☆☆Mia POV☆☆
As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw granny putting a tray on the table in my room in front of the La-Z-Boy. My head was hurting and banging like a hammer inside. The last thing I remembered, I was downstairs putting the things for Kevin on the couch and then I went back to my room.
I jumped out of bed and bent on the floor, I saw the horseshoe here. I looked under the bed and removed the rug but found nothing. It was on the floor next to my bed. Was I imagining things? Was I that frightened that I was hallucinating?
“What is it dear?” granny’s voice startled me. “Nothing granny, I thought I saw something” I replied and stared at the floor again. I think I was exhausted, nothing happened, I felt relieved with that thought.
“Where is Kevin?” I asked. “He is in the garden attending some calls. You scared us yesterday, how are you feeling?” she cupped my face. I was surprised by her question; “I'm okay granny. Why?”
She took my hands, sat me on the bed and told me everything happened yesterday. My heart dropped and I felt my body tremble, that meant I saw the horseshoe and I fainted.
I lost control over myself. I was shaking again; I didn’t want to recall the dreadful attic again. How did that thing come here? Did Kevin prank me? No no, he wouldn’t do that to me. But he is the only one who knew about it and could do it? Wait a second, but he was in the bathroom. Oh my god, I am losing my head.
“Sweetie, have some breakfast. Kevin prepared it for you. Doctor said you should eat well” Granny got the tray in front of me. She stroked my hair: “freshen up and come downstairs, I will go see Kevin now” then she left me again alone.
As soon as granny closed the door, I stood up and started to look for the horseshoe everywhere. However, I couldn’t find it. I started to doubt myself again, I must speak with Kevin. He must be the one behind it.
I ate my breakfast, took a shower and went downstairs right away.
I saw Kevin and granny standing together in the garden talking. I heard Kevin saying: “yes, granny I promise” then they looked at me and came inside. What is it that you are promising Kevin.
“How are you feeling?” Kevin asked, smiling innocently with eyes full of concern for me. I looked into his eyes carefully and replied: “fine” he stared back at me. I was trying to guess if he had anything to do with what happened. He looked innocent, but still, I had my doubts.
“I think we should go home now,” I said. But before Kevin could answer, granny shouted: “why?” I looked at her smiling: “sorry granny. But I need to rest before school” she objected and insisted on staying till tomorrow as planned.
I felt bad and was about to give in when Kevin spoke: “granny, it would be better if we go home today. Mia should regain her strength back. We have a hectic week of school next week and a lot of things to do”
That won’t work Kevin, she needs more persuasion. But to my surprise, granny nodded her head and said to leave after lunch. I stared at Kevin in disbelief, thinking: “what was that?” he smiled back at me, winking: “did you have your breakfast?”
I ignored his question and went to the living room. My heart was pumping fast and my brain was storming; I wanted to know if Kevin pranked me or not.
I was sure that we left the horseshoe in the safe. I covered it myself, how did it come to my room and then disappeared again? Where did it go? What the hell is that thing?
Kevin came after me holding a cup of coffee and sat opposite to me. While, granny came in with my cup in her hand and passed it to me. We talked a little and that lightened my mood a little then after a while we joined granny in the kitchen cooking lunch.
I was trying my best to control my nervousness and act like nothing happened. Although I was standing with them in the kitchen physically, my mind was in a different place and no matter how hard I tried, my brain still went back to the scene of the horseshoe on the floor when I entered the room.
Soon after lunch I went upstairs to get my things. For the last time, I searched for the horseshoe all over my room and didn’t find it.
I came down stairs and saw Kevin and granny whispering together. “What is up with these two?” I asked myself. “Kevin let’s go”
Kevin kissed granny on the cheek and said: “see you soon”. I stared at them thinking: “Now what was that?” my eyes almost popped out. I bid granny farewell and we headed to the car. I waved bye as Kevin drove away from the house.
Finally we are alone. “KEVIN” ……
☆☆Kevin POV☆☆
Hearing my name startled me that I lost control over the wheel for a second. Mia was furious. I knew she was going to ask me about the horseshoe. “I put it back Mia” I answered her unasked question. She was about to say something but she shut her mouth and looked away at the window.
“Why did you do that?” I asked as she turned her head to me and furrowed her brows and said: “I didn’t do anything?”
I was confused, I turned my head and asked again: “what do you mean?”
she turned her head back to the window and sighed loudly: “I walked into my room and just found it there on the floor next to my bed. Next thing I woke up and it wasn’t there. I looked for it and didn’t find it. I even thought that it was you who put there to scare me”
I was shocked, my heart was beating fast that I could almost hear it. “Wh.. what do … do you mean by found it on the floor? like, It appeared out of thin air” I stuttered to get the words out
Mia was getting frustrated as she yelled back: “I just told you what happened?”
I pulled the car over and turned to her. She was shaking a little and her eyes welled up. I patted her shoulder: “don’t worry; I put it back in the attic before we left”
A tear rolled down on her cheek: “are you sure?” I wiped her tears, nodded my head and smiled: “I am sorry Mia. It’s all my fault. I didn’t mean to. I only wanted to tease you. I never thought you would end up hurt”
She sniffed soundly and smiled back at me: “it’s okay. Just stop being a jerk” I handed her a tissue that she wiped her nose as I started the car back and got back on the road. I turned the radio on. It lessened the tension a little. Mia was singing along. However, my thoughts were all over the place:
“I am sure I put in the safe and closed it”
“What is that horseshoe?”
“How come Mia found it on the floor like that?”
“Was someone playing tricks on us? I don’t think it is granny”
“Yesterday, I thought Mia did it and she thought I did. But neither of us did it”
“What the hell? Heeee, okay what is most important now is that I put it back”
“Everything is okay now. Mia is fine. The horseshoe is back in its place and we already left safe and sound. Even my work is fine” I relaxed at the thought and enjoyed the ride home with Mia.
“Let’s get coffee before we go home” Mia asked as we neared her house.
I turned the car towards the coffee place as i thought it would be a good idea: “sure”
Minutes later, I parked the car in front of the coffee shop and asked Mia to get my wallet from my bag as I was stepping out of the car when suddenly Mia grabbed my hand again and pulled me back in.
I jerked off “whaaaaaaat? You sca ….” I swallowed the rest of my sentence. I actually forgot what I wanted to say.
My eyes widened in horror. Mia’s face paled white again and she looked at me in disbelief. “hhooww…” she tried to ask me something but she swallowed her words back as well. The two of us were in shock at what we saw. We couldn’t believe our eyes,
“The horseshoe was in my bag. Back to us again”
☆☆ Kevin POV☆☆I sat down drinking my coffee and staring directly without blinking at the horseshoe placed in the middle of the table.While Mia sat opposite to me with her elbows raised on the table and both her palms on her cheeks also staring without blinking at the horseshoe.We were both separated from the world and immersed within our own thoughts. How did that thing come here and in my bag? What the hell is it? I thought as I sipped on my coffee slowly.“Mia” I called, she wasn’t listening. I called again, startling her as she responded, blinking her eyes a couple of eyes: “yes Kevin what is it?”“What’s next Mia? What should we do?” I said, putting my cup down and picking the horseshoe up. Again I felt the electric shock pass within my body.Mia picked up h
☆☆Kevin POV☆☆The second I heard Mia’s scream, my foot involuntarily hit the brake. However, everything went black for a few seconds; I didn’t hear anything nor see anything or even feel anything. I was totally numb.Then I started to hear a few distant voices: “call an ambulance” then, someone shaking my shoulder asked: “Are you okay?” “Are you hurt?”My vision was blurry at first, I felt fine, nothing hurt, no blood and no broken bones. I raised up my head that was resting on the steering wheel as I blinked my eyes a few times to clear my sight until I saw Mia next to me and I freaked out.She looked like she had hit her head against her side window and passed out. I unbuckled our seatbelts and reached for her head. I checked her head for blood which was clean. I checked her pulse as I called her name: “Mia, can you hear me?” I patted her cheeks a
☆☆Mia POV☆☆The way Natalia looked at me, made me realise how much she hated me. I only wanted to know why. I never did anything to her. I didn’t even know her.She despised me for no apparent reason. Anger was shooting like wild daggers from her eyes, her body trembled in frustration and her face showed contempt. The scene that was supposed to amuse her, turned against her and humiliated her instead of me. All that goes back to Kevin; I never knew he was capable of something like that.When my foot slipped, I expected to fall down hard and hear laughter all around me. Instead, I felt strong hands holding my arm and back; keeping me from falling. Kevin held me like I was a doll and moved me just one step to the side to avoid the spilled water on the floor. He actually saw the whole thing happening when I thought he didn’t even notice.His move stunned me to the point of complete silence. I did
☆☆Kevin POV☆☆ I ended the call with Jack and lost all of my senses at once. His words echoed in my ears continuously: “that thing is dangerous, don’t show it to anyone, and be careful around it” “Oh god it is all my fault. I even dragged Mia into this mess” I blamed myself for everything. I shouldn’t have gone to the attic in the first place. I stayed up all night pacing back and forth in my room, thinking about everything that happened since we found it and how it all made sense now. My alarm sounded next to me, bringing me back to reality. I got ready for school as fast as possible, gathered everything and went straight to Mia’s house. I wanted to catch her before she boarded the bus. I parked in front of her house and waited after I called her like a million times. It took her 15 minutes to come out. She stepped into the car complaining: “what the hell Kevin? You scared me. Why are you here? Did something….”
☆☆Kevin POV☆☆ I got into the changing room to get ready for the race. Mia’s idea was a good one, I had to give her that, but I felt hesitant and worried towards it. She wanted to prove whether the horseshoe was a lucky charm or not. I closed my eyes remembering what we talked about in the car trying to calm down and find logic in what she said. “Trust me Kevin; it’s the only way to be sure. Just put the horseshoe on you during the race and we will see what will happen” she said as she held my hand in hers pressing it in assurance. I looked into her curious eyes and said as i scratched the back of my head: “I don’t know Mia; I really think we should listen to Jack and keep away from it” She sighed soundly putting her head down replying in a low tone: “I just don’t think that it’s dangerous at all. It literally saved us back in the car accident. Let us give it a try” I couldn’t refuse her anymore: “Fine, I will do
☆☆Mia POV☆☆The second I saw Ben behind me, I instantly froze. “What is he doing here? Why did he come to us? He usually ignores us completely as if we are air” I thought to myself as I stared at his smile that he was flashing at me.I stared at him in disbelief, he looked at Kevin and his smile turned into a smirk while Kevin gritted his teeth and glared at him even more fiercely.Kevin’s grip tightened on my hand, squeezing my fingers more. I pulled my hand free and spoke first, breaking the awkward silence: “hey Ben, what are you doing here?”He grabbed a chair from the table behind him and sat down with us before looking at Kevin challengingly and then turned his head to me and smiled widely saying: “I was passing by and saw you two; I thought to check up on you”I felt my cheeks heat up as I remembered our earlier hug: “I am okay. Thank you”I glanced at Kevin
☆☆Kevin POV☆☆Range erupted within my body and I hardly controlled myself. I stepped into the storage room and I saw nothing.The storage room was empty. Mia wasn’t there.I closed the door and I felt my blood boil; I closed my eyes and clenched my fists hard.“Natalia played me” I took large strides back to the cafeteria. I was going to kill her this time. What the hell did she do? If Mia was hurt, I will definitely make her pay for it.As I stepped into the hall, I saw Mia sitting at our table silently waiting for me. Just seeing her calmed me down instantly. I searched for Natalia with my eyes and saw her eating with her head down on the plate.I was a little confused. I expected h
☆☆Kevin POV☆☆ I left Mia’s house in denial, I didn’t want to believe that we actually fought together for the first time since we became friends. I walked around aimlessly thinking about our last conversation. Her words shattered me completely, it hurt so bad that I couldn’t breathe right. It feels like I got stabbed right into my heart and its bleeding sorrow. The worst part was that she didn’t know anything nor she believed me. Finally I dragged myself back home. I didn’t want to talk to anyone, so I just headed upstairs. As soon as I entered my room, I dropped myself on the bed and stared at the ceiling. Sadness poured inside my soul.