Something in the water

Chapter 3

"Here we are, this is yours." He says as we enter a beautiful room with white roses on the walls. There's a big bed in the middle of the room. "Thank you Peter, I really mean that." I say as I look into his eyes. They are dark blue and I feel like I can see the ocean in them. The ocean would be a good place to be right now. If I could just run away from everything. "Don't worry about it. Your parents will be better soon" he says then turns away from me and heads back down the hall. I walk over to the bed and throw myself at it. I feel the tears coming back, I try to blink them away but they won't go. There's no cure for this sickness. No one has survived it. Yet I think to myself. No one has survived it yet. I need to be hopeful. Maybe they will find a cure. How am I not sick? I bumped into my mother and I hugged her. Why am I not sick? Oh no I'm going to get sick. Am I immune? Will I be fine? So many questions start buzzing away inside of me until I drift off to sleep. I dream of my parents, sick and asking me for help, but I can't help them.
Knock knock "come in" I say as I attempt to wipe the sleepiness away with my hands. Maggy comes in and wraps her arms around me. I can tell she's been crying. She must have heard the news. She has worked for and maybe even been friends with my parents since before I was born. "Maggy did you have any contact with my parents? Did you touch them?" I ask her. It might be strange for me to ask this right now. "You don't have to answer if you don't want too." I add quickly. "Yes I did, your mother gave me a hug" she looks at me with tears in her eyes and adds "she told me to look after you. I promised her I would." Maggy hugs me again. A theory starts in my mind, my mother was too kind. She wouldn't have knowingly touched us when she knew she was sick. Unless it isn't spread like that. Maybe it's not contagious. "We need to get ready for dinner now Alice." Maggy says. Maggy is a very good friend I realize that now. "Yes we do" I say, but I'm really not hungry. "I unpacked your things. What would you like to wear for dinner?" Maggy says, always keeping herself busy with work. "I don't know, you choose something" I say sounding a bit distracted. Maggy walks over to a chest of drawers and starts assembling an outfit. I know she loves putting together outfits. She lays out a dress on the bed I walk over to see which one she has chosen, It's light green with small ruffles and a red ribbon around the waist. I put it on as Maggy finds a necklace and a fan. Though I will probably leave the fan behind. I sit at the dresser while Maggy pins up my loose blonde curls. I'm too distracted in my thoughts to really care what she puts me in. What is happening in my kingdom? Are my parents suffering? Has the illness taken over them yet? I probably will never know. "You look beautiful miss" says Maggy as we stand in front of a full length mirror. I look good but I wouldn't call myself beautiful with my thin lips and fat button nose. I wish I could run away from this dinner. "I hope you have a nice dinner" Maggy says to me, I wish she could go instead of me. "Thank you Maggy, I wish you could join me." I say putting on a smile. "You had better be going now miss. You don't want to be late for your welcome dinner" Maggy says pushing me toward the door. I need to do this for my parents.

I finally find my way to the dinning room after losing my way a few times. Everyone is already here and seated, I recognize a few of the faces but not many. Most of them stand as I enter the room, I feel so uncomfortable, but Peter signals me to sit next to him and I do.

I decided to post an extra chapter this week. The next chapter is really good but you will have to wait until Thursday. Enjoy this chapter xoxo