Chapter 50

New York City…

Avery's pov;

I can't believe what I am seeing . My amulet was with her all along? The heck? I know her for being a bitch but I never expected her to snoop that low .

"Excuse me guys , I have something to take care of . I'll text you" I say to Cody and Alexa then I walk towards Helga and grab her hand to bring her somewhere we can talk.

"Avery? What the heck !" She whines as she tries to keep up with me .

I drag her towards the janitor's closet and lock the door.

"What is wrong with you Avery? I knew you were a fan of me but to this extent I didn't know. You want an autograph perhaps? Or a picture?" She mocks .

"I am not here to play any games with you Helga . I just want to know one thing . Where did you get that necklace?" I ask looking down at it.

She grasps it as if just realizing she is wearing it,

"I bought it at an antique boutique last week, it is a rare one but I guess you can find something similar if you want one yourself." she says bragging about it . How dare she?

"Helga stop the crap ! This is my necklace and you know it ! Everyone knows that necklace here , I am always wearing it. At least I was before it was brutally stolen from me by some by passer whom I am starting to think you probably paid to steal it"

She gasps dramatically "Avery . How can you accuse me of such a hideous act? Me , stealing? Please . I think you are most well placed to know that my family is wealthy enough for me to afford buying myself anything I want"

I push her towards the door and trap her there , she is shorter than me so it makes it easier.

"Listen here and listen good . You can play innocent all you want but I know that is my necklace, I could recognize it anywhere but visibly you want it so bad so I will officially leave it to you . Just take it as a gift dear cousin" I chuckle as she pushes me away and make an angry face at me, does she really think she scares me? Huh ridiculous.

"Now run along , in shame as you should"

"I will get you Avery , you will pay for saying these words!" She whines like the spoiled person she is and she storms out of the janitor's closet .

That punk . Does she really have to fight for everything I have? Like get a life . Damn.

I will let her have the amulet since I have a spare one and anyways I have already figured she knows how to use it and can go to Alba . The advantage I have is that she doesn't know I can go there or at least she has no proof of it , so long as she doesn't suspect me I am good and Ethera's secret is well kept as well because I know for a fact that if Helga learns of this , with her wickedness she can cause trouble to Ethera by all means in her visits to Alba.

I have to be careful not to blow my cover but I also have to keep an eye on Helga while in Alba so that she doesn't cause a mess in the flow of events in it's history.

Lord spare me the catastrophe that girl can cause.

A few hours later…

Class hours just finished . I think today would be a nice time to hang out with Cody and the others and take the opportunity to introduce them to Eric.

I am already sure Eric will be in my life for ever , he doesn't have a choice by the way . Just kidding, or maybe not? So anyways they all have to be acquainted and hopefully build a strong friendship in the long run , that would be great.

I'm so excited!!!

As usual after school I meet up with Eric and we go to Walmart to get some snacks for the hangout at the apartment later on tonight. This reminds me of when he first helped me do this for a girl's night, that night ended with me doing pole dancing of some sort for him though so let's cross fingers that nothing like that happens today.

Though considering the type of friends I have , anything is possible.

"Hey Avery , what kind of drinks do the guys like?" Eric asks and I bring my focus back on the current task.

"Anything extremely alcoholic but there needs to be some sort of sweetness to them , that is what Alex likes the most and the rest as well." I say as I move the cart closer to him.

He puts the bottles in "You know what let us put a variety of them just incase they don't like some"

He looks very anxious about making the right choices of beverages. I wonder why?

"Hey , hey . Calm down . Put that down for a bit" he does as I say . I turn him towards me and I put my hands on his shoulders .

"What is up with you? You are too nervous for this. It is not like you are meeting my parents or anything, it is just my dumbass friends. You will fit right in considering your level of dumbness at times" I chuckle and he hits my shoulder and rolls his eyes at my joke.

"Don't mess with me"

"Okay okay I'll stop"

He then sighs and rests his head on his elbows on the handle of the cart and says "I am just nervous to meet your friends, I don't know why because I am usually enthusiastic. Maybe it is because it feels like I am entering another part of your life and I feel really happy that you allowed me in it, really" He looks at me with this look in his eyes . Lord. Those eyes.

"Eric . Don't start saying deep stuff like that in the middle of Walmart aisles . We aren't worthy" I fake a tear and he just chuckles at my silly behavior.

It is honestly a reflex, every time someone starts a deep conversation about me or their feelings towards me I tend to joke about it to lighten up the mood I guess. It is a bad habit I'm working on . Eric knows about it so he doesn't take it badly , half of the time he just ignores it which I am grateful he does.

"Anyways you don't have to worry , you will have fun and I am actually excited for them to discover you as I know you" I say smiling widely at him.

He raises himself up and asks "And what do you know me as?"

I got him , he is so easily distracted when when start talking about him and his ego. Oh Eric.

"Um let me see" I act as if I am really thinking hard and he just follows me waiting for my answer.

"I guess you have a nice personality" I shrug my shoulders.

"You guess? I have a great personality and you know that" he argues . Oh how I love annoying this man.

"Sure sure . If it helps you sleep at night" I say.

He starts tickling me knowing full well I am ticklish to the max.

"Admit I have an awesome personality and I'll stop"he threatens.

I start wiggling around with tears in my eyes because of laughing too much.

"Okay okay , let me go , you win . You have a great personality" I say defeatedly and he releases me. Finally.

"Come on Love , let's get going or else your friends will really have a bad first impression of me" he helps me up and actually carries me on his back from the store to the car .

You can say he spoils me but who cares? I enjoy my piggy rides all too well.