Third Floor!

Caleb was holding my wrist tightly and he pulled me inside the house. I frantically looked towards the lawn to spot my friends, but I couldn’t find them.

“Where did my friends go?”, I asked myself.

“I don’t know. They must be out there somewhere.”, Caleb answered without looking at me.

“How could you know!”, I was again not supposed to say that out loud.

“Then why did you ask me?”, he asked and kept his focus on the stair we were climbing now.

“I am talking to myself.”, I replied, and he just shrugged his shoulders.

Once we reached upstairs, he opened the first door and asked me to wait outside. I looked around and I remember how the third floor of the Adolf mansion was always off-limits to us. My brother was the curious one and once he tried to enter this floor. He came back with a broken arm and to date, I have no idea what exactly happened here. I peeked inside the room feeling a little scared standing in the empty corridor. It was eerily silent. When there was no sign of Caleb for the next few seconds, I decided to enter ignoring his very clear command about staying out.

I walked inside and in front of me was the most beautiful room I had ever seen. The black theme of the room was mesmerizing, and the classy look was such a treat to the eyes. ‘Why did he not want me to enter?’, I wondered.

“I specifically asked you to not enter. Do you ever listen to me?”, Caleb’s voice made me jump.

“It was scary outside.”, I defended my action and he replied with a very rude roll of the eye. Without saying anything he came forward and wrapped a towel around me.

“Dry yourself up and then wear this sweater.”, he said keeping his white turtleneck on the bed. I nodded and started to dry my hair. While I was busy, he walked into another room that looked like his study.

After drying myself and wearing his sweater I walked into the study. He was busy reading something on his laptop, so I took my time admiring his collection of books.

“Do you actually believe in all this?”, I asked pointing to his collection of supernatural fantasies. He looked up at the section I was pointing to and then nodded.

“Why?”, it was a sudden response.

“What do you mean why?”, he said, closed his laptop and walked towards me.

“Why would you believe in something like this? Have you ever seen a vampire or a werewolf?”, I asked.

“A vampire no, but I have seen werewolves.”, he answered without even thinking. And for a second, I thought he was not lying.

“You have seen a werewolf?”, I scoffed.

“Yes, there are a lot of werewolves in this forest.”, he said with a smile.

“Those are wolves. Just wolves.”, I corrected him.

“How do you know?”, he asked taking out a book from the collection to just fiddle with.

“Well, because werewolves look half human and half wolves.”, I just said what came to my mind.

“Those are lycans or partially transitioned wolves. Werewolves are beautiful.”, he answered looking deep into my eyes. And suddenly I saw his eyes change colour. They went from brown to golden and then back to brown. He closed his eyes and moved back.

“Y-you eyes?”, I stuttered a little frightened. He was clutching his head tight and holding tightly to the table. He was in pain!

“Are you okay?”, I took a careful step towards him.

“Don’t come close.”, he said in a low voice.

“Should I call someone for help?”, I asked but he refused with a shake of the head.

“C-close the door.”, he stuttered in pain. I ran to the door and closed it without thinking.

“Stay there!”, he screamed before I could run back into the study. I had no reason to disobey him, so I stayed in the room.

After two minutes he walked out just like the Caleb I had come into this room with.

“Are you okay?”, I asked scrutinising his face. He smiled and nodded.

“What happened there? And how did your eyes change colour?”, I asked.

“You have seen enough for one day.”, he replied and unlocked the door.

“No! tell me how your eyes changed colour?”, I was adamant to get this answer.

“You are just seeing things.”, he replied taking slow yet intimidating strides towards me.

I slowly stepped back, and he kept walking looking into my eyes. I gulped and suddenly my back hit a wall making my heartbeat race. Will I get killed today because I am too curious? I wondered. He was now in my personal space, and I could feel his body’s warmth.

“Do you still wish to know?”, he whispered in a low tone. I slowly shook my head without looking at him.

“Good girl!”, he said and walked out of the room.

I stood there for a few seconds to calm myself down. What just happened here? Did I get scared of that loser! I huffed annoyed and then looked around to find myself alone in the room. Oh damn! This is the third floor! I freaked out and ran out of the room and climbed down the stairs. How can someone walk this fast and just vanish? I was running down the stairs when I bumped into someone.

“I am sorry.”, I mumbled rubbing my forehead.

“It is okay.”, a strange yet familiar voice answered. I looked up to find Caleb’s boarding school’s principal smiling at me. Way to go Hayley. Run from one creep and then bump straight into the other.

“I am really sorry.”, I apologised again and walked past him.

“Where are you going?”, he asked making me stop.

“I am going out in the lawn, to join my friends.”, I answered turning around.

“But I heard your friend Ethan was looking for you.”, he said taking a step towards me.

“Oh! I will talk to him then. Thank you for informing me.”, I said with a smile and turned around.

“He wants to meet you near the back door. That is what he said.”, the creepy man stopped me again. He was now getting on my nerves.

“Okay! Thank you!”, I answered without turning around and left. I might still be in high school, but I am not stupid. I know Ethan hates him, why would he leave a message for me with him?

I walked out of the house into the lawn and finally spotted my friends. They ran towards me and Anna hugged me tightly.

“We heard what happened. Are you okay?”, Arya asked. I nodded.

“Where were you guys?”, I asked.

“Anna wanted to click pictures with the cake and near those white lilies by the pool. We were there.”, Arya answered, and I nodded. They were on the opposite end, no wonder I was not able to spot them.

I walked with them towards the fountain and my eyes landed on Caleb’s principal again. He was staring at me with a smirk. I looked at him and he just shook his head laughing and walked away. But before he turned around, I noticed something that made me wonder, am I paranoid or did his eyes change colour too?