Once Upon A Beating Heart

The aunt

We thanked the man for the ride and he handed us our luggage. Me and Georgia had two bags each and we slowly walked towards the front door. I was kind of nervous. What if Cora didn't like us? What if our cousin was an evil snob? What then? No matter what happened from now on, me and Georgia would at least have each other.

I knocked on the door and we waited silently. You could hear heels approach from the inside.
The door opened and revealed a woman with brown hair and cold eyes. She was tall and wore a black suit with matching heels.

"Hello girls" She gave us a fake smile which neither of us returned and we didn't reply. Too cautious as she looked mean. "Don't just stand there!" The woman snapped, annoyed, surprising us with her sudden change of tone.

Our aunt stepped aside and I took a step inside the house, soon followed by Georgia.

"I'm Cora" The woman said but when I reached out my hand she ignored it, so I awkwardly looked at my nails.
"I'm-" I then begun but got inetrrupted.
"Chloe, I know" Cora said in a cold tone. "And you must be Georgia"
"Yeah, I am" Georgia rolled her eyes and looked at me with a raised eyebrow.

Cora glared at my sister as a small figure came out of the shadows.

"Mother?" The girl asked.
"Regina, I thought I told you to stay in your room until dinner" Our aunt said.
"But mother, who are they?" She smiled slightly at us.
"Your cousins, Regina" Cora walked up to her I could have sworn I saw Regina flinch. "Now, go show them to their room"

Regina nodded at her mother and gestured for us to follow her up the massive staircase.
We walked to the top of the staircase and through a corrior. Regina stopped by a white, wooden door an opened it.

The room was smaller than I'd expected, two identical twin beds in each corner. There was a black bedside table for each bed with white clocks on them. A single lightbulb hung in the middle of the room, illuminating the middle but not quite touching the corners.
Although the walls were white and the floor was marble, the room was kinda eerie and all three of us shivered as we entered.

I put my bags at the end of the bed in the left corner and Georgia dropped her handbag onto the bed to the right which landed with a thud. That told us that the bed was rock hard.
Georgia glared at the bed before whipping her head around to look at Regina.

"Is she always like that?" She asked.
"I know something that could crack her up a bit" I smirked.

Before Regina had a chance to answer, Georgia had walked over to me and grinned like a Cheshire cat.

"Spit it out, sis" Georgia said, flicking her hair over her shoulder and leaned forwards.
"The perfect prank is what we need" I told her with a smile.
"NO!" Regina cried out which made us look at her.
"Why not?" I asked.
"She don't like pranks. Or pranksters. You will regret it if you do it" Regina explained.
"And why the hell not?" Georgia gave her signature mean girl look.
"Come on! It'll be fun!" I filled in.

Regina sucked in a breath and looked nervously around her.

"You don't understand" She said.
"Yes, I do, you're just a coward" She told the girl.
"Maybe she's serious" I said to my sister because I saw the expression on Regina's face. She looked scared.