Chapter 8: Repeated again

Anika's POV

Until now, I'm still shocked by what Camilla did last night. I really can't believe she did that.

Flashback

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She dragged me out of the hall. I don't know where we are going, I just go with the flow since I don't have the energy to argue with her. I am really tired of death and my stomach is grumbling in hunger. When we came out, she brought out two masks, 'now what?' I asked myself as I watched Camilla fix one of the masks then handed the other to me. I took the mask at looked at her with a what-the-hell-am-I-going to-do-with-these look.

“What is this for?” I asked. She doesn't know how to decode my glares. She ignored me and stared back at her mask. I don't know the heck with this person. No matter how I tried to understand her, I just couldn't scrabble her odd personality. I feel like a fool for the reason that I made a series of questions in my head and I answer them hypothetically one by one.

“Wear it.” I was surprised at what she said.

“Wait, what? It's not even a masquerade party.” I told her.' Is this a Masquerade themed party? Am I not well informed or is she just out of her mind?'

I don't know why I let her drag me here. I don't even know why I am with her in the first place. I'm done following here orders. Technically, we've just met a couple of days ago. I am different from the guys who went head over heels for her.

“Just put it on, trust me. Give me 10 minutes, and then you can go wherever you want and do whatever you please.” She said without looking at me. She is busy tying a knot on her mask. Anyway, I was glad of what I heard. In fact, I don't want to be here. I prefer staying inside our room and rest than be here with this lady.

"If you don't do as you said, you really are a slice of dead meat."

I threatened her for the reason that I really want to get this over with. And I want to leave this place at once but I have to eat first. I'm really starving.

“10 minutes is enough. Just trust me on this." She said.

I put on the mask she gave me and she did the same thing. After fixing our masks, we then head back inside. Nothing changed as we walked through the center of the hall. We still captured everyone's attention even if we are already wearing masks. I think the mask-thing did not work because everybody here knows who she is even while wearing them on.

“What am I going to do?” I asked Camilla, but she just took my hand and went to the middle of the dance floor.

“I don't know how to dance,” I whispered to her, I hardly saw a smile on her lips since it’s a bit dark in here. A set of sweet jazz is about to start that is why only the mood lightings are on.

“That's fine. Just follow my lead.” She whispered. She placed her right hand on my left shoulder and pulled me closer. She put my left hand on her waist. I was surprised by what she did. Since I don't know how to dance, I just followed her steps.

Everything went well; she's a professional with this. The third set of songs is almost done but Austin and Cody are still nowhere to be found. After a minute or two, I heard my stomach grumble. I don't know if Camilla heard it as well hence I still told her that I'm really starving.

Fortunately, pop songs are up and this is the time we return to our seats. We head straight to the buffet area and get some food. I really can't bear it anymore. I never show shame when getting a plateful of food. Everything seems delicious especially the Cordon Bleu, the chicken fillet, chopsuey, and the beefsteak. Those are all my favorites. I am not greedy, it’s just that I could eat a whole horse with my hunger. I am focusing on my food, I don't even notice what Camilla picked from the food on the buffet. Thank God this mask that I am wearing doesn't even block my mouth since it is just a half-faced mask. I can fully enjoy this meal.

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After eating, I decided to go to the restroom. Miraculously, Camilla doesn't even try to come with me. She's not even there when I stood up from my chair. I must not notice her leave since I am indulged with the food.

As I was about to enter, I heard some weird noise. I was shocked by what I saw. Camilla is here inside the Men's restroom. What makes it worse is that she is making out with another guy. Oh, my virgin eyes! I felt like I must not be there so I immediately faced on the other side and quickly ran outside. I head straight to our dorm. I was really shocked by what I just saw. I ever had the chance to see that man's face since they are aggressively kissing each other. What a scene! I just can't believe that Camilla is like that type of girl.

End of flashback

“Kai, we didn't see you last night,” Cody uttered. He was busy writing some stuff in his notebook. It might be some sort of musical notes, cords or lyrics because he was humming a melody while writing. I just let out a sigh. I am sitting on my bed still thinking about what I've seen last night.

Today is Sunday. The classes will start tomorrow. I felt lazy with just the thought of getting up from bed early. It's my weakness since my grade school days. I am a totally lazy person when it comes to school. I have had average grades, those are just enough to let me pass each level. Though I am not really into studying at all, I always made sure that I will meet every requirement my teacher gives us. Academics are not my thing but I excel on the performance tasks. Even if I try to read my textbooks over and over again, I just could not retain anything on my head. I prefer going over my notes about the lessons. It's concise and much briefer than the selections from the books.

“Austin and I are looking for you last night. Do you remember the box you gave him? Our friend smiled from ear to ear the moment he started unboxing it." I glanced at Cody because of what he had said. 'Wait, so Austin opened the box last night?' I asked myself. But what I saw last night still bothers me. Who might be that man? I cannot find answers to my questions.

“Kai, are you okay?” Cody asked again. This time, he's looking at me. He's some sort of concerned and annoyed at the same time. I just can't my mind off what I saw.

“Are you deaf or what? Can't you notice that I am talking to you? I asked you many times but you never answered any of it. I look like a fool trying to talk to a statue here. ” He rants, but I still ignored him.

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It is already late at night but everything that happened yesterday and this morning repeat itself on my mind. It was 10 in the evening yet sleep does not seem to come my way. I have a class at 7:00 am tomorrow. And to tell you what, our classroom is on the top floor of the farthest building from here. I must get up earlier to make it on time. Anyways, I got my uniform and my schedule from the Registrar's Office yesterday. And that means I have no choice but to wear my uniform.