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Eva lay in her bed, not knowing what to do in the dead of night. Crickets from the speakers filled the air, and so was the gushing of the cold wind.
Yesterday was a first for her, as she experienced a ton of things; seeing a dead body and experiencing a mock trial.
"*sigh* It's midnight." She said to herself, turning to the side of her bed whilst hugging an owl plush in her arms. She couldn't sleep, even after all the commotion yesterday.
She turned to the other side of her bed, looking at the door in front of her before turning to the previous side to stare at the curtains. It had a floral pattern on it.
She sighs again as she turns to the center of the bed. She looked to the ceiling, where she found a smoke detector near the bulb. Of course, this was a new thing for her, and she stared at it before deciding to stand up and get herself a glass of milk.
It wasn't until then she remembered her childhood memories from long ago when her mother used to sing 'Que Sera, Sera' to make her fall asleep. She remembered asking her if she did as the song said, much to her delight. She remembered the days when she went to her grandma's house and heard the song every time she stepped foot.
She smiled at those thoughts as she walked to the dining room. She knew the walls and halls of the academy like the back of her hand, knowing which way was the kitchen from her dorm room. As she stepped into the dining room, she noticed the haunting presence of the room, dark and cold.
But she didn't care, as she walked to the fridge to see it light up when she reached out for the carton of milk. There were rows and rows of beverages in the fridge, ranging from rum to all kinds of milk you can think of, goat milk, low-fat, etc.
She reached for the almond milk at the very end of the last row. She got a glass from the shelves and opened the carton from the little plastic cover on top and poured the milk.
She filled it halfway, put back the carton in the previous position it was in, and drank it all. She planned to go back to her dorm room after washing the glass, but she thought to herself, What if I entertain myself for a little bit?
She washed the glass as expected, and walked outside of the dining room just to lean against the wall outside of it. She took a breath and began to sing the song from her memories, Que Sera, Sera.
"When I was just a little girl, I asked my mother, 'what will I be?'"
But what she didn't notice was Damon was experiencing a similar thing as her. He was taking a midnight walk when he heard someone sing.
Surely enough, he was fast enough to see that the voice was Eva, in which he started to accompany her singing with his at the chorus in a lower tone he couldn't possibly reach, "Que Sera, Sera; whatever will be will be. The future's not ours to see, Que sera, sera. What will be, will be."
Eva had her eyes shut while singing the next verse, and she didn't notice until he started to harmonize with her.
Then, out of nowhere, he started to add a new verse:
When I was just an Ultimate, I asked my classmates, "What will we do?"
"Will we survive this, or will we stay dead?"
They smiled at me, and said,
Eva had to continue with the chorus, before finally ending the song with harmony.
"Such impressive harmonizing skills. Tell me, were you in a choir?" She opened her eyes and noticed Damon, who was facing her.
"That has nothing to do with me." He folded his arms.
Eva replied, "Don't lie to me,"
"And why would I? You're the Ultimate Liar after all." He said to her.
Eva chuckled, "Because, in no way, shape, or form, you would sing like a god."
It wasn't until Damon accepted defeat, "Fine. I was in my high school's choir once."
Eva said, "That's interesting.."
He looked to the side in embarrassment, as he just exposed his former position in a choir.
"I do not praise myself for my singing skills, as I did this out of pure boredom." She said.
Damon looked at her and said "Don't tell anybody we met in the dead of night." before walking back to his dorm room.
Eva looked at him as he went back, and waited until he was a little speck in her eyes.
It wasn't until then she then decided to follow him too, and so both of them went back into their dorms.