A Game of Hide and Seek

Home life

Lizzy POV

I returned home to find my mother in her studio, designing yet another outstanding dress. Her brown hair, the same chocolate shade as mine, was pulled into a loose bun on top of her head, her soft grey eyes painted an image of distress and fatigue, and the lines of concern were now etched onto her face.

I knocked on the studio door and gently pushed it open.

"Hey." I said softly.

"Hello darling. How was college?" My mothers lips curved into a smile as she span in her office chair to face me.

"It was alright. We've started an assignment in music."

"Oh really? What's it about?" My mother inquired.

"It's a little like the battle of the bands. The winning band gets to works with Exposed Youth, a band from the college who are very successful apparently. But not only that, if you win you get to support Exposed Youth at their biggest venue yet." The rush of adrenaline spread throughout me as I imagined performing to so many people, incredible.

"Wow. Sounds like a fantastic opportunity Elizabeth! Make the most of it." As usual my mother encouraged me to succeed in my passion.

"I will!" I chirped.

"How is he?" All forms of happiness disappeared and a new atmosphere of seriousness flooded throughout.

"He's doing ok. He's very drained at the moment, so just take it easy on him." The lines of concern creased and her voice dropped to a dull, lifeless tone.

"I won't tire him out, don't worry." I assured my mother.

I left my mother to her designs and ascended up the stairs. I took a right down a plain corridor and stopped outside the door at the end. Unconsciously I took a deep breath before twisting the handle and entering the bedroom.

My eyes scanned over the room which had one feature wall painted a vibrant turquoise and multiple family photographs hung against the walls. My eyes landed on the frail frame lying limply on the single bed. His face was gaunt when it should be colourful and full, the bags under his eyes where a shade of purple that would be mistaken for two black eyes and his lips were chapped, you could almost see each and every line on his lips defined by the dry skin. He was clearly sleeping as his chest rose and fell, sometimes he would gasp for breath, others time his breathing was rhythmic, however his breathing never relaxed. It was clearly visible that he needed to sleep, so ever so slowly I closed the door with minimum noise and crept into my own room.

Immediately I went straight for my bed. I lay there exhausted, staring out of the sky light, it was still light as it was only 5pm. The clouds moved slowly over the window, their light fluffiness and odd shapes allowing me to get lost in a haze, in another world where I had no worries, no cares, I could just lie there and dream, forgetting anything and everything. Starting at a college, having to make new friends and figuring out what was the norms in a public educational institution had drained me. I'd just started my second week there, and I was feeling it.

It wasn't only college that drained me, it was this place; this house, more specifically the boy sleeping peacefully down the corridor. I knew it wasn't his fault, and we'd all give the world to change it, but its tiring having to watch this, having to have these reoccurring emotions of pain and distraught which leave me not only emotionally drained, but physically drained. It's my parents too. I don't know where they are. They're here, but they're not home. I miss them, I miss my family. The worst part, I can't tell a soul. We're a family of high class professions. The public know us for the professions not our emotions, to the public we reveal nothing of the inside world, they only know what our faces give away, and that is high class professions with an equally high class life.

"We're a high class family Elizabeth, we have duties."

"Remember Elizabeth, high class."

"To the public, we are the definition of high class, don't ruin that with your emotions"

High Class.

High.

Freaking.

Class.

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A/N

Wow. It has been a while!!

Anyone still out there?!

I'm so sorry for the lack of any updates, its just been mad, and I'd lost interest for a long time, but I'm hoping by this small chapter I'll pick it back up soon!!

Yes, sorry for how incy weeny this chapter is but its just a little background info really of the deeper parts yet to be revealed.

I hope you are all well.

Comment what you think! And once again sorry.

Lots of Love.