It was a week before my birthday and also fortunately the weekend, though tomorrow I have to go back to school.
Currently I sat atop the roof staring at the stars as stupid as that sounds its enjoyable being so removed from the outside world, my copy of Wuthering Heights in my left hand while my right pressed the corner of the page I was reading.
"Adrian!" My sister calls out mostly muffled by my headphones that I wore underneath the hood of my favourite sweater.
Pushing them off I looked down at her, while closing the book I held.
"Katelyn why are you yelling?" I muse and she jumps before looking up at me.
"Jesus Christ Adrian what are you doing on the roof?".
"I asked you a question first" I reply dropping down from the roof onto the balcony outside the living room.
"Looking for you dumbass" she remarks.
"Well you did a shit job of finding me" I quip walking past her while she glares at me.
"Don't start an argument you two" our dad says.
Yes he's been upgraded from formal to informal, though I still call him it sparingly.
"Just siblings bothering one another" I say dismissingly before noticing everyone wearing coats. "I'm sorry but what the fuck is going on?".
"We're taking a trip to the Hamptons" mom says pulling her purse onto her shoulder.
"The Hamptons are eighty miles away that's a leave Friday night kind of journey, not a Sunday afternoon one if we're all going there to stay" I remark but none the less I put on my shoes before following them into the elevator for us to go down to the lobby.
As all four of us walked out towards the door where just beyond it parked along side the curb was my fathers Aston Martin Rapide S.
At least he has good taste in cars.
Walking out of the doors only to be hit by a gust of wind I looked over at my mom and sister pulling their coats tighter to their body's.
"It's cold tonight" my mom says as she walks around the car and gets in on the passenger side while me and Kate got into the back of the car.
"It's not that cold" I remark looking out of the window as my dad drives off.
"Only forty five, it's not that cold outside" my dad says looking over at my mom who gave him a look that said 'are you fucking joking', while I smirked in amusement in the back seat.
"You will sleep on the fucking patio".
"Damn, that is rough, the hound treatment" I mutter, and Kate laughs.
"You'll join me" my dad says looking into the mirror back at me.
"He'll just walk to Nico's" Kate points out looking from our dad back to me.
"No we'd just find out who deals with cold better, the man who worked in a tower and lived in a heated penthouse, or his son who grew up in Switzerland for six years" I say but a small amused smile forms on my lips none the less.
"That sounds like a dare".
"Damn right it is" I mutter going back to looking out the window as we continued out of Manhattan through Brooklyn.
As the drive progressed out of the shining lights of New York and into the elitist neighborhoods that ran along Long Island I took in many of the gated streets and houses up until we entered the Hamptons, and the classic styled homes dotted everywhere along with some subtle changes, that was until I spotted a large marble, and black house along the plateau we were driving on, the house looked stark compared to the others around it which told me it was recently renovated, there was also a newness to it's look.
"We are here" my mom declares as dad pulls into the gate and parks halfway up the driveway.
"What is here, did you two buy another house out here?" I ask looking at them both.
Neither of you have the time to actually come out here because you work so damn much.
"Yes just not for us" dad says as we all get out of the car and walk up the steps to the front door which looked like a pivot one before unlocking the door and we all stepped inside.
The flooring was all black marble tiling with grey walls there was also a large opening into the living room but everything looked so stark and clean I actually quite liked it especially with the mixes of carpeting to make it seem more like a home, there was also the addition of herringbone black vinyl flooring.
"This is yours" my mom says and I turn around to face them waiting for them to tell me they were joking and had played some sort of practical joke but it was too far out of their way for it to be something like that and there wasn't any signs of deceit.
"You're being serious, you're giving me a house?" I puzzle still slight stone-faced dazed about it because I never expected my parents to give me something as ridiculously extravagant as a house in the Hamptons but that is exactly what they had done.
"Yes we are, you don't really stay at home as it is, and this was a project your father and I had wanted for you so it is finally complete and all for you" my mom says.
"Thank you" I say slowly walking over to them because this seemed like the type of thing to deserve a hug from me which was a rare occurrence as it was.
I then wrapped my arms around my mom hugging her and mumbling a thanks into her shoulder.
"You're welcome" my mom says before I step back before moving to my dad and giving him an awkward hug that was quick but none the less him and I weren't really touchy people.
"Quick question though" I say because it had occurred to me.
"Yes" my dad says raising his eyebrows.
"How will I be getting to Thornbrook every day I can't drive not for another two years".
"We hired a security member who will drive you to and from school each day" my mom says, "besides then you will be safe, of course if you ever wanted the penthouse is there for you but this was supposed to be your personal home especially since you have likely gotten used to living on your own".
That's for fucking sure.
"Thank you" I say turning to walk into the living room and over to the window that looked onto the ocean.
If there was every going to be a place I felt most at home at it would be beside the ocean where I could have my own beach, listen to the waves roll onto the sand, and breath in the cool salty air on stormy mornings.
"You're welcome, tomorrow morning you will meet your bodyguard and driver, we'll leave you here to get used to your house" my dad says before they walked out back to the car.
When the door shut I walked back to the door locking it before going upstairs and walking into the master bedroom where I watched my parents and sister drive away from the house.
Letting out a sigh I walked away from the window to the bathroom and found a simple double sink bathroom with a two person shower everything was marble but made to feel warmer through the shag carpet rug.
I then got undressed and stepped into the shower to cleanse myself of my days filth though I doubt I was particularly dirty, at the same time it also likely didn't hurt to do this.
The water was almost instantly hot and it was rather relaxing soothing the tension in my back and neck which would save me from the wickedly vile headaches I get from time to time.
After a while I step out and wrap a towel around my waist before checking the closet to find that it had been fully stocked with all of my favourite clothes all blacks and greys.
Likely my moms doing.
Changing into comfy pants I walked back to the Wyoming King sized bed and slid under the covers essentially christening my new house.
I then slowly drifted under sleeps embrace swallowing me into its comforting darkness.
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