Asmyne by Amber Riel (100 books to read in a lifetime TXT) 📖

soft, calming, romantic, dreamy voice, ‘April, would you like to go out with me sometime?’ and you’ll reply, ‘Of course, I would love to… I’ve been waiting all this time for you to ask.’”

“Hey, it could happen,” April replied, looking at Sasha.

Someone knocked on the door.

Sasha looked at the door and then to April. “Maybe it could be him now.”

“Shut up and open the door please.”

“Fine,” Sasha replied with a smile. She walked over to the door and opened it.

A guy with short blonde hair and had sweet blue eyes to match stood at the door.

“Never mind…. It’s just Damen.”

“Just Damen?” the guy asked. “Fine…. Hi, just Sasha.”

Sasha laughed a little. “Your sister’s doing dishes.”

“Oh yeah? And you’re practically my sister too. Now, give me a hug, sis.”

Sasha did as Damen had demanded.

April looked over at Damen. “What’s up, bro?”

“Just getting off of work…. Any luck finding a new roommate?” Damen asked.

“No,” April answered.

“Aww…” Damen sounded upset.

“And when I get a roommate you are to back away from her,” April told him.

“What? Why?” Damen asked even more disappointed than before.

“Because I know you…. You love to flirt a lot and I don’t want you to flirt with my next roommate. Chelsey was lucky because her fiancé at the time would have killed you.”

“Yeah… the next roommate you get can you make sure they don’t already have a boyfriend or are going to be getting married because that’s a tease to me.”

April shot her brother a dirty look. “Did you not hear anything I just said?”

“Yeah… I like to block you out when you decide to act like our mother. You’re my sister, not my mom.”

April continued to eye Damen.

“I love you, sis,” Damen replied with a smile.

April shook her head and smiled. No matter how hard she tried to remain serious her brother had a way of making her laugh.

 

 

Asmyne and Wiley had found their way to the town. Asmyne noticed a newspaper stand and stopped. She picked up a newspaper for information. She figured that it was the best way to find out what the day and year were so just in case someone said something about either she wouldn’t sound like an idiot.

“Hey, Wiley, listen to this,” she told him when she opened the newspaper and began reading. “There’s a silent murderer in a small town…. Werewolves aren’t monsters…. Jamie Spring is going to be performing at the Rock Music Awards along with a Fist Foul of Idiots…. And the Blue-Angel is the newest young superheroine…. I find all of that to be interesting… now for jobs.” She flipped through the pages and looked for the classified section for possible job openings. Another headline had caught her eye. “A girl falls for her kidnapper… that’s not it but also seems interesting…. What’s this? Looking for a roommate….” She continued reading it silently and pulled out a pen and pad so she could write down the address. “I found a place to live. Come on.”

 

 

April was alone. Damen went home and Sasha had to go grocery shopping. She sat on the couch and flipped through the channels on the television.

Someone knocked on the door.

April sighed. She stood up and opened the door.

A young woman around her age who was dressed like a scientist stood at the door. She wore her dark brown hair up in a bun which looked like she had just woke up because her hair was all over the place and appeared to be falling out of the hair tie.

“May I help you?” April asked.

“April Simpson?” Asmyne answered with another question.

“Yes?”

“I’m Professor Asmyne Hylou….”

“Okay?”

“I’m here about the room.”

“Oh… um… okay… this way.”

Asmyne looked around the small apartment whilst she followed April into a small empty bedroom.

“This is the room. It’s not much.”

“Are you kidding me?” Asmyne asked, stepping into the dull white room and examined it. “I could fix this up in seconds.”

“Okay?”

“I’ll take it and once I get a job I’ll pay you for it… to live here.”

“Wait… you don’t have a job?”

“Nope.”

“So you’re broke?”

“Yeah but only for now… believe me…”

“No… I can’t let you stay here for free. Roommates are supposed to help pay bills and stuff. I can’t let you live here if you don’t have money.”

“You make it sound like I committed a crime or something. I plan on getting a job. I just would like a place to stay and then work my way to a job. I don’t have any family around here and I could use a place to live.”

“I don’t know. It sounds….”

“Believe me… I don’t plan on living here for free. It’s only until I can get a job. Please?”

April stared at Asmyne. Clearly, Asmyne lived up to the word stranger. “Okay… but only for now….”

“Asmyne… you can call me Professor Asmyne… Asmyne… or professor… it doesn’t matter to me.”

“As-myne?” April asked, trying to pronounce the name. “That’s a strange name.”

“Well, my parents are strange people,” Asmyne answered with a laugh. “They liked naming us weird and unusual names.”

“Ok-ay? Well, tomorrow, we’re going to have to go and get your name put down on the lease. Okay, Asmyne?”

“Sounds good to me.”

April left the room.

Hm… maybe I should work on my laboratory first then everything else, Asmyne thought.

 

 

Wiley sat outside. He looked around and waited for Asmyne to walk out anytime but she didn’t. Man, I hope she comes out soon, he thought. This is lame.

The door opened and April began to walk outside. Wiley quickly ran and hid. He didn’t want the earthling girl to see him. He watched as she went back inside as quickly as she had walked out.

 

 

Asmyne worked with some wires to create her laboratory. She was almost done but all she needed were lights. Once she finished the lights, which dangled from the ceiling, came on. Well, that’s good, she thought, proud of her accomplishment. 

Asmyne's Room

The next morning, Asmyne walked out of her room and into the kitchen. She searched the cabinets to find that they were all empty. Wow, no food, she thought. Good thing I can go to my room and get some.

April wondered into the room. “What are you doing?”

“Looking for food… how do you survive?” Asmyne asked, turning to face the earthling. “There’s no food in any of the cabinets.”

“I manage; besides, I haven’t gone shopping yet.”

“That would explain it. Well, I have some breakfast foods in my room. I could go and get some so that way neither of us will starve.”

“Wait… you have no job, no money-nothing-how do you have food in your room?”

“I’m a mad scientist and I have my ways. If you excuse me, I’m going to get some eggs.”

“You’re so weird.”

Asmyne laughed a little and walked passed April. “Believe me, weird doesn’t describe me.”

“Ok-ay?” April replied, confused.

Asmyne returned to her room and she walked back into the kitchen not too long later with about four or five eggs. “Happen to have any bread?”

“Yeah… in the pantry. Asmyne, where did you get those eggs?”

“Too complicated to explain… you’d be lost in the first four or five words. Now, I’m going to make me some French toast, are you going to want any?”

“Sure. The syrup’s also in the pantry. I don’t know how full it is, though. Oh and the butter’s in the top of the refrigerator door.”

“Thanks.” Asmyne placed the eggs in the sink. She found the bowls and took the eggs out of the sink and placed them in the bowl.

 

 

Wiley sniffed the air and the sweet smell of the food touched his nose. Oh man, the professor’s making her French toast, he thought. He walked over to the window and jumped up, placing his front two paws on the window sill.

 

 

April pulled the plates out whilst Asmyne flipped the bread. Asmyne looked toward the window then turned her attention toward the bread. Her eyes grew wide when she looked back and caught a glimpse of Wiley. Oh crap, she thought. “April, can you take over for me, please? I think I left something outside yesterday.”

“Okay.”

 

 

Wiley laid his head in between his paws, hoping for a bite.

The door opened. “Wiley,” Asmyne hissed.

Wiley looked over at Asmyne and pushed himself off of the window sill and walked over to Asmyne. “Are you going to feed me?” he asked, smiling.

“I thought you said that you weren’t going to talk?” Asmyne asked, looking around to make sure that there weren’t any earthlings around.

“Yeah about that… I decided that I’m not going to do that.” Wiley stared up at the professor with his beautiful, big, black, puppy dog eyes. “Are you going to give me food, professor?”

“No.”

“What? But please?” Wiley begged.

“Sorry, Wiley… to the earthlings you’re considered wildlife….”

“But…. I love you…. I’ll love you forever if you feed me.”

“Sorry, Wiley, I can’t.”

“But-”

“No. If you’re so hungry then why don’t you go hunt a deer or something?”

“Because wolves hunt in a pack, and sadly, none of the earthling wolves will let me join.”

“I wonder why?” Asmyne asked, sarcastically.

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

“You talk too much. Now get out of here before an earthling sees you and calls the animal control or something.”

“Okay. I’ll remember this when you want my blood sample.” Wiley walked away, looking back at Asmyne with sadness in his eyes.

Asmyne shook her head.

 

 

Later that day, Asmyne and April walked out of a building which was in their apartment complex. “There… you’ve signed the lease and now we can remove that off of the list,” April told Asmyne whilst they walked back to their apartment.

“List? What else needs to be done today?” Asmyne asked.

“Shopping… laundry… etcetera.”

“I could go shopping while you do laundry.”

“No. That’s okay. I’m going shopping because I know what to get.”

Asmyne stopped at the green door and stared at April. “You don’t think that I would know what to get? I’m assuming you mean grocery shopping and that means food-dinner, lunch, and breakfast for each day of the week.”

“No. I mean I know what I want and besides my brother’s going to meet me there. You can stay here and do whatever you want.”

“Okay… if you insist.” They walked into the apartment and Asmyne walked to her room.

 

 

Damen stood at the entrance of the supermarket. April walked over to him and gave him a hug. “Thanks for coming, bro. I could take a break from my new roommate. She’s very strange.”

“Strange like weird strange or strange like creepy strange?” Damen asked and he followed April into the building.

“I don’t know… just strange.”

 

 

Wiley stood at the door and scratched on it. He hoped that Asmyne would let him in. Finally, the door opened and before Asmyne had time to stop him; the wolf was already inside the apartment.

“Wiley, get out,” Asmyne spoke with a hint of anger. “You’re not supposed to be here.”

“But… I can’t help it. I want to be here. I don’t like being alone. It’s depressing.”

Asmyne sighed. “Fine.” She closed the door. “You’ll be stuck in the laboratory just so you know.”

“No problem.” Wiley smiled. “I can do that. Now, where’s your room?”

“Follow me.”

“Okay.”

 

 

April grabbed a couple of cereal boxes and placed them in a buggy.

“So your roommate… is she single?”

“I don’t know…” April looked over at Damen and eyed him for a moment. “And if she is, the answer is heck no. So don’t even