I wake up with a start and check my phone for the time. Urgh! It's 5:00am! Why did I wake up so early? I internally groan as I massage my temples. Shit! It's so early to have a headache.

Oh My Cakes! I knew there was a reason I woke early! I was asked to prepare  breakfast if I wanted to be given a tour! With that thought, I change out of my nightie and put on a short and a big tee shirt.

I run downstairs with my phone and dagger and frantically search through the kitchen in silence so as not to wake anybody up.

There's turkey, some vegetables, pasta, potatoes. I can make French fries with gravy sauce and I love desserts after every meal so I'll make some pudding and brownies for dessert. Isn't that too much? I groan as I rub my temples again. Why do I have such bad migraine? And so early in the morning?

Well, that is not going to dampen my spirit. I use my phone to Google how to make French fries, pudding and brownies! And also how to make latte.

An hour later, the house begins to smell of delicious food as my brows furrow and my tongue stick out in utter concentration.

"Good morning Jem", Jay says eyeing my sweaty body and the potatoes frying in the pan.

I barely respond as I move to remove the brownie from the oven. Jay comes closer and makes to take a piece of brownie but with my quick thinking, I grab my dagger and nearly hit him on the hand with it and he flinches from the near contact of the dagger on his skin.

"What was that for?", he asks shocked that I'll actually slice his hand with my dagger.

"I know you have  a ravenous appetite but do me a favour and go wake Dimitri and Anita", I say sweetly, damping the sweat away from my forehead with my face towel.

"No need we're here!", Dimitri announces as he and Anita enters the kitchen.

"Good! Now everybody have a latte!", I say handing them each a cup of latte.

"Wow! You're cooking? How long have you been up?", Anita says yawning as she drinks her latte and sits on Dimitri's lap.

"Since five", I say, putting the pudding in the warmer.

"Omg! This is actually nice! How did you know how to prepare a latte?", Dimitri asks drinking more.

I simply point at my phone on the counter and re focus on my brownie.

"Ooo brownies", Anita and Dimitri chorused making a move on the brownies.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you!", Jay says barely looking up and sipping his latte

"Why?", they chorus again as they actually move to take a piece and I quickly take my dagger and swipe their hands away from my brownie.

"Yikes Jem", Dimitri gasps, looking at me in shock.

"Told ya!", Jay says laughing as Anita smacks his head.

"Why do you have your dagger with you in the kitchen?" Anita screams agitated.

"That's what I used to give the brownie it's shape and also slice the potatoes", I state setting the table.

"But there's a knife in the cupboard!" Anita exclaims, face palming.

I only shrug as they all seat down to eat with Anita doing the prayers.

"Omg! This is actually nice!", Anita exclaims.

"It sure is", Dimitri says.

I look at Jay and his face is stoic, blank, devoid of any emotions, making it hard for me to read any thing. I raise my eyebrow waiting for a praise or a critique.

"It's... Amazing! I'm not gonna lie but I'm still not taking you on a tour", he states as if I'm gonna argue with him.

"Yea because we have to start preparation for the party tonight, so tomorrow we'll all go on a tour right!", I say pretending to not notice his glare.

"Yes!"Anita and Dimitri chorus, bumping their fist into the air, leaving no room for Jay to argue and sighing in defeat.

Oh fuck! I groan as the migraine increases, I secretly look at the half shape heart on my hand and it's flaming red. He is in trouble.  I try to cover it but Jay notices it. I touch my head as the pain becomes unbearable.

"What's wrong Jem?" Jay asks in a panicky voice as he notices my discomfort.

"I need to rest, can you guys take care of the preparations without me?", I ask getting up.

"Yea sure", Anita says helping me to my room.

"Thanks", I say once I get to my room.
"Only wake me up when it's party time" I say closing the door behind me and falling on the bed.

This is what I get when he's in pain. And he's in pain most of the time. Where are you? Why did you leave me? What kind of pain are you going through? So many questions race through my mind as I fall into a deep slumber.

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"If she doesn't wake up, I'm going to pour her a full bucket of water"

"Calm down Anita, she's exhausted"

"But Jay, we've been trying to wake her up for over thirty minutes now!"

"Just keep on trying"

"Jemima Valerian! You sleep like a log!"

I groan as I try to sleep some more but the voices of Anita and Jay keep drifting in.

I turn to the other side and bury my head under my pillow.

"That's it I am so going to drench her in freezing water"

"I agree", Jay says and I didn't bother getting up until my phone rings.

I search the table blindly and make to cut the call.

"It's Alan and he's video calling you!", Jay says probably glancing at the caller ID. How rude?

I jump off the bed with a start and quickly dress my hair before picking the call.

Jem: Hey brother bear! I've been up for a long time now! And I'm about to go down stairs for the party.

Jay: No she's not, I and Anita actually came to wake her up.

Jem: Jay! No need to be rude, this is my conversation

I screech loudly.

Alan: Oh! Um... Isn't it six in the evening there? Why are you still asleep?

Jem: Are you in the hospital?

I counter his question with a question as I glance the surroundings behind him.

Alan: Now now Jem! That's not how to answer brother bear!

He counters trying to avoid the question. Something's definitely up!

Jem: (I look at Jay disturbingly and he gets the hint as he leaves my room) Alan, he's in trouble again. I got the burns and migraines earlier, that's why I slept till late.

Alan: oh my love! When you have such things, always remember that I'll always be here for you come what may!

Jem: Thanks Alan! So why did you call?

Alan: Uh... N.. N.. Nothing! I just wanted to make sure that my favorite person in the whole world is okay.

Jem: O... Kkkaayy!

Alan: Silly girl!

Jem: Am I a silly girl?

Alan&Jem: No you're/I'm not.

Jay: hurry up Jem! The party is about to start.

Jem: oh shoot! Alan love, I gotta go! I'll call you the day after tomorrow because we're going on a tour! Te amo!

Alan: I love you too Jem! More than you can ever know.

I hang up the call and rush to take my bath. I look at my wrist and the hotness of that spot has already reduced drastically. My migraine has also vanished.

It's now time, for me to enjoy myself. I'm never going to forgive him for putting me through so much pain.

After my bath, I open my wardrobe and decide what to wear before I realized that I was demanded to wear skirt. Fuck you Jay!

I grumble as I put on the outfit and leave my hair.

Jemima, her hair and her outfit and the black chain to match⬆⬆

Damn! I even have to wear heels! I only accepted to wear this because it's in a black color.

I open my door and instead of me to walk down the stairs in an elegant fashion, I slide down the staircase railings.

"Jem!", Jay, Anita and Dimitri chorus my name.

"What!", I look at them so innocently and bate my eyelash. They all shake their heads.

"Anyway, thank you guys for helping me do my part of the decorations", I truthfully state looking around. They sure did a good job. 

"Yea whatever", Jay nonchalantly says.

*ding dong!*

"oh our first guest", Anita exclaims as she rushes to get it.

"Zayn! Zara! You made it!" Anita exclaims, hugging them and ushering them in.

"Jem, Jay! Zayn and Zara! Zayn, Zara! Jemima and Jay", Anita introduces.

"Pleasure to meet you", Jay says shaking them. Did I add that he looks hot in his black tuxedo and skinny jeans. Typical mixture of hot and casual.

"Such beauty! Nice to meet you", Zayn says offering his hand. I give a trying smile and shake his hand, making a move to shake Zara's hand but she engulfs me in a bone crushing hug.

I cringe a bit before wiggling free from her grip.

Damn! Zayn is hot! Such wavy shoulder length,  black hair that has a white streak. I wonder how his silky hair will feel in my hands. I look at his outfit and gulp as I my gaze flickers to his huge member in between his thighs. I bet they'll be so hard if I just stroke them a little.

"Don't Jem! He's way older than you think", Anita whispers in my ears, obviously noticing my drooling.

Fuck!
My cheek burns from the embarrassment.

*ding dong!

The door bell rings saving me from an embarrassing moment.

"Aunt Emilia! Nina!", Dimitri exclaims.

He ushers them in and introduces only me! Apparently I'm the outcast here.

Never be a prisoner of your past life, it was just a life lesson, not a life sentence. Alan's voice wafts through my head.

"Oh Jace my boy, how're you doing? Look at you! All grown up, not bothering to check up on your mother's sister", Aunt Emilia coos as she draws Jay's cheeks and pinch them softly.

Jay grimaces and gives Dimitri the I-told-you-not-to-invite-her-look but Dimitri scoffs as if to say "quit whining like a baby"

"And you forgot your favorite cousin Jason McIntyre Black! And you know what comes next!"

Nina says, engulfing him in a hug and roughly pushing him down before ruffling his well combed hair.

"Am I not your favorite cousin?", Dimitri asks giving a supposed 'puppy dog eyes'. Pfft, pathetic!

"What in world's damnation! How can my twin brother be my cousin?", Nina exclaims in pure disbelief.

No wonder, there's a striking resemblance between the duos.

"Don't go swearing children! Jay has finally decided to settle down with a lovely young lady", Aunt Emilia says and it hit me she was referring to me. This woman is creepy! Ugh!

"I don't think so", the melodic voice of Zara wafts through the room and the rest of them murmur in agreement.

"Well why not?"

"Well, you see aunt, Jem is in love with somebody else and... "

"I'll really appreciate it if you mind your business Anita", I say curtly, trying not to sound rude but failing.

"Ha! I like you already Jem, finally someone as feisty as you Anita", Zayn says.

"It's Jemima to you", I say rudely.

I didn't mean to sound like that, I just feel... Urgh! I miss him so much.

"Calm down people! We don't want tempers flaring up, let's get the party started ", Jay says and everyone cheers except me.

Zayn moves to talk to Anita. Zara moves to talk to Dimitri. Jay is enduring more scolds from his aunt and I am just left out.

No need to feel gloomy! I'll just get wasted, which I rarely do but plan on doing tonight and talk to Alan! Who am I kidding? Alan is probably having a heart to heart discussion with his father, I wouldn't want to interrupt that.

I have no mum! No dad! No sister! No brother, of course I mean by blood. I'm just alone in this fucking world. Don't get me wrong, Alan and Jon has been the best! They never once made me feel neglected or abandoned. They were always there for me. I just wish I had grown up in a not too psychotic family.

So it's a deal then. I'll get wasted and besides, I'm not driving. So if anything goes wrong, I can easily go upstairs and sleep.

I'll never forgive them for making me feel lonely all these years!

A/N
Not much words, feeling sleepy as hell.

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