She smiled at me after feeling reassured that she and her father would be safe with me around. I wonder what my dear sweet Rose's actual name is? She went out to what she said was the main room and from where I stood I could see another girl sitting on a chair unlike any chair I've seen. The girl was facing the other side so she didn't see me and when Rose came back she had some clothes in her hands and she quickly shut the door so that the other girl wouldn't see me. She handed the clothes to me and told me to wear them and what bright colors they had! The neatly folded garments looked like a rainbow in my hands. Rose was whispering now even though I am sure the other girl can't hear us and she told me not to mind the clothes.
"I will get you something better in the morning." she informed me in a seemingly embarrassed tone.
"Okay." I answered smiling at her.
I did not waste time in talking and pulled down my pants as she was looking down at the floor. Her eyes widened when my pants fell to the ground and I kicked them away from my legs.
"What do you think you're doing?!" she exclaimed turning to face the door.
"Pen! What are you screaming for?!" the girl in the other room inquired and from the tone and loudness of her voice she was coming towards us.
Pen? Is that her name? I'll stick to calling her Rose. Rose said something to herself in a panic then rushed to lock the door right before her friend could come in.
"Pen? What's wrong?" her friend asked from the other side of the door.
"I.....I was surprised because....my....my Ps are back again." Rose lied.
What are Ps? Is that what my kind are referred to here and what did she mean by back again? She turned to look at me with her hand raised to block her view of my lower half and asked me to remain quiet. I nodded obediently and moved to the big rectangular thing with a hole in in it and climbed in. It oddly felt like a canoe and was surprisingly smaller than I had imagined. I was very tall so maybe this thing was made for people as short as Rose because someone my height was probably not considered. Rose had a worried look on her face as she watched me trying to get comfortable in the thing while holding up the clothes she had given me.
"I'll be very quiet." I assured her.
She looked away with a frown on her face then after grunting she exited the room. I put on the pants she had handed me and even this was biased! These are far too short for me to wear and still be comfortable in. I took off my top and put on what she had brought me. Life is truly unfair! The shirt's sleeves ended just a little beneath my elbows and the shirt itself ended on my belly button. I couldn't bend my arms because it made my muscles contract and the sleeve tighter. My shoulder length hair was somewhat stuck in the collar but I couldn't reach it with my hands so I just sat. These are not clothes fit for the mighty crown prince, Vermont!
Oooo... What's that? My eyes feel on the shiny metallic object that was in front of the thing I was in, just sticking out of the wall. I went to touch it it and then the small revolving thing at the top turned and out of it came water. I was surprised and honestly in great shock. I tried to stop the water from flowing as much as I could but the pressure was really overwhelming. How did they get a whole waterfalls into that small thing? I'm sure now the other girl in the room will find out that I'm here because the water was making a lot of noise and I was right a few seconds after the door swung open and Rose was trying to stop her friend from entering the room.
"How did the tap open itself?" the girl asked Rose.
"I don't know." Rose answered quickly as she looked around the room to look for me.
I can tell she is worried about me and it gives me an oddly satisfying feeling.
"Maybe it's haunted?" Rose asked, doubt laced in her voice and fear evident in her clear deep blue eyes.
She is starting to doubt if she actually saw me or if I was all a part of her hallucinations. I smiled internally knowing that it was I who opened that tap and was now holding on to the walls for dear life as I was now in the ceiling. I was just above the long metal pole with the square thing with holes in it and my grip on the smooth wall was weaning. If they see me now they will probably scream and the new clothing I had on was not helping at all. To make matters worse I was even having my own clothes on my back and my shirt was sliding down my side. If not for the open tap then I'm sure they would have heard my heavy breathing and spotted me.
Finally Rose and her companion left after closing the tap and I sighed in relief. My palms where slimy with my sweat so my grip on the walls that had been aided by my fear of being caught a while ago quickly left me and I went tumbling down to the floor. The two girls were obviously alerted again and I'm sure by now Rose was very, very upset with me. This time the girl came running in and she saw me about to climb up the wall again while using the toilet as a beacon.
"Who are you you?" the girl asked me.
"I'm friend." I answered smiling at her.
She looked at Rose who was now frowning at me.
"What are you? You are glowing!" the girl asked obviously surprised and shaken by the fact that I didn't look human at all as my skin was glittering right now because of how scared I was feeling; something that fairies do.
Rose was temporarily taken aback by the shimmering of my skin and so was the other girl. Maybe if I impressed them with my abilities they would let me off. I got off the toilet and sat down on the floor with my legs crossed over each other. The two girls sat down as if we were about to discuss something very important; which we are.
"I have three questions for each of you," the girl who I don't know said,"I need truthful answers. Okay?"
Rose and I nodded and waited for the girl to ask her questions. She looked at Rose first with a look of self-pity in her eyes while shaking her head as one who is in denial and Rose nodded. Were they communicating telepathically? Whatever had been asked, I'm afraid I'll never know. The looks continued for a while longer and when finally the unknown girl looked at me I knew it was my turn. Was she going to ask me in the same fashion as she had asked Rose.
"So....Pen just told me that you are seeking asylum, correct?"
"That's question one and the answer is yes." I responded straight into her pitch black eyes.
"That's not one of my questions!" she complained slapping her thigh that was exposed as she was wearing a short pant, if that's a thing.
"You said you had three questions. You never said there's a preamble." I reiterated.
"Anyway...my name's Riley Lee." she introduced her self sulking,"I'm an Asian American. My mom is the American and dad's the Asian."
I don't see the significance of this lengthy introduction. I mean I don't know what she means by American or Asian!
"Nice to meet you Rilili." I said politely then I turned to look at Rose in expectation of her introduction but Rilili interrupted us.
"What did you call me?" she asked.
"That's your second question and I called you Rilili."
"Ha! It's Riley...Lee....!" Rilili scolded me.
"That's what I said, Rilili."
They both shut their eyes in annoyance and and slapped their foreheads I did the same so they wouldn't look like they were crazy all alone.
"What is wrong with you?" Rilili and Rose asked me.
"Third question and nothing." I responded joyfully because Rilili's questions weren't all that bad nor hard.
Rose bit her bottom lip and shook her head in displeasure. The two girls were quiet for a while until they finally looked at one another with bewildered expressions.
"Cameras!" they both exclaimed.
What's a camera? And why they scared? Is it edible or is it an enemy that I must be weary of?