Decayed

01 - the mysterious boy

It was a cold night. The biggest party of the year, the summer Pool party on the weekend before school starts at the Hamiltons mansion; the whole school was there.

Swimming, dancing, getting drunk, making out, smoking, talking...
But around the corner sat Mickayla and her boyfriend Charlie making out while his friends smoked.
As Charlie kissed down from her jawline to her shoulders, he whispers gently under her ear "Wanna go back to my car?".

Mickayla now into the mood said yes, and they both got up and went in the car's way.

"Carly have u seen Mickayla?" Harley asked. Harley was Mickayla's best friend, and the party was to be over in an hour n a half. Where is she??

Harley went outside to go look for her friend. She went into the nearby woods where she noticed some familiar faces, Harry and Dane, Charlie's friends. She asked for Mickayla but none of the two knew where Mickayla was.

Suddenly a scream was heard from a distance. Everyone outside ran to the screaming girl in the woods, she stood over a dead body. Everyone gasped as to who it was... Mickayla.

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"Mave, breakfast ready!" Catherine shouted. Mave stood in the mirror turning and staring, is this the right shirt.. she thought to herself. She let out a sigh and hunched her back in frustration then turned to look in her closet. "Yes, this is the one," she said before putting on a crop top.

"You're gonna be late on your first day!", by the time she said so Mave was already grabbing her grilled cheese.
She went outside to wait on her best friend who also moved there, so it's their first day. Minutes later, a shiny black Porsche stopped at the sidewalk.

Sarina honked at Mave to jump into the car. Sarina was a rich girl, whose dad owned a HUGE men's products brand. She has always been neighbors with Mave and also best friends, some people even say they were like sisters.
Mave wasn't as rich but she had loads herself, for having only her mother and her sisters who she left back at their old city.

Sarina's big brother Ethan dropped them off at their new high school.
It was a massive school, they both walked into the yard and one thing with the two, they don't seem welcoming at the first glimpse. But they are nice girls.

Mave had a thing for long braids, she's always flashing them with her hands and played with her hair like a model, she did so while walking with her friend. The school gave off a weird vibe as they entered the hallway.
The place wasn't too bright as outside, and all the teenagers look well stacked, after all, it is a very rich neighborhood and all the students who attend this school are billion and millionaires.

The girls made their way to their first class, luckily they had the first class together Math. Mr.Evans slapped the stick against the board to silence the whole class. "Today we are going to be discussing pie," he said.
Mave was a straight-A student and so was Sarina. They both exchanged looks that said 'well this is gonna be fun!'.

Questions after questions, they answered them right through class until the bell rang for the second class.
Unfortunately, they didn't have the next class together. The time went by Mave sitting in the back, watching until the bell for lunch sounded. She walked into the cafeteria, collected food which was an apple, and a soda.

She sat at a random empty table and took out her cover dish filled with 6 slices of warm tasty grilled cheeses. Sitting and waiting for her best friend to come and join her. A little while later, came Sarina and two other rich-looking girls. They all sat at the empty table with Mave.

"Soo Mave these are my new friends, Jada and Kasey"
Mave and the two girls said hi to each other, then the table went silent for a second. "So, Mave, enjoying school so far?" Jada said breaking the silence. "Yes actually, it's quite a lovely place isn't it," Mave said completely meaning the opposite.

"I hear you, this place sucks," Kasey replied as they all smiled and dialogued. The rest of the day went by pretty quickly, soon Mave and Sarina were already sitting and waiting on Ethan.

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On their way home. Mave starred through the tinted window of the car, a boy.  Looked 16,17, with tall hair, He was in full black. He stepped out in the road Carelessly and Ethan smashed the breaks pissed as the boy just kept on walking, crossed the road, and into the woods nearby.

That night Mave went home thinking. What was going through that boy's head... and the next day she intended on finding out.

The next day Mave went to school as usual. Lunch came quickly, Mave tries to tell Sarina what she was up to but then Sarina cut her, "oh- there's Jaz!" She squealed in private. Who's Jaz? Jaz is the bad boy of the school, he used to be on the football team but he quit and went back to being the intimidating guy he is. He doesn't date but the girls don't care.

Mave sat there watching Sarina drool over the boy until she had enough and left the table. Her best friend didn't have any interest in what she was up to so when school was over, she walked, hiding from Sarina in the crowd. She met some kids in her grade, walking into the town until she reached where she saw the boy.

She quickly crossed the road and went into the nearby woods as the boy did.
Wondering deeper and deeper into the woods, she suddenly had regrets.
"This was a stupid idea.." she said to herself looking around. The place was rather empty, there was no way the boy could have disappeared inside here.

She followed the broken twigs until she arrived at an old train way. The train way led down left, she walked until she spotted an old abandoned church, and then past that church was a deep cave which the train tracks led into. She went back shallow into the woods not wanting to be out in the open for anyone to see her.

Wait... there's the boy again, he came out of the dark cave, And into the church. Mave quickly ran across the track and not wanting to climb up the large stairs to the giant front door. She ran around the side and peeped through one of the dark dusty windows.

Nothing... it was all just old benches and largely broken stairs. She sighed and was about to leave when someone said, "U." Mave turned around slowly to see the boy she saw earlier. "I got lost," she said, her face red with embarrassment. The boy looked at her with a stern but jovial look on his face "this far? U better get walking then.".

Mave swung around and suddenly noticed, she didn't remember where she walked. "Hm, need help?" The guy said. With shame, Mave twisted her head and looked back at him, "yes..".
"Come on then," he said in a chirped voice and pep in his step.

"Umm, why do u live out here?" Mave said trying to make conversation.
"I don't." He replied simply. "Are u from around here?"
"No" the guy replied again. "What's your name?" .. the boy ignored for a second before saying "here, cut through those bushes, and you'll end up right back in the town." Then he turned around and left.

Mave went home confused. Her mother wasn't too happy about Mave coming home late at night but, Mave's mind was elsewhere. She took a bath, hopped into her PJs, and laid in her bed wondering.. who was that guy?