~*Vanessa*~
“John!” I yelled to my valet.
“What is it Miss. Vanessa?” He answered as he walked behind me.
“Are things being prepared for my party?” I asked, walking back out towards the gardens.
“Yes Miss.”
“Good, and have my parents gathered my presents in the ballroom?” I continued. It was the day of my coming of age ceremony and I was going to make sure everything was perfect, no matter what. Nothing was going to ruin my day.
“Yes.” John answered. Nodding slightly, I proceeded to go outside to get some fresh air. I noticed that my elder brother, Jason, was in the garden as well with his valet, little Mandy.
“Come John.” He followed silently. “What do they think they are doing? Frolicking around out here as if nothing important is happening while they should be preparing for my party.”
“Miss they do live in this house as well.” John spoke up. I just sped up to confront the two. John lagged behind a little. “Miss…” I ignored him. He was so small, I didn’t understand why my parents had given him to me. Well, I guess they didn’t give him to me, they assigned him to be my valet, someone who would keep me safe and watch out for me. So pretty much he was my toy.
“What are you two doing here?” I asked when I got close enough to my brother and Mandy.
“We just decided to walk in the garden was all.” Jason said calmly. I glared at Mandy, who shrunk back behind Jason. She was such an easy target. She had come from nothing, literally. My parents had found her on the street, abandoned and wandering around like the lost little girl she was. She couldn’t remember who her parents were, so we took her in, out of the kindness of our hearts. Then she got assigned to be Jason’s valet. How pathetic. It was him that was usually doing the protecting, she was pretty worthless, but fun to play with at the very least.
“Uh Miss…” John said as he caught up to me again.
“What?” I asked, annoyed.
“I just wanted to tell you that you were supposed to give the okay on the theme on your birthday party.” He continued.
“Do I have choices?” I asked, turning to him a little.
“Hawaiian, Jamaican, and princess theme.” He answered.
“Well princess of course!” I said as if it was obvious.
“Then we should go tell your parents.” John said. Jason whispered something to Mandy and she started to scurry away. Good, some fun could be had now…
“Hey! Mandy!” I took a few big steps and grabbed a hold of her wrist. She stopped dead. “Where do you think you’re going?” I asked.
“I-I…” She stuttered stupidly. I smirked a little.
“She was getting a drink for me.” Jason said as he stood behind me, not intervening, yet.
“I didn’t dismiss anyone, and it’s my day today so I make the rules.” I held Mandy tighter, showing I wasn’t about to back down just because of him.
“But Miss…” Mandy squeaked.
“Don’t talk back to me!” I demanded loudly I saw her cringe and it gave me a twinge of pleasure.
“Vanessa you don’t have the right to punish her.” Jason said sternly as he tried to get me off of Mandy. I wouldn’t budge. John then grabbed my arm.
“Please Miss can we go?” He asked. I had had enough. When John butted in, I pushed him back and jumped on Mandy. We fell to the ground and I grabbed her hair and pulled on it. I wasn’t gentle either, I pulled and twisted and knotted it
“O-Ouch, p-please stop Miss!” Mandy cried out, obviously in pain. I felt hands on both of my arms and John and Jason both pulled me off of Mandy. I still had a hold of her hair though, and she was dragged along with me in the grass. Her cheap clothes were getting more stains on them. I didn’t care.
“Vanessa let go!” Jason yelled. John pried my hands out of Mandy’s hair finally, and I huffed.
“I’m going to go see my parents and make sure everything is running smoothly.” I stormed off, but still a little satisfied that I had made Mandy cry a little. What they decided to do now didn’t really concern me. Mandy got her daily dose of misery and I got my dose of satisfaction. It would hold me over, for now, until I got board again.
