Maths

Ten

That night I got back to our room and found it empty. Poppy and Kady had chosen to hang around with the guys some more but I told them I was tired and headed back here. I didn't completely lie, I was tired but I mostly wanted to come back and find Circe. After she left earlier on we didn't discuss anything the guy that showed up earlier was called Shawn according to the guys, He was a 'bad boy' if you will, Apparently he'd been into some dodgy stuff and had been in this Kids correctment centre before coming here.

I sat in our room alone for a few minutes before I heard a click and the sound of the door closing, I emerged from where I was and found Circe standing in the living area, We stood for a few seconds in silence before giving in.

"Hey...You ok?" I ask uncertainty as I didn't know how she'd react, but she just nods.

"Yeah I'm good"Is all she says.

"Do you want to talk about it?" I ask cautiously, She pause a fir a second thinking before responding.

"Maybe later" She says and I ask no more we stand silently again before she says something, "Where are the others?" She asks.

"They went out with the guys"I say.

"So why are you here then?"She asks narrowing her eyes.

"I was tired" I say using the same excuse as earlier.

"Bullshit, but we'll go with it" She says and we both crack a small smile, "Any way, Since we are alone yet again, I have a plan" She says mischeviously.

"What do you mean?" I ask.

"We're going there" She smiled.

"Where?" I ask slowly though I had some idea.

"Up there"She points upwards and I knew it..We were going off bounds, We were breaking up stairs, We were going where some secret lied..

We were going upstairs.

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"Circe are you sure this is a good idea?" I say as we walk quietly down this so called hallway that had only one door on it.

"Yes, If we don't go now then we may never get another chance, You need to take risks M, Okay think of high school musical, Now or never, Now where was the panel" I could have asked any question regarding this 'Journey' right then but the one I settle on is:

"You've seen high school musical?" I just get a confused look from Circe who just shake a her head and continues to touch up the wall...(I could have worded that differently but that was the best way to describe what she was doing)

"Aha" She finally says pausing on a slightly darker Brown patch of wall, It was easy to see how it could be missed, If you weren't looking for it or knew it was there you would never have noticed it, it blended in so well. She pushed slightly and slowly the human sized space of wall shifted to the right and locked in place.

"Woah"I breathed and she turned back again and grinned at me.

"Cone on then"She smiles and sets off going up the set of stairs that were right behind thus hidden panel, I hesitate at the bottom for a while before Circe (who was now half way up) turned back again.

"Stop being a pussy and get up here" I breathe on deeply and make way up the creaky, ancient steps that lead to God knows what. We walk up the steps slowly, I look around and see cobwebs decorating the dull, dark brown, Dusty walls surrounding, The ceiling has broken panels that I'm afraid will fall on me as I tiptoe up the creaky, splintered stairs towards a large black rectangle in front of us.

Circe grabs the ancient, bronze handle and pushes lightly, The door squeaks twice before swinging fully open revealing a dimly lit room that is layered in grime and looks as if it hasn't been entered in decades, The smell of mothballs wad overwhelming and made me cough. We step inside and get ready to discover what lay within this mysterious coven.

The room has boxes all around it, and a single window at the far left, There was a broken light bulb on the ceiling, showing this place hadn't seen any living being in the last few years at least. We wandered cautiously around picking up random items that seemed to be strewn just anywhere.

"M come over here"I hear Circe say and I walk over placing down the bear I had just been holding.

"What is it?" I ask looking around.

"Here"She shifts the box in front of her to the side revealing a filth covered..bed.

"A bed? Why is that here?" I wonder aloud.

"I think this was a room" She says and we both look around again taking it from that perspective instead of just a random storage space. You could see it, shelves lined the wall here and there, There was a desk in the far right corner, Torn curtains adorned the window, A chair and a chest were beside the door that we had come though...it was as if someone had lived here.

"So who would have lived here?"I ask.

"I honestly don't know" She answers and goes back to picking up objects, I follow her lead and find a small wooden block that turns put to be a photo frame, The glass is broken but from what I can tell from the black and white photo is A found girl of about twelve holding a baby in her arms...most probably a younger sibling.

"Here"I pass it to her and she looks at it curiously before putting it down as she spots something from the corner of her eye. She leans down and picks up a tattered leather book that has a golden A on the front, "Open it"I say and she looks at me before carefully turning the cover open, Inside is rows and rows of neat curled handwriting, "What does it say?" I ask and she leans in to try and read it with the little light that is seeping in through the grotty window and begins to read.

"Day 1- I don't want to be here, I want to be back home with Claire and Mum, Dad said I had to come here, But it's horrible all the boys look at me funny and it only the first day how am I going to spend a whole term here?I'm the only girl and Dad says me being here is important...."She trails off, "Its a diary"She says. Closing it and examining the cover.

"So... It's written by a girl, Maybe this was her room?"I suggest and Circe nods in agreement.

"It makes sense"She says, "But why up here?...It seems as if this was still a boys school and she was here for some reason according to her dad"She sums up.

"Maybe her Dad didn't want her to be with all the boys..But that still doesn't explain why she was the only girl in the boys school" I sigh.

"Mmm"She murmurs in agreement stroking the boom in admiration. We stand in silence trying to work out what just happened when Circe' s phone vibrates making us jump, "It's Kady apparently they are wondering if we want to join them outside and If I'm okay"She says reading it.

"I think we should, Being up here is making we nauseous, Lets go outside"I say and she takes a second before nodding.

"We will be back"She places the diary on the desk by the door and we head down stairs.

Well We knew one thing for sure...We aren't the only girls to have gone here.

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Hey guys,

So I'm really getting into this and want to update more As it sounds interesting in my head. I can't believe I have mocks after Easter..ugh and then only a year left at school it's getting so scary. So what do you think of this? Intriguing? Boring?

Song recommended-Alone- Sleeping with sirens.

Mel x