Juliette:
If Dante thinks that giving a holiday to all the maids and making us do their work for a week is going to make a difference in my behaviour, then he's got to think of a better punishment because this one is useless. Surely, coming back from school and doing all the chores is not a piece of cake but not impossible either. We took a week off from the cafe, Shelly, the cafés owner had no problem, and Scarlett took a week off from the tuitions, too.
I just got back to my room after helping Scar with the dishes, it's been 4 days since we have been doing this, the boys smirk and snicker wherever they find us doing the chores.
I'm about to keep my phone down when an unknown number texts me.
Unknown: "I was just imagining you screaming and moaning under me, can't wait for the time when I really have you."
What the actual fuck? Who the hell is this? And how did they get my number? I think of a reply and send it.
Me: "Who the fuck are you? And how did you get my number?" The reply comes back quickly.
Unknown: "I love it when you use dirty words, baby. Do it when I have you writhing under me."
The audacity of this bastard. I don't wait for another text and block it. I put my phone on charge and lay down but sleep is nowhere near me.
After an hour of tossing and turning, not getting any sleep, I decide I have to go to my comfort place. Whenever I couldn't sleep, I would go to my comfort place and sleep would immediately ingulf me. I get up, open my door, tip toe in the hall, open the door of my comfort place, close it softly and go lie down next to Scarlett. True to my words, sleep immediately pulls me under its clutches.Scarlett:
I wake up with, yet again, a figure glued to my back. Juliette has been sleeping in my room since the last 3 days, she says it's her phase where she needs her comfort place to sleep and that place happens to be my room (and secretly me).
Today is Wednesday, meaning our punishment comes to an end and all the maids have come back. I turn around, look at Juliette who seems very peaceful.
I shake her, "Rise and shine, Jul. Wake up."
She says something gibberish and goes back to slumber. The last few days seem to have taken a toll on her but so have they on me.
I get up, take hold of her shoulders and pull her up, she resists, her eyes are still closed. She finally opens her eyes after I forcefully pulled her up.
"Ugh, I don't want the day to start. Let me sleep." She mumbles while rubbing her eyes.
"We don't have to work anymore, the punishment is over." I say while pulling her hands from her eyes.
I get up from the bed, Juliette follows, I start making the bed while she leaves the room.I feel fresh after the long cold shower, like seriously, how can people not like to shower? I love it, it's one of the times I'm at peace. I'm dressed in a green t-shirt and a black bootcut jeans.
Scarlett's outfit
I walk out while looking at my books stack, I couldn't afford a rack, so they are stacked at a corner in my room. I love reading, absolutely, it has my heart. If there was a teleporting machine that could teleport you in any book world you want, no one should ever see me in this world again, I would take Juliette with me, she would love that.
I close my door behind me and see Juliette standing in the hall, she still looks sleepy. "You should take my 'rise and shine' seriously, Jul."
"I wish I could." She mumbles, grabs my hand and we walk down.Juliette's outfit
The feeling of invisibility is one I'm prone to, it's a warm and cozy feeling, at least it's for me and I know many others will disagree. But that's the one I and Juliette constantly get at the house.
All the Kings are talking to each other, Mr. Alessandro is observing his sons, he doesn't even mistakenly glance at us. I always wanted a dad, who I would call my superhero and who would call me his princess, who would give me a piggyback, help me with my homework, come to pick me up from school, read me a bedtime story and tuck me to bed. I wanted what other girls at school had with their dad's. But mine can't even bear to look at me, mine was a father not a dad, it's easy to someone's father but not dad, and my real one, as much as it hurt to admit that I had a real one, raped my mother.
"Today both the murders punishment got over, I believe." Starts Aiden.
"Aiden." Dante says in a warning tone.
"What? I'm just saying the truth, what's wrong with that?" Aiden says with a mocking confusion on his face.
"Let's not forget the point, brother. Their punishment is over today, so, did you both learn your lesson? Or do you need us to add a few weeks more and maybe give the chiefs a holiday, too, how about that?" Levi says.
"He asked you a question, bitches, answer him." Snaps Adrian.
"Language." Mr. Alessandro says, I think this is the first time I heard him speaking in 2 years, he doesn't speak whenever we're around and only nods.
I look at Juliette, who I know will say something that will land us both in trouble when she opens her mouth, so I beat her to it.
"Yes, we have." I say firmly, avoiding eye contact with anyone.
"You're the obedient one, so your answer doesn't matter. I want an answer from that little brat." Damon motions with his fork towards Juliette. I catch Mr. Alessandro shaking his head slightly, probably because everyone is content on ignoring his rule for language.
Juliette has literal fire in her eyes, I know she will say something that will land us another week of scrubbing the floors, which she will not deny because of her pride.
I keep my hand on hers, her eyes come to me, I shake my head and the fire seems to die a bit. She, I know reluctantly, repeats my words.
Levi, Aiden and Damon smirk, which I know is fueling Juliette's anger.Word count: 1105
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