House of Jara CHAPTER 2
"Because I don't know where I'm staying yet, meaning I couldn't put them in my room." Eddie announced confidently.
"Don't back chat me boy! Who are you?" Victor yelled in anger at Eddie's lack of respect towards him.
"Eddie Miller, new resident of Anubis House." Eddie explained to very angry caretaker of Anubis House.
"Hmm very well Trudy, show him to his room so he can remove his bags from the front hall." Victor demanded unkindly and returned to his office.
"What's with Dracula?" Eddie asked sarcastically. Amber jumped up excitedly and ran over to Eddie. She grabbed his arm and moved close to him.
"So you think he's a vampire too?" Amber asked in a very quiet voice as she looked from side to side. Trudy stifled a laugh but everyone laughed out loud. Amber looked at everyone as if to say 'What?'
"Amber, let him go and un-pack." Nina said and Amber obeyed. Eddie made a funny face at Amber and followed Trudy to the room he would be sharing with Fabian and Mick.
"He's hot." Amber announced and looked at every girl in the room. Joy, Mara and Nina agreed but Patricia didn't. Alfie pouted at Amber. She saw his puppy dog face. "Aw don't worry boo, you're hot too." He perked up but she slyly shook her head in contradiction to what she just told him. Jerome was paying no attention to the on-going conversation as he was looking as Mara and Mick as Mara whispered in his ear, he was disgusted by the sight. Alfie looked at his best friend and had to hide his laugh.
"I'm going to un-pack" Jerome told his house mates. He didn't wait for anyone to reply, he just left.
"I'm gonna un-pack too. I'll see you guys later." Mara expressed. She kissed Mick's cheek but sneakily went to Jerome's room instead of her own. She knocked and entered.
"What do you want? Aren't you catching up with Mick?" Jerome said arrogantly, sulking on his bed. Mara sat on the edge of his bed ignoring his tone.
"Yeah but you were in the middle of telling me something. So here I am, you can tell me." Mara explained, placing a hand gently on his arm. He immediately pulled it away and sat up on the other side of his bed.
"Mara, there's nothing I want to say" Jerome disclosed, pulling his hands down his face, yet again. Mara went to sit beside him on the other side of his bed, facing the wall.
"Jerome, please. I'm sorry for Mick interrupting but he won't this time." Mara said, trying to persuade her friend to open up to her.
"I lied when I said my holiday was alright. It was horrible. Do you remember how you felt when your parents dropped you off here for the first time?" Jerome said looking her in the eyes from a slightly hunched position.
"Yeah I was really nervous but I knew they weren't abandoning me. They just wanted me to get the best education possible." Mara answered slightly confused as to why it was relevant to their conversation.
"My parents sent me here for a very different reason: to get rid of me. I think I was probably about five years old when they left me here to rot. I guess that's exactly what I did." Jerome expressed nervously as his voice cracked.
"You're not rotten. That's so young; if you ever need to talk I'm here for you." Mara explained as Jerome put his head in his hands and she hugged him. It was at that moment that Alfie decided to walk in, they jumped apart making Alfie laugh.
"Interrupting something am I?" Alfie said suspiciously as they both stood up.
"No!" Jerome and Mara disclosed at the exact same moment. "I err, have to be somewhere. Bye Jerome, Alfie." Mara stammered nervously and ran to her room.
"So, Jerome. What was that about?" Alfie asked cheekily teasing his best friend as it is usually the other way around.
"Drop it Alfie!" Jerome sneered, he hated seeming vulnerable but right then he felt so, so vulnerable. He just told his biggest secret.
"Welcome to: We-Love-Mara-Land. Population: Jerome" Alfie joked. Jerome refrained from hitting his best friend and stormed out. "Jerome! It was a joke" Alfie yelled after him. Jerome ignored him and left the house to go for a walk to clear his head. He walked past Trudy on his way out but didn't reply when she asked him if he was alright.
"Alfie what's wrong with Jerome?" Trudy asked as she ducked her head into his room. She sounded very concerned as Jerome was usually very easy going.
"I joked about him having a crush on Mara" Alfie answered without thinking and Trudy gasped loudly making Alfie realise what he just said.
"Jerome has a crush on Mara?" Trudy asked surprised. "I was under the impression that he had a girlfriend at home. That's so sweet." She added.