Chapter 87- Preparations.

Raina's POV.

The work I had was much than I thought, I thought I had designed, drawn and painted half of the pieces for my showcase and opening tomorrow, but it wasn't even half, it was smaller than I thought and I needed more.

Coming back home made me realize I should have been home earlier, the work I stared at was triple the work I had in mind, I was already tired without beginning.

I closed my workshop door and started working on the piece left and the few designs I had in mind too, it was very overwhelming.

I stacked the designs I made already into one corner, arranging them according to how I was going to display them tomorrow.

The phone call stopped me from what I was doing, I smiled when I saw Bas's name.

"Hey, I'm kinda busy though." I said softly.

"I know you are, and I know you said you don't want anyone helping you, since the designs are going to be a surprise, you don't want me seeing sneak peaks of it, though I want to see them badly, but I'm going to respect your decision." He said sulkily.

"You're telling me something you've said already." I said with a smile and I heard a short laugh and a bang with a loud wince.

"Are you okay?" I asked, I was worried, he must have hurt himself.

"I slipped, I didn't even watch where I was going to, you always make me loose concentration." He said.

"And you think you don't, I don't want you here because I might also loose concentration.", I said.

"I didn't know I was on your mind that much, I'm happy I am." He said with a teasing tone and I smiled.

"Oh you know, but I guess you wanted me spelling it out." I said with a smile.

"I will love it, if you spelled it out more yunno." He said.

"I try to be vocal with my feelings, though I'm not that kind of person, you brought my expression of Feelings vocal." I said.

"You tell people off, so you're vocal." He said.

"Telling people off, or telling how I feel once they do bullshit is different from expressing my feelings, telling someone I love them, it's hard, but I try." I argued.

"Yeah I know, I wish I was there with you, it would've been fun." He said.

I laughed, he has already volunteered to come help me, but I didn't want anyone's help, I wanted to do it myself, and I wanted to make everyone know I did it myself, it was going to be a lot for me, but it'll make me feel better that I did it myself, Bas and his family, the ones I was close to had done a lot for me, it was because of Gabriel's suggestion, Lyn's support and Bas's acceptance I got to open the new department tomorrow.

I knew I could do aesthetic very well, it was my thing, but I wasn't that confident or sure about how well I'll do, so I lacked behind a little, I didn't believe in myself, but they made me believe more and that was more than any other thing they could do for me, it meant more than them helping me on this.

Another reason I didn't want them helping me was; I needed concentration and if they were here, I wouldn't do that successfully, I would pause when I shouldn't, play when I should keep working, so I refused them, it was fun to be around them, there was no way we won't do something for fun.

It perplexed me a lot how amazing it felt to be around them, I never knew they could be vampires that were this jovial and also fun apart from the deadly nature they all had.

"As much as I'll love to hear your amazing deep voice, I need to continue my work." I said ending the call immediately, I could hear him tell me to stop at the background, I chuckled, he actually made me feel lighter than I felt earlier when I came back rushing to make everything at once, I felt lighter and motivated in a way, I thought of our peaceful and quiet times together, even though it wasn't much due to the vampire troubles and I picked up my brush, drawinging what I felt and how inspired I was, I drew the lightness I felt, the air inside me moving without restriction, everything felt wonderful after hearing his voice and he gave me a good source of inspiration, he may not know it, but he did something really amazing for me right now.

I smiled as I finished the drawing, it was incredibly beautiful and aesthetically pleasing, I just needed to paint it more.

I painted it immediately, using colours that were mild but could catch someone's attention and also a pastel colour, I mixed ash and strokes of pink, it looked incredibly amazing, I didn't even know they could match to make a piece.

My phone dinged and I rolled my eyes picking it up, "Bas, I'm fine you've helped enough." I mumbled thinking it was Bas who texted, I paused when I realized the person texting,it was a mail, from the fanclub leader.

"Hi,

We've dealt with the problem with the evidence you gave and people have believed us and you, I'm sure your opening will be a success and we wish you a successful opening and many more good health."

I smiled after reading the mail and decided to scorll through the twitter trends to see if I was still bashed, the leader was right, the matter was handled perfectly by them, and people were hoping to see my opening tomorrow.

I dropped the phone and arranged every piece that I drew only and didn't paint and thought of the colour combo I could use.

I brought fresh drawing boards out and started drawing whatever came to mind.

My hands and feet ached, I was standing all through, I sat down with a big thud.

This was more stressful and draining, but that didn't mean I was going to stop, I wanted to display a lot tomorrow, and the fact that people had their high expectations of me, I wasn't going to disappoint anyone, especially those who believed in me.

Bas told me he would invite lots of important people and I didn't want them seeing something they wouldn't be satisfied with, I wanted them to be excited and also get their money's worth.

I drew on Nineteen boards, it was left with one board, I stared at it remembering all the good times I had with Bas, the little times we spent laughing, discussing, even the intimate time, I thought of our connection, how we connected on levels that surprised us daily, I started drawing on it with that feeling, I loved Bas so much and I won't stop doing that, this made me realize how deep my feelings for him went, I know if he told me to be a vampire right now, I could do it easily, all I cared about was him in my life, the vampires called and blessed the mother who created them, I was thankful to her for this mate bond, but I realized we bonded more the others.

I thought about our life in future together, how I wanted to spend my entire lifespan and lifetime with him.

I paused and stared at the drawing, it was all over the board and it was beautiful, I stared at it for so long and decided which colours could match more with how I felt while drawing that, the drawing popped out, but the colour was going to make it fabulous.

I mixed the colours on my mind with a smile, this particular piece of drawing made me smile, I was happy, the feels I got were strong and amazing enough to made me smile, I checked my phone and realized how late it was, it was going to be morning soon and I didn't round up on my preparation.

I placed all the art pieces in the stands I got, some of the paintings I made were still wet, but they all made me proud of myself, that tomorrow they would see me and my talent.

I thought of Bas while trying to adjust the room temperature, so it could make the art pieces in good condition.

My phone rang again making me jolt a little, I smiled when I saw the caller ID, it was Bas again.

"Heyyy." I said.

"Hi, dearie I waited for hours." He said and I laughed.

"I'm through with them, you can come spend the Night here." I said and he screamed.

"Are you okay?" I asked softly.

"I was too excited when you told me to come over." He said.

"I'm sorry." I said stiffling a laugh.

"You can come over." I said ending the call, I closed my workshop, I didn't want him getting spoilers.

"I'm here." I heard his voice and I smiled, it was nice to have him with me, it made me so excited, extremely excited.