Chapter 3;A weird girl

THUD!

A loud thud can be heard in the quite hallway. And that sound was from me who fell hard on the floor, and with the girl on top of me it made my fall more worst. Later on I can't breathe anymore and tried to stand up but failed because the girl who pounced on me hug me tightly like she's planning to squeeze the life out of me.

"Uhhm...hey, can you move away now?... You're so heavy you know?"

"Ohh!..I'm so sorry I didn't mean to..."

The girl stood up quickly and then laugh awkwardly while stretching her hand out to help me up.

"Here let me help you... I'm really, really sorry...I really didn't mean it..."

I looked up at her hand that is stretch out and then take it. Then she helped me up while continuously saying sorry.

' She's a bit weird but...since she said sorry and is (very) sincere...I'll forgive her for now.......when will she stopped apologizing...'

"It's ok, you can stop apologizing now and besides you said that you didn't mean it either."

"Uh..re-really?... you're so kind... I'm touched."Holds both her hands and looked at her with full sincerity.

' She... looks so sincere that she is in verge of crying...look at those tears that is threatening to burst ou-.....'

' Wait...tears?!..'. Looks at her in panic.

"Hey,hey..why are y-...don't cry.. don't."

"Ugh...my bad, I'm just really touched."wipes her tears away by a handkerchief dramatically.

' Ugh...I knew it she's a weirdo...but she's not that bad either...she reminds me of dad who's so over reacting saying that he's touched...' Smile a little unconsciously, but quickly hides it.

"Oh by the way, I'm Emma and you must be miss Kieko right?"

'Miss?...even that maid recently didn't call me miss,why did she...' Looks at her confused.

"You can just call me Kieko"

"Omg, you're really kind... letting me call you just like that-"got cut.

"Nah I think that way it'll be fair since I'm calling you Emma."Walked inside the room.

"Ohh.."

As I walked inside the room I quickly notice that, even though the room is not that good or should I say a little good, it's not that bad either way and it feels a little warm. Maybe it's because it was cleaned really good and nicely.

I look around a bit more and although it didn't have that much furniture but at least it have some important one's. The room is also just as big as my bedroom though a little bit more smaller. The room has two simple bed that suits only one person and is enough for it to turn back and fort, a simple wooden table and chair, a simple wooden Closets, Cabernet, and a drawer , and two lamp was also in there.

"It looks...nice.."

' It makes me feel like I'm home again, though it's not as big as my room... it's so warm.'

"Thank God you liked it, I really worked so hard to clean this room every day and especially today."

"I see..."

"Uhhm...so you'll be sleeping at the bed in the left over there and I'll sleep on the bed in the right...so what do you think about that arrangements?... actually you can tell me if you want to exchange beds since I don't really care about it that much. So where do you think it's more comfortable to sleep, the bed on the left that is near the window or the bed in the right that is near the door?" Said everything in one breath while standing between the two beds.

"I'm fine with it."

'She really talked a lot...but at least she's not as annoying like the others.'

I then walked to my bed and sit on it and as I touch it. I can feel that it is so warm and also seems like it was just dried up in the sun.

' So clean and fresh...it also smell's nice, she must've wash it today.' touching the bed's quilt.

"So how's it?"

Emma looked at me with anticipation, and also with that smile of hers that is just like how mom and dad smiles at me. I just answered a simple answer "good." and then stand up and started walking without direction and then I realized that I don't have 'anything' to unpack as I don't have 'anything' at all, except from the clothes and shoes I'm wearing I don't own anything at all.

"By the way, that maid recently just said that you'd tell me what I should do and that simple words of her also mean something like you'll take care of me from here on and if I have something to ask I should approach you."

"Oh right I almost forgot!"

' Almost? really?...I don't think so.'

" Oh I see...so first before you tell me about my work I want you to tell me where is my belongings."

"Oh, you mean your clothes?"

I nodded and then she turn and walk to the closet and take something from it.

"Here look, the madam said that this should be your uniform from this day on..." She hesitated a little and stammer a little out of nervousness.

I looked at what she was holding and saw that it was a plain back and white dress for a maid. It was not like those pictures I saw on every story, it was only same a little, with it's black and white color but it was too far plain. But anyway I don't have a choice and besides at least I have something to wear and it seems new too.

"Okay...is that part is where my belongings in?" Pointed at the closet.

"Huh?...Oh yeah it was you can check it on your own later..."

She looked at me with that weird eyes and it make me feels really uncomfortable, it's not like I needed some sympathy from anyone. She seems to have no plan to talk again so I decided to break the silence in the room first.

"So what else is there for you to tell me?"

"Huh?..."

"Work..."

"Oh, right, right."

She then walk to her bed and sat on the edge of it facing me and I also turned to her. Then she told me that the madam A.K.A my grandma wants me to join the maids in doing housework and as compensation I get to live here and eat, she also didn't forgot to make sure to tell Emma that I must not feels like I was more superior to the others, because from here on I was nothing but a maid here just like the others. Also because of Emma I get to know that the maid earlier was actually the head maid, and she was the one who has more authority than is normal maids.

I also get to know what my grandma was capable of doing to others without even a little sympathy. I figured that out when Emma told me about the story of a maid. It goes like this, a maid who was cleaning the widow suddenly loose balance and accidentally throw the towel she was using to wipe the window to grandma's dress then grandma only looked at the head maid and walk away while the head maid stays there and lecture the maid , and right at the next day the maid was nowhere to be seen, even her roommate didn't know where she is. Just a week later in that night her roommate saw her finally in their room but she was laying in her bed with her front body and was gasping for air heavily, she seems to be in a lot of pain and when her roommate lift up the quilt she saw a lot of blood in her back oozing non-stop.

And after hearing her story, my thoughts was finally confirmed. I wasn't going to have a good time here especially when I made mistake given how grandma looked at me lately. But I still yet got to figure out why she hated me.

Then just as I was thinking deeply I was suddenly taken back to reality when Emma called me.

"Hey, Keiko...Keiko?"

"Oh...yeah?"

"Oh I thought you weren't listening"

' Yeah I was not at all, and when are you going to stop by the way you were talking non-stop since lately.'

She was talking non-stop and was already so far from the real topic, that's how we get into the story of the maid who was cleaning the window. And I think she doesn't even had any plan to stop talking, she just kept looking for more things to talked.

'Sigh'

"Oh..by the way why did you suddenly jumped at me lately ?"

"Oh.. it's, uhhm... because I was excited that I was finally going to have a roommate you see"

' It feels weird, I don't think she's telling the truth...'

"Oh well look at that it's already this late I didn't think I'll talk that much, maybe I'm just too excited that I've talked three hours. By the way let's sleep early since we need some energy for tomorrow."

Saying so Emma lay down on her bed while her back facing me and just a moment later I already can see that she's sleeping.

' She...'sigh'...maybe I was just over thinking it...'

Then I also lay down facing the ceiling while thinking over all that happened. I just lost my parents and it was on my birthday, why did it have to be on that day and besides I'm just eight years old. We didn't even got the chance to celebrate it, and why do I have to survive when my mom and dad didn't. It's already been months after the accident happened and it's been months since I was in a coma, how can I sleep in those months while my parents was taken away from me. And just as I woke up I learned that I have a grandmother, but she hated me....why is everything's unfair.

At that tears flow slowly in my eyes I was shocked but then again no matter how much I tried to be strong I was just an eighth years old child after all. I turned by back at Emma, facing the window. Outside I can see a dark night sky, it looks so lonely without those star's. No the moon looks so lonely too, no matter how hard it try light up the dark sky...It still can't fill the lonely looking sky, because the moon itself is lonely...

And just like that I cried silently making sure Emma would not be disturb. I don't know when I stopped crying all I know is that I didn't sleep early like what Emma said, I just cried 'till I finally fell asleep.

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