House of Jara CHAPTER 8
Alfie had immediately stiffened at the name.
"Jerome, can you tell me who Rufus Zeno is?" Mara demanded quietly.
"I will but tomorrow. Now we need to go to sleep." Jerome negotiated shuffling Mara towards his bed.
"No! We need to tell someone, we need to tell Nina or… or Victor." Alfie stuttered.
"We will, tomorrow. Alfie if we go out there and stumble into him; who knows what he'll do to us. You know what he's capable of" Jerome explained and Alfie nodded in agreement. "Mara I'll get us up at six so you can go back to your room." Jerome explained the plan, Mara nodded and got into Jerome's bed whilst Jerome got into his sleeping bag. They slept through the night but accidently overslept. It was half seven when they eventually woke up.
"Jerome! Jerome! Wake up we over slept." Mara whispered loudly so as not to attract attention from outside the room. She kicked him when he didn't wake up, this jerked him awake. "We've over slept it's half seven, how are we going to explain this?"
"Oh crap! I think we're going to have to stay here until everyone goes to school" Jerome replied and Alfie arose awake. "Alfie cover for me. I'm gonna stay here with Mara." Jerome asked and Alfie nodded and got ready for school. Mara and Jerome sat on the latter's bed.
"You said you'd wake me up at six" Mara said kind of annoyed and blaming him as if he had planned it all along.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to over sleep, I didn't do it on purpose if that's what you're insinuating." Jerome defended himself.
"I know I'm sorry. I just don't want Victor to find out I stayed in here and make us clean toilets with tooth brushes." Mara disclosed.
"I'll see you guys later." Alfie said with a grin and left the room to eat the breakfast Mara and Jerome wouldn't get any of.
"You mean you don't want Mick to find out." Jerome muttered he didn't want Mara to hear but he wasn't quite quiet enough.
"No I would be able to reason with him I couldn't reason with Victor" Mara explained to the sad Jerome, she was really starting to like him. She didn't know quite how much but she knew it was a lot. Jerome smiled at her and took a peak out of his door but shook his head as everyone was still sitting at the table eating breakfast.
"Thanks for last night I mean I thought you would have made me sleep in the sleeping bag." Mara said with a giggle.
"Hey! I'm not that hard faced" Jerome said he didn't like when people assumed he was heartless.
"I was only joking." Mara laughed, meanwhile in the dining room. Patricia was asking questions.
"Has anyone seen Mara? She wasn't in our room this morning." She asked the rest of Anubis House, Eddie, Fabian, Nina, Amber, Joy, Alfie and Mick.
"I haven't I mean her and Clarke was in here at like midnight last night, she was doing homework. By the way where is Clarke?" Mick disclosed trying to get Jerome dropped in it for something even he wasn't aware of.
"He's not feeling too well, he might be in school later but he's lying in bed right now trying to feel better." Alfie covered he was very convincing, meaning everyone bought it. "And Trixie you know Mara she probably went into school early, we all know how much she loves school she probably just missed it." Alfie added and Patricia nodded in agreement. Alfie's success made him grin to himself he had deceived everyone. It was half hour until everyone left for school at eight, everyone but Alfie. He went back to him and Jerome's bedroom.
"Is it safe?" Mara pressed the minute Alfie was in the room.
"Yes everyone's gone into school; Victor's gone to see Sweetie and Trudy's gone shopping." Alfie explained to them as they'd been hiding out from the rest of the house.
"Good. What do we have first?" Mara asked quickly.
"Drama with Mr Winkler" Alfie answered quickly seeing her haste. Mara nodded her thanks and ran to her room to get ready. Jerome also got ready and he and Alfie waited for Mara at the front door. They speed walked into school together. The lesson had just begun when the trio snuck into the room and sat at the back hoping not to be noticed.
"Good of you three to join us Miss Jaffray, Mr Clarke and Mr Lewis." Mr Winkler announced. Every student turned to look at them and Mick looked angry.