15 Fate is perverted/Natalia(2)

"Whoaaaa….this is too good." Lucia gulped down a spoonful of porridge Sam ha prepared. "Sam, I have decided. Marry me." Lucia took another bite without any delay. She wanted to extinguish the fire of hunger in her stomach.

Before Sam could answer her Harith butted in between. "No way, Sam is married to me for life." He also took a bite of fried chicken unaware of the weight his words carried.

"Ahemmm…Akhummm.." The food Sam was eating got stuck on his throat hearing what Harith just said. He coughed violently almost turning red. "What are you?? A kid??" Harith rubbed his back and gave him a cup of water.

"If I am not there you would probably end up choking even in the air you are breathing." Harith continued to rub his back.

When his cough subsided Sam wiped his mouth with his hand and glared at Harith. "Who the hell is going to marry you? I would rather stay single my whole life." Sam was pissed at his last statement even more.

Harith looked at Sam with puppy eyes and droopy ears expression to express his sadness. He really did look like a puppy, a big puppy.

The whole room filled with laughter. The stifling feeling that Natalia had left slowly dispersed to nothingness, Lucia had missed how fun living as a youngster was. Sadly it ended on her eighteenth birthday in her last life.

Harith looked at Lucia who at times seemed distant. At other time she was lost in her own thoughts cooped up in her own cocoon.

"Lucia tell the truth." Harith was the first to bring out the main subject. "You are not sick, are you?" It was Sam who questioned her this time.

Lucia who was eating a chicken piece stopped in between. After a while she pretended she did not hear anything and continued eating.

"Your Mom had called me twenty times yesterday in the middle of night." Harith started. "I was asleep so I did not see them but you know she called me because something big happened, am I right or am i?"

"It must have been a mistake….let it go.." Lucia was not willing to answer any of there questions. "Pass me the sauce." She signaled to Sam but Sam looked at her and took the sauce bottle further away.

"We can't reach your phone and it says it's unavailable.": Sam continued from where Harith had left up.

"We are no fools girl, so you better open up your mouth as to what happened." Harith looked at her with full seriousness.

Lucia kept down the spoon she was using. "Are you sure you want to know?" She was not going to hide it anyway. She just did not feel the need to tell it to them. The lesser the people knew, the better it was.

"I was kidnapped." Lucia dropped the bomb on them as if it was a no big deal. "That's pretty much all I can say. I was saved by I don't know who and now I am here before you guys healthy and alive." She gave a sweet smile at the end of her explanation.

"Healthy " and alive, my foot.. Who was the son of a bitch that dared to do that?" Harith asked, his veins popping out on his fist and forehead.

"I am fine now, aren't I? Let's not mess with them…you don't know what kinds of messed up people they are." Elaine remembered the drama from the last night and felt Goosebumps on her skin.

Harith was normally a calm person but his blood pressure rose up when he heard Lucia was abducted. "Aren't you being too calm and carefree Lucia?? You were kidnapped for god's sake…. Who knows what might would have happened if you were not saved in time."

"It's all my fault…" He felt even more guilty about not sending her home personally and even more towards her mother.

He could imagine how hard it must have been for Mrs. Sovuyer when her daughter was abducted and she could not reach any of her friend. The fact that she was willing to welcome them in their home was more than enough to prove how kind thus lady was.

"I am sorry.." Harith bowed down before Lucia and apologized sincerely. Sam was dying in guilt even more. It was his fault for drinking too much and troubling Harith which led to these series of misfortune.

"I am sorry Lucia…I am terribly sorry." Sam didn't know what else he could use to express his apology.

Lucia had not expected this reaction from either of them. To react this way. At most she had hoped they would be angry and end of story. "Whoaa guys. Hold up now… Just chill okay…It was no one's fault…things just keep on happening…I am fine isn't that all that matters?"

"And this old sister", Lucia pointed at herself. "This sister won't die so easily okay?"

"Which sister are you talking about you little punk.." Harith did not know either to laugh or cry at the silly friend of his. Sam who was finally satisfied with her honest answer passed the bottle of sauce to her. He was a silent person so he showed his care for her in his own ways.

"You have us, so don't feel anxious to ask our help hmm?" Sam kept his remark short and precise and went back to eating his food which was about to get cold.

Lucia looked at the two guys before her. They were her friend. "I am happy." Lucia shouted jumping on both of them giving them a tight hug to express her happiness.

"Hey, you spilled the sauce on my pants." Harith looked at the red spot on his pant. The location was exactly at his crotch area making it look as if he was having his periods.

"Oopss sor…." Lucia stopped in the middle of her sentence noticing the area where the sauce was.

"Bwahahahaha….You look hilarious." Lucia pointed at his pant as she rolled on the ground laughing clutching her stomach.

"Pffftttt…." A laugh escaped from his mouth which was rare for him.

Embarrassed he went to the bathroom to wash it off. He returned back after a while. The red stain was gone but looked even worse.

"Are you trying to kill us man??? Did you just piss in your pant?" Lucia pointed at the wet spot as she laughed tears spilling from her eyes.

Sam just bowed down his head and continued to eat. He really wanted to laugh right now but he was afraid he might hurt his feeling as a man. He was trying to protect his friend's dignity.

"Stop laughing, its all your fault after all." Harith glared at Lucia who was about to laugh by dying….I mean die by laughing.

"Give me one of your trouser." He looked at Lucia pointing to her wardrobe.

"I don't think my dress witll fit you but lets see anyway." She stood up from her seat and went ot look for a matching trouser for him.

"Nope..too small."

"Too many flowers.."

"A little girly…" She went through almost all of her dress.

"Ahh haa..found it,," She took out a gray pair of loose trousers. ""Try this." She threw it at Harith who hurried to bathroom to change.

Harith stepped out wearing a tight and fitting pair of trousers that outlined his strong legs but it was still too small and tight. "I guess I have to make do with it." Harith had no other option after all.

When desperate situation came, desperate solutions had to be followed after all.

Lucia was busy making fun of Harith but did not notice a hand approaching her secret diary.

"Hey. Lucia what's this?" Sam held up a brown notebook. " Death and rebirth??" Sam read the first word in the diary. "Are you writing a novel?" He asked her as he was about to turn the next page. Lucia was in front of him before even she herself knew and snatched the diary startling Sam.

"Don't read this." She glared at him with angry eyes. There were records of the events in her past life and she was going to form the perfect plan to achieve her dream. Even if they were close friends she couldn't tell them the secret of her life.

"Hey, chill out….no need to be so angry." Harith appeared beside Sam who was a little shocked by her reaction. "Its just a notebook."

"Its not just a notebook Harith…" Lucia spoke silently her vice drowning at the end. "He he, I am sorry about that…I just have too much on my mind right now." After contemplating for a while she again said," Can you leave for now…I need to sort thing… sorry." Lucia apologized for her sudden outburst and over reaction.

"No we understand…You have been though some big things…Just give your mind a rest okay?" Harith answered her while collecting his bag from the floor. Sam looked at the sorry face of Lucia. He put his hand on her head and gave her a few pats, "Stay strong…We are here for you, both of us."

Lucia nodded her head. Rebirth did give her some handful problems but she also got many precious things back, her mom, her friends, She did not know who was responsible but she thanked the fate for giving her a new life and a brand new chance.

But Fate had its own sick and perverted trials for her. Nothing was for free and a chance at new life came with a bigger price.

"Mrs. Sovuyer thank you for having us." Sam and Harith bowed own and thanked her before leaving. Harith stepped forward and took her hand. "I am sorry about this time but next time even if I have to risk my life I will protect her." His voice was strong and look was determined.

She turned to look at Lucia who in return nodded her head indicating she had told them the truth

"We will take care of her like our own sister." Sam calmly quoted this line to express he was also determined to protect Lucia. It was a line straight out of a soap opera.

"Okay I understand…my my kids now days are something else." She chuckled lightly her eyes filling with tears.

"No time to go." Lucia pushed the two men out the house. She waved her friends goodbye and locked the door. She still had something very important to do.

"Now its time to deal with you." She cracked her fingers as she stepped towards the man who was still sitting in the couch.

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"Nat baby, I am here." Jordan Lay entered the apartment with a rose in his hand. Natalia had finally called him back and even asked him to come over, Since the fight yesterday she had not received his call so he was excited to meet her.

The apartment was dark even during daylight. With all the curtains pulled down it looked even darker and the silence was even creepier. "N-Nat babe??" Lay walked slowly inside the room. "Turn on the light babe." He fumbled around until he found the switch and turned on the light.

"Holy Motherfuc*ing shit@#$" he cursed loudly because when the light was finally on he saw Natalia who was bleeding from her hand, her hair wet and sticky on her forehead and what's worse her mascara was running down her eyes. She sat on the corner hugging her body which was trembling slightly as if cold.

She slowly raised her head showing a wide grin, "You are here, finally."

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