Last Chance Given

Twelve

We can prepare ourselves for anything, but we cannot be prepared for what fate has planned for us. Fate has this habit of throwing unpredictable situation at us. Sometimes, we can handle it, other times we will not be able to handle it and that’s when you know things have started to go downhill.

“That’s it for today,” Demitri called out as I punched the sandbag. It was swaying forth and back as I turned to face my trainer.

I gave him a confused look as I checked the time. He ended our training an hour earlier than usual. I wonder what is in his mind, I looked at him waiting for an answer to my unasked question.

“It is Luca’s birthday today. Remember we have been planning the surprise for the past two months,” he reminded me. I smacked my head for forgetting Luca’s important day.

“Is everything ready?” I asked him as I walked towards the shower.

“Yup, everything is ready. According to plan, Marcel is keeping him occupied with some fake project,” he chuckled.

“Oh, I have kept your dress in your locker change into it” I heard him holler as I entered the shower. I shook my head in amusement.

They knew me too well. I have no interest in dressing up for anything. I only dress up nicely when the event has something to do with Luca. For him, I tend to put in more effort. Similarly, he does the same. He dresses up nicely when the event he attends is related to me.

Somehow, we always matched, be it in colours or design, we matched one way or another. The rest always teases us, yet they will not get any reactions from us. Luca and I have known each other the longest. And we understand each other without a word exchanged.

That is what worries me, when I am kidn*pped, I am scared that he will go mad. I know he has feelings for me. He knows that we cannot exchange our feelings now, in case it endangers each other. We are clearing our past first before we stepped into the future.

“Isis, prepared the cake?” I asked her as I finished styling my hair.

“Yeah. The place has been decorated, we have to just need you to take the stage and be ready for his entrance,” she said as she stood behind the piano.

Marcel will be on the guitar, Demitri was in charge of the camera, Kailyn was on the drums. The rest of them were dancing below the stage. Today, we are showing our love for Luca through song and dance. We all bonded our music and performance. Today we are going to use it to celebrate Luca’s birthday.

“They are here. Get ready” Demitri voice echoed in the room. I took a deep breath, it has been a while since I sang. Now I am going to sing for someone that plays an important role in my life. Someone I hope to spend mine forever with.

“Don’t be nervous babe, it will be great” I heard Kailyn whispering, I nod my head in gratitude for her encouragement.

Liam was controlling the lights, the moment Luca walks in, two spotlights will be lit. one will be shone on him while the other will shine on me as I sing the song. Towards the chorus, the whole room will be light up slowly, and everyone will join in.

The door creaked as it was pushed open,

“What is going on Mar?” Luca’s voiced bounced off the walls.

Right at the moment, Liam shone the spotlight on Luca, making Luca squint his eyes to the sudden bright light focusing on him. Marcel joined us on the stage holding onto his guitar. He gave us a nod and a smile. I started to sing without any background music, it was a song by Little Mix titled Always be together. We wanted to share the feeling of our friendship and this song felt right when we listened to it.

Luca started to smile slowly, making me smile at him as well. Soon the rest started to join in. Marcel started to sing with me. The dancers started to perform as well. The room lit up, blue, grey, and white light. The room was divided into three colours. They were his favourite colours. I saw him concentrating on our performance and did not notice the decoration. I saw Marcel tilting his head, indicating that I should try to take him to see the decoration. So, I walked down the stage and made him walk around to show him the efforts we put in.

The whole room was filled with our pictures together. We had been together for so many years that we have many pictures enough to fill a whole room with it.

The song ended, the next second, I was pulled into a tight hug.

“Thank you, Bella” he whispered, and I could hear his happiness in his voice.

“seriously, you both should just get together already” Isis screamed across the room and was cheered on by the rest.

“Someday, I will take you away from them and keep you all to myself” Luca whispered as I shook my head smiling.

“Keep on dreaming you, idiots!” I shouted back as I elbowed Luca in his side making him clutch his side.

“I hope you enjoyed your party,” I smiled as we all were cleaning up the place the next day. Even though only ten of us were celebrating, the place was turned upside down. We threw our stress to the wind and enjoyed ourselves. We partied like there was no tomorrow, now most of us are groaning from headaches and complaining about the nauseous feeling we are experiencing at the moment.

“Have you ordered their breakfast, or should I say lunch,” Luca asked me while looking at the time. We woke up around 12 pm, it is almost 1 pm now. It took us around 45 minutes to clean up,