I was woken up by a knocking sound.
"Azalea, this door is about to break," I hear Owen say from all the knocking.
"Come in," he says without hesitation.
"What" I ask as I rub my eyes.
"Wake up"
"Why" I narrow my eyes.
"It's ball day," he says.
"Oh, it's today."
"And we're having breakfast together."
"Okay, I'll be there in a minute."
He leaves, and I get up to get dressed. When I go downstairs, I see a bunch of people.
"Who are those people?" I say as I sit down.
"They prepare this place for the ball."
"When is the ball?" I ask them.
"At 7, quick question: do you want a makeup artist and your hair done? Henry says.
"I can do those things by myself."
"Why do it by yourself when others can do it?" Theo said.
"I don't like other people touching my face," I state.
"Than everything is set, I've got to go for work and see all of you at 7," Dorian says and leaves.
"I still don't get it. Why did you wake me up at 9?" I look at Owen.
"Dorian told me to," he says quietly.
"I'm done eating; I'm going back to sleep. If any of you wake me up before four, I will kill you." I walk away as I hear Teo say
"Why did she say that with a smile?" I hear Theo say.
I go to my room, and my head meets the pillow.
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I feel someone staring at me. I want to turn around, but what if it's a guard or I don't know?
I'm scared
It makes me remember all the nights in Russia, when they would come stare and then do things I will never be able to forget.
My stomach started to hurt from fear, and my head felt heavy.
"I know you're awake," I hear a familiar voice say.
I look at him.
"What the fuck, Kenji?" I started to breathe heavily.
"You can't stare at people who are sleeping; you creap."
"I was told to wake you up."
"And you can knock or call." I can feel I have glossy eyes.
"I'm sorry if I sacred you." He looks down.
"Just get the fuck out," I say angrily, so he does.
My Shakey hands aren't calming down.
I sigh and rub my eyes.
It's fine
I'm safe now.
Damn it, it's not like he knew it. He's weird in his own way, but if he knew the truth, he wouldn't do that, right?
I get up and look at makeup stuff; Kelly actually helped me get those.
I started to do my makeup, and the question of how I know to do it has a dark answer to it.
After I'm done doing my make-up, I start to put on a dress and realize I need help with the zipper.
I have no idea how I zipped it the first time I tried it on.
I open the door, look around, but see no one other than the person I don't want to see.
"Are you ready?" he asks.
I ignore him.
"Why are you ignoring me?"
I once again ignore him.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that," he apologizes.
"How do I know you won't do it again?" I question.
"I don't like broken promises," he said.
"Fine, brake it, and there's no going back," I say to him.
"Okay, who are you looking for?" he asks.
"I need help with the zipper."
"May I?" Kenji asks, he's not the best option if you ask me, but it's not like I have someone else to do it, everyone is busy preparing for the ball.
"Yeah, come in." I sigh.
I flip my hair, and he zips the dress.
"Done"
"Thank you; I'll be down in a minute." He nods and walks away.
Okay, there's going to be lots of people, Azalea, but no need to panic.
Theo Owen Henry, Dorian, and Kenji will be there.
I hear a knock on the door, and I should come in.
"Hey, are you ready?" Henry asks.
"Yes"
"I will walk you down; let's go."
I take his hand, and we start to walk. "Don't be sacred."
"Who said I was?" I question him.
"I can hear your heartbeat from here." He can't, but I guess he could notice my nervousness on my face.
I sighed, and we started to walk downstairs, where I saw a bunch of people wearing suits. Some of them had female partners; they could be their wives, I don't know.
"Ladies and gentlemen, May I present to you the first female born in the De Lucas family in the past 200 years, Azalea?" a man who I cannot see says.
200 years? Damn, now that I look at it, it's been a very long time.
I hear gasps here and there and murmurs about something.
"We are walking towards one of our uncles; his name is Michael, and his wife is Lola."
"Hello"
"Hi, it's so nice to meet you." I'm sure it is.
"It's nice to meet you, Uncle Michael."
Oh, those are my sons," he said, making two boys come closer.
"It's nice to meet you two," I tell them, but they ignore me.
"I haven't seen you for a long time, uncle; I will join you after I show Azalea family members," Henry says, and we leave.
"Where's Dorian?" I question.
"He's not really a Loved person to these people."
"Why"
"Well, after his father passed, his brother was supposed to be the next leader, but in his grandfather's will, he made Dorian the next don of the mafia."
"Oh"
"But he will be joining you for a dance; he will be your first partner."
"Okay, I will go stand with Theo and Owen."
"Okay," he says, and I go to them. I look around and see a female who could be my age. Maybe older? Younger
"Who is she?" I ask Owen and Theo.
"Oh, that's one of our uncles daughter, but that's what we thought." Thought?
"What do you mean?"
"His wife cheated," Theo said.
"Yea, it was such a fuzz when the female was born that no one believed it, so they made tests that said that he was not the father."
"I feel bad for him." I pity him.
"Don't; he's also a cheater."
"Oh, well, they deserve each other."
We stand there doing nothing; some people would come to me and introduce themselves. It's tiring, to be honest.
"It's time for our dance; oh, and I need to tell you something after the ball; don't forget." Dorian says, Take my hand.
We dance, and I'm surprised he can walk after how many times I stepped on his foot.
"May I have a second dance?" I was so tired by the time the second person asked that I just gave him my hand without looking at his face.
"You look beautiful," my partner says. I look at him and see Kenji's stupid face.
"Oh, it's you."
"You didn't recognize me."
"Just tired" the second I know his hands are on my waist and I'm lifted up in the air.
I smile as I see all those lights and look down at people.
"Did you like it?" he asked.
"Yes, it was fun." I say smiling.
"Want me to do it again?" he offers.
"Can you?" My eyes sparkle.
"Of course," he says, and he lifts me up, and his smile won't leave my face.