Professor Sebastian Jones - Is It Love? Fan-fiction by SW

Chapter 59 - At the Manor

I enter my bedroom and lock the door.

"Just in case..."

I throw my backpack on the bed, and I rush to see my Golden fish on my studying desk. With all this craziness, I had forgotten to ask someone to take care of it. However, to my great surprise, it's with its water clean, and the food pot is lighter.

"So, someone has looked after him after all!"

I let out a long alleviated sigh in knowing my fish is doing fine, and I get curious to know who was the carer of it.

Khawla: Hey, Fish! I'm glad someone has fed you while I was out!

Fish: ...

I get the pot and put some fish food in the aquarium, and it eats greedily. I have a broad smile on my lips while I observe my Golden fish. It's nice to have a pet to distract you from your worries, grievances, and sadness. It always warms your heart, even if you can't touch it. After my Golden fish finishes his meal, it starts swimming happily. I believe it's glad in seeing me again after all these days that I was at Sebastian's because of the undesirable presence of Viktor Bartholy in Mystery Spell. Thanks, God, his visit was very brief.

I head to the bathroom, turn on the bathtub tap, regulate the temperature to a pleasantly warm one, and I go back to the room to unpack my things while the water fills the porcelain. There is nothing like a warm bath to relax and de-stress after all this roller-coaster of emotions of the last months of my life! And the especially craziness of the last few weeks.

I set my uniform on the studying desk's chair, as, tomorrow morning, I have classes at the College, and the first one is with my amber eyes Professor that I'm already missing. I let out a long sad sigh thinking of him. Sebastian was so gloomy today because of my decision to come back to the manor. It breaks my heart to see him like this, torn into many pieces, but it's the right decision for now. I'm sure of that.

I put my other few pieces of clothes back in the wardrobe, and I head to the bathroom. The bathtub is almost full. I get a bath bomb that I've bought at the cosmetics retailer that I love so much, and at where I spend almost all the rest of my salary every month. The way the bath bomb dissolves in the water and makes bubbles is amazing! And the fragrance?! Oh... My... God...! Out of this world! It isn't without a reason that Sebastian loves to sniff at me so much (1).

"And here I am again, thinking of Seb. Come on, girl! You didn't break up with him, and you're only not living at his!"

I shake my head from one side to the other to snap Sebastian out of my mind for now. I can't be so obsessive towards him in the same way he's been in finding out the mysteries that surround my origins. It isn't healthy at all, for none of us, this obsessive behavior.

I turn off the faucet, and I enter to the bathtub to my most deserved relaxing bath to be fit to face the world tomorrow.

"Hmm...! The perfect temperature and the perfect amount of bubbles to de-stress!"

I stay in the warm water for almost one whole hour. The effects that it has on my mood and muscles are just fantastic! It was exactly what I was needing: relaxing and enjoying some time to myself, to my self-care. I leave the bathtub, wrap myself in a towel, and I go to the sink to brush my teeth. While I put some toothpaste on my toothbrush, the words of Nicolae come to visit my head.

"How am I sure of that? What the heck, Nicolae! I'm sure you won't do anything because Viktor has told you not to."

I start brushing my teeth. I'm still pensive about Nicolae's innuendo, and it's implications. He has disturbed me with that, and I'm not sure if I'm curious or not to know what he means.