21. Wild cat.

Olivia

''Well, well, who's birthday is coming up?" I say to Andy and jump in his back.

We're walking toward the cafeteria.

"Morning Liv.'' he laughs and walks ahead carrying me in his back. "Whose birthday is coming up?"

''Our baby is finally reaching adulthood." Lucy laughs and sits in the couch.

''Baby?" he gasps and drops me in the couch, and I almost fall in the ground.

''Ouch!" I groan.

I wonder why my head feels like I have landed on a warm thing.  I look up and I'm faced with Joel looking at me wide eyed.

His lap.

My head is at his lap.

Holy shit!

''Sorry.'' I say my face gone red.

I get up immediately and glare at Andy who is already looking at me wide eyed.

"It's okay.'' Joel says clearing his throat

Oh, God, I'm blushing so bad.

Suddenly Andy bursts out laughing, and Lucy is forcing herself not to laugh.

They can't be serious!

''I'm going to kill you!" I yell.

"Ah! I swear I didn't do it on purpose.'' he screams.

I start chasing him and he runs around the couches.

''You're dead, Andy Astor!'' I yell running after him.

"Lucy! Lucy! Lucy!'' he calls running toward my sister. I grab his shirt and he holds on to Lucy's hand. ''Help! Save me from this wild cat!'' Lucy does nothing but just laughs.

''Wild cat? Oh, you're going straight to hell Astor.'' I yell.

''But I have my birthday after two weeks. Show some mercy!'' he says and manages to escape my hold on his shirt.

''So? You shouldn't have dropped me like that and then laughed at me.'' I say angry.

I'm not angry at that.

I'm angry because I landed on Joel's lap and my stomach did the thing.

''Sorry pumpkin.'' he says, and my fury grows.

''Do not call me that!" I yell and run toward him. Only my dad can.

"Woah! The cat has turned wild again!" he says and runs.

I catch him by his arm.

"DO NOT!" he yells, and I smile evilly at him.

"I swear to God Olivia do not do it.'' too late.

God can't save you.

I bite him.

''Ow!'' he cries. ''Lucy.''

"Olivia! Let go of him.'' Lucy yells and I do.

Oh shit, I left my teeth's mark in his arm.

''Ow, you bloody maniac!" he cries, and I laugh.

''Olivia, that's so irresponsible.'' Lucy sighs,

"He deserved it.'' I say.

''Look at my arm Lucy.'' he cries, and she hugs him.

"Oh, come on don't be such a baby.'' I roll my eyes.

''Did you just call me a baby?" he gasps.

"Yes.'' I say walking backwards.

It's my turn to run.

''Oh, you Olivia Meyer are seeing God today.'' he says and starts chasing me.

"You want me to say hi for you?" I laugh.

''Come on, guys. This is childish.'' Lucy calls annoyed, ''Come sit down, the bell is about to ring.''

He catches me and starts tickling me.

''Can you be a little quiet?'' Avril says annoyed looking up from her phone.

Luke is sitting in his place with a book in his hands, but he's not reading it. He's staring at us.

I look over at Joel and he's looking at us too. I completely forgot that the Cullens were here.

It always surprises me that they are so quiet and full of manners.

They don't even speak. They speak only when they need to.

They don't speak when they are eating, don't laugh too loudly, they sit straight, they don't touch their phone when they're eating, they don't yell.

Hell, I haven't heard one off them raise their voice before.

They don't move. They don't have fun at all.

I straighten and narrow my eyes at Avril.

''Well, excuse me your majesty, are we bothering you?" I say.

"Very.'' she says.

"Well, you're free to leave.'' Andy says dropping his arm around my shoulders. And I smirk at her.

She looks at his arm and narrows her eyes.

''Andy, Olivia. Sit.'' Lucy says with a firm voice and we both obey. We sit on the couch beside her.

"Be calm.'' she says, ''I'm sorry about them. It won't happen again.'' she says to Avril, and I gasp.

''Did you just apologize to her?" I ask.

"Yes, I did.'' she says calmy.

"Et pourquoi?'' Andy asks raising his hands in the air.

"Shut up please.'' she says.

"Unbelievable.'' I scoff.

"Incroyable!" Andy scoffs too.

I look over to Joel and he's too focused on his phone.

He's been very quiet today.

The Cullens are very quiet, but Joel is the one who talks most of the times.

Today he hasn't said word.

He didn't even complain about the noise me, and Andy were making.

He raises his head and looks at me.

My breath catches my throat.

His gaze shifts at Andy's arm around my shoulders and his eyes narrow.

''Big things are coming!'' Andy hugs me and Joel's jaw clenches, ''Because eighteen years ago on 18th October an angel was born.''

"Angel.'' I burst out laughing.

''Yeah. Do you have a problem with that?" he says.

"No, not at all.'' I laugh, ''But you're more of a devil.''

''Oh really?" he pinches my nose.

"Ouch!" I slap his hand away.

''Listen here, dear sis.'' he says.

"I'm all ears bro.'' I say giggling.

''You see this face? This is an angel's face. His handsomeness was born to be a handsome angel.'' he says and leans his back on the couch. "Don't you think, belle?" he says to Avril and she fake smiles at him.

''She loves me so much.'' he whispers at me.

"Hm, I can see.'' I roll my eyes.

''Finally, our baby Andy is going eighteen years old.'' Lucy says.

"I was born eighteen years old Lucy.'' he says, and I laugh. ''And shut up, you only got eighteen three months ago.''

"And?" Lucy says.

"And stop calling me a baby. Olivia is the baby.'' he says, and I gasp.

''Am not!" I glare.

"Are too.'' he glares back, "You're only sixteen. Aww my baby.'' he says and pinches my cheeks.

''Let me go.'' I slap his hands away, ''I'm not a baby. My mind is old.'' I say confidently.

Lucy and Andy burst out laughing and wait, is that a smile in Joel's lips?

I look at him, but its way gone. It vanished too quickly.

''Does this mean we are her parents, Lucy?" Andy says and she laughs.

"That's not funny.'' I cross my arms.

I turn ahead and my eyes catch Luke.

He's looking at us with a sad smile in his face.

Why everything related to friendship and family looks and feels sad on the Cullens?

Joel

They are happy.

So happy.

Looking at happy people makes me wonder how it is to have that feeling every day, not worrying it might crush.

Olivia is so...full of joy.

Sometimes it hurts to look at her.

She laughs and talks like she has no worries in her life. And maybe she really doesn't have any worries in her life.

Her smile is radiant, it lights up her entire face with warmth and joy.

It's nice watching her being so carefree.

My darkness would literally drown her.

''Let me go, you're squeezing me!''  Olivia yells and I look up.

Andy is hugging Olivia and then he kisses her cheek.

My chest clenches.

Andy and Olivia seem like they are a couple.

I don't know why it bothers me. I don't know why I hate the thought of her in someone else's arms.

I know that they are childhood friends, but he shouldn't kiss her.

He has no reason to.

''But I love you mon cherie.'' he says squeezing her in his arms.

"I love you too, bro, but you should let me go now. I can't breathe.'' she says.

Yeah, I can't stay here anymore.

There's not enough air, the stupid Andy is stealing all of it.

I get up and Luke calls me, ''Where are you going?"

"Outside.'' I respond.

I get out and sit on a stool.

Weird, it's quiet out here.

But my mind it's too loud.

I get my phone out of the pocket and open Olivia's video.

Yeah, I recorded her when she was singing.

There's something about her voice, so soothing and beautiful.

It makes me feel calm.

I have been hearing it on repeat since I recorded it.

I even slept while hearing it.

For once in a lifetime, I slept easily and in peace.

Hearing her voice makes my brain stay silent.

And she's my enemy.

I can' t have any feelings for her expect hate.

And I do hate her. I really hate her.

It's her family's fault my mom is that way. It's her family's fault I had to be afraid all my life that the enemies will ruin my family. It's her dad's fault my father acts like that. It's their fault that I don't have a normal life.

It's all their fault.

I hate her that she has a normal life. I hate her that she's happy. I hate her that she has a happy mother and a caring father. I hate her that she's living the life that I can't live.

And I hate her that she makes me feel something else besides hate.

My father comes in my mind.

He gave me an opportunity.

And I have to fulfil it, there's no other choice.

But all this time I haven't found anything besides the useless information.

I have stayed up all those nights looking for things until I got too tired and passed out.

I showed him some things, but he said they were useless, and I have to try harder.

I'm losing hope, but I won't give up. I can't.

Something comes in my mind, and I stop the video of Olivia playing in my phone.

Katrina.

I remember our conversation that day at the cafeteria.

She said that she knows everything and that she would be my right hand.

Right. Katrina.

I have to give it a try.

''You called me mister Joel.'' a voice says in a sudden and I flinch.

Bloody hell!

I look up and Katrina is staying in front of me, grinning.

''How did you come here so fast? I texted you like five seconds ago.'' I say and she grins harder. ''So? Why did you call me?" she asks sitting beside me.

I shift away from her, ''I need you to find something for me.''

"And what is that?" she asks.

''That's the whole point.'' I say, ''We don't know what we're looking for.'' she raises her eyebrows.

''You have to find out as much as possible information's about ''Meyer Team'' company.'' I say.

"Oh.'' her eyebrows go up.

"Information's to bring them down.'' I say,

''Well, that's something hard, isn't it?" she says.

''You can't do it?" I raise my brow.

"Of course I can.'' she says proudly. ''But that's a little tricky. I still don't want to bring the Meyers down, you know?"

''Then why are you here?" I look at her.

"Smart man.'' she smirks.

I don't know what Katrina's porpoise is.

But I'll sacrifice it if it means fulfilling the task my father gave me.

''So, will you take your first task as my right hand?" I ask her.

"Yes.'' she says.

''Show me what you got.'' I say and she smirks.

''I have a question.'' she says, and I mention her to go ahead. ''What did you do to Royal Academy News?"

I frown.

"Why?" I ask.

"Because, it hasn't posted anything since that day. It's very unusual. Royal Academy News never let's go of its target.'' she says.

It hasn't posted anything because I gave him a secret.

A secret that could bring me down at every moment.

I know that it will ruin me, but I choose to do it anyway.

Because that shit account can't ruin Olivia Meyer.

Only I can.

''That's because me and Olivia haven't seen each other anymore.'' I lie.

"You want me to believe that?" she raises her eyebrow.

I shake my head and smirk.

''Do you need help with it?" she asks.

"Nah, I fixed it.'' I say and she looks at me impressed.

I wink at her.

''Do you want anything else from me?'' she asks.

I think about it for a while.

''Find me Olivia's number.'' I finally speak.

''Consider it done.'' she smirks.