We arrived at the old castle, my feet happily navigating the small stairs that lead to the porch. Claude knocked at the door and I grinned, all of what happened made me want to combust as my cheeks turned pink. I held the urge to pinch his cheeks.
If I end up falling in love with him, maybe everything will be much better. He will replace Theodore, helping me with finding clues and loving me unconditionally.
What a fantasy, Harriet Allard.
Lily opened the door enthusiastically "So, do you guys have something to tell me?" Her excitement shining, like a beaming light.
"Your sister is just so very charming Lilian." Claude took a deep breath "There was no helping it!"
His pearly white teeth, along with his ambiguous words made me realize… I had been bewitched. He was not as innocent and pure as I had anticipated.
I freed my hand and immediately slapped his arm.
"After all that...You are pushing me away…" The audacity of his words made me realize I might be out of my mind. "Everything…". Pushing him out of the way I closed the door on his face.
Surely, there is a way for him to get to the back garden other than the porch.
"Nothing. Not a single thing happened." with my head hanging low I made my way inside the house. If she knew, there would be no end to it. My Lily and her idealistic idea of love.
"Then why were you holding hands…" Her face lit up. This was a losing game from the start "I knew it! If I could let go of that jerk, you also can." her voice a pitcher higher, perhaps out of excitement.
"Wait, you knew?" without much thought, I blurted out. "More importantly, there is nothing between me and Claude". I could pinch her cheeks until she quit right?
"How would I not? I have two perfectly good eyes" she happily grinned while she guided me through the halls. "You must have noticed something strange going on between me and that piece of crap already. Didn't you?". We entered her room and she then sat on the carpet and sighed.
"Are you mad?" I deposited the small box in the first drawer I found. This matter could wait, first, let's worry about Lily. I sat beside her, laying my head on her thin shoulder.
"At you? If you don't tell me what was that thing you had on your hand and what happened with Anthony's Brother...Maybe I am." she laughed, her delicate fingers stroking my hair.
"You are trying to distract me! Let's make it clear. You know and you don't hate me not even a bit?" I lift my head, so she would look me in the eyes.
"Harry, even if you went ahead and kissed him in front of me. I would still love you, differently than a boyfriend or a friend." she scrunched her lips, like customary when she was mad. So she was mad, after all. "I am not saying I would not be a little sad. But that won't change anything…".
"Then he knows too right-" she shrugged it off. Her smile warmly looking my way.
"Who knows. Let's now talk about all the reasons I should kick his ass." I hugged her firmly, burying my face in her hair.
"Lilian, my sweetheart, wasn't he the love of your life?". Teasing her a bit would do no harm. "That was what you said up until last week."
"He was, that is the keyword. I can't believe he told me to wait." Lily abruptly stood up "Will you help me with my personal revenge?".
"You know I li- have some interest in him, don't you?". If I sighed right now, would it be too much? Lilian was always this much. That doesn't mean I cared for her less, that just means I care way too much.
"Umm, don't worry. As soon as it starts I'll tell you." She offered her hand for me to get up.
"Lily, you scare me sometimes." I took up the offer of her hand and got up. Whatever she had planned would be good revenge for sure.
Lily is the typical mean girl, isn't she?
My aunt peeked her head through the open door, her comforting smile, the same she showed me since she adopted me. "Girls, the table is set. C'mon!". She immediately left, leaving me nostalgic for all those warm moments, where she never failed to show me that same smile.
"You guys, didn't eat lunch yet?" I took my phone out. It was 3:00 pm. Why did they not eat without us?
"We were waiting for all of you three, but you guys even left Theodore behind." Huh, he was not already there?
"He is not here?". What have I done… He will curse me like crazy when he discovers.
"Besides, you even locked the other one outside. He must really like you, he did not even complain." Lily laughed hysterically. But I was more embarrassed than amused by this.
"There is no other entrance? Are you serious?". Burying myself beneath the sheets sounded perfect right now.
"Let's go already, my tummy is wilding right now" I guess I also feel hungry, I did not eat much this morning.