"We weren't doing anything. . gosh. You with your assumptions, huh, Ruby?" I said scoffing, and getting up to exit the room. But, I was stopped by Christian grabbing my wrist almost forcefully.
"Let go." I said coldly.. almost. I shook his wrist off, as I heard him sigh sharply. I exit the room. I saw Maverick, Rexine and Ruby. Ruby was sitting on the spinny chairs near the counter, while blueberry siblings sat on the couch. I sat on the chair next to Ruby, who was playing with a rubik's cube.
"You know how to solve those..?" I asked, looking at her. She shook her head.
"No.. but I'm so bored, though." She replied. I honestly agree with her. I rested my arms on the counter, and gently laid my head on top of them. The two siblings behind us turned to us. Rexine spoke.
"Hey.. Perry. Tomorrow.. Could we go to our house? There's stuff that me and maverick still want to pick up from there.. and properly move out." She explained. I listened intently. I nodded softly, with a smile.
"Yeah.. sure.." I replied. Later that night, I roamed around, bored. I fed Friday, returning to my room after. I met Christians gaze. He was reading a journal and looking at a book.
"What are you reading?" I asked. He looked at me for a brief second.
"An old journal I found in the closet." I raised an eyebrow.. but didn't say anything further. I did not want to start another argument. I plopped on my bed, hugging a pillow. I closed my eyes.. calming my breath and recalling the events of today..
9:20AM
I opened my eyes groggily, groaning at my drowsiness. I rubbed my eyes, getting up half asleep. I walked... And walked... And bumped into something. I looked up, and saw.. Christian shirtless. I took a second to process it, staring at him.. and his bare upper body. I looked away immediately as I realized, my cheeks flushing bright red.
"Why aren't you wearing a shirt, you shit!?" I said, embarrassed and flustered slightly. After a few seconds he spoke.
"You can turn now." He said, slightly amused with a smirk. I pushed past him, to the bathroom. I caught some air.. sighing sharply.
As I finished getting ready, I met others outside, with Friday. They were already ready to set off. We made our exit out of the building and to the van. Rexine in the driver seat, Maverick in the passenger seat, me at the very left, christian in the middle and Ruby at the very right. It was silent, occasionally maverick saying something Rexine. Around 25-30 minutes later, we arrived at a black and white house, and parked nearby. When we entered.. the aura of the house was.. eerie, and uncomforting.
While Maverick and Rexine went upstairs to their own individual rooms, me, Ruby and Christian waited downstairs in the living room. But.. oddly I kept hearing human, coherent words from what seems like from the door to the basement. I tried ignoring it at first, but it just kept getting a bit louder... Quieter, more words then less. I couldn't stand it anymore. I stood up, walking to the door. Before I could open the door, Ruby spoke up, while Christian watched.
"Perry, what are you doing..?" She asked. I scoffed, she didn't hear the noises..?
"You.. you're telling me you don't hear those noises?" I said, slightly dumbfounded. But.. nonetheless, I turned the doorknob, climbing down the steep stairs. Once I made it down, I looked around.. my eyes stopped at a certain point, my whole body paralyzed. I couldn't move, I didn't say a word, didn't blink. Fuck those blueberry siblings... My eyes widened slightly. Ruby and Christian stood at the tops of the stairs, watching my reaction.
Ruby called out, in a worried tone. "Perry? What's wrong?" She asked. I didn't bat an eye at them. I stood frozen... I managed to take a step forward, like I was still trying to comprehend what displayed in front of me.. which was true, I was.
"N-Nicole..?" I sputtered out, running to the poor boy who was tied down to a chair, tape over his mouth. I heard Ruby and Christian run down stairs, as they heard my words. They stood frozen, too. I took the tape off, and untied him. He had scars on his arms.. just a few.. but he also looked pale. He immediately hugged me, so tightly we fell to the floor. I didn't care, though. I hugged back, shutting my eyes tightly. In the distance, a voice was heard.
Maverick and Rexine called out, entering the living room, calling out to us. "Ruby! Christian! Perry! Let's go, we're ready!" They called out to us. As me and Nicole managed to get up, brushing. Ourselves off. Ruby and Christian averted their gaze, to the top of the stairs where Maverick and Rexine stood. They looked at them with horror. But, as I was about to go up and confront them, a door in the basement opened, and I felt cold, menacing eyes glaring at me from inside. They showed themselves.. I froze.
I instinctively held Nicole behind me. As they showed themselves.. no way. Light blue hair.. yellow eyes, light skin.. straight hair.. freckles.. Ivy.. that they were talking about? The 3rd triplet..? I heard Maverick and Rexine rush down, glancing at Nicole behind me, then at Ivy.. I returned close back to Ruby and Christian with Nicole. We all hugged him, talking a little before being interrupted by Rexine and Maverick. They looked speechless.. looking at Ivy.. with a look of disgust. The four of us decided it would be best we left.. so, we climbed up the stairs to the living room, and made ourselves to the door. I turned the doorknob.. it was locked..? When did they lock the door..?