The Wammy House Memories

Missing You

Chapter 22!

It was coming to the end of September, A had been away for over three weeks now. He had called Backup a few days ago and spoke to him about the college he was attending in Japan, it sounded like he was really enjoying the criminal justice studies program from what Backup had told Elizabeth. She wouldn't have minded talking to him over the phone, she missed having him around. But she kind of felt awkward around him now since Nonie told her that he was crushing on her, she didn't even know if he had noticed how she had been avoiding him sometimes. She hated to confess that she kind of like him too, but she wasn't sure what to do about it. She had said nothing to Nonie or Backup about it, they would just make fun of her if they knew.

Today's lessons had already ended, Elizabeth had an hour before dinner. She decided to finish one of her sketches for forensic art class in her room. It was pretty easy, she had to follow facial descriptions from an instruction worksheet and draw the face from her imagination. She yawned while she grabbed one of the cushions from the end of the bed and rested her elbow on it while she continued doing her homework. She heard a knock at the room's door, she glanced over at the door and rested her pencil against her bottom lip.

" Who is it?!" Elizabeth called.

" It's me!" A voice said from the other side of the door. " May I come in and socialize with you?"

" Go away Backup, I'm busy!" Elizabeth replied and turned her attention back towards her sketchbook. " I don't need you pestering me right now, I'm doing my homework! Why don't you go and annoy Nonie!"

" But I'm lonely!" Backup whined.

" Stop being a baby, I'm busy!" Elizabeth said with a giggle. " I'll socialize with you and Nonie in the dinner hall in an hours time, I'll see you there!"

The room's door creak while it was being opened. Elizabeth looked over at the doorway and sighed to herself when she saw Backup peeped his head around the door frame. Since A left to study in Japan he had been constantly bugging her, he kept whining about being lonely. He hung around with Nonie most of the time. She watched him creep into her room, he closed the door behind him and perched himself on the chair at the dressing table. Elizabeth turned her attention back to her sketchbook, she read one of the description questions from the instruction worksheet before she begin to draw again.

" What are you doing?" Backup asked." I could help you with your homework, my brain is quite knowledgeable."

" I'm finishing one of my sketches for forensic art class, it has to be in by Friday." Elizabeth replied while she drew one of the eyes on the face of the person she was drawing. " I thought you would have been with Mr Ruvie and Nonie, did you finish your studies early today?"

" Yes, I finished my studies early today because Mr Ruvie had something important he needed to attend to." Backup replied. " I'm grateful his lesson came to an end quickly, his stupidity annoys me! May I ask who the person is meant do be in your sketch?"

" I don't know, I think they just make facial descriptions up for the forensic art class." Elizabeth replied, she sat up and took her pencil case from the bed. " So, what do you want?"

" Nothing, I'm extremely bored." Backup replied with a sigh. " I hate to admit it but I miss Alternative, but alas he'll not be back for another week yet. How I miss him, I've got no one to annoy until his return."

" I thought you were friends with Nonie, why don't you annoy her instead of me for a change." Elizabeth said before she put all of her pencils back into her pencil case. " I don't think I'll provide you with any form of entertainment, I'm dull and boring after all. That's what I overheard Nonie telling one of the other students, I'll have to get a personality transplant to fit in here..."