We walked out of the school gates as they strolled over to the biggest and first ever limousine I ever saw in my life. [My goodness...They aren't joking when they said rich family.] I gulped at the idea of why exactly they wanted to meet me of all people. [I surely don't remember interacting with anyone this luxurious !]
"Come quickly now. It's rude to make the masters await." the woman was sharp when she talked and I noticed the slight vein popping on the side of her head making me take this as a signal to get. in. the. car.
Making my way inside, I place my bag at the foot of my seat and sit down as one of the male agents closes the door. All of them are in a different section of the car up to the front close to the driver. A window blocks me and the supposed staff of this 'La Croix' family, not letting me approach them or ask questions about the situation.
The ride is long and I try to occupy myself on my phone but it easily run out of battery, toying with an elastic band, even reading my math book! It was around 9:30 when we left the school and now it's indicating 10:45 am, [JUST HOW FAR AWAY IS THIS PLACE ?!] I soon detected the change of the landscape from my town as I looked at the window and catch sight of a big gate and an even more gigantic modern mansion towering over a sea of tall trees.
[Let me guess, that's the house we're going to ?] The car makes a sudden stop in front of huge doors as one of the agents lower the window to swipe a card that opens the huge gates. […And yes, that is the house we're going to.] The garden itself is already filled with gardeners and what I assumed were servants for this family. Nevertheless, they are doing an amazing job : Perfectly cut trees, a multitude of different flowers covering certain areas, and of course, the naked statues..perfect to show how wealthy you are by spending that cash on weirdly positioned people carved in stone. The limousine then stops and all the agents come out to open the door for me, "Move. We've made the masters and young lady Sara impatient enough."
I quickly swallowed the lump in my throat before stepping out of the vehicle, they dragged me inside the humongous house, across the hallways and multiple floors. Once we finally arrived at the destination, I was panting and out of breath, completely wiped [if they got money for a mansion...Why can't they afford to buy a goddamn elevator ?!]
"huff...huff...You guys...walk fast !" I tried to steady myself on the wall as they stared at me in disbelief. "huff...What? Is there something on my face ?" I questioned.
"Come in." The female agent looked done with my 'unnecessary' performance, her eye was twitching at this point. I frown at her bothered expression as I wiped the sweat off my forehead before stepping into the room she indicated me to enter.
Under a minute, I come face to face with a group of adults, six of them to be exact who I assume are part of the La Croix family. It take me a moment to realize that I am staring at these people in awkward silence, "O-Oh um hello- I mean it's an honor to meet you...misses..? Sirs...? I'm sorry, I have absolutely no idea about whatever is happening at the moment. Why am I here ? And what exactly is going on ?"
I looked at them as my hands instinctively fiddled all over the place. In the process of my confusion and panicking I became a little more aware of my surroundings, this room what seems to be a living room, there are couches around a coffee table placed in the middle. A women is sat on the couch while the other members stand on their feet, one of the older sitting on the sofa has her hand placed on another lady's palm.
A beautiful woman started to chuckle at my actions, she had bright blonde hair that reached right above her waist and ocean blue eyes. Her skin looked well taken care of as it had no traces of moles, scars, or anything for that matter! She was also quite tall, her gaze was intimidating but in a more threatening manner than an observing one. [That lady came straight out of a movie, there is no way she was born like this. Am I looking at a Disney princess or what-]
"We simply need a clarification on who you are and then we may move onto the next step. So tell me..." "yes...?" "What is your name ?"
"Oh I'm Cortana Adelman." They all exchanged glances and nodded at each other before looking back at me.
"Did you recently save a young girl this week ? From getting run over ?"
[Wait- are they talking about-] "I-I did, was it wrong of me to do so or-" she quickly cut me off "There is nothing to worry about dear, we are only here to show our immense gratitude for your help." [..what.]
"...what." at that exact moment, a girl came bursting into the room while loudly squealing in delight as she pretty much dashed through the adults to hug me. Instead, it was more like I was tackled in the stomach as we both fell on the floor with her on top of me. " Hahaha ! Finally, you're here ! I knew I could find you and your weird hair !" she cheerful spoke while tightly embraced my body as I tried to catch my breath after being knocked down.
I groaned as I looked up to see a light skin girl with dirty blonde hair, the top of her head was secured with multiple pins while the ends were let loose, reaching down over her shoulders. Furthermore, she had bronze colored eyes, it took me a moment to realize it was the junior I had saved yesterday. She was smiling down at my face as I slowly recollected my thoughts.
"..You-!" I instantly got up and pointed at her as she got off of me before raising her arms in the air, doing a slight jump and proudly stating : "Me !" she giggled at my astonished expression and soon began to hop towards me with her arms wide open to give me another hug.
"Woah woah woah ! Wait a second !" I put my hands out to stop her from approaching me as I attempted to compose myself. She halted her steps and tilted her head in confusion as to why I acted all agitated. My mind was desperately trying to calm down the adrenaline, so much I was physically panting.
So many emotions popped put and disappeared as I struggled to even believe what was going on. I save a random girl who turns out to be super rich, fake fbi agents burst into my classroom the next day and ask me to come with them to the biggest mansion I've seen in my life, not only that but turns out the mansion is owned by the relatives of the secretly rich junior and now my brain has combusted into smithereens.
From their perspective, I looked like I just went on a marathon. My back was bent as my hands were on my hips trying to stabilize everything going on in my consciousness. I raised my head to look up at the ceiling, took a deep breath and let out the most extravagant sigh I could muster to let out.
"Ok..give me a second."