Insanity

03. Home Coming.

"What is it?" both of them asked in a serious tone. "The.....the......the plates....they fell on their own," she replied terrified. Nick was listening to her seriously while Patrick started laughing really hard. "Destiny. Look at your face. As if you've seen a ghost or something." he laughed. Seeing him laughing she got annoyed and said, "No. Something weird is going on in this house. Yesterday I was drinking orange juice and eating chips as soon as I turned my face at the tv, both of the things got disappeared, the chips were near the sink and the glass of juice at the upperside shelf. This happened two to three times. First I thought you both are messing with me. But then, it was all real. Then, the painting scene. It turned into some.... black horrific image. Something evil." she explained. "I think this house is haunted or something. What do you guys think?" she looked both of them in a serious face. Patrick stared Nick, and Nick stares Patrick. Then, a sudden laugh was heard by both of them. They were laughing really hard. "We're living here for many years, I haven't felt anything. Have you, Patrick?" Nick asked laughing. "Yes. I have." Patrick said in a serious voice. "Right? You've felt something strange in this house too?" Destiny asked with a satisfying face. "Yes. I have felt a strange thing named 'Destiny'." he laughed. "I told you not to do a lot of work. Now see you're speaking rubbish," he added laughing. "You think I'm lying? Then who broke these plates? Me?" she asked pointing at the plates. "Maybe they got slipped," Nick replied. "Okay fine! Don't believe me." she removed the apron and threw it on both of their faces. She started walking at the stairs, Patrick shouted," I think you have gone mad!" he laughed. She took two steps down again and shouted angrily, "I'm not mad! Moron!" and walked upstairs again.

It was night, Nick and Patrick made dinner and Nick shouted, "Come on Des. Time for dinner." and got no response. Ten minutes passed by, both of them went to her room and knocked on the door. When they got no response, they barged in and saw she was crying sitting on the bed, with a frame in her hand. "Hey! Why are you crying?" Nick asked and they both sat on the bed. Her eyes were swelled and red due to crying. Nick comforted her bu tapping her shoulders. "What is it?" he asked concerned. "I miss mom and dad." she cried helplessly. "Ssshhhh! You know how much it hurts me to see you crying." Nick said and wipes her tears. "What a bond! I wish I had siblings too." Patrick cried fakely. "Shut up!" laughed Destiny. "Group hug?" said Patrick. All three of them hugged and laughed and went downstairs to have dinner. When they were sitting on the chairs, Patrick stopped Destiny to sit where she was and said, "No. Sit here. The plates fall down if you sit there." She didn't understand at first so she quickly sits where Patrick asked her to. When she understood the joke, she rolled her eyes saying, "Shut up, Patrick." Although Destiny was a very fun-loving and energetic girl she was disturbed from the past few days. After having dinner, they went to sleep. At midnight, Destiny woke up and walked down the kitchen. She wasn't herself. She opened the fridge and took out a meat box, unwrapped it and sit on the table. When Patrick heard the noise down, he went to see for himself. He walked downstairs and saw Destiny's back. "Destiny." He walked forward and saw she was eating the raw meat like a hungry beast. "Destiny!" he immediately stopped her and shake her body. "Wake up, destiny." he heavily shakes her body. When she came back in her senses and saw the raw meat in her hands,she made a vomit face and quickly threw meat from her mouth. "What am I doing?" she asked him. "You tell me." he raised a brow. She raised a brow. She sighed and started crying. "Oh no, love. Don't cry." He hugged her and carried her to the room in his arms. "Take proper rest." he moved his hand on her forehead and left the room. In the morning, Destiny was still sleeping peacefully until Patrick came running saying, "Destiny! Destiny! Wake up!" he said worriedly. "What is it?" She opened small eyes. "I think this house is haunted," he shouted in panic. "Why? What happened?" she asked yawning. "Somebody killed Nick! Come downstairs." he grabbed her hand and took her down. She was so scared and worried, as soon as she saw Nick laying on the floor with blood coming out from his mouth. "Brother!" she cried. "Get up, please!" she added shaking his body. "Patrick! Why are you standing? Do something." she shouted crying. "It's too late. We can't do anything." he cried. "No!" she shouted crying. "Haaahhh!" Nick scared her and she got startled. "Nick!" she said startled while Nick and Patrick were laughing. "So how's the surprise?" Patrick winked. "f**k off!" she shouted annoyed. "You scared me like hell," she added and hugged her brother. "Awwww." Nick hugged her back. "You can't die. I will die before you." Destiny said. "Destiny!" Both, Patrick and Nick shouted in a serious tone. "Don't ever say that again!" Nick said with furrowed brows. "I was....well never mind. What is this on your face?" she asked raising a brow. "Ketchup." he touched the ketchup and licked it with a finger winking at her. "God! You're so bad." she hit him. "Hey. It was his plan." Nick tried to save himself from the hitting and pointed towards Patrick, who ran upstairs. "I hate you both," she said annoyed.

Rest of the day went to college when they returned home. "I'm going to try the makeup which I decided for homecoming. Don't bother coming up!" she warned and walked upstairs. Patrick and Nick were watching tv. She went upstairs and started doing makeup. Then, something got into her, she ruined her makeup with her hand. The black smokey eye makeup was spread till her cheeks and the red lipstick was all over her lips and chin. She took her wrist and scratched her hand with a nail. She messed up her hair and was looking like a completely insane beauty. She walked down the stairs, Nick and Patrick were watching a horror movie. Destiny came and stood in the corner of the table. When they both saw her,they got kinda freaked. "Holy s**t!" Patrick stood up from the couch. "It's Destiny," Nick whispered. "Oh, God! There's a witch here. We're going to die." Patrick shouted in terror fakely. "Run!" They both said together and laughed. "See. See. She applied ketchup at her wrist." Patrick laughed. "Testing our trick on us." Nick laughed. Patrick walked to her, grabbed her wrist and rubbed the ketchup but it again became red. Then he licked the blood from her wrist and turned to Nick," its blood. Real blood." he whispered. She was smirking and pushed Patrick, he fell down while she was coming towards Nick. Patrick got up and threw a glass full of water right at her face. "Nice makeup." he laughed. When the cold water hit her face, she came back in her senses. "What the hell?" she shouted. "You ruined my makeup," she added. "Yea as if it was looking great before," he replied sarcastically. "What's with the blood?" Nick asked concerned. "It's a small cut while shaving," she replied sarcastically and went upstairs. "What's gotten into me?" she thought to herself. "God! My face. I look like some horror movie possessed girl." she added wiping the makeup off her face. "How the hell did I cut my hand? I haven't shaved yet," she said worriedly.

Next day was a homecoming. Destiny called her hairstylist and makeup artist at her place and invited her friends too. All of the girls were getting ready one by one. "Destiny!" Nick knocked the door. "Yes brother." she opened the door and walked out. "What are you girls doing?" he tried to see inside but Destiny closed the door. "Uh-huh... Don't try to look inside." she teased him. "I wasn't......" he was interrupted by her saying, "yes. Cindy is here too. If you want to know." she teased him. "If by any chance I got to meet her alone. Because I kinda...wanna....propose her." Nick said sheepishly. "Really?" she asked in surprise. "Okay. After she gets ready. I'll send her in your room." she winked, opened the door and was going in, Nick tried to look inside but Destiny showed him eyes and he went away. "Who are you going with, Des?" Cindy asked. "Patrick, duh." she rolled her eyes. After getting ready, Cindy went to Nick's room while Destiny was getting ready. "You look beautiful, madam." said the makeup artist. When she herself in the mirror, she smiled and said, "Thank you." "Come on already, Destiny. We are going!" Nick shouted. When she walked down the stairs, Patrick stood amazed with his mouth fell open.

Patrick's POV:

What a beauty! What an innocent face! Such an angel. It was love at first sight when I saw her playing with her brother in the woods. She's so pure, so innocent, so natural. She doesn't even know how to deal with boys. I love her purity and I will make sure her purity remains the same. No one will ever touch her or hurt her. She's mine, only mine. Her black off-shoulder maxi with a soft bun and two strands out from the left and right side. Her soft yer natural makeup was looking so classy. My idea of my dream has changed all these years. When I was in high school, she was the most popular girl with the hottest body, just purely physical (immature I know). My girl is not a girl at all. She's a woman who knows what she wants and isn't afraid to approach a man that she finds attractive. Her confidence is clearly evident without being overly cocky. She is independent and can take care of herself but is not shy about asking for help should she need it. She may not become the queen of homecoming today but she will always be the queen of my heart.

"Ready?" she snapped her fingers. "I'm amazed, woman." he whistled happily. "I give my sister to you, man," Nick said and left with Cindy. When they reached the event, Destiny walked towards her friends. They laughed and clicked selfies together. A lot of people complimented Destiny's outfit. "So my brother finally proposed to you." Destiny teased Cindy. "Yes." Cindy nodded happily. "When's the wedding?" Anna asked. "After graduating the college," Cindy replied. After a few hours of continuous fun and dance performances, it was now time for couple dance. "May I have this dance?" Patrick asked for a dance. She nodded and put her hand at his and walked to the dancefloor. "You look beautiful." he smiled. "Don't I....always?" she sais sarcastic. "No." he laughed. After a few minutes of slow dance now it was time for the announcement of Homecoming King and Queen. The principal came on stage and said,"Ladies and gentlemen. Thank you so much for coming. As you all know this college does not tolerate any kind of abusive behaviour and bullying. So......." he was interrupted by some student yelling, "just get to the point, old man." A student shouted. Everybody laughed and the principal felt embarrassed and said, "Yes! So the homecoming King and Queen of this year are 'Destiny Morgan' and 'Tom Mendes'!" he shouted happily. "Give them a big round of applause everybody!" he added. The lights were off of the hall, only a spotlight rise at Destiny and Tom. Patrick clenched his jaw in anger. Although he was happy for Destiny when he heard about the King, he felt anger rushed down his veins. Tom, walked forward and offered her his arm. "My Queen." he smiled. They both walked towards stage arm in arm, received the crowns and slashes. After that, the King and Queen danced together. "You want to get out of here," Tom asked. "Where?" she raised a brow. "Somewhere me and you,alone," he replied. The people were dancing,they didn't noticed both of them. In the parking lot, Destiny said, "Now it's your turn." and smirked.