LUCI

6 - Desire

Desire

~ A strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen ~

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All night I couldn't stop thinking about Luci, the kiss, his very provocative words. It's a strange feeling. I know we're playing a game, a very dangerous one. Anyways it was probably a one time thing. It's all a game to him, but it's also a game to me. A game I very much enjoy. My life has been so boring since my brother disappeared so what's the harm in me having a little fun? It's not like anything serious would ever happen.

As I slowly open my eyes I'm blinded by the sunlight that's beaming through the window, so I squeeze them shut again to block out the brightness. Damn. I must've forgotten to close the curtains last night. After Paul hugged me, I huffed and walked up to my room. It was really late and all I wanted to do was sleep. I stripped out of my clothes and plopped myself into bed.

There's a small knock on my bedroom door followed by a voice. It's Nico. He often wakes me up if I sleep past 11am.

"Emma? It's time to get up" 

I let out a load groan and roll over so I can see him. He walks over to the chair in the corner of my room and sits down. I normally take forever to properly wake up, this is our usual routine. He tells me to get up, I make some noise that sounds like a dying cat, he sits down and waits for me to sit up, then we get on with our day.

"We have plans today so you need to get up" he informs. I never have plans on a Saturday. Every Saturday I sit on the couch and enjoy watching crappy tv whilst stuffing my face full of any snacks that are in the house. I'm disgusting. I know.

I slowly drag my body into an upright position, leaning against the headboard of my bed. I give Nico a look, hoping he will elaborate on our plans.

"We are going to stay the night somewhere. Tell Paul your going to a friends house or something along those lines"

I can only think of one place that we'd be going and that's to see my brother. I have no friends at school but Paul thinks I do. It's easy to lie to him, he doesn't seem to care enough to notice I'm lying. Gullible I think is the word.

"When are we leaving?" I ask with an extremely sore throat. I guess I slept with my mouth open, which means I snored last night. Embarrassing!

"In an hour. Shower, get dressed and pack a bag" He instructs as he walks towards my bedroom door. "Oh and Luci says your going to the ball with him tonight so bring your makeup"

Umm how about no. I don't do fancy occasions. I don't do makeup well. I don't even have anything to wear. I also don't fancy going to a ball with Luci. Why is he making me go with him? I need to think of anything to get me out of this. "I don't have anything to wear" I blurt out. Is that seriously all I could think of? Nice one Emma.

"Luci has something for you when we get there. Now hurry up you've only got 57 minutes left" and with that, he's out of the door. I'm left completely alone to panic about going to a ball with a mafia leader.

Realising I haven't got much time I roll out of bed, onto my feet, and walk towards the bathroom. One of the things I love about this house is my bathroom. It's absolutely beautiful. The floor is covered in marble tiles, the walls are completely white and so are the rest of the things in the bathroom. It's very elegant. The shower could probably fit 50 people in. Well, that might be a slight exaggeration. It could probably fit 5 people. Still, it's pretty big. There is also a mirror that covers most of length of one of the walls, just above the sink.