Every Little Part Of Me

Surprise

Chapter 13

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Already inside with everything and everyone in place, all that was missing was the birthday girl. I called Justin and told him that they could arrive.

"Perfect because I am pulling up right now." He said and I gave a chuckle. We hung up and 5 minutes later the door of the ballroom opens and we all yell.

"SURPRISE, HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEAUTY!"

She was surprised alright and her hands flew up to her face and she covered her mouth. I walked up to her after everyone settled down and congratulated her individually. Well sort of, there was a lot of people so you know.

"So, did you like it or what?" I asked her with a big smile. She narrowed her eyes at me but then they softened. I was engulfed in a big tight hug. I laughed and hugged her back.

"Glad you liked it Belle." I whispered to her but let go as soon as I heard her sniff.

"No, no crying, we are here to party, all these people are here to party and celebrate your birthday so that’s what we shall do so come on lady!" I said with so much sass and enthusiasm that she laughed and let me drag her into the crowd. Let the party begin.

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Sitting down finally after what seemed like forever, I look around the room. I had invited everyone I could, even her family but they had left a few hours ago. Now it's only us teenage adults who love to party. Searching for Belle,  I see her dancing with some guy, Thomas I think is his name, from a study group that we had a few weeks ago. I smile when she throws her head back laughing at something he said. I felt someone sit behind me and lean in close to my ear.

"Who is the guy Belle is dancing with?" I hear the person ask and I recognized his voice, it's Justin. I smirk but he couldn't see.

"Thomas from a study group we had, don't worry, he's harmless." I say the last part with a smirk. I hear him huff and lean back. I turn around about to say something when I see Ivan. I smile at him and he walks up to us.

"Hello Justin, do you mind me taking Amara away for a bit?" He asks Justin and Justin motions like 'go ahead'. I get up and pass by Justin but not before I squeeze his shoulder and lean down to his ear.

"Make a move before someone not so harmless beats you to it." I whisper before walking away with Ivan.

"Have I told you how gorgeous you look tonight?" Ivan says turning to me once we are outside on a balcony upstairs which was closed off for everyone but apparently not Ivan. I nod my head and turn away feeling shy. I suddenly feel arms snake around me and I jump slightly.

"Give me a chance Amara, I'm not my father, I'll make you happy." He whispers in my ear. I shiver slightly at his voice and him being so close to me. His arms were pressing me to his back and I closed my eyes.

"How do you know you'll make me happy, you know nothing, your father made my dad miserable for years Ivan but I'm going to believe in you, believe that you are not your father." My voice shook a bit and I took a deep breath.

"Okay, I'll give you a chance but don't make me regret it." I whisper into the wind but he nodded and laid his chin on my shoulder and hugged me tighter.

When we went back down to the party, I excused myself to Ivan saying that I had to find Belle to make sure she was okay since I didn't see her. He nodded and went to find Justin. I checked the restrooms and asked around. Nobody knew where she was at. I was starting to panic. Where the hell are you Belle?

Walking fast, I heard my name and I turned for a millisecond but ended up crashing into someone. With a thud I fell on my butt and the other person went tumbling down against a table. Someone helped me up and when I looked up I saw Luke. I muttered a thank you and Ivan ran to me.

"Amara are you okay, what happened?!?" He asked holding my arms. I shook him off and turned to the person I crashed into. It was..

"Thomas?" He had gotten up and was dusting himself off. He looked up and caught my eye. His eyes widened and he looked frightened.

"Thomas, where's Belle, you were the one I last saw with her." He took a step back when I got closer to him. I frowned and since I wasn't really that far from him, I took ahold of the collar of his shirt and pulled him close to my face.

"Where. Is. Belle." I hissed. He flinched and I gripped his shirt tighter.

"Thomas, if you don't tell me where she and what is going on I swear to the angels that I will kick your ass into next month." I wasn't joking anymore, this wasn't funny and I swear if this is one of Belle's very cruel and not funny ass jokes, she was as good as dead.

"Amara, let the kid go, we have to go find Belle, she's probably passed out drunk somewhere." Luke said.

"No, a few years ago, we had a close encounter with a very dangerous situation and that almost resulted in her death, since then we made a pact not to drink heavily if we weren't together, she may have had a drink or two but not to the point where she'd pass out," I explained to him then dripped Thomas's shirt tighter, " now, you are going to tell me what is going on." I said to Thomas with deadly calm.

He shut his eyes and winced. He hung his head and started to apologize hysterically when he looked back up again. I was confused.

"Why are you apologizing, Thomas what happened with Belle?" He just kept spitting out apologies and such. I let him go and stepped back.

"It was him wasn't it, what did Castro promise you?" I asked him and he looked up.

"He-- he had me at gunpoint, I'm so sorry, he made me do it, I didn't have a choice, I didn't, don’t want to die." He said stepping back. His words enraged me.

"And what, you think Belle wants to, do you think she wants to be with him, wherever they are, doing whatever he can and wants with her!?!" I yelled. By this time, the people who helped plan the event had ushered everyone out so it just left them, Luke, Justin, Ivan, Thomas and I.

I kept glaring at Thomas as he shifted from side to side until I grew tired of him and only wanted to hit something or someone.

"Thomas, get out, I can't look at you, whatever you did to save your own ass whatever, every man for himself but you had people to go to, I just-- get out." I said losing my breath. He stood still and just looked at me.

"Amar--" He started to say but I was feeling sick.

"I said, GET OUT!!" I said as I closed the distance between us and shoved him. I kept shoving him until he raised his hands and left quickly on his own. I just stood there staring at the door, I blanked out; next thing I know is the world blurring out on the edges and people yelling.

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