THE ALPHA’S ADDICTION

A call woke Emma up.

She soughed, as she stretched herself lazily on the cozy queen sized bed, wondering on who could be calling her already this early morning.

Blinking her eyes rapidly as she laid on her bed, her thoughts going tro and fro, she stretched her right hand towards the cupboard nearest to her bed in a bid to get her alarm clock. She didn’t think the time had passed 6:30am, the time to which the alarm clock had been set to, since forever; everywhere was still eerily silent, and her closest neighbor, whose name she didn’t know yet, hasn’t started chopping woods. He was usually up before her 6:30am waking up time.

She had seen him only once, on Tuesday, while she had been waiting for Derek to pick her up for school. That was how she had known that the chopper of woods was a huge man who didn’t reply greetings. She knew because she had greeted him immediately she had sighted him going across the street, but he hadn’t acknowledged it, hadn’t even acted like she was there.

She had made up her mind then, never to greet him again. She had thought it was a waste of time, words and saliva. But she still had wanted to inquire of the man from Derek when he arrived with his posh car, but when he had dropped a kiss on her lips, she had forgotten about the strange man and his troubles.

Thinking of Derek now, Emma smiled widely, even though her friendy sleep was still romancing her eyes. The past two days had been the best days of her life. She was so sure of it. She thought he was the best boyfriend ever; and it was much better since they offered similar courses. He had kept his promise of always picking her up in the morning for school, always with her in campus and not caring about the hellos and flirty hi-s he was getting from desperate bimbos; like she loved to call the heavily made up girls who chased after her boyfriend even when she was with him, while giving her mean looks. He also drove her to work, and back home; and of course there was exchange of touches here and there.

Still lying down, she sighed dreamily. She couldn’t wait to see him today. He had said as he left a kiss on her right cheek last night when he had dropped her off from work at her door post, that he had a suprise for her the next day which was today. She was brimming with happiness and curiosity as she touched her cheeks intermittently. She couldn’t wait.

Still thinking of her new found love, she jerked up to a sitting position when she heard her phone ring out again, disturbing the quietness in the room.

Darting her eyes towards her alarm clock, she scrunched her eyebrows as she saw that the time was just 5:15am.

‘Who could be calling?’ She muttered to herself, as she stretched her hand, and picked up her phone gingerly.

A huge smile broke out on her lips as she saw her sister’s name dancing on her phone’s screen. The smile which was spreading forth like a capital letter U, stopped a bit, as she suddenly felt bad for not replying Amelia’s text, or calling her either since she arrived at her new home; she knew that her elder sister won’t let it slide either. Cussing at herself, she answered the call and placed the phone on her ear, holding it in place with her right hand as she sat up well on the bad, her back to a pillow resting on the bed’s head.

“Hello..” She said, after waiting for some seconds for her sister to call. She didn’t know if it was a poor network connection or something else.

“Emma!!!!” A voice screamed into the phone.

Any other day, Emma might have removed the phone from her ear or cautioned her sister for screaming into her phone for she disliked it, but not today. She will take everything in from her sister today, even if she called her Reds or Miss Aurella’s heels. She had missed her.

“Amelia!..” She shouted too, not minding her mind which taunted her for breaking her own rule. Her happiness was overwhelming. She had missed hearing her sister’s voice.

“How are you doing?” Amelia asked, smiling into the phone. She had really missed her sister. The house wasn’t the same with her gone. She felt lonely at times, and what rescued her most times was college. She had met new people, made new friends but she still missed her sister’s company. She had even tried speaking to her father about bringing Emma back, but the old man was too admant on letting her sister stay there all alone. It made her wonder if the old man was really their father. She had almost asked her mother about it, but had later let it slide.

“I’m fine.. How about you?” Emma said, cutting into her sister’s thoughts.

“I’m great, just missing you.” Amelia replied, her voice going down an octave lower in sadness.

“Me too. I wish I can see you.” Emma stated, the vacuum in her heart created by her sister’s absence widening a bit. She missed her sister’s company alot. Even though she had Derek, she still missed the company only female friends could give. The females she had been seeing were all meanies trying to get sink their desperate clutches on her boyfriend, well all except Ava. But the girl was a like a ghost. She appeared and disappeared out of class, before she herself could whisper bingo.

“We can do a video call!!” Amelia screamed into the phone, laughing at her silly self for not remembering it earlier whilst breaking her sister’s thoughts.

“Yeaaa!” Emma shouted, sharing her sister’s excitement.

They both screamed out again as they saw themselves on the video call.