Twilight Requiem

The Party

Despite not really wanting to go to that party, she was forced to go anyway. Her friends, Bello and Eugenie, practically begged her to come. They even helped her get ready in Eugenie’s place.

In the end, Nyx was dragged to the party by her friends.

The party is in full swing when they arrive at Edward’s house, which was right next to a small patch of forest next to the highway. People are drinking and smoking on the porch, and when they enter the house, more people are drinking, and couples are making out in all corners.

Nyx looked around in disgust, her arms folded in front of her chest to avoid bumping into people.

“I can't believe I let you two drag me to this place,” Nyx grumbled.

“You can grumble all you want, but at least enjoy the booze and food,” Bello said, dragging the girls to where the drinks and food were.

“I feel so out of place.”

Nyx muttered, and Eugenie draped her arm around his shoulder.

“Just relax and try to enjoy the party. We are all going to different colleges. Let’s live like no tomorrow,” she told her.

Nyx looked at her and nodded.

Eugenie smiled at her, and then she bumped her hip before going towards the kitchen. Bello also gave Nyx an encouraging nudge before following Eugenie.

While Bello and Eugenie were getting drinks, Nyx just stood there, not feeling the vibe around her, especially since she had been feeling really unwell. Since she woke up that morning, she felt a splitting headache and felt queasy all day.

“Come and get your drinks,” Eugenie told Nyx as soon as she came back to get her.

Before Nyx could decline, Edward appeared from behind her, holding a red plastic cup.

“Nicola, you came,” he said, smiling.

Nyx looked at him, trying hard not to roll her eyes while Eugenie was grinning next to her.

“They made me come,” she replied, running her fingers through her hair.

Edward glanced at Nyx’s friends and mumbled a thanks before looking at Nyx again.

“Here. Have a drink,” he said, giving the cup he was holding to Nyx.

When she just looked at it, Edward placed the cup in her hand.

“It's just beer,” he said, flashing her with a charming smile.

“I –“

Before Nyx could finish what she was about to say, Edward was taken away by his friends.

Nyx watched as they dragged Edward towards a group of girls and guys playing beer pong. Bello and Eugenie were both holding drinks of their own and chatting with other partygoers; she was left there, standing alone.

“Edward is so into you,” Eugenie lowly squealed next to her.

Nyx rolled her eyes and mumbled Shut up. Eugenie snickered and joined Bello by the table. Then Nyx was about to take a sip of the beer that Edward gave her when Natalia approached her.

“What are you doing here?” Natalia asked, glaring at her stepsister, but Nyx just gave her a bored look.

“I heard there’s free booze,” she replied.

Natalia rolled her eyes before glaring at Nyx again. Bello and Eugenie noticed the two sisters. Eugenie was about to march up to them, but Bello stopped her, letting Nyx deal with her nemesis.

Back to the sisters, Natalia took a step closer, poking Nyx with her manicured nail.

“I saw you talking to Edward. Stay away from him; he is mine,” she hissed.

Nyx then scoffed.

“For the record, he approached me and spoke to me. I am not interested in him, so you can have him for all I care,” she told her.

Natalia snorted.

“Playing the good girl who likes to have boys chase after her.”

Nyx looked at her and spoke.

“I am not you.”

Natalia clenched her fists.

“If I were you, you would leave this party. Go home and do some cleaning,” she paused and then took another step closer to Nyx. She swatted the cup in her hand and looked at her in a challenging way.

The contents of the cup spilled on the floor and on Nyx’s pants.

“You should look after your things and clean. If you don’t, then my mom would think your things are trash and throw them out. It's garbage day tomorrow.”

Natalia added, her voice taunting Nyx.

“I think I saw some important-looking envelopes on your desk.”

Natalia smirked.

Nyx’s eyes widened as she remembered the college acceptance letters she received that morning. Though she had the important ones rerouted to Eugenie’s place, the acceptance letters from the other universities she applied to are just as important, and she doesn’t want them to fall into Elaine and Natalia’s hands. Nyx then glared at Natalia, as her fists curled into a ball.

“Don’t touch my stuff,” she hissed.

Natalia smirked.

“Then hurry home, little servant,” she said in a condescending tone, walking away from her.

“I should go,” Nyx mumbled to herself, and then she turned around.

She was about to run out of the house when Edward intercepted her, his arm snaked around her waist.

“Going so soon?” he asked.

“Let me go. I need to do something important,” I told him, pulling away from his hold.

Edward then let go of me and raised his hands in surrender.

“Okay, fine. But come back,” he told her, placing a kiss on her shoulder.

Nyx felt a chill run down her spine, not a good chill like what she felt with Ivan, but a chill of disgust. She wiped her shoulder and went out of the house. Eugenie and Bello called out to her when they saw her leave, and Natalia was giggling as she joined her friends.

Once Nyx was out of the house, she remembered that she had come there with her friends, and they had come in a cab. Now she has no ride to get home, so she decided to go home on foot, and she has taken a shortcut that goes through the small patch of forest at the back of Edward’s house since it is a closer route to her house.

Edward has been watching Nyx since she entered his house. The bet he has with his friends was to have Nyx on his bed. She is one of the few girls in the school that hasn’t succumbed to his charms. Now that she is that close to him, he will get her whatever it takes.

Just a minor hiccup then; she tried to leave. So, as she left the house, he secretly followed after her, just keeping a safe distance until they were in the middle of the mini forest.

Back inside the house, Eugenie and Bello didn’t get to stop Nyx from leaving, so they turned towards the cause of it. They wanted Nyx to deal with her stepsister on her own, but in the end, the evil stepsister was able to drive Nyx away from the party.

Annoyed by the evil stepsister, they stomped their way towards Natalia, who was still giggling with her friends.

“What did you say to Nyx?” Eugenie snarled.

Natalia and her friends turned to them and looked at them with disgusted looks.

“What are you talking about?” Natalia responded.

Eugenie pushed Natalia’s shoulder.

“I saw you talking to Nyx earlier, and then she left. What did you tell her, you evil b***h,” she hissed.

Natalia scoffed, dusting her shoulder that Eugenie poked.

“Nothing. Just that she still has a lot to clean in the house. Poor Cinderella,”

Natalia answered, and her friends giggled.

Eugenie pushed Natalia’s shoulder again, surprising the latter.

“You are such a b***h, you know that?” she hissed.

Natalia looked at her and rolled her eyes.

“Whatever,” she responded with a smirk before turning to her friends, giggling.

Bello scowled, and then he grabbed a cup filled with beer from someone next to him. Then he grabbed Natalia’s shoulder, forcing her to face him.

“Fvck you, barbie b***h,” he spat, throwing the drink into Natalia’s face.

Everyone around reacted when they saw what Bello did, while Natalia hysterically screeched because of her beer-drenched self. Eugenie smirked, and then she grabbed a frosted cupcake from someone’s hand and smashed it to her face next, making Natalia scream even louder. Eugenie and Bello smirked before turning around and leaving the house to follow Nyx.