Swan's Secrets

Ten

When I arrive back at school, I quickly make sure my hair and clothes aren't a mess. Can't let Sibuna know what I'm doing for the information. At least I don't have to worry about getting pregnant from a vampire. When I see Fabian I ask "Are Amber and Patricia not back?"

Shaking his head no "So what did Zephyr say?"

"He was vague but I got answers" nodding my head as I sit down "I'll tell you once the others get back"

"Get back?" We see Jerome look at us curious "Get back from where?" Fabian puts away the ring quickly "and why" he pulls out a stick from my hair "do you have a piece of stick in your hair?"

"Fashion" I lie

He nods his head not believing me before asking Fabian "What's that?"

"Just a math problem" he shows Jerome "nothing you'd understand"

Jerome quickly takes the paper sitting next to me "One" he tells us "nine and two"

"What?" I ask

"One, nine and two" he shows me, knowing him he wants payment "their the numbers that shows up the most...five pounds, please"

"Stay silent about this" waving the money

He nods his head, I hand him the money and he smiles "pleasure doing business with you both"

"Guess what guys" Amber and Patricia exclaims "Trudy us going to help us"

"Help you with what?" Jerome demands, when we don't say anything he says "and the plot thickens as they say"

I pull out five more pounds, this is my own money from the inheritance that my grandparents left me. Yeah they didn't like Bella, so before they died they made sure I got all the inheritance money. "Stay silent and you get five more pounds"

He takes it leaving "Pleasure doing business with you"

"What did you find out?" Patricia asks me

"Later" I tell them "but what do you mean you told Trudy?"

"Victor killed the cat" Amber hands me my necklace back "so we ran into her and told her about the cellar, not about the treasure or Joy"

"Okay" nodding my head "but I don't know, Victor could probably be moving everything as we speak from the cellar. So we don't know what we'd find if we went down there after confronting him with Trudy"

"She's right" Fabian agrees with me "why did you have a stick in your hair?"

"You had a stick in your hair?" Patricia asks

"I met Zephyr in the woods" I lie "thought a spider got on me, so I tripped" waving my hand "back to the cellar, we need a plan cause we can't just demand Victor to open the cellar"

"Maybe we just talk about the cat, have Trudy ask for it and have her vaguely tell him the truth" Fabian suggest "that way she can't get into too much trouble"

"Afternoon everyone" Jason our theatre teacher comes in.

"Afternoon" I say

"Time marches on and we need to decide on a subject matter for our school play" he says "I was thinking we should write our own" looking around "ideas anyone?" No one says anything so he tilts his head in acknowledgement for the situation "no? Okay" walking around since he doesn't stand in place for too long "um...how about something on Egypt?"