Chapter 8: chapter 8 meeting a stranger
Anne stood at the corridor for a while, she wiped her tears off her cheeks, and walked back to the room, she murmured "it's not that bad" , she rummaged through her thing and brought out two blankets and made a bed on the floor, while covering herself with the other. Not being able to sleep, she tossed and turn, feeling uncomfortable, she really missed grandma, she sighed as she turned and stared at the ceiling, it was beautiful compared to the room, decorated with stars and rainbows, clean and beautiful, it had a sharp contrast to the room making Anne sigh even more. ' Why did they hate me, first uncle and then aunt, and now even aunt LI, grandma didn't treat me well before either, did I do something wrong?' Anne sighed. ' Maybe I'm just unlucky' , her blue sky eye were glazed with tears, she really wanted to cry, but grandma always told her, if she wanted to cry she should, she had every right to complain, but she really couldn't if not she would be pointed out as spoiled and childish, so she never listened to Grandma's advice, instead she held it all in, in her heart, her thought was disrupted by a sound outside the window .....
Anne sat up frightened at the sound, but quickly calm down 'maybe, it's a cat' she shrugged and laid down again, but the noise grew fierce, she stood up and picked up one of her brush, then walked closer to the window. Suddenly a head popped up making Anne scream and hitting what ever it was with the brush, " die, die, you monster !!!, live me alone, I'm so young .... Don't eat me... Grandma!!!!!!" she screamed and hit it. " Hey stop, stop it okay" Simon held onto the brush as he said. Anne froze and when she saw it was a human, she slowly pulls away 'what if he's a thief !! ', " hey thief, you better leave, or I'll tell the owner that you broke in, I'll scream and everyone would hear !!" seeing her frightened, Simon couldn't help but smile, and hearing her call him a thief he couldn't help but laugh as well but soon stop 'who was this little girl' he stared at her for a while 'I don't think we've met before? ' He thought inwardly.
He said half jokingly "I think you're the real thief, you broke into my house, 'cause this is my house, and I've never seen you here before" Anne not believing him raise her beautiful eyebrows and sneered with her hands folded around her chest "which owner of a house, enters through the window, even a small child like me can't fall for your tricks, go learn some more, HUMPH ! ", Simon felt comical for the first time, he thought to himself 'yeah, which owner of house enters through the back door, but I can't tell her that I sneaked in because of my parents, if not my ego would be gone ! ', he cleared his throat and said "what do you mean, that I don't live here, seriously you have problems, it's my choice where to pass into my house, whether it's the door or window or even the backyard, it's not any of your business, you're just a guest anyway, so I'll entertain you, take this ! " He handed her a chocolate bar, Anne had never eaten one before, grandma always told her not to, so she could be healthy, her health was always failing, so she had to be cautious with what she eats. Staring dumbly at the chocolate bar she turned to Simon "Are you bribing me, so I won't tell anyone you snuck in here ?" , "no!!! .... Yes, so don't tell anyone, got it !!" , "And why should I obey you, if you did something wrong you should admit it, my grandma said it's better to tell the truth than not to which would lead to dire consequences" Anne said with her eyes close as if reciting a poem. " I see, okay I'll tell my mom the truth that I snuck out, satisfied, I guess you have a good grandma !" Simon said sarcastically and walked away, he murmured as he left the room "now I don't have a private room, some girl just stole it, if I want to sneak out, where would I go, and what about when I come back, .... I even forgot to ask her name!! , and why is she here, I should probably ask Mom later" he walked along the corridor and finally entered his room.
Meanwhile Anne sat up and read her school books ,grandma told her that she would attend a new school even better than the one in the countryside and she needs to do better, Anne has always been smart and intelligent 🤓 ,she aced all her subjects ,and most time , grandma felt she was a supernatural genius. ( no exaggeration)