Chapter 30 - Inside Joke!!
*Surprise!!*
Ryan's POV -
I look at the red hooded beauty, who continues to sleep on whilst cuddling with me. A small smile appears at my face as I reminisce today's events - the party, the garden, the Brooklyn Bridge and finally the rain.
Honestly speaking, I have never been a fan of rain. Since I was a teenager, it was always about meeting the expectations of my parents, handling everything on my own. I guess in all this, I forgot how it used to be to just enjoy life, to stop for a moment and feel the bliss of nature.
Earlier, rain was a mood souring factor for me, like what is so special about rain? Crumpled, wet clothes, water poodles everywhere, muddy floors.... Yeah, nothing special, especially when you are the CEO and everyone just expects you to be the epitome of perfectness.
Perfect! I mentally scoff at the word. This word and I have been on a war since ages. Everyone in this world wishes to be perfect.
I guess I am no exception to this norm. Though I do wonder why can't I be perfect? Why do I have so many flaws? Yes, hiding my flaws doesn't exactly erase them.
"Sir, we have arrived at the hotel," Walter, my driver's voice, breaks my thoughts as I sigh, blocking all negative thoughts.
I look at my Disney Freak, after contemplating about waking her for or not, I decide against waking her.
"Sir, do you wish me to help the young Miss?"
"No, Walter, we are good," I answer back with an angry edge in my voice.
I slowly picked her up in my arms bridal style as I carried her into the hotel.
For some reason, I don't like the thought of her in another man's arms. I guess, I am a good host in this sense... right?
It was for this reason that I had left her to sit at our designated table during the party. As it is many men, especially those perverted old guys, were literally eyeing her as she walked in. Yes, she looked really beautiful in that dress, but that doesn't mean those ***holes can stare at her. To avoid making her uncomfortable by their constant stares, I had opted for letting her stay there.
But God, if only I knew how wrong I was. The moment I left, some drunkard jerk came to her. Yes, I know about the incident, but I got to know about it too late, after she had handled it all on my own, which no doubt I am proud of. Though, I wished she didn't have to face it at all. Suffice to say, the bastard is not going to get any deals from my company.
Just as I stop in front of Disney Freak's room, the door opens up revealing my angry looking sister and her boyfriend, Jayden, who seems to be trying to calm her down. Alexia glares at me before she realizes I am carrying her best friend.
Glaringly, she steps aside to let us enter. I gently place the sleeping beauty on her bed as I prepare to meet the reincarnation of dragon.
"So, how are you doing sister?" I ask casually as I make myself comfortable on the couch.
"Don't go around quoting Joey, Ryan! You have a lot of explaining to do mister!" Alexia shouts at me.
Hello people! I am the elder sibling!
"Where have you two been? You ditched us! No calls, just a mere text stating you are leaving. Like seriously, brother?"
"Yes, seriously Alexia. We left the party early because Jazz was bored and she wanted to do some ...exploration."
"Exploration? What were you two doing? Finding Atlantis?" my sister remarks, sarcastically.
"Actually we were walking around Brooklyn Bridge," I answer her question, ignoring the sarcasm.
"Exploring the Brooklyn Bridge? With you? In the rain?"
"Hey! I can be a perfectly good guide when I wish to!" I defend myself, crossing my arms across my chest.
"Yeah, because you are so known for your touring skills that too in your favourite weather - rain."
"Yeah, okay I might not be the best guide. But I know enough about my city and as for rain, Disney Freak there didn't exactly give me an option."
"Disney Freak?" Jayden asks, amusedly.
"Yeah, it's like their inside joke thing. He calls her Disney Freak and she calls him Coffee Stealer," Alexia explains to her boyfriend while smirking.
"It's not an inside joke," I argue back glaring at the smirking couple.
"Yeah, sure. Anyway, what I still don't understand is your changed attires."
"Well, we can't exactly go around wearing wet party clothes. So, I took Jazz to a nearby store and we bought new clothes," I reply, making sure to say Jazz, not Disney Freak.
"Okayyyy," Alexia remarks, drawling out the letter 'y'.
"Whatever, I am going out, I have to make a quick trip to my office. You all get your stuff packed. I'll meet you directly at the airport then," I say as I get up and silently exit the room, not before glancing back at the still asleep Disney Freak.
After one gruesome hour of sorting out deals and scheduling the further ones, I managed to leave my office with a box of files accompanying me back to San Francisco.
People take souvenir from New York. Guess what I am taking? F***ing files!
Sighing, I quickly go through the airport procedures before boarding my plane. Yes, for our trip back, I am using my private plane. We couldn't use it before since it had gone for servicing.
As soon as I enter the plane, my eyes find my Disney Freak, who still seems to be sleeping conveniently. Without thinking, I find myself going towards her.
"She's still asleep?" I ask my sister as I sit down and quickly put on my seatbelt.
"Yup, I tried to wake her up, ended up with a bruised forehead. So, yeah, no thanks, she's good sleeping," my sister grumbles as I shake my head, smiling at the sleeping beauty.
As soon as the seat belt sign switches off, I pull out the files along with my laptop and bury myself into my work.
Before I know, we all land back in San Francisco. I sigh as I start packing up the files, closing the laptop and clearing up the cluttered papers around me.
"Hey Mr. Workaholic, if you are done shall we head back?" Alexia asks as she goes past me with her boyfriend, carrying Disney Freak.
Wait, what? I look back at such a fast speed that I felt my neck would just snap. I glare at the back of Jayden as he descends with Disney Freak in his arms.
Grumpily, I carry all my things back to the car where the trio is all set in. Jayden will be driving, while Alexia is at shotgun and Disney Freak is sleeping in the back.
God knows how this girl manages to sleep through all this. I wonder amusedly while placing my things in the car's trunk.
"I guess we should wake her up," I suggest, sitting beside the person in question.
"Why don't you try yourself?" My sister asks looking back at us.
Sighing, I run my hand through my hair, something which has become more of a habit when I am tired. I gently shake the Disney Freak.
"Stop it," she mumbles, hiding her face in between her hands, while leaning down on the glass window of the car.
"Wake up," I say gently, as I continue to shake her.
"Stop it, Al," she replies swatting away my hand as we all stiffle our laughter.
"Just wake up already," Alexia grumbles, giving us all the stink eye.
"No! NO!" Disney Freak, suddenly starts to thrash in her sleep, making me worry if she's having a nightmare.
"No, Al! DON'T! Don't steal my Oreos!!!"
We all burst out laughing at her statement as Al fumes in anger.
"That was one freaking time!" my sister whines as Disney Freak continues to mumble about Alexia stealing away her Oreos.
Suddenly a ring tone cuts through our laughter. We check our phones, only to hear a sleepy voice answer it.
"Hello," Disney Freak answers her phone, sleepily while rubbing her eyes adorably.
"Yes, yes, I would like to go there too. Okay, how about tomorrow?" she asks, her voice clearing up every second.
"Okay then I'll meet you there. Yeah, bye!" she replies chirpliy, making me wonder about the identity of the caller. Wait, why should I care about whom she talks to.
"So, what did I miss?" Disney Freak asks, looking around cluelessly.
"Wait, when did we come back to San Francisco? We were in New York? What about my things? And can someone tell me why Al is boring holes into me as if I just declared to the world she stole my Oreos?" my sweet, clueless Disney Freak asks as we all burst out in laughter.
"Not again!" Al whines, trying to smack her best friend, who squeals while jumping back as we all laugh.
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