Ten years ago..
“How are you here?” The little girl asks, surprise evident in her voice as she looks at the boy who has found her secret place.
“It's easy. I was walking, i saw a tree house, i climbed it.” The boy explains, his tone like that of explaining to a child. The 9-year old little girl's brows furrowed, getting annoyed slightly with the way she was talked to, by the 11-year old boy.
“And who told you you could be here?” the little girl crosses her arms infront of her chest, frowning at the boy.
“No one.. But i see no name anywhere in this house. So, Is it so wrong for me to be here when it's not owned by anyone?”
“You!..”
“Little girl, Shush! I don't want my parents to find me, and i assume you don't want yours to find you aswell! Let me just sit here, and wait it out with you till the party is over. Okay?” The boy tries to bargain.
The girl contemplates a bit, before nodding reluctantly. She doesn't want to be found by her step mummy, in fear that she will only lock her in her room again. When there's events such as this one in their house, Rae would keep her hidden so that her own daughter will grab the attention.
“So, Why are you up here instead of having fun in the Ball? Don't little girls like you like playing dress up and running around?” Priam asks casually, sitting down on the carpet in the middle of the little house.
Pandora closes her eyes briefly facing the night sky. “Well.. My new mom doesn't really like me.” She fidgets with her white dress. “She thinks i'm a freak.” She whispers the last part, but Priam was able to hear it.
“How are you a freak?” Priam asks, honestly baffled as to why the little girl was being excluded by her ‘new mummy’. I mean, sure. The telenovelas could be accurate with the evil stepmother, but for what reason will she call this pretty little girl a freak? From what he could see, the little girl was perfectly fine.
Pandora moves slightly, joining Priam in the middle. The moonlight shone down on her, revealing her cat like different colored eyes. One grey, and One hazel.. Priam felt like the wind was knocked out of his chest, Speechless.
Pandora thought it was a negative reaction, so she retreated. Tears were about to gather in her eyes, till an amazed wow echoed around the small tree house.
Priam's eyes shone brightly. “Your stepmother is the freak. How could she not admire such beautiful eyes?”
