Someone's been naughty
Someone's been naughty
Mira was one very important person in her life that she would never joke with. She had been 8 years old when she met first met Mira who was a class below hers. Unlike her, Mira was always bubbly and whenever Mia saw her around, she was always jealous of how free spirited she was. It was Mira who first approached her to ask why she was always quiet.
Mia always kept to herself because all the other kids didn't like to associate themselves with her. She was always quiet, didn't like to meddle in people's affairs and even when she got bullied, she remained quiet. Mira became clingy. She said she didn't like seeing other people quiet and began to follow Mia around, calling her 'sister'. When Mia could no longer hide from her, they became friends. She was glad for their friendship. She didn't want to imagine how she would have lived had Mira and James not come into her life. Although she had her Mary's love back then and also her father's love even though her father didn't really show it that he cared about her, things changed when her father disappeared.
Mary's attitude changed towards her. Even Linda got pissed at everything she did. No matter how hard she tried to impress her.
She took in a deep breath and was just about to ring the doorbell when the door opened from inside which made her jump back in surprise.
She had hoped her parents wouldn't be in because she didn't know how she was going to react if she came face to face with the man who was dating her sister, or his wife whose home was about to be wrecked because of her sister.
Thankfully, it was neither of Mira's parents who came out of the house. It was a middle aged woman who Mia assumed was a maid. Mia rarely came here so the woman didn't look familiar, and she also looked at Mia with curiousity.
"Who might you be?" She asked politely as she looked Mia up and down.
"I'm Mira's friend. Mia." She answered nervously. "Is she in?"
"Oh! Miss Mira's friend? Come in, I've heard the name around here before." She ushered Mia in quickly before closing the door.
"She has refused to leave her room so I'm not sure she would come out." The woman explained.
"I'll meet her in her room instead. Thank you." Mia thanked her before taking the stairs to where she remembered as Mira's room.
She noticed the maid was following but didn't turn around.
Once in front of the door, she knocked once but there was no response so she knocked twice.
"Go away!" Mira said from inside.
Mia looked at the maid who gave her a 'I told you so look' before Mia knocked again.
"I said go away!" Mira repeated in irritation.
Mia thought she was angry because she had caught her father cheating and felt somewhat guilty even though it hadn't been her fault.
"It's Mia." Mia said loud enough for Mira to hear her.
There was a moment of quietness before they heard shufflings, then door opened only a bit and Mira came into view.
Mia was taken aback when she saw Mira. Mira always liked to look pretty but now, the girl before her looked like she had been conjured out of an horror movie. She had really obvious dark circles, disheveled hair, swollen eyes, chapped lips and the tshirt she was wearing was smudged with a brown-like substance, and was also rumpled.
"Miss.. would you love to have dinner now?" The maid used the opportunity to ask Mira since she had been locked inside and had refused to eat anything.
Mira ignored her and stepped away from the door to give Mia a chance to enter before closing the door and using the lock.
Both girls stared at each other for a long time until Mira made a move and took a step closer. Mia smiled sadly before hugging Mira.
"I am so sorry..." Mia apologized sincerely as she tightened her hold around Mira who returned the hug.
Mira didn't say anything. She began to sob quietly in Mia's embrace while Mia began to pat her back gently.
"I'm so sorry Mira. I'd never do anything to hurt you."
"I know. Thanks for coming." Mira said in a crooked voice before pulling away from the hug to clean her eyes with the back of her hands.
"You look thin, and pale. You should eat something." Mia suggested but Mira shook her head and returned to lie down on her messy bed.
"I don't want to eat anything."
"I'm starving." Mia said, trying to bait her into eating. She knew Mira wouldn't let her starve since she was the one who always complained about her not eating properly.
"That's not going to work on me." Mira rolled her eyes, obviously seeing through her plan while Mia pouted sadly. "I'm starving."
"How annoying." Mira hissed but eventually relented and used the intercom to ask the maid to bring in her food.
"Did James come over? He mentioned he was coming." Mia asked as she joined her on the bed.
"He couldn't. He said something came up." She said with a dour expression as she placed her head on a pillow.
Mia didn't know what else to say so they were both quiet. Mira stared at the ceiling while Mia looked at nothing in particular.
"I heard you are leaving soon" Mia finally said.
Mira was leaving, James was leaving, Leo was also leaving. How was she going to cope? She didn't want to start imagining.
"My parents are getting a divorce." Mira blurted out suddenly, making Mia's eyes widen.
Just then, a knock came on the door and Mira left the bed to go open the door for the maid who was there to served them the meal.
After the woman placed the tray in the middle of the bed, she left while Mira locked the door again and looked at Mia who had a guilty look on her face.
"It isn't your fault. Apparently, they've both been planning to do this for a while now. I'm not sure it has anything to do with Mary."
"So what are you going to do?" Mia asked, still feeling very sad about it.
Mira shrugged as she joined her on the bed.
"What can I do? I can't force them to love each other again. They can go ahead and do whatever they like. I'm an adult and would live on my own for now. Once I graduate in a few months, I won't be returning to this house. We are going to live together right?"
Mia nodded. The two of them plus James had always talked about getting a big apartment after graduation where they would all stay. They had been waiting patiently for this year since they were all going to be graduating this year but at different times.
"Good. Let's just drop the topic. You should eat up before it gets cold." Mira said before her eyes went to Mia's neck. She pulled down the turtleneck a bit and gave a short laugh
"Someone's been naughty." She said in amusement before pulling it back up.
An embarassed blush spread across Mia's face as she touched her neck self consciously.
"You had sex with him?"
"Mira!" Mia gasped. "No, how can you ask me that?"
"You have an hickey on your neck. I noticed it at the police station since it was really obvious, and Leo called himself your boyfriend."
"We didn't... do that." Mia said in embarassment and glared at Mira when she giggled.
"You are both dating now?"
"He asked me to date him today." Mia said honestly.
Mira didn't look surprised. "He already introduced yourself as your boyfriend days ago and officially asked you out today? I like him! So you have a boyfriend now?" Mira asked lightly as she picked up a slice of apple from the tray to munch on.
"My answer was vague." Mia said before going on to narrate everything that had happened but she was only interested in one part...
"What? Benjamin kissed you? What an animal!" She said angrily, standing up from the bed.
"I always knew that boy was up to no good. I shouldn't have asked you to invite him over to James' party. I mean, I noticed how he looked at you at his party, then he suddenly turned out to be your dance partner and then he said he liked you at James' party, you told him you loved someone else and he forced a kiss on you? What the hell is wrong with him? I should teach him a lesson." She said, pounding a fist on her palm angrily.
"So what are you going to do now?" Mira turned to ask her, sounding worried.
"The only thing I can do now is to speak with Mr B again. It's either me or Benjamin. I cannot dance with him."
"I'll come with you." Mira offered but Mia shook her head.
"I'll be fine. I need to start handling things myself before you all travel back." Mia said with a sad smile.