The Red Nights - Volume 1 Chapter 71 Funny Stories

What was convenient was that Natasha’s home was near the place of the gathering what meant that they didn’t need cars to go there which, anyway, would have been useless since the cars couldn’t move due to the huge crowd present there. They just had to walk for a few minutes and they soon arrived before the house.

Lina didn’t even reach the door yet that it got opened, Matteo passed his head outside. He took his time and stared at each of them before he opened wide the door and stepped aside to let them pass. He made an effort to keep an indescribable expression but Jamal could without an effort that at that moment he was feeling just relieved.

Carla was the first one to enter in followed by Nelson, Sania, Don, Volga and in last Jamal and Lina who was clinging to his arm and didn’t want to let him go.

Lina indicated Carla the direction of Natasha’s room and guided the rest of the group to the living room, she served to each of them a cup of tea and placed some snacks on the table. They ate in silence and waited for Carla to come back before they could start talking, the latter returned accompanied by a young girl who went to shyly sit next to Matteo, it was obvious that she was nervous.

Nelson coughed ” are these kids the siblings of that brave young woman? ” he asked in order to break the ice.

” In fact, they are our- ” Lina could not finish what she was about to say as Jamal put a hand on her mouth. ” Not exactly, they are children we are taking care of, I’m the one who brought the boy, Matteo, he is an… a kid from Short-river and for the girl, I don’t I have met her yet… “, Dana have been staring at him for a long moment then, what started to make him feel a little uncomfortable.

” What do you think girl, he is more handsome than how I described him, isn’t he? ” Lina, who had noticed her behaviour since a while, said to Dana, she smiled naughtily ” it seems like you already fall for him, you know if you agree I don’t mind arranging a threeso- ” once again Jamal held her to finish her sentence. He pulled her towards him still his hand on her mouth and whispered: ” you know, you just met these guys so I don’t think it’s appropriate to start with your dirty jokes yet, give them the opportunity to know you more first “.

She removed his hand, passed his arm around her neck before she went to lay her head on his chest, ” honey, my dirty jokes are the main part of my personality, and they will eventually come to get used to it, and even appreciate it just like Don and Brad ” then she placed his hand on her b.r.e.a.s.t and made him squeeze them. He quickly got off his hand and crossed his arms a little embarrassed.

Volga glanced at Don, it was no need for her to speak as he directly got her he nodded at her and said: ” she’s right, you will quickly get used to it, you will even find it surprisingly amusing “.

When Jamal landed his sight on that girl he didn’t know but was insistently staring at him she startled as she didn’t expect that and in a little panic, she moved her sight away. Jamal looked a little confused then Lina patted softly his thigh and whispered: ” I will explain to you later “.

Don remembered that he didn’t even introduce himself properly to the two people who didn’t know him so he apologized before he quickly rectified his fault after that everyone joined and one by one they started to introduce themselves Sania even confessed dating Nelson what greatly surprised Donald, ” how? When? Whatever I’m so relieved I thought you would end up growing older and eventually dying alone “, everyone started laughing especially Volga and Nelson who knew her quite well.

” You know it’s quite hurtful what you just said ” Sania replied jokingly.

” And I see that you even changed ” Don continued to notice ” in the old days you would have replied by another spiking comment. Now I’m interested to know what happened during the rest of the journey when I left “.

” Well, huh… ” she would times to times glance at Nelson as if he was waiting for him to give her some idea about to say, her story was so embarrassing that she couldn’t bring herself to tell about it, ” in fact, what happened was that- ”

” Wait! ” Volga stopped her, ” it’s neither fair nor interesting to let her tell her own story she may purposely ignore some embarrassing moments which are the most interesting “.

” I think you and I will get along very well,” Lina said to Volga, they smiled at each other Volga proposed Jamal to tell the story but Lina shook her head negatively ” better not, he is a very bad narrator and he can’t possibly find the most interesting parts. It has to be a girl so you will be the one to narrate ” she pointed to Carla, the young woman was surprised while everyone was gazing at her she asked why she had to be the one to tell the story since it was obvious that she was not good to talk in public, ” no it has to be you, firstly because you said being from MontClay’s battalion under the order of Nelson and seeing how close you seem to be that means that you were on the first seats to observe what happened starting from the moment they met until now, secondly, to be able to hang out with all those big shots you, who used to be a simple soldier, must be very strong but essentially very smart so I’m sure you noted all the details of the evolution of their relationship and finally, it seemed like you used to dislike Sania, surely before she changed her behaviour, what means that you will not hesitate to tell us everything, Am I wrong? ”

Everyone glanced at each other speechless especially Carla who seemed to be the most impressed with how she figured out all those things. Lina smiled as if it was the very reaction of them she was expecting, she gazed at Carla and the woman understood that she was telling her to go on and start telling the story and she did.

During all that moment while people were laughing at what Sania had done during that trip the latter was so embarrassed that she had to bury her head in Nelson’s chest to try escape from that moment, as expected Carla didn’t forget any interesting scene and the way she recounting made them even more fun.

She suddenly noticed how much she had just like Don had pointed she admitted that the old her would have reacted differently from her then, she would have stepped on the table and started shouting at them to stop making fun of her but then she could understand that they weren’t making fun of her but they were just trying to enjoy a good moment by telling each other some amusing stories.

Even Lina sometimes stopped Carla to comment some actions of Sania by telling them something more embarrassing and more fun she had done on the past and soon everyone around started to imitate her and Sania started to gradually feel less embarrassed. She a took a glance at Lina and the latter smiled and winked at her and she immediately got that she did that to make her feel more at ease.

They enjoyed that happy moment while laughing and chatting until Jamal noticed the time that had passed, he made the remark and added: ” I think we better paused our discussion and go to prepare, the party organized to celebrate our return will soon start “.

” Oh come on, Lina was about to tell us how you declare your love for her ” Volga protested and Don supported her by adding ” and you just came back from a long journey, your townspeople must understand that you need to have a rest “.

” Oh, believe me, they won’t understand ” Lina commented as she was standing up ” and knowing them well they would even dare to come here knocking at the door and reclaim Jamal to attend to the party ” she paused and sighed while faking her disappointment ” he has raised them with some very bad habits “.

” You’re talking, you are the one who taught them that trick to come knocking at my door ” Jamal replied, he turned to his comrades and told them ” I will go up checking on Natasha, Lina will indicate you what would be your residences and we shall meet again at the party, see you then “.

Lina held his hand and said ” wait, I’m going with you ” then she pointed to Matteo ” my assistant, Matteo, will guide you to your new dwellings and whenever you have a request you can address it to him and I officially welcome you to Stainfall and you will come to like the city. Matteo, I’m counting on you “.

” Since when did I agree to become your assistant? ” he replied a bit irritated.

” Stop complaining and get to work ” she simply said, she hesitated for a short moment before she added, ” Dana you can go with him if you want “, then she pushed Jamal to the stairs while the others started walking towards the door.

” She pretty friendly and funny, that Lina, a very interesting person, aside from her jealous side of her personality I mean, ” Volga said to Don as they were leaving the house while holding hands just after she told him about the first time they met, ” you should have been more precise Sania, I almost thought that she would beat the hell out of me ” she shouted at the couple walking at one meter ahead of them.

” The reality is that she is not really a jealous woman ” Don revealed to them, ” I didn’t witness to the scene but I can affirm with the few things I have learned from her these couple of days that she was faking it, she was not really that mad “.

” Are you telling me that it was all an act? “, Volga shook her head negatively ” I can say when someone is lying and at that moment she wasn’t lying, she was jealously mad “.

” Of course she was feeling jealous, she hasn’t seen her man for one week she even thought he was dead, she was missing him so much but then she discovered him hand in hand with another woman, what do you think she felt? It doesn’t matter how much trust you give to your partner, seeing such a scene will inevitably hurt you a little “. Seeing how concerned he was Volga couldn’t help feeling guilty, even though she understood it was all due to the stress she still thought that she should have done that, ” I’m sorry, by holding Jamal’s sleeve… I didn’t mean to- “.

” It’s okay, I understand so no need to mind it too much ” Don replied while holding her hand tighter, ” but what I was saying was that miss Lina is not that kind of person of making a scene and yelling at someone she just met “.

” So why did she do that then? ” Volga was confused.

Don raised his head a little and inhaled some of that fresh and morning air, ” because she doesn’t know how else to express her feelings ” he didn’t wait to see the still confused face of her fiancee to explain her more ” when I started to talk to her about you, how much I love and I missed you, she didn’t stop questioning me about our relationship about what I did to express my feelings to you or making you notice them, I didn’t take long to understand that somehow she was referring to herself, that woman doesn’t know how to express her love verbally, so playing the jealous and overprotective girlfriend is one of the only tools she has to make Jamal understand that she is actually madly in love with him. ”

Volga considered that revelation for a few moment before she asked ” is Jamal aware of that? ”

” Hopefully for her it seems like yes, he knows that and he still loves her too ” he responded with a slight smile.

When they reached Natasha’s room she was already awake and was sitting up on her bed. Even though the door was opened, Jamal knocked softly before he entered in.

” How do you feel? ” he first asked.

” Exhausted ” Natasha sighed ” and hungry “.

The three of them laughed. Lina went to lie down next to her she held her hand ” I was very worried, fortunately, you returned back alive “.

Natasha held her hand too ” don’t worry, I’m not easy to kill, I will always return back. Moreover, I have to do my job and protect everyone since a certain person decided to slack off “.

Jamal laughed as he understood that she was referring to the fact that he came late, he patted her head ” you did a really good job, thank you for protecting everyone ” he praised her with a soft voice while looking at her in way that she couldn’t hold herself to blush. At that moment she was the happiest.

” Yeah, I agree, you even deserve a gift, ” Lina said, ” tonight I will let you sleep with Jamal “.

The young woman almost choked herself, ” are… are you… are you stupid? What are you saying? ” she stammered.

” What? Don’t tell me that you want to sleep with me instead, you naughty girl ” Lina continued teasing her.

” Get off my bed, you pervert ” Natasha pushed her out. Jamal caught her before she fell over.

” Well, we just passed by to see how are going we will leave you alone, see you at the party, ” Jamal told her, he carried Lina and they walked out of the room, as they were leaving Lina tilted her to give Natasha a flying kiss.