The Flame and The Wings

chapter 2

With a bright smile my eyes trailed the lengthy bar that marked me and my competitions sales numbers, "Look Tommi, look," I laughed with glee as I continued watching my sales number rise higher then my archenemies, "You are soo conceited," my bestfriend said while rolling her eyes at my HP laptops glowing screen. "I'm not conceited, it's just that man has more lives than a cat and still can't make a book sale better than mine. It shows how much better than him I am," I say my dark brown eyes mystified by my screen leaving me unable to look up at my bestfriend. A hot tempered, cute-ass, short white girl, with dyed blue hair, her brown roots barely showing, a bull ring, and big round eyes that need glasses. She is goofy and difficult to upset, however I'm an expert at annoying her enough to make her livid. I'm a bisexual and she is so my type, but she is most definitely a lesbian and would never even think about dating me. Looking outside my office window I take notice that the last bit of my employees have left. Seeing that I let out my wings with a sigh of pure relief, "Ahh, that feels a lot better," my bestfriend looks at me and chuckles at the repetitive sight, whispering to herself, "You do that everyday," rubbing her temples in astonishment. Seeing as my parents were different species, mom a fairy and dad a human, I always stood out in a bad way leaving me self conscious and just wanting to fit into one subjected group. Not me being upset about being a hybrid that's for sure, I just wanted to belong. My whole life I had to live in a human world and was told, "Hide your powers, hide your wings, and DO NOT fly," never truly able to be my real, true, self in front of others because I had to live in constant fear of what humans might do if they find out I'm a fairy. The fae an human communities, not s surprisingly, were never the best of pals In fact, my bestfriend, who is certainly a human, didn't find out about me until we were 20. She had walked into my dorm room without knocking and saw my wings on accident, we were both shocked and I bet we just sat there in total silence for around twenty minutes. At first she was angry because we have been bestfriends since we were five and I never had the guts to tell her my secret, I think she was more offended that she wasn't "trustworthy" enough to know, although she eventually understood and we made up in just a few short weeks, it would have been shorter had she not been stubborn. I'm sorry, I didn't really introduce myself, my name is Preston Charm Yao, I'm charmed to meet you, at 19 I started an multi-millionaire publishing company while still in college leaving me not only broke but very, very busy. I was mostly raised by my dad growing up because my mom never fit in the human world with her fae like characteristics, unlike me she can't hide her wings, I mean it would be weird if she could being a pure blood and all. When I turned 10 I started visiting my mom in a fairy community every so often because the fairies didn't really want me around I wasn't permitted past the age of 18, I was "too" human, and apparently those features became ever so obvious when I was a legal adult in human society. You see I'm too human for the fairy world and I'm too fairy for the human world, so I grew up at odds on both sides of myself, even having both of my parents making me feel like I fit in it was only a feeling that lasted inside of the house. So many other supernaturals have even told me that I should pick a side, "Was I going to be a human or a fae?" They would ask me, almost nonstop, it is a very rude question if you ask me. Just like I am not picking boys or girls, I shouldn't be forced to pick fae or human. So to combat their negativity, and I have faced all odds that were put against me, striking down anyone that gets in my way. Tommi always feels the need to remind me that "That's the reason I'm still single," but it's not, I've just been busy. My work has been the sole purpose behind my entire life, and for that I will never let my guard down enough for someone to love me, there is no reason to. "It doesn't matter," I thought to myself, shrugging away my heavy thoughts as I watched as my bestfriend turn on our TV with my archenemies', Sage's, face shown brightly upon it. He was talking about our upcoming press conference and was beginning to annoy me with his overly deep voice, so using my powers I turned of the TV and look at Tommi growling out, "Don't play that f*****g phoenix in my damn office," Looking me dead in the eyes she gives me a blank stare that practically growled back, "I don't care," and proceeded to turn the TV back on. Turning to the TV I see Sage's eyes begin to glow a bright gold, and even though everyone noticed they had the nerve to move him off the stage before he blew all the way up in front of a whole ass crowd of people. I gave an evil, snarky chuckle as I smirked at the screen that had gone back to a news reporter, I can't wait to get under that phoenix skin at this stupid press conference. I bet it will be the only part that won't be boring.