Chương 39: Chapter 39_ It's Empty
I felt stupid really, Mia was not trying to be
my bestie. She was only trying to make me
come out with her so she could boast of
her super duper brain. She only wanted to
show me she was the smart one. Saying
nonsensical words about Mackenzie and all.
The books she said she wanted were probably lies. What was I talking about saying probably? They were lies, she said it herself.
She only wanted to follow her so she could
save me. Save me huh? Save me from a
friend? A good friend? Why? Because she
was lucky to have been able to get hold of
her powers really fast?
Ok, maybe Mackenzie getting hold of her
powers so fast was fishy and questionable
but then, l'd never say accusing words behind her back. Whatever doubt I have,I always made sure to say them to her face not behind her.
I don't know which was more annoying, Mia
lying to get me out to follow her so she could bitch out and act all mighty and smart or me being stupid enough to follow her because I thought she was remorseful and
trying to be my bestie.
"Oh, Medusa grow up already!" I groaned
out loud.
Mia placed her new glasses to sit well on
the ridge of her nose. " What's wrong love?"
she asked me.
I gave her a murderous look as I squeezed
my lips together and clenched my soft fists
beside me and turned in the direction that
leads back to the hostel we exited from.
"Where are you going?!" she dragged me
with a loud whisper. She was whispering
probably because she didn't want to attract
attention to us. We were still out in the open
and were at risk of getting busted by All
black or any other mean teachers scouting
for erring students to punish. Why? Because it was their hobby!
I wonder what All black gains from making
life boring and miserable for us.
'He is only trying to make life favoring for
you later by making life harder for you now
It was only discipline he is instilling in you.'
The annoying voice in my head said to me.
Please, ignore it!
"Shut up, "I said to it out loud. Mia thought
she was the one the shut-up was for.
"Medusa! At least lets finish this since we
started" Mia urged me and I heard the pleading tone in her voice.
I stopped walking back to the hostel and
turned to her " You said you only called me
out to tell me this and not for the book. Now
that you are done preaching the gospel of
saving myself to me, can't you just allow me
go back to the hostel in peace?!" I almost
shouted. I was so pissed, my anger level
was at it's very best. A hundred percent!
No, I will give it an addition, a hundred and
twenty percent!
"Yes, but wouldn't it look suspicious we
came out to get books and then we go back
In practically few minutes after without the
books we claimed we wanted to go borrow?"
I scoffed, borrow huh. "You mean books we
wanted to go steal?"
"Stop it already Medusa, we wanted to go
borrow the books without the librarian's
knowledge. It's not stealing, circumstances
made us want to do it." she threw her hands
in the air.
If she was getting frustrated then I wish she
could know how frustrated I was also. I
was more frustrated than her. I felt stupid.
was going to tease her so much. No, not
tease, I am going to threaten the hell out of
her.
Rolling my eyeballs, I eyed her " Then I tell
them why we didn't go to get the books. It's
simple, Mia only fooled me into following
her outside so she could tell me to harbor
suspicious thoughts about Mackenzie. Why? Because she felt she was harmful." I
shrugged and made to continue walking
back to the hostel.
"You don't mean it girl" she shouted behind
me not bothering to keep her voice low now.
I thought she was smart, why was she
being so stupid now yelling when we were
outside when we shouldn't be.
I hated the thought of having to deal with All
black all over again so l stopped in my
tracks and turned back to her. "Will you
keep your voice low? Fine, let's go" I had to
give up.
My fear of All black made me surrender
and I had to agree to go to the library with her.
We started walking in the library's way and
was inwardly praying we shouldn't encounter problems with no senior, Teachers and most especially All black.
The man gives me the creep.
Soon, we were at the front of the library.
Mia had no idea how we were going to carry out the stealing plan. It was obvious she
was a mama's girl. She reminded me so much of Anas, naive, composed and staying away from trouble.
That was the mainly the only reason why I
liked her. If she was Medusa, my mama
would have been proud. She was the type of
well mannered daughter mama wanted.
Come to think of it, there wasn't anything
well mannered about her now right? She
was snitching a close friend.
Fine, I agree there was sense in what she
said. Her claims about Mackenzie were almost true but we should not jump into
conclusions without having seen her done
any bad stuff. So far, except for using her
powers to help us out when we needed it,
she hasn't done anything that warrants her
being tagged a bad person.
She called me out to save me?!..
Outrageous!
I shot her a glaring look when she said she
had no idea how we were going to carry out
the plan.
"You're unbelievable Mia!" I clamoured.
She scratched her eyes lightly under her glasses before speaking with such an innocent voice, one would mistake it for a nightingales'. "What? You take the lead. You are the leader now, I will follow your
instructions." she poured out.
So now l'm the leader?! I shook my head
violently while scattering my hair. I brought
my face to her " So now I'm the leader?"
"Medusa, please " she whispered
pleadingly. Again, her pleading got me. I
don't know why I'm so soft hearted. Those
who wronged me only needed to say sorry
and then, they are my besties!
Wait, what if Ajax comes and said...'Hey
Medusa, I'm sorry' Would he be my bestie
too? Never!
We were whispering now that we've gotten
so close to the library. Someone might be
inside!
"When we get closer to the door, we bent
near it while I sneakingly check for any
movements around the library. If there was
none we go in but if there is, we go back to
the hostel" I proposed and then looked at
her face to see if she agreed with me.
Her countenance showed she was being
thoughtful and considering the odds of
what I proposed. Well, she was not in the
position to calculate odds or be picky. I
could turn back and go back to the hostel in
peace. "Agreed?" I asked impatiently.
"Agreed" she repeated and nodded.
"Good"
We ran to the library's door and bent near it.
Slowly,I brought my head up and stole a
sneak peep at the inside of the library.
I was expecting the librarian or the
annoying jerk to be in the library. Surely, the
curfew must have caught them in the library
They were always in the library and that made me wonder if there was anything going on with them.
I saw the librarian eyes glint with something
more than an harmless admiration when
she saw the annoying jerk the day he told
her to allow us have the books.
Well that was none of my business, if they had anything going on between them, then it's....
It's..
I could not find the perfect word as I felt a little stabbing pain in my heart.
I brushed it away and focused on the job at
hand. Slowly and cautiously, I traveled my eyes around the library and affirmed it was
empty.
No one was in, not even the librarian. I
guessed it was our lucky day.
I stood more comfortable now and without
bothering to whisper like we were doing
before, " Get up, let's go in" I said.
"What are you doing, keep your voice low"
Mia whispered and tried to drag me down
"Hide!" She scolded.
I threw her hands off me which made her
bent ass fall flat on the floor " It's empty!" I
said. I did not bother to tell her sorry for
pushing her, I did not even consider it.
"It is?" She asked rhetorically. Her voice
had traits of surprise in them.
Yeah, I was surprised the library was empty
too.
"It is" I laughed repeating her words and
turning them into an affirmation from the question they were.
"Really?" She stood up with a smile and I
opened the door widely.
We ran inside amidst laughter. Maybe
coming with Mia to the library wasn't a bad
idea after all.
We can have privacy, I was already getting
sick of having four people in the room.
"Let's go back to the hostel at night.' I said
to the Mia that was already searching the
shelves for a suitable book to read.
She nodded still distracted by the books"
Yeah, let's " she muttered.
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