Nice To Meet You Too

Cleaning the four-story house is difficult. Especially when you just came back from the Hospital after the car crash and never eaten anything ever since.

"Watch out!"

I heard one of the twins saying as a soft and cold ice cream dropped on my head. I have no chance in dodging it because of the drowsy feeling that I have. Then I heard the twins laughing after they appeared their hands then they ran away. And I've been scrubbing this dirt on the floor for hours!

"Don't spend too much time on that dirt. Remember, there are still other parts of the house that needs to be cleaned," Cecilio said as he and Natalia eating some chips while standing there watching me for a while.

"Don't you guys help your Mother just by not messing the house?!"I said while panting as I kept scrubbing the big and thick brush on the floor. I'm all sweaty and is starting to get dizzy.

"And Am I supposed to prepare our Dinner? I just came back from the Hospital, for god sakes!"

"Uh. Yeah. You're our Mother,"said Natalia with an annoying teenage tone of voice.

The stain won't fade away and I'm tired of scrubbing this part of the floor so I threw the brush away and stood up,"God! I hate this part of the floor! I'll just go clean the windows instead."

"You have to fix them first before cleaning it,"Cecilio said as I was about to head towards the window. I didn't believe him for a second until I saw the window with a large hole on it.

"The twins broke many things. I guess that can't be helped,"Natalia said then she and Cecilio walks away.

God! What kind of kids are they?!

"Silvanna!"

I turned around as I heard that tiny but bossy voice. It's Yvonne with her angry expression on her face. Her arms crossed across her chest and I can tell that she's mad again at something that she wants.

"I want you to cook dinner, now!" She ordered. I gotta get outta here before I do something violent to her.

As I was about to walk out, she intentionally put her feet on my way that made me trip over and fell on the pale of water. But the pale lose it's balance either that made it splash the water around me and the floor that I've been scrubbing earlier. Great. Now I'm all wet and my job has just increased since I have to mop all the water on the floor or else one of the kids will slip on the water...which I think is good.

I was about to stand up when Yvonne screamed that it almost broke my eardrums. I glanced and found her dress drenched from the water that splash from the pale.

"You ruined my dress!"she shouted.

Because of what's going on to me right now and how stressed and tired I am, I stood up and face her,"Well, it's because you did that to yourself, kid! You have to learn how to show me some respect!"

Yvonne was shocked after I scolded her then she began crying and ran away. That kid needs to get disciplined.

"Hey, what happened?" I heard Aluminus said as he approached me.

"You know what? I do not signed up for this!" I said as I gave him the mop and I started walking away from him. But he stopped me by grabbing my arm that it almost hurt.

"What are you doing? Let go of me!" I said as I tried taking out my arm from his grip.

"Why are you running away? This is your job,"he said.

"Cleaning this damn house and act like a Mother while I'm hungry and I just got home from the hospital?! Don't you guys just give me a break for a while?! Come on! I don't even feel like I'm this person either!" I shouted.

Then he chuckled like what I am saying is a joke for him,"Okay. Fine. I'll cook Dinner for now. But you'll do your work like the usual after this, okay?"

I sighed,"Can I also get some sleep?"

Then he smiled in an evil way,"Sure."

I don't care what he's up to as long as they atleast feed me and let me sleep for a day so I can clean this messed up house then I'll be fine.

After waiting for a few minutes, Aluminus finally done preparing our Dinner. He did a good job at it since the food is delicious. After I ate like a maniac, I watched the kids eat like they haven't eaten for days. I almost lost my appetite just seeing them eating.

"Finally! I can now take a bath,"Yvonne said after she wiped her mouth with a handkerchief. And I remembered that I used to do that to a while back then. I tried finding a handkerchief but there's nowhere to be found.

"What are you looking for?" Terine asked.

"A handkerchief. Like Yvonne,"I said. Some of them chuckled.

"Only Yvonne has that kind of handkerchief and you don't deserve to get one,"Terine said with an evil smile. Why do they hate me so much? Am I a bad mother to them?

I was about to ask them that question when Aluminus gave me a tupperware with food on it.

"Give that to Bea who is at the 3rd room on 2nd floor,"Aluminus ordered. I didn't rebutted anymore since I understand that being a Mother must still bring food to her child that is locking herself in her room. I stood up and just walked upstairs and find that room. I wonder why does Bea locked herself inside in her room all the time? Does she have an infectious disease that made Aluminus and her siblings locked her away from them? Or is there a secret in this messed up family?

When I finally found her room, which is a door with scratches on it, I knocked on it and waited for an answer. Just by staring at the door scares me. It feels like she's been possessed by demon that she locked herself in this room.

The door opened slightly and slowly that I hear a creaking sound. I can't see anything from the inside because it's really dark. I felt an urge of running away far from here because of how scary this can be. But after a few seconds later, a girl covered with straight hair all over her face showed up suddenly at the dark. I thought I was going to get admitted to the hospital again because of a heart attack.

"Um...Bea...right?"I stuttered then she nodded. And that's when I felt like she's a real person, not a japanese ghost.

"H-here's your dinner,"I said as I gave her the food with my hand shaking. Her pale hand reached out and grabbed the tupperware. She stared at it for a second then immediately closed the door without saying anything.

Could this get any weirder?

After the Dinner, I washed like thousands of dishes and other kitchen stuff. I am fine with it at first but the kids kept running and jumping around that have been keeping me distracted and stressed while I'm doing the work. I just have to endure all this pain until my memories came back.

After the work, I asked Aluminus to show me where I will sleep at. He showed me to sleep at the room at the rooftop where it's old, dusty and has a lot of pests roaming around.

"I-I thought we're Husband and Wife?"I stuttered since I'm not sure if I'll just sleep here in this quiet, dark and dirty room or sleep beside my husband that feels like not my husband at all.

"Yeah. So?" Aluminus said with his other eyebrow raised.

"Shouldn't we sleep together?"I asked, avoiding looking at him. It really sounds awkward but I finally decided not to sleep here instead.

"Or I can sleep at the couch downstairs. If that makes you comfortable?" I said, almost begging.

"Yeah. Goodluck with that. The kids will bother you all night. Plus, Doug loves that couch so you probably will share the couch with him,"he said.

"Wait. Who's Doug again?"I asked. I'm not sure if I missed a kid named "Doug" but I'm sure I didn't.

Then Aluminus and I went downstairs so that he would introduce me to Doug...which appeared to be a Beauceron type of dog. Before I could say anything, Doug ran towards me and barking with saliva like he's going to eat me alive. I was about to ran away when he jumped on me and growl on my face with his saliva falling from his mouth.

"Please don't kill me,"I begged but after a while, he licked my face endlessly until my face is full of his saliva. I'm not sure where to sleep anywhere but outside anymore.

"Huh. Looks like he likes you,"Aluminus said,"For now." Then he walks away.

I guess he thinks that the couch is sold for me, for now. But when I got up and look at the couch, Doug jumped on it and looked like he's excited for me to get on with him.

As long as he's not going to kill me on my sleep, I'll be fine I guess.

I sat down to try feeling the couch but since the leather is ruined because of this dog, it feels really rough. But I have no choice. I need to get some sleep so that I can start do all my household chores tomorrow.

I lie down and tried thinking if this is really my life. Nothing makes any sense to me even my name. I shut my eyes and a picture of a huge mansion that I'm familiar with flashed on mg mind. I suddenly opened my eyes and realized that I already saw that mansion like a million times.

What is that? And why it suddenly appeared on my head?

Maybe I think so much about making this house clean that some mansion randomly pops on my head. I better have to sleep right now so that I can finally have a peace of mind after doing all my chores.

***

I woke up at the sound of the children's laughter. I thought I was having a nice dream until when I opened my eyes, I saw Doug staring at me like some maniac. I almost pissed my pants because of how shocked I am seeing him staring at me first thing in the morning.

Then I heard more laughter from behind me. I glanced at my back and saw the twins laughing at me mischievously. Oh no. They did something horrible again. I hope it's not something that will make me leave this house completely.

I smelled a horrible scent. I looked down at the couch and saw some poop splashed on my shirt. I screamed out loud because of disgust. And I never been disgusted in my entire life! Even if I still can't remember anything.

I quickly hopped on a shower that is one of the three bathrooms in this big house. Natalia kept on knocking on the door in which I've been ignoring for almost an hour. And I don't care. I just want to cage myself in this peaceful and dirty bathroom.

"Hey Silvanna! I gotta go!" Natalia shouted in anger then she knocked loudly on the door. Seriously? Am I really their Mother? How can they treat me like this?

I didn't answer back. I just stand there with the water running all over my body. All of a sudden, the shower stopped. I tried turning around the knob but no water still came out of the shower. So I just decided to stepped out of the bathroom with my towel wrapped around my body. I found Natalia and the other kids lining up at this bathroom.

"Finally!" Natalia sighed,"Thanks Bon."

Then Bon just nodded and went back to his video game. Natalia stepped in the bathroom. I was supposed to ask her what happened to the shower earlier but I realized that they just intentionally turned the water source off.

As I was walking away, Yvonne's foot is on the way that I fell on the ground. The kids laughed because of what Yvonne did. And I just didn't say anything but feel angry at these naughty children until I saw Aluminus staring at me. Then I found out that I was lying on the ground, naked.

"Oh shit!" I exclaimed as I quickly took the towel that is lying beside me on the floor and quickly wrapped myself with it. Aluminus avoided his eyes at me and just cleared his throat. I can see his face getting red even if he's a bit far away from where I'm standing.

"Terine, go find some clothes for her,"Aluminus ordered then Terine nodded and quickly disappeared from our sight.

This is the happiest days of my life. What more can happen? And when will my memories come back?

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