Wishes

Chapter 2

Kate's POV

I sat in a daze, staring at nothing in particular while thinking about how drastically my life has suddenly changed....
Having lived in New York all my life, it was a great shock when I was informed that I now have to live in an abandoned mansion in the middle of nowhere. My parents death is the only conclusion that I could come to as to why am now living here.

I sighed and decided to get up since the desperate need to pee won't leave.
"I don't even know where the bathroom is" I mutter to myself. I should have taken a tour of the house when I got here yesterday and that would certainly be on my own since I and my house mate aren't on speaking terms after the fight we had last night about the rooms. I decided to let him have the room since he got there first and the great first impression people talk about is out of the way already with the way we bickered like three year olds at the door.

"Enough about him" I said to myself on the way out of the room. It's actually a bad sign talking to one's self anyway.
I got out and started opening the doors one after each searching for the rest room. With my luck, I would have to pee outside since I couldn't find the bathroom... I continued on downstairs and came across the nerdy nerd who opened the door for me.

"Good morning" he greeted with a damn grin
"And what the hell is so good about the morning to cause a grin the size of an ocean on your face?" I shot out.
"Bitchy much?"he replied with a frown
"Unless you know where a bathroom is in this goddamn house, then move out of my way" I said back to him.
"Move down the hallway and open the last door, there's a bathroom right there"
"Thanks" I said deciding to be polite.
He passed by without replying. I shrugged, who cares anyway, I wouldn't have replied too.

The rest room is as intimidating as the rest of the place so far, even without shoes, I could hear my footsteps echo as if the place is only meant for ghosts
"It might even be an haunted building anyway" I said to myself. The floor was made of marbles and the walls of a nearly golden shade of granite. On one side as two sets of sinks alongside a massive mirror.
On the other was a caved area of the wall where window peered out to the pool outside.

In the center of the bathroom, marble steps led to a large bathtub that more likely represented a tub fit for 10 people. And besides this was a transparent glass that squared away a luxurious shower.
Done peeing, I stared at my reflection in the mirror thinking back to when I lived at New York. I miss everyone back home including the old man who greets me every morning on my way to school. That's odd, yeah I know

I strolled back out of the bathroom in search of something to eat as my stomach has started growling due to lack of food. I hadn't eaten anything since yesterday morning, I just didn't have the appetite.
"Did you find it?" I was asked by..... Jeez, I don't even know his name, and I've spent a night here with him. Well, I guess that's a result of being rude and impolite.
"Cat got your tongue?" He said again.
"I was thinking about home" I replied with a sad face
"Oh home" he said with confusion written all over his face.
"Yeah home, got a problem with that?" I retorted.
"Not really, just wondering why you're thinking of home since the information I was given is that you couldn't wait to leave that said home" he said with a sneer.
He is wrong, totally wrong cos there's nothing I would love more than to go back home and see my parents again but I won't tell him that since he doesn't deserve a single piece of information about me as he's obviously gotten a personal investigator to inform him about me.

"Isn't there something you need to be doing right now?"I asked
"I don't know, like what?"
"What about minding your business?" I retorted getting angry at him
"Lose the bitchy attitude please"
"Really?" I asked surprised since he isn't acting like the nerd who opened the door for me yesterday with his loose mouth.
"I'll just find something to eat and leave you alone with your attitude?" I said resigned.
"Oh so am the one with the attitude when the first thing you did when you saw me this morning was snap at me?"

"Whatever" I said knowing deep inside me that he's right
I opened the fridge in my search of something to eat and immediately frowned realizing that there's nothing to eat in there. And my day just got way more worse because i really can't function without food in my stomach and I have a lot to do today considering I have to start college on Monday and today is Saturday already.
"Do you know where a store is around here so I could get something to eat?" I asked him
"Oh wait, what's your name anyway?"

"And which one am I supposed to answer out of those questions" he said putting emphasis on those questions.
"Anyone you feel like Sherlock"
"Really?, Sherlock?, of all names?" He shot out
"So what the hell am I to call you when you won't tell me your name?" I screamed out frustrated.
"Alright alright. I think we need to have a redo?"
"Redo?" I asked confused.
"Yeah redo, like a do again, a repeated action of what we've done before, of how we met, rings a bell?" He asked sarcastically.
"Whatever" I replied not really into it just in need of something to put in my grumbling stomach.
"Nah, you don't get to whatever me when am clearly trying to be polite here" he said waving his hands around in demonstration.
"Alright then, redo it is. You go first." I said apologetically.

"Okay, I was told we have to live together till we finish college so you are welcome and may I know your name?"
"Oh, the perfect gentleman" I mutter with sarcasm
"Say what?" He asked.
"Oh it's nothing, I'm Kate" I quickly said not wanting to annoy him and spoil everything.
"That's a nice name" he replied, "I'm Pete"
"Pete?" I asked not liking how the name sounds.
"No shit" he shot back
"Really, you swear?" I asked with my eyebrows raised, actually surprised.
"Shouldn't I"
"Nah, it's fine" I said now screening him from head to toe as the first thing I noticed about him yesterday is that he's a nerd, what with his glasses and all the sweater kind of dress. And now he swears? Well people are really not what they look like indeed..

"I need food in my stomach in the next 15 minutes or my bitchiness will return with a vengeance" I said and it's absolutely the truth, my stomach isn't very reliable cos I get hungry every two hours or even before it and I eat without gaining weight which has always made my friends jealous cos they are always watching their weight and practically inhaling ice creams at the same time.
"Alright then, hop in the car, we can go get some stuffs to eat" he said interrupting my thoughts.
"Trust me, that's music in my ears," I said with a grin "and good music at that"
"I'll be right back, let me get dressed" and it was then we both noticed what I was putting on. I looked up to him and I noticed that his eyes is practically glued to my clothing.
"My eyes are up here mister" I said with a snap of my fingers. He looked up and passed by me without a comment.
"Well, that's a first". I said to myself
"You hurry up or am leaving you here without bringing anything back for you" he shouted back at me at the doorway.
"Don't you dare take a step forward till I get back there" I screamed back at him running upstairs.

"Hey food, here I come" I said to myself in anticipation...

And voilà, that's the second chapter. Am really on a row cos that's two chapters in two days. The next chapter will be due within two to three days.....
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