Life's lie || Umbrella academy

Chapter 2: Run boy run

"Good morning." Allison walked into Zariah's room. She was still laying in her bed with the covers drawn over her face. Allison opened the curtains and the window, letting the fresh air fill the room. Zariah grumbled under the covers which made Allison laugh. She ripped the covers from Zariah and sat down next to her. Allison looked down and chuckled as she noticed that her sister was still wearing the coat from the day before.
"Please. Just one more hour." Zariah pleaded.
"No way. Everyone is already awake. Even Klaus. Besides, mom already made you breakfast. You don't want to let the food get cold." Allison pulled Zariah quickly to her feet.
"I'm already cold, so why does cold food matter." She complained. Allison went to wait in the hall so she could change. She left her room a little while later wearing black jeans and a blue blouse.
"Cute." Allison commented before walking to the kitchen.
"Where did everyone run of to yesterday?" Zariah asked with honest curiosity.
"Klaus went with Diego to I don't know were, Vanya went home and Five wanted coffee. You should go eat breakfast. I need to talk with Luther." Allison said before parting ways. Zariah gave a quick wave before walking towards the kitchen. She took a quick glans into the living room. Klaus was standing behind the sofa in only some underwear or something. It wasn't the first time she had seen him like that, but it never got old. He was talking to Pogo. She stopped in the doorway to listen in.
"In particular, an ornate box with pearl inlay." Pogo said. Klaus had probably stolen something valuable.
"Really? You don't say." Klaus asked while looking at the sofa in front of him. Maybe it was because there was some kind of ghost, but she didn't know and didn't really care. Klaus had told her many times that he couldn't see Ben, so what was the point in wondering who it was.
"Any idea where it went?" Pogo asked him.
"No, no, no. No idea." Klaus sighed. "Sorry." It was silent for a second. "Drop dead." Another second of silence. "Shut up." That's when Zariah resumed her way to the kitchen again. She had no desire in seeing Klaus lie to Pogo any more.

"Hey mom." She greeted her mother quietly. Her mother, who had previously been humming a song, turned around with a plate filled with two eggs and some bacon laid in a smiley face.
"Good morning, sweetheart. How was your morning?" She asked her.
"Great. Allison woke me up." She answered sarcastically.
"That's good sweetie. It's nice to see you two bonding again." She obviously hadn't understood her sarcastic tone to it, but Zariah didn't care. It made her mother happy so she was some sort of happy.
"Is Five home again?"
"No. I'm sorry, but he hasn't come back since yesterday. Did you take your medicine?" Zariah shook her head.
"No, I left it in here yesterday."
" Zariah Hargreeves. How many times do I have to tell you to not let your medicine all over the house. You should have it with you at all times."
"Sorry mom." She apologized while taking one of her pills.
"What are you planning on doing today?"
"I- I don't know." She hadn't really thought of that yet. With her father being gone, there were no restrictions.
"Why don't you take a walk in the park? You haven't proparly been out of the house for months, years maybe. When was the last time you met a stranger?"
"You know dad didn't allow me to set a step outside of this house."
"He isn't here, is he?" Her mom winked at her.
"You know what? Yeah, I'll go to the park. Do you want to come with me?"
"Maybe tomorrow. I still have so much to do. Speaking of which, I need to clean the bedrooms. Have fun today." Her mother leaned over the table and gave Zariah a quick kiss on the head.
"Bye." She quickly ate her breakfast before grabbing her grey coat and walking out. She walked mindlessly down the road. The fact was that she didn't even know where the park was. She needed to follow her guts and hope to get home at some point.

She reached the park after 20 minutes, finding it at a five minute distance from her house, but she kept on going the wrong way, making her walk 4 times the length that she should've walked. She looked at the trees and the birds. Their songs sounded more beautiful than she had ever heard them sing. She also looked at the dogs that played together and some kids that were laughing. She stayed there for a few hours, until she finally grew hungry. She took one last look before walking away and trying to find her way home again.
"Are you lost?" A young man asked her. She looked at him sheepishly.
"No. I just- need to find somewhere familiar."
"So you're lost?" Zariah sighed and nodded her head in defeat.
"Yeah, fine. I'm lost." The man with half long, brown hair chuckled.
"Where does the beautiful woman need to go?" Zariah blushed at his compliment.
"The umbrella academy."
"A fan?"
"O god, no. Everything but. No, I kind of live there."
"You are one of the six?"
"No, I'm actually number eight."
"O, sorry. I didn't know that." He rubbed the back of her neck in shame.
"No, it doesn't matter." Zariah quickly said.
"How about I walk you home?"
"That would be nice."
"It's my pleasure, miss-" He left the sentence unfinished for her to end it.
"Zariah. Zariah Hargreeves."
"Jake Williams." He introduced himself. "I know a place where they sell the best ice cream in the world. Why don't we go there first before you go back." He had gone really fast from being strangers to taking her for ice-cream, but she didn't mind.
"That would be nice." Zariah looked him in the eyes one last time before walking in a general direction.
"It's the other way." Zariah turned around on her heals with a small awkward smile.
"I totally knew that." She joked before they walked away together.