The Nerd Is My Mate

CHAPTER 4

Amber stared at the clutched book in her hand before sighing. She sat down on the moist floor of the wood, she kept replaying everything that had transpired just a few minutes ago, she touched her plump virgin lips before a smile plastered to her face.

"Lucas! Lucas," she kept murmuring to herself. It was late when she got home and Amber knew that her dad was going to be mad at her, what should she tell him? Would he be mad?

She opened the door gently to cumulative darkness. Maybe he could be sleeping? She thought as she heaved a huge sigh before dropping her bag on the side table, she walked to the switch to put on the light. The instant she turned on the light, Amber almost flinched.

"Dad? You scared me," she said, taking water from the fridge. "Young lady, where have you been?" he asked with more anger than she had expected. "Dad, why are you so furious?" Amber asked, wrapping her hands on his neck. "You just don't listen Amber, I don't know exactly what I would do if I lose you," he muttered as she walked to the side to take the empty seat beside him.

"You can't always protect me, Dad? I'm turning 18 for God's sake! You have trained me well, why don't you put your trust and faith in me that I could protect myself?" Amber inquired of as he pulled her hands into his giant once.

"I might go crazy if I lose you like your mother," he said, staring at her eyes keenly. "You won't lose me pa, I would always be here with you," she said, going over to hug him.

"I love you Amber?" he said softly.

"I love you too dad," she said, pecking him on his cheeks.

Amber hopped out of the shower after a warm bath. She could still notice the flames that still left her body, the water was great and she wished she could just stay there enjoying the warmness of the water to her skin. A beep from her phone made her grab her phone. She checked the time to notice a message from vanilla.

“Hey girl, my birthday is around the corner. Would you mind going shopping with me?” The text read.

She moved to her bed and plumped on it before using the towel to wipe away the dripping water from her face. How come vanilla's birthday was coming up too? She looked at her phone again before typing on her phone.

“Yes, I would love to tag along,” she sent back a reply before dressing into her nightwear. She moved to her window, Amber kept rubbing her shoulder from the cool breeze. She sauntered to the window before closing the curtain, what would Lucas be doing? Would he be sleeping or reading that stupid book of his? Oh, and why does she even care?

She brushed the thought from her mind since she was going to find her mate soon and forget about that fellow.

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“I like this, what do you think?” vanilla said, showing Amber the red gown she was putting on. “Yeah, it could have been a perfect choice but the string is slacking,” Amber said, making vanilla nod in agreement.

“You should also get one too,” vanilla said, ushering her inside to change into the cloth she handed Amber before she could change her mind. The cloth Amber had fixed on was tight and she found it hard to even breathe well. She opened the curtain to notice Vanilla with her phone.

“Why didn't you tell me your birthday was coming up?” she asked, staring at Amber, Amber stood frozen and lost for words to say. “Uhm, how did you know?” Amber asked as she collected her phone from vanilla to see the countdown notification that she had made as an alarm.

“Why did you check my phone?” Amber let out as the question came out harsher than intended. “Damn girl, why are you so mad?” Vanilla mumbled. Amber caressed her head and sat down on the empty chair next to her. “I’m sorry I've just been stressed out lately,” Amber explained hoping vanilla would drop the issue which she gladly did.

“I’m happy that I found out earlier, maybe we could do a joint birthday since our birthday fell on the same day. I mean we just became best friend's right?” she asked, making Amber eyes bulge. Vanilla was human and she just couldn't let her find out about her real identity.

She would be scared and would tell everybody in school. Moreover, humans were weak and they were quick to judge without even listening to you. “I’m sorry, but I can't have a mixed birthday because my dad and I always have a habit of celebrating together,” Amber said hoping she won't go further with persuading.

“Alright but you can still plunge by if you want?” she turned to ask with a poppy dog eye. “I would try my best,” she told vanilla, Amber was stunned when she was being dragged into a big hug. Tomorrow was the night she would find her mate and Amber wouldn't want anything to jeopardize that, she had waited for this all her life.

Vanilla and Amber had almost shopped everything from the store and she was quite exhausted, she went home to notice dad fixing some balloons and some decorating items everywhere. She couldn't believe that it was happening tomorrow.

“Dad?” I called as he turned to give me a wild smile. “You are back so early?” he inquired of making me nod as I pecked him on the cheeks. “Dad, you don't need to stress yourself for my birthday. It's going to be like any other birthday,” she mumbled as she helped him fix the balloons.

“This is a big day for you and I want everything to be perfect for you. If your mum was here to see how grown you have become! She would be proud of you, ” he said with a proud smile on his face.

Would tomorrow even go perfect as her dad implies? What if her mate reject her? What if he doesn't even like her? What if she doesn't find her mate tomorrow?

Amber hoped she found her mate soon. so, Lucas can finally get off my mind.