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Jonny's POV
I stared at it and then looked back at Nina. She looked very pale. Her eyes started to roll back and started to close. She was wobbling and I instantly knew that she was going to fall back. I ran over and when I was beside her, she fell into my arms before she hit the floor. Good thing too, because I didn't want to make a sound. I looked back and the figure was gone.
"Nina!" I whispered, shaking her. She was still breathing so I knew she was alive, but was she okay?
"Mmm?" She got out. She was going to wake up from that point so I went and opened the door to her room. When I reached her, I picked her up and carried her to her bed. Then I put her down, taking one look at her I let her head lay gently on her pillow. I grabbed the blanket and laid it over her, brushing most of the hair out of her face. I think I smiled but I'm not sure.
Then I looked over at Mara, she was sound asleep. Her hair was perfectly laying on her pillow and her eyes were lightly closed. Her head was slightly tilted to the right and her hands were together right under her pillow. Her legs were scrunched up together. There were papers and a pencil lying next to her torso. Hey blanket was lying at her feet. I walked over to her and put the papers in a stack on her night stand along with the pencil. I grabbed the blanket and raised it right below her hands. She started moving. Oh no, she can't wake up she might scream if she sees me. All she did was grab the blanket and start hugging it. I walked over to the door then looked at the Nina. Man, I wish I had a sister. I opened the door and left. When I opened the door to exit the girls corridor, Victor was fast asleep in his chair. It's amazing how fast he can fall asleep. I walked down the stairs. My heart was racing probably going almost twice as fast as normal. I am terrified of what that thing will do to me. I walked down the hallway to my room. It was really dark, almost pitch black. When I opened my door. I saw a figure there with it's arms crossed.
"Ah!" I jumped. I didn't scream so loud to be heard by Victor.
"Shhh! Keep your voice down!" It was Jerome. He was the one standing in the doorway. He pulled me into the room and shut the door. "What were you doing out? It's almost 0300!"
"What?"
"3 o'clock?" He told me. I forgot they use that here.
"Yeah, sorry. How long were you awake?"
"Long enough to know you weren't on ground level."
"Look I was talking to Nina." I walked over to a lamp by my bed and turned it on.
"How did you get away with Victor doing rounds?" Crap. Now what?
"How did you know that?"
"Because, I have lived here for years. You don't think everyone has tried to sneak out of their room a few times?" He asked me. What am I supposed to tell him. Well, the truth is pretty nice.
"Okay look, I'm sorry. I couldn't sleep and I got onto my computer. Nina messaged me and told me to meet her up stairs. We went into the attic and-" He interrupted my next words.
"You did what!?" He whispered in a surprised but angry tone of voice. "How?"
"Nina knows how to pick a lock." His eyes widened.
"Well, I guess I will just have to tell Victor about this in the morn-"
"No!" I interrupted him. "What do you want?"
"Hmm." His eyes wandered, just by that action I knew he had something in mind. "I want you to find information on a girl. Her name is Joy Miller." Well this is either going to very easy, or abundantly hard.
"Sure. I can't get kicked out of this school. Do you have any info about her to help me?" I asked. If I am going to find information about her, then I will need the basics.
"All you will need should be in Mr. Sweet's office in the third file box to the left wall. The second drawer down." Great. He smirked as I started breathing heavily.
"How am I supposed to get that?"
"Figure it out. Find your way there." He paused. Then looked at me again. "Also while you are at it, if you can do me a favor and get Alfie Lewis. Should be in the same drawer. Last names first." He paused once more, looked at his bed, then back at me. He spoke once more. "And why are you only wearing briefs?"
"It's hot." I said in an unwilling tone. He smiled at me.
"Good luck tomorrow." He got into bed and said, "Can't you shut the light?" This guy's an asshole. I turned off my lamp and went to sleep.
The Next Morning 5:00 A.M.
Nina's POV
I opened my eyes and looked out the window. It was still dark outside. How did I get here? The last thing I remember was Jonny running towards me then I blacked out. That black ghost. I sat up and looked around. Nothing was in the room but Mara, our things, and myself. I looked over at my alarm clock and it was only 5:03. I wonder if anyone else is awake. I reached down to my computer and opened it. I think it's around noon over in Cali. My sleeping schedule is all messed up. I feel like I shouldn't have been sleeping. When I got onto my messenger website, everyone was online. I was probably lunch over there. I got a bunch of notifications after a couple minutes. Most of it was "Hey how is it there?" or "Meet any new guys?". Of course I said it was pleasant and then I told everyone of my girlfriends about Jonny and Fabian. I started texting all of my friends before Mara woke up. I looked at my clock again. It was 6:30 now. Everyone stopped texting me to go back to class. Mara woke up. Just in time too, I didn't want to get bored.
"Morning." She said looking at me with a smile and crack in her voice.
"Good morning." I replied.
"You didn't wake up when Fabian brought you up here? Or were you just pretending to sleep?"
"No I fell asleep. I sleep like a bear. That's what Gran called me."
"Oh well I am going to go take a shower." She got up, grabbed her clothes, and walked out of the room. I looked at the clock again and it's only 6:32… I don't know why I keep looking at the time. I'm going down stairs I don't want to be alone. I opened the door and left the corridor. As I was walking down the stairs I notice one of the steps was loose. It was really wiggly and I almost tripped on it. I will tell Victor about it later. Crap… who do I want to wake up? I walked into the kitchen and looked for some of Trudy's brownies that she made last night. I opened the fridge and found them. I pulled them out and without moving I took the plastic cover off and started eating one. I think I am in love with these brownies. Three layers. Brownie. Fudge. Brownies. Ahhhhhhh! I stepped back to turn but before I did the fridge shut by itself. Jerome was standing right there.
"Hellooooo." He stretched out as I turned to put the brownies down on the isle.
"He." I attempted to greet him with my mouth stuffed. He laughed and shook his head.
"So, Jonny told me you were out last night with him. Where did you go?" My heart started racing.
"He just came upstairs and we hung out for a little bit."
"Nina," He bent down next to my ear and whispered, "don't lie, to me." Crap. This is freaking me out and I'm not good under pressure.
"Okay. Then where do you think we went last night?"
"Oh, I don't know. The cellar?" He paused and circle me. When he came back around he got real close to my face and continued, "The attic?" My heart was pounding and it felt like there was a frog in my throat. It felt very hot and I felt like I was about to break a sweat. What if he already knows? I should just tell him and get it over with.
"I-" I started but Jonny came to my rescue.
"Oh just leave her alone Jerome. You already know so why are you tormenting her?" He confronted Jerome.
"Because it's fun watching people struggle." I gave a devious smile to him and walked back into the hallway. I heard a door shut. Jonny peaked around the corner to make sure he wasn't still there.
"Am I not just amazing?" He laughed picking up a brownie. I smiled at him.
"You are awesome." I said picking up a brownie. He held it up to bump them together like you would with glasses for a toast. I bumped it and we both took a bite of our own. I started smiling. He laughed at me. "What? Do I have something in my teeth?"
"Nope." He answered but I knew he was lying. He was trying to hold back his laughter. I gave him a 'really?' look. "What?" He started laughing again. I pulled my phone out of my pocket and looked at my teeth in my camera, and sure enough, I had a boat load of brownie in my teeth. I punched his arm.
"Come on we have to go get you schedule and uniforms. Unless you want to wear mine?" I asked him.
"Sure I will borrow yours. Let's go get one." We started laughing again. We walked out of the kitchen, into the living room and into the foyer. We saw Trudy come out of her room.
"Going somewhere?"
"Yeah he has to get his schedule."
"Okay well I will see you two in a little bit. I'm going to make breakfast." She nodded and walked off. We exited the house.
Fabian's POV
Before Nina and Jonny left the kitchen.
I woke up to the sound of laughter. It sounded like Nina's voice. I looked at the clock and it was 0645. We don't have school for about another hour and a half. I got up and opened my door. It was Nina's laughter I heard, but I think I heard Jonny as well. I stayed in my doorway. They walked out and met Trudy. They were talking to soft for me to hear. Their conversation was brief as they parted ways. Trudy went in threw the living room and the other two went out the door. Wonder where they are off to.
"Hey, mate what er yeh doin?" Mick asked me sitting up in bed.
"Shh." I told him as he was getting out of bed. He was only wearing his trunks so he pulled on some sweatpants and a T-shirt.
"What's wrong with you?"
"Nothing, just Nina walked out with Jonny. I will be back, I have to ask Trudy what they are doing." I said walking out of the room shutting the door behind me. I walked into the kitchen and saw Trudy pulling stuff out for breakfast. "Hey, Trudy?" I asked her.
"Yes love?" She said pouring some oat grains into a pot of hot water.
"Where did Nina and Jonny go?"
"Where you took Nina yesterday morning. To get situated for school." I don't know whether to be worried about this, or to be happy she is nice enough to help someone out. Oh well I must get ready for school. When I came up to my door, Mick came out of it. He gave me a head nod and went for his usual daily morning jog.
Jonny's POV
In the hallways of Frobisher School
"Do you know where we are going?" I asked her.
"Yeah just give it a couple minutes. These halls are like a maze." She responded. I laughed at her. She doesn't know where she's going. "Hey shut up." She nudged my shoulder. She took out her phone and started typing something.
"What are you trying to do? Map our way through the school? I don't think that will work." I laughed again. She hit my shoulder, hard. "Hey." I chuckled. It's funny when she gets mad, because she can't keep a straight face and ends up smiling. "Hey so I have a favor to ask."
"What?" She asked me like she didn't want to know.
"Okay so," I started talking, then laughed when she rolled her eyes. Then I continued, "Jerome made a deal with me to not tell that we were in the attic."
"Why did you tell him in the first place?" She asked me with an attitude.
"Because it was three in the morning and I didn't want to argue. So anyways, I need you to find a way to distract him to leave his office. Then when he leaves, I will look for a couple files Jerome wants me to find."
"Okay." She agreed. I stopped walked because I saw that we were back at the entrance to the school. She turned around and gave an awkward grin like she was sorry, but not sorry.
"NINA!" I started running after her. She took off almost like she was flying through the halls.
We passed a door that opened.
"Stop!" A man's voice yelled. We both stopped and turned around.
"Mr. Sweet! We were looking for your office. I guess I still need some more practice around the halls." She tried to slide off.
"Mmhmm, yes. Well, I don't believe we have met before. Are you Jonathan Skidmore?" He asked me.
"Yes sir," I responded trying to be polite. I held out my hand to shake and he took it. "I came to get my schedule and uniforms." He smiled.
"Ah yes, right this way." I followed him into his office. "So Ms. Martin how are you liking it here?"
"It is very nice. Trudy is very pleasant and so are all of the other people in the house. I honestly almost feel like home." She smiled replying to him. "I will be back." She started to walk towards the door, then stopped. "Mr. Sweet, where is the restroom?" She asked him. What is she up to now?
"The lou? It's right around the corner to the left." He answered.
"Thank you." She left the room. Mr. Sweet was rummaging through a bunch of papers and pulled one out of a folder he had picked up.
"Here is your schedule, Mr. Skidmore." He handed it to me. Then there was a scream from the bathroom. "What in the world?" He quickly left the room not paying attention that I was still in there. I ran over to the file cabinets Jerome was talking about. Third file box, second drawer down. I opened it and thumbed through the files. I found Lewis, Alfred Marmaduke Marmaduke? Ha. I picked it out and continued. Then I found it Mercer, Joy. I folded the two folders in half and stuck them in the side of my pants and pulled my jacket over the top.
"Ms. Martin there is no need to be aggravated over a tiny spider!" I heard Mr. Sweet talking to her in the hallway.
"Mr. Sweet it was huge! I am arachnophobic."
"Yes, I can see that now." I started chuckling, but stopped before they came back in. I started pacing to make it seem like I was admiring his office.
"Mr. Sweet why is there knight's armor in here?" I asked him trying to sound interested.
"The frobishers, were in love with very old history. They lived in the house you both stay in. They are the ones who decorated it and this school." He answered.
"Oh, that is very fascinating." I nodded. "How long ago was that?"
"Oh Mr. Skidmore, maybe some other time I will tell you more about the Frobishers, but for right now, you need to go home and get ready for school." He handed me six uniforms.
"Yes sir." I said walking out with Nina. She shut the door and followed me, pulling out her phone. Her case matched her eyes, a deep blue like the ocean. I watched her as she took it off and grabbed a paper out of the back of it.
"Let me see your schedule." I handed it to her and she looked it up and down. "We have four classes together." She paused. "Woah." She stared at the paper and stopped walking.
"What?" I asked her.
"We have the same birthday." I was very surprised by this. First she looks like my mother from the picture and now we have the same birthday. I took her schedule just to confirm this, and she was right.
"Wow, that's cool I guess. I had a couple friends who I had the same birthday as back in Cali." I told her. Just to lower the suspicion level.
"Well that's cool." She responded. We started walking back to the house.
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