The Last Chapter

Misbehaving

The next day, Zephon headed over to Onika's house. Stephen gave him a harsh but friendly smirk. Someone knocked on the door. Onika's mother opened the door to an out of breath Johnny.

"Johnny? What in the world?" Onika hugged him tightly, chuckling.

Johnny chuckled along. "I was just thinking, we'd hang out with Adell at my place."

Zephon gave her a fearful look but she nodded anyway. "Of course." She whispered.

He grinned once before running off. "Great! I'll go find her."

She chuckled silently. "I've got a feeling he has a little crush."

He forced a smile. "Yeah."

They strolled, hand in hand, towards Johnny's house. His house was a little bigger than Adell's home.

"John's house is quite big." Onika whispered a little too quietly.

He laughed. "Hey, I'm the one who lives in a palace, remember?"

Zephon knocked on Johnny's door, waiting a few minutes until the door swung open to reveal Johnny with messy hair and a huge smirk smacked across his face.

"Hello! Sorry I didn't come back to get you to tell ya'll I found Adell. Well she didn't want to."

Onika sent Zephon a worried expression. "Oh that's fine. You just had me and Zephon wait for you to come back for half an hour."

Johnny's face turned beat red, making Zephon elbow Onika. She laughed. "What? I was joking."

Johnny seemed even more embarrassed about not knowing that she had only been joking, making him blush an even deeper shade of red. He started laughing and the redness drained from his face as he turned to his usual tan shade. They stepped inside, smiling.

"You wait here. I'll get Adell," he rushed up the stairs and disappeared into the hallway.

She eyed him. "Are you okay about Adell?"

He exhaled loudly, rubbing the sweat from his hands into his pants. "I just honestly don't want to see her because... Well I don't know."

She squeezed his hand, reassuring. For the following ten minutes, they waited in silence. After five more minutes, they were getting quite annoyed.

Onika elbowed him and whispered, "Go get them. John's room is right up there on the left," she pointed to the stairs and he nodded, letting go of her hand.

He quietly slipped up the stairs, looking inside of the first took on the left and the second room but they were both empty. Finally, he tiptoed to the last room on the left. The door was left slightly open. In the middle of the room, Adell and Johnny stood. Johnny was facing the door and she faced him, her back to Zephon in the hallway. They were laughing as she pulled her arms around his neck.

His eyes went wide and blushed. "What are you doing?"

Adell shushed him. He wasn't quick enough to react as she pulled him closer and kissed him softly. They pulled away and when he saw Johnny, he had the biggest grin in the world. Adell chuckled. He tripped backwards in disbelief, just as they turned towards the door. He was already gone, down the stairs, where Onika was waiting expectantly.

When he got to her, her eyes went wide in confusion. "What happened?"

He blushed as he recalled the image. "Adell kissed him. They heard me trip."

She scoffed. "I thought Johnny liked her. Not the other way around."

He shrugged. "I know this is incredibly rude but we should probably leave."

She nodded in agreement and shouted upstairs. "I just remembered Zephon and I have to be home for lunch."

Johnny shouted down an okay.

He sighed as they strolled outside. "Onika, I really don't know what's gotten into her . Two weeks ago, she'd never even be alone with a boy."

When they got to her house, Stephen was already outside waiting for Onika. Zephon returned to his palace, thinking he could talk to Angelina, the youngest maid, for any answers. He shut the door behind him and strolled past the library. He went to the cleaning room and exhaled a sigh of relied when he saw the back of Angelina.

"Angelina?"

She spun around, holding a pair of wet jeans in the middle of cleaning, soap up to her elbows. "Yes? Zephon..." her voice was quiet.

He took a few steps closer. "You can take a break. I have a few questions for you."

Angelina placed down the jeans and wiped the soap off of her arms. Tying her long brown hair up in a bun, she followed him down the hallway into the kitchen, where they both sat down.

She shifted in her seat slightly uncomfortable. "Did I do something?"

He shook his head. "Of course not. I just had a few questions for you about Adell."

She sighed. "Look, is it about her wildness lately?"

He glanced up at her. "Yes. Why?"

She looked down. "Ever since she fell in love with you, two weeks ago, that's when I noticed it."

He looked down at his hands. "I don't like her. Is that why?" Angelina nodded. "I never wanted to be with her but she threw herself at me. There was nothing I could do so I told her."

She looked down again, taking a deep breath. "She used to be a great person and so fun to be around. Now I'm not saying this is your fault because it's not, but she did throw herself at you."

He nodded. "She kissed Johnny a little while ago."

Angelina's eyes went wide, almost bugging out of her head and her face went pink. "She did?"

He studied her. "Do you like Johnny?"

She blushed profusely. "Adell knows I like him and she doesn't even like him," she frowned. "Does Johnny like her?"

He looked down. "Yes. I do agree that he deserves better. Someone like you."

She blushed, covering her face with her hands. "Someone like me?"

He grinned. "Yes."

She smiled. "Thank you."

He shrugged her thank you off. "It's true. You're a very sweet girl."
~
That night, Onika read to the king as he fell asleep. Zephon stood at the door, smiling as Onika joined him with a hug.

"The doctor says he's getting better," Zephon said.

She smiled. "We got to chapter seven."

He chuckled. "What are you both going to read next?"

She laughed. "No clue."
~
The next night, Onika read chapter eight and started reading nine and they chuckled.

He smiled. "What's so funny in the book?"

He watched his father with a smile as he got better. His sickness would disappear and he'd attend Zephon and Onika's wedding. He would meet his grandchildren. Zephon goes to sleep with a smile and the image of his father playing in the sun with his and Onika's baby boy, chuckling and laughing as the sun rays hit their skin. The king swung his grandson around, happily.

A/N: this is unedited. there are only THREE more chapters left in this story. I hope you enjoy this story :)