Adjustments

So I did some grocery shopping after I told Aluminus that they're lacking food in their pantry. He gave me a long list in which most of the items in it are not really that important. So I did some improvising.

I think I never have this experience before. So I think this is my first time in grocery shopping. The challenging part of it is when I was getting out the supermartket and getting a cab. I have like 5 boxes with me and it feels like a big workout for my body just by lifting it, with a help of like 5 employees.

When I got home, I tried bringing the boxes down the cab by myself. Aluminus and the kids just watched me at the doorstep, waiting for me to break my bones.

"I'm sure you'll have muscles very soon!" Cecilio joked.

"Come on!" I said, stuttering. But they just let me brought the items alone to the kitchen. I almost died.

But it's satisfying after I put the food in the pantry. I started cooking right away. But after they ate the food, most of them didn't finish their plates. Zan cried and I guess she likes something else. Yvonne threw the dish to the other side of the table. While Natalia and others complained verbally. The only one who likes the food that was prepared to them is Doug. I'm glad that he's not a bad pet.

Since these people don't like cooking, I took some time reading and searching about cooking and make some practice when I have time. Aluminus even noticed me doing that and he didn't bothered me. Maybe he's seeing me that I am trying to learn new things that I am not used to do before in my life. Which keeps me wondering because if I live here and do all these stuff, why does it feels new to me?

While cleaning some parts of the house, the twins tried to prank me again by throwing eggs from the 3rd floor stairs. But I dodged it and gave them a confident look. They just ran. Ha! They can't mess up with me anymore!

Doug scratched my door one night. I opened it and he lie down the wooden floor to sleep beside my mattress. I guess he wants to sleep with me. But his smell is bothering me. I think he hasn't been bathe for weeks. So the next day, I washed him then he looked very refreshing!

Yvonne can't complain with her food anymore. Which is good because I'm tired of hearing her complain like a brat all the time. Same as Natalia and Cecilio, who I just threatened them again with the secrets that I found out about them.

Terine is the one kid who doesn't care about me at all. All she cares is studying in her room. What I did is I bought some new books for her. She doesn't like any of it because she says that she doesn't need them in her current needs. But she still thanked me.

I confiscated Bon's electronics so that he can learn to turn off his electronics next time so that they can save electricity.

Bea was shocked when she saw her room being lit up. But afterwards, she gave me the new lightbulb and her room is dark again then she shut the door in front of me. I'll just not mess up with her room again because I'm afraid that'll hunt me in my dreams later.

I always forgot every night to reconstruct the frame of my bed but tonight, I saw my bed organized now. And I wonder who did this? Maybe it's Aluminus? His face suddenly appeared on my mind when I was watering the plants back then. He smiled that day but suddenly avoided his eyes at me and walks out. It was a cute moment and I can't help but smile by myself. Which is weird because I thought that we're married? Why does it feel like it's the first time that I saw him smile at me like that? Maybe this is what it feels like to have Amnesia after all.

"Have a good day at school!"I told them as I waved goodbye at them. They still ignored me just like before. And it kinda feels like my efforts as a Mother and a Wife were ignored too. So I just shut the door and took some time to watch the tv alone with Doug.

"And I did their huge pile of laundry and didn't say thank you?! What kind of kids are they? Weren't they teach manners here?"I complained while eating some chips. Doug is just there, listening to me complaining.

"Oh yeah right. Me and Aluminus are the ones who should set an example and teach them some manners. Thanks Doug,"I sarcastically said,"And I don't know if I'm talking to myself or to a dog who doesn't bark if he understands me."

Then I heard knocking at the door. Maybe one of the kids forgotten something in here. I stood up and walked towards the door and open it. Turns out it is a boy in his teenage years. He looked like some guy who plays in a boy band but with a punkish look because of his hair and clothing.

"I'm sorry. Are you lost?"I asked him after a few seconds of his silence. I was waiting for him to say something like,"Good morning, Mrs. Beus! Is your kid who is also my friend home?"

"I'm sorry,"he said finally,"Yeah. I think I got into the wrong house. Sorry for bothering you. Bye,"he said quickly with a fleeting eye. But as he was about to walk away I grabbed his hoodie that kept him going away.

"Hold on,"I said,"Are you looking for one of the kids here? Natalia? Cecilio? Terine? You looked like someone who is at their age."

"No! No! I don't know any of them! I swear!"he said. I know he is lying.

"What's really your purpose here?"I asked him with squinting eyes.

"I told you! I'm just lost, bitch!" He said.

"Excuse your language,"I said with a bossy tone and bossy attitude,"I'm like 20 something and you're like 12—"

"I'm 13,"he corrected.

"Whatever. But the thing is, you kids should know how to speak respectfully to someone older than you. Do you understand?"

The boy nodded while his body is shaking because of fear. I let go of his hoodie and he ran like he was about to be chased by a dog away from our house.

"Yeah! That's it! Run!" I shouted. I wish he would come back so I would mess up with him again. It feels fun.

"Julia?"

I turned around as I was about to go back to the house again. The old neighbor is there again, staring at me.

"Hello! We haven't met before. My name is Silvanna,"I introduced myself to her. Then she just remained as she is like she's lagging like the internet connection.

"Silvanna. Like some sort of silver or whatever,"I said. Having no interest of continuing this conversation anymore.

"Julia?" She says again.

Oh well. I'm not gonna exert more efforts for her so I just went inside the house after saying,"Nice to meet you too!" Then shut the door. When I was about to get back at my cozy couch to watch some TV again, the telephone rang and I answered it. Turns out it was the school's principal and he's telling me to come over to school because of Bon.

I'm not sure if I should tell Aluminus about Bon since he's busy at work. But maybe this will be my chance to get to know more about the kids. And the more I know about them, the earlier my memories will be back.

I went over to the kids' school and found Bon inside the school's principal. Aside from them, there is also this kid who appears to have bruises and some scratches on his arms and face. Turns out Bon did this to him that's why I'm here.

"Is this your kid?" The Principal asked me. I nodded.

"I'm Charles Jacobs. Please sit down,"the Prinicipal introduced then I sat down beside Bon.

"So obviously, we know what really happened here. Daniel tempted Bon to do this to him so he ended up being beaten by Bon,"Charles explained. I simply nodded then he also explained about suspension if Bon beat another kid. And I apologized to Daniel and told the Principal that it won't happen again.

We got out of school and got in the old car that Aluminus given to me. Bon kept silent along the way. He must've been a different person whenever he's away with his gadgets.

"What happened to your electronics?"I asked since I'm curious. And wanted to start our conversation so we can start talking about what happened today.

"Daniel broke them,"he said while looking out the window.

"I see. That's why you beat him,"I said while my eyes are fixed on the road,"I know how important your gadgets are to you but it's still wrong to beat that kid. You're going to get suspended if you did this again, you understand?"

Bon didn't respond and just pretend that he didn't hear anything that I just said. We finally arrived at the house and Bon immediately took off then went straight to the house. I sighed after realizing that this parenting me is harder than I thought.

I stopped by at Bon's door and think what will I do about this situation. I know Aluminus should be the one who will take care of this since my memories aren't back yet but I want to take initiative of getting to know these kids better. So that I can have my memories back.

"Bon?"I called him then I gently knocked on his door. Bon didn't answer but I still opened the door and found him playing with his playstation again. I don't know what to do at this point but it's hard to talk to a kid that his only attention is his video games. So what I did is I unplugged his electronics that made him stopped.

"So you just want to play video games all day despite of what happened today? When are you going to talk to real people instead of playing video games all the time?" I said with my arms on my waist. Yeah. Show him who's the boss!

Bon remained silent and avoided his eyes at me. This kid is harder to talk compared to the other kids in his age.

"Bon,"I said as I kneeled in front of him. His eyes switched at me finally,"You can tell me what really happened. Why do you always play these video games all the time? I don't know if you're already like this before I had the accident but it's definitely wrong to play video games all the time. You should split your time with your gadgets. When it's eating time, it's eating time. No gadgets. When it's time to clean your room, you have to clean your room or you'll have many pets in here."

"I don't care of your stupid sermon. Mind your own business and leave me alone,"he said then he stand up.

"So do you want to be this way? Never socialize with people? Just play video games all the time? I didn't even see you talking to your siblings even to Aluminus! All you ever do is play with your gadgets like you're the only one living in this world. And that's not healthy for you,"I said then I stood up and walked up to the door,"Think about this, Bon,"then I shut the door.

I stood up in front of the door and sighed. I hope my words will change Bon's life or his life will not get better if he still continues to be like this.

I heard the children's screams from downstairs and I'm guessing that they're here already. Then I saw Aluminus standing at the stairs. Wondering why I'm at Bon's door.

"Hey,"I said as I approached him,"I've been summoned to the Principal's office because of Bon—"

"Yeah I heard,"he interrupted me,"The Principal called me too but Zan had a tantrum earlier at the supermarket so I couldn't get the phone call right away. Turns out you handled it already."

"Oh,"I said since I don't have anything to say anymore,"Is this happened all the time even before I had the accident?"

Aluminus sighed. He looks sad,"No,"he replied coldly,"Go prepare our Dinner. I'll talk to him." Then he walked towards to Bon's door. There must be a reason why Bon is like that. Does it have to do with his past life before he was adopted by Aluminus?

I prepared our Dinner while the kids are being loud and noisy at the kitchen. The Twins did some pranking to Yvonne that made Yvonne screamed like the glasses were about to break. While Terine and Cecilio is having an argument about science or math. While Zan just runs around the area and Doug is watching over her. When the dinner is done, I walked to the table then Yvonne pushed either it's Leon or Theon that made them bumped into Zan and fell towards me. Because of such force, I fell down with the soup that I cooked and there's mess everywhere.

"Uh oh,"Cecilio said then after a few seconds, Aluminus came with Bon, looking shocked of what happened. Then I noticed how worried they looked right now. They must be starting to worried about me instead of treating me like their maid like in the first days. Then I heard Zan crying.

My attention switched to her and found her crying while holding her finger that has blood on it. She must've been wounded from the broken bowl where the soup is that broke into pieces.

"Terine, go get the med kit,"Aluminus ordered Terine and she ran right away. Then Aluminus picked Zan away from the messy floor.

"Silvanna, fixed this mess you made and make sure the dinner is done within 15 minutes,"he ordered me then he walked away with Zan. I just sighed and cleaned up the mess. How long will I survive with this situation?

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