LAST CHRISTMAS I GAVE YOU MY HEART

Chapter 10: New friends

When Porsche woke up it was already ten o'clock. First, he was confused so as to where he was, slowly yesterday's events came back to him. He looked around him. He saw a set of new clothes was lying near beside him on the bed. An array of breakfast adorned the large glass table in front of the sofa. Porsche slowly got out of bed wondering who put him there first. He dragged himself to the bathroom. His back pain was mostly gone, the throbbing in his lips dampened and wrists were not hurting anymore even though the bruises remain. The bathroom had a sauna in the middle, a shower panel on one side, and a huge mirror with a lotus fountain basin and dressing table which held a plethora of toiletries most of which Porsche hadn't even had heard of. He washed his face and saw that his lips were just slightly swollen. He stared at his reflection tears threatened of spill over again but he controlled himself, closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He took a quick shower and freshened up. The clothes fit him perfectly the cream-coloured full sleeve shirt and charcoal trousers looked great on him.

'Well with the label that they bore, anyone would look good in them.' Porsche thought.

Knock. Knock.

Someone was at the door. Porsche walked up to the door and opened it. Arm stood there smiling, 'Good morning, Khun Porsche. I am Arm. From today I shall be your official assistant, bodyguard and chauffer. If you need anything just let me know. Okay. Oh, Khun Kinn wanted you to have this.' Arm handed him a pretty expensive looking mobile phone.

Arm stood there waiting for Porsche's instructions while Porsche didn't know what to say. To end the awkward moment Porsche asked 'Did you have breakfast yet Khun Arm?'

"Oh please don't call me Khun.' Arm literally panicked.

'Oh. Umm. Can I call you P' Arm then.'

Arm looked at Porsche, he could see the gentle soul and smiled. 'Okay. But only when we are alone. In front of others, it's just Arm okay.'

Porsche smiled brightly, 'Come have breakfast with me.' Porsche dragged him in.

Porsche was a light eater and Arm had breakfast once before. So, they ate little but spoke a lot. Arm had a degree in Electronics Engineering and served in the army for a few years. He had a lot of stories to tell. He even spoke a lot about his friends Pete and Pol and their frenemies Nop, Ken and Big. The last two were serious at all times rarely laughed, worked hard, overzealously tried to impress their bosses and overshadow Pete, Arm & Pol but failed miserably each time. Five of them were heads of different divisions of the staff, Arm led tech support, Pol headed the strategic division, Big was the leader of the bodyguards, Ken was in charge of training and Nop special operations. Basically, Nop gets done whatever needs to be done under special circumstances. Pete was their leader and nothing happened in these five divisions without his knowledge. He basically the second-in-command of the Theerapanyakun staffs with Chan being in charge. Not to mention Pete, Pol, Big, Ken and Nop were designated assistants to Kinn, Thankun, Kim, Macau and Vegas. Arm was designated to be Porsche's aid last night (actually he volunteered).

Porsche laughed a lot hearing their stories and for the moment he felt alive once again. Finally, it was almost midday when he told Arm, 'I need to go back home Phi. Explain everything to my family before they know all these from others.'

'Okay. I will drive.'

'But Phi, I can go alone.'

'Porsche, I have to do this. After yesterday you have to understand you can't go out like this. Atleast till all the hype dies down. Don't worry I will wait outside while you speak to your parents'

'It's just my mom and my little brother.'

Arm smiled understandingly and led the way.

As soon as Porsche got out of the car, he saw Porchay run up to him and hug him tight. Porsche hugged his little brother back as if they had not seen each other in years. Luckily it was Christmas Day so Chay's school was closed and Theerapanyakuns had set up an invisible army around their home so no one got to disturb them.