Intuitive Purple

Chapter 12.

AMETHYST

"How long did you say you both have spent there?" Demi asks.

"Twelve days, brother." I sigh and roll my eyes. Demi can be such a tease sometimes, he has made me repeat this five times now. I actually found out some things about Nikolas, one of which is his amazing culinary skills. The dishes he makes are mouth watering. He says he had to learn since he spent most of his younger years growing up with Mrs. Brian.

"What are you playing at?" I huff in annoyance. Despite the fact that he can not see me, I hope the sound I made sends a message.

"Are you kidding me? You are sure nothing has happened? Come on. I think you need to loosen up a little. He is your husband." He says. Not for too long, I wanted to add but it is better to keep quiet about that aspect. No one, except Nick and I, knows about the agreement.

"Well, we kissed." I say in a very low voice

"You...." I knew he would hear. Sometimes I wonder if he has vampire genes.

"It was just once, I swear. Not more than that." I explain.

"Why do you act like it is a sin to kiss your husband, huh?" My brother needs a reset button on his brain right now.

"It is Nikolas we are talking about, adelfós (brother). He is a manwhore. I can't play games with my heart. I have a crush on him but that will not make me stupid enough not to be aware of the type of person he is." One has to be reasonable in things like this.

"Enjoy your stay there. Got to go. Maybe I will come visit when you return to New York." He disconnects the call after saying that.

Well, truth is it is not just once. More than once actually but it is more of pecks than actual kisses. We need to put off a happy couple to others, hence the act.

"Why do I feel I have just been murdered severally in that conversation with your brother?" Nick walks in as if on cue.

"As if. Shut up, Nikolas." He just laughs at my response and walks towards the bathroom.

"Your husband wants to shower, care to do some wifely duties? You know you could act the sweet things you do before others behind closed doors too." He winks, making my insides churn. If only he was not a manwhore. A girl is allowed to wish.

"You can have the bathroom to yourself." I excuse him to do his thing.

Ding dong! The door bell rings for the second time.

"Who is there? Coming." I open the door to see a very excited Imogen. Ohh, I say in my head.

"Hi." I greet her.

"Good afternoon, Amethyst. I am so excited." She squeals, hugging me.

"Good..afternoon to you too." I hesitate when answering her. Don't get me wrong, I like her. It's just that sometimes she can be more than a handfull. She gets overly excited for the littlest of things, she is sometimes too nosey or tries to shove things down one's throat like the contents of the flyer she just tossed to my hands.

"That, my dear friend, is a Couples Go event which is usually organised annually by this time of the year." she says, her excitement still evident.

"And that is supposed to be my business because?" I ask her in confusion.

"Because you, my dear friend, are participating. I registered for both our families. Imagine the fun we would have. Just look through the flyer at least." She gushes. I knew this pretense would definitely bite us in our asses but I never expected it to come in this form.

"Thank you so much, Imogen but did you ever stop to think if we would love to be a part of this?" I ask with a stern expression which she obviously did not buy.

"Come on, just look through. It promises to be fun and the best companion for this amount of fun is your partner." She shrugs, still justifying what she did.

"I am sorry. It's just that once you register, you can not retract it. It is in two days and we will be picked up at our stipulated addresses." She says.

"Two days? Picked up?" I ask in shock.

"If only you had looked through the flyer, you won't ask these questions." she states, matter of factly.

I straighten the flyer and take a peek at it.

Picture of the flyer

"I don't know what to do with you right now." I hit my head in confusion as I continue reading the flyer.

"Just say yes." It is already annoying that she meddled and did this without my consent but what is more annoying is the fact that she is  unapologetic about it.

"I will think about it." I shove her hands off my body in annoyance.

•••••

"Some people really need lessons in minding their business." I say to a laughing Maya via the Skype call. She rolls her eyes over the laptop screen.

"Can you imagine?" I rant in annoyance.

"Haha. I am already liking this Imogen lady." Maya says.

"She is playing matchmaker with little efforts. I can't wait to see the end of this." She adds.

"And I thought my bestfriend would be any better." I roll my eyes at her.

"I can see you, thys. Don't make me smack your head." She hisses.

"Well, let us be grateful that I am hours away from you." I reply.

"Remember, this vacation is for you to have fun. Loosen up and just enjoy the moment. You can return to your grumpy self when you are back." She scoffs at the end of the statement.

"I am fun, you twerp." I reply and I hear her snickering over the laptop as I spoke.

"Let us see how fun you can get." She teases me.

"You will see. I will surprise you." I say to her but she just scoffs and rolls her eyes at me.