"Camilla! What are you doing, moping about here?" exclaimed Tiffany with suspicion, getting Klaudia's name wrong.
"Tiffany! How rude! Her name is Klaudia, and she's not moping about!" scolded Eliza, after which she apologised to Klaudia on behalf of Tiffany. "Please don't mind her, she doesn't know what manners are."
"Oh, of course I won't mind!" smiled Klaudia sweetly. "I mean, it is very common for people to get my name wrong anyways, so I'm quite used to it. My name starts with the letter K, and not C; but most English people don't know that."
"Do you live close by?" enquired Nadia.
"Oh, no, I don't," responded Klaudia, shaking her head. "Actually, I normally live in Warsaw. However, my father owns a small castle on a tiny island very close to this place. I didn't really like that place when I was little, as it seemed quite scary and there are legends saying that it is haunted. However, after I grew up and became a writer, I started to take an interest in that place as it gave me many inspirations for my novels. Now, I often frequent that castle, but it's situated in a very remote place, so I often have to do a lot of shopping before my stay."
"Oh, wow, you're a writer? How cool is that?" exclaimed Jeffrey in admiration, which irritated Tiffany even more.
"Yeah, but not a very famous one like you've probably imagined," replied Klaudia modestly. "I major in the gothic genre, especially vampires. But not like the ones in Twilight, hahaha."
"OMG, I LOVE gothic stories," chimed in Claire. "Although that often ends up in me having to leave the lights on to sleep at night LOL."
"Really? Then you would definitely enjoy my books," said Klaudia. "How about all of you come over to my castle? I can show you some of my novels and I'll show you around the place. I'm sure it would be an excellent place for horror fans to explore."
"OMG, can we really visit your castle? It'd be amazing!" exclaimed Eliza. "But, unfortunately, university classes start on the day after tomorrow for me and Claire. So, we won't be able to go. What a shame!"
However, it seems like it wasn't just Claire and Eliza that were interested. Soon, the rest of the group all became quite excited about visiting Klaudia's castle, all except Tiffany, who was just sulking in a corner as she didn't want to go, but was forced to as she had to personally make sure that Jeffie wouldn't be seduced by either Nadia or Klaudia. Therefore, she pretended to be interested as well.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, Shaun, Jeffrey, Nadia and Tiffany arrived at the harbour where they met Klaudia, who was holding bags of grocery shopping, whilst waiting for them to arrive. "This is the daily speedboat that goes to and from the island. In the morning at 9am, the speedboat sails to this harbour, and at 5pm, it sails back to the island," elucidated Klaudia, pointing to a luxurious speedboat beside the dock. "As there aren't many people that go to the island, it's often just me sitting in this speedboat alone, going to and from the island. Now that I have you guys as company, I won't be lonely anymore."
Afterwards, the reduced group of friends started hopping in to the speedboat one by one.
"Hurry up, Tiffany! The boat is about to set sail," hastened Nadia after not perceiving Tiffany's figure on board. Only after glancing back did she notice that Tiffany was dragging two enormous suitcases behind her, panting heavily as she tried to lift them up onto the speedboat.
"Gosh! We're only going to visit for two nights. What did you bring so much luggage for?" enquired Nadia, bewildered.
"That is my luggage for two days, duh!" responded Tiffany, who managed to roll her eyes despite her fatigue.
Soon afterwards, the engine of the speedboat was started, and it sped across the calm seawater, slicing through its surface like a sharp knife whilst sending up clouds of ghostly pale foam.
~To be Continued~
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