45 REIGN OF EMILIA- Ezra

Previously…

"Emily! Wake the fuck up!"

That's when Emilia jolted out of her sleep, her heart pounding, and her body sweating. She takes a minute to take in her surrounding.

She was naked, and Ace laid beside her in only his boxers, staring at her with worry. "Are you okay?" Ace asks.

That's when Emilia came to a realization of what was happening.

It was all a fucking dream.

•Now•

"Emily. Did you hear me? I asked if you're okay." Ace repeats.

Emilia frowns, in realization that it was all a dream. Her friend's betrayal, Abigail's death, everything. Without warning, Emilia brings her hand up in harsh contact with Ace's cheek. Ace's eyes widened in shock, before he furrows his brows in anger.

"What the fuck was that for?!" Ace yells as he rubs his burning left cheek.

Emilia shrugs nonchalantly. "No reason. I just dreamt that you tried to kill me."

•T I M E• S K I P•

"Ugh. This stupid, stupid machine." Emilia grunts, banging her head on the snack vending machine. She was not having the best day, she still had not talked to her mother, nor has she come to terms with the fact that her father was still alive. Not a lot of time has passed since she found out, but somehow, it felt like it's been forever. Another reason why she's been in such a sour mood today, is because she had a dream that her friends betrayed her, her cousin died, and she went on a killing spree.

I guess she should've realized that it was a dream sooner. I mean. James was nowhere to be seen, and we all love James. Right?

"Kick the side twice then punch the front once. That should help." A younger freshman girl offers. Emilia looks at the chocolate skinned girl confused, before realizing what she was trying to say, and following her instructions.

Emilia kicks the side of the machine twice the bring her hand into a fist, punching the front once, a lo and behold, the snicker bar slides through the bottom of the machine, and Emilia smiles, collecting her chocolate.

"Works every time." The freshman girl says.

"Thank you. For a moment I though it was going to get away with steeling my money." Emilia chuckles.

"Well then, I guess I am your savior." The girl giggles. "You're welcome. I am Ezra by the way." The girl introduces. Not bothering to outstretch her hand to shake.

It's like she knew Emilia hated coming in contact with random people.

"Nice to meet you Ezra. I am Emilia. Are you new here?" Emilia asks.

Ezra, twines her finger into a strand of her long dreadlocks and nods. "I am. I moved here from Jamaica a few weeks ago."

Emilia's eyes widened, intrigued. "Jamaica? That is so cool, but I have actually never been there. What is it like? The Caribbean."

Ezra thinks for a second before replying with a smile. "Hot." She chuckles. "But other than that, it's actually pretty amazing, but my mother had to move here because of work so, here I am."

"Oh, well, we are happy to have you." Emilia smiles. "But can you say something in patois for me real quick?"

Ezra chuckles before smiling softly at Emilia before saying: "Wah gwan?"

Emilia's eyes sparkle. "Well I have no idea what you just said but that is so freaking cool. Want to sit with me for lunch? If you don't mind."

"Ugh. Sure why not." Ezra smiles.

Emilia nods and leads the way.

Ezra smirks and mutters to herself: "This should be fun, princess."

"What was that?" Emilia asks.

"Oh nothing, I was just saying it is nice to meet you." Ezra lies through her teeth.

"Oh, it is nice to meet you too, Ezra."

••••

"Who's the newbie?" Alec questions.

Emilia had still not fully forgiven them for what they did in her dream, but she decided they didn't need to know that.

"This is Ezra. She is a freshman."

"Great. Hey kid, you won't need a diaper change do you?" Noah asks, earning a slap in the back of his head from Hailey. It was a joke, but Ezra didn't care.

"You don't want me to light a fire up your ass do you?" Ezra retaliates, and Noah's eyes widened in shock, while the rest of them laugh.

"I like her already." McKenna gushes.

The rest of lunch was spent with them getting to know Ezra, and unsurprisingly, they all liked her. She was still new to the school so they were almost like older brothers and sisters to her, since she's only fifteen. Over time, she began to make friends her own age here and there, everyone thought she was cool because not only was she hanging out with seniors, she was hanging out with the popular seniors, but instead of drifting away from Emilia and the crew to hang out with students her own age, she stayed alongside Em.

As for Emilia, she eventually came to terms with the fact that she had to go see her father. She recently found out he was alive after years of thinking he was dead. She argued with her mother over it, because she found out that her mother knew he was alive, but kept it from them. After that she tried her best to ignore what she had found out, because for one, she didn't know what to say. What exactly do you say to someone you thought was dead for almost a decade? She had no idea, but now, she decided to just go see him, and hopefully, words would start erupting from her mouth like a volcano.

"Meet at my place tonight?" Ace asks and kisses the side of Emilia's neck. They were in an empty hallway at the moment. "I could make up for that dream you had about me."

"Ace, shut up." Emilia says. She then further decides to mess with him. "You are not even that good in bed."

Ace's eyebrows raise in shock, then touches his chest, feigning hurt. "That's not you were saying last night, when I was buried deep inside your-"

Emilia did not let him finishing, she flicks him upside the head. "Shithead. I am going to see my dad." Emilia confesses.

Ace's once goofy demeanor quickly changes to a serious look. "Wait. Seriously? Do you need me to come with you?"

"No, Aceton, I will be fine." Emilia smiles, knowing for a fact he hates when she call him by his "government name" as he calls it.

Ace ignores it and instead asks if she is sure.

"Yes, I am sure. Aceton." Em smirks.

"Don't. Don't call me that." Ace warns.

"Why not?" Emilia teases.

Ace thinks for a second before replying: "'Cause that's not the name you scream when I fuck y-"

Emilia slaps him upside the head once more. "Fucking shithead!"