CHAPTER THREE
The Witch
“Hello Larissa Berkley!! Here we have a new song for you,” the twins
take a deep breath and release slowly, then they started to sing Christina
Perri’s song, “Jar of Heart”. The twin like to sing but their
voice, emm... out of pitched! What can I say? The first time we met in
front of my porch they sang Lenka’s song, “Trouble is a friend”. I’m just
laughing watching them singing. The twins were very kind to me. More to
friendly.
“Oh my Queen, Larissa! You’re so beautiful.”
After finish singing their song, the twins giggling and hug me.
“Oh,
Hey Kennedy.” Both of them smile and giggle. I don’t know what their connection
with Kennedy but he stand up and he put a thin smile on his face. This was
really weird.
“Hay-Kay, good to see both of you.” I don’t know
that the twins have a cute nickname. ‘Hay-Kay’ was an absolutely super cute
nickname for a twin. “Excuse me for a while, I need to go in the house and
helping my mom preparing the foods.” He smiled at us and he looked at me for a
second and turn away. I feel something between us. By the way, why would he
help preparing the foods? Don’t they have any maids?
“Larissa, look what you’ve done to him!” she giggle
and throw her arm around me. I look at her and she gives me a ‘deadpan’ look. I
didn’t understand what she is trying to tell me or maybe I’m pretending to not
know. “You make him fall in love with you! Trust me, I know that look when he
look at you at that way!” she smile.
“Whoa! Hold on, Kennedy only will fall in love with
us, the twins, the ‘Hay-Kay’! That handsome young guy is belonging to the
twins!” we all laughed.
“So, what’s with that guy?” Ginny take some water
from her handbag. She drinks it and closed the bottled and looks at me again.
“The guy?” pretending that it wasn’t about Kennedy.
“Yeah, the guyyy!! Kennedy, of course. He
looks like he starting to like you.” Haylee smiled at me with her
thick red lips. Kaylee didn’t use any, so I bet she don’t like to use any make
up. That’s make the only different between Haylee and Kaylee. Kaylee wear
green cute dress and Haylee wear pink top tank and black mini skirt.
And I can recognize which one is Kaylee
or Haylee. Haylee is older than Kaylee. But the twins didn’t get
angry with each other or jealous. Both of them treat equally to each other.
That’s the part I like the most about the twins.
“Nothing. Really. Just an empty talk.” I looked
away trying to hide my red face.
“Hmm...Whatever. I know he likes you!” she smiled
and the twins giggled when Ginny make that eye contact with them.
“Don’t be so mean! Well, if he likes me... I can’t
avoid that, right?” I laughed and the twins paused for a while and
Hay-Kay makes a brooding face at me.
“You should know about him. He’s very
secure.” Haylee said.
“You know, there’s a girl from our class, her name
is Emma Starling. She’s the girl who always wears an eye patch.” She stopped
and looks at Kaylee and look back at me. “Well, Emma didn’t want others to get
near Kennedy. Then, if someone gets near to Kennedy, she looks into that person
eyes. The next day, the girl was found dead near the garbage. She’s annoying
that’s why she didn’t have any friend. ”
“Why?” trying to understand Haylee.
“She’s a weirdo!” Haylee snapped.
“Yeah, she’s witc--” before Haylee could
finish her sentence, Ginny snapped her finger in front of her and make an angry
face at both of them and then back at me, she gave me a thin smile.
“Okay. What’s with that kind of look, Ginny?” I sat
up, adjusting my dress.
“It’s just--” she stopped.
“It’s the witch! She’s a
witch!” Haylee finally say it. She looks relieved after finish her
sentence.
“I told you not to tell anyone, Haylee!” She
whispered to Haylee. Kaylee didn’t say anything because she scared Ginny would
mad at her. She looks sullen.
“Tell me what, Ginny? I’m new here, so maybe I need
to know something that I don’t know. That could help me to understand by living
in this town.” I asked with a serious face. At least I need to know something
about this town. It’s like I can felt the strange aura here.
“It’s about Emma. You really don’t need to know
that much.” She adjusting her hair because it’s messy and she had a curly hair
that makes her hair terrible. “Well, that’s what people say about her. She’s
always alone but I bet the rumour was only to make fun of her or destroyed her
dignity.” She looks sad.
And I’m curious about that.
“I’m so sorry about her. People were so mean. That
shouldn’t happen to her. Haylee, I don’t think she’s a witch. There’s no Witch
exist in this world.” I said and put wryly smile.
“That was nice. But we never know!” Haylee laughed.
“Hey, I think the party going to start. Let’s go
inside shall we?” Kaylee finally speak just to change the mood.
“Yeah c’mon! Can’t wait to see the birthday girl!” saying
it with annoying voice and pretend to feel like I like the birthday girl. I
felt dumb. Suddenly I had a strange feeling that someone is watching at us from
behind the bush.
“Can you feel that?” I asked. It’s getting on my
nerve.
“What?” Ginny asked. Her face blurred.
“Yeaahhh, maybe the witch is here, watching us!”
Haylee laughed.
“Cut it off! You’re scaring us. C’mon before the
cakes is finish.” Ginny laughed at me and she grabs my arm. So I let it be and
ignoring the feeling.
Together we walk toward the ‘what we called a
mansion’. Dear, that was a big mansion!
Soon as we arrived in front of the mansion, I was
the only one who was amazed of it beauty. Sort of more like amazed by
it size! The flowers were covering it like fence. I saw roses, orchid and the
tulips in the garden. I paused for a while and went to the garden. I saw one
flower that really attracts me. I stare at the flower and think of the name of
the flower.This is probably the rarest flowering plant in the world. I didn't know anything about this flower. I never saw it before.
I felt something going into my brain and I heard
voice saying “Middlemist Camellia” and I searching for the voice all
around the garden. The voice keep repeating the word, “Middlemist Camellia,
it’s Middlemist Camellia. Remember that.”Suddenly I felt a tap on my left
shoulder.
“Larissa!” I face back. It was Ginny, she look
worried. “Are you alright?” I nodded and
face back to observe the flower.
"Middlemist Camellia," I said, closing my eyes, and smell the scent of the flower.
“Wha..what?” she blurred.
“Oh, it’s nothing. I’m sorry.” I smiled thinly at
her. Haylee and Kaylee watching from behind looking curious on me. “Let’s go.”
Ignoring it.
“Okay. You got to explain to me about this after
the party.” She lifts up her left eyebrow and shows her weird face to me. I
just smiled.
To be continue...
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