Chapter 60
Third Person Narrative
It was a beautiful sunny day, with birds chirping away on nearby trees and the temperature a little warmer than usual.
Mia was in the kitchen making a smoothie for herself when she felt a tickle at her waist. She dropped what she was doing and turned to find Zane standing right behind her with a big smile on his face.
“Hey, Mia! You look amazing,” He chuckled and stepped aside, showing Calix and Ethan who had been hiding behind him.
Mia folded her arms, looking from each of them to the other, she knew they were up to something, but she couldn’t tell what that was. She cleared her throat,Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!
“what do you guys want and what are you three up to?” She asked, giving all three of them a scrutinizing look.
“What do you mean?” Calix murmured, taking out the slice of fruit Mia made and chomping it down, “can’t we play around with our beautiful sister?” he teased.
“Well, Calix, we aren’t nine anymore, and I know you three better than you know yourselves.” She said and grabbed his hand when he wanted to take another slice, “Do not touch!” She grumbled, throwing his hand off.
“What do you three want from me?” she asked, sounding a little serious this time.
Zane pulled Calix away and stepped in the front, “Well, our lovely sister, we just want to ask you some questions, or let’s just say we need suggestions regarding what we plan on doing.” He said with a cute shy boyish smile.
“I knew it!” Mia said, resuming back to the smoothie she was making, “I’m listening, what do you three want?”
Ethan cleared his throat, stepping forward, “We want you to give us ideas on how to make Jasmine happy.” He stated, “She is our mate and she deserves all the happiness she could get, we want her to be happy, but we are stuck on ideas on how to make that happen.” he added.
Mia laughed, “I knew you three can’t just be nice to me for no reason.” She said. She walked to the shelf and picked four mugs which she served the smoothie she made and served her brothers. “I knew you were here for Jasmine.”
Calix raised his mug and took a sip, “this is nice,” he complimented.
“Well, now that you know, how do we make that happen?” Zane asked. “We also want to make her ours fully, but there is the fear that she might reject us, and we do not want to be rejected by her.” He mumbled. “So we are hopeful that whatever we are planning would blow her mind away to the point of letting us claim her as ours,” he added.
Mia sensed their concern, she knew they needed her help and she would also be happy to see her brothers getting fully mated to her best friend.
“I know of a way!” She announced.
They all moved closer to her, anxious and ready to hear what she had to say, but instead of answering them right away, she took a long sip from her smoothie.
“Wait, why is it that the only time I feel I have brothers is when they are trying to steal my best friend away from me?” She asked dimming her eyes at her three brothers.
“No nobody is trying to steal your best friend, we are only trying to make your best friend very happy, if you know what I mean,” answered Calix playfully.
“Are you going to help us or what?” Asked Ethan who was getting tired of Mia playing hard to get.
“Not when you are been rude about it, you could try saying please for a start,” she scolded him.
“Please Mia, our beautiful sister, we need your wisdom on how to make our mate happy,” Zane said dramatically.
Mia couldn’t help but giggle.
“Well, I think the best way is to take her on a trip, like a vacation or something.” She stated, “Jasmine has never been to an island and she loves the beach a lot.” she said.
“That is such a good idea, Mia.” Ethan commented, “But you’ll have to get the job done by helping us organize this.” He added.
“Yes, Mia, you have to do that for us.” Calix chimed in, “We could get the chance to finally get mated fully to her!” He exclaimed, excitement written all over his face.
So how much am I getting?” Mia asked with a straight face.
“How much for what?” asked Ethan.
“Well if you are going to turn me into the family event planner, it’s only fair that I get paid for my hard work,” Mia stated.
“Well, sister you should consider all that you are doing right now as a down payment,” said Calix
“Down payment for what?” asked Mia who had a surprise look on her face.
“For when you finally meet your mate,” Zane said and Mia frowned at him. “I mean who do you think will be there for you when he wants to try and act as a jerk?” Zane teased.
Mia’s mind flashed back to the man she had seen the other night during the festival, she couldn’t help but wonder if he was her mate. But why did he not try to talk with her?
“Okay, I guess that is fair enough,” she replied with a smile.
“It would be so nice, I can’t wait for it, I am..”
“What can’t you wait for?” Jasmine’s voice cut Zane off.
They quickly gestured to each other secretly to change the topic so she wouldn’t know what they were talking about, they wanted to be a surprise.
They nodded at each other, but none of them was able to come up with another topic to cover up, making the situation awkward as Jasmine took her seat.
“What were you talking about?” She asked, a smile on her face, but it went down when none of them was able to answer her question. “What couldn’t you wait for?” She turned to Zane and asked again.
There came another minute of silence until Mia cleared her throat and broke the silence. “He was excited about the resumption.” She stated, forcing a smile on her face. “We’ll be returning to the school soon and we’re all excited for that.” She added.
Jasmine still found it awkward and she didn’t believe that was what they were talking about at first, but she had no reason to doubt them. “I am as excited as everyone is.” She stated, “I’ve missed the dramas and fun that come with being in the school.” She continued.
“That’s right,” Mia said and stood up, heading back to the kitchen. She picked a cup from the shelf and poured the remaining smoothie she made into it before returning to them. “Here.” She stated, handing it over to Jasmine.
“Thank you,” Jasmine murmured, taking a quick sip of the smoothie. “This tastes good.”
“It does.” Zane said and leaned closer to her, “but not as good as you.” He murmured.
Jasmine blushed, she hung her head not to make it obvious, but her mates were quick to see that, giving them the urge to tease her more.
Ethan stood up from where he was and went to sit beside her, “I guess we have to mark you as soon as we can so another Noah won’t come into our lives again!” He laughed.
Calix and Zane joined in laughing too, “very right!” They chorused, their laughter echoing through the walls of the room, but it soon faded off when they saw the uncomfortable look on Jasmine’s face.
She looked like she wasn’t cool with what they said, which only got them worried that they had made a mistake.
“Jasmine, what is wrong?” Calix asked.
“You didn’t have to make a joke out of our pains.” She murmured.
“We are sorry, Jasmine, we didn’t mean it that way,” Zane mumbled.
“Does that mean you three don’t trust me? You think I’ll make the same mistake twice?” She continued.
They shook their heads, “No, Jasmine, you’ve gotten it all wrong, that wasn’t what we meant.”
Jasmine stared at them for minutes before bursting out in laughter. “I got you!” She laughed. “I can’t believe you’ve become softies.” She teased.
“Well, yeah, you got us,” Zane grumbled before joining her in laughing.
They spent the rest of the day watching movies and chatting through the movie.
Jasmine eventually fell asleep and she was taken to her room by her mates, they laid her down and made sure she was deep into her sleep before going to their rooms.