Dark Night (20 page)

“
What where you doing
in her room?” Illyanne asked me the minute the nurse told her what
happened.

“I was seeing my dying friend. Who I didn’t
know was dying.” I said with still tears in my eyes.

“Technically she is still alive, do not go
assuming she is dead. She is just in a comma… she might or might
not come out of. But there was a sign outside, because she was in
intensive care and you had to go in there while it was restricted.”
She was saying while she was writing something down on a paper.

After Mereily fell into a comma, I had gone
into shock momentarily. Losing someone in your life wasn’t easy,
and here I was talking to a Goddess who just wouldn’t understand
what Mereily was going through, not that I did. But at least I
cared enough to comfort her while she was still awake in her last
minutes. Illyanne didn’t see that, all she saw was me as an
intruder in her room, maybe she even blamed me for my friends’
comma but I knew better and she wasn’t about to tell me otherwise.
“Look lady, I don’t know what you want from me right now, and I
really don’t care. I have had a long day and just so you know, that
stupid V2 was what was killing her in the first place, you had to
know right? If you did why would you continue giving it to her
under her condition?” I stare at her. She doesn’t take it as an
insult or anything like that. Instead she sighs.

“Mia that was keeping her
alive and it still is darling. It wasn’t intended to harm her. Even
if her body was rejecting it… that was her only chance, if it works
she will wake up tonight. But if it doesn’t then I am afraid we
have done all there is to help her.” While she was saying one thing
her face was telling me something else. Like: If she dies, oh well
there will be more. Get over it. Which if it wasn’t for the
secretary’s interruption I would have said something very un-lady
like to her. But instead I let her be with her business and left,
ignoring her call my name when I slammed the door.

……
The next day I
visit Mereily for a few minutes, early in the morning. After seeing
her barely alive laying on that bed unconscious, it makes me
question everything the institute stands for. If they’re really who
they say they are, if they really care about us or if there is
something else they are hiding. And on the surface, they just want
to make us believe on something that is not true. But there would
be no way of knowing that right now.

I walked out of Mereily’s room, hoping she
would wake up and we could talk about her sickness. Until this
moment I hadn’t realized how bad her condition really was.

“How is she?” Sophie asked when I was walking
out of the infirmary. Her hair was in a braid and she was not
wearing any make up, she was still pretty upset. She wore an entire
white outfit, white sweat pants, white sweat shirt and white tennis
shoes.

“Same. For some reason, I don’t think
Illyanne cares much.” I rolled my eyes and Sophie nodded in
agreement.

She crosses her arms. “Well, a least they let
you see her.” I sensed the attitude in her voice, but I chose to
ignore it since she was right, sort of.

“Actually I don’t, but I still went in
anyway.” I sighed.

“The nurse told me that.” She shrugged, “But
I’m sneaking in anyway, so I’ll see you later.” She tried to smile
but she failed. Something about the way Sophie was acting was not
right. I wasn’t going to bother with it, I was sure that it was
about Mereily. So I let it go.

Later that day I had gone to the library for
some research paper in my Astrology class, I hadn’t even begun and
it was due in two days ( since Isabelle interrupted me yesterday ).
I began by looking through some non-fiction books which were
located on one side of the Library and the fiction on the other.
The library was very large with fourteen foot ceilings and full of
windows.

After looking thoroughly through numerous
books, I grew antsy and tired. I had taken only one page of notes,
it still wasn’t enough. So I decided I needed a break and stepped
outside for a few minutes for some fresh air, when I heard some
voices coming from around the corner. I got close enough to hear
who it was.

“She doesn’t know anything.” Sophie was
saying growing irritated. “No one does. Just give me what I
asked__” She whined.

“Not yet.” Jordan told her.
“It’s too soon, it might seem a little suspicious. We need to wait
till__” He was cut off by the sound of the front of the library
door opening. Quickly I walked back inside and tried to make sense
of what I had just heard. Sophie and Jordan were talking about
someone, a girl someone, not knowing something that they didn’t
want her to know. Not knowing what to do I gathered my notes and
checked some books out. When I walked out the door, this time wind
blew in my face pretty hard, and it was cold. It had been a little
chilly before, but somehow it felt like it had gotten
colder.

I walked as fast as I could and when I opened
the door to the dorm rooms I slammed into a body then I fell
forward, only not hitting my face on the ground if I wasn’t holding
onto the door by one hand. I didn’t see who it was until I stood up
and when I did, I realized it was a big mistake.

“You dumb ass! You just
ruined my favorite Dolce and Gabana boots! Why don’t you watch
where you’re going!” Genevieve yelled while her hands were on her
hips. As usual, she was wearing a skanky outfit, which consisted of
a gray mini skirt, a black see through blouse and high, very high
boots. That now, had mud on them.

“Sorry little princess, must’ve not seen you.
Since you are like a foot tall. Now, if you excuse me I have more
important things to do then waste any time with a brat like you.” I
said, walking past her. While I was glad I had left her speechless,
I really wasn’t in the mood to put up a fight with her. But like
most trouble makers she wasn’t having that.

“Ever since you came here, you’ve been
nothing but trouble. You should really consider leaving, this isn’t
your place, it is mine. Only mine,” She picked the wrong day to
mess with me.

“In case you haven’t notice_” I was getting
in her face. “You don’t run the show here, your parents do. Unless
they say so, I’m not going anywhere. So don’t bother to try and
intimidate me, because it’s not gonna work, capiche?” I patted her
head and she slapped my hand away. Right before I turned I gave her
the best of my smiles and flipped her off.

I had told Anna what had happened with Sophie
and the tattoo that I had seen on her back, and then about
Genevieve. She wasn’t sure what to make of what I overheard from
Sophie and Jordan’s conversation.

We were in her room and she was pacing while
I was thinking. Her room was about the average size room and she
didn’t have a roommate, one of the few. It looked the same as
always, decorated with her favorite colors black, hot-pink, white
and red.

“I don’t know what to tell you. That’s very
weird. This is coming from me “the weirdo” so I suggest we should
keep an eye on them. Maybe it’s nothing bad, but then again why
would they be talking like that? I think, I can sneak in her room
while she’s out. To try and find something…” She trailed off.

“Maybe it’s nothing, and I’m just imagining
things. Don’t worry about it, right now all I want is for Mereily
to wake up.” I looked out her window and saw what a stormy night it
was going to be.

When I woke up the
next day, I was tired. I had not had any sleep at all and it was
almost time for me to go to Illyanne’s’ office for the meeting I
was going to have. Slowly I got out of bed and went to take a quick
shower. After a while of looking through my clothes, I settled for
a silver dress that was neither long nor short just about perfect
and it wasn’t a flashy or too casual dress. It was just right for
the occasion. I blow dried my hair as usual and let it down.
Looking at myself in the mirror I realized my eyes were changing,
their color was looking more like a hazel ( I had thrown away my
contacts a month ago ). And I wondered if my transformation was
close, but I quickly dismissed that thought when I heard a knock on
my restroom door. When I opened it, It was Robert standing before
me with an unreadable look on his face.

“Are you ready?” He asks,
while I just blink. “I will be escorting you to the office, now are
you ready?” He asks me again irritated. I just nod and walk along
beside him.

“Why do you need to escort me exactly?” I
don’t look at him, because I’m afraid I’ll give something away.
Instead I stare straight ahead while we take our time walking out
of the room.

“That’s how things work here, you know.” He
simply says, not looking at me either.

“Why you?” I ask once and for all not beating
around the bush, as they say.

He stays silent for a moment then stops me
and stands right in front of me. When I don’t want to look at him,
he pulls my chin up to make me look into his emerald green eyes
that I have missed looking at. He stares into my eyes with such
intensity that I feel numb all over again. But before anything else
could happen, a door down the hall creeks open and we both keep
walking.

Then, Genevieve walks out.

“Hey baby.” She says, leaping into his arms
while I feel sick to my stomach. Then she plants a kiss on him so
gross I just keep walking not looking at them. Gag.

Finally, when I reach the
office ahead of Robert, I’m greeted by the guards standing right in
front of Illyanne’s' office. They step aside and open a door for
me.

When I walk in, I can’t believe what I’m
seeing before my eyes. The minute I saw who the two creatures in
front of me were, I just wanted to run, run far away and not look
back. Before I could do such a thing, Robert comes through the door
while I hear Genevieve argue with the guards on the other side of
the door.

The whole room is spinning and before I could
fall back, a set of hands that I recognized right away hold me up
from my waist and leads me to a sofa on one side of the wall where
I’m only closer to___ my parents.

“Mia.” The woman who looks just like my
mother says. “We have been waiting for so long, for you to join
us.” She steps closer, while I cringe back.

“Don’t be afraid.” The man that looks like my
father says. “We have been looking for you. Then when we were told
that you were found, we wanted to be here when you arrived. But the
circumstances would not allow it. Now here we are. Aren’t you glad
to see us?” He asks with such love in his voice that I don’t buy
it, not for a second.

“Y-You can’t be.. You died. How is this
possible?” The words barely coming out of my mouth while I stare
with wide eyes at two different people from the one’s I used to
know. The woman was about five six, with curves and a small waist
that made you wonder what she ate, her long wavy dark hair falling
over her shoulders and her face features just as I remembered them,
yet different in some way. She had pale skin, and amazing pure
green eyes that were looking at me for a response to the man’s
question. He was tall and his hair was blonde, his eyes gray and
his face also the same as I remembered but with a flawless tanned
skin color that made him look young.

“We did not die.” The woman answered with a
surprised look on her face. “Why would you say such a thing?” She
asked hurt.

“I was told that, when my aunt told me you
were in a car accident.” I managed to say. Though I had no idea why
I had to explain, something they very well knew.

“What car accident?” The man asked
concerned.

“The car accident in which you died… at least
I thought you did. Why are you doing this? Why are you pretending
you don’t know what I’m talking about when you two were the ones
that abandoned me?” I said, feeling the tears in my eyes. I had
stood up and was moving towards the door where Robert -who I forgot
about-was blocking it. I glared at him, but he didn’t budge
instead motioned for me to sit back down, which I didn’t.

“What? We never just abandoned you. Ever,
Julissa was supposed to watch you for a while, we had a few things
going on at the time and__” She shakes her head. “We could not risk
your life. It was a hard choice, but I do not regret it you turned
out exactly how I thought you would, I am very proud to have a
daughter like you__” She was saying.

“I am not your daughter!” I snapped. “For
years I thought you were dead. I didn’t know about you, about this.
I turned out fine, no thanks to you. I refuse to be called your
daughter, the only daughter you have is… Genevieve. Who is very
proud to be,” The tears were now coming faster and I couldn’t stop.
I was hurt. Everything that happened was basically a lie. The two
people that I had missed for so long returned and suddenly they
wanted a place in my life. That was not going to happen. “What
about her? I didn’t know about having a__” And though it kills me
to say it, I had to, “sister. What happened with her?” I wanted to
know how she had her life with them and I didn’t.

“That's a long story we can discuss later,
but right now__” The man was saying consoling the woman who was
also in the verge of tears.

“No. I don’t care. I don’t want to know about
anything. I just want to be left alone…” I trailed off, while I beg
Robert with my eyes to let me leave. He steps aside and I walk out
of my sorry life.

I ran to the auditorium, the only place I
could be alone without being questioned. As soon as I go through
the doors, I drop to the floor feeling defeated.

It was useless… everything I believed in was
not even reality. This moment was. Everything happening around me…
I was so blind not to see it. The way Genevieve treated me, her
real reasons behind it all. I didn’t blame her, she felt like I was
an intruder that had no right to barge into her perfect little
life. If I were her I would probably feel the same way, but I still
couldn’t believe this. It was a nightmare. I wanted nothing to do
with. Yet I had no choice, if I tried to escape they would find me
again. Then, there was the whole issue with Robert. Now, I didn’t
care much about that right now. Still, everything was falling in
place and not the way I wanted it too.