Trouble is just a word. Or should we call it ‘a wanted haunted spirit’?
Ely was in the hotel room with her hunky heartthrob, Noah Snyder. He is charming sometimes but he’s a total jerk. In other words, he is Aaron Gonzalez the Second. Back then, he was Natasha’s boyfriend. But after that incident, both, Noah and Natasha became perfect strangers to each other.
“Noah, you can’t do this to me. You said you love me!” Natasha was out of her breath. She couldn’t think less than pleaded him to stay with her. “Nat, listen. Do you think Noah Snyder wants to be with you for the rest of his life? Oh come on! There’s plenty of … Balloons have to be poke. I’m still young. I don’t want to be stuck with your boring life!” Noah literally had just given her a tight slap after a tight sleep. He put his jeans and shirt on. He got into his fancy shoes and walked out of the hotel room, leaving Natasha crying alone on the bed.
“So honey, when you want to get on me?” Noah sounded desperate. He was lying on the bed with his shirt off. Ely giggled in the bathroom, fixing her make-up. She was surprisingly nervous to ride the tide. She exhaled. She inhaled. But still looking into the mirror. “Well, just enjoy the show Ely,” She murmured. Somehow, that sentence gave her strength to get out from the bathroom. She saw Noah smiled at her as soon as he saw her glimpse. “You’re hot in that, baby!” Noah praised her beauty. “Well, at least don’t wear your superman boxers next time!” Ely teased Noah.
Ely is summoning trouble even though she couldn’t see what it will cost her.
At the same hotel, Ryan was eating dinner with Lily. Ryan kept it casual to not scare Lily away. He was thinking to bring Lily on a boat, under the shimmering moonlight but that will fright the heck out of Lily for sure. So, he chose his father’s hotel instead. He ordered the food as Lily totally could not pick a dish from the menu. They were too… delicious and mouth watering. Ryan picked its best dish as he eats dinner here for almost a quarter of his life. Lily couldn’t stop smiling the entire time.
“Well, why are you smiling?”
“Ryan Zachary Tedder is eating with me,”
“And what’s so funny about it?”
“A most wanted guy in school, well known, rich, kind and generous, is having his dinner with some plain girl. That’s a brand new expose for the kid in our school,”
“You are not plain. You are some girl. Very rare to be found in here,”
“We are eating in your father’s hotel for God’s sake and I don’t even know how to pronounce some of the food!”
“At least I can feel his presence here. I missed him,” He was out of the topic.
“Oh, that reminds me of… Can I ask you something? It’s about your parents,”
“What about them?”
“Why they… divorce? You know... all that?”
Ryan sighed. He took his spoon and played with it. Lily quickly covered her mouth. She thought he would be fine with that question.
“Well, if you want to know. I’ll tell you,” He smiled. “My father went to Paris to open a franchise over there. For the first month, we thought he really got loads of work to do. But after much waiting for his call, mom got worried. She flew to Paris to look after him herself. Unfortunately, mom came at the wrong time. She met dad with his mistress on the bed in his hotel. She got a nerve break down after that. Therefore, she took my brother, Rheon, to Spain to relax her mind. That case led me to…” He choked. “Drugs. Mom came back here to check on me in the hospital. Dad called her and still insisted to stay in Paris, so she asked for divorce. Dad agreed with her and now, here I am. Alone in the house,”
But in some case, trouble found you. You could not escape from it but have to get it through with lot of strength.
Lily listened to him intensely. She could even feel the sorrow in each word from his mouth. She placed her hand on his. She tried to smile but she felt so bad to do so. “Mr. Tedder, enjoy your meal!” Saved by the waiter. Every worker in the hotel knows his name. That made him goes red in the face. “Thank you…” He scanned the waiter’s nametag. “Jeremy!”
“Ouh, I’m sorry sir. This is not my name. I replaced a friend of mine. You know? Helping is caring,” The waiter joked. “It’s sharing is caring,” Lily corrected him. Three of them laughed. “My name is David, nice to meet you sir. I heard a lot about you in the kitchen!”
“You do? About what?”
“How generous you are,”
“Are you asking for extra tips?”
“God you’re good!”
“But do me a little favour,”
“Name it sir,”
“Could you please ask them to play my favourite song?” Ryan pointed at the violinist.
“And what song is that?”
“When you tell me that you love me,”
“By Diana Ross! My favourite too!” Lily added.
“Oh shut up! Don’t joke!”
“I grew up with that song!”
“I should go ask them now, excuse me,”
The waiter stepped back and went to the violinist. They played the song and made the atmosphere in the hotel even more romantic. Ryan and Lily delighted by the sound and had their dinner peacefully.
Harold came back home with satisfaction. He got want he wanted and he will not lose it this time. He whistled all the way to his house door, seems to be so happy than he usually was. There’s two cars parked in his house compound that made he wonder for little while. But he was too contented to give a damn about it. “Cameo! George! Demi! I’m home!” He greeted everyone as he got into the house. This is a totally different Harold. He smelled something delicious from the kitchen. He walked quickly, still yelling names.
“Ah, son! Glad that you’re home!” His dad was cooking supper for the family. That was definitely Cameo’s request. He’s the only one who can still stuff his stomach at night. “George, where are they?” Harold asked for his brother and sister.
“Harold, check this out!” Cameo shouted from the storeroom. Harold hurriedly ran and saw Demetria and Cameo putting all the things in the storeroom into boxes. He felt lost. “Dude, what is going on?” Cameo threw his Barney to Harold. He used to play with it when he was five. Harold owned one too but he lost it in the park.
“Harold, how are you?” A familiar voice greeted him. He turned his back and found himself in a half-deadly-shock. “Aunt Cassie, what are you doing here?” Harold narrowed his eyebrows, turning his head to his siblings. “You were supposed to be in Spain, aren’t you?” Demetria and Cameo ignored Harold. “Hey Harold, it has been so long!” A guy jumped to him out of sudden. He hugged Harold tightly. He was Harold’s size. Harold couldn’t see his face. He barely can’t breathe too. “Get off me buddy!”
The guy released his grip and hit Harold’s shoulder. “Rheon?” Harold was so surprised to see him. “You recognize me!” Rheon replied in a happy tone. Demetria walked out from the room with Mrs. Tedder and headed to the kitchen.
“What is going on here?” Harold asked Rheon. Rheon giggled. “The food is ready… Come down all!” Cameo pushed Rheon’s back and pulled him to the kitchen. Harold shook his head in disappointment. He needs someone to tell him what was going on. He followed his brother to the kitchen, seeking for the answer.
Everyone sat on the dining table and waited for George to serve them. Mrs. Tedder helped him with the drinks. Demetria sat innocently next to Harold, keeping her voice inside. Rheon and Cameo wouldn’t stop teasing and throwing stuffs to each other. They had been separated for quite a long time. “Grow up guys!” Harold annoyed. Rheon turned to him and grinned.
“Enough everybody. I got an announcement to make,” George stood up. He tapped his glass, which was filled with red wine with his fork. “So those cars are yours, Aunt Cassie?” Harold turned to her and raised his eyebrows. “First thing is; the blue car is yours Harold. It’s from my sweetheart,” George turned to Mrs. Tedder. He rose his glass and thanked her. “Wait a minute, can you repeat it George?” Cameo kicked Harold's legs under the table. Harold turned to him, glaring in confusion. “The second thing is; she is going to walk on the aisle this Monday!” Cameo and Rheon cheered. They drank the wine happily. Demetria looked at them with her green eyes. She can’t drink the wine. George won’t allow.
“That’s it! I’m not a wall! Hello! Answer me please! Car, Boxes, Aisle… By the way, congratulations, Aunt Cassie. Who’s that lucky man?” He changed his tone from angry to a polite kid tone. He is a well-mannered young guy. He stood up and drank a sip of wine. “Are you dumb or something Harold?” Rheon laughed.
“What?”
“Our parents are getting married!”
What! Harold turned to his father right away. He was so shocked to hear that. “But how?” Mrs. Tedder held George’s shoulder and giggled. “We met last three weeks in my workplace. He was seeking for a job and I hired him,”
“I thought you were in Spain?”
“No. After Rob declared that, we are officially divorced, I’ve decided to stay here. But not in this town. It’s miles away from here. I opened a small business and George came knocking my office door,”
“Ryan knows you are here?”
“Don’t tell him yet!” Rheon butted in.
“I got to call him now. I’m out of the conspiracy!”
Cameo jumped off his chair and stopped Harold from dialing the number. He pulled Harold to the living hall. “Ignore them, let’s eat,” George sat and everyone else followed.
“Harold, why are you throwing scenes? You have to be happy for dad! Not this!” Cameo lowed down his voice.
“Stop crapping Cameo! I wouldn’t mind if he wants to get married. The thing is, Ryan has the right to know that he’s mom is here! And she’s about to marry my father!” Harold emphasized the word FATHER.
“Please Harold. Let’s follow the flow,”
“Stop calling stop calling…” Harold’s phone rang. It was a text from Roxanne.
-You are invited to my birthday party tomorrow! XOXO- Roxy Pixie.
“Shoot! Roxy’s birthday!” Harold hit his head. He had totally forgotten about it. Cameo ignored him and went to the kitchen. When he reached the door, Harold called his name.
“Fine. But I don’t want to get involve in this trouble”
And sometimes, the trouble is meant to be your friend. Nothing else you can do other than get use to it.
SOS! Shoo trouble shoo!
