After Effects

Chapter 8 • After Effects

The next two days blew over in a jiffy, so before I knew it, it was already Friday. Two days had passed and now we had to leave the next day, the Saturday. The week had been fun and relaxing, especially with Keston making everything more interesting and enjoyable, plus you wouldn't guess who I'd made friends with.

Whitney Remora. Mr. R. Remora's little sister.

I can't say he was ecstatic about the fact that we were now friends.... he was rather furious I must say. I think he might even think this was all a conspiracy against him, but Whitney couldn't care less about what he thought and neither could I... well, as long as I didn't see him, since even though I was headstrong, I kinda found him a little intimidating. It was a good thing that he had that wounded leg though since it made him have to spend most of his time in his room where he would work from his computer...well at least that was what Whitney had told me. I don't think he liked that at all because ever since the doctor told him that, he got even more irritated with everything and anyone and I didn't even need to be his friend to know this. Everyone in the castle knew this so they made sure that they never bothered him. I can't say the same for the servers though since they had to see him every day as he called on them pretty often. I would bet a million dollars that he only did it out of boredom though because all he did was make their lives miserable.

The whole castle heard him when he yelled at them about the quality of the food and their tardiness. I was now seriously convinced that he had an obsession with time. I still felt guilty though, if it weren't for me he wouldn't have gotten shot... And if it weren't for his wound he wouldn't be so miserable... And, if it weren't for his miserableness, he wouldn't be so angry at everything and everyone, even though I didn't really think that that was his only reason for being so angry.

Anyway...

Jake and I hadn't really gone back to the way we were before we came there. You remember how I was kinda hoping that the rest of the time there wouldn't be so bad as before? Well, my hopes were only fulfilled like.... halfway? I mean, things between us wasn't exactly all rainbow and sunshine the whole time. When we were alone, like in my room just talking, it was all good...but when we were around Keston or Whitney, I couldn't help noticing his mood change. His laughs were mostly forced and his smiles never reached his eyes, plus, he spent most of his time with the Krater's family who I didn't really like that much... I don't know, things were just really weird.

I sighed as my mind begged for a break from everything that I was bent on figuring out. I was currently in my room getting dressed for lunch. We had just finished a game of Polo and now we were going to lunch. Whitney had wanted me to come get ready with her but I decided to cut Mr. Remora some slack and get ready by myself. He seemed to know everything that happened around there even though he was always behind closed doors. I didn't think that me going as far as helping Whitney pick out a dress and her doing my makeup would settle well with him. I did shoot him in the leg after all so that was the least I could do.

I finished straightening my hair and then did my makeup. I was wearing a white and red sundress that reached just above my knees and light brown flats. As for my makeup, I only put on some lip gloss since I wasn't really into the whole thing and preferred to keep it natural natural. My hair flowed down my back in what I called perfection and as soon as I was satisfied with how I looked I left my room to go meet up with Whitney.

She was standing by the staircase with a huge grin on her face when I saw her. I slowed my pace and looked at her in pure suspicion.

"What's that look for?" I asked curiously.

"What look?" she asked, her grin getting even wider.

"That look." I repeated pointing at her face. She glowed even more.