Hey, Nukia here!
My summary is still bad, I think I'll change it later when I get a feel for The Wammy House Memories and understand where my plot is going. This fanfiction is a side story to Beyond This Love, you'll understand what is going on at some point.
I wrote this chapter pretty slow, I had one of those very lazy writing moments, I'm not feeling the love right now for my writing and I'm hoping it will pick up soon.
But thank you for the reviews ( even if there is just 4 ), favorites and the alerts! Also to the unknown people who read my fanfictions, I promise it will pick up at some point! If you don't like it, then don't read it.
Chapter 6!
I slightly tilted my head as I put the book back on the shelf and stood on my tip tops to get a better look at the person staring at me from the other side of the bookcase, I wonder who is watching me? Whoever those eyes belong to give me the creeps, they were a really bright shade of crimson. I wonder if it's even possible for a person to have crimson coloured eyes? Maybe the eyes don't even belong to a person, what if they belong to a monster or a demon! I quickly grabbed a thick book from the shelf and stepped away from the bookcase, I hope A gets back soon.
" Hello..." I heard a young male's voice say from the other side of the bookcase. " May I ask what you plan to do with that book? You see, I need that book you are holding to complete my essay..."
" I'm planning to do nothing with it, I'm just looking at it..." I replied.
" Then you wouldn't mind letting me borrow it..." He said with a hint of a chuckle in his voice. " Why don't you come and join me the other side of the bookcase, then I can formally introduce myself to you. What do you say?"
" I can't walk properly right now, my left foot as decided to fall asleep on me..." I answered quietly and held the book out in front of me. " But you can come around to me if you want to collect the book you need for your essay, then I can introduce myself to you..."
" I will come around to join you when I've finished choosing the other books I need, but maybe we could have a conversation well I'm searching for them..." He said. " That's if you have the time between your history research about The Wammy House and your interest in old hospital death records, do you believe in spirits?"
" No, I don't believe in spirits!" I answered with laugh.
" You're not a student here, am I correct?" He asked. " I've never seen you around the orphanage before, are you one of Watari's guests for his charity event?"
" Yes, I'm here with my Great Aunt Thora. She's an old friend of Mr Wammy, she's donated large amounts of her money to The Wammy House over the years and many other good causes around the world. My Aunt visits this orphanage twice a month to have afternoon tea with Mr Wammy in his study. I'm surprised you've not met her yet, she normally likes meeting the students she supports..." I replied and took a step towards the bookcase as I bit at my bottom lip. " I've accompanied my Aunt a few times myself when she as visited Watari, do you know a teacher called Jane Couldrey by any chance?"
" I see..." He replied. " Of course I know Miss Jane, she is the head of the Mathematics Department. I also know she was the youngest person to graduate from Cambridge University at the tender age of 17, her parents lived in Warwick until their untimely death 2 years ago. Since then she's been a teacher at The Wammy House, she's a very kind and intelligent woman, but her intellect can not match mine..."
" You seem to know a lot about her, are you one of her students?" I asked.
" No, I've just read most of the students and teachers private information in Watari's office..." He chuckled. " But you're a mystery to me, there is something unusual about you. My eyes see things you cannot even imagine, your death date is unknown to me..."
" What do mean by that?" I asked.
" I can't see when you're going to die, you're an enigma to me..." He replied.
" No one knows their death date, you're morbid!" I laughed slightly and rocked gently on the heels. " Would you like sandwich? There is plenty of them left, I don't think my friend A would mind sharing them with you..."
" Is there any strawberry jam sandwiches on that tray?" He asked. " I could just throw a jar of strawberry jam at someone for a jam sandwich right now, my dinner was so long ago..."
" No, there is just prawn salad sandwiches on the tray..." I mumbled as I stopped rocking on my heels and frowned slightly. " Who are you?"
" Do you really need to know?" He asked.
" Yes!" I replied.
I watched as a tall boy walked from behind the bookcase, he placed a pile of books down on the floor and let his fringe fall over his eyes as he stood up straight. His hair was black, his skin was slightly tanned and then I noticed his smirk. He was the boy from bridge, he really was a student here. I thought I was seeing things when I saw him in the classroom, but why are his eyes crimson? It doesn't make any sense, his eyes where dark when I saw him on the bridge and in the classroom not long ago. I began to slowly back away from him, I wrapped my arms around the book I was holding and bit at my bottom lip when he started walking towards me. I stopped when I felt the table brush against the back of my legs, I leant back against the table and held the book out in front of me.
" Your eyes!" I said with a hint of panic in voice. " W-w-what are you?! You're him, the boy from the bridge who hurt my leg!"
" I'm human just like you, a very special human with the ability to see your name and lifespan..." He replied, he stopped in front of me and took hold of the book in my hands. " Can I please have this book now? You are delaying my studies, my essay needs to be finished by the morning..."
" Who are you?!" I asked.
" Does my name really matter to you?" He asked.
" No, but I would like to know who you are before I let you take this book!" I replied and tightened my grip around the book. " I would also like to know why you threw that jar of jam at me, what have I ever done to you?!"
" Did your leg contuse?" He asked with a smirk. " I believe the throwing force that I used behind my jam jar may have caused quite bad contusions on the calf of your leg, how painful was it? I like feed back on my experiments... "
" You're twisted..." I replied quietly.
" I could show you how twisted I can be if you would allow me, but I don't think you're game..." He smirked as he looked down at the book I was holding. " I always wanted to see each stage of a person who as suffered from blunt force trauma to their cranium, I bet it would be an interesting experiment. Would you like to be my lab rat?"
" Hey!" I heard A's voice yelled from above me." What do you think you are doing?!"
I quickly looked up at the upstairs part of the library above me, I saw A looking over the banisters with an angry expression on his face. I felt the book I was holding in my hands get snatched away from me, I turned my attention back to the boy and watched him quickly walk back behind the bookcase.I heard footsteps rushing down the metal spiral staircase, I saw A rush past me and disappear behind the bookcase.
" Will you please remove yourself from my sight, your presence is annoying me..." I heard the boy say with a hint of boredom in his voice. " Especially when I'm working on my essay about the intrusion detection system, I've also got other things I need to attendant to before lights out..."
" You know very well that you're not meant to be in the library all alone, especially in the homicide section without Watari or a teacher supervising you!" I heard A yell." Go back to Miss Ryan's classroom now Backup! There are high-class charity people in the event's hall, you're not even meant to be out of the science room alone because you're a high risk case!"
" A high risk case, me?" I heard the boy chuckle. " You're talk nonsense as always, I suggest you go back to your companion and keep her company for the evening instead of me. You'll only get in the way of my research, so go and eat your fancy sandwiches with your friend well I concentrate on my education..."
" You know I'm going to have to report you to Watari now, you're not even meant to be left unsupervised! Where is Miss Ryan?" I head A ask. " Isn't she meant to be watching you? Also, where are your contact lenses? You know very well you're meant to wear them at all times when we have visitors to The Wammy House, you're breaking more rules than a fat kid on thin ice!"
" Your whit amuses me, Miss Ryan is taking her evening coffee break. She will be back shortly to keep an eye on me..." I heard the boy chuckle. " Now if you would excuse me, I need to have complete silence well I research. This is a library after all, now remove yourself from my sight!"
" I'm not going anywhere until Miss Ryan returns, you can't be trusted by yourself!" I heard A say as he reappeared from behind the bookcase. " Come and sit with us for a while, I just hope you're telling the truth about Miss Ryan..."
" Why would I lie about Miss Ryan?" Asked the boy, he peeped his head from behind the bookcase and smirked. " You know that I'm more than likely to tell the truth in front of our visitors, you really need to learn to trust me more my dear Alternative..."
" I wouldn't trust you if they paid me in toffee!" Sighed A.
" You're to young to be earning a wage..." He smirked.
" It was a figure of speech!" Sighed A.
" And what about her?" He asked. " Can she be trusted?"
" Of course she can! She's a friend of mine, I trust her more than you..." Replied A.
" She's been lying to you, I know her too..." He smirked.
" You know Backup?" Asked A.
" He's an acquaintance, I met him near the bridge not far from my cottage a few weeks ago..." I replied quietly as I picked my bag up from the chair. " I would like to change what I said, he's a brief acquaintance I would like to forget..."
" How brief?" Asked A, he crossed his arms across his chest and looked over his shoulder at the boy." What am I missing here?"
I watched the boy shrug his shoulders at A, he really wasn't going to tell him how he knew me. I guess that's a good thing, if anyone knew what that boy did to me then he may get into trouble with Watari or even punished for his bad behaviour. I don't want him to be punished even if I find him creepy, but I don't want A to find out about what he did to me either. I bit at my bottom lip as I turned my attention to the tray of sandwiches on the table, I took one of the sandwiches from the tray and took a small bite out of it.
" Elizabeth..." I heard the boy say in an eerie tone. " May I ask how your leg is?"
" I don't know what you're talking about..." I replied and continued to eat my sandwich. " I think you may have the wrong Elizabeth, my leg is perfectly fine thank you!"
" Surely you haven't forgotten already..." He chuckled.
" Something weird is going on here, I feel an icy presences between you both and I'm not talking about the library's air conditioning above me..." Sighed A, he walked over to me and sat down on the table as he gave me friendly smile. " You can trust me, what's Backup on about?"
" Backup?" I asked as I looked over at the boy. " Is that his name?"
" No, his name is B..." Replied A.
" B..." I muttered under my breath as I took another sandwich from the tray. " I think I should be going now, my Aunt will be wondering where I've gotten to. In fact, I'm meant to be taking care of her and making sure she doesn't drink too much sherry..."
" You've only been gone from the party for half an hour, I don't think your Aunt would mind you hanging out in the library with me for a little longer..." Smiled A. " You've still not told me how you know Backup and what's all this business about your leg? Did you hurt yourself well I was gone?"
" My foot fell asleep, that's all!" I replied, I looked over at Backup and raised one of my eyebrows at him. " Right?"
" She's still lying to you my dear Alternative, she's not a very good friend if you ask me..." Smirked B, he disappeared back behind the bookcase and chuckled to himself. " Have a pleasant even Miss Elizabeth Mirabella Mayhem, maybe I will bump into again someday without A tagging along..."
" Hey! She was hanging out with me first before you butted in and made her feel uncomfortable!" Frowned A. " You're not allowed to socialize with her from now on, I'll make sure of that whenever she comes back to visit The Wammy House. Have you got that Backup?"
" Perfectly clear, I shall not socialize with you when she is around..." Replied Backup with a chuckle." Now would you silence yourself, this is a library after all..."
" Stop twisting my words around!" Sighed A.
" I really think I should go now, it's getting late..." I sighed and placed my uneaten sandwiches down on the silver tray. " A, will you please walk me back to the event's hall?"
" Come on SJ, don't be a stick in the mud!" Smiled A as he jumped down from the table. " Come and hang out with me for a while longer, we'll go anywhere you want around The Wammy House! Have you ever visited the Art room? I think you'd like it in there, I can show you my art project I'm working on if you want. You really don't have to leave on the account of Backup over there, you just have to learn to ignore him like I do and pretend that he's nothing but passed gas..."
" How vulgar..." I heard Backup say.
" No one asked you!" Snapped A.
" No, I think I should go back to my Aunt now..." I said.
" Alright, I'll walk you back to the event's hall..." Nodded A.
I took a looked over my shoulder as I walked with A towards the doors of the library to see Backup peeping his head around the bookcase, he had a smirk painted across his face with a very creepy look in his eyes. They seemed even brighter than before when I first saw them through the gap in the bookcase, I just hope I don't have to meet him again anytime soon. I left the library with A and swung my bag at my side as I walked along the corridor with him.
" SJ, can I ask you something?" He asked.
" Sure!" I answered, I looked up at A walking next to me and gave him a small smile. " What's on your mind?"
" What did Backup say to you in the library?" He asked. " I know what he can be like, he's got a very twisted mind. But if he's said anything abnormal to you then you should tell me, I won't tell Watari or any of the teachers..."
" He said nothing important, he actually didn't really say much to me..." I replied. " We just talked about his essay mostly, but he seemed to know a lot about my home-school teacher Jane Couldrey. I didn't realize how young she was, it's a shame though about her losing her parents so young... "
" Oh right, yeah it's pretty sad what happened to them..." He sighed.
" What happened to them?" I asked.
" It's confidential information..." He replied.
" Oh..." I sighed.
" Did he say anything else to you?" He asked.
" There is one other thing that confused me, he said that my lifespan was frozen..." I answered and bit at my bottom lip as I gently itched my left cheek. " I'm not really sure what he meant by that, he spoke about his eyes being special. Do you understand any of it?"
" Nope, but I know he always goes on about unusual or disturbing things..." He answered. " I would take no notice of him and his odd rants, he's just insane!"
" Are you sure?" I asked. " He mentioned something about not being able to see when I was going to die, do you think I should speak to Watari about it?"
" Nah, just ignore everything that he said to you..." He replied as he bumped arms with me and gave me a big smile. " Hey! If cloud cuckoo land was real, he would be the lord and emperor of it. But trust me, he's not right in the head..."
" You're funny!" I smiled.
" So SJ, do you fancy some ice cream and jelly?" He asked.
" I'm kind of full from lunch, but thank you for the offer..." I smiled.
" Don't be silly! There is always room for ice cream and jelly!" He smiled and grabbed hold of my hand as quickened his walking pace. " I know for a fact that there is some jelly shaped cows and pigs in the fridge, do you want to check them out?"
" Really?" I asked.
" Yeah, it's crazy right?" He laughed. " For some reason the cooks here have began using animal shaped jelly molds, I guess it's better than fruit dragon and marshmallow rabbits!"
" Well okay, I guess it would be fun just to see jelly shaped as farm-yard animals..." I smiled.