Chapter 24: A Creepy Feeling

J U L I A

"We're here," Matthew said, bringing me out of my trance. We are now in front of the main building. I took off the helmet and gave it back to him.

"Thank you, Matthew. Hope we can still be in friendly terms?" My tone was unsure, my brain is still processing what happened earlier. He gave me a sad smile, as he helped me out of the motorbike.

"I'll always be there for you. Now, go to him. Go to your rightful home," he said, sorrow in his voice, then he suddenly drove off without even looking back. I let out a heavy sigh.

There are no students around, probably in their classes. The main building has five floors. The whole building is painted white, and there is an awful silence around it.

Time to go back to my home. I made my way to the headquarters. There is this weird feeling that kept bothering me, as if, I will witness something bad as I arrive back there. Stopping in front of a black door, with gold linings, I heaved out another deep sigh. Clearing my mind off of my weird thoughts, I knocked thrice, and turned the door knob open.

The familiar library-like room greeted me. This place was personally designed by Naomi, giving it a warm, yet dark interior. Bookshelves surrounded the room, the four sofas are arranged into a circle, and a round table in the middle. There was a weird awkward silence filling the room. I let my gaze travel around the headquarters, and my eyes squinted. Everyone was present, except for Apollo and Thea. My gaze stopped at an awkward couple seating in one of the sofas. They were seated near the door, facing away from me. From the hairstyle, I already figured that it is Chase, but who is the girl beside him?

"Oh, hey Julia! How is the date? Come, seat beside me," Naomi said with a weird smile. That smile has only one meaning, evil. She was seated right in front of the couple, so I went to her and took my seat.

As my gaze travels to the couple, my mind stopped processing for a second. The girl beside Chase....is Leah Nufelia. She is Chase's fiance, and she is a spoiled brat.

"Oh, right! She is Leah Nufelia, Chase's fiance, and she is here because I called her," Naomi cheerfully said, that it creeped the hell out of me.

"What are you planning, Naomi?" I blurted out.

She slowly turned to me, and gave me another creepy smile.

"How about you? What do you plan to do, after your breakup with Matthew?" It felt like the world stopped as she say those words.

"How did you know? Are you spying on me, or something? What's going on with you?!" I exclaimed, standing up from my seat. A smirk formed on her lips and her eyes are full of enjoyment.

She stood up, then her right hand went to my cheeks. Her aura, and the way she moves, it made me feel like a snake was around my whole body. I'm scared. Scared of my bestfriend.

"I know everything, Julia. But there is one thing I couldn't understand. What the hell are you all hiding from me?!" From creepy to mad, the transition in her mood was very fast, that it really scared me. And also everyone.

She looked at each one of us, her eyes full of hatred. Thousands of questions burst in my mind. Did she know the truth? Did she remember everything? Will she punish us for lying to her?

"Let's focus on the school problems first. We will talk about everything you're keeping from me, after everything is resolved. Understood?" Her voice was low, and full of threat. She is dead serious right now, and we can't afford to make any mistake. She sat back down and I did the same.

"Leah, did you get what I asked?" Leah then took a flash drive from her pink jelly bag, and gave it to Naomi.

"That is the complete record of everyone's whereabouts and activities in the past three weeks," she replied. I didn't know that she can act mature, but who wouldn't be, if you're with a serious and mad Naomi?

"You may leave," Naomi stated, and Leah excused herself.

"I'll go to my room to check it. Do whatever you want," She said, then pressed the button to make the elevator appear.

The table in the middle went up, revealing a round elevator. She then entered, and went down with the elevator.

As the table settled down, Alexa quickly switched off the surveillance cameras and bugging devices. Everyone heaved out a sigh of relief as she finished. The awkward silence and the tense atmosphere slowly disappeared.

"Where is Apollo and Thea?" That was the first question that went out of my mouth.

"We don't know. Naomi said that they were busy finding new evidences," Nike answered. She is seated in the middle of Kyousuke and Alexa. Beside Alexa is Elijah. I'm seated alone in my sofa, just like Chase, who is in front of me, and Ares, who is in my right side.

"It seems like Naomi is already suspecting us. She has a plan, an evil plan. There must be something that happened while she was alone, for her to act like that. Do you guys have any clue?" Chase speculated. We all nodded in agreement, but everyone seems clueless about the last question.

"I think it was because of a call. I recalled that she received a phone call, right after the party ended. Her aura became dark and she kept quiet after that," Ares said, deep in thought.

"So, there is someone trying to mess things up? But who?" Elijah asked, my mind is now full of confusion.

"Other than us and her parents, only Adonis knows about her amnesia. Her parents won't spill it, because there is nothing in it for them. Adonis, on the other hand, is a yandere lover of Naomi. We still don't know if he really is the killer of Kristine," Alexa stated, her head rested in Elijah's shoulder. I would love to tease them, but the talk was too serious for something like that.

"That is very unlikely. Adonis may be a yandere, but he would never hurt Kristine. If I remember correctly, Kristine was always treated as a queen, Adonis as a prince, and Naomi as a princess, wife of Adonis. Also, the three of them were kidnapped and only Adonis and Naomi escaped. Both of them were heavily injured. So it's almost impossible for Adonis to kill Kristine," Kyousuke explained, making me more confused.

"Alright! Stop, stop! My mind can't take any more of it! Can we go take a break first? Gosh, do you guys want to die because of confusion? Because I don't!" I exclaimed, standing up and letting out all of my frustration. They all nodded, and everyone left, except for Chase.

He was staring intently at me, as if waiting for the right time to ask questions. I sighed and looked at him. "Just spill."

"Is it true? Did you broke up with Matthew?" His voice was low, as if he was scared. His face was full of worry, that it might make me laugh.

"He broke up with me. I was about to, but he beat me to it. He told me to go to my home, but my home was with someone else," I stated blankly, shifting my gaze to the ceiling as I sat down on the soft sofa.

"I'm sorry, Julia." I didn't even look at him, knowing that his face would make me cry easily.

"Is that all you can say? Am I going to wait for more years for you? Can you please just fucking fight for me?" My voice cracked as tears starts to build up in my eyes.

"I love you, Chase. You're my home, so please, I beg you, fight for me?" I continued when I didn't get any response, shifting my gaze towards him with teary eyes. Without any words of goodbye, I stormed out of the place, crying as I run to a place I don't even know.