The Guardian (OlderVersion)

8th Chapter ~

After Judy and I entered the room we were surprised to see that it was bigger than expected; two beds separated by a bedside table, rested against the beige wall, the wardrobe made of light wood was at the entrance but neither of us intended to put our clothes in it;  in front of the beds, on the other side of the room, was a little wooden desk, probably to put the television, if there was one, the floor was also made of wood and near each bed was a beige carpet; hanging on the ceiling was a beautiful lamp. I put my bag on the floor, near the bed I would be sleeping, whilst I sat on the bed, it was so fluffy that I couldn’t help but jump on it, laying right away whilst facing the ceiling.

“This is paradise!” I exclaimed hearing a giggle.

I sat up again and frowned looking at Judy who was still giggling, she looked at me and returned the look I had given her, before speaking.

“I never thought you would act like that.” she exclaimed at last.

“Is it that strange?” I asked embarrassed.

“Well, to me, you always seemed like an ice queen.” she started as I lower my head, looking at my hands that rested on my lap, with embarrassment because, even thought it didn’t seem like that, I was really shy around people I didn’t know that well. Judy approached and sat next to me keeping on talking.

“But I guess you are more the shy type, ain’t I right?”

“I guess I didn’t have an approachable aura either.” I admitted

“Hahaha.” she laughed. “Good thing we cleared the misunderstanding.” she smiled faintly and I smiled back at her.

Once we put our things away, we left towards the lobby to meet up with the other students in order to go and explore that unknown city. That afternoon passed by quite fast and before I knew, it was already time to go back to the inn; Judy and I decided to take a bath but, because that inn was special for students on their school trips, the rooms didn’t have their own private bathrooms, instead there was a huge one at the end of the corridor, separate from the boys, by the back wall, in fact, they stayed in a different area so that there wouldn’t be mixtures.

The bathroom had two compartments, one where there were some lockers which allowed us to put our clothes inside so that they wouldn’t disappear, and a second compartment, a few meters ahead, with opaque cabins showers that gave us some privacy. I put my necklace along with my clothes on the locker and covered with my towel, entered the cabin next to Judy. Unexpectedly nobody was there, they probably were all too tired to go have a shower but that didn’t seem to stop Judy and I from doing it; after the bath we looked so relaxed that we could fall asleep at any moment, we put on our pajamas and went back to the room always exchanging little giggles and smiles on the way, we were starting to become really close and I felt happy to have a friend besides Heart; tired as we were, it only took us a moment before falling into a deep sleep.

I woke up hearing the alarm clock, still half asleep I grabbed the cell phone and turned the alarm off, then I just turned around and fell asleep again; I woke up once more with Judy sitting on top of me, impairing my breathing.

“What’s going on?” I asked half asleep.

“You big idiot!” she threw at me. “Why did you turn the alarm off?”

“It was annoying!” I exclaimed as I shove Judy to the end of the bed and sat down. She looked at me defiantly, grabbed her pillow and threw it right to my face.

“Now we’re late!” she exclaimed controlling not to laugh ending up with a grin on her face instead.

I jumped at her words and got out of bed in a hurry, only achieving to stumble on the bed sheets and fall with my face on the ground. Judy burst out laughing forgetting she was at the end of the bed and fell backwards; this time I was the one who burst out laughing until both of us snapped and went to get ready in a huge hurry. We both put on our school uniforms because, since we were going out of that city, if we got lost it would be much more easy to find us; once we were ready, we got out of the room and rushed towards the lobby.