Shopping

Not even really at home, but I already have changed myself into Kay again. My uniform is paced neatly in my closet, not in the agency of course. If someone would find it, I'd be so done. So I keep it here.

I turn the music on and smiling I start to whip the dust off my cupboard. It really got dusty here in a short time.

Once ready I look up into my mirror. A big smile is on display on my face. I look like a normal child, I guess.

Normal, a thing I thought I would never be again after what happened that day. That day I screamed, I cried, it would never be enough. She wouldn't listen to me. If she did, at least one would still be by my side, one would be saved. But she didn't want to listen to me. At the end I was the only one saved at all. Well, I more or less had so save myself all alone. Maybe I shouldn't have saved me...

Quickly I shake my head, to get rid of these thoughts. It's my fault, end of story.

For now: claim down, come down, get your head clear and clean the house quickly, to return to the agency.

It gets clean really quickly, because I never used more rooms than the kitchen, one bedroom, one bath, sometimes even the living room and the cellar. And I can't clean the cellar, I would be helpless lost in grandma's chaos down there.

___

After our meal together I tell our secretary that I wouldn't be here tomorrow and I ask her for a schedule, which I luckily get.

Suddenly there was an announcement: "Rocco, Jack, Samuel, Kay, Quentin, Horiacio and Bency to meeting room 3."

I wonder but of course I follow the task that's given to us. What does she want again?

It's nothing interesting at all. Xiang Xia just wanted to tell us about her new school for us. A school! For real? As if I don't have enough school already.

After this "important" meeting we all step out the door.

"We promised you something.", Jack reminds me, and lays his arm around my shoulders. It's a friendly move but I flinch at it. I mean, I'm still a girl somewhere.

They look at me with... I don't know, surprise? Oh, shit, I've gotta think of something!

"Ah, sorry, I'm just not used to such things.", I stutter.

"Why?", Jack asks.

"Uh, I never had any friends before."

"And your parents?", Horiacio says with narrowed eyes.

"Uh, no."

"What no?", Samuel digs.

"No, there are no parents, I lived without them.", I finally explain, but I don't wanna talk about my past with everyone.

"But you're only 14, you aren't allowed to.", Quentin responds. This is unusual, normally he doesn't say anything at all.

"Yes, but I managed to get around these things.", I say, "Now let's not talk about it anymore, ok?"

"One question, though.", Bency interrupts our little silence, "What happened to all your relatives?"

"Let's just not talk about it.", I hiss.

And now there is a long uncomfortable silence, till Horiacio finally speaks up: "We wanted to go to the mall!"

But I remain on my spot, thinking about what had happened, until a hand cuts through my sight.

"Where are you?", Jack asks.

"Ahm, here, where else should I be?", I say questioning.

The guys start yo laugh. What have I done that is so funny this time?)

"I meant where you are with your thoughts, not in wich place you are.", Jack explains his unusual question, wich I still don't get why someone asks such things.

"Ok, I understand.", I lie. How gets someone such ideas? I suppose, I should just somehow go with it.

___

It's fun looking for presents for the others, but the mall is really big. I have to look after my money, it can't get too expensive.

It still is a little funny, a girl buying presents for six guys. If they knew, that I'm a girl it would be very embarrassing, but luckily, they don't.

After some searching I got a present for everyone:

Rocco gets a key bound with a "R",

Jack gets green sunglasses,

Horiacio a CD with 90er hits (I saw he has a collection),

Bency a Collegeblock and a pencil,

Quentin a hat and

Samuel black socks.

I'm a little late but still nobody is at our meeting spot. After half an hour Horiacio comes running towards me. I stand up, but he is totally out of his breath.

"Man! We're all searching for you! Man, how can you be that late?"

"I'm not that late! Look it's only 5 minutes after 6.", I defend myself.

"No, look at my watch: It's quarter to 7. Your watch stopped!"

After realizing that, my eyes widen in shock. I guess I forgot to change the battery. By the way, do I still have some? I suppose, I don't.

He leads me back to the others and after hearing this, that and everything we go back to our 17th floor and exchange out presents.

I haven't got so many presents in a really long time. 3 years ago got the last ones anyways.