Maths

Thirteen

Day 10-
I can't believe how long I've already been here, 10 days in this living hell. Dad has been monitoring my behaviour and how me and Eddie are reacting to the..."Tests", I long to escape, I know Eddie and I are getting along but-

"Wait a second"I stop Circe reading aloud and backtrack what she just read, " 'Tests', What does that mean exactly?" I say.

"I don't know"She murmurs in thought he eyes narrowed in concentration as her eyes rescan the paragraph.

A sudden shrill hits the air-Time for dinner.

"We'd better head down or they may start wondering where the hell we are"I say and reluctantly Circe nods closing the diary and placing it back in the draw, We leave the room, closing the door and heading down the stairs, We reach the bottom and turn to close the 'secret' door.

"What are you doing?" Shit.

*

"Now, I'm gonna start from the beginning and say I was wondering what you were doing all the time when you left us to go off, You've been having these weird meetings and sharing these off looks in class and now I find you both closing the wall which I'm guessing isn't just an ordinary wall. Now if you would care to spill the beans I would be eternally grateful" Poppy said looking at us both as we sat silently on the sofa in our room.

"Well...it isn't just a wall, and I congradulate you on that...mature observation, I knew you weren't call genius for nothing"Circe says and I don't know whether to laugh or interrupt, so I smile but stay silent.

"Thank you for that kind confirmation...I THINK I NOTICED IT ISN'T JUST A BLOODY WALL" Mine and Circe' s eyes widened not at just her raised voice...she swore. I sent Circe a glance saying maybe we should tell her and she nodded.

"Fine, If you are really keen on knowing basically.."I sighed and told her everything, Circe added in detail at some points But it was mostly me that told her, I watched as her expression change throughout different points in the story.

"...So yeah, that's pretty much what we've found"I finish and she stays silent.

"Her room was in the attic?"

"Seriously, out of that whole fucking story that is the part you question us on?" Circe says and Poppy just shakes her head rolling her eyes.

"No, it's just....look."She mutters and goes to grab something out of her bag and coming back over to us.

"What's that?" I ask and she hands it over. In my hands was an old piece of slightly yellowing paper with petite, elegant handwriting on.

The Attic Room
Hell on Earth is all I see,
Won't somebody just come up and save me?
I can't go on alone up here,
All I can feel is sadness and fear.
When will I escape this madness and insanity,
Leaving me up here lonely with only my vanity.
How long will it last?
In this space no longer vast.
Take me away, let me go,
Let me  back to where I can grow.

"Sounds like she's kinda having a shit time"Circe says quietly as she reads through the poem again.

"What's that?"I ask taking the paper from Circe.

"I think it's a name"Poppy says squinting eyes. I drag it closer and in the smallest writing ever at the bottom it says what can only be her name.

Mary...
Mary Alton.

*

"You know we're gonna have to tell Kady now"Poppy states and me and Circe look at one another and nod, "And the boys"

"What the hell no way"Circe exclaims in annoyance a look of irritation adopts her face.

"Why ever not?" Poppy asks stopping in her tracks and looking at us both as we too come to a halt.

"We can't tell the boys Poppy, at least not yet" I say calmly trying to bring down the sudden tension that had laid itself upon the situation.

"What's wrong with telling the guys, I mean this is their school, shouldn't they at least know?"She says pointedly.

"It may be labelled as their fucking school, But all the years they've been here they haven't found out anything about this school and we're here for a matter of days and we're already 10 times wiser than they ever were."Circe points out and I can't help but nod in agreement.

"We'll tell Kady but that's it for now, if we find anything critical we may just mention it to them but at this moment in time this is our little secret okay?"I ask and I see its reluctant but she nods in agreement. I breathe a sigh of relief and we head down to the court and walk over to the food hall.

"Where have lot been?"Kady asks as we set ourselves down at pur now regular table.

"Just the room, We need to talk to you"Circe whispers to her.

"Okay, spill"She says placing a fork full of something into her mouth.

"Later"We say and she looks confused and raises an eyebrow, "Later"I repeat letting the message sink in and go up to get some food of my own, Lets just hope four heads are better than two.

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Hey guys,

So I know I've been rather inactive for the past few weeks it's just I've had so much going on, Mocks, Going away, Revision.
I'm gonna try my best to update as I'm planning on finishing my other book (The final competition) soon.

Song recommended-Uncover~ Zara Larsson

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