The head boy

Part 20 - Special shopping

(William's POV)

"You forgot to sign your file, Miss Abberline."

"Did I?"

"Yes you did."

"Alright."

"Good."

"Very well."

"Fine."

"Perfect!"

"Sign it then."

"I'm going to."

"Fine."

"Good."

"What the fuck is going on now..." Lin whispers from beside me.

"I don't know," I whisper back. It's been weird like that for a few days since the DELV incident, Ida told me. On the first day they just ignored each other even though I saw them both staring at the other when they weren't looking, the second day was a whole lot of blabbering on Ida's side to the dismay of Lin, and a record-breaking impatience on Tom's side, he spent the day making us work like slaves and bossing us around when he's usually remaining silent, he's been particularly hard on Ida. And here we are now, on the third day.

"Wonderful."

"Epic!"

"Magical."

"Fantastical!"

"Brilliant."

"If these two don't shut up I'm gonna kill somebody," Lin seethes from beside me. I gulp realising that I'm first in line.

They've been doing this all day, one-word sentences. I don't know what happened between them but I've never seen Tom that...alive before.

"Watch your tone Miss Abberline,"

"Make me," Idas replies and something flashes in Tom's cold eyes.

"Enough," Lin slams her fist on Tom's desk making them both flinch. "I didn't sleep well last night and because of that I struggled to get out of my bed this morning and was late for breakfast," she hisses through gritted teeth, "do you know what's left at 7:30 for breakfast?" she asks, slowly lifting her eyes to glower at Tom then at Ida then at Tom, on and on.

They both look at her, I think Ida is trembling, Tom is looking at her just like I would look at a mad woman, someone you don't wanna mess with, they both shake their head no, carefully. "Not much to be honest..." Lin starts laughing in a scary way, "no no, there was not much left. So I'm tired AND hungry and when I hear you two arguing nonstop like that it gives me ideas," something flashes in her eyes, something I really don't want to see ever again, "in my head I'm like: what if I eat them both and use their skin to make myself a nice bed," they both gulp, "so! Do you want to become my new fucking bed?" she asks, falsely sweet. They both shake their heads no again.

"Good," she smirks, satisfied before going back to her couch, as she walks past me I feel my heart beat faster, man she's scary.

(Ida's POV)

Lin is scary, since her intervention earlier Tom and I have been quiet, nothing unusual for Tom but I on the other hand am just scared to open my mouth...ever again.

"See you at the Royal," William leaves early to hang out with his brother who's in town apparently. Lin left earlier, Tom gave her the afternoon off since she was not feeling well, my theory is that he was too scared to be in the same room as her.

"Yeah, see you," I smile at him, whereas Tom just remains focused on his work.

And then we're alone, this deafening silence is killing me. "I-..," I can't believe I'm gonna say that, "I'm sorry about today," that makes him stop his constant paper scratching but he remains silent. I was hoping he was gonna say he's sorry too but...once again, I should have known better. "I'll see you at the Royal,"