All Which Remains

Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Ramelan

The first room that Arron shows me is the kitchen. His mom is in there, humming as she stirs a pot of something that smells amazing. She waves at us as we pass by. I wave back without thinking about it. She smiles at me, and Arron doesn't seem to notice the exchange. Arron has gotten considerably less annoying since yesterday, which makes me like him a lot more. I walk faster to keep up with him.

"This is the living room, It's connected to the kitchen," He says as he leads me to their living room. There are so many windows. The wall is made of them. I'm mesmerized, but Arron moves on like it was any other room. I reach out and grab his shirt to stop him. I can't stop staring at everything. The sun is going down, but it's still beautiful. I can't imagine what it looks like during the day. I want to say something, but no words came out of my mouth. I am speechless. Out of the corner of my eye, I see Arron smiling at me. I turn away from the room.

"Let's move on." I want to stay in the living room. Arron nods at me, and he continues the tour. The next room is't even a "room". They have a bathroom in their hallway.

Okay, cool.

Arron doesn't show me it, he just points it out. Farther down is an office, Arron's dad's there. We bow to him and close the door.

"What does your dad do?" I ask, curious because I saw something weird on his computer. Arron stops dead in his tracks. Did I ask something I wasn't supposed to? He turns to me.

"My dad– He's a detective." Arron talks slowly, as if he's grasping at something that isn't there. I can't think of something to say, so I just nod along like I knew that already. Arron gives me a weird look– like he can't figure me out. After a few more seconds, he starts to walk again, so I follow.

The next room that we come upon is the first bedroom– their house has a really long hallway– it's the master bedroom. Arron doesn't invite me in, so we just stand in the doorway.

"This is my parents' bedroom." He looks nervous, like he isn't sure that this is actually his parents' room. "They have a bathroom here." Okay?

I don't say anything. We just stand there in silence before Arron turns around and walks back up the hallway.

I follow suit.

We had passed that staircase before but, for some reason, I did not notice it. Arron walks up the stairs. When we reach the top, I see that they have a balcony. (What? Not fair.) That shows their backyard. Arron doesn't acknowledge the gigantic balcony and instead walks to, what I assume, is his room.

Right as I start to walk in the doorway, it hits me– this is Arron's room. Where he spends most of his time. The things that he likes are in here.

I turn around and walk towards the balcony like a robot, planning to throw myself off of it.

Of course, I didn't actually attempt to jump. I just need some fresh air. I stick my face in the air, feeling the wind through my hair.

It's cold outside.

The air really helps to cool me down.