Chapter 2

Shane loved shopping and it was tolerable with her. I wasn’t a tomboy but I also didn’t care about the latest fashion. I always went with comfy clothes. In the clothing section Shane handed me a low cut royal blue blouse, it was a little flashy than what I was used to but I liked it. She also got me some more fitting clothes than I was used to. According to her, this year I wouldn’t be hiding behind my baggy clothes her words not mine.

Shane and I were quite different in the looks department. She was what you say a classic Barbie. With her blonde hair, blue eyes and tall stature she could be a model if she wanted. She was petite and at five foot eight inches she had at least three inches on me. She was smarter than she looked and instead of flaunting all this she kept it all to herself. That was the reason why she was my best friend.

“What are you thinking about?” Shane asked me, while we were having lunch at the McDonalds. “How to survive school this year” I said to her while fumbling with my burger. Her expressions made me laugh.”Why the hell would you think about it?”

“It’s not possible for me to stay in the shadows this time but I’m sad because I liked it that way. No one knew I even existed besides you and Kate.”

“You’re giving this way too much thought. By the way you were never invisible, honey. You gave out the get-away-from-me vibe and that was the reason why no one talked to you.” Huh! Did I really do that? It wasn’t intentional on my part. I just didn’t want anyone to bother me but I didn’t mind having some friends.

“I don’t go to school to have a good time. I just want to escape this hell hole of a town. You know what, I don’t actually fit here. It’s like I don’t belong here. I feel so suffocated here. This is the last year when I have to endure all this and then I guess I’m free.” Shane gave me pitiful look. It wasn’t the first time that we had this conversation.

She could so easily blend in with everyone while I stood out like a sore thumb. I was smarter than everyone at school and sometimes I had to hide that fact or everyone would have called me a freak. I guess they do call me that but just not on my face but behind my back. It used to bug me when I was little but as I grew up I started placing a mask on my face. A mask as such that it showed no emotion. I couldn’t care less of what they thought.

“It’s getting late Aria. I think we shouldn’t test your mom’s anger any longer than necessary.” I nodded in agreement. As we made our way to the parking lot, the hairs on the nape of my neck stood up and a shiver ran down my spine. I turned to look at whatever that had caused such an unusual sensation but saw nothing.

Shane went to get her car out of the parking lot leaving me alone on the stands. I again felt the same sensations I had before. I turned again and this time my eyes met a pair of the world’s most beautiful eyes. A pair of icy blue eyes with hue of silver in the middle. I couldn’t help but stare in them. It felt like I knew them. It probably would have been so easy to fall in them.

“Done staring, princess.” The beholder of those beautiful eyes said and that was when I realized I was staring. My cheeks probably were red and before I could come up with some reply he said. “You need to come with me, princess.” That had me frowning.

“Who are you?” I wanted to ask so many questions, my curiosity had no bounds but I settled for the easiest one. Instead of answering my question he grabbed my hand and as soon as he touched a jolt of electricity coursed through my body. Even he seemed to have noticed it but that didn’t make him leave my hand. As my mind registered the situation, I became aware of what was happening.

A stranger I barely knew was holding my hand and taking me somewhere and the worst was, I was letting him. I jerked my hand away from his and started panicking. “How did you do it?” he asked me.”What are you talking about?” He opened his mouth to answer me but a horn beeps behind me. It was Shane. I just left him standing there, got inside the car and signaled Shane to drive as fast as she could.

“Who was the hottie?” she asked. “I don’t know.” I sounded so casual as if it was natural for strangers to ask me to come with them. Then I realized I wasn’t afraid of him. I wasn’t even afraid of the idea to go with him and that made me afraid. Shane asked countless times about what happened outside but I just couldn’t tell her. Even I wasn’t able to comprehend the situation.

She dropped me at my home after making me promise that I would tell her if anything was wrong. I reached for the door but a shiver ran down my spine. This time I felt fear swirl through me. Immediately knew that someone was there, something evil.

Considering it my paranoia I shrugged and walked inside my home. “Mom, I’m home.” She didn’t answer, she probably was in the kitchen. I saw mom lying on the couch sleeping. Her eyes seemed puffy and her cheeks had dried tears on them. It tore me inside to see her like this. Was this because of me? Did I make her so upset? I was ashamed of my behavior. Guilt slammed hard into me. Yes, I was angry at my mom for being overprotective but I didn’t want to make her worry to her death.

I never knew who my dad was. Whenever I asked mom about him she would shut down and give me her silent treatment, I suppose it was because thinking about him caused her great pain. I can’t blame her for being sad, I would be if I was in her place.

She looked so peaceful while sleeping. She was beautiful and we didn’t look alike at all. She had light brown hairs in contrast to my midnight black hairs. She had me when she was young, maybe in her early twenties. She could have married but she didn’t want any man to hurt me even if it was at her cost. Thinking this made me feel guiltier than ever. She looked like an angel, with her sharp defined features and shapely figure. Her green eyes held the love for me and I regretted making her cry.

I brought a blanket and laid it on her. I went to my room and changed while thinking about the day’s events. The last thought on my mind before sleep claimed me was of the stranger with the most captivating eyes and the absurd conversation with him.

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