The Register

Chapter 16

I had fun today with Claire. We played basketball with the boys after closing. Kayla even joined and we had a great time.
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I was drawing in my room, waiting for dinner when I heard a yell.
"Ella! Your friends have arrived"Aunty Lisa yelled.
"Thank you. Coming!"I rushed downstairs almost tumbling over the staircase.
There, I saw Claire and Kayla standing Infront of the doorway waving. I rushed to them.
"Welcome y'all"I greeted as I ushered them inside.
"Wow, you never told me you lived in a magnificent castle"Kayla's jaw dropped.
"You are a spoilt bitch. You have experience with these"I stated, rolling my eyes at her.
"Ouch, and yes, my house is big but yours is a castle. Too big to contain the whole class, no, the whole school"Kayla awed.
"Do you know every corner of the house?"Kayla asked curiously.
"Shut up already"Claire rolled her eyes.
"Not really"I responded ignoring Claire.
"No wonder people come here for tours" Kayla admired.
"We stopped accepting people a long time ago. "I stated firmly.
"Common, let's get going"I walked ahead of them. I heard Claire's disapproval snickers but I didn't mind.
When we reached my room, Kayla gave a happy sigh.
"Your room is gorgeous. The red and black combination is perfect" she smiled.
"It's very big too" she added.
"You have rooms like these Kayla"I narrowed my eyes at her.
"Your room is way bigger. You live like a princess" she smirked.
"Except.."
"Without a crown" she finished beaming.
"Let's get this started, "Claire said in a bored tone.
I placed my television on Netflix. Scrolling through movies, I asked them the kind of genre they liked.
"I like romance"Claire smiled.
"I prefer horror"Kayla chirped up.
Claire's face fell immediately.
"No, romance"
"We've always watched romance, Claire, "I spoke.
"So?" Claire raised her eyebrows.
"So, I think we should go with Kayla's suggestion" I continued.
"Man!" Claire fell on the bed.
"Aww come on, You are not afraid of horror are you?"I asked as I hugged her on the bed.
"Nope" Claire frowned.
"Well, I also want to watch horror. But you can watch your movie with my laptop" I said hoping that will lighten her mood.
"It wouldn't be the same without you" she mumbled.
"You know what, just this one, I will watch"Claire sat up patting my head.
"Great!"I squealed and hugged her tightly.
*Clears throat*
We both looked at Kayla who was sitting awkwardly on the bed.
"Shall we?" she darted her eyes.
I sat up, scrolled through the movies, and chose one.
"Let me grab some snacks. I'll be right back" I said and jumped off the bed.

I soon returned with the snacks, it was a lot so it took me a while to climb the stairs to the room.
"We're here" I exclaimed putting the stack of snacks on the table.
Kayla turned off the lights and we all sat on the sofa munching our chips before the movie even started.

'DRAG ME TO HELL'was written boldly on the screen.

The movie started. It was really interesting to me but Kayla and Claire seemed scared.
"Oh no!"Kayla's eyes were on the screen. Honestly, I wasn't scared but the movie, however, was very engaging. Soon, Claire spat her cola.
"The hell!" she exclaimed at the tv, furrowing her eyebrows. she proceeded to wipe the mess with her shaky hands.

"That was crazy!"Kayla shivered.
"Ella, how was it"the unrecovered Claire spoke.
"It was fine actually, "I said finishing my chips.
"What the f-"
"Are you trying to tell me, it didn't scare you?"Claire exclaimed interrupting Kayla.
"Nope, it was as normal as ever"I smiled.
"Anyways, I'm going to shower, we can dance and play games afterward," I said giving them one of my creepiest smiles.
They just gave me mixed expressions of fear and shock and stood rooted to the spot watching me enter the bathroom like nothing ever happened.

Claire and Kayla were still standing there when I came out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel.
"Guys, have you taken your bath? go take your bath"I spoke.
"And..who cleaned here?" I pointed at the clean table that once had been filled with snacks and a sofa. That brought them out of their daze thankfully.
"Oh, it's Aunt Lisa"Claire finally spoke. I didn't even hear anyone enter the room. I think it's because my bathroom was at the farther end of my room considering how big my room is. But I was supposed to do that!
"Oh" was the only thing I said.
"You guys should go and bathe"I repeated.
"I'm going, "Claire said. Kayla hadn't spoken a word ever since I came out. Maybe it was the result of watching something you are utterly scared of.

I just dressed and sat on the bed. Kayla was still standing, obviously thinking about something.
I went closer to her and snapped my fingers at her.
"Kayla" I called.
"Huh" she seemed terrified.
"Hahaha is this how you behave when you watch a horror movie?" I laughed. She didn't respond just passed a glare.

The three of us had games and danced till midnight.
"Now I see why your daddy doesn't let you out. Your house already has a playground"Kayla exclaimed.
"I do go out, "I said.
"Not often though"

"Let's go to sleep it is 2 already"I yawned.