Amy slowly drew the phone from her ear, all depressed and frustrated with heavy heart. She scoffed, involuntarily blinking her eyes as tears strolled down her cheeks. Her gaze fell on Laura's picture on the wall_with a morose look, she drifted closer. A faint, sorrowful smile dazzled on her face as she gently brushed her hand over the frame.
"(sniffs with tears in her eyes)Nothing had ever been the same with your absence, Laura, my baby. Everyone misses you, especially, Mya and Kelvin(sobs); mummy misses you too", she mumbled and breaks down in tears.
Kelvin stood over the stairs without Amy's notice. He glanced at her mother in tears. His heart always ache to see his family especially his mother in such pain and agony after that day. Every passing day was like hell, a nightmare that was inevitable. His father hardly comes home from work and Mya always returns late and drunk. Her once, loving, introvert and caring personality suddenly turned cold.
He glanced away from his mother as tears strolled down his eyes.
Amy whipped her tears and turned only to find him about to run off to his room. "Hey, Kelvin? ", she called, making him pause in his step. "I thought you came down for your lunch so why are you going back?".
He chuckled sheepishly with a faint smile as he quickly dried his eyes, hiding his tears and pain. He slowly glided down the stairs with a furtive look in his eyes.
"Um,(giggles)nothing, really , mum. I just thought I heard my phone rang but its okay now. I guess my ears were just playing tricks on me".
Amy nodded brightly and pulled the chair over the dinning table for him to sit, "Huh, sit here, I'll go bring your meal, okay".
He smiled and sat down, "Okay, thank you, mum".
"Hey, why thank me_ I'm your mum you know and I'm ways happy to take care of you", said Amy with a chuckle. He gazed up at her and smiled; she also smiled back and caressed his hairs. "i'll be with you shortly, okay?"
He nodded in response. Amy kissed his forehead and trod off to the kitchen. Kelvin gazed at her, pained while she drifted off. Amy paused in front of the kitchen, he quickly stared down, hiding his gaze from her. She stared back at her son and sighed with a mournful look and finally left.
EXCELLENT BRAINS COLLEGE
Mya strolled out of Mr. Hansel's office wearing a bright smile. "Thank you sir, I'll put out my best", she said to Mr. Hansel who saw her to the door. He chuckled, pretending,"I trust you, Miss Mya Roberts. Congratulations and welcome to EXCELLENT BRAINS COLLEGE ".
They shook hands cheerfully. "Thanks again sir, I'll like to take my leave now, see you tomorrow ", she mumbled. He nodded and trod back into his office. Mya scoffed, wearing a satisfactory, sly grin and smirked, "This is going to be more fun than I expected". She chuckled and turned to leave but noticed a familiar figure drifting away from the washroom through the corridor.
"Isn't that, Alixes?", she mumbled to herself. "But why is she looking so pale and deserted? Is she still thinking about Laura or there is something else?(pause in thought for a while) I got to find out what is going on with her", she murmured and trod after her, calling out her name.
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Alixes trod towards her class, absent mindedly_ she was actually zoning out, Laura's spirit closely followed her although she couldn't see her. The absence of Laura was quite a hard one on her and now Naomi also transfered. She felt like a sojourner lost on an isolated, deadly island with Ben and his friends still around, bullying and trampling on others. She wanted to change schools due to them since first year in college but changed her mind when she found out Naomi and Laura were attending the same school as her. Laura always protected her whenever they try to bully her but now she's gone_ it's like a living hell for her now but she can no longer change schools now because her parents wouldn't like her to be changing schools since she'll have to move to another providence and there's no one to stay with over there.
Some few meters from the washroom, she saw Ben and his friends approaching from the teachers quarters. She flinched and trembled in fear as she nervously searched around for an escape root but found none_the surrounding rooms were locked up.
"Gosh, what should I do now?", she mumbled. Laura stared worriedly at her but felt sad that she couldn't help. She hurriedly turned back towards the washroom.
"Hey, where do you think you're going, Alixes? Running away from us?", Patrick's voice echoed which sent chills down her spines_ causing her to stop in her steps.
"N...no",she stuttered and they chuckled. Ben gave a mischievous smile, leaning closer to her. He lustfully curbed his face with a sly, wry grin causing her to close her eyes in fright, trembling. I guess now you are all alone, huh? Where is your, bastard friend Laura, I think is time to call her now to come and save you or.....", he added teasingly with a chuckle as he wiggled a questionable eye brow to his friends who nodded cheerfully with laughter. Laura gazed helplessly at them, burning with rage and bitterness.
"Please let me go", she cried and this angered Ben. He angrily grasped a handful of her hair and pushed her to the floor_Alixes screamed in pain. Laura became furious, flashes of her attack flooded her mind. Her eyes turned bloody.
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About some meters closer, Mya saw what was going on but didn't see Laura's ghost either. She panicked at the sight that met her eyes and rushed towards them to help Alixes but something strange happened which made her pause in her steps.
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Alixes cried helpless but its had no effect on them. "Hold her down and silence her else she'll draw attention", Ben exclaimed. Fred and Patrick held her hands and covered her mouth. Tears rolled down her eyes while she struggled effortlessly. Suddenly, a strong wind blew from no where. Fred and Patrick trembled in fear. They saw Ben hanging in the air, screaming with nothing holding him up.
"Ghost! Ghost!", they shouted and turned to run but saw Laura's ghost behind. Her eyes burning with rage. Ben dropped to the floor, emotionless. Alixes screamed in fright and blacked out.
Mya sped towards their direction, "Alixes? Alixes! ", she shouted nervously. Laura felt her sister's presence. The atmosphere suddenly felt sullen and silent_the breeze blew peacefully with the birds twitting. Fred and Patrick sped off in fright. Mya knelt beside Alixes and carried her on her laps, "Alixes? Alixes? Alixes, please wake up",she cried, tapping her cheeks. Laura knelt beside her sister with a pained and sorrowful gaze. "I'm sorry, Mya that you had to change so much like this because of me", she cried.