The morning started off a little slow for Malika. She didn't get much sleep due to the cup of coffee she had."Why must I drink coffee before I go to bed?" she asks herself. Her bones popped as she sat up. Malika struggled to walk to get her right foot to wake up. "Morning"a familiar voice said. She turned around and sees Ice Cream. "Morning Icey" she said with a smile. "Arno wanted you to have this." he said handing her a red ball gown. "Give him my thanks." Malika replied taking the dress. He nods then leaves. She looks at the dress and wonders why he got it for her. "Well my day just got better." she said setting the dress on the bed.
Malika walks to the park and sits on her favorite bench. The wind whips her hair across her face as she realises she forgot her hair clip. "Forget something?" an all too familiar voice asks. "Yea, I forgot my hair clip, Axe."she replied. Axe puts the clip in her hair. "Thank you Axe." Malika says."You're welcome" he replies smiling. "I have a question" she says randomly. "Yes?" he questions. "Why did Arno get me the dress for?" she asked. "Because he wants to take you to a ball that is tonight."Axe replies. "oh ok,thank you Axe"Malika says smiling. They talked for a while till he left for another mission.
She readied herself for the ball tonight. Her hair was tied back and in curls with her hair clip in. She looks at herself in her full body mirror after putting on a pair of heels. Malika smiles at herself."I look good and strange at the same time."she tells herself. A knock at the door snapped her back to earth. Malika went and opened the door. Arno looks at her and smiles."You look stunning."he says as he eyes her over. "Thank you,Arno."she replied and twists a little making the bottom of the fit and flare dress twirl slightly. He surprises her by putting a diamond studded necklace around her neck.
As they arrived at the ball,beautiful French music plays. Arno takes Malika to the floor and dances with her. Malika is as happy as a kitten with a ball of yarn. "This is absolutely amazing." Malika says smiling up at him. "Not as amazing as you look."Arno says with love in his voice. They dance over half of the night away. He takes her outside to a lovely park. "This was the best night ever." Malika says smiling and giggling. "Yes it was."Arno replied looking at her.
The next morning she had a headache pounding in her skull. Malika picked up her phone and sees she has 41 missed calls,and 16 texts. She scrolled through the missed calls and turns ghostly pale. They're all from Lukas. "I'll just call him later."she said as she scrolls through her texts. "8 from Lukas and 8 from Tino."she managed to say. She replies to all of Tino's texts first.
"How is you're stay in Paris?"Tino asks on the other end of the call."It's going great,I met a guy. He's amazing and wonderful."Malika replies. "Better not tell Lukas."he says worryingly. "I won't for a few more days."she replies. The conversation went on for am hour before both hung up. "Do I call Lukas or not? Brother will be mad at me if I don't."Malika says laying back on the bed. She didn't want her brother to be so protective of her since she's older now. A knock at her door pulls her from her thoughts. She goes over to answer it. "Oh it's you."she says as everything goes dark.
