Let's Pretend

Chapter six - Little nightmare

I was leaning against the mettle handle bar of the garden bench. My arms were wrapped around my legs, my chin resting on my knees. I looked up to the sky. The dull clouds invaded the dull shade of blue that was the sky. Sealing everyone in its gloomy atmosphere, the sun pierced through the trees above me. Nevertheless, its depressing look still infected every ounce of hope into something miserable. With not a single bird in sight indicated the loneliness of the place. I sighed and buried my face into my legs and squeezed my eyes shut. Listening to the rustling of the leaves and imagining the wind moving them around in aimless circles, again and again. I could almost use that imagery as a metaphor for my life. Moving form team to team having the same outcome each time. I'm going around again and again in aimless circles.

I removed my face from my legs and leaned my head back breathing in the cool air slowly and let it out. I hunched back, snuggling back into the corner of the garden bench. Leaning my head back against it. The garden was quite pretty, plain, but pretty all the same. It was filled with all kinds of tall sturdy trees and little green plants with long leaves in shape of tongues. They were to the left of me along with the path dividing me form them.  There was a small gray stone wall to my right keeping the garden confined... and the rest of us too, stuck in this little nightmare.

"Clara?" said an unrecognisable male voice. It came from behind me.

"Yes?" I replied too lazy to turn around to investigate my new visitor.

"I know Kitty is putting a show on too make you look bad and I apologise for that." remarked the voice. My visitor then appeared beside me. I looked over at him.

"Victor get lost. I want to be left alone." I returned my gaze to the dismal sky.

"Look Clara I'm going to say this straight out, you have a way to piss people off a lot and I can see you enjoy it in the moment but then you feel regretful afterwards. You are Zedorian use that brain you were given and please stop making an scene and then running away when it gets too mess for you to handle. There far bigger problems ahead and you only seem to be interested in the small ones." I was now staring straight in his brown eyes. I got off the bench and stood in front of him clenching my fists so much that my nails dug into my hands and it started to hurt. I sucked in a breath and sighed, releasing my hands from the pain.

"Yeah you are right. I am forcing on the small problems." I looked now at the ground thinking about granddad... the primary group.... Father... Marilyn Nocere. I frowned at the thought of her. I looked back up at him.

"The smaller problems seem easier to work with. The bigger ones." I paused. "I feel like they should be left alone. Like they will be solving themselves eventually." I said, unsure why I'm telling him this. The wind stated to pick up again blowing through his long green hair. He smiled.

"We both know that's a lie." He lifted up his hand and placed it on my cheek. I didn't remove it. "I'd keep my eyes open if I were you Clara. It's a difficult world here but we will keep still moving." He paused again and smiled. "Even if it means you have to crawl." He removed his hand from my cheek and turned to walk away. I stared after him. He is right it is time to face the bigger problems before they smother me. Although that means I have to get deeper into the building and it won't be easy. That's what I'll do tonight. It not like I can sleep here anyway but first. I sighed and rolled my eyes. Need to mend the boyfriend relationship.... if there's anything left to mend.

It's now late afternoon and I'm venturing through the corridors trying to find Seth's room. I stop in front of the dark brown, which is identical to all the others, and I knocked on it. I bit my lip. Maybe I should have planed out what to say to him. Dam it! I really should of.

The door opened and there he was. His black hair was tousled looking and the dark light casted shadows on his face defining his beautiful bone structure. He was shirtless with obviously added to the Greek god look but I kept my resultant eyes on his face.

"May I come in?" I questioned. He leaned back against the door and nodded, opening it up. His room is like mine, blank with the two metal framed beds, two small lockers beside them, and one wooden wardrobe in the right corner of the room and the ensuite. He had the lamp on beside his bed. His bed was messy, with a book open on top of it. I glanced at the bed beside it was still made perfectly, untouched.

"Where is Keith?" I asked. Seth walked around me and sat on his bed yawning. He hunched over leaning his elbows on hid knees. He looked up at me.

"In the teck room, like usual." he said in his husk voice.

"Right" I said. Looking back at Keith's bed, licking my lips. I looked back at Seth who was looking at me patiently.

"Look I'm really sorry, please here me out. I know I purposely fired up Kitty but I didn't mean to hurt her as bad as she putted on, I swear and I'm sorry for getting annoyed at you for not telling me about the Zem crew coming. I get it now. I would have refused to go if I knew they were there and if I did... "Before I knew it he was up and had his arms around me. He pressed his mouth gently but quickly against mine. 

"I know." He said he in a soft, low, voice. His face was only inches away from mine. "Victor told me earlier about Kitty and I confronted her about it." He paused giving me a black heated smile. "She admitted she put on the whole thing.... eventually."

"Do I want to know how you made her?"

"No" His mile widened. "Let's just say you won't be seeing her for awhile now." he said. I laughed a bit. More nervously then amused. I leaned forward but he leaned away. He eyes darkened and the light of the lamp seemed to fade away.

"And about the not telling you about the zem crew. I'm the one that should be apologising not you. I promise that I will tell you very thing for now on." He started to lean he head towards mine.

"Let's pretend it never happened." I said breathlessly.

"Let's pretend." he mumbled against my lips. We kissed with a bit harder this time. I rapped my arms around his neck and ran my hands against his soft hair. He griped my hips and pulled me up so I could wrap my legs around him. He turned and we dropped onto the bed. He started to explore my body with his hands and my face started to redden. Am I really going to do to this? I removed my hands from his hair and moved them down his strong back. The room seem to be complete dark now. Maybe the little dull lamp has given up. I got to the end of his back and moved my hands around his belt till they met one another at the clasp. Lost in this hot moment we failed to hear the footsteps coming up the hall and then the door opening....

"Aw man! Have you forgotten we do share this room! "said a very annoyed voice. Shocked and flushed I pushed Seth off me, who busted into laughter. I frowned and kicked him. I sat up. He lay beside me on the bed.

"Sorry baby but his reaction was funny." he said grapping my t- shirt and kissed my head. I rolled my eyes, my face still flushed at the whole incident.

"To be fair Keith you rarely sleep in here." said Seth, amusement still in his voice. Keith was now standing near his bed opening the wardrobe. His face filled with annoyance.  He didn't respond.

"I'll leave now." I leaned down to Seth to kiss him on the forehead and thankfully he lay still smiling up at me.

"Night." I glanced at the dully lit lamp and made my way out. I closed the door behind me and leaned against it to catch my breath. Wait.... the lamp was on. I could have sworn it wasn't. Never mind that. Keith is now in the room getting ready for bed. It's my chance now to sneak into the teck room and see what I can find.

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