Slickened

Chapter 5

>Erica<

Once we made it to my room, house, bunk, thing, Eyeuk pulled out a calendar with kittens on it.
"Really?" I asked with the lamest face and tone I had ever had.
"What do you mean really? Yes really! Its a cat calendar. What's so bad about that?"
"Nothings wrong with it. I was just thinking you guys would have some sort of special type of calendars." I responded.
"Yeah we don't have the time for something as little as that. Anyways leaving that topic behind, what days would you like to have book studies?" He asked.
"Book. Studies."
"Yeah. They're like, reading a book to learn things."
"I was told there's no school." I said.
"Yeah there is none. This is training. It helps you kill demons and know what ones to kill and what this and that are."
"Fine. Monday and Wednesday." I answered.
"Alright." He wrote on the calendar 'books'. "So that leaves Tuesday and Thursday for weapon training and extra skills. Friday is our day for special games, Saturday is hang out, and Sunday we have our worships. Just for future information, don't judge others and what they believe in. You'll die. Its happened before. Anyways, we have dinners at 7:00 every night, lunch at noon, and breakfast at 7:00. Should be easy to remember."
"Eyeuk?" I asked.

~Eyeuk~

"Yeah?" I asked as I turned. Once I saw her face, I knew exactly what happened. 'I guess the gravity of what happened the other day finally came to be realistic in her mind. That's bad.' I thought.
"Oh... Erica, did this whole situation just sink in?"
She started laughing.
"What?" I asked.
"Nothing." She responded.
SERIOUSLY!?!? First she looks like the saddest person on earth, and now she's laughing in my face!?
"Lies. Tell me why you're laughing!" I suggested.
"What's the plan for today?" She asked completely ignoring me.
"Today? Well, its Saturday. So I suggest you go make friends."
"I guess I'll try. But what about you?"
Me? I've got places to be. But I can't tell her. So how aboutttttttt...
"I gotta go pick up food for the camp. Not much just some bacon and some pancake mix." I lied.
Wow. Great job me! Lying to girls now. Yay...
"Oh.. I guess I'll ask Amelia to try and help me meet some people." She responded.
And getting away with that lie. Even better job.
"Yeah, you have fun with that okay? Alright. See ya!" I said as I walked out the door.

*skip walking scene nothing happens*

Alright. You're finally here. There's news about Megan. That's all I need to know and I'll continue. I never thought I would feel so anxious walking into the main hall.
"Mistress?" I asked as I saw her.
"Oh hey Eyeuk. I suppose you're here about the new info?" She responded with such a soft voice.
"Yes ma'am."
She chuckled. "Eyeuk you don't had to be so formal with me. You know this."
"Yeah, whatever. What's the news?" I asked.
"Aw come on Eyeuk! You seriously don't need to be such a hero! I get it, its your sister, but can't you at least hang out a little? This is the first time in months you've come by, and you're already trying to leave!" She responded.
"Liz, I already told you. I'm not gonna do anything other than kill demons until I've got Megan back."
She made a pouting face.
"But Yuuki..." She said while trying to sound like a little kid.
"Liz, we're not little kids anymore. We don't have time for play dates, and I need to get Megan." I said.
"Fine... But Yuuki, promise me two things?" She asked.
"It depends. But I assume I won't get the info unless I agree?"
"That's correct." She responded.
"Alright. What am I promising?" I questioned.
"One, don't die out there. Two, when you get back, eat my brownies for once."
"But your brownies are questionable." I said leaning away from her.
"Only because that one guy was allergic to chocolate!" She said while leaning towards me.
"Oh? So the fish flavored brownies were an accident? So were the green brownies? And the brownies that Janice chipped a tooth on?"
"Those were all minor accidents. Now promise. Or I won't tell you." She whispered into my ear.
I leaned back.
"All right. I agree to your terms and whatnot. I need to get going tonight anyways." I responded.
"Here." She said, handing me a note. "All the information is in there. Go, and be safe."
"Thank you Liz. I'll eat the brownies when I get back!" I said as I left the room.
All right. Eyeuk. You got the letter, now open it, learn what happened, and go. Should I tell Erica? If I did, she'd probably feel alone. But if she slowly found out, maybe she wouldn't feel as alone? "Yeah. I'll do that." I said aloud.
"Do what?" Asked a familiar girly voice.
I turned. "Oh! Hey Erica... Uh its nothing. Just talking to myself. Why are you here?" I retorted.
"I'm bad at making friends. So naturally, I went looking for the only idiot in sight."
"Since when am I an idiot!?" I questioned.
"Since before I knew you. That's for sure. Anyways, I thought you went shopping. Where are the groceries?" Remembering that earlier I had said that I was going shopping, I said "I just dropped them off in there." Pointing behind me at the main building.
"Oh alright. Well its around three-ish, so... Can you help me make some friends so I don't have to hang out with the only person I've talked to?" She asked.
"Depends. I've gotta go back to my room for a couple minutes. So if you're cool with that?"
"Yeah that's fine."
We began the half mile walk back to my bunk. The quietness of the walk was stressful. The feeling of the letter in my pocket made me anxious. And the thought of Liz's brownies scared me.