She's The Troublemaker

Chapter 14 - Whisked Off my Bed

I reached home safely . Thanks to the cab . I had decided never to go walking ever again . Stupid decision . I know . But sometimes it's what situations make us . As feisty as I seem to be , I think that every girl has a hidden weakness that no ones knows about . It might be a thing or a situation . I don't know . But I  was , in this situation not scared but worried . Not about my life but those who are with me . When I reached home , I rang the bell for a few minutes . Then did I realise that Ethan was out on a date and I was practically alone at home . Today was a tiresome day . Not because I had to face my boss in embarrassment but the whole work load was too much . Attend calls of various people mostly girls who fantasised about my boss . At times it was irritating to hold up to their nonsense blabbering . When it wouldn't be girls it would be men who called often asking about his schedule , How and When could they meet etc . Then do paper work and then take the emails and visit him time to time .

But that's why they pay right ? They pay you to work . Now that I was home all alone I didn't even have a proper chore to do . I just sat on the sofa rethinking what that guy had said . I was so engrossed in the new creepy - truth that I had forgotten to ask his name . I hadn't worked with him though . It seems like he hadn't been 17 after all . We both were in big trouble and yet none of us had anyone we could share this information to besides each other . My mind wandered towards the text I had got earlier .

' Missing me , Princess ?' It read . Quite absurd I know . It had only been one encounter and yet he was creeping me out a lot . Like till now I only thought of it as a joke . But now when I knew the partial truth it was kind of scary to know that a dangerous person is after you . I think I should get my mind off this thing . Besides I do have the whole house for myself so why don't I chill out a bit . Switching on the TV with my remote , I plunged onto the creamy cushioned sofa . As I flicked through channels I felt as if I was being watched . I turned to look at the window which was slightly ajar . So now , even a simple window is playing a ghostly character . Thus frightening me . I got up and shut the window . I wasn't scared . But to make sure I don't end up dead tomorrow . I checked all the doors and windows , just in case . I was feeling a little scared for some unknown reason . I watched TV for a good 2 hours . It was 8 in the evening and due to the compilation of tensions I was tired . 

I switched off the tv and headed to my bedroom . Ethan had a spare key so I didn't have to worry . I switched off all the lights except the one in the living room and jumped on my bed . Tomorrow I wouldn't go to the office or the  trip because my top priority is my aunt and I can't leave her like that . He could never understand my problems all he ever understood is business and that's what he will ever understand . I was tired and about to close my drowsy eyes when my bedroom door creaked open and I saw a silhouette thanks to the living room light . The living room light was then switched off .

" Goodnight Ethan " I said and fell asleep .

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" Mel , You need to go to the office " 

" Wake up " I opened my eyes a little to see my brother shaking me wildly . I just punched him back as I took the covers above my head . NO ONE DISTURBS MY OGRE SLEEP . Why ogre sleep? Why not beauty sleep you ask ? because when we get up , we don't look like princess from any disney movie . We resemble shrek in every other way when we get up . I don't know why they came up with the beauty sleep concept anyway.

" You need to go to the office trip " Wait how did he know ? I hadn't said him anything about the trip . 

" I WON'T " I screamed as I stuffed my face into the pillow . Ethan stopped barking and for once I thought that he had given up . But the very next moment my covers were ripped off and now I was not angry or ready to kill .......I was ready to murder .

" They wont take no for an answer Mel " They? who were 'they' ?. I quickly got up ready to tackle when I saw two mountain-sized men in my room .Are they gonna kidnap me ? Sure seemed like it . They were wearing identical black T-shirt with trousers with same sunglasses . They raised an eyebrow at me thinking like we-can-lift-anyone-in-this-world-and-they-gave-us-this-little-girl.I was in for a shock when I was practically whisked off my bed .

Not in a fairy tail romantic way.

I started to bang on their shoulders but it seemed like they felt nothing . Not  a single punch I delivered was useful in any way . I was carried all the way out of our flat . 

" ETHAN STOP THEM "

" You really think I can at least stand up to them . No way am I getting my bones broken ."

" COWARD'' I screamed . I don't wanna go . I wanna sleep . Most of all I want to be in my cozy bed snuggling into my semi warm pillow . But now i have to go to this dreaded thing . Lord please save me . After descending the stairs , I was thrown in to a black van and crashed into someone . Oh Boy . In the process of getting thrown apparently my dear colleague Kristen was applying her red lipstick which now due to the collision had spread the lip over to her left cheek . She looked t me and screamed . I placed both my hands on my ears . She did sound like a whale though . A whale which produced ultra high pitched voice waves .When the screaming finally stopped I looked at the two males sitting right across me . They too were in the same position as I . Kristen dig into her MK bag and removed a fresh pile of makeup kits which I hadn't known existed . As she was adjusting her makeup drama . I turned myself to the two young guys opposite to me . 

" Good morning , Melissa " they said in unison 

" Good morning t you too " I said 

I and Kristen never talked throughout the whole ride though. She was in her make up world whereas  I was enjoying the company of my other colleagues . Oh I didn't describe how Abdul was ? forgetful me . Abdul was our PR . He mainly dealt with other companies . Securing our relationships with other companies . Attending various meetings, dinner dates etc . But all in one he wasn't egoistic like some people I knew . Getting to know him was really fun . Especially when we decided that after reaching  Milan , we all would go sightseeing . He had been to Milan before and knew all the churches , shopping streets etc . It would be great to have a guide whom we didn't have to pay for once and was a good guy in whole . Logan on the other hand was as usual good looking sporting a formal shirt and pant . I on the other hand was still in yesterdays clothes . The journey to the airport was long and I guess you know the reason .......Traffic . After reaching the airport I realized I have a reason to escape this trip.

I didn't bring my Passport!!!!!!

I was about to do my victory dance when the two mountainous people whose name I had not yet known handed over the luggage . I saw a familiar bag among them ,which happened to be mine . they handed over 4 passports . Assuming mine was in there I asked .

" When did they send our passports for visa ?"

" They didn't . They took e-visa for all four of us ."

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Apparently ,you got it ........I went with them . Frankly speaking the journey didn't seem so bad after all . For some weird reason I asked Logan where our boss was . Since I hadn't seen his granite face all day . Was I missing him ? No . Not a chance .

" Actually . He is already in his penthouse suite . He came via his private jet . Rich people you know " Abdul replied 

  Now we had reached our hotel and had been assigned our rooms . Mine and Kristen's was side by side . whereas Logan and Abdul were at the other side . I mean right side of my room Kristen and left side Logan and his left side Abdul . That's when my phone started ringing . I looked up at the caller Id. OMG did aunt's health worsen? Did something happen to Ethan ? Is there an apocalypse in New York ? . Calming myself down I hit the answer button.

" Ethan whats wrong ? Aunt's ill ?You okay ?right ?"

" Yeah . Everything's all right. I wanted to know why did you switch off the living room lights . I came at 12 am and all I can see is darkness  . You knew I was coming back didn't you ?"

He didn't switch off the lights yesterday .......So who did ?