Within Us

Chapter 4

"Excuse me?"
I knock on the glass window, she turned around surprised there was even someone in the room.

"Oh excuse me I didn't think someone would already be living here, I'm Lono. Who might you be?"

Why wouldn't anyone be in this room? Please don't tell me there is a depressing past to this room I honestly don't have the time.

Inola took a deep breath,"I'm Inola! The blonde, tall kid right here is Finn, the one in front of you is Aema and this baby here is Cosima." She yelled this thinking she wouldn't be able to hear us from the outside.

"Inola, I think she can hear us just fine.."
She flushed."Well ya'no I was just trying to be considerate if she wasn't able to!"

The woman behind the window laughed so hard she was tearing up," haha, oh my, wait one second." She touched the rim of the glass morphed into water and slithered through the opening.

I was honestly astonished like wtf is she like a water Sprite or something??

The water splashed into the ground then took shape back into a woman. "Wooaahh, it's been a while since I've done that. You don't mind if I invite myself in do you?" As the last of the water dropped off of her I could finally see her hair and eye color. Her hair was long with a mixture of dark, shiny blues and purples, her hair flowed down her back and over her shoulders in waves. Her light blue exotic dress complimented her extricate blue eyes and dark skin. She was beautiful.

"I don't mind but why did you think there wouldn't be anyone living here?"

Her hands and smile tightened for a second,
"Ah, my roommates graduated a few months ago and they all moved away..haha."

I could tell there was something else but I didn't want o get too nosey on the first day. Inola opened her mouth as if to project an entire speech but settled with an "I'm sorry."

"Well, umm would you like to stay for dinner?We're going to make cheeseburgers.
We can't stay up to late because we have to have our exams tomorrow to have our races identified." She paused for a second before giving me an answer,"I'd love to, but would it be okay if I have my children here for dinner as well?" Children? she's like 19?? well stuff happens, I bet they're cute kids anyway.
"Sure"

She gave me the most thankful smile and walked over to the front door,"I'll be back in 15 minutes." She shut the door and we stood there quiet for a second.

Inola raised her voice almost to the point of yelling,"Wasn't that awkward? I could literally smell the guilt coming from her, it smells sour like a lie."

"Don't dig too much into this, it seemed to bother her a lot more than it seemed."

"I won't dig too much into it because it's none of my business, but that's kind of bone chilling to have that much guilt seething out of you."

I gave her a nod and she stopped talking, I respect her analyzing skills but I want to get to know Lono before I can see her in another light, I walked over to the kitchen cabinets and opened them. There were already all the seasonings I need to make the burgers as flavorful as possible, but we needed some kind of grill to make them. I looked outside to see if they already had one nut there was just a few chairs and a two tables. I looked around some more and noticed there was a phone near the couch in the room,"Finn, could you see if you could call the office or whatever they have here so I could get a grill here?."

-Finn's POV-

"..Sure." I hesitated before answering him.

Talking on the phone is such a chore, it makes my anxiety skyrocket into my lungs, but I didn't want to be an inconvenience to Aema.

the phone looked like a redesigned iphone, I picked it up and slid my finger across to open, it had apps for everything we could need. room renovation, class bookwork, therapy, additional library etc...I tapped room renovation and there was a search bar to look up what you need. I looked up 'Grill Pan' and the item popped up with a number. Fuck I thought i'd be able to get out of this, I tapped the number and a young child with a british accent picked up.

"hello, you need a grill pan is that right?"

"yes, we're in room #2620."

"I'll be right over."

That was the most adorable sounding child Ever."I called them, they said they'd be right over."

-Aema's POV-

"Thank."

I already had the seasonings and patties ready to be cooked, I walked over to the sink to wash my hands when I heard a knock at the door.

I walked over to the door and asked who it was.

"It's me, the person you talked to on the phone.'

"Oh, the person I talked to on the phone sounded like a young child with a british accent."

A young boy with fiery red hair and green eyes and barely came above my knees greeted me with a toothy smile, well, sharp toothy smile, I assumed a vampire but don't vampires usually have red eyes? or was that just something in movies and comics? I should keep an open mind about it, but his eyes were such an intense green, they seemed like jewels.

"Here's your grill pan."

they stood on their toes to hand me the box,"Thank you." as I was about to close the door i heard a herd sniiiff and I turned around saw them drooling and nibbling their finger."Are you hungry for some raw meat?" He looked at me startled then took a moment then lowered his head and nodded. I took a piece of the burger and gave it to them,"A secret okay?" Their face beamed in excitement,"Thank you!" they ran away almost tripping over themselves.

Inola popped her head out the door,"That smelled like a vampire...did you just..DID YOU JUST FEED IT A BURGER?!?" I nodded confused.

"VAMPIRES CAN ONLY HAVE RAW, PURE, MEAT, THAT CHILD MIGHT DIE."