The Difference Between Us

{14} Ailment

T H I R D    P E R S O N

Scarlet climbed down the attic and went to the kitchen to grab her usual morning drink. It is a strawberry and lemon mix that calmed her nerves down each morning. After a long night of not being able to sleep, she looked forward to her drink. She opened the fridge and searched for it, she could not find it. She checked the island in case she left it there but it was nowhere to be found. That was the last bottle she had and she couldn't find it! Hold on, she isn't the only one at home right now, is she? The anger boiled from within as she realized that they could've drank it! Those thieving sons of...

"YOU BLOODY BASTARDS, COME DOWN HEEERREE!!!"

L O G A N

"Who is it?! Who the heck is it?! Who drank it?! AAARRRGH!!"

We all watched as Scarlet threw a tantrum, none of us dared to talk or else she would skewer whosoever. Who was stupid enough to take anything red from Scarlet's fridge? We all know about her obsession with red, who is the idiot that caused me to wake up crappy because of Scarlet's screams?

'I have a pretty good guess...'

She soon started to throw stuff so I had to run to hold her down. It was risky but I managed to make her release the set of kitchen knives she was about to throw. The others had scampered to various directions for safety, leaving me to handle the whole situation myself. I pat her hair– one gigantic risk move and whispered calming things into her ear. It's what I do when I feel on the edge except, I don't pat my hair. Now Shelia does it for me, I'm one lucky guy.

She slowly became quiet but all the while, I noticed that she was tapping her foot erratically on the floor while her eye muscles twitched.

"What's going on here?"

All of us turned towards the direction from which the voice came, it was a woman in her late twenties like Mr Mayorkun, our principal and my was she hot. She is dark skinned and her rich black hair was braided into cornrows, not to mention her perfect body proportions...she is a package...

"STOP EYE RAPING HER, GODDAMN PERVERTS!"

Great. I just managed to calm her down and here she was screaming again. Scarlet's voice just has to ruin my moment with natural beauty. Oh well, I have Shelia and she's a package so that's more than enough for me. The woman– I think she's Scarlet's sister– walked into the kitchen and magically calmed the bull down. Wow, that woman should teach me her magic, I could really use it with Scarlet as my seatmate.

Scarlet went to her room after the woman pacified her and she (the woman) turned towards our direction while giving us a closed eye smile and introduced herself; "I am Asa, Scarlet's nanny." She smiled.

"Woah, you look pretty young." Phyllis voiced everyone's – I think– common thought. Asa just smiled and waved a dismissive hand at our lot.

"Nah, I've been taking care of her since she was six so I'm kinda old. So, who was it?" She looked around all of us until Jordan sheepishly laughed, breaking the silence and affirming my suspicion.

I knew it! That birdbrain, how is he the president of the chess club?!

As if everybody was thinking what I was thinking, they all started throwing insults...er, remove Sharon from 'everybody', she's on the couch sleeping... at Jordan who was trying to defend himself. Keyword: trying.