"Hey, wake up! We have to go to Dinner"a low little voice said. "What?"asked Mark sleepy. He and Sean still sat on the bench at the playground. "What time is it?"Mark yawned. "Dinner-time, I think"said Felix and ran away.
Sean leant still on Marks shoulder and slept like a baby. "Hey Sean. You have to wake up"Mark whispered quietly and shaked him up. Sean blinked sleepy.
"Uh, Mark, sorry I was so tired"he said and yawned too. "No problem, but we have to go to Dinner now"said Mark and stood up. Sean did it too.
They went back in the building and upstairs to the dining room.
"You are too late, young men!"said the old woman who watched the children in the dining room. "I'm sorry, Mrs. Ziegenhals"excused Mark calm. "There are no excuses!"yelled Mrs. Ziegenhals and raised her hand ready to hit the black haired boy. He closed his eyes fast and waited for the hit.
"Wait!"Sean yelled. "It was my fault that we were too late. I held him up for some questions about the rules!"
Mrs. Ziegenhals let down her hand. "Lucky for you. Now eat before the food got cold!"she said angrily and stepped away.
"Thank you, Sean, but don't do this again!"thanked Mark his new friend. "She was going to hit you! I had to do something"said Sean surprised. "Well then, let's eat"said Mark smiling and went to a table near the windows. Sean followed him. Both sat down and Mrs. Ziegenhals put the plates with the food infront of them.
Sean poked with his spoon in the viscous soup. "It looks disgusting"he whispered quietly. "Yeah, but you won't die of that stuff"whispered Mark back. Both boys ate their soup well-behaved while Mrs. Ziegenhals were watching them.
"Why don't you eat your soup?!"yelled Mrs. Ziegenhals suddenly. Mark and Sean looked up. The old woman stood next to a little boy with dark blond haires. "My stomache hurts everytime after eating this soup"said the little boy afraid.
"Who's that boy?"Sean asked quietly. "His name is Ethan. He's some years younger than we are. But In don't know him very well"answered Mark and watched Ethan closely.
"I don't care about that! You eat your fucking soup right now!"yelled Mrs. Ziegenhals again. Ethan looked on the ground. "But..."he wanted to say something but Mrs. Ziegenhals grabed the top of his haires and hit him on the table.
"I'm sorry"cried Ethan. His nose begans to bleed.
"This is horrible"whispered Sean. The woman hit Ethan again in the face. Mark nodded. "But there's nothing we could do"he said and watched them.
"Go in your room now!"yelled Mrs. Ziegenhals. Ethan stood up and left the room crying.
After Sean and Mark finished their dinner too, they left the dining room and went back to their own room.
"Is this woman always like that?"asked Sean carefully. Mark nodded. "Yeah, every adult here is like that"he answered.
Hours passed. It was 1AM and Sean can't sleep. Suddenly he heard a scream from the otherside of the building. He stood up and left curiously the room. Maybe this was a silly idea, but he sneaked down the hallways. He heard another scream. This time it was very close.