Chapter 2 INCREDULOUS TRAP

Laira smiled wickedly and meaningfully towards her companions and handed the glass filled with bluish wine to her sister and started to bargain.

"Suzy, you have to drink this shot if you want me to go home with you..." her sister persuaded gently lulling her into something that she couldn't point out.

"I... I can't drink, Dad would beat me if he found out..." Zane reasoned out nervously as she glanced around with her curious eyes.

The mixed aroma of alcohol, sweat, and cigarettes smell wafted into her nostrils causing her to scrunch it in disgust. The dancing crowd made her feel dizzy but she tried to endure it for Laira's sake!

"Come on... it's just light with a little percentage of alcohol, it won't get you drunk..." Laira persuaded again in a soft tone like she was coaxing a little child to drink a glass of milk.

Her eyes revealed a sisterly affection that the teenage girl began to feel complicated. Zane eyed the glass carefully and curiously, then her gaze fell on her sister's flushed face. She couldn't say 'NO' and refused to follow her sister's request as the latter had promised to go home after drinking it, thus she finally gave in and grabbed the glass then gulped it in one go.

"Ughhh... Cough! Cough! Cough!" Her throat burns due to the sudden envision of alcohol in her dried throat and she began to cough hard.

"Woah!" Laira's companions cheered up towards her clapping their hands like she was one of their friends.

"Can we go now, sister? I've finished drinking the wine..." Zane reminded.

Her stomach began to stir up and she began to feel awful nonetheless she endure it and coaxed her sister tenderly.

"Not so fast my dear sister, I left my bag in the room upstairs, could you please get it for me?" Laira pleaded tenderly, she was holding her head as to let the latter show that she was already drunk.

"Yes! Yes!" One of Laira's friends urged enthusiastically showing her sly smirk and Zane wasn't paying attention to it!

"Okay, which room?" Zane didn't give it too much thought as she trusted her sister that much and stood up from her seat unbalanced. She took a step back and shook her head to get rid of her dizziness.

"1234!" Laira mumbled dazedly clutching her head. Suzy nodded innocently.

"I'll be back in a few minutes." She assured and staggered her way towards the stairs. She wasn't aware that she was just being lulled to her sister's evil trap!

With every step, she makes her dizziness begin to hit her making her sight blurry in an instant. She paused in her tracks and leaned on the wall for support. She rubbed her temples with her fingers to soothe her throbbing head temporarily.

"Damn it!" she cursed lowly as she blinked her eyes to clear her sight. She has to get Laira's bag and go home!

After a few minutes of walking in the hallway in difficulty, she caught a glimpse of the room number that her sister had told her! Her eyes slightly lit up as she sauntered towards door 1234.

She twisted the doorknob and pushed the door half-open carelessly. As she entered the cozy and dimly lit room, her eyelids started to feel heavy as she stumbled into a soft bed. Her legs wobbled like jelly and she control of them. Dizziness came over rolling like a whirlwind and black finally enveloped her entire system. And that's it! She fell on a soft bed unconscious leaving everything behind to oblivion.

Morning finally came in a blink of an eye and Zane was deeply buried in her deep slumber. She shifted on her position to seek a comfortable posture and decided to sleep a little more. She roamed her hand to search for the blanket towards her but she touched something sturdy! Her hand froze and began to tremble. Her eyes shot wide open in fright.

"Ahhh!!!" She shrieked in so much horror when she tilted her head. She was terrified when she caught sight of someone beside her!

'A man! There's a freaking muscular man in her bed!' her mind shouted. She began to blink her eyes to clear her sight and gazed at the stranger's figure beside her. Her eyes widened like saucers in shock again!

The stranger was... Was naked and only wearing a piece of fabric wrapping his private part.

"Jesus! What happened?" she gasped in shock as she covered her mouth in fear.

Her hands were shaking immensely! She raised her shaky hand and was about to punch the stranger's face but she stopped midway. She realized that something wasn't right! Her room is narrow especially her bed!

So, how on earth someone would fit in without feeling crowded? And how did it feel so soft and bouncy?

'Wait! Calm down!' her mind yelled. She finally roamed her gaze around and the realization hit her right in the head. She wasn't in her room at all, she was in a stranger's room!

"What the hell?" The muscular man was awakened from his deep slumber by Zane's shrieks. He tilted his head lazily to his other side and found a trembling teenage girl.

Startled, the stranger jolted up from his bed and stared at her sharply, "...you, who are you? what are you exactly doing in my bed, huh?"

"I... I don't know... I was just... I was instructed to take my sister's bag last night in this room and... " She stammered as she defended herself truthfully.

The guy narrowed his eyes at the teenage girl. "And what?" he asked as his muscles began to tick. He looked so damned angry.

"I... I can't remember anything..." Zane lowered her head in shame.

"I must have fallen asleep in your bed last night, Sir. I'm so sorry..." she apologized sincerely as she had thought that asking for an apology would solve her situation that fast!

"What's your sister's name?" The guy questioned and narrowed his eyes at her dangerously.

"L-Laira Brooks..." Zane whispered shakily. She didn't know what to do with her current situation.

It never occurred to her that taking her sister's bag in the stranger's room could end her sleeping on a guy's bed! What should she do? What should she do? She started to panic and her anxiety started to hit her.

Just then...

BANG!

BANG!

BANG!

Loud slamming from the door thundered in the whole room followed by a woman's loud shouts.

"Open this door, Max! Open this goddamned door!" Zane was so frightened.

She trembled intensely in her spot as her heart thudded loudly inside her chest! What if her sister misunderstood her and refused to listen to her explanation?

The thought of being accused broke her into a cold sweat. She clearly recognized the furious voice, it belongs exactly to her sister! She examined herself carefully and breathed a deep sigh in relief. Her drenched clothes last night were still intact and already dried.

What would she do if she were naked? Heaven knows how much she would suffer if it went that way. However, she grabbed the man's duvet and covered herself with it.

"Hey, don't be afraid! I didn't do anything to you, did I?" the man spoke flatly to her as he walked towards the door to welcome the raging woman when he finished putting on his bathrobe.

The door swung open and emerged the mad-looking Laira with her parents Lydia and Roland in tow.

Their eyes roamed around curiously and stopped exactly on her figure covered with the guy's gray duvet. Zane's fearful eyes lit up seeing her parents and sister in tow. She jumped out of the bed and scurried her way towards her parents hoping that they were worried about her but...

"Sister I-..."

SLAP!