Chapter 31_Don’t open it

They are in the dormitory. They will soon knock on our door, don't open it" we heard senior Eira's voice instruct us. What the hell was wrong with this senior? She thought she was the boss perhaps? Finally, the school was taking a step towards finding a way to save the students and curb the whole virus pandemic but she wanted us to not open the door. To go against the rules and jeopardize the whole situation the more?

I wish I could go over to pull her ears and instruct her to stop being a bad girl. Her mother would not be proud to hear her daughter who was the top student in the school was advising the school juniors into

breaking the school rules and not following instructions.

"What are you saying? And you're supposed to be our senior?" Mia crossed her hands across her chest and gave the senior a scolding look.

"The school would not be proud to hear a senior, a top student at that was promoting rebellion amidst the juniors" Mackenzie added.

The girls spoke my mind! God bless them! I had to say something, I needed to say something. "Your mama won't be proud too" I twisted my head and squeezed my face at her to show my disgust.

The girls both turned to me "Medusa, really? " they chorused.

Okay what have I done wrong again, was it bad to support their notion? "What?" I blurted in wonder.

"Very nice of you to remind someone of their mother whom they haven't seen in years," Mia said to me sternly. She sounded like my mama, it felt like one of mama's scoldings.

"it's fine I've seen her occasionally When I go on missions. I never fail to go visit her, even if it was from afar. I'm good, I finish my missions early so I usually had time to spare for visits" senior Eira shrugged. She sounded sad, so even a strong lady like her could fold. Nice to know she was still a human and had some emotions left in her.

After what she did with the door, I thought she had lost all the humanity left in her. A normal person would not be so carefree about leaving someone to die.

"Even on the last visit? You went to visit her still?" Mia's voice broke my thought. She sounded concerned.

"I did not, we finished the mission late this time." she answered in a low tone.

I saw Mia sigh heavily while putting a hand

on her chest. " Oh thank the Lord, what if you went and the infected boy go with you? You would have jeopardized her life. That's the thing about following rules, the rules were there for a reason. Go on missions, don't go visiting parents!" Mia hollered again. Scolding the senior like she was a little girl. Mia can be such a talkative! Uhm...

I know, I'm talkative too, so what?

I knew if it wasn't for the situation of things, Mia would have gotten herself in trouble for speaking to a senior that way. Worst, she might not only put herself in trouble she might get us included too and we would be awarded yet another week of after-class chores. I would not forgive her.

'The way you got them in trouble too and the way you got them loads of after classes chores also'. A voice in my head whispered to me.

No! The situation was different, I was only trying to help while Mia was being arrogant because she always feel her opinion surpasses others' opinions. It was two different scenarios, I shushed the voice away. I refused to be taunted by a mocking inner

voice, I almost say out loud.

Senior Eira was not a person of patience, that much was clear. With the way she teleported to Mia and grabbed her hair, while gazing at her with deadly gazes.

Poor Mia, she had lost her glasses. She couldn't even see well but she knew how to run her mouth to the wrong people. She was now reaping the benefits of running one's mouth anyhow and anywhere.

'The way you will also reap yours' the voice whispered again. I almost slapped my head in annoyance. Why was the voice in my head messing with me?

What was it anyway? It was whispering to me and it felt real. Could that be my powers? Ability to speak to an unknown voice in your head? I am turning 18 in less than 3 weeks. Maybe that was it, symptoms of developing your ability.

But then, how sillier can I get? Who gets the power of speaking to a voice in their heads?

Nobody right? Good, discard my previous thoughts.

"I never got near my mum whenever I go on random visits while on missions like that. I stay a reasonable distance away. Do you know how that feels? She doesn't even know who l am, I see her live her life happily without me, I saw my dad too and my siblings living happily without me being in their lives while I was miserable they weren't in mine any longer but then, I still had to go. Do you know what that feels like? " Senior Eira spat and pulled Mia's hair tighter.

" Just say you're sorry Mia" Mackenzie advised.

" I'm... I'm sorry!" Mia screeched in a stammer.

I felt like her sorry was either from Mackenzie's advice or the pain she felt from the pulling of her by the senior. I knew Mia, she might not even feel remorseful at all.

I actually felt the buried pain of the senior, the unsaid words that hid behind her spoken words and the hot tears that were supposed to flow down her cheeks which she strongly blocked away from the deadly look she was shooting at Mia.

Sometimes, it was better to cry and let it all out instead of being strong and stocking all the pain in. That way, we would have real peace. I wanted to say to her but what if she misinterprets it and decides it was my hair she would pull next? Or maybe my bangs or maybe she would break my legs. Oh no,

those were my points of pride. If I lost them, how would I still had the hope of seducing senior Oliver? How would I be able to raise my head up high and talk to the annoying jerk?

Oh Medusa, why did you think of that annoying senior with a feminine name again?

Anyway, I couldn't bring my thoughts to words so, I kept quiet.

I do not think Senior Eira had any thoughts of releasing Mia anytime soon as she still had the bloody look in her eyes while her golden brown irises fixated on Mia's darting one.

A knock diverted our attention and she let go of Mia, finally.

Remember how I said Mia's hair was so scattered and looked unkept before? Good, the unkept look had now taken a triple pace.

Now, she basically looked like a girl on Halloween as her hair stood above her head scattered in multiple strands.

She quickly used her fingers to comb the hair down and swallowed while moving toward the door. She was probably thinking it was her time to retaliate as the senior had said not to open the door. She was going to open the door.

"Don't " senior Eira stopped her in her tracks

with a whisper.

"Why shouldn't I?" She said almost shouting, intentionally wanting to alert the people outside.

"Shhh" the senior touched her lips "Don't

open the door, let's Iay low, and then they will

go away thinking the room had no occupants. They do not have the time to waste on one room." she reasoned.

She didn't want us to open the door, there must be a reason.

"Why?" I whispered.

"There is no time to explain that now." She turned to me.

"I am getting the door, you heard the instruction from the school authority, they said to open the door to get tested" I saw the stop being a bitch that Mia couldn't say out loud dangling around her words.

"Ok, if you want to get the door, it's just you

three if they ask. I'm getting out of here" Senior Eira said at last after an ugly silence.

The silver-haired girl had warned us and we didn't listen, now we were in this mess instead of laying comfortably in our beds back in our hostel. Currently, senior Eira was warning us too what if something bad happens because we refused to listen again?

"Wait, I'll go with you" I ran to Senior Eira surprising Mia as she glared at me disappointedly but she managed to maintain a composed face.

I could tell she was expecting me to be on her side.

Surprisingly, "Wait!" Mackenzie said also "I will go too then"

Now it's the both of us with senior Eira, leaving Mia the only one not supporting the decision.

"Mia?" I called her persuasively, she needed to rethink her decision.

She gulped loudly to our hearings, I could tell she was on the verge of crying. "Just..go" she finally said her voice breaking and hands on the door handle.

"Very well then" senior Eira said and took mine and Mackenzie's hands in hers before teleporting us out of the room.