Chapter 8: The tickling clock

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- It does not do well to dwell too much on some thought. The more time we think of an answer, the more chances we have to lose that one truth we've already got -

Kaley's POV

I had no idea what happened the last night, more or less. I do recall Nikolas confessing all that stuff to me, but after the part where I found out to be his sister, I've got nothing. But, here I am with Nikolas driving with a speed of the light towards the airport that I'm seriously wondering if we'll crash into something and why the hell isn't police trying to stop us.

My head is throbbing, so I'm not even trying to realize what's going on. Knowing Alis, I'm pretty sure that I've got nothing to worry about with my son, he's in the safe hands, but I'll call her as soon as possible for I'm sure she's freaking up since we last saw each other six days ago. And I still haven't contacted her.

"Move, you dumb moron. We're in hurry!" I heard Nik yell at someone and I rose my head to see what's going on. I was placed in his backseat, tied with security belts, still wearing the same clothes of his from yesterday and pretty sure my face looks like mess.

I saw some guy flipping a bird to Nik before I heard him yelling more inappropriate words. Suddenly, he removed his belt and got out of the car before going to that guy who was driving in some roofless car and punched him in the face. I was giving him my best what-the-fúck-was-that look, and he only shrugged it when he saw me before returning back to his seat. The guy that's been punched in the face, drove off his car leaving us to continue in peace... If Nik's driving can be considered as one. I could only frown in hope that we survive. And we did.

One police officer, four passings through the red light and two more guys like the one from before, and we did.

This guy was worse from Melissa, I can't believe he's my brother. I still can't process that information. This literally means that the little menace I thought was my real brother, Ayden, was actually not. We had some similarities, but they weren't much. His hair was brown, my was blonde, just like mom's. My eyes were green just like my dad's while his are brownish with a bit of green, but other than that, everyone would say that we're siblings, especially if you paid attention to our behavior. I had something from my both parents, so I never really wondered about it, not even in my craziest dreams. However, as I sighed, I realized that this thinking was useless and unnecessary, it didn't matter that he wasn't my real brother, he always will be that in my eyes. He's my brother I was ready to go so far as to sleeping with a complete stranger to get money for his marrow transplantation. And I don't regret it at all. No matter what, he'll always be my family, my blood, my brother.

"Okay, we're here," Nik said as he stopped the engine and I glanced to see that we're at the airport. I still couldn't believe we actually made it, but what's done is done. Now, to the America.

I didn't have to tell Nik where should he take me, for he already knew all informations and I guessed that it was because Blake was a rich guy and all.

"Let's go," he said offering me his hand I gladly took as he went to two guys waiting for him.

"Kaley this is Daniel," he pointed to the guy with black hair and brownish eyes in black suit and I nodded, "You ate his food yesterday," at that my face lit up.
My dinner maker!

"Hi," I said with a huge grin as he only stared at me in confusion.
"Hey," he said with uncertainty in his voice.

"The other one is Edward," he pointed to the blonde one, who unlike Daniel, wore some torn up jeans, normal shirt and a black leather jacket. I recognized him as the guy who Nik was talking to the other day on phone.
"Hey," I said again and he only nodded. Friendly much.

"This is my sister, so behave," he told them and their eyes widened. I didn't know whether was it because they learnt that he had a sister or because they probably were the ones digging my past with Nikolas and thought I was dead.

"She's alive?" he asked. No, I'm a zombie that rose from Lucifer's grasp only to break my ex-husband's future... Potential, since I won't let it happen, marriage with that witch of Salem. Yeah, I'm pretty much not dead.
"Yeah, she is," Nik sighed as I continued my stare with that Edward dude as neither of us tried to break "Now, we don't have time for that, get on the plane, we're going for Seattle," he said and me and the blonde dude still maintained our staring contest until I felt my body being pulled by Nik.

Okay, when he said he'll get us a plane, I expected for him to purchase tickets, somehow deal with my passport and ID since he's mafia and all or get us a private suit, but to pull me to the English airport and show me in the private plane that miraculously had a room in back part was something I couldn't even dream of. What the heck is with those rich people?!

So, here am I, standing in that room as Nik told me to find my clothes he previously made those two buy for me as they went to sit, but all I could do is tiredly stare at the huge, round bad. I wanted to sleep. My head was killing me from the last night, and I wanted nothing more but sleep.

"Kaley, hurry up!" I heard my brother's voice from the other side of the doors and groaned. It was weird... I haven't been called like that in years and it sounded so weird. I'm used to Ava, Niall even his Miss. Niall, but not to my own name. How funny.
"Go away," I said back "I want to sleep,"
"Daniel's making food, come," that had me interested. Wait, where is he making food? That little, I'm not falling for his tricks again like he tricked me with that deer.

"Liar, he can't make food in the plane, private at that," I said back and heard him laugh on the other side.

"He can, we have a mini-kitchen," he said. I didn't trust him, that doesn't exist on the planes... Does it?

"Really?" I asked, when I think better, he had a room, so why not a kitchen as well?
"I swear on my name, come now, get changed and hurry up," I glanced at the bag on the bed and opened it. It was a black dress that almost reached my knees with long sleeves to my elbows. I wore something similar when I went on dinner with him and couldn't help but frown at the memories from after that. Compared to few days ago, I was better...

Though, I wonder how will I explain to Dr. Flynn my absence. Should I go all 'Hey, doc, sorry I missed my exercises, but I was kidnapped and had to fly later to Seattle to stop my husband's second wedding?' on him, or just keep quiet and not end up being sent to the asylum? Probably the later, even I still find it hard to believe in that. Shrugging it off, I took off what I was currently wearing of Nik's clothes and proceeded to put on that dress. Food first, thinking later. I'm not even a human being this early at the morning without food anyway.

I realized that I was still barefoot and frowned, way to go Nikolas, the most damaged part of my body and you forgot shoes? I may as well steal a horse on my way there to get to the Blake, which reminded me to ask where is the wedding being held. Internet knows. But where do I get Internet, does the plane has WiFi? It better does. And something to use it with.
As I got out, I was met by Nik who was leaning on the welland staring at the tablet on his arms.
"The wedding is in ten hours, thanks to our different time zones. We will be there by nine hours most, and we have one hour on the ground to wreck it up. Do you think that it will be enough?" he asked and I sighed.

"Where's the wedding?" I asked and he bit his lip.
"His house," he replied and my lips parted. That's where our wedding was. Shít! It will have security, how will we get through? Oh, God! Nikolas saw my face and frowned.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"It will probably have security, how will we get through?" I asked him in defeated voice and he lowly cursed.
"Don't worry," he said "We will find a way once we get there. What matters right now is that we're going to stop that wedding and reveal the truth to this world," he assured me and I nodded. He was right, it's pointless to think of what can happen now that we're this far. I believed that this will all end well, and I was going to stuck to that faith.

When we came back to our seats, Edward was still staring at me as if I were some zombie, when Daniel appeared with a huge bowl in his arms. There were some pizza slices in the green salad and cut white cheese I recognized as feta.

"Is that feta?" I asked excitedly making him rise his eyebrows.
"You know it?" he asked and I nodded rapidly. It was! Holly cow, it was!
"Blake presented it to me on our honeymoon. I love it! What is that food you made?" I asked and his smile fell.
"Oh, right. You're married..." he mumbled in confusion before his smile returned "It's called pizza salad, basically it's nothing more than some pizza slices mixed with the salad," he said making me laugh. He was hilarious, I loved the guy already... Can't say for the Blondie, how I decided to call him.

"How do you eat that?" I asked once my laughter calmed and he gave me a fork before putting the bowl on the table between us.
"Stab the bloody bastard," he sat across my seat next to Blondie as Nik, who was seated right next to me and across him, grabbed another fork and started eating. I followed his actions and stabbed a pizza slice before taking feta too with some salad before biting on it, and let me tell you I almost died. That thing was so delicious I wanted to eat it all without giving it to those three.

"You know guys," Ed started "This is like conference meeting at the round table," he tried to cheer up the atmosphere, but it only resulted in me frowning.

"What kind of a meeting is this in this little space? And conference around round table?!" I asked "It's not even round! It's square! And a coffee table at that!" I objected making him go quiet before he bursted out laughing as I joined him. Nik only chuckled as the smile remaimed on his face while Blondie continued to stare at me.
"Then this is the conference meeting around the square coffee table!" he exclaimed and high fived me. I already had a feeling I loved Edward, he was my new best buddy... No, that's Max! Ed is no. 2 then.

Sighing, I only leaned my head to the window on my side chewing on the pizza slice I took earlier. The plane was already in the air and I could enjoy my view of clouds passing by with different colors since the sun was still rising.

Blake, Ayden... I'm coming. Just wait a bit longer, I'll be home soon.
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Sorry I'm late (a lovely habit I've developed, it seems :/ ), here the chapter.
Until next Saturday,
Stay safe and have a nice week.

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