"Jane, it's just me!" a voice whispered.
And can you guess who it was? It was Julius again! "You-!" Jane hissed. "Why do you keep on surprising me?!" Did you guess right?
"Well, maybe your guard is really down," he answered. "Wait, why are you whispering?" He asked, also whispering.
Jane Jane narrowed her eyes, "Because of.." she started. "... That." She turned towards the garden, where Kevin and Rosa are talking.
Jane felt that Julius' grip on her arm loosened so she looked at him from the corner of her eyes. What she saw truly shocked her.
Julius had the same expression as her. He perfectly imitated a fish. Yet, she felt that there was something else, which she couldn't seem to identify.
"J-jane," he stuttered. "Le-let's go to the living room. M-Mom and Dad are looking for you." He said and tugged on her arm rather painfully.
"H-hey!" she whispered loudly. "That hurts! Let go of my arm!" Julius only tightened his grip around her arm.
Jane's POV
What the heck is wrong with him?!
"Julius!" I forcefully pushed him away with my free hand. "Julius, it hurts! Let go!"
Hearing those words, he seemed to snap out from his trance. His eyes widened as he stopped in front of the door to the living room.
"Oh- what- ugh!" He stuttered. "Jane, I'm sorry, I didn't know what came over me and-"
"I'm fine, thank you." I'm totally not fine. I couldn't feel my hand anymore. "What happened?"
Before he could answer, a voice inside the living room was heard as the door was opened.
"Jane, Julius? Come in, come in." It was none other than my lovely mom.
We got inside the room and sat in the couch across our parents.
"So.." I started, "Why did you call us here?" I said.
"About that," Dad said. "Your Mom and I-"
But before he could finish, Mom was all smiles and said, "We're going on a vacation!"
Silenece passed over us.
"Pardon me, I think I may have not heard you properly." Julius said, dumfounded. "Vacation?"
Father grinned and held Mom's hand. "Yes, dear. Vacation. For 2 months!"
2 months?! They're leaving for 2 months?!
"2 months?! You're leaving for 2 effin months?!" Well, seems like Julius dear voiced out my thoughts. "B-but," he added. "What about the company? Who's going to-"
"That's taken care of, dear." Dad interrupted.
It's taken care of? "Who?" I asked. "Who's going to handle all the things in the company while you are away?"
"Carlson, the director. We trust him." Mom answered.
"When are you leaving anyway?" I asked again, they couldn't be leaving that early.
"Hm, today. Now, to be precise."
"What?!" Julius and I simultaneously said. "Isn't that too early?! And, you only told us now?!"
"Oh honey.. We wanted it to be a surprise afterall. Mom pouted as Father answered us. "What, can't we have a vacation? We rarely have time for ourselves."
Well, he has a point there. "And, all the maids and butlers are taking the whole month off. "
Mom was all smiley. She was smiling like there is no tomorrow. "In fact, all of them already left!"
"What the-"
"No bad words allowed dear."
"Mom, why?!" Julius said.
"Well, I figured that, since we would be away for 2 whole months, I would like to see how you would do in the house without the maids around." Mom explained. Father looked at his watch and faced us.
"Dear, we've got to get going. We might miss our flight to Hawaii now." Father opened the door the door and nodded his head at Mom.
"Oh, okay then! Goodbye, Jane, Julius." Mom kissed our cheeks although Julius Julius didn't seem to like it. "Keep the house clean, okay?" Mom added.
End of Jane's POV
Jane and Julius stared at the distance, the garage where their cars was supposed to be had one car less.
"Oh my God." Jane muttered. Her eyes then widened as she faced Julius. "They did not just-"
"They just did." Julius answered. He turned around and walked back to the house. (Ehem, mansion)
A dark look crossed Jane's features as she ran to catch up with Julius. "Of all people here in this household, they know that we can't do chores of all things."
"And that was why they decided to get maids, right?" Julius added. "They must be doing this on purpose.. I mean, with all the helpers taking the whole month off, they must be doing it on purpose!"
"Well, we can't do anything about it.." Jane replied. "Our heplers would also like a rest and spend time with their families." She then smiled brightly at Julius and asked him a question that almost made him trip over thin air.
"What exactly happened when you saw Rosa and Kevin earlier?"
Hi guys. About this story, what do you think of it? Do you have any suggestions on how I can make it better? And, I changed something in the Prologue. Please go back and read it again, it may cause some confusions if you won't. Thank you! :)
I just changed the book cover too, do you like it? Please review! ^_^ I do not own the picture. I only did some editing though.. I found it on Google :D
~KC :)
