" Dina, this is Cyma and cyma this my best friend Dina" Kiara said
" Hey" cyma said
" OMG, you didn't tell me she was the beautiful" Dina said
" Are you trying to flirt?" Kiara asked
" It's nice knowing you Dina" cyma said
" Same here" Dina said
" She's the friend I'm with to shop for her brother birthday gift" Kiara said
" And we are having no ideas" cyma said
" Wait, her younger brother?" Dina asked
" Yes,"
" Middle school?"
" Yes"
" Just pick the latest video game, I got a cousin and that's what he likes doing the most"
" Well, Connor do like video games so... Let's find out" cyma said leaving
" See, I knew I had a reason to call" Dina said
" Yeah yeah, praise yourself" Kiara said
" Well, I have lots of assignments to do. I'll talk to you later" Dina said hanging up
Tara entered the Bakers grab a bite and saw that the preparation were ongoing.
" What are you doing here?, aren't you suppose to be Connor?" Tyler asked
" I left him with Jeremy and Mika, though I had to tell them the situation at hand and I also used that opportunity to invite them over.
" I invited my sister over too, she is in middle school so I figured you might know each other" Leo said
" Why are you here?" Tyler asked
" I'm scared, I don't think I'll be about to do it tonight" Tara said
" Do what?" Vinny asked I referring
" Tyler, Leo a little help here please" Douglas said
" Tara talk to Vinny, he'll be of great help" Tyler said leaving to assist Douglas
" What's up?" Vinny asked gesturing her to sit
" This is weird" Tara said
" I know, but just imagine you're talking to a girl.. like your girl friend" Vinny said as they went to sit
" Well, I'm trying to open up to Connor tonight about how I feel about him"
" Okay, then what's the issue?"
" I don't know how to tell him, how he'll react. I'm thinking I shouldn't even tell him at all"
" First thing first, have he ever showed any interest in you"
" He told me he had feelings for me some years ago"
" Years back huh"
" Yeah, what if he has moved on"
" Don't you think you'll be the first to know that if he has, you're his best friend."
" What if he likes another girl and he doesn't want to tell me yet"
" There is only one way to find out, forget his answer and focus on releasing your emotions. Think on how you'll tell him, after you tell him you can think of other things. And I think I know the place way to tell him, just relax and I'll get everything ready" Vinny said
" We're back" cyma said
" Hey Tara, I thought you're meant to watching that goat" cyma said
" I left him in the hands of Jeremy and Mika actually" Tara said
" You must Kiara" Tara said with a smile
" Yeah, you're Tyler sister right?"
" Yes, I've heard a lot about you"
" Looks like I'm always the topic of the day" Kiara said jokingly
" You're a hot topic so don't blame us" cyma said
" You're beautiful" Kiara said to Tara
" You're gorgeous, I like your hair"
" Thank you, yours is better"
" Okay, if we're done with the introductions can we join in the decorations"
" You guys are useless, you haven't even done half of the work" Kiara said stumping her fight on the ground like a child
" Not everyone is your puppet you know, try to get your hands dirty sometimes... Oh you always do and then allow someone else to take the fall" Leo said
" Okay, I'm done with this attitude you're showing." Kiara said and Leo scoffed
" I don't know what I did to you but you can't keep talking about me that way, I've kept quiet enough. "
" I never asked you too, stop pretending like a nice person"
" Pretending?, now I'm the one pretending. You are acting like a total jerk and I'm the one pretending to play nice" Kiara said
" Kie, calm down" Vinny said
" Leo, it's enough" Douglas said
" You know what, I'll just go get some fresh air outside. I'm suffocating in here"
" Oh this place is not big enough like your castle, why don't you just go back there then do you won't suffocate to death"
" Leo" cyma shunned
" You're right, I shouldn't have come here. You don't want me here, I won't be the reason for you to spoil the party. I'll just leave" Kiara said taking her bag
" Kiara, don't listen to him"
" You were never among us, you were just pretending all these while and then you'll backstab us and go back to your Bling people. A Bling will always be a Bling "
" Wow, really Leo?. Just wow. I guess you've always wanted to say that a long time ago, you're right. I would never fit in, cause this in not were I belong right?." Kiara said and Peter entered
" Sorry to interrupt, I'm here for Kiara" Peter said
" Why are you here?" Kiara asked
" My mum wanted me to bring you home, they is a banquet" Peter said
" Buy I have to .."
" You can go, you already helped in picking the gift. It's the same thing as helping out, and attending the party"
" I'm really sorry guys" Kiara said
" Just go, we don't want you here" Leo said
" You can't speak to her like...."
" Forget it Peter" Kiara said as she interrupted him
" Here, a little something for the birthday boy" Peter said dropping a wrapped present on the table
" Let's go" Kiara said leading the way and they went
" What the fuck was that Leo?" Cyma asked really angry but Leo just walked out
" Let him be for a while, he's upset about something" Vinny said
" Is there something you guys aren't telling us?" Tyler asked
" My dad told us a story last night about his father and he kind of look like Kiara's mother betrayed him and spoilt his life" Vinny said
"That's why he keeps saying you're all the same" Tyler said
" He has every right to be angry if you ask me, but Kiara isn't at fault here. I mean you do t expect her to know the past when she wasn't even born"
" He feels like Kiara will be the same as her mother"
" No wonder he was she has an end game for being in the town"
" I don't think Kiara as anything to do with this, she hasn't been with her mum for years. Even when she came around, she didn't spend one week with her before she left again" cyma said
" I'll go talk to Leo, and see if he has calm down" Vinny said going out too
" Hey, you calm?" Vinny asked sitting beside Leo
" Why are you here?"
" Look, I understand your pain. You think Clara mother caused your father's downfall but you don't know the true story"
" What do you mean?"
" My dad is much of a story teller than an historian. When I was five my parent told me a story of how Tix came to place, when my grandma told me her own part it was different. I had to read some books out ancestors wrote to know the true story and guess what, they were all wrong. Tix was already in place by some people before our ancestors came to settle here, they drove their own helpers, those who took them in away from here because they were said to be vampires"
" Vampires, seriously?. And it's that story you believed"
" Did you expect me to believe that our ancestors sew a seed, and the tree grew into this town or the president gave the town to our ancestors forcefully as they have taken over the world"
" Well, they is a big old tree they call Tix tree"
" Would you allow me to finish my story"
" Sorry, go on"
" That tree was were they staked and burnt the originals, that's why they named it that. The town wasn't named Tix before, it was .... I've forgotten the name but after they drove the weak ones out and burnt the originals they took over the town and named it Tix. Then the ones who inherited the originals treasures, houses were known as us .. I mean we were the Blings and the others who couldn't get anything were them, the present Blings. They still lived in harmony because the rich weren't stingy but the poor were not satisfied, they started stealing from the rich. Killing them to get their property and the tables turned, some of the poor became the Blings. They started ruling the town, making the former Bling suffer. The former Blings also developed hatred for the Blings and that's how they was no peace or harmony again"
" Nice story"
" It's not just a story, it's the past"
" What do you expect me to do with the past"
" All I'm just saying is you shouldn't judge matter by hearing one side of the story who wasn't even present in most cases, just talking base on rumors. Besides, Kiara has nothing to do with this. She wasn't even born yet, I'm not even sure she knows what happened back then. Think about it" Vinny said before getting up to leave