What is even the problem with her parents?
"And what did she say?".
"I don't know," Amaya answered instead...
" And what is that supposed to mean? "Emily asked turning to look at Amaya.
" Exactly what I meant, mum. "Amaya replied rudely. Why can't her parents not understand that she wasn't in the mood for all these their nonsense.
"I'm your mum," Emily almost screamed. "Don't talk to me in that lousy manner of yours."
Amaya didn't answer for a moment. The mood did not last and she said almost brusquely as she could feel her mother's eyes on her . "Stop staring mum, it's rude."
"You shouldn't have said that, Amaya," her dad said calmly. He was desperately trying to savage the situation at hand .
Is that what I was expecting? Maya mused . "By the way, didn't you see him in school, today?"
" Or have you quarrelled with him yet again? ".
" Emily! "Her dad chided .
" It's true, "her mother persisted stubbornly." She should have known and care enough to prevent this unnecessary affront. "
" Do you know what your problem is? Improper reasoning. "She said and turned to see the shocked expression on her parent's faces. "Have Leo ever reused a lunch proposal of yours before? Do I have to serve as an alarm clock everywhere and everytime?" She said and grabbed her plate of food. "Dont make me a source of colloquial embarrassment. You know one of the reasons I hate eating with you guys is that you guys don't give me a breathing space. "
" Calm down Maya, she is your mum and definitely not want the worst for you and moreover... "
" Would you spare me the lecture, please? "She asked, standing up." Sorry dad, mum but I just can't take this . "And with that, she left the dining room.
"Amaya!" Her mum called after her . "Summer Jayden."
"Just let her go, Emily. She will be fine. " Arnold assured.
Back upstairs in the comfort of her room where she felt she truly belonged, she slumped into the huge divan bed and turned on the huge plasma television. She munched her food for a while before thoughts of all that happened back at the dining room came flooding back . Why did she even forsake her luxurious room for the freaking damned table devoid of cheer and laughter.
She never had a meal downstairs. Even during her birthday. She was only downstairs when Aunt May or some old relations came visiting. And they had brought up Leo .
The sneaking freak of a fool who took her worst enemy out on a date. The same Leo whom she had once loved or was she deluding herself yet again.
Think about what you are doing, she chided herself almost immediately, of the consequences. Was she beyond reason because of a loss she could never had prevented from incurring on herself, a happiness or perhaps a feeling which was never hers to explore?
But she had refused to accept defeat, she reminded herself. She refused to believe that she had lost Leo to Clara . She believed in true love and that was why she loved Leo.
She looked outside . A great pall of smoke had begun to rise, staining the clean , clear and ever blue sky like something grotesque, something obscene. She laid her food down and tried to read but thoughts of Leo distracted her again and again. He was a friend if not a lover , too valuable to lose , a little voice sang in her head .
Leo. Leo . She say up. There was a time when that name sent flutters down her heart and gave her butterflies in the stomach but what about now?
She went down the memory lane and reflected on how they had moved to Xing;away from all the love in Aing.
She had wanted to live a quiet and cool life ;away from all the hustle and bustle. But then she met Leo. And things stopped being quiet just too soon for her liking as things had taken a drastic turn in her life.
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A car just pulled up in front of the building and a little crew came out.
"Voolah! Emily, Amaya, welcome to Xing. Our new home,".
Amaya took a drastic look around. First impressions mattered and this was sure more than she had anticipated or expected.
"Are we actually gonna live here?" She asked
" Yes and don't worry, Darling. You are sure gonna love it here. "
" You bet I'm gonna do, "she replied.
Another little crew came up.
"Hey! Look! They are here," Lloyd announced.
Hugs and kisses were exchanged.
"Arnold, Emily, this is Anika, my wife and Anita my daughter."
" C'mon Lloyd, the introduction wasn't necessary. By the way, Emily, I hope you have improved on your french? I hope to take lessons. "
" For sure. "
" By the way, "she asked looking around," Emily, where is Amaya? "
"She is here," her mum replied only to turn around and not find her daughter. "Amaya?"
"Over here, mum," she replied, beside the luggages.
"Come over, will you?" She said and Maya obliged. "Meet your aunt Anika."
"Bonjour madamoselle ."
" Bonjour. Comet Sava? "
" Sava Bien merci. "
" I guess that is the limit of my french. "Anika said and they laughed." Meet Anita. "
"Hi," Anita said.
"Hello," Amaya replied .
" Why don't you both wait for us to settle down and then get to know each other more? "Arnold suggested tiredly. Both girls looked up with a glimmer in their eyes and since then , there had been a connected friendship between the two of them.
Her resumption into Xing High School had been swifter than she thought or had even expected. She had to admit that Xing was however different from Aing where she grew up but you took from what was available in a far different world;worlds different from each other .
She made to go to the principal's office when she suddenly heard whispers from the male folks. Boys. She hated the whole lot of them. They were scum;the whole of them were nothing to write home about .