Merlin

Chapter 1: He's back

Merlin's POV

"Merlin !! Merlin !! Merlin" shouted Ms. Hannah the nanny. "Five more minutes please then I promise I'll be up" I replied. "No get up now it's almost 4pm" she said. I can't believe it's almost 4pm it feels like I've been sleeping for just two hours; well I was up till 3am studying. After what felt like an hour of convincing I finally decided to give up and get out of bed. "Freshen up quickly and get downstairs I'll make you something to eat" said Ms. Hannah as she closed the door. I didn't feel like leaving my room today but I was very hungry and I knew that Ms. Hannah wouldn't like the idea of me staying in bed after sleeping for about thirteen hours.

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After showering I decided to put something casual on. I promised Luke, my younger brother, that I'll take him to the skate park today so even though it was almost 5pm and I was so tired, a promise is a promise and I've been taught to always keep my promises. At least that was one good thing my parents taught me. They were never there for me and now they're doing the same to my brother, thank God for Ms. Hannah who basically raised my brother and I. Anyways enough of sad thoughts I have to choose an outfit quickly.

It didn't take too long for me to choose an outfit. I loved the way the look turned out, the clothing fit perfectly to my body hugging my curves and showing off my long smooth slender legs. My friends weren't joking when they said I have the perfect body and I should show off more. I guess it won't hurt to listen to them once in a while.
I quickly went downstairs and I was greeted by the aroma of the food Ms. Hannah prepared. She made pancakes, fried rice, bacon, sausages and eggs together with orange juice, everything laid on the dining table. I rushed to the dining ready to devour my food. "Oh gosh you seriously can't be eating now" cried Luke. "I am what's your deal" I said. "You promised you'll take me to the skate park and we can't be wasting time waiting for you to eat" he replied. "I know what I promised and we'll be leaving in a minute". I'm so hungry and the food looks delicious but Luke was right, I had promised him and I don't want him to think less of his big sister. So I just ate a sausage and grabbed an apple from the kitchen to go. I drove to the skate park with my car and we reached there in just few minutes. Luke was so happy when he saw his friends and I felt satisfied, I'm glad I took him to the skate park. Well now that Luke was having fun with his friends, I was seated alone and hungry. "Maybe I should've woken up early and had breakfast" I murmured as my stomach rumbled. "Yeah skipping breakfast wasn't such a good idea after all" a voice replied. "I guess it wasn't" I also replied. Wait whose voice was that ? it can't be my imagination or was it ? I mean it's not the first time I'm having conversations in my head. I turned around to see if I was imagining things to see him. "Marco !! OMG you're back" I said as I gave him a tight hug. It was him that replied me, Marco, one of my closest friends and my only male friend. I know that's sad but I'm not popular with the boys from college, I'm not a social person and I have very few friends. Anyways enough about me, Marco went to Italy for about two months to visit his parents and now he's back. And he didn't even inform me about his arrival. "Why didn't you tell me when you arrived ?" I questioned him. I'm so mad, he couldn't even call or bother to visit me when he arrived. "I wanted to see the surprised look on your face, certainly not this look" he held my face as he spoke. "Well I am surprised, surprised that you no longer consider me your friend" I said as I started walking away. "Baby doll don't walk away" he held my hand. I like it when he calls me 'baby doll' it gives me butterflies in my stomach. "Don't call me baby doll only my friend Marco calls me that" I said. "But I am your friend Marco", "not anymore mister" I said sternly. "Okay how about this, we can settle the problem over some food, let me take you and Luke to a nice restaurant around here" he said. He knows I won't say no to food and I wanted prove him wrong so badly but I was starving. I couldn't resist the thought of food now, I'd prove him wrong some other time. "Fine let's talk over food" I replied, "but only cos I'm hungry". He smiled and Luke came rushing towards us. "I'm done skating with my friends let's leave now" Luke said. "How about some food Luke ?" Marco replied. "Sure I'd like that" said Luke. Luke knew Marco well but they weren't good friends, probably because Luke thinks I spend so much time with Marco rather than him. But the truth is apart from Marco and I being close friends, we're also study buddies and so we have no choice but to spend so much time together. I'm sure he'll understand some day, he's still a child and couldn't understand much now.