Chapter Three

Charlotte, Cheryl and Chloe walked inside the pub. Three of them wore similar clothes, bum shorts and tank tops but of different colors. Two amongst them were blonde while the other was a brunette.

They walked up the counter and stood in line; the place was really popular, they went over to seat at the window where already was occupied by Amber.

"Do you mind sharing the table with us?" Cheryl the one with brunette asked with a sweet smile.

"No!" She was already through anyway. Amber was having fresh salad while three of them just sat watching her and ignoring the waiter.

"Water?" He asked."No... We are okay" Charlotte finished flatly with a fake smile. Amber had her eyes glued on the salad but she monitored them from the side of her eyes. 'Why are they here?' She thought. She stood up, left the remains of her food and headed to the counter to pay her bills.

    She opened the door to her car, then saw the girls exiting the pub and approaching her.

"What do you want?" She whispered. "Want?" They chorused with a grin.

"Simple... You, dead!" Chloe said with a faint voice. 'Dead?' Amber thought. 'Hold on... VAMPIRES' she thought.

Ever since she was young, its being a thing that whenever a vampire was close she'll have this chill.

"Huh?" She acted as if she had no idea what they meant."Did we say dead? We meant friend" Charlotte gave Chloe a pinch. 'Waow... They must think I'm dumb' Amber thought.

"I'm Charlotte Dale... These are my sisters, Chloe and Cheryl" she said gesturing to them.

"Okay, I'm..." She was interrupted.

"Amber... Dean Sebastian Amber! We know" she looked at them with total surprise.

"Err... Yeah!" She muttered. She was about to say 'I'm Amelia Trevor' wherever she got that from.

"I have to go now, thanks" she smiled and entered her car and drove off, from her side view mirror she glanced at the girls.

"What the..." They were nowhere to be found.

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Rebecca picked the phone receiver and dialed Amber's number."Hello" she answered.

"Good morning, I'm Rebecca Daniels"

"Any problem Rebecca?" Amber could remember who Rebecca Daniels was and she sure expected an apology from her boss and not her. DEFINITELY NOT HER!

"I just called to apologize for what happened last time with my boss. We truly are sorry, and are desperately in need of you now. We've got some major problems,...." She paused.

"So?" Amber asked. There was no emotions at all. No pity, anger or even sadness.

"If you don't interfere our business will go bankrupt... Please" she lets out a sign.

"Set the date and time, then inform me. Bear this in mind... I will not tolerate disappointment!" With that Amber replaced the receiver. She's got a date today and she had no idea what to wear. "Besides, I'm wayyy overdue for a makeover" she said to herself, took her keys and headed to the salon.

~******~

Charlotte, Cheryl, Chloe and Roderick sat in a boot at a restaurant. They ordered a freshly made hamburger."How sure are you that she's a witch?" Sandy asked curious.

"100 percent, but according to the prophecy.... I don't think she's 'THE ONE'. She's not even strong! Just an ordinary girl" Chloe said disgustingly.

"Say's who?Do not underestimate her" Sandy said furious.

"She could stand as a threat to us" he murmured. They all stood up, leaving their untouched burger...

'We'll see about that' Cheryl thought.

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Jasper and Amber had argued earlier about his coming over to her house to pick her but she had vehemently refused.

"Just text me the address and I will be there" she said, besides her car's not for fancy. He had texted it earlier and here she was. 'Wow!' She thought as she entered the gate. His house was very large and made of glass. She remembered the cliche 'those that live in glass houses don't throw stones' she doubted it applied to THIS HOUSE!.

Jasper heard a faint knock on the door from his room, he could even catch her scent from there.

The door opened, Amber wore a black long sleeve dress that fell to the floor. The dress was transparent from her thigh exposing her legs and heels. Her hair was well arranged and she had taken her time to comb it. She wore makeup... WORE MAKEUP!

Jayden  jaw dropped as he looked at the lady smiling in front of him.  'Is it  possible that she actually came here to talk business?'

"Would you just stand there and watch me or should I just go back?"  'Damn, this heels hurts like crazy' she thought.

"Come on in" he said dreamily. 'Well what do u know... Auburn is awesome' he thought and closed the door.

"So... You stay here alone?" She said sitting on the couch. Jasper climbed down the stairs, he wore black trousers and a blue shirt with the top two buttons unfastened. 'Okay, what's going on here?' She thought.

"Oh! You have met my brother Jayden"  'she isn't here for me?' He thought.

"She's your date?" He asked disappointed. 'Please say no! Please say no!' He cried in his mind.

"Yes! Sorry for keeping you" he said to her.

"Its about time! It's late already" she said looking at her watch.

"Yeah, did I mention that you will be sleeping over?" he said with a grin. Jayden emotions were moving in every direction. 'Stay?' He thought.

"Oh No!..." 'Err... Did I say that out loud?' He thought and left the living room. They both went to Jasper's room and to her surprise... He had arranged a table with exquisite white cloth, the fine dinnerware, the gleaming silverware and the brightly polished candlesticks.

The curtains were closed tightly and she doubted that sun rays could penetrate the thick material. 'Of course!' She thought disgustingly and then forced a smile. He pulled out a chair for her and she gracefully sat down. Recognizing her was hard, her long hair which always hung in a ponytail or bun  was tempting. Her physique  was astonishing, you'd never know with all the bogus clothes she preferred wearing.

'She went through all this troubles for me?' He thought.

"Thank you for coming over... It's an honor" he poured her wine before taking his. 'Wine? Really? I thought vampires don't take anything except blood.  Am I gonna serve as his wine?' Her thoughts were getting the best of her.

"You are welcome" she said smiling. They talked comfortably about variety of topics.

"Are you cold?" She asked breaking the silence.

"No, you?"

"Yep!" He couldn't.... Wouldn't offer to wrap her up with his body. His cold as ICE!

"It's late, I should show you your room" he said. 'Sure, I thought so' he took her to her room and bid her goodnight 'Maybe I'm overthinking? This is actually a great change to step out from my comfort zone'. 

Few minutes later, there was a bang in the door.

"What are you doing here!?" Jayden asked. She rolled her eyes...

"Obviously not going on a date with your brother" she said sarcastically.

"Look, I really need to shower and get to bed..." She was interrupted.

"This is my house..." He paused and came in, used his heel to slam the door and took one step forward. He was grinning ear to ear. She turned to stride to her bed but his hand griped hers.

"What?..." He squeezed her shoulders."shh!!" He whispered. He knew he shouldn't try this. Not giving a damn about the consequences, he leaned down and brushed his lips over hers. The kiss was quick. Her lips were soft and full, she placed her hands on his chest and pushed him away... She punched him.

"Ahh!" She could feel the pain, what was his face made of 'Steel?'.

"Get out!"she managed by utter.

"I'm sorry, I didn't... No! I'm not sorry"he murmured. 'Eh? You have the gusts'

"I SAID GET OUT!" She yelled, the windows, curtains opened and wind filled the room scattering papers and bedcover, her hair swung and so did his. In no time he was out of the room.

'What just happened?' He thought.

** **

Jayden had refused to think of Amber as a woman. Last night had been hell for him. She climbed down the stairs in a hurry.

'Damn it! I'm late for an appointment AGAIN!'

"Hey!" Jayden came out of nowhere.

"About last night..." he muttered.

"Memory erased" she said not sparing him a simple glance. Jasper meet her at the end of the stairs.

"Morning" he grinned. "How was your night?"

"Awesome! As much as I'd love to chic chat... I have to go now" she stated.

"It's okay! I understand" he returned looking at his brother across the room.

  Amber strode to her convertible and slide in,

"Hey! Can we still have that meeting?"

"Yeah! Sure!" 'Please, please, please let me go' she started the engine and made a real production of lowering the top of her car. When she'd finished, she looked out of her window at Jayden's sad eyes then forced a smile on her face... Rolled up her window and zoomed off!

***  ***

Mrs. Harrison groaned when the telephone rang for the third time on Saturday morning. 'You've got to be kidding me!' She thought. Lately, her house has been filled with reporters and they had managed to get her home number. That's what you get when your daughter is a popular fashionista. She picked the receiver and said nothing.

"Hi, mom" she could hear her chuckle from the other side of the phone.

"Paige? How are you?" she asked surprised and happy at the same time.

"Mom, I'm fine. I was wondering if we could spend time this weekend? Just the two of us" she said.

"Sure! Its been long since we last did that" she heard the heart felt laugh over the phone.

"So you decide, where?" Ingrid could recognize the teasing tone in her daughters voice.

"Saturday, at 3:00pm next week" she returned.

"Okay mom... How are you? I heard there's been reporters flooding in our house" she paused.

"I'm sorry, if they disturb... I will call the police..." she was interrupted.

"It's okay... Really! I'm proud of you Paige... So proud to be your mother" there was silence.

"Okay then, take good care of yourself" she said breaking the silence."Bye" Ingrid murmured and replaced the receiver.