Hey, Nukia here!
My summary is still bad, I think I'll change it later when I get a feel for The Wammy House Memories and understand where my plot is going. This fanfiction is a side story to Beyond This Love.
I wrote this chapter pretty slow, it's short too. I had one of those very lazy writing moments and X Men rping Pietro Maximoff on Twitter is taking over my life! I couldn't write anything for a while, I'm not feeling the love right now for my writing and I'm hoping it will pick up soon.
But thank you for the reviews ( even if there is just 4 ), favorites and the alerts! Also to the unknown people who read my fanfictions, I promise it will pick up at some point! If you don't like it, then don't read it.
Chapter 7!
It's now the middle of May, it's been 6 months since I last visited The Wammy House with my Aunt. My Great Aunt Thora as been really ill lately, so she's not been up to going out much and spending most of her time in bed or visiting the hospital. Mr Wammy as been to visit her a few times at our cottage and brought her many pretty flowers from the grounds of The Wammy House, but he didn't bring A with him for any of those visits which is odd. I've not seen him since the charity event in December, I did ask Watari if he was okay and he told me that A will be busy with his studies for the next few months. I do miss seeing him though, I just hope I get to see him very soon and that my Aunt gets better.
" I'm so bored..." I muttered.
I sighed to myself as I placed my pencil down on my drawing pad, I looked through the living room window and watched a few birds playing in the water of the stone bird bath in the middle of the lawn. It was a lovely spring day, it was to nice to be stuck indoors. I slid from my chair and grabbed my black shoes from under the table. I walked out of the living room and made my way to the kitchen, I wonder if Rose will let me go out on my bike for a few hours.
" Rose!" I called as I walked into the kitchen. " Rose, where are you?!"
I looked around the kitchen and noticed the back door open, she must be outside. I quickly put on my shoes, I grabbed a red apple from the fruit bowl on the counter side and walked to the back door of the kitchen. I step out into the garden and saw Rose hanging out the laundry, I gave her a smile as I walked down the path towards her.
" Rose, can I go out on my bike for a while please?" I asked." I need a break from my art homework, it's giving me a headache..."
" If you want my love, but remember to wear you knee pads and helmet..." She replied as she took one of my Aunt's blouses from her laundry basket. " Maybe you could do me a favour, there is a parcel that needs to be delivered to The Wammy House. Mr Gents from the Post Office was meant to be picking it up an hour ago, but his van broken down on the way here. What do you say about cycling to The Wammy House for me? You'd be doing me a big favour, your Aunt wanted the parcel delivered by tomorrow morning..."
" You want me to cycle to The Wammy House?!" I asked with a hint of surprise in my voice." Do you think Aunt Thora will allow it?"
" I don't see it being a problem, she was very proud of you when you passed your bike program the other week..." She replied with a smile. " She is taking her afternoon nap right now, so you should be back by the time she wakes up if you leave now..."
" This is so cool!" I smiled as I jumped on the spot and let out an excited squeal. " I won't let you down!"
" Just be careful and stay to the left of the road. Also remember to signal when you turn into different roads, it's better safe than sorry..." She answered as she continued to hang washing on the line. " That's what my old Mum use to say, so be careful..."
" I will, I'll be back before you know it!" I smiled.
" Okay my love, have fun!" She smiled.
I took a bite of my apple as I walked back into the kitchen, I took the small squire parcel with an envelope attached to it from the counter side and headed to my bedroom. I got changed into my blue faded jeans and my yellow t-shirt with a green flower on it before I got my safety gear from my wardrobe. I quickly put it on and headed back downstairs. I gave Rose a smile as I took my blue backpack from the coat peg, I put the parcel in my bag and put it on. I said goodbye to her and closed the front door quietly behind me.
I got my bike from the little alleyway that led to the back garden of the cottage, I wheeled my bike out of the gateway of the front garden and closed the wooden gate behind me. I got onto my bike and glanced over my shoulder before I cycled off down the lane towards The Wammy House.
It didn't take me that long to cycle to The Wammy House which surprised me, it was a beautiful day and I didn't really mind the bike ride there. I stopped outside of the large metal entrance gates of The Wammy House grounds, I got off my bike and leant it up against the wall that surrounds the orphanage. I walked over to a buzzer by the gate, I pressed the buzzer's button and listened to it ringing out.
" Hello?" I heard a man's voice asked from the other end of the gate's buzzer system. " May I ask who this is and would you please state your business?"
" Hello, my name is Elizabeth Mayhem..." I answered and leant my face closer to the buzzer's speaker pad. " I'm here to deliver a parcel to Mr Wammy from my Aunt, her name is Miss Thora Havisham..."
" I'm afraid to say My Wammy is not in residence right now..." He said. " I will have to ask you to leave and return when he his returns from his business trip, would you like me to leave him a message on your behalf?"
" But this is very important!" I frowned. " This parcel was meant to be picked up by a Mr Gents from the local Post Office in town, but his van broke down and my Aunt's Housekeeper Rose asked me to deliver it because it as to be delivered by tomorrow morning!"
" Alright!" He sighed with a hint of annoyance in his voice. " Just wait there and I will send one of the students to the main gate to collect the parcel!"
" Thank you Mr..." I began to say as I bit at my bottom lip and thought for a moment. " Excuse me sir, but what is your name? I would like to know who I am thanking, it's good manners to address a thank you to the person I am talking to by their real name..."
" My name is Mr Ruvie, now just wait there young lady!" He answered. " Someone will be out to collect your parcel from you in a few moments!"
" Okay, I understand sir..." I mumbled.
I removed my finger tip from the buzzer's button and stepped away from the gate, what a rude man. I took my backpack off as I sat down on the grass near the wall, I unzipped my bag and took the small parcel out it. I took the envelope from my bag too, I turned it over and saw that it was sealed up with sellotape. I wonder what's in the envelope? I held the envelope up towards the sky as I closed one of my eyes, I could see what looked like a chain inside the envelope and a folded up piece of paper.
" Hello again, it's been to long..." I heard someone say. " May I ask why you haven't visited The Wammy House for so long?"
I looked over at the gate and sighed to myself as I sat up straight, it was Backup. I got up from the grass and walked over to the gate as hid the parcel behind my back, I wonder what he wants? I stopped in front of the gate, he was wearing the same clothes he was dressed in when I first met him at the bridge and in library of The Wammy House. I watched him hang his arms through the gaps of the gate, he gave me a smirk and rested his forehead against the gate's bar.
" Well?" He asked. " I'm waiting for your answer, don't keep me waiting..."
" I don't know, my Aunt hasn't been well and Mr Wammy as been busy..." I replied.
" Watari is not even here, I've not seen him for a few weeks now..." He chuckled as he reached one of his hands out towards me. " What's behind your back? May I take a look?"
" It's just a parcel for Watari from my Aunt, a student is coming out to collect it for a Mr Ruvie..." I replied.
" Oh then your journey as been wasted, what a pity..." He chuckled. " Why don't you come in here and play with me for a while, I'm playing surgeon with some worms and spiders..."
" That's so cruel and disgusting!" I frowned.
" Is it?" He smirked. " It's fun you know, I like seeing how living things work from the inside..."
" Yes it's just horrible!" I answered and stepped away from the gate." Now will you please go away, I'm waiting for someone!"
" Don't be spoil sport, I'm extremely bored..." He smirked.
" No, go away!" I sighed, I walked back over to my backpack and picked it up from the grass. " I'll be going home right after this parcel is delivered, I've got homework to complete and stuff I need to do. I have no time to socialize with you, go back to your bugs!"
" But what if I'm that student who is meant to collect that parcel from you..." He smirked. " Mr Ruvie would be very annoyed if you refused to give me that parcel, you wouldn't want that now would you?"
" I highly doubt that he would send you, I don't trust you..." I said as I zipped up my backpack." What do you want anyway?"
" Nothing, I'm just bored and looking for company..." He replied with a sigh. " My Alternative as been gone far to long, I've got no one to talk to or annoy anymore..."
" What do you mean by he's gone?" I asked.
" It seems like I've got your attention finally, where as my Alternative gone?" He chuckled.
" His he okay?" I asked. " Watari told me that he was busy with his studies, but I've not seen him since the charity event..."
" He's gone away for a while with Watari and his idiotic prodigy to America, I've not spoken with him for over a month now..." He replied as he gripped his hands around the gate's bars. " I wish I could have gone to America with them, but Watari would not allow it. All those unsolved crimes, I would love to sink my teeth into them all and learn about more criminology technics!"
" What part of America have they gone to?" I asked.
" That's confidential information!" He replied and walked away from the gate. " I can't tell you which state of America they're staying in, it's a secret..."
" Okay then..." I sighed." Do you know when he'll be back?"
" Nope..." He replied.
I put my backpack on and watched Backup walk over to a tree. He quickly climbed up it which surprised me, he was like a monkey. I bit at my bottom lip as I walked back over to the gate, I watched him carefully walk along a branch and perch himself down on it. I took a deep breath and looked towards The Wammy house, I hope this student turns up soon to collect my Aunt's parcel.
" Do you want to see something cool?" I heard Backup say. " I'm quit agile..."
" No thank you, I'm okay..." I replied.
" Suit yourself..." I heard him say. " Your loss Elizabeth, you really are no fun. I don't know why my Alternative is friends with you, I think you're quite dull. Why won't you play with me?"
" I'm not listening to you, please be quiet..." I answered.
" Alright, I'll be quiet as a little white mouse in a trap..." He chuckled.
It wasn't long until I saw a young girl running along a path towards the gates, she had blonde shoulder length hair and wore a red hoody which was twice her size. I watched her stop in front of the gates, she was pretty cute and reminded me of A for some reason. She gave me a smile and itched her cheek as she looked up at Backup sitting in the tree, I wonder why Mr Ruvie would send someone so young to collect the parcel for him? I watched her for a moment until she turned her attention back to me, she smiled at me again and rocked quickly on her heels.
" Hello!" I said as I smiled at the girl. " Are you here to collect the parcel for Mr Ruvie?"
The girl nodded her head at me, she held her hands towards to me as she glanced above my head and stopped rocking on her heels. Her face suddenly dropped into a blank expression, her brown eyes widen as she stared at me. I cleared my throat as I handed her the parcel through a gap in the gate, she then looked back up at Backup again in the tree and watched him jump down from it.
" I wouldn't waste your time trying to talk to her, she will not answer you back..." He said as he did some sign langue at her and slightly smirked. " She can't talk or will not talk, she understands sign langues though..."
" Why won't she talk?" I asked.
" Who knows, tragic past maybe..." He smirked." We're all screwed up in here..."
" Well, I've got to go now..." I said, I walked over to my bike and wheeled it away from the wall. " If you see A before I do, tell him to write me a letter to say hello or come to visit me with Watari sometime. Will you remember that?"
" Why don't you tell him yourself, he will be back next week..." He chuckled.
" You said you didn't know when he was coming back!" I frowned as stopped and watched the young girl signed quit aggressive at him. " What is she saying to you?"
" She is saying that I'm a lying jerk and that I should not be horrible to outsiders..." He smirked and signed back at her. " Oh Nonie, you're to kind with your compliments!"
" She's not wrong there, you are jerk..." I muttered.
I stood and watched them signing to each other for a while, I didn't have a clue what they were saying to each other. I sighed to myself and climbed onto my bike, I guess I shall leave them to it.
