Chapter 6: The fall out

I woke up with a sharp pain all over my body. My joints felt numb and my head was pounding. Turns out, I was beaten badly. I  found it quite strange how the pain never really bothered me yesterday and it is now naging me. I wanted to get up but my body tumbled back on the bed. I thought that I was crippled and I was becoming worried about this sudden change to my body.

I laid back in bed thinking my body was probably still asleep. I was going to get up whenever the pain came to an ease. when I heard our house maid Beretha calling my name. This time, I was able to get up from my bed. Only, I had to hold onto the wall. It took quite a while for me to reach down to the living room. By the time I was almost there I heard Bertha calling again, "Thyra! Someone's here to see you" I took my time going down the stairs walking towards the living room to see if they had come to pay me a visit. 

To my surprise, it was Cedric. For some reason, there was a little boost of adrenaline rushing inside me. Neither my sore joints nor head hurt anymore. There was a stinging sensation of enthusiasm arising inside me and my heart felt like it was collapsing. Somehow, I found myself rushing over to rubby and threw my limping body into the couch. Cedric didn't look quite well either but he sure erotic. I sat beside him whilst gazing off till I never realised he was talking to me.

 "So I actually came to say that I am truly sorry for fighting with you, here's a little something, I hope this can show how much I am truly sorry", Said Cedric calmly. I took the gift from him ready to open it. The box was shaped like a rectangle and was quite heavy. It was wrapped in a pink and blue polka dot paper and a red ribbon was tied around it. I tear each piece of paper until the gift is removed from its wrapping. Separating the papers, I realised that Cedric brought me my favourite book of all time. I was so happy about this that I could hold my composer. I jumped up and grabbed Cedric, pulling him closer from a warm hug. 

"Thank you so much, how did you know that I like reading books?" I asked him. 

"I remember it from our childhood, you told me years ago that you like fantasy novels; now enjoy", said Cedric. I chuckled decently in excitement, with my cheeks swelling. We were there for a few minutes reminiscing on the memories we shared in the past. Then suddenly, my parents entered the palace. I was shocked to see them, as they weren't supposed to be back till evening. 

"Thyra, what's going on here?" asked my father.

"Mother, I am just here with Cedric, he came to apologise, look what he bought me", I said hoping that they would chill out. 

Though I tried, they weren't planning to let this slide anytime soon. The look on their faces appeared to be upset. Their facial expressions showed great hatred for Cedric and great disappointment in me. 

"Thyra, may I have a word alone please?" asked my mother.

I followed her across the room with my limping body. When we were somewhere we couldn't be seen or heard my mother started asking me what I was thinking of having my attacker on their couch. I tried explaining several times to her that he came to apologise but she never cared. If I had already forgiven Cedric then why couldn't they? That question was one that I wish had an answer, but it never did up to this day. During my conversation with my mother, I heard mumbling coming from the living room.

 Then there was a loud shouting, " Get out! And I never want to see you here again, neither near my daughter; forget she exists! I was startled by this and felt hurt for Cedric. I took my time and walked back to the living room. Where I saw Cedric putting on his shoes in a hurried manner. He was shaking like a leaf and was crying. Cedric made eye contact with me and in his face I knew that this was our last goodbye. I felt my entire world tumbling and then, I turned around to face my parents. I was fuming. If it was possible, I could have sworn that fire was set ablaze on top of my head. 

I shouted, " what is the problem with you two? Cedric was showing some remorse, nothing else; you two are becoming meanies and I hate it" 'Honey there are things that you don't know and I think it would be wise if you obeyed", they said. 

I still never got the point  they were trying to state about him. They claimed that Cedric was harmful and meant me no good. I never believed them anyhow, afterall I knew Cedric since kindergarten. As well as they did too, so I am not understanding why they hate this boy so much. I had to find out why anyways. I tried inferring as to why they hated Cedric so much but, the idea never popped up. Even when I asked them, they said knowing about it would be traumatising for me. I decided to be annoying and nagged them until they told me what was so traumatising for me to know about my best friend. Hey still never spilled a word. I told them to stop making excuses to stop me from talking to my friends and that they should not judge Cedric as they knew not of him. I was sorry I said a word, when I saw that  my parents turned blue with anger rushing through them. 

My father stood up fast,with his loud echoing voice, he shouted, " You do not know who your facing out there Thyra, as a matter of a fact, we won't allow you to go in town without any supervision" I got really upset by what my father had to say and was reading to give him the comeback of his life time.

 I proudly said, "As if you guys can stop me; I am sixteen and I will go wherever I want and whenever I feel like it" Right there and then I could feel a strong feeling of regret showering me and by then I wanted to swallow those words and wished I had kept my mouth shut. My brutal words surely made my parents  angry. They exclaimed at me loudly shouting with loud outbursts, " Your grounded young lady!" 

As if i never felt regret of throwing comebacks at my parents. I healed after them, " I wish uncle Odon was here, cause if we would you wouldnt get away with this!" For what I did, they further punished me by taking back the book Cedric gave me. I was now sad, engulfed with many emotions. I never really knew if this was a time to feel angry, stressed out, confused or even sad.   I took my time walking up the stairs with tears running down my face. I had never been such a fight with my parents before. I was having mixed feelings about the situation and never knew if ignoring them was the right thing to do. But I could face them right now. Maybe it's best if I kept to myself until we came back. 

For the rest of the day, I spent the time in my room. I playing cards and just overthinking like usual. I spent the entire day by myself in silence in the warmth of my room. It was quite dark, quiet and cosy. I was so comfortable and relaxed that I never realised how fast nightfall came. It came to my realisation that I even missed dinner. By then, I was hungry. I screeched out from bed and went down to the kitchen to find something to eat, luckily my dinner was cover on the dinner table so I ate it. I felt relieve of the stress of cooking. I relaxed on the chair gulping into my food endlessly. Suddenly, I heard mumbling coming from around the corner. I tried making out the voices but I couldn't. I stopped chewing and dropped my spoon> the voices were that of a male and a female. It was my brother Adrian and his so-called fiance Carolina. I puffed, I thought they were pathetic. I never saw the sense of him hiding around just to be with a selfish person like Carolina.

 Sometimes, I am truly concerned about what Carolina will do to my poor brother. I leaned my head to the side and pierced my ears trying to hear the conversation that they were having. Turns out, it was nothing special except for the fact that they were on their daily "lets go hide to see my true love" I knew nothing else, I knew that this little secret hide and seek game wasn't going to last for long. They them appeared and for some reason I wanted to laugh and mock them. I dropped the fork, clinking it to the plate. I began to fake a cold. Coughing out my lungs. It was only a pity they never knew that I was dying inside with laughter. I couldn't hold in the sentimental urge that I had to make fun of Carolina with respect, I said, "So Carolina, how's things" been going with you and your little secret relationship, does my parents know about this?" 

Just as she was about to answer me, my mother appeared out of nowhere. Immediately, Adrain ran from beside Carolina and came beside me. Inorder to make it not obvious. I was grinning inside. I thought she heard me and was going to start interrogating on their secret but luckily for them she never heard. Truly, I wanted her to hear it deep down. My mother said nothing to none of us. There was this awkward moment of silence until she asked Carolina where her mother, Bertha was. To my surprise, she came up close to the table and grabbed an apple. Just when I thought that she would leave, she drew for a seat and sat further to my left. I said nothing to her and she said nothing to me. We never made any eye contact nor shared any sort of recognition. I thought whatever, and then I got up. It felt surely uncomfortable to sit next to her since we fought earlier. 

I was going to wash up my dishes when Carolina suggested that she would wash them instead. I was grateful for the offer and crawled back up the stairs to my bedroom. I laid in my bed with a lot of thoughts cramping my head. As usual, it was thoughts of the mysterious hand i saw in my uncle's study. However, my thoughts were too heavy burden and I was too tired to prologue them So i fell asleep on the floor. On my fluffy grey carpet. I was awakened suddenly, but I never knew what woke me up.

 I opened my eyes, looking up at the ceiling whilst listening to the cock ticking. I was extremely shocked to see the time. It was twelve twenty-five p.m in the night already. "Gosh, time flies fast", I thought. I was feeling a bit bored of being in my room and so, I decided to scatter around the palace making mischief. I wished that I could have run but I couldn't so I walked briskly. I decided to take my fun up a notch. I ran to Adrians bedroom door and knocked on it hard. I never knew i could run on my sore legs but i found the strength to. I chucked off into my bed and pretended I was sleeping. I heard the door creaking and then my brother asked, " Who's there? I swear Thyra if it's you, you'll regret this!" 

After that, I still felt a little bit energised and then I decided to just walk around the palace. I was approaching my parents bedroom when I heard them mumbling my name vividly. They were gossiping about me and that made me curious. I crept up closer behind the door, plunging my ears onto it. I heard everything they said. My Mother  whispered, " Have you seen her behaviour? It's getting to me now, she is reminding me so much of your brother honey". My father replied in a neutral tone, yeah I suppose she does, if anything we will have to send her to boarding school; I don't want to have this to deal with later on in life".

 I was shocked, stunned and lost of words by this. How could they, my own parents? Now I wondered if  wanting to get rid of them to take the throne was wrong. Now I have changed my mind about it. If they thought such about me, their only daughter and their youngest child, why can't I? I got extremely angry and stored out through the walls. I walked back with a broken heart. Tears flowed from my eyes. And I couldn't keep myself composed. I slammed the door of my bedroom shut and sat right behind it. My mind was glitching and I felt lost. Somehow, I started to feel strange as if I should follow my mind. My mind told me to pack all my things and run away. It was just exactly what I did. I packed my little napsack with snacks, two of my favourite books and threw the bag over my back. I remembered looking yonder to my room saying my last goodbyes to my cosy room. I knew that running away wasn't worth it but, I rather be stranded and lost than be around a bunch of hypocrites. I turned around facing my window.  I pulled up the net and jumped through.