Chapter 9 : Flashback (PT:8)

"Marcus took me on a small tour around his house. His mother gave me a warm welcome. She asked me if I'm interested in helping her prepare dinner for Marcus's dad and Marcus. I had no objection, plus, I loved cooking. Marcus also revealed the fact that we both were dating. His mom giggled she looked surprised. Of course, she would be, Marcus did hate me once. After I changed my cloths, we sat on the dining table and had a long conversation about our school life. I had to wear Marcus's clothes because I didn't bring my own. I was scared throughout the day because I didn't have my phone and how can I possibly contact my mom. I can't use Marcus's mobile neither his mother's so I had to call Evelynn and tell her everything and begged her to inform my mother that I'm in her house. She said my mom already enquired about it, and she told her I didn't come over. I panicked and was sweating. Marcus asked if everything was alright. of course not,it wasn't, I explained my situation to him and his mother as well. They both exchanged serious looks. Marcus's mother asked me a few questions about my mother and my family like; where we live, what's her name etc., She said she had not come across my mother before but she's willing to inform her that I'm staying here. I didn't want that to happen, I'd rather let the misunderstandings grow between me and my mother than of telling the whole story and get scolded at. What if she calls the police? things could get worse so I had no option but to keep her informed so I told her to go ahead and inform her. I ran upstairs to the guest room which was my room for the day. The walls were painted in White with a few paintings hung. Shelves were filled with comic books and the bed were so soft. I jump and climbed the bed and counted the glow in the dark Stars on the ceiling which I found very relaxing, keeping my legs and hands far apart from my body. I closed my eyes to take a nap and someone knocked the door, it was Marcus. He asked me what was I doing and do I like it here. I did nothing and I really enjoyed staying there. He sat next to me, I stood up and walked over to the bookshelf. I took out one comic book he had and it had some cute characters with big eyes and it looked fun to read. There were three characters on the front page and a few seagulls flying over them. One was a girl who had orange hair with white dress with blue stripes. The other two were boys one had black hair he wore a straw hat, a red t-shirt and blue shorts and the other had green hair and was holding a green glass bottle. He had around seventy- nine volumes of the same series. How does he read so much? I'm sorry but I don't remember the name of the book though. It had a very simple name too; it was an easy-to-remember name. WTF I forgot it. "

Darcy giggled "never mind just continue your story"

"yea, so um yea, errr"

"what happened?"

"well err. where did I stop again !?"

"you gave a description about the books he had, how's that u forget so fast"

"nah I was just testing you; I didn't know you were a good listener"

"as long as I get story ideas for my novel, I don't mind listening" she smiled.

"YOU WRITE NOVELS?" I freaked out "which genre"

"I prefer writing fantasy, I planned on something related to two polar opposite assassins, but I need to practice my English and I need to plan on side stories as well and arrange them to make a proper good novel"

"Oh Darcy I'm totally willing to help you",

she grinned and spoke. "continue."

"That book was bound on the right side"

"manga" Darcy screamed "You're talking about Uno piece then, The straw hat guy, it's about pirates"

"yeah, Uno piece. You've read it?"

"nah! it has like a thousand chapters I'm really lazy to read that much. half of my life will get drained out at that rate"

"Thousand chapters ?? oh my god, in that case the whole series might be really expensive to collect"

"Pfft I use pirated sites to read them, I don't wanna waste money aha" she laughed "but real copies are better than those available online at least you can stop your eyes from almost bleeding I read around forty chapters a day so, I've personally experienced it".

"is it worth reading manga though"

"depends, if you like Japanese culture and like violence. Continue with the story already" She squeaked.

"ok ...so yea ... where did I stop again?"

"seriously?"

"erm yea I forgot"

"you stopped with the description of manga"

"yea so Marcus was the first person to tell me what a manga is, the pages were printed in black and white, different from American comics, like way different. So, I didn't pay much attention because I was not interested in it. Then, Marcus hugged me from my back. which shocked me and whispered in my ear if I wanted a copy. I pushed him away and said no I didn't. Then I sat on my bed and he sat next to me. He was really close so I moved away. He came closer and wrapped his hand around my shoulder and pulled me to his chest. Then he traced his finger on my jawline and his face came closer to mine close enough to kiss me. My mother's words filled my head. Don't do it, her voice screamed but my body wanted to. I had to push him away to escape from my fleshly desires. I was too young for this. Then I ran downstairs just to stay away from him and helped his mother cook food. Marcus looked a little angry and sad after what I did. I didn't look into his eyes though his eyes were fixed on me cutting vegetables and cooking meat. When I was helping, Marcus's mom told me that she informed my mother and my mother's voice made it clear she was furious that I didn't tell her. She told me to get her a gift or something that can calm her down tomorrow so that I don't get shouted at that much. The bell rang, Marcus rushed to open it, it was Marcus's dad. He looked familiar to me I swear I had seen him somewhere before. I greeted him and so did he and without me telling him my name he figured out I was Jenny and I was Marcus's classmate. He knew who I was. Who could he possibly be and how did he know my name all this made me wonder...."

.... To be continued