Oblivion

CHAPTER 10: Something's Coming

EVA LEVESQUE

“Wha-what?” I nervously asked and looked away. He let go of my wrist and sighed and took off his hood.

“What happened earlier today? Why did you cry? Why was Kyros with you?” he asked, “Why did you skip class? You almost got in trouble.”

“No-nothing,” I said and looked down, “it wasn’t something important”

“You wouldn’t cry over something unimportant, would you?” he pried. I bit my lip, tears welling up my eyes. I don’t want to think about what happened earlier, I was finally getting better and now I’m reminded of it again.

“I-I don’t want to talk about it,” I said meekly, “don’t ask any more questions”

I took a peek at his face, it softened a little but it was obvious that he was still annoyed.

“I’m just worried about you,” he said, “with all the things that happened lately and now you almost got in trouble.”

“Why do you care?” I asked him spitefully. I clenched my fist, trying to calm myself down. Why would he care? Why does he always act like this? He keeps worrying about me, he keeps making me feel safe and cared for but in the end he pushes me away and draws a line. I don’t know where to stand now.

“Eva, how could you ask that? Of course, I’m worried, I’m your frie—”

“Stop it, Sigfrid, please,” I nonchalantly said, “you’re not my boyfriend, right?”

“I-I—” he trailed off, obviously taken aback by what I said.

“So stop acting like one,” I said “stop acting like you care enough for me to love me. Stop being so kind to me, stop making my heart flutter. You know that I like you right?! If you don’t have any intentions of loving me back then don’t keep my hopes up!”

We stood there, staring at each other for seconds, I waited for his response, I had hoped to hear the response I want to hear but he sighed and shook his head.

“Look, I’m sorry,” he said softly, “it’s my fault for pressuring you. I’ll take you to the dorm.”

He stepped towards me and tried to hold my arm but I refused. I stepped back without even looking at his face. His hands stayed in the air since I didn’t accept it.

“I can go on my own,” I said coldly. I started to walk away, my heart shredding into pieces.

Can this day get any worse?

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“Why did you skip class yesterday?” the professor in front of us said. Her thin brows were raised and she had her arms crossed. We were standing in front of her in the office with our hands raised up as punishment.

“I didn’t say put your hands down Miss Sage,” she strictly warned when Irene tried to rest her arms down. I could clearly see her face turning red because of the numbness of her arm.

“We went to our dorm professor since we had a very bad stomach ache,” Helle said. Our eyes widened as we looked at her, could she have said any other excuses?

“All three of you?” she asked, obviously not buying into her lies, “are you mocking me, Miss Freyr?”

“No, professor, It’s true,” Helle said, continuing to lie “we went to the infirmary before that to get medicine and we took a rest at our dorm.”

“Your classmates say you ran away,” the professor answer, eyeing us suspiciously.

“Yes, that’s because we had the urgency to use the bathroom,” Helle said. She was surely persistent at her lie.

“Is that true?” she asked, turning to Irene and me, we looked at each other and immediately nodded.

“It-it was because of the lunch yesterday,” I said, Irene, agreeing to what I said, “maybe it was spoiled”

“That’s true! I really had a bad number three!” Irene said, the professor raised her brows.

“A number three?” she asked, Irene, nodded.

“You know, the thing that’s worse than number one and two,” Irene continued, “it was really bad, like a volcanic eruption. I couldn’t even say it was number three, like level six or something”

The professor’s eyes widened as she started to realize what Irene was talking about and Irene was busy describing it.

“You know, the type that gives you shivers when the air hits you. It felt like hours at the bath—”

“Alright Miss Sage, stop. I get it now” the professor immediately said.

“Why? But I’m still not done telling the details,” Irene said.

“No, stop, you three can go now,” the professor said, obviously bothered by Irene “this will serve as a warning, next time I’ll ask for a medical certificate from the nurse.”

“We can go now?” Irene asked, her eyes shining. The professor waved at her face as if she was shooing us away.

Irene grinned and punched the air but regretted it later because the numbness and pain kicked in.

We got outside the teacher’s office with just a warning, thank goodness. I won’t do it again, I’m too scared that my dad will find out and make me go bald. We went back to the classroom as usual and saw Kyros waiting outside of the room. A lot of students were looking at him and he was talking to someone, I didn’t recognize it at first because only Kyros was facing our way but as we walked closer, my heart skipped a beat.

It was a back that I know even if we were in a crowd of people. I wasn’t able to talk to him, I was too ashamed. I was too shy to approach him and I was too scared that he’ll choose to ignore me when I try to apologize to him. I was also embarrassed about how I behaved yesterday, I could never take that back and I even saw how hurt he was.

“Eva,” Kyros called, “Irene and Helle”

“Hi Kyros boy!” Irene said and walked towards them. I kept my distance and stayed behind Helle.

“Good day, mister Kyros,” Helle said and slightly bowed her head.

“I saw you yesterday,” he said, “I won’t let it pass the second time”

“Of course!” Irene agreed, “my womanhood shivered because I was too nervous that mother would find out. I might not make it back alive when she knows.”

“Your language is quite vulgar, my lady,” Helle warned.

“Oh, was I?” Irene asked and laughed “oh well, I apologize then.”

The rest of us were too awkward to speak or react. Even Kyros and Sigrid’s faces were as red as tomatoes. I covered my face in embarrassment.

“Irene, lets’ just go back to class,” I shyly told her, and grabbed her elbow. I was too embarrassed to stay there any longer, I mean how could she say that in front of us? Especially the boys?! She’s not eight anymore!

“Jeez Eva, calm down,” she said as we walked in the door.

“Eva, wait,” Sigrid called. I faced him and Kyros, embarrassment and all.

“Wha-what?” I stuttered.

“Kyros told me what happened, I wanted to apologize,” he softly said. I looked down because I was too shy.

“No, It’s fine. I should be the one apologizing.” I said back, I felt my face heat up.

“Settle down now, class!” the professor said, I didn’t even notice she was there already. I looked back at them and gave a tight smile.

“Guess I’ll see you later then,” I said and went inside the classroom.

I was dozing off the whole time in class. I was busy thinking about Sigrid, I mean I think about him all the time but I was still bothered by our fight. It was the first time I ever got that angry at him. Maybe he was bothered by it too. I should apologize properly after class since we’re going to hang out at Kyros’ place, the five of us.

A shiver ran down my spine when I noticed something different. The ground was shaking but it was subtle and I feel like I was the only one who notices it. I looked at my classmates and the professor, I was right. I was the only one who could feel it.

As each second passes, I feel the rumbling getting stronger and stronger. I looked outside the window and saw the birds scatter in the forest nearby. That’s when I realized this wasn’t an ordinary earthquake.

I closed my eyes and tried to sharpen my hearing. Something big was coming towards us, I could hear its heavy steps running in this direction. I immediately opened my eyes and raised my hand and stood up.

“Hey Eva, you okay?” I hear Irene say from behind.

“Yes Miss Levesque?” the professor asked.

“Something big is coming in our direction, can I please excuse myself?” I asked, the class started to panic. Of course, they started to panic, the executioner said something was coming.

“Wha-what? —Ye-yes, of course,” she said. I immediately opened the window and looked down to see how many floors I have to jump.

“Eva, I don’t think that’s a very good idea,” I heard the professor nervously say. I turned back to look at Irene and nodded at her, she immediately stood up and raised her hand.

“My stomach is hurting I need to take number three,” she said, determined. The teacher looked at her obviously confused. She didn’t even get to say anything because Irene took off immediately.

“Eva!” I heard someone shout as I was about to jump off, I was already at the window sill. I turned to the window next to me and saw Sigrid and his classmates staring at me. Turns out they were hanging out beside the window and saw a student trying to jump off.

“Something’s coming!” I shouted, I looked at the forest, the tree trunks at the front were shaking. I don’t have time anymore.

I jumped off the window before I even realized it.

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