Ophelia

Chapter eleven : ~ Upstairs ~

Ophelia Rivers ' POV

It's been a whole week now , and still no trace of Ray. Since the day i met my cousins, it's like he completely vanished from the surface of earth. He was nowhere to be seen, even Mia had no idea where he was.

That's just weird.

Our last contact was when we had a squabble, when he threatened me and did a downright turn on me.

Luckily for me, my cousins and Zach were there to make me forget the betrayal emotions within me.

We've been having wonderful time : playing, joking, reading, we even did a karaoke contest which Katarina won.

She is really talented, her voice is so warm and clear, yet powerful and enchanting. She can hit low notes then ascend to high notes without much effort. She created such a magical melody that can earn you a ticket to heaven.The song Katarina picked was ' I'll be your love ' by Nicole Scherzinger.

Emma, though, has an awful voice, but I'm not telling her that, she'll get upset for sure. Her voice was like a screeching sound of wheels, she was yapping her heart out and gesturing in the air like if she had the mad cow disease.

I chuckled at the memory.

She chose the song ' Chandelier ' by Sia.

Tyler refused to sing, maybe he was timid or too shy.

Zach had a beautiful voice. I wonder if it's possible to call a guy's voice beautiful, but his was really good, so soothing and manly.
He sang ' I'm not the only one ' by Sam Smith and he truly performed it well.
I was mouth agape of how skillfully his tongue rolled when it reached the decrescendo then gradually escalated to hit a succesful crescendo.

We were all charmed by his voice.
And when my turn was up, i declined to sing, because i wouldn't stand a chance between Katarina's bewitching voice and Zach's endearing one. So, i proposed to play piano, performing Beethoven's ninth symphony. I actually mastered many instruments -they were my second best pastime- and piano was my favorite, i had the notes down pat, so i guess that i played it well.

But the thing is, only Tyler enjoyed it and encouraged me to do more. Zach, Katarina and Emma said it was a bit boring for their taste and that classic music genre was for aged people. I just nodded them not the least convinced.

Classic music is a fancy sense of taste and a sumptuous flavor. Only the experts can touch this affinity and relish listening to such heavenly music.Most music miracles emanated from classic music. It was the start of all contemporary music.

And although Tyler defended my side , they weren't persuaded and kept arguing. So i yield to them, just to shut them up.

During this week, i got well acquainted with my cousins, Emma even told me that we could be BFFLAD. I had no idea what it was but later on, she explained that it was an acronym for Best Friends Forever Life And Death.
I was glad, no i was joyous , in cloud nine.

I had friends.

My life couldn't get any better...

I got up from the toilet seat and pushed the flush handle, washed my hands and walked out of the bathroom, heading to where the others were.

Tyler, Emma, Katarina and Zach were sitting in the living room couches. When i was about to rejoin them, i heard them talking in hush voices.

" No, we probably shouldn't. " Tyler whispered.

" Why not ?" Katarina susurrated.

" What if we get caught? He will not be happy " Tyler whispered back.