Precious Pearl

Chapter 17

Pearls p.o.v:

It had been two days since I woke up alone in my cold bed. I had not been on a date before but I had watched enough cheesy romantic comedies to know waking up with your date after they stay the night is essential or atleast left a note. But there was nothing.

Ivy came into my room the morning after expecting to wake us up and cause chaos however she was equally as confused at my empty bed.

"Oh hell nah, a cold bed!" she looked around my bed looking for something as she threw her hands up. "Not even a freakin' note"

I Missed him.

I hadn't known him long, he had wormed his way into my life and I couldn't keep my mind off him.

His piercing eyes, the way he would look from my eyes to my lips as I rambled about nonsense, how I felt when he touched me, he just left me. With no explanation.

I spent the rest of the day in bed, I was a mess. Jackson had told us he left early and promised to come back but never did. I was worried about him and as my mind wandered off thinking of all the worst possibilities as to where he was, Ivory was texting angrily on her phone. I had left a few messages for Mattias. I did not want to appear clingy.

Opal had stayed oddly quiet but she was working so it was excusable, she was only looking after us.

Ivory left a little while ago, and in the meantime I was just watching a sit-com until I was interrupted by Ivory as she burst into my room dressed in a short royal blue silk dress with thigh high boots.

"Okay bitch, the boy is missing out and we are going out" she began to rummage through my wardrobe looking for something for me to wear as I hid in my mountain of blankets. I hated going out. "I mean we pay for a VIP room in a club where we can judge desperate people" I poked my head out, it sounded mean but after some pleading on Ivory's side I began to get out of bed.

I was pushed into my bathroom and handed a razor and hygiene supplies as the door was shut on my face. With that I began to get ready to go out, slowly showering then sorting my nest of hair, luckily Ivory saved me. She helped tame my hair into a high ponytail which was pin straight then started applying makeup.

I was in no mood to refuse so when she turned around to look in the mirror I was shocked to see what I looked like, instead of looking like a thirteen year old boy I looked almost elegant and pretty. She then threw me a matching dress to hers except mine was a maroon colour and sneakily slid some heeled boots in my direction.

"Ivyyy!" I whined, there was no way I was going to wear four inch heels. She rolled her eyes and handed me a pair of black wedges instead. Smoothing both mine and her hair she grabbed my hand and pulled me in for a hug.

"Stupid man, you deserve better Pearly" her head was in my hair as she squeezed tightly. She was right. I deserve an explanation.

Making sure I remembered my phone and drank the last of my apple juice, we headed to the elevator, it dinged expectantly when Opal's door swung open. Her hair was messy. Hard day at work.

Opals p.o.v

I paused my pacing as the phone rang.

I had overheard my sisters, he left my pearl on a date. After the big blow out on my mothering habits I had to seem calm, but inside I was ready to kill that boy, how dare he ditch my baby sister. I let my face soften as i hit the answer button.

"Opal"

"Mattias"

"I can explain" I hummed for him to continue.

""My uncle is back in town, my contact in the police called me this morning. He advised for the time being I put distance between the people I care about. He isn't good news. I want to keep her out of this" It almost made sense.

At that moment Jackson walked in and I hit the speaker button.

"And the lack of explanation..."

"He has access to my phone. I had to get a burner, this is my number for any emergencies" Jackson quickly noted the number on the screen.

"Your uncle, how bad?" He sucked in a breath as he continued.

"Hopefully the next time we talk he will be in prison" The line crackled and his voice became muffled as the call disconnected. I attempted to call the number back with no avail.

Pearls p.o.v

"Where are you both going?" She rushed towards us, taking in our almost matching outfits,

"To the club Opal, we will be back before midnight" Ivy threw her a cheeky smile and pulled me into the awaiting elevator.

"Cinderella style sister!" I laughed at her antics as we ran out of the elevator to the car. Ivy decided to drive and we sped downtown to the club owned by some 'friends'.

Stepping into the club was like always an experience, almost overwhelming the smell, the noise. It was too much which is why we went straight to the second floor. The floor to ceiling one way mirror allowed everyone in there to see the dance floor and no one to see us. The bartender looked at us expectantly as Ivory sent a single nod he began making our drinks.

"Nothing gross Ives" She smiled encouragingly as she turned up the speaker. We immediately laughed at the explicit song as she danced over to me. Twirling me and jumping rhythmically to the beat. We had a few drinks and soon 7:30pm turned to 10:30pm. We were both giggling at random things, our heads tilted to the ceiling.

"I can't drive us home kid, crap" I laughed more at the silly word she said as she tapped her phone. "You know whose apartment is around the corner!" she turned to face ,her hand squeezing my face toward her phone. I saw Lukas' face on the map right next to our blue dot.

I jumped up at the same time she did as we raced to the side door, slipping by the security giggling at their confused faces. We followed the directions through the empty streets until we found the apartment.

I entered first smiling at the doorman, as he pressed the button for their specific floor. I hardly noticed the cold stare on the back of my head.

"I'm so excited to see my Matze" I looked excitedly at Ivy as she nodded, sharing the same expression. We headed into the elevator, my eyes catching the dark figure in the corner of the room as the doors closed. How odd. It was probably the drinks.