The Light in your Eyes

Chapter Two

CHAPTER TWO

On getting to the house Jade found out everywhere was busier than usual. There were more workers than she had always known and everyone was busy moving things around, she was feeling dizzy just looking at them. She ignored them and made her way to the living room, where she got even more surprises. There was happiness in the air and everyone had joy written on their foreheads. Someone was telling a funny tale while the audience seems enthralled by whatever the person is saying so they don't seem to realise there was an additional person in there. Until a gentle female voice broke the supposed enchantment.

'The maid standing by the doorstep, can you please get me a jug of warm water? Thank you very much". The voice sounded nice to listen to and one could tell the owner was not used to speaking too loudly and a voice like that could only belong to someone beautiful.

"Is she talking to me?" bewilderment filled Jade. Okay, maybe because her love for white and black made her wear plain clothes everyday but no maid would wear something that would be as expensive as the one she is wearing.

She was going to correct the beautiful young lady that looks good and seems to be the same age as herself but with a little more maturity than Jade could hope to possess in her next life.

"Jade, please get her a jug of warm water." Another feminine voice interrupted her. The interrupting voice sounded sweetly familiar, without even turning to see who it was. Jade knew it was the woman she had called mother for more than twenty years of her life.

"But ma'am, I am actually not a maid," she no longer felt like calling her mom. "Know what, it doesn't matter, I will get someone to bring the water over." she no longer wanted to stay in the living where it seems the joyful mood disappeared when everyone in the room noticed her. Apart from the young lady, the entire Thomas family was seated and two unfamiliar people of different gender gave an odd feeling of familiarity. It was weird since she had never seen them before. The both gave a sense of familiarity and she could actually guess their reasons for being here. She actually knew this was going to happen and expected it to happen but there was no joy nor any positive feelings towards this august meeting that was planned without informing her. She walked upstairs to her room, of course she wasn't going to tell anyone to take any water to the living room or wouldn't that be admitting she was a maid. She opened the door and a solemn room came to sight. The wall was painted Grey, a corner was even painted black. The curtains were drawn close and also black in colour. The reading table and chair were simple and grey in colour. There wasn't much on the table apart from a few books on children education and some handmade teaching materials which seemed out of place because of their vagrant colours. She walked around the room, it wouldn't be long before this room belonged to someone else and she was feeling a bit weary and tired. Actually the room wasn't like this before, she just fell in love with solemn colours six years ago when everything came crashing down on her.

Sound of the door being opened was heard which brought Jade out of her solemn state. She looked towards the door and was stunned. It was a beautiful young lady.

"Hello, I am Scarlett ", she said. "You must be The Jade everyone kept talking about". There wasn't anything rude about the gesture or words of the other lady but Jade was not feeling good about the other lady.

"Well, hello to you too and I am definitely The Jade everyone kept talking about." Jade replied with a hint of laziness. She would rather not talk to the lady.

"You don't seem to like me much, and actually you don't have to like me. I don't like you either, I think you should know why." Scarlett still talked in that calming voice of hers in contrast to the laziness in Jade's voice.

"Oh, I am sorry but this is our very first meeting and I don't read minds' '. Jade couldn't be bothered to keep being polite with this person that's not talking clearly. Her smile dropped and her posture got even lazier.

"You really want to keep on pretending you don't understand." Scarlett said, still smiling and unlike Jade's lazy posture, she was standing upright with her hands obediently by her sides. She looked like she spent her entire life taking etiquette Classes. "Okay if you don't get it, you and I were born 24 years ago on the same day and month, at the same hospital. Everything you have right now should’ve belonged to me." Scarlett said with helplessness in her voice. She made seem like Jade was just being stubborn about everything on ground.

"Okay I get it. Your former family must be poor so you think it was unfair to you that we got switched at birth. Who cares, you can have everything here if you want." Jade said with an eye roll. "Including my undies too, mind you some are old and worn out. Be careful when you wear them. Others might not size you since I seem bigger in some areas than you." She finished with a voice filled with sarcasm.

"They are your poor family now you know." Scarlett said mildly like she didn't expect Jade to be so blunt. "I thought you would be better behaved since you lived in a family like this your whole life."

"Is that why you took etiquette Classes before coming to see your real parents?" Sorry to disappoint you.

"I am here to remind you to start packing your bags, your poor parents are here to take you home". Scarlett said while walking quite elegantly out of the room.

"Home" Jade muttered quietly to herself. Will she finally get the home she's been hoping for the past ten years?

"I will find the home that belongs solely to me, right?" she asked herself mirthless.

There was no telling what the future holds for anyone but as long as one is still breathing and can still breathe there's always a chance for a breakthrough.