"I wanna talk about william..about what happened some moments ago"
gabriel says as he looks grace in the eyes
'oh no that's not a good sign there' grace thinks while face palming mentally
"Let's talk privetly not in our dorm area tho" gab says and gives her a sign to follow him, they both go to the big balcony which is quite far away from their dorm
"So..what do you wanna talk about gab?" Grace tries her best to act and answer him normal, he looks at her
"When we were playing the hide and seek, at the very end of the game william was so different when he caught mother, like...I've never seen him like that..ever"
gab says in a serious tone while maintaining his contact with grace
'wow he got straight to the point' she looks at him
"Really?..I didn't notice that to be honest" she says right away without hesitating
"Well I did, cause he was never like that..with those loud laughs and all, his face was completely different from the william I know it's almost like...he was some other person talking"
he says while frowning his eyebrows, thinking.
'well what can I expect from a best friend noticing all these things, but william was too obvious, and anyone can notice this all' she tries to think of an answer
"I mean yea those laughs creeped me out too but I guess he was over excited of winning and one time when we talked he said y'all never really won against mother so..maybe that's why he was..like that"
she says the last sentence a little nervously but less obvious for gabriel to spot that
"Maybe you are just over thinking gab" grace exclaims as she looks at him expectedly
"Hmm" he hums
"Maybe I am..I just worry about him a lot but I always forgot that he is a 16 year old teenager"
Gab says as he closes his eyes while smiling a little, in the starry night his surroundings glow like glitter around him because of the moon's gleming light and with his usual red hoodie, grace looks at him in daze
"Hey it's ok to worry about someone you know, it means you care about them a lot so..just don't overthink it gab" grace smiles at him
"Haha thanks..for your company grace I really like that about you" he gives her his iconic wide smile, she chuckles at that
"I just thought all this cause william and mother..they both actually don't have a good relationship like, william just works for her and stays kind to her but I think he just have to because he works for her"
"and it's kind of suspicious for me somehow.." he states
'wait is he suspicious that william used to get abused?, If he does it's gonna be bad' grace brainstorms inside her head
"Well I guess that's cause he spends most of the time with us playing, having fun and chatting and he has just a little time to spend with mother so.." grace gulps
'this statements of his are literally crushing my head, I can't think of anymore excuses!' she struggles but just keeps her smile infront of him
"Yo let's go and sleep already it's 2 in the morning and I'm sleepy right now and here you are with your overthinking ass" she says directly
"Huh the hell! I'm not a over thinker!" Gabriel folds his hands
"Yea yea convince yourself with that" grace says sarcastically, as she turns around and starts to walk
"But some some times you are also suspicious to me grace.." gabriel says suddenly, and grace freezes in her spot
She turns around to face him, he walks up to her and bends on her eye level
"Ha just kidding" he says again while smiling, and walks past her, grace just stands there trying to process what just happened right now
'not kidding..' gab thinks as he walks to his dorm
The mother was sitting in her place observing all this in her cctv monitor, she suddenly smiles widely at what she was seeing infront of her
"This is gonna be intresting, sit and watch what I'm gonna do william and grace" the mother starts to laugh sinisterly in her secret dark room, over joyed..
.
.The morning finally arrives, all the kids were just sleeping because of the late night game they all played
Grace starts to squint her eyes while opening her eyes as the morning warm sunlight gently hits her face directly through the window
"Urgh why does the sunlight have to fall on my face like that" she sits up in her bed in frustration and suddenly realises something
Grace gasps out of nowhere "that jerk! I literally have to cover up for him yesterday because of his psychopathetic behaviour" she yells in her room, grace gets up from her bed
And hops onto the floor, she starts to walk out of her room and goes near William's room
Grace knocks on his room door harshly but he didn't respond
"What the hell! Now he is scared of opening his door huh!" She knocks on his door again but no response
"Who is scared of what?" Suddenly a voice comes behind her and she turns around to face that person, to her suprise it's the person she is looking for right now
"You jerk! I have to cover up for your stupid behaviour and everyone were creeped out by you" grace confronts him
William becomes silent, grace looks at him in annoyance and suddenly her expression changes when she realises what she said
'shit did I say too much' she thinks to herself again
"Hey I'm sorry-" he cutts her off
"No I'm sorry I was being reckless and I was..just not thinking by that time, I've always wanted to win against mother I wanted to prove her that what she is doing is wrong"
"And I always wanted to become stronger than her and fight her back when she abused me but I just couldn't, yesterday was the day that I defeated her first time and I was.. happy"
grace somehow feels guilty that she was angry on him but understands his feelings and emotions
"Hey it's ok i was also overreacting we are meant to work together than fight with each other, you know we are partners after all" she says
"Partners?" William asks her confused
"Yea, escape partners!" grace says as she smiles widely at him
"Partners huh?" He comes near her, she looks at him
"Yea partners" she backs away from him, her heart starts to beat again at the wrong moment
William goes near her even more, grace's back hits william's door, she looks at him and he was just inches away from her
Her heart was going rampage inside her, william just looks down at her while smiling mischievously
"W-what the heck do you think you are doing?" She looks away as she says
"Just confirming which type of partners we are, normal partners or.." he smiles at her, her face becomes tomato again
'this jerk sure knows how to play'
To be continued
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Just like a Feather (Completed)
Mystery / ThrillerA mysterious orphanage is hidden deep down in a village called The Rockhill village this gorgeous breathtaking orphanage has some dark truth behind it an evil wicked witch is hiding the truth safely with her What is the dark truth? Can grace (the...