exulansis | nicholas leister

chapter two

dress for dinner^^

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Moving her head excitedly, looking at everything Hunter smiles gratefully at her mother and new stepfather.

"This is the hallway, that is the kitchen, and the bedroom's are upstairs." Rafaella says as she pushes her older sister forward.

Looking above at the pretty lights, Hunter spins around gleefully as she takes in the mansion.

Now walking up more stairs to a room with a hot tub and gym.

"This is the spa." Their mother says.

"And there is a gym." Their stepfather says pointing to the room nextdoor.

"This saves us a lot of effort getting out." Rafaella jokes showing the car spinning on a disk.

"Do you have a library around here?" Both the twins asks after sharing a look.

"Or perhaps a small guest room where I can be alone and rest for awhile?" Noah says, ignoring the expression on her twins face which makes the parents share a disastrous look.

Going the opposite way as her sister, Hunter walks up the steps with her step dad to her new bedroom.

"Woah." Hunter breathes out looking at the beautiful room.

"Your mother picked everything out, if anything isn't up to par I will have it out in no time." William says with a smile.

"Thank you both for everything. Especially making my mom smile that much again." Hunter says.

"Of course and thank you for your kindness. And my son will be right next door if you ever need him." He says before heading out after she nods back..

She looks around one more time before running and jumping on the bed until she hears her phone ring.

"Hello?" She asks.

"Morning beautiful." She hears her girlfriend say.

"Olivia, how was day one of cheer camp?" Hunter asks as she dances on the bed.

"It was wonderful, and how was the drive up there?" Olivia asks.

"Eventful, that's for sure." Hunter answers with a snort.

"Have you eaten today yet?" Olivia now says.

"Thank you so much for the reminder, I'll call you soon okay?" Hunter says excited for food.

"Goodbye baby." Olivia finishes as soon as Hunter gets off the bed.

Walking back down the steps, trying to remember where the kitchen is, she walks into a hard chest.

"Ow." "Fuck." Are the words that come out of their mouths.

"I am so s-sorry, are you okay?" She stutters out quickly not looking up.

"I should live, I am guessing you are the other one?" He says also not looking at her.

"Other one? Oh you mean Noah. Yes, I am her younger twin sister." She says standing up too quickly and almost falling again.

"You need to work on your coordination." He says before his eyes soften finally looking at her.

A warm foreign feeling building in his chest as she takes the hand he didn't even realize he offered her.

"Again I am so sorry, I was completely lost." She says looking at him with an innocent look that makes him want to pin her to the wall and-

'What the hell?' he thinks.

"It's okay, where did you need to go?" He asks before taking his hand out of hers.

"The kitchen." Hunter answers sheepishly.

"Well you went the complete opposite way." He says biting back a grin at the innocence that radiates from the naive girl that he wants to ruin.

"Do you by chance mind taking me there?" She asks softly.

"Of course not." He answers before he had time to think.

"Thank you." She says gratefully as she starts following him.

"Why is your sister such a bitch?" He asks before covering his mouth.

"She's not, she just didn't want to move and is showing it in her actions." Hunter answers.

"And you? Did you want to move?" He asks.

"Not exactly, I had someone back home I didn't want to leave. But I am willing to do whatever makes my mom happy." She says not noticing his instant mood change.

"I see. Well the kitchen is right through there, good luck finding food that you can pronounce." He says before walking away in a rush as soon as they arrive.

'Well that was weird' She thinks before going to the fridge and then deciding to just go back upstairs to take a nap before dinner.

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Hours later, Hunter is getting ready in her new room at her vanity.

"You look amazing." She hears Noah say from behind her.

"Thank you, and so do-" Hunter starts to say before turning around and glaring at her sister.

"What?" Noah says pretending to be confused.

"What are you wearing?" Hunter asks pissed off.

"A dress." Noah answers.

"No you are wearing a shirt with a belt on it. That doesn't make it a dress." Hunter says not believing her.

"I don't understand why you are upset." Noah says.

"Are you mental? You are ruining the one good thing we might ever have and you are just so upset because you left the friend who will one day backstab you with the oger you call a man." Hunter pops back before covering her mouth.

"Did you seriously just say that?" Noah asks gobsmacked that her baby sister would say that.

"Yes, I did. Because I actually care for our mothers happiness." Hunter says storming out.

As she paces in the hallway not believing she said that, she remembers she has to meet the family down stairs. As she walks gracefully down the steps, she sees the smiles on all of their faces.

"You look gorgeous baby, but how did you not fall?." Her mother says walking up to her with a smile.

"No clue, I just prayed really hard." Hunter jokes making all of them laugh before heering someone come down. 

"Seriously? You didn't have the decency to change." Hunter says forcefully grabbing her sisters arm with a fake smile as she whispers.

"Hell to the no." Noah says false smiling to the people she walks by heading to the car as all the members that were waiting share a look.

"This night is going to be a nightmare."  Hunter whispers with a groan.

"Only if you let it be." Nick says in her ear as he leans against her before heading out as well.

'Woah' Hunter thinks before actually walking out.

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(A/N: this chapter was shorter than I wanted it to be but I had a doctors appointment.)