House of Jara CHAPTER 13
"Jerome you have to believe me when I say I didn't kiss you to make Mick jealous. I just got caught up in the scene. Our characters were getting engaged after all" Mara reasoned with the tall boy walking next to her.
"I get it Mara I was just winding you up. Let's just forget about it ok? We need to focus on things that matter: Rufus for example" Jerome described as they entered the woods. 'Hello Jerome' he heard and whipped around to see… nothing.
"Jerome? What's the matter?" Mara asked concerned as Jerome looked around frantically.
"Did you hear that?" He asked ignoring her question desperately searching for the source of the voice.
"Hear what? Jerome I didn't hear anything" Mara answered and he stopped spinning. He looked into Mara's eyes to find the hint that she was lying but all he saw was sincerity.
"It must have been my imagination come on we're late" Jerome said and walked off very quickly Mara quickly followed afraid of being alone with a lunatic on the loose.
"Where have you been? We thought something bad had happened to you two" Nina stressed as she saw the two of them emerge from the trees into the clearing.
"Sorry, Jerome got a bit distracted" Mara told Sibuna still quite confused about what had happened.
"What happened?" Alfie asked concerned about his worried and paranoid look on his best friends face. He looked truly terrified.
"He heard something but I didn't hear anything" Mara explained before Jerome could deny anything had happened. The whole of Sibuna turned their gaze to him, waiting for his explanation. It took him about two minutes but he answered.
"I thought I heard Rufus say my name but it was just my imagination, I looked around but Mara and I were the only people in sight" Jerome was so embarrassed by what had happened, he felt weak. Nobody knew how to react but Alfie laughed thinking it was a joke. "I'm not joking Alfie!" He stopped laughing immediately hearing the seriousness in his friend's voice.
"Let's just get on with the initiation, ok?" Nina said seeing how uncomfortable Jerome felt and they all gathered around the familiar fire. "Mara did you bring your valuable item?" Mara pulled out a book from her bag and showed them.
"My mum gave it to me when she finally accepted that I wasn't going to be an athlete like her and dad it was when she dropped me off here" Mara said almost crying at the thought of burning it.
"Mara, do you have anything else you can burn in your bag? That seems too important." Fabian asked with much protest from Amber. Mara then pulled out what looked like a ribbon but was a bracelet. It was dark blue and obviously didn't belong to Mara originally. Jerome looked blankly at it, it had belonged to him nut he had lost it not long before the summer which was not long after him and Mara had become friends.
"Throw it in the fire I don't want to be late back to school. Everyone will stare and I'm having a bad hair day" Amber said impatiently and everyone stared at her but Mara did as she was told and threw it in the fire and repeated.
"*Insert Amber's quote about being true to Sibuna and Anubis House secrets*"
A/N: Sorry guys I couldn't remember the quote and I couldn't find it
It was very cold so they immediately start walking back to school but Jerome pulled Mara to a stop.
"That was mine…" He said simply he only wanted to know why it was something that she valued.
"You left it in my room before the summer. It was the first thing I pulled out and I didn't want to burn my book" Mara lied she did value it though because it was his.
"Oh ok then but you owe me, my sister gave me that." Jerome told her and they started walking again. 'Hello Jerome' there it was again Rufus's voice was haunting him. He'd been hearing it throughout the summer he stiffened, frightened.
"Jerome? Are you ok? You seem… I don't know, scared or shocked" Mara asked as she saw him stop for a split second.
"Actually I think I'm gonna skip Maths I'm not feeling too well" Jerome said looking all around from paranoia.
"Jerome like you said earlier none of us should be alone so I'm coming with you. Plus in your state I think you need company at all times. Come on we'll go back to the house" Mara explained and linked their arms. They walked back to Anubis House and luckily Victor had gone out but Trudy was still there.
"What are you two doing back here so early?" Trudy asked.
"Jerome isn't feeling very well so I brought him back here, can I stay with him?" Mara explained to their loving house mother. Mara gave her a pleading look.
"Oh ok you're only missing one lesson, what harm could it do?" Trudy asked herself rhetorically.
"Thanks Trudy" Mara said and Mara and Jerome sat on the sofa in the living room.
"Mara you really don't have to stay with me, you love Maths go to school" Jerome tried to persuade Mara to leave him alone but of course it didn't work.
"Jerome! I am not leaving you alone. I saw your reaction earlier, hearing that voice scares you I can tell" Mara demanded in a raised whisper, they couldn't let Trudy hear and she was just in the kitchen although she heard they were having a dispute. Jerome was visibly shocked by Mara's outburst.
A/N: Thanks to all previous reviewers and sorry for the terrible chapter though I like Mara's outburst! Hope you guys liked it! Please REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW!