Zone 5
1455 Words
"W-what are you doing here?" I asked, still surprised.
His brows furrowed because of what I said. I didn’t expect him here.
"Didn't you receive my texts?" Marx asked so I looked in my inbox, and yes, he had messages that I didn't know. I didn't receive Marx's texts so I wasn't aware that they were here
"So that's it Nika? Is this your house? Your house?" I just rolled my eyes on her and went to a bench.
"Don't be KJ! Take off your shirt and jump in here!" She commanded, getting annoyed because I didn’t join them.
"Take off?" Theron asked, gosh! He is here!
My face is heated because of Theron's question, I get embarrassed and can’t talk nor look at them.
"Hell no! Never Nika! In front of these guys? No!" I said and sat down on a bench.
Why did she invite those guys! This should be a girl's night out! argh!
"Hahaha, she is wearing a bikini under that t-shirt." I glared at Nika, I wanna put tapes on her mouth!
Shit, isn’t it embarrassing?! I massaged my temple because of annoyance! Argh! Nika.
"A-ah, It's better if you wear a shirt too, Nika, maybe you both are not comfortable with it," Theron said awkwardly and started to sip on his wine.
"Oh never! Van and I are used to it, we used to be models, that's where we met. Marx, why are you quiet?" I also noticed that Marx seemed to be silent when he found out that I was wearing a two-piece.
"H-huh? I want to go swimming too. Bro, entertain Vanessa." Theron and I looked at each other,
Jake. All I can see is Jake.
He put his gaze on me and our eyes met, my heart beats faster. He couldn’t be Jake. Jake and Theron are different. I kept on saying it to myself.
"Hi," he greeted me and smile awkwardly
I stopped staring at him and just smiled too.
"Hmm. Hi," I answered awkwardly.
"Hahaha, much better if we become friends. Are you uncomfortable with me? Sorry" he asked awkwardly.
"O-oh no! I think I've seen you before, I just don't know where" I open the topic.
"Where?"
stupid. I just said that I forgot.
“I don’t even know,” I said and started to put wine on my wine glass.
"You know, Marx has always been telling me stories about you since I came home from the States." She said smiling as she looked at Marx.
"Huh! Why?" I'm not numb that Marx likes me, but I don't wanna rush everything, it's a bit embarrassing, I don’t want to be committed to a person anymore.
That's also Jake's action before he courts me. He kept on giving motives until I got used to it and little did I know I’m already falling.
"I know, you know that he is interested in you right?" He asked seriously.
He looked at me to see my reaction but I just gave him a blank expression..
"No." My simple answer, he looked at me and shook in disbelief.
Marx didn’t confess to me anything so I’m still clueless if he likes me or not. I just don’t want to be assuming.
"Marx, hate girls. He's usually not attached to other girls, but I'm surprised when you're together." He said and took a sip of his wine.
"How come? I also see someone talking to him." I wondered.
Yes, he also talks to my girl classmates but I think it’s just about academics.
"It's just about studies, but if it's just flirting, he doesn't entertain it" He said and looked at Marx who’s talking to Nika.
I gave him a smile and just ignored what he said. Marx needed to confess to me so that we could talk about our feelings to each other. Even I don’t know if I do like him or not.
I just noticed now that they have similarities with Jake, the way of speaking, stance, as in!
"VAN! Jump here, Hurry!" I heard Nika shout, I just mouthed her a curse but she just laughed at me.
I caught Marx staring at me like he was waiting for my move.
"Come on," I said to Theron, He also stood up while taking off his shirt
I was about to jump in the pool when Nika stopped me,
"Take off your shirt! The shirt is f*******n here! Look, Theron has already undressed, Marx too! This is a pool party!" Nika shouted and I looked at Theron who jumped on the pool.
They both have abs! I swallowed hard and diverted my gaze to stop from drooling at them.
I saw Marx’s smirk when he saw me staring at him.
"We are harmless Van. Remember I'm your partner and I will make you safe!" Marx shouted again, cheering me up.
So what? We don’t have a mission tonight, why would he protect me? Tsk. But I suddenly blushed with shame when he smiled at me as f**k.
So I was forced to take off my shirt, getting annoyed!
when I took off my shirt, I laid it on the chair and went to the pool
"Damn!" Marx's curse and diverted his gaze.
Stop drooling Marx, I smirked because of his reaction.
"Whoooo!" Nika danced, this woman went crazy.
"Isn’t it too short for her?" I heard Marx whisper to Nika, Nika rolled her eyes at him. Getting irritated by the question.
"So stupid Marx, does a two-piece look like a dress?" Marx scratched his head at Nika’s answer.
I walked to the nearby stairs to jump in the pool. I was still embarrassed because I felt that their gaze followed me but I just ignored them and kept on walking.
"Darn" I whispered to myself, getting shy.
I jumped in the pool and started swimming until I got tired and just stood next to Marx.
He can't look at me properly, what’s wrong with him!
"I’ll just play music," Nika shouted and went up to play music.
The music is so loud! You really thought there was a party! I’m just relieved that my condo is soundproof so no one will get disturbed by our noises.
"Guys! You want a barbecue?" I asked while shouting. They won’t hear me because of the music.
"What?!” They answered in chorus.
"I’m asking you If you want a barbecue ?! I'll grill some," I shout again.
"Barbecue?! Okay!" they said so I went up.
I raised my brows to Marx when I noticed him following me, but he just ignored me.
I went straight to the grilling area to start,
"Hey. wear this, it's cold, you might get sick" Marx whispered and put a huge shirt on me, it's not mine
"This is not mine," I said and handed the shirt back to him, refusing his offer.
"It's mine, wear it." He said seriously, I tried to hide my smile but my lips betrayed me.
"Too close Sandoval" I winced in response as I realized the space between us was almost gone.
"Maybe you can't hear me" I just frowned and put on his very big shirt!
We have already started grilling a barbecue and it looks like the other two are still enjoying themselves at the pool, they haven't come up yet. I think they’re getting to know each other, and they look good together.
"Marx" I call him.
"Hmm" he replied but he didn’t look at me
"Has anyone died because of the chatzone?" I asked a loud question for him to hear.
"Actually, yes. 2 of them" my eyes widened at what I heard.
Is there already? I thought not yet!
Seriously? How come. I even didn’t hear that kind of news. I know that chatzone started 3 years ago but I just didn’t join the game because I’m not interested in it.
"Who?" I was nervous to ask.
"Le--"
I was interrupted when my phone rang!
"Wait, Marx. Someone called" I said to him and he just nodded at me so I went inside my condo
[Hello?]- me
[Who are they?]-me
[Looks like you're having fun, huh?] -unknown
[Hello? Who are you?]-me
[You do not need to know, ]-unknown
[Maybe you called the wrong number.]-me
[I didn’t]-unknown
[What the hell, what do you want?]-me
[I want you to die.]-unknown
[I’ll kill you first! Stop giving me threats!]-me
[I won’t stop, my dear Alisha. I want you gone. I want you to die.]-unknown
[F*ck you]-me
[f*ck you too]-unknown
[Are you done?]-me
[No, you killed my brother! You killed him!]-unknown
[I didn’t kill anyone! I don’t even know you!]-me
[I will kill you.]-unknown
Call ended.
From: 0956*******
I will never stop until you die.
- Writer
