by Morgan Landry 9/25/2013, 2:52 am
Victoria smiled at Justin and took his arm; when Jason came along, she took his arm too and they went outside. Victoria closed the door after having made sure she had a key, and led them out of the front garden and onto the street.
It was a nice, sunny day with very little clouds and they started walking down the streets. Victoria soon let go of both their arms in order to put her hands in her pockets, like she usually did. Her right hand closed over her pantochronometer and she stroked the smooth metal with her thumb.
She led the two boys down her street then turned left into the Rue de l'Hermitage and continued until the Avenue Lagrange. There, they turned right and went into the little public park, taking a stroll between the trees while chatting about the latest scientific discoveries, the SpaceLiner, the result of the Planck review, and so on.
Their stroll took them twenty minutes, and they slowly walked back to Victoria's house. When they arrived at the door, they saw that the car was already there, and Victoria made a disgusted face.
She scaled her way up the door steps and put the key into the keyhole.
"Time for you to meet my cousins," she said with a sour expression and opened the door.
They hadn't yet seen anybody, but the three kids could be heard, talking very loudly. They were obviously on the first floor, but they were making so much noise it was difficult to make out exactly where; at that moment, her father came into the entrance, smiling at them.
"Victoria, my dear, they are in the living room. "
"They are colonizing the living room, you mean," she cut him off.
Her father smirked before regaining his composure.
"You're of course not obliged to stay with them, but... you know... saying hello is always polite."
With an excusing smile, he put a hand on her shoulder, then made his way up the staircase and later, the door to his work room could be heard closing.
Victoria kicked the ground.
"Let's get this over with," she mouthed and opened the door to the living room.
They almost didn't notice them.
Vianney was fifteen, one year older than Victoria, and had dark brown hair cut short and spiky, a square face with a strong chin and blue eyes. Being strong for his age, he had always been among the popular kids at school, and was idolized by many girls.
Louise was fourteen, like Vic, and had a beautiful slim face framed by unctuous brown curls that circled down until mid-back. She was thin, with long legs and great blue eyes, but she often had an arrogant sneer whenever Victoria saw her.
And there was their friend. Tall like Vianney, straw-blonde, he had half his face eaten away by acne and furry eyebrows. The two boys were lying on the couches with their shoes and as she walked in with Justin and Jason, they looked up when the door made a closing noise.
"Look who it is," Vianny sneered in French. "The girl who has so much intellect she has no friends!"
All three laughed, but Victoria remained neutral.
"I see you still haven't changed your clothing manners," Louise continued. "Where did you get that shirt this time, at the Red Cross?"
For some reason, all of them found that lame joke very funny and Victoria shrugged. She wouldn't argue with them, she wouldn't go down to this level.
"My father told me to say hello, so I say hello," she said before addressing the friend of Vianney's. "I don't know you, but my name is Victoria. Okay, so Jason and Justin, these are Louise, Vianney and... I don't know who he is."
"I'm called Thomas," he said.
"...and Thomas. And to you guys, this is my half-brother Justin and my ..friend Jason," she said. "Introductions are made, we can leave now."
Just as she turned around, she caught Louise checking Jason out.... Just at that moment, it struck her how handsome Jason was. He was a son of Apollo, on the other hand,but... As she saw her cousin shoot him a flirty glance, Victoria could've punched her. He's mine! she wanted to yell. Touch him and I kill you!
But she just gave Louise a glare and turned around.
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