Fem is Angry (2)

Fem let her negative emotion take over as she run wild down the mountain. In just over twenty minutes, she was approaching the foot of the mountain. She heard some people talking beside the road under the waiting shed. She didn't mind and continued to run down.

To her surprise, the trio who left hours ago before she departed were there. She wanted to hide but they already saw her. Stanley smirked and approached her first, his eyes narrowing at the sight of her.

"What happened? Why are you here? Why are those eyes?" Stanley's eyes were so attentive as he scanned Fem from head to foot.

"Nothing Stan, I just got an emergency call from the city." She wiped her forehead which had drops of sweats on it.

Haha, liar! "Do you have a ride to go there tonight?" He tested.

"No. I still have to buy one." Fem let out a smug smile trying to pretend she was okay. However, Stanley sensed something was wrong. He remembered how she rebutted her father when he anounced their wedding day and how her face burned red upon hearing her father's announcement.

"It's already dark, why don't you come with us for the night?" Stanley offered.

"I'm going to my brother's boarding house." She lowered her gaze.

Douglas was silent seeing the two. He was a silent man, but no one could tell what he was thinking. This time, he was disappointed with his son for not having fought his way to his cousin's heart. He felt wasteful for having a soft-hearted son. He always wanted the land from Greg. It should have been the perfect chance to acquire even just a fraction of the ancestral land which Greg single handedly managed and owned.

Stanley sent his parents to their way. He wanted to accompany Fem to the boarding house at the same wanted to talk to her further. Subconsciously, he wanted to spend at least some time with her alone having known that her wedding is nigh.

They silently walked along the road side by side feeling each other's silence. It was already dark when they approached aunty Ely's house. Fem requested Stanley to buy some food and some beer as she sneaked upstairs to his brother's room. She didn't want anyone to disturb her while she was thinking things through. After a while, Stanley followed with some bread, fruit juice and four cans of beer. He slowly placed it on the table then looked around the room. He saw all the sketches and building designs posted all around the wall. There was the dream house sketch posted above the bed's headboard. It was exactly the design of the mansion house on top of Mount Sleeping Beauty.

"See that? Who won't believe that that mansion over the mountain isn't yours? Tell me the truth Fem?" Stanley sat down on the chair.

Fem was busy rummaging Niel's drawer of clothes for anything they could change into.

She found pair of jogging pants and white large t-shirt and tossed it to Stanley. "Go get changed first. You're soaking with sweat" She said.

Stanley looked at the clothes in his hands. Does this mean he will spend the night here with her?

He kept silent and turned to go to the living room to get changed. There were no boarders around since it was Christmas holiday. He hanged his clothes at the balcony then went back to the room. Fem has changed also into a shorts and a little bit loose t-shirt. Luckily, Niel didn't discard her little belongings in the small bed drawer. They were a bit smelly but she could make use of them nonetheless.

"Did Aunty Ely ask anything? " Fem asked.

"Yep! I told her you're spending the night here. She wanted to chat with you but I told her you're probably too tired." Stanley said thoughtfully.

"Ahhhhh...okay..let's drink then! If you're hungry, you can eat bread of you can go down and cook something. I'm not in the mood to serve you!" Fem sat on the bed and stretched her legs to the empty chair.

Stanley opened the two canned beers and handed one to Fem.

"Thanks." She said then started to gulp down like it was water. Stanley was surprised. He never saw this side of her. Not a long while, she grabbed the other can, quickly opened it and gulped half of it.

"Are you planning to get drunk?" Stanley gently said as he slowly moved away the other remaining beer.

"You could tell, my dear. You are here to watch over me anyway, aren't you?" She smiled lightly like before when she didn't want to react much. Stanley rose up and exited the door. After a while, he emerged with a plastic bag containing eight cans of beer and some chips.

"Okay, I don't want to be a kill joy. Let's say, this is our celebration together after passing our exams! Shall we toss?" He raised his drink to hers and the clink of two beer cans was heard.

They sat and chatted together like the old friends they were. They reminisced their school days together and how they got to achieve the top awards until how they found the exams as easy as a pie. They both concluded that it was because they have the genes of the Laws.

This time, they came to the point of their being cousins and how he fell for her the moment she saw her in her college uniform. Stanley openly confessed his feelings for his cousin.

Fem on the other hand was feeling sympathetic of her cousin. She didn't understand why all those years, she hasn't noticed his genuine feelings for her, or developed a romantic feeling for him.

It was already half past eight in the evening and they were finishing the last two cans of beer. Fem needed to use the bathroom which was downstairs.

While she was still downstairs, her phone in her back pack rang. Stanley wasn't about to pick up but it kept on ringing for good three minutes. Feeling annoyed, maybe due to the effects of beer, he search the phone in Fem's back pack and pressed the answer icon. He pressed the loud speaker and then placed the phone on the table.

He saw the caller was 'Mark My Man'. He knitted his eyebrows and answered.

"Hello! Whom are you calling?" He said exaggerating his voice into a drunken tone.

"Who is this? Why are you answering Fem's phone?" The voice roared.

"Oh, you must be Mark, right? Do you know me? I'm her sweetheart cousin. Right now we're together and she's sleeping in my arms. So please don't disturb." Stanley said as he shoved some chips in his mouth.

"Stanley! Don't you dare touch her! She's mine!" Mark was agitated.

"Oh! I see. Now I understand why she's so heart broken. Maybe you're a bit too possessive and manipulating. Tell me this is not true! ha ha ha!" Stanley shoved another mouthful of chips into his mouth.

"Where is she, I want to talk to her !" Mark's voice lowered a bit but there was a sense of danger under his breath.

Just then, Fem entered the room with her hands on the wall. It was obvious she was feeling dizzy unable to balance herself.

Stanley turned his head to look at her then stood up to assist her.

"Oh, right, she is drunk. So drunk. Do you know what could possibly happen tonight? Do you want me to send you a photo of us together?" Stanley said grinning from ear to ear.

Fem, although she was dizzy, still have the consciousness and her mind was still sound and useful.

"Is this the man I love? Oh right! How stupid of me!" She muttered as she towered above the table looking directly on her phone. Mark heard her words and called out her name.

"What's the use of calling me now, my dear man! You go ahead of your plan and come to snatch me away from my dear cousin if you're ready. Stan, would that be okay for you?" She smirked a bewitching smile.

"Ha ha ha, it will all depend upon what we will do tonight my dear Fem." Stanley deliberately said clearly.

"Oh, what can I say, you're always gentle and kind to me after all Stan. I know I can rely on you!" She answered with a soft giggle.

Mark heard them. He was all the more agitated and wanted to explode in anger.

"Fem, please don't do this to me! Please don't! Im so sorry. Please ...." His voice quaked from loud to almost a whisper.

"You never cared about my feelings, your only concern is yourself. I have a cousin here who has been on my side all along. What do you think? We're just talking about our feelings for each other. At least he cared to see how I feel and came to me when I needed him. How about you?" Fem said in a lazy voice.

"I'm coming there tomorrow. Please wait for me sweetheart. We can fix this... we need to talk, okay? Okay?"Mark pleaded.