted to run to him and hug him for letting us meet Mia again.I wanted to thank him for falling in love with Mia's mother. I grinned as I remembered how fun it had been with Mia then, I couldn't deny that life was about to be a lot more fun than it was, for me as well as my brothers.I didn't like staying at home and preferred the seas. I always counted down to when I was going to leave and go back to the shores, whenever we were at home but I didn't think that was going to be the case now. Staying at home always brought out memories that I would love to keep buried but it wasn't going to be the same now. Mia was going to change that with her interesting and unpredictable ways. There was no doubt a
JackI looked for Quinn but I couldn't find him afterwards. I wondered where he had gone to. After searching for him till afternoon, I got bored and went out to entertain myself. It had been long I saw the few friends around here and I took a drive there, hoping that I would be able to clear out my head while there. I couldn't stay home and drive myself crazy with Mia around. She infiltrated my thoughts both day and night and if I wasn't careful, I was going to end up going to her room and make a fool of myself. I got back home that night and decided to search for Quinn. He should have been back from wherever he went. I saw him on the villa's balcony as I was driving back home and breathed in relief. That was good.I sniffed as I got closer and frowned. He was drinking red wine. Quinn had stopped drinking and partying and only drank when he was bored or had something on his mind.Since we were naval officers and always busy, it had been a long I saw him bored and couldn't remember w