Inside the Mirror

Ch.5~ Back Again

Solcia POV

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The next few days passed. Nothing really happened. Two of the Anthonys have came back- Hannah and Victor. Mason was still gone. Today is Saturday, and I wake to birds chirping- that's a new one. I listened for my dad from inside my room. I didn't hear him, so assume he is out. The past few days, he has been following a schedule. He leaves before I wake up and comes back at 6:30. I make dinner every night before that time. When I finish cooking, I set up his plate and take some of my food up to my room. Then I eat and bring my dishes down the next morning. Today, it seems to be no different. My dad wasn't here, so he would probably be back by 6:30.

I get out of bed to make breakfast. I went downstairs and looked out the window- he was gone. I made some pancakes and eggs and texted my friends.

'Hey guys! What are you going to do today?' It was 9:00 so I had about 8-9 hours to do something, I did not want to stay in here.

'We were actually just about to text you. We are all heading to the park. Want to come?'

'Yes please! Can you come pick me up?'

'Of course we will come pick you up. We wouldn't have you walk that far!'

'Ok, I'll be getting ready!'

I finished my food and got ready. I left my hair down and wore a t-shirt and some shorts and sneakers. I walked outside and waited in front of my house. Hera's Honda Civic pulled up and I hoped in the back. I was sitting next to Cara and she was sitting next to Gabe. Whenever they did something together, we said 'Cabe' did it, because that is their ship name. We arrived at the park in about 15 minutes. When I went out of the car, I didn't recognize this park. There was a lot of trees, which made it very shady. There was a big pond in the middle and some benches and swings a safe distance away from the pond. It was very beautiful. I looked to my right and found a trail.

"So will we be walking on the trail?" I asked.

"Yup" Hera said, popping the 'p'.

"But Hera, I wore flats and I don't want them to get dirty!" Of course Cara would be worried about that.

"Well to bad! I told you to wear sneakers."

Then Gabe pulled out sneakers from his backpack.

"I came prepared!" It could be cute sometimes when he did stuff for Cara, but sometimes it was just ridiculous. If I were him, I wouldn't have packed her sneakers. That's just more weight for me to carry, and I would never volunteer to carry more than I have to.

"Thanks sooo much!" Cara said, followed with a kiss on the check.

We all started walking the trail keeping track of the time so we could have enough time to get back. I did not want to see my dad after my work hours.

Before I knew it, it was time to go. We all hoped in the car. I was thinking back to our walk. It was very peaceful and very well needed. Cara and Gabe talked about why he should be in first chair and why Cara should get Mary Poppins. Cabe, what are we going to do? We also talked about what we thought about the school so far. Everyone said they thought it was good, even me. There was some weird parts, like the Anthonys, but I could very well be making that up, maybe. Apart from that, school actually wasn't that bad, so I had no reason to object.

We arrived at my house and I checked the time. It was 5:30. That gave me enough time to cook. I cooked some Tacos and then went up to my room. I soon drifted off to sleep.

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It was now Sunday night. Everything went fine on Saturday after I fell asleep. Sunday was fine, I just stayed in the house and cleaned, because the house was a mess. I didn't dare step in my dad's room. I was about to fall asleep, when I started thinking if Mason would be there tomorrow. What would I do if he was ?

I woke up to my alarm clock- and I was already used to waking up to birds! I got ready and headed off to school.

Nothing really happened until seventh period. I walked in and soon after, Mason came in. He is here! Would he even talk to me? I looked at his eyes and they were gold. How could the eyes just change color like that? Different colors had to mean something, right? He came and sat in his spot. He turned towards me and stuck out his hand.

"Hi, I'm Mason Anthony, if you don't know already."

I stayed shocked for a second. He was actually talking to me? I quickly recovered though and shook his hand. It was freezing cold, like ice. He quickly took his hand out, and looked like he made a mistake. I started talking anyway.

"Hi Mason, I'm Solcia."

"So what did I miss when I was out?" It was pretty obvious he wanted to make small talk. I pointed to the board.

"We have an independent project. It's due in 3 months for the science fair. If you don't mind me asking, why were you out last week?"

"Oh, I was just sick. It came all of a sudden."

I looked at him, was he really giving me that? I raise my eyebrow as if silently asking him to continue. When he didn't, I said

"You seemed fine last week. Are you sure you got sick?" There was something he wasn't telling me, and it bothers me when people don't tell me stuff. That's why I don't surprises.

"I was fine in this class, but I got sick at night."

"OK, I'm going to start working on the papers, but let me know if you need help."

He nodded. Maybe chuckled a bit to. He probably didn't need my help, and I definitely didn't want to do work, but I had to think. I guess I've been doing that a lot lately. He chuckled because there was something I didn't know, and I was going to find out.

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A/N Hey! Thanks sooooo much for over 100 reads!!! Here is a pic of Ko from the last chapter btw. I don't know if I can put up the next chapter today, but I will try! Sorry if this chapter was kind of slow, but this chapter needs to be here. So Everything is going fine with Solcia's dad, for now. Or maybe things will always be fine and weird between them like now? And Mason is back, and he actually talked to Solcia. What's up with eyes? Was he really actually sick? How did Solcia know he wasn't saying something? If he was actually hiding something, of course. Comment what you think if you want to comment! If you any questions about the story so far, comment them to and I will try to respond asap. Also, whenever I put '~~~' repeatedly, It means there is a time skip, the pov will be the same until I say otherwise.

Bye! DFTBA! (Don't forget to be awesome)

~Anamaria