Chapter 30
Lydia hates me?
It's Saturday, Alysia just finished an economics class with her economics tutor. The topic was just too complicated, about Net income. Who cares about the Net? Her kingdom was enough for her, not the whole Net. She couldn't understand anything being taught, she just kept nodding and smiling to the teacher in a way that she was following while she wasn't. Her mindset was that she would read about it later, if she still doesn't get it, then she will ask her father or even Postinur, no Postinur will make a mockery of her, she would rather ask her father. Thinking of asking, She just remembered that she has to talk to Lydia. She wants to ask her why she has been avoiding me for the past days. It's just too frustrating. What did she do to Lydia?
She walked straight to Lydia's room and knocked on the door
Lydia: Who is that!
Alysia: It's me sis, don't yell, please (no reply) (after waiting for what seems like eternity) Sis?! Sis, I'm still here waiting for you to open the door for me
Lydia: (scoffs and opens the door then goes to sit on the bed, Alysia enters) Yes? What is it?
Alysia: I just came to check on you. I mean, we hardly talk. For three days now, since we had breakfast together the other day, you no longer talk to me
Lydia: Not that I don't talk to you. I have just been busy these days
Alysia: You avoid my eyes, ignore me, keep me quiet and even walk past me as if we don't know each other. You even start taking your meals in your room.
Lydia: I have just been busy, Sisi. I can not ignore you. I just don't want to waste my scheduled time, that's why
Alysia: Busy? Busy with what? I mean, you only attend ball dance practice with me and other classes of being a respectable princess. You don't have other things to do. So how can you be busy
Lydia: So you are indirectly telling me that I am now jobless? Is that what you are trying to say? That You are busier than I am, and that you work harder than I do?
Alysia: No sis, I'm not saying that, I can never say that. I just…
Lydia: (Cuts in) It's enough, Sisi. I don't want anything to spoil my mood today. (Walks to the door) Please, if you have nothing to say(opens the door) you can use the door.
Alysia: (becomes sober) You are chasing me out of your room? Sis, it's me, Aly. What did I do?
Lydia: Let me please. I need time alone (Alysia goes out of the door and Lydia slams the door to the shock of Alysia)
Alysia goes to her room in a sober way, she locks the door and falls on the bed-like couch opposite her bed and begins to cry. She is confused, why is cousin doing this to her? What did she do?
Postinur enters
Postinur: Hey Princess. How are you? Been strolling round the kingdom in boredom then I recalled, I have a pretty princess that I love teasing and I said, why don't I come back to tease her and while away time? (Notices that Alysia's head is bowed and that she was shaking vigorously, that she was crying)
Aly! What Happened? (Sits close to her) Aly? (Tried to touch her but his hand passes through her, he can't Reveal himself, his visibility can not be activated for now) Sweetie, talk to me
Alysia: (Raises her head, tears streaming from her eyes like water from a tap) It's Lydia. She hates me and I don't know what I did
Postinur: Lydia hates you? (Alysia nods) Lydia can't hate you, even if you tell her you wish her to die, she won't ever hate you. She loves you much, sometimes I even get to think if she loves you just the exact amount of how much I love you
Alysia: She loved me, not anymore. She ignores me, she can't even stand my presence! Everything I do annoys her.
She even chased me out of her room just now and slammed the door to my face! (Resumes crying)
Postinur: Don't cry, don't cry. Please, it hurts me. It even hurts the couch, see (points at the couch was burnt at the arm due to Laser tears of Alysia) When you cry from deep pain, it activates your powers. You know, your powers are mostly activated by emotions
Alysia: (wipes her tears) Thanks. I won't cry
Postinur: I will talk to her, okay? Let me go and talk to her now. Just smile and I will go (Alysia smiles) that beautiful smile. I will come soon (disappears)
Alysia: Sis please don't hate me
Postinur appears in Lydia's room and meets her brushing her and counting at the same time
Lydia: 78, (uses the brush to brush her left-sided hair down) 79
Postinur: Hey Ly.
Lydia: Ghost boy. What do you want
Postinur: Wow, I can see that you have outgrown your fear
Lydia: What do you mean
Postinur: Most times when I appear to you even in the midst of you and Alysia you get shocked or frightened. This time you didn't even shake
Lydia: Guess, I'm not scared today
Postinur: Hmm. Well, I came to ask a question
Lydia: Ask away
Postinur: What did Alysia do to you that you are hurting her
Lydia: I like you, you don't beat around the bush, you hit the nail, straight on the head
Alysia sometimes annoys me with the way she talks, she talks as if she's superior to me or something
Postinur: Alysia never does that to you. Even if she does, it might be a mistake
Lydia: Sure it might. But it isn't
Postinur: Come on, you know Aly too well. She respects you even more than me
Lydia: Alright
Postinur: Alright what
Lydia: Alright, I have heard you. Alright, it might be a mistake and alright I will talk to her again
Postinur: Good. Because your behavior these days is becoming weird, like you are some evil twin of Lydia and not you.
Lydia:(pauses and stares at him upon seeing it's a joke, she replied) Ha, you are funny. But Don't make jokes like that again. I don't like it
Postinur: Okay, my Lady. Sincere apologies. Let me leave you to what you were doing. (Disappears)
Lydia: Plans going smoothly
Postinur is back to Alysia's room
Postinur: I'm back
Alysia:(turns to him) What did she say?
Postinur: She said she's sorry that she didn't know she's hurting you and will talk to you soon
Alysia: (smiles broadly) Thank you Postinur! ( Postinur is thinking about Lydia's recent attitude)
Postinur!
Postinur: Uh?
Alysia: I said thank you
Postinur:oh Sure. My pleasure smallie