The Strings Being Pulled

Ch 30

Anna's hands are clamped together and she hasn't said a single word during my explanation. All I did was tell her that Mr Demon saved my life two years ago and how he confessed but that's about it.

"Damn, you're really living my dream life right now!" Anna half yells.
"Thanks...but aren't you like 25?" I ask.
"Who cares, I just listened to a story of two hotties becoming a couple in one of the most coolest ways." she answers.
"Hotties?" I question.
"First off, you're hot and absolutely stunning. Secondly, your boyfriend is hot and handsome so keep him." Anna replies.

Fuck, I'm blushing and embarrassed. It's not that I have a problem with this but the issue is Anna calling Mr Demon hot, it brings back a memory of when I accidentally saw him shirtless once and he was gonna go shower, I'm lucky it was dark back then but I got a good glimpse still. No way I'm gonna tell the details.

I can't disagree with me being hot, it's one of the things I'm most confident about myself. It's really been one of the only traits I like about myself in middle and high school so no way I'm gonna stop liking it.

"Anyways, let's go pay for these!" Anna grabs my hand and leads me to the register. The books end up costing $96, that's expensive. She puts them all in a paper bag, way to be environmentally friendly I guess.

Next place to get dragged to, Starbucks. Coffee is good but I get anxiety from it. The first time I drank coffee was when I was four and I ended up flying around the house for an hour straight. After that I passed out, I have a good talent for passing out if I put my mind to it.

Anna orders a vanilla latte and for some reason she said venti which wasn't on the menu...I think Cassidy or whatever her name was said that it was the size. Tea and coffee is overrated, water is better.

"Let's shit talk about Catorce." Anna states.
"Weren't we supposed to buy books though?" I ask.
"Who cares, talking shit about him is one of my favorite hobbies." she answers.

I've learnt that Catorce and Anna definitely don't have a good relationship with each other. There was this one time last week where Anna 'accidentally' spilled her coffee on Catorce's white shirt but it's obvious that it was on purpose. Anna said that he deserved it because he bullies her for reading romance books.

Peter was the one who held Catorce back from beating up Anna. Though Catorce didn't calm down from Peter but it was more like Anna held a knife to his throat while Peter was holding him. It worked but Azula ended up scolding them.

"I've just known you for two weeks though." I state, I don't know why I'm uncomfortable all of a sudden.
"Then we can talk about that meeting from Tuesday." she replies.
"I wasn't paying attention back then." I respond.
"...You're part of The Ophels and you don't pay attention?" Anna whispers.

It's just been like a billion fucking business meetings for two weeks and all of them are boring as hell. I don't understand a single shit going on and the mood is always so stale. Like, do I have to pay attention? It's not as if mother nature is gonna come down with the holy spirit and end the world.

"Am I supposed to?" I question.
"Of course you have to, there's always important information in them and who knows, you might get info on that 5000 year old man." Anna answers.
"You know about him...?" I question.
"I didn't tell you? Well I'm the one who gets the info our members want so yes, I know." she answers.

I know way too fucking little and it's always because I never pay attention. My attention span is a goldfish and that's why I fail at life. No one said life was ever easy but it's a lot more difficult when your attention span sucks.

Anna drinks up her vanilla latte and we head outside. Fuck, why is September this cold already? It hasn't been sunny for three weeks straight and not once has it rained yet. My wings tremble at the mention of rain, they get soaked and heavy as fuck. Atleast in shower I can move my wings so the water doesn't hit them.

"Must have a lot of work." I mutter.
"Yep, that's why coffee is legendary." she replies.
"Water is better." I state.
"Fair enough, so tell me, what kind of boyfriend is Harry?" Anna asks.
"He's supportive and likes teasing me sometimes." I answer, it hasn't been two days and I'm already getting asked this.

Anna looks like she is gonna ask more questions. How do I get out of this hell? Me and Mr Demon have only been together for less than two days and this woman is asking me questions already. I think I agree with Catorce on her reading too much romance. She spent $96 on books, charity could use that.

"Single life goals..." she sighs.
"Uhm...why not do something about it?" I ask.
"Every hot guy is either gay or taken." she answers. "Same goes for girls and non binaries, my pansexuality is crying over here."

I had a hot guy kiss me before we even started dating so I don't get what she's talking about. He kissed me four times, bold fucker. Those were my first kisses too and I liked it.

Anna just said she's pansexual and honestly, it's cool I guess but other people's love lives never interested me. Some strangers give her a judgmental look, Anna notices them and sticks out her tongue.

"Ok let's go." she declares but then there's a huge bang that isn't far away. It sounds like a gunshot, is there a robbery happening? Anna grabs my wrist and we run over to where the gunshot came from.

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Poor Liza, not a single break