Author's Note: so sorry for the long update, busy planning and writing my other story- To kill or to be killed.
Chapter 9
So it Finally Starts
"So… you don't know who he is?" I asked swallowing down the lumpy feeling in my throat.
"No. I don't" Himeko replied.
"Are you insane?" I asked. Now I feel a little guilty.
"I'm sorry?"
"Ignore me… I was thinking aloud… hahhahas… but really, that is hard to believe considering how much you seem to like him."
"I like him?"
"… I'm… gonna call the nurse in again… don't leave the place… they might send you to the hospital… and people will think it is my fault… which obviously isn't."
I ran out of the room slamming the door behind me, I fastened my pace down the corridor. Nearly there, the nurse will come and she will use her nurse like powers and everything will be fine. Everything will be fine… that is only if I can get pass her. At the end of the corridor, Miss Edna is standing nice and tall with her arms crossed, a mean frown on her face. I immediately stopped and started walking; I tried my best to pretend that she wasn't there. No luck though.
"Maka, stop right there." She said in her usual strict voice.
"I'm kind of having an emer –"
"Why didn't you turn up for cleaning duties?" She cut through me.
"Can we leave that aside? A girl might be having amnesia and it might be my fault… so I need to get the nurse"
"Do not lie to me. Answer my question."
I felt a huge sense of déjà vu. She is like mum. I didn't feel the need to answer because I bet no excuse will be good enough, not to mention telling the truth will get me in more trouble. So I made a run for it.
"I'll accept my punishment later!" I yelled as I ran towards the teacher's lounge.
"Come back here!" I heard her yell.
Forgive me, but my quiet life is at risk here mum will never let me hear the end of it if she finds out… I am the only person known by the nurse to be with Himeko at that time because I brought her to the nurse… and I don't think anyone will back me up cause no one else was with us, besides… if Himeko really lost her memories, she can't back me up either… meaning rumours will spread and I will have to cover my face for life and… ok… I admit… I exaggerate… but really, I will be the first suspect.
"Nurse!" I yelled kicking the door to the teacher's lounge. "Come quickly, I don't know your name so I will just continue to call you nurse… anyways, my life is on the line here! Hurry" I grabbed the Nurse's hand and pulled her to the nurse's office.
"What is your problem?" The nurse asked shaking off my grip.
"My problem? Shouldn't you ask that to Himeko? She has problems and I am such a kind hearted girl trying to help her out yet you are blaming me already?"
"… I didn't… blame anything on you…"
"Stop worrying about me, worry about the real patient lying over there" I said pointing to the bed.
"What patient?" The nurse asked.
"Over there for God's sake, can't you s–"
"Where?" She said crossly.
"Never mind… by the way… nice shirt… what's your name again?"
"Georgia Vella… call me Miss Vella"
"Oh… nice shirt… Miss Vella…"
She rolled her eyes at me. "Anymore of your pranks and I will give you detention."
I sighed as she walked out. Seriously? Only been here for a few days and I am already on two person's bad side… wait… a lot of girls hate me at the moment but these two particular people count because they are… staff members. Anyways, enough of that… where the hell did Himeko run off to? Geez… that girl is such a handful. God dammit, who cares anymore? She is probably with Soul having their moment somewhere… I'll just go and find Liz, Patti and Tsubaki to go buy me some clothes. I walked around the back of the school building heading towards the cafeteria. I stopped when I saw Soul and Himeko talking; I quickly leaned against the wall out of their sight. Well this is interesting.
"So… how are you feeling?" Soul asked.
"Like usual, but it's a bit more fun now" She replied.
WHAT? So she faked it! HAH… I knew it… all along… yeah… ok… I panicked, but I still knew it…
"Himeko, I know how you feel and everything… but don't be an ass to Maka."
Himeko grinned. "Maka wouldn't like it if she heard that" Himeko said in her sweet voice.
Huh? What does she know? It irritates me real bad that she acts like she knows me, but there is nothing I can do right now. I can't use violence and words won't do a hell lot of good either… I know from firsthand experience.
"Don't tell her about it yet." Soul said with a sigh.
She laughed.
What? Tell me about what?
"Tell her about what?" Himeko said once again in her sweet voice
I know right? Tell me about what? This is so bloody intense for me… I feel like banging my head against the wall.
"You know what I am on about"
"Do I?"
I swear I wanna run out and scream at those two… but that will make it obvious that I am eavesdropping.
"Just do me this one favour." He said. "After all we are all… friends."
Himeko's face turned sour "'We were once all friends' you mean" She spat and walked away.
Shit. I need to run. She is heading my direction. I ran back towards my room and climbed in through the window… just because it was open. After getting back up straight on my feet, I closed the window and jumped on my bed. Everything is weird. Everything I heard is weird. I sighed as I tried to work out what is happening, so basically… from what they were talking about… we were once friends and they are hiding something from me.
"GAHHH" I screamed rolling around in my bed "Stuff all that, i don't even remember being friends with them… I am just gonna go sleep"
I fixed my pillow to lie down. I feel tired. A sweet smell distracted my process of falling asleep. I sniffed the air and looked around, the sweet smell was not cookie sweet but more… refreshing sweet. My head throbbed hard, giving tons of pain. I curled up in bed hoping the pain would go away. My eyes started to feel heavy, the slowly tried to close. I gave the room once last glance before falling unconscious. At the corner of my eye, I saw it, where the sweet smell was coming from.
The white lily bud on my table… is starting to bloom.
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