Languish for you (My soulmate) (29 page)

He lowered his head a bit and waved his hand to the door, giving me a permission to leave this room, this flat and this building. But what was the most importance, he let me leave him. At least for now.

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All days till the fund-raiser, I had been thinking about this strange world in which I had an opportunity to leave in. I took even my computer, created a new document and started describing it in it. That was what I had written.

1.
      
I was alive.

2.
      
My true mate was Tobias, my cousin.

3.
      
I had feeling to Christopher.

4.
      
There were the bodiless, who ruled this world.

5.
      
The souls could change and that influenced who their soulmate will be.

6.
      
There are the hunters, who didn't like all than soulmates' thing.

And, the most importance:
I could remember my previous life and that was the weirdest thing for everyone.

I sighed. I knew that maybe I was making things harder than I should, because I was used to see lies in my every step. This new life wasn't an exception; I wanted to understand everything, see what was going in the backstage.

A knock on the door pulled me out from my own thoughts. I looked at the door. Avery came inside, holding a black dress which was short, sexy...definitely I would have never put that thing on my body...at least in my previous life. But I would have never gone to this kind of events in which I was about to go today.

“I think it will be that one,” Avery said with a huge devilish smile on her face. I rolled my eyes. Avery was really pushing me to do things, which I would have never done in my previous life: make-up, to put short and sexy clothes, to wear high heel, to have a manicure and so on. All those things for me seemed pointless and only the waste of my precious time. I believed that every person was beautiful and he didn't need this kind of things.

Avery understood how my brain worked and decided to reprogram it. A new life. A new personality. But I really doubted if her created style could actually grow on me. I was different from those empty people and that really couldn't be changed during one night.

“Yea, if I am trying to find a rich person and make him want me,” I snapped and rolled my eyes.

Avery frowned, but only for one second.

She came closer to me and dropped that dress straight on my head. I jumped irritated and threw that thing from my head. It landed on Snow, which didn't hurry to stand up and step away from the dress.

“You are going there with this dress,” Avery pointed with her finger to my bed. I didn't even glance to look at that dress. “End of story,” she said in a firm tone. “So, please, put that dress on your body that I could put some make-up and create a fabulous hairstyle,” a small smile appeared on her face.

I folded my arms over my chest, not hiding how all this thing annoyed me.

“Oh, why such a sad face?” she put her finger gently on my nose, like I would be a small kid, who needed to be cheered up. But I had to say, it really did some effect. I felt how my lips twitched up.

“I will look like a slut,” I confessed as I took up the dress carefully with my fingers. Snow lifted her head lazily and opened her mouth widely, giving me and Avery a sign that our conversation was the most boring conversation ever.

“But sexy and wealthy slut,” she smirked and I shot a dirty look at her. I could only imagine what kind of children she would have. “Now, put it on,” she hurried me before she walked out from the room. “You will look gorgeous,” she added and I was left with Snow alone in the room.

I looked at the dress. Okay, it was nice, but really short. Not even reached knees. In my vocabulary, this dress was really short.

But something in my mind told me not to push my luck. One way or another, Avery would make sure that this dress would be on my body. So, I put it on and took some time in front of the mirror, seeing how interesting I looked in outfit which I would have never put on my body. Avery was right, I looked sexy.

Avery came back into my room without even knocking. She seemed astonished seeing me in the dress she had given me. That only let me understand that in the reality I looked better with that dress than in her imagination.

“I soon will be a grandmother,” she said, putting her hands together next her beating heart.

My smile dropped. Was it the night she actually think I will make love with my cousin? Really?

“Now we need a fantastic make-up and a hairstyle,” Avery either didn't notice my face expression or decided to pretend that she didn't see it, because her eyes remained shining and that big smile didn't decrease even a bit.

I had to admit, Avery knew what she was doing. After an hour of patient sitting on the chair in front of the mirror, I was amazed by the result. I couldn't believe that it was me, my eyes were in black circles, highlighting my eyes color. My lips were full and in nice creamy color. And my face...hair...I looked like a model from a cover.

“From your face I see you like it,” Avery said, putting her little magic things back into a huge suitcase.

“Like it? I love it,” I touched my curly lock of hair, then let my fingers run gently on my cheek as I stare at my reflection in that mirror. I had to repeat over and over again in my mind that she was actually I.

“So, you can only imagine what Tobias's reaction will be,” a cunning smile now was on her face.

But I was thinking not about Tobias's reaction, but about Christopher's. I didn't know how my thoughts drifted to him and not to my so called soulmate. But my protector was the first one in my head, making me feel guilty.

I knew who Christopher was and I should forget him. He was nothing in my life and I was in his.

“Ready?” Avery asked excited.

I nodded slowly, my eyes still at the girl, who wasn't me, although it was me.

Christopher was waiting for us in the corridor, anxious to leave. He was wearing one of his costumes. He seemed so finely, so gorgeous, so ready to have every girl in this world.

Grip yourself, I ordered myself mentally.

His eyes turned lazily at me. He seemed astonished seeing me in the black dress, with make-up and so on. But before I could even detect what he was feeling, his face turned marble, eyes glassy.

“Ready?” he asked me the same question as Avery had, but instead of his voice being friendly, it was icy cold.

I glanced at Avery, asking her with my eyes if something was wrong, but she didn't look at me. She walked quickly around me and kicked Christopher at his leg.

“Manners, protector,” she barked.

He rolled his eyes and strode forward, stealing a chance for us to follow him. Soon the front door slammed.

“Caveman,” she said under her nose. She turned and waved her had for me to follow her. “We need to go.”

I nodded, but my mood was gone. It was really difficult for me to understand those two. Avery and Christopher were unstable, unpredictable. One minute they were friendly and all, another – people, who would bite you as hard as they can. That really confused me, although I had an idea, why they were acting like this; they just wanted to make sure that I wouldn't attach to them too much even if I was a rare, really rare case.

I met Tobias next to the entrance. He was wearing one of Christopher's costumes. He looked nice, but still not as gorgeous as Christopher himself. Tobias was just an average boy in the nice clothes, when Christopher had something more, something what could separate him from the crowd.

I saw in my eye corner how Christopher scowled seeing Tobias widely smiling at my direction. I didn't even felt how my smug smile born on my own face.

“Is this really my Vanessa?” he whispered, taking me into his embrace. Then, his warm lips touched mine, wakening butterflies in my stomach.

“Avery's job,” I said, biting my lip.

He glanced at her. Avery lifted her shoulders guiltily and then walked with Christopher inside, leaving me with my soulmate alone.

“I will buy her a candy box,” he kissed me again before we walked to the building, where many wealthy, famous and beautiful people were gathering to show how generous they were.

Christopher and Avery didn't have any idea, what they might see there. They only thought that they got a simple invitation because of the money sum in the bank. But I knew the truth and I should be cautious.

The room, in which everyone was, was enormous and luxurious. Many waitress were walking around, offering drinks to the guests, who scanned the area in the bored looks.

It didn't took me long to notice Eduard in his costume, walking around the guests in that predator's pace. He was studying every person carefully, like he was trying to see something in them or maybe through them. I wasn't sure which of my guesses was more correctly.

His eyes soon saw me, but he didn't hurry to make his way to me. Yes, he stopped for some seconds and spent them only observing me. Then, he turned his back and started talking with someone.

“What's wrong?” I heard concern in Tobias's voice. My eyes look at him, but I didn't actually see him. My thoughts were in the other world.

“Nothing,” I replied and shook my head a bit. “It's just bizarre to be here,” that was truth. I liked to write about my characters in these kind of events, but I didn't actually thought of myself being in one.

“Yea,” he agreed. “It is really something.”

Tobias didn't seem relaxed in this room. I wasn't too, and that really wasn't because of knowing that not far away from me was Eduard, the bodiless, but because everyone's eyes somehow found their way to steal a glance at us. I had never liked to be in the centre of attention.

One hour flew quickly when I pretended not to notice anyone's eyes on me, and just enjoy being with Tobias, listening about his family. I always tried to avoid asking him about my family, but now, I just decided not to change our conversation. Soon I found out that my brother married and had two girls. His wife was really awesome. My parents... well, he told me that losing me was a shock to them both, but somehow they managed to survive.

I smiled in my mind. I was happy that they managed to live one. What people were always right about, was the fact that a death person wouldn't like for his family to grieve too long for their lost.

“It's hot here,” Tobias said suddenly. “Would you like something to drink?”

I nodded.

“It would be lovely,” I bit my bottom lip. He let my hand go and was about to leave, when I quickly added that I would like to drink only water. My choice of drinks froze him for a second. In his eyes I could see a surprise, but soon it was replaced by love.

“Okay,” and he was gone.

I was left alone, but not for long. Christopher approached me with a girl on his side. It was the same girl, who I had seen twice in the distance.

I petrified, not knowing what to do. Did Christopher have an idea with whom he was? After all, I had told him about the woman and even I had described him how she looked like. For some reason I doubted that he could forget my words. After all, he was a protector. His job was to make sure I was safe that new souls, or I should say, new babies could see the sun, the three and blah blah blah.

“Hello,” the woman said. My eyes literary glued to her. I couldn't look anywhere else, only at her and how her arm was tangled with Christopher's.

“Who are you?” I asked, narrowing my eyes in a threatening way. I knew better than to show her that fear, not courage was running in my veins.

“She is aggressive,” the woman said in a casually tone and then looked at Christopher. I also looked at his cold face and those glassy eyes.

“This is my old friend Ashley,” he explained to me simply. “Ashley, meet Vanessa. Vanessa, meet Ashley.”

“Nice to finally meet you,” she grinned and extended her hand for me to shake, but I narrowed my eyes a bit and took a small step away from her. She got the hint and lowered quickly her hand, hiding her pique.

“If you say so,” I snapped, not hiding how annoyed I was.

For my surprise, she laughed. I was amusing her. That confused me a bit.

“You are so protective of your legal guardian's nephew,” she planted a quick kiss on Christopher's cheek. He didn't even struggle to stop her. He even smiled at her behavior, making me sad and angry. “Don't worry, I know Christopher very well. We studied at the same school for some time,” she told me.

I was confused. What kind of game was she playing? I knew that she wasn't an average human. After all, she was stalking me. So, she knew more than just a simple living being. And now I found out that she knew Christopher. They studied at the same school? What... And then I realized something; she didn't know me. At least not all the truth about me.

“The same school?” I asked, just checking my theory.

“Yes,” my protector confirmed. “At school.”

And that was all I needed to understand that they were lying. He didn't go to school. Liars.