The Pure One

saints and sinners

my first story. leave in comments any suggestions!

we arrived at Saints and Sinners to see Zack. He just started working here with Luke. His mom was always talking to him to get a job cause Zayn had one. we walked into the club and immediatly found Zack. his toned arms and tall figure was flattered by his uniform. he didn't look like his brother much. 

"hey guys" zack smiled at me and then at Luke and his brother.

"we just wanted to see what you were doing before we started to celebrate summer tonight." Luke said casually.

"oh well have fun without me i am working all night!" zack complained.

"well see ya later then bro!" zayn said laughing while he exited the building.

"see ya later man" Luke said while doing  a special handshake the guys do. zack turned to me and i just said a simple bye. I  was really hoping it wasn't gonna be just me luck and zayn. i don't mind being the only girl but its nice to have another female around. my friend heather is also part of our little group but she doesn't like staying up late. she lives next to zack and zayn. she likes to study and wants to be a teacher. but i still love her. We were now on the street and ready for the summer.

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after a while, i'd be lying if i said we didn't sneak a few drinks. i only had like two shots, i look old for my age so people believe i am 21 sometimes. Luke however was drunk obviously, and zayn seemed pretty sober. zayn likes to tease drunk people so he took Luke's wallet and ran off with it making Luke chase him and leaving me alone. i remembered i needed to go to Marie laveau's shop to get a good luck candle. i could hold my liquor so i am pretty sure i didn't come off as tipsy. I walked into the small shop and walked to the many candles on the wall. i saw the candle i needed but decided to grab it on my way out and for now ill just look around so i walked to the back of the shop. i was looking at some jewelry hanging on the all when i felt a tap on my shoulder.

i turned to see a short, elderly women. She wasn't very wrinkly, she didn't seem quite that old. her black skin was flawless and she was dressed in long silk dress. i had many like that one at home.she was roughly my 5'3 height just a little bit shorter but you could only tell if we were standing back to back.

"oh hello" i smiled at her and she kept this cheeky smile on her face that confused me. she looked at me as  if she knew something about me. like she had a little secret and was dying to tell. A lot of old women gossip so it wasnt really that strange.

"hello, young lady, having a nice night" she asked me with a heaving Cajun/french accent that many people spoke with in New Orleans.

"ah yes i am, thank you for asking, is your night going OK?" i asked trying to seem friendly and as if i wasn't kinda nervous but at the same time i was very curious. why would this lady want to talk to me i was just one of the many people who walked into the shop at night.

"Je suis désolé si je vous faire sursauter," (I'm sorry if i startle you)so she did speak french. i spoke Spanish and french because most people here were either french Spanish, or  Vietnamese.

"oh non, pas du tout" (oh no, not at all) she smiled bigger when she heard me speak french.

"Kayla?" she asked like she knew me and haven't seen me in forever.

"comment savez-vous me" (how do you know me) now i was very curious. 

"J'ai un cadeau pour vous, joyeux anniversaire" (i have a present for you, happy birthday) so not only did she know my name but she knew my birthday was in 3 days. she reached into a beautiful purse and handed me a book.

"merci" (thank you)  i said still confused, i thought this woman must be confused but she did know a lot about me for someone i don't know. i don't like reading at all! everyone knows that. you never see me with a book.

"my name is kora, you don't know me but i know you, take good care of this and read it when you get home it might be a book you like." she said still smiling she then hugged me and walked out on the street. i stood there a little confused and possibly freaked out "you don't know me but i know you" what the hell does that mean. i ran after her but when i got onto the street i couldn't see her all i saw was drunk people enjoying themselves and Luke and zayn walking towards me.

"hey babe what's wrong you have a funny look on your face" Luke said amused with the expression i had. he then saw the book in my hand

"where da fuck you get that big thing" he said looking at the book with a weird face. zayn was standing behind him and moved beside him to see what he was talking about. i still was not 100% sure what just happened.

"oh, uh its nothing i think we should head home." i said with a smile trying to convince them both.

"ok sure, want to stay at my house tonight?" zayn asked me and Luke, we both nodded.

i was gonna open the book tonight to see what could possible be intresting about it like  the lady, i mean kora said.