Cira POV
It's 8 AM, I sit at the dining table while my brother eats his cereal and watches mickey mouse, my mother makes lunch and my sister sits and stares at her book. It has been like this since I'm back. No one talks in the morning, or during dinner, or ever.
''What happened to me?'' I ask.
''You fell off the stairs,'' my mom says without turning around to face me.
Wow, how easy did it become to lie?
''What happened to me Grace?'' I ask her this for the first time. She freezes but then says: ''You heard mom.'' also avoiding my eyes.
''If I just fell down the stairs, why haven't you been talking to me? Why is everyone in school acting wear? Why don't my friend wanna tell me about the things I don't remember?'' I keep my eyes on my mom because I know my sister won't say anything.
She finally turns around and looks at me, she looks almost as bad as the first day I woke up.
''I think you're just a little bit confused, just try to move.'' She looks away. ''You have dance practice today right, that should be fun.''
Changing the topic as fast as possible.
''Yeah, fun'' I walk away and leave the house.
I don't get this, I don't get why they don't talk. How long is this gonna continue? How will I ever be able to move on if they acted like I really died?
Well, this is a good start of the day, I wonder how the tutor session will be.
Jason pov
last week I announces that I needed to learn Italian and that I needed a tutor. Miss Len would make sure I get the stuff I need and she would find a tutor for me. It was just this morning when she mailed me that I had to go to her office and right after, meet with my tutor.
I wonder who my tutor would be, I think to myself and smile.
I told Jake and Valentina I was gonna do this and they were really happy. Valentina was already talking about her coming over and hanging out with Cira.
Just when I'm about to knock on the door, it flys open. ''Hai Jason!'' miss Len smiles and hands me the book.
''Just on time, Cira will we waiting in the library,'' She closes the door behind her and locked it.
''Thank you very much, this really means a lot to.'' I walk with her in the direction of the library.
''I have never seen a student so eager to learn, of course, I will help you,'' she smiles before turning the other way.
Yeah, eager to learn.
When I walk through the doors of the library I see no one. It pretty empty, probably because it's almost the end of the school day. I sit down at the table in view of the entries so she sees me then she comes in.
I wonder if she would ask me more questions? If she does I will answer them truthfully. She will find out eventually. It was all over the news, but I don't think it should be me who tells her.
I look around the place, remembering the last time I was in here. It was with her and that notebook. Does she still have it? Does it still work? If she finds it she can find out about her being a Vini again. But is she still a Vini? Her scars are gone.
I look at the clock again and see that 10 minutes have passed. Maybe she is delayed or maybe she forgot.
The last time we were here we sat in the back, she says she always sits there.
I grab my books and start walking in that direction. When I get near the corner a standstill to look around but I already see her sitting. She has a book in her hand, I guess it's her Italian book.
She notices me standing, so she takes her glasses off and put them away. She has her hair up in a bun, with some loose strains of hair, with a big sweater dress on. She now frowns at me.
''Uhm hello,'' she says and acts hostile.
''Hai,'' I get closer and take a seat, with one seat between us, like last time.
She looks a little surprised and then sees the book in my hand.
''I have to tutor you?'' She askes, still frowning.
I feel a little offended by the judgment in her voice.
I nod my head, ''Yess''
She leans against the wall and looks at me. There is a mix of emotions, all bad once. Angry, frustrated annoyance. Maybe this wasn't a good idea.
''When did you get your books?'' she looks at my books and then back at me.
I don't get why that matters ''A hour ago?''
She smiles and rolls her eyes, ''How do you even know you need a tutor?''
''Well, uhhh,'' Didn't expect that.
''I will help you because I get extra points for it, but the first assignment you're gone do by yourself.''
I nod, ''Yes mam'' I smile at her attitude.
I look at her and see a little smile.
For almost 15 minutes we sit in silence, I'm doing the assignments and she just sits and looks up at me from time to time.
Normally she would be drawing right now. Did she stop since the accident? I look over at her, but the only thing she had on the table is an English notebook and a pencil. She said once that her friends used to give her ideas to draw, I guess they don't do that anymore.
I stop writing and look at her for a second. She notices and looks up at me.
''Done?'' she asks holding out her hand to check my work.
''No,'' I shake my head, look from her hand to her face.
She really acts cold so I guess she isn't going to ask questions.
''Don't you have any homework to do?''
''No,''
''you used to sketch right?''
She looks down at her hands.
''Yeah, used to.''
''Why did you stop,'' I ask.
''Why are you asking so many questions.'' She raises one eyebrow and looks annoyed. Why is she so annoyed with me, our conversation last time went well so I don't get it.
''I'm just asking,'' I say as nonchalant as possible and don't break eye contact with her. She stares back at me for a couple of seconds ''s.
''I can't anymore,'' She looks at her hands again. "I looked at my old drawing and I don't even remember drawing them, I don't know how I even got the ideas to draw them.'' She confesses.
She doesn't remember because she used to get the inspiration to draw from the other Vini's lives.
''Ok, what if I gave you something to draw?''
She looks up at me with a small smile. ''Like what?''
The first things I think of are the moon and the woods, but let's no do that. I look around us, while she wait for my suggestion. When my eyes land on the book in front of me I have an idea.
''Italy, you like Italy, but what do you love, what do you think about when you hear the word Italy.''
She smiles and leans back again. ''Thanks,'' she grabs a pencil and starts drawing.
I look back at my book and finish my assignment. I don't know why but I just don't know what to ask her. normally I would know, but I can't make any mistakes. sitting here in silence is also fine tho. I take a sip of my drink and stare at my book again.
''Done?'' she asks when I put my pen down.
''Yeay''
''OK, let me check.'' she grabs the book and leans back. With her pencil, she draws curls where it's needed. It doesn't take long before she is done. I wait and watch while she checks my work, This were just some basic verbs so not that heard.
She hands me back the book, ''You are a natural,'' she smiles, ''just some spelling errors.''
''Thanks, can I see your drawing?''
She hands me her sketchbook, ''It's not finished, just a sketch'' she adds.
There is an Italian landscape with small houses and mountains, It looks really nice.
''It looks great. When was the last time you when to Italy?'' I hand it back to her and lean on the table bushing my fingers through my hair. She also leans back and sits more comfortably.
''Last summer break, we go every year. And yeah we will go with school this...'' Her eyes go wide. ''Next month, we will be going to Rome with school next month''
She probably forgot about that, so did I. Karim and Dimelo told me that the school also had some places for the juniors to go and they signed up. I was really new and didn't think I would be at this school so long so I didn't sign up.
''That's gonna be fun right? Are your friends also going?''
I would love to also go, I have never been on a trip with ''friends'' and I think Karim, Darim, and Dimelo have really become my friends. And Cira is going, I don't know how our situation will be then but I would like to spend time with her there.
''Yeah, I guess it will be fun,'' She doesn't look that excited.
Probably because she isn't that good with her friends at the moment. I hope they will fix it soon, she needs her friends.
''Where did you go last year?'' she asks.
''I just started going here since this school year, so nowhere,'' I explain, she probably forgets about that too.
She nods, ''Oh yeah right, that is a shame tho. Last year I heard that London, Paris, and Rome had some spots left for juniors. You can ask about it.'' She shrugs and starts fixing her hair.
''Yeah I might do that, my friends are also going to Rome. It would actually be nice to go I guess.''
I will discuss this with my dad and hopefully where is still a place for me.
I see her look at my book again. ''Well was that it? Didn't you have to do any more assignments?''
''Yeah, well I have to read a book this week.'' I not looking forward to that at all.
''You know, the school can't decline you if you want to go to Rome. You are one of the two people here studying the Italian language, you should add that when you ask them about it,'' she suggested.
OK, she doesn't ''Not like'' me because she is kinda helping me.
I smile at her, ''Thanks, I will.''
She smiles back and then looks at her phone, her alarm is going off with the text dance practice. She turns it off. I think she needs to go, I know that her dancing was really important to her. I remember her reaction when she injured her ankle.
''We are done, right? If you have to go...''
''No not yet, I have dance practice in an hour, it was just a reminder. My mom will be here in 15 minutes.'' She already collected her stuff but wait here pationtly.
I start putting my stuff way too. ''Oh, how is that going? Dance practice?''
''Not great but it's fun. I'm not on the same level I used to be or the level my crew members are, but I'm working on getting there again. It is just great to be able to dance again with my crew, friend, and partner.'' She glights up while talking about.
I'm happy for her she has this, one thing that makes her happy.
Wait, ''Partner?'' The question leaves my mouth before I know it.
She looks up, ''Yeah my dance partner. When I danced in competitions I had a partner, we all have one. Mine is Pablo, we have been dancing together for years and because of that dancing with him is the most fun. We have the same style and sometimes we know what the other is gonna do before doing it.'' she shrugs and smiles.
Never heard about ''Pablo'' before. He probably isn't that important if she never spoke about him. They did spend a lot of hours together every week before her ankle injury.
''Oh'' is all I let out.
''Well, I will see you tomorrow right? Same place same time?'' she puts on her coat, ready to go.
I nod, also standing up. I can't walk out with her, because her mom will see me and I didn't tell her I talked to Cira. I don't know what to tell her mom. That I wanna talk to Cira but not tell her who I am? That sounds unfair.
She looks at her phone again as she gets a text, probably her mom. ''Well, ok, bye'' she smiles at me, just before she turns around to walk away she says,'' Oh and don't forget to pick a book for tomorrow.''
''I will thanks, bye'' I say.
She smiles and walks off.
I'm seeing her tomorrow too, I will need to have a plan on how to do things from now on. It's not just hiding what happened to her, but also about who I am and my family is also her friend having to keep secrets and her mother and sister. I should think of a way to make this better.
When I grab my phone I see 7 texts from Valentina and Jake asking how it is going.
I roll my eyes and call them while going home.
A/N
Haii, I wanna thanks everyone who reads this story, I really appreciate it! It took me some time to update and I'm sorry for that. I did know what I wanna do in this story but not exactly how to get there and all the details.
Seeing people comment on this story really motivated me to continue, I love to know what you all think about the story.