Chapter 2

I walked into to the house, staring at the books that occupied the floor to ceiling shelves at one side of the wall, the pristine white walls and everything else.

Perfecto.

I heard my phone ring in my pocket, Sunflower by Post Malone and Swae Lee disturbing my much needed peace. Checking the caller ID, it was Birdie 🐦, my best friend. Sighing I picked the phone.

"Hel-"

"How dare you?" I heard Robin's angry growl and my eyebrows furrowed.

"Sorry?"

"How dare you George?" She repeated with enough venom to make me wince inwardly.

"What did I do, Birdie?" I asked in (what I hope) an innocent voice.

"Don't you Birdie me young lady. You couldn't even tell me when you we're leaving huh? How could you?"

She asked as I resisted the urge to laugh while trying to keep the goofy smile off my face.

My Birdie misses me already.

I opened my mouth to reply when she spoke again.

"Wipe off that stupid smile off your face Georgia "

I could almost see her smirk as she laid unnecessary emphasis on my name. My smile dropped immediately followed by a tired sigh this time around.

"Because you would have tried to stop me from leaving and I was scared you would succeed"

I reply to her question as I sunk into the nearest chair kicking off my rainbow coloured sneakers and wiggling my toes.

I heard her whine from the device, let out a loud groan and readied myself for her rant.

She told me how stupid I am for not defending myself when I was accused for what I didn't do that led to my expulsion, how dumb I am for leaving her all alone at Oxford, and when I reminded her that she lives with her brother she almost bit my head off.

How retarded I am for sneaking away from my apartment and running of to California making me wonder how she knew my exact location. She smugly said 'rich people powers' which made me roll my eyes.

And finally how demented I am for not taking her along with me.

"Birdie" I started calmly, "there is no way I could have possibly taken you along with me. Who would stay with Brad? You know you are all he has"

"My brother can bloodly take care of his bloody self. He is twenty one damnit!"

She was almost shouting. I began to massage my right temple trying to soothe the dull ache that is always there, pounding away in my skull. I sighed again beginning to get tired of sighing, my eyes fluttering close welcoming sleep because I was sure of not getting any tonight.

Until I heard a strangled sob.

My blood ran cold as I shot upright in the chair and cursing myself for the sudden movement because it worsened the migraine.

"Robin?" No response.

"Robin? Are you OK?"

"No" she sobbed.

"Talk to me. Are you hurt?" I was beginning to panic now.

"No. I'll miss you". She mumbled the last part as my body unconsciously relaxed.

"I'll miss you too, Birdie". I whisper.

"Don't Birdie me" she sniffed as I smiled.

She's back.

"So what are you up?" I asked her.

"I'm eating Nutella. Want some?"

"How am I supposed to get it?"

Beep. Beep. Beep.

Did she just hang up?

I put my phone beside me and almost immediately it begins to ring again. It was Robin again but face time. I rolled my eyes at her antics and picked up.

She was pointing a spoonful of Nutella at the screen.

"Uh..." I trailed off as she rolled her blue eyes.

"Open up, Vampire".

She was wearing a too wide smile and I was genuinely worried that it would split her face in two.

"Stop smiling like that" I said

"How?" Her smile even grew wider.

"Honestly Birdie your face will split, you know? Like that horror movi-"

"You watch too many horror movies for your own good", she chides wagging the spoon at me as I followed its movement like a dog.

Great. Now I am hungry.

"George, where are Ralph and Corpral?"

That is true. Where are my dogs?

Shit.

I groaned, slapping my forehead and immediately regretted it.

"You left them here didn't you?" She questions. Her mouth full of Nutella.

I nodded sheepishly as she grinned.

"Don't bother your pretty head, Vampire , Robin has got you covered". She pushed her chest out and put her hands on her waist.

Still thinks she looks like a superhero if she does that. I thought smiling wryly.

"Stop mocking me", she grumbles and I laugh at the cute pout on her mouth.

When the laughter eventually died down we started pulling funny faces at each other until we heard a door close.

"That is definitely Gina"

A frown formed in my face I've never heard that name before.

"Who?". I asked and her cheeks turned crimson.

Oh.

"It's not like that, I swear. Gina is just my-she is no one. No one. I'm serious listen-"

"Chill Birdie. There is no problem if you called your new girlfriend over for a quick fuck" I went as far as smiling but she turned redder.

"She is not my girlfriend. She is Brad's"

"Oh"

"Yeah" she nodded. "Is it bad that I am crushing on my brother's girlfriend"

I stood up and waddled to the kitchen.

"As long as you don't try to fuck her. No"

She winced at my choice of words.

"Are you sure?"

I pulled the fridge open and saw two slices of leftover pizza.

Beauty.

"I don't know if I should say yes or no now"

"You would say yes this time"

"Yes it is then"

The microwave dinged, then I pulled out the pizza and went for a bite. Knowing it would irritate Robin I moaned.

Loudly.

But she wasn't paying attention to me, she was watching the other slice.

"Are you drooling?"

She snapped her neck back to me with a look of horror on her face as she began to pat her lips. She froze when I chuckled.

The looks she gave me nearly cremated me.

"I have to go Birdie. This pizza can't wait"

"Bye. Love you"

"I know" I smirked.

"You little-"

I hang up immediately, laughing to myself. When I finished the slice of pizza, I returned to the fridge for water, but changed my mind last minute and took a Pepsi.

I popped the can open and turned around. I froze, my thumb and index fingers still perched on the open can as I watched a small black woman with super curly hair opening and closing cabinets to restock them, evident that she went shopping.

"Hello?" I tried to grab her attention.

Wrong move.

The woman screamed loudly that I flinched, she spun around with her hands held to her chest.

Okay..