BLOODY THRONE

Cp 5

"Last night, I heard you were waiting alone for a bus at school, right?"

"Yes."

"You can call your father or me." Lana sat down next to Ashley; she took a loaf and dipped it in soup.

"I don't want to bother mom and dad."

"No problem, baby." Lana put the bread over the plate and covered Ashley's face. "If something is wrong with you, how? You're trying to give me a heart attack."

Ashley's cheeks swelled. "Don't overdo it, mom."

"Not at all. It's only natural for a mother to worry for her children." Lana detached her hands from Ashley's face.

"I'll buy him a car," Shaun called.

"Oh, sweet." Alice just left the room and sat next to Shaun; she was mocking Ashley.

"What!" Ashley rolled his eyes.

"Nothing." That morning they had a quiet breakfast.

Ashley scrambled her hair; her face grimaced; she was frustrated with the book. She repeated it three times and hasn't been able to understand the subject.

"Arkh! Damn it! Why am I so stupid!" Ashley was screaming.

"Don't be like that; your hair will get ruined." Vina came in and stopped Ashley's hand in her hair.

"Why?" Ferra puts hot chocolate next to Ashley.

"I've repeated three times to understand this material and can't." Ashley let out a long breath.

"Take your moment." Suggests Ferra, taking a sip of the warm drink.

The loud voice left Ferra a glace upset; there was a group of girls watching a basketball game.

"What good would it do to get them booed like this." She said, annoyed.

"Our school's handsome boy is playing a game, so, yeah, naturally," Vina responded.

Ferra sniffed; she opened her book rudely. She never liked men because of her evil past; Galan was all she thought she had. Galan had once saved her, but because this embarrassed Ferra, she wanted no help from anyone but a man.

"No wonder people are here."

"Yes, who else but them." Vina replied.

Three men were always the subject of girl talk, some schoolgirls talking about them, maybe even more than half the time. There was Galan and his two friends, no surprise.

"What good they are." She says quietly but can hear both sides, smiling slightly.

"Teach me this part." Ashley changed the position of her book against Ferra.

About thirty minutes after the game was over, the ground began to clear. Ferra finally got the job done quietly without the noise.

"How surprised I am to see you studying here." The girls leaned over.

"Just looking for a new environment," said Ferra. She looked back at the book, and so did her two friends.

Galan saw Ashley's book, and his brow was wrinkled. "That's not the answer."

Galan's talking to her; Ashley turned her head. "Which one?"

"Can I sit here?"

"Just sit down," Ashley replied. Vina remained silent, but she did not talk much with people unfamiliar with her.

Galan pulled up a chair and sat next to Ashley, telling the girl how to settle the matter with all her questions.

"Where did I expect Galan to be..." Dale shook his head. He saw Galan and three of his classmates, and he seemed to be explaining something.

"Let it go." Louise called back. He reaches for the little towel and wipes his forehead with the red towel.

"You coming straight home or what?"

Louise nodded once. "Go home."

"Ok." Dale packed his stuff, and he still waved at the girl who greeted him off the field and commented with a smile.

Dale went over to Galan and talked to him. Louise turns to her, he glares at Ashley, who is only slightly visible because of Dale's body, and he keeps watching her and doesn't move from where he's standing.

Ashley shuddered; she felt someone watching her behind; her gaze felt very sharp. She looked slowly to the side and saw Louise walking away from the basketball court. The man seemed perfectly normal, making it easy. Ashley wrinkled her forehead, convinced that someone was watching her, but seeing no one, she was suspicious of her feelings.

"What is it?" Asked Dale. Galan, Ferra, and Vina are turning.

"N-nothing." Ashley smiled awkwardly.

"Where did you go yesterday? Why it is only now that it is noticed." She says quietly, smiling sideways. Louise quietly leaves the field.

Dale looked back and sniffed. "The boy...." He pointed to Louise.

Galan looked at Dale. "Let it go; we'll visit him at his house later."

Galan again focused on explaining some matter to Ashley; the beautiful girl was so lucky to have Galan here; he was much more clever to explain than Ferra, a Vina who was always uncomfortable with anyone else starting to get used to Galan. She listens and asks questions that she does not understand. It wasn't hard for Vina to get used to it, and even though Galan wasn't a guy she'd known for a long time, they had been in school together. Ferra? She couldn't care less about the two men nearby, and Dale is Galan's friend, so there was no problem; she was busy with her book.

"I didn't know you were this clever to explain something." Vina praised.

"He is clever but lazy. So don't be surprised," said Galan.

Dale glared at Galan, eager to throw a thick book in front of him on his head. Seeing Dale's reaction, Vina chuckled.

"Don't laugh." He said sullenly.

"Sorry. You're both funny." Dale rolled his eyes.

As for their work, Ashley stretched her hands high up, relieved, and finally, she didn't have to worry about home lessons.

"Going home or going somewhere first?" Galan suggested.

Dale thought for a moment. "To the cafe in the middle of town. Bring the sullen."

Galan grabbed his phone and typed up a message for Louise. "You three have anything else to do after this?" Galan took turns at the girls and shook his head simultaneously.

"Come to the cafe with us." He said," you don't get out much, right."

Vina and Ashley both shut up and looked at each other, and these two would rarely go out if nothing were important.

"I'm coming; I happen to want something to eat," Ferra replied. Vina and Ashley spontaneously stared at her. "What?" She asked them both.

"No. You're rarely going somewhere." Vina replied.

"I do like to get out."

"But it's just the rehearsal, not the other place," Ferra said.

Ferra sighed. "Are you both coming or not?"

"Come on," Ashley breaks up; she immediately picks up her book.

"Me too," continued Vina.

Five of them are on the bus heading downtown. Ashley had long since been out walking in Tervord downtown, feeling a little thrilling, pardoned Ashley rarely traveled and chose to spend time at home watching her favorite television series.

They entered a predominantly brown, minimalist cafe, fragrant with coffee and cake that had just come out of the oven to their noses. Vina's stomach rumbles even though she ate bread just now, but the thought effects return to her hunger.

"So you like this place." Vina studied every corner of the room and nodded.

"Yeah. It's a nice cafe." Galan answered.

Ashley focused on opening the menu and reading everything on it. Her eyes sparkled. She immediately ordered the menu she wanted. Her eyes caught Louise's entrance and stood perfectly still; the man glared at Ashley in a hurry to look away.

"Well, I thought you didn't want to come here," says Dale.

"I'm bored at home."

"This." Galan gave the girl a menu. "We ordered already."

While their orders came through, Dale said a lot about things; the boy was blessed with good speech, and it's no wonder many people liked him because he would make it awkward. Vina, with a reputation for being shy, is subject to subjugation.

Galan was busy talking to Ferra about the girl's course; Galan took a little interest. Ashley listened quietly to them talking; she didn't understand Ferra and Galan's talk. She understood what Dale was talking about and responded occasionally. While Louise remains silent, having no interest in his conversation, he prefers to look out the window. Many people walked through there, looking through the window, and he could see that Ashley looked at him a few times, but he pretended not to.

"I salute you who can drink that coffee." Vina swallowed hard, and she could sense the bitterness of the coffee that Louise was drinking.

"Ah, Louise does drink espresso. He doesn't like sweets." Dale says.

"You're amazing." Vina is frowning.

Louise little smiled. "It's an appetite."

Ashley remembered one thing, she remembered the cake Lana gave to her the other day. She's wondering if Louise could throw it away if she wanted to. She was awkwardly sitting across from Louise, and this was the first time that Ashley chose to be quiet and enjoy her meal.

***

"I went to my mom's. Thanks for asking me out." Vina smiled sweetly.

"Be careful." Vina waved her hand and walked over to the bakery.

"Wait a minute, she said to her mom's place, and it's the most famous bakery in the city." Dale says.

The store belonged to Vina's mother." Ashley answered.

Dale's eyes blinked. "Whoa!" He was amazed. "Then she makes good cakes too."

"Yes, of course. Good cooking too." Ashley continued.

Dale was further amazed that they could see that Vina was talking to an older woman; the two different age women seemed pleased.

"It's late. Are you sure you're going home alone?" Ferra asked.

"It's okay."

"But..."

"I delivered it."

They turn to Louise, wondering why she's keeping Ashley company. The girl blinked a few times.

"No, I can do it myself." She rejected.

"It's night and danger." Louise casually walked over and turned. "Come on."

Ashley is overreacting. "I'm going first." She said to Ferra, Galan, and Dale.

"Be careful."

Awkward, Ashley walked behind Louise; she kept staring at her feet. The most she can't understand about Louise is why this man would do such a terrible thing. She didn't understand. Ashley fingered her fingers to ward off her discomfort.

'it's uncomfortable.' Ashley zip.

She kept her head down, she didn't dare to look ahead, and it was so uncomfortable to see Louise up close when just a few days ago, she pulled in and forced him to go with her.

"Ouch!"