Chapter Three : The Witch

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...  

Middlemist Camellia