Kiara's Choice.(Formerly CALM)

Chapter 3

*Kiara's POV*
          Great, just great I got wrapped into planning a party that I wasn't even on-board with in the first place. "Kuda!" I yell from the bottom of the stairs, he was still in his room but he still heard me and came down "What?" He asked having descended the stairs tapping away at his phone it was probably Handel but I honestly couldn't care less "Are you guys using the pool tomorrow?" I asked my stress levels having risen in the last three days for some reason or the other "Yeah." He said looking up at me "Okay you look like you like you could kill me right now, you know what, let's come to agreements about everything so there's no complications tomorrow." He wrapped his arms around me and I lay my head on his chest "Okay." I said.
           Kuda sat next to me on the couch a cup of coffee in his hands which he handed to me, after taking a sip I set it down on the table in front of us and picked up my tiny husky puppy placing the small animal in my lap and petting it "So first of all I need all your friends to know that my room is a no-go-area" I shoot him a glare "Cool it Kiki, I'm not the one who's gonna wrack your room." He said throwing his hands up in surrender "Right, sorry I..."
"It's cool Kiki, I get it we shouldn't have made you do this I take part of the blame for your mood swings." He poked me in the ribs making me squirm.
        About two hours later we had worked out majority of the details Kuda set up the speakers and asked me to pick out a playlist. Just as I had finished the doorbell rang "I'll get it." Natasha got up from her position on the bean bag and walked into the foyer I listened for the click of the locks which was shortly followed by four Australian voices saying hello, Natasha led the four boys into the living room each one saying hi in turn like a well practiced audition "Who brought you guys here?" I asked "Mr. Cowell." Michael answered "I texted Mikey the address." Natasha said answering my next question "Who's this?" Kuda asked confusion lacing his voice "Right, I didn't introduce y'all yesterday." I did quick introductions and returned to the issue on hand.
          Twenty minutes later Brooklyn, Tara and Simone arrived "Kiki!" Brooklyn said in her deepest voice "Rookie!" I said imitating the voice it was our special way of greeting for just the two of us, nobody else understood it and it was just as well. "So about this party tomorrow," Simone said sitting next to Kuda "is there like a dress code or something?" She cocked her head to the side and looked up at him through her lashes, I nearly puked at the sight "Team colour maroon." He replied and turned back to me "Kiki can we have barbecue?" He asked jutting out his lower lip in a sign of plea "Ugh, Kuda you're killing me, fine I'll order for a hundred people." I groaned writing a reminder on my notepad "We could actually help you if you want." Ashton said "Yes please." I perked slightly "I have to go shopping for food and drinks and I can't do it myself so we could all go together while Kuda buys whatever he wants to put up around the house." I lifted myself from the couch and sprinted up into my room I looked at myself in the mirror, my all black look was working for me - black crop top, black jeans black sneakers- I grabbed my car keys and black hand bag I contemplated for a second then grabbed my black leather jacket. "Lets go  guys, see you later Kuda." I yelled running down the stairs and out the door.

*Brooklyn's POV*
         Somehow I got trapped into sitting next to the most obnoxious pig in the world on the way to the grocery store, it had to be the longest car ride to ever exist. "Could you shut up?" I shoot Luke a glare at the sound of the command, I had been singing along to Run Dat Back by Jadagrace, "No." I replied and continued I caught Kiara's gaze through the rear-view mirror and shut my mouth, lucky for me nobody else saw it.
          I pulled out my phone and played Smash Hit instead. I was just about to beat my high score when idiot almighty decided to run his fingers all over my screen and ruin my game "I could kill you." I snarled at him "Oh please, it's just a stupid game." He scoffed, my eyes narrowed into slits and I was about to launch a come-back but decided against it. 
        I put my phone away and pulled out a book instead At least he can't ruin this I thought to myself "My gosh, I can't believe it, the dimwit can read, miracles do happen." He said with a mischievous glint in his eyes, where was Kiara in all of this?
        Kiara parked her car in the Winndixie parking lot and turned off the car engine, we all got down and walked in. I automatically attached myself to Tara "Hold out Lyn, don't kill him before the end of the day." She said when she saw the frustration in my eyes "So does that mean I can kill him tomorrow?" I asked looking at her a slight tinge of hope in my voice, Tara threw her head back and laughed out loud earning the attention of every patron in the store Nice T.
             Kiara had already started picking out stuff that she thought would make less of a mess round her house but with teenage boys anything can become messy. "Did you not hear how that long string of shit kept berating me, personally, I think you're being very unfair Kiki." I said grabbing packs of Heineken and Ginger Beer and putting them into the shopping cart, I looked down at her and for the first time I noticed the bags under her big sugar grey eyes, I felt a pang of guilt somewhere in my chest; here I was yelling at her for not sticking up for me meanwhile she obviously needed someone to help her get through the day without collapsing "Kiki, have you been sleeping at all?" I asked turning her so she faced me "Not exactly." She replied grabbing some bottles of Valentino and putting them in the cart "Not exactly isn't an answer Kiara."
"Okay, I haven't been sleeping well."
"Kiki I'm sorry I yelled at you it's just... uggh, he makes me so angry."
"Sorry for what? It's not your fault that my sleeping pattern has been destroyed, but I appreciate your concern Rookie." She gave me a quick hug after that and said nothing more.     
           
*Luke's POV *
                  Brooklyn was beginning to get very irritating, I knew I wasn't helping matters but if the girl could keep her stupid mouth shut maybe we could tolerate each other. "Luke please try to bear with Lyn, I get that she can be bitchy sometimes but she's a really cool friend when she's not trying to win an argument." I looked down at Kiara who had somehow ended up next to me, did she really want to say just that or was this just an excuse to talk to me? "It's okay, I guess we all get snappy sometimes right?" I replied.
           Everyone managed to meet up at the frozen foods section, having previously dispersing and losing each other only meeting at intervals and switching partners again. Kiara put several cartons of yoghurt into the cart she was pushing which was currently brimming with food, "Kiki leave the cart I'll push it." Brooklyn took the cart from her friend and pushed it for a while before her wedges proved an obstacle, "You need help don't you?" Without waiting for an answer Calum took over for the rest of the day.
           By the time we were done Kiara had to add another shopping basket to the one Calum was currently pushing and somehow he managed to maneuver them both through the store. Ashton had found a way to stick himself to Tara throughout not that she minded and the same could be said for Michael and Natasha. Brooklyn had managed to steer clear of me sticking with Kiara the whole time and she even went the extra mile and sat with her in front of the car which was the highlight of my day so far.
           "So apart from singing do you guys have other talents?" Ashton's voice came from the back seat, Kiara burst out laughing to everybody's surprise, Brooklyn looked over at her and smiled, the first genuine, non sarcastic smile I'd ever seen on her face, "Did I say something wrong?" Ashton asked with a defensive edge to his voice "No, your accent is just adorable, you sound like a kangaroo." She said glancing at him through the rear-view mirror "Well I can't speak for the other girls but I don't think I have any other...." Kiara was cut short by Natasha, Simone and Tara singing behind me "Why the fuck you lying? why you always lying? Mmm oh my gosh stop fucking lying!" They all sang "What lie exactly did I tell? I didn't even finish my sentence." She replied switching the Adele song that had been playing to another slightly more upbeat one, "Kiara cooks better than any professional chef you will ever meet." Simone said
"Oh Lord." Kiara groaned at her friend's exaggeration
"She can rap better and faster than everybody under Young Money Cash Money." Natasha declared a little too loudly
"Right." Sarcasm dripped from Kiara's voice
"She can draw and make it look like she took a picture." It was Tara's turn to name one of Kiara's talents and this time the only reply was a grunt
"She's also a living rubber band." We all looked at Brooklyn who had just spoken "What?" Michael sent her a raised eyebrow
"I mean she's basically a professional gymnast." She said, I could not resist the urge to roll my eyes at her "Why didn't you just say that? You had to go on and try to be smart, didn't you?" I asked her my irritation rising, "Because I didn't want to," She stated, the sarcastic smile I was used to spread across her face "and sweet heart it's not called trying to be smart, it's simply speaking." She finished, I could tell she was trying not to insult me for Kiara's sake, but honestly if she thought I was done she had another thing coming.

*Calum's POV *
                Luke and Brooklyn have been fighting nonstop since they met and honestly, it's just getting more and more annoying, but for some irrational reason everybody else, except Kiara, finds it entertaining. "Could y'all please not?" She nearly screamed clutching the steering wheel like she was about to lose her composure, I felt bad for her though, she looked like she'd been put through hell since yesterday and it didn't look like she'd been sleeping either. She parked her car in her garage and turned off the engine, we took all the shopping into the house and set it all in the kitchen.
            Kiara insisted on setting everything up by herself so the rest of us sat in the living room trying to pick a movie to watch "We are watching the Hunger Games." Brooklyn stated glaring at Luke "No, we're not, we're watching White House Down." Luke retorted grabbing the remote, or at least trying to, Brooklyn held on to it and tried to bite him, "Beast!" He yelled "Is what you are." Brooklyn retorted
"Really, you couldn't come up with a better come-back?"
"I didn't feel like wasting my talent on a bloody cactus like you."
"Oh that's a talent now, I guess that makes it something I'm better than you at, seeing as I'm way more talented than you in every way."
"In what world?"
"This world, my world, heck I'm better than you in your dreams and you know it." Luke spat
"Okay, that made no sense at all, I think all the helium you're breathing up there is affecting your thinking, now we are watching the Hunger Games even if prick almighty here decides against it." Brooklyn declared "Really, so that whole fight was about what movie y'all were gonna watch?" Kiara stood in the door way shaking her head, Guess she's done in the kitchen, I thought to myself.
           Kiara had decided that we would all have to vote if anyone was going to get to watch anything, in the end Brooklyn won and a very sulky Luke sat next to me through the whole movie. Kiara planted herself between Natasha and Ashton, Michael and Natasha had been so obviously flirting, it was cute and sickening at the same time while Ashton and Tara were really just talking to each other. "This is just sad." Kiara said with a pout, she'd been playing with Ashton's hair "What?" He asked turning to look at her "You have better hair than me." She said frowning slightly "I already know, but you have cute eyes." He said looking into her grey pools, and for some reason, at that point jealousy just set in for me and I wanted to get her away from Ashton immediately "Hey didn't Brooklyn say you're like a professional gymnast, show us something." She cast a glare at Brooklyn as I spoke "Fuck you." She mimed at her, sorry Kiara but that's what love does.

*Simone's POV *
                 Kiara finally obliged to Calum's request after a few minutes of endless begging from everyone "Alright, but not here, I'll probably accidentally maim the TV." She groaned as she led us all up to her room, "Start with the wall split." I said to her, Kiara walked over to the wall and placed her hands on the floor like she was about to do a hand stand, but instead she raised one leg leaning against the wall and stretched it out to its full length, "Wow!" The boys stared at her wide-eyed, "Do a pretzel." Tara squealed next to me, Kiara did a series of splits, flips and tumbles to our satisfaction. "No more!" She yelled as she collapsed on the bed, she could tell that Natasha was going to ask her to do something else and just looking at her you could tell she was tired.
          Kiara just lay on her bed for a while not really doing anything until she seemed to have realised something was wrong "Kuda's party is tomorrow and I'm not done with his freakin list!" She face palmed herself  "Asha, call Tony and order barbecue for 100 people." She said as she pointed at Natasha "Brooklyn please help me order the pizza and cupcakes, don't worry, I'll pay." She said and turned to me "Momo you're on DJ duty please don't keep repeating songs just because you want to hear a particular part again." She said pleading with me "Do I do that?" I asked her with a raised eyebrow "Yes, T," She spun on her heel to look at Tara "Just buy bread, eight loaves, I'll pay tomorrow." Kiara was quite obviously panicking as she got out her phone and called her brother.
         Kuda was back at the house twenty minutes after Kiara called him "Kuda I can't do this all myself, it's way too much." She said dropping herself on the couch, Kuda sat next to her and wrapped his arms around her pressing a kiss to her forehead, why can't that be me?
         Kuda and Kiara finally finished planning their party after two straight hours of arguing about the details but at least they were finally done and Kiara was no longer anxious though we still don't know why she was before.

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Hey y'all so that's the extension to Kiara's room that I was talking about up there
Hope y'all like the chapter though
I feel like I'm not giving Simone enough attention
This chapter is dedicated to @proudlydarkskinned love you Lolo
The character Brooklyn is based on her.
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