Bound

Chapter . Twenty-four

Music playing: Karearea by MOHI

(That next day)

I couldn't get the very thought of mine and Spencer kissing, I had realised the thoughts and feelings of him liking me, liking me. I had not yet given it much thought about what I had liked about him, but I really did like him and not yet how he and I just shared an intimate moment very quickly.

I kept blushing and wasn't sure how I would be brave enough to go about it with him, when we were in the same class together, not once did he say or bring it up. It was as if it had never happened.

So I thought about it and figured maybe I just have to keep things to myself, until lunch break came my cousin Daisy looked between me and Spencer and a few times I caught her whispering to me 'talk to him'.

I then started to talk but Natalia caught my attention, and asked me very discreetly about what did I find out about the book behind the photo frame, I filled her in that I hadn't yet looked or remotely even thought about it. I opened my bag and we had a quick look, before the bell had rung we saw clues of where it wanted to lead us,

"I think the next clue is somewhere in this school, maybe another book like this", she added.

"Another what?", asked Daisy,

"The book we found, it was in your dads cafe and for some reason it talks about my mum and mentions about finding the next clue somewhere in this school, perhaps another painting like the one in your dads café", I mentioned.

She looked at me for a second and then her eyes lit up, 

"I think I know of a painting like that" ,she said,

"Great, where?", asked Natalia,

"Where what?", Stacey asked, with her boyfriend sitting next to her,

"It would be hard to get even close to it, it's in the principals office",

"Damn", Natalia clicked her tongue,

"This calls for a group meeting and another distraction and fast", she added,

Spencer and the gang were called over and the distraction was for them to cause a huge commotion which was enough to make the principal deal with all the commotion.

All of us were sent to the office, myself included and I was a nervous wreck. "Miss Jean, the principal would like to see you",

I stood up and I half thanked the secretary Susan, I looked back at the gang all awaiting their own fates also,

I had earn't a quick 'good luck' from Natalia who had finished coming out of the office and walking back to class.

When I arrived in the principals office, she hadn't mentioned anything to me other than for me to take a seat. Before, we were about to talk or discuss about what had happened earlier at lunch and the incident that took place. 

She hurried out to sort out the main distraction outside, I then saw the painting and checked my perimeter was clear, and then went to the painting.

Please have what we needed I thought. I couldn't help but cross my fingers behind my back, in hopes that this would lead us to a clue, closer to what had really happened to my mother. I hadn't put much thought in it, but being here a part of me wanted to understand if what really happened, happened. Was it a accident or was it purely of coincidence and why her, why my mother of all people? This made my eyes want to tear up, fighting back this feeling I just wanted what I thought was best for me right now...closure from her death.

When I removed the painting as quietly as I could, it was heavier than I thought, there was a open hole that had another diary. I swiped the item away quickly and put the painting back with clammy hands, I placed the diary in my bag.

As soon as the principal came back in, I took a quick sigh of relief. She just dismissed me and then I left to go back to class. After school, Aunt Kera went on and on about the whole commotion and grounded all three of us. We had no work because of what happened. 

The girls and I were in Daisys room, we filled the gang in on the phone of what we had found, Stacey was shocked at what I had told her and we compared both of the books one of the books was a leather blue and the new one was a leather green. Both of the books had a wolf emblem on them.

"What do you think is inside?", Daisy motioned to me,

"Not sure",

"Wow, these have been in those paintings this whole time", Stacey said,

We then opened the new book, and began reading a few of its contents, Daisy mentioned that they had been signed but by different writers or different people who used to own these diaries.

This person had drawings in their books, but it talked about a place that they would meet at the night of the full-moon.

"What do you think this all means?",

"Why, what is it talking about?", Stacey asked.

"It's a place, it's talking about a place, these teens or now must be adults that are still alive...wait lets check and do the math...that's about fifteen years ago, these people must still be alive",

"That's not that long ago then",

"This person has dates that ended roughly five years ago, we were both in intermediate and primary then. So, that means this person snuck this into the painting around then",

My phone started to ring and all of us girls looked at each other and Stacey picked it up without hesitation. 

"It's Natalia", she said giving me my phone,

"Well what's the update?, does it say anything we need to know?",

Then the door bell rang, "I never ordered pizza, did any of you?",

I made my way to the door, but Daisy pushed me to the side gently, she grabbed a bat on the side of the door, and then went to open the door...