21 SINS IN THE ABYSS

Chaos, again.

Nature is a pretty little thing. Humans always use it for the purpose of comparison. Sunshine to happiness, rain to sadness, crows to bad luck ...And honestly, it usually makes a lot of sense. Just as the case of a rose. It symbolises love. Nature does it's part well. It has added thorns to the very same rose. Pain to the very same love. It's just due to human foolishness that we fail to notice that part of it. Humans are after all, ignorant creatures.

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The next morning started with the usual. Athea felt lethargic to even open her eyes, more so because she had to face Ethan and Cara. She got up and gave Mr. Mishka a big hug. That's when she saw it. Connor's shirt. Oddly, she didn't feel sad seeing it. It was probably because she had harder stuff to deal with. After pushing her thoughts aside, she finished her shower and other bathroom duties and got dressed. She chose a floral mini skirt with a white blouse to match and white high tops for the shoes. She grabbed her bag and took a sandwich from the kitchen after she practically flew down the stairs and also tripped. 

"Atheaaaa how careless can you be ?" , Blaire said in a sing song voice.

"Ahh sister dear, some of us know the value of time. I gotta run now. Love you, byeeeee.", she screamed back. Although Blaire's attitude annoyed Athea, she could understand why Blaire was the way she was. Athea was never a good sister to her. She was so wrapped up in getting out of her Connor situation, that she never gave the younger one proper attention. Even now, Blaire only did weird things to Athea for her attention. 

Athea never realised when she'd reached her highschool. Thoughts of her little one had kept her occupied throughout the journey. Just as she arranged things in her locker and took some books out, she saw him. Ethan. They made eye contact and she started approaching him. That's when Cay came and booed her from the back. Was she supposed to go to the guy she owed an explanation to , or a best friend that she'd been ignoring? Best friend won.

"Heyaaaaaa. Watsup? Have you and Ethan been up to something? Cuz boy, it's almost like I can smell the pheromones and hormones and other sciency stuff", she said with a smirk

"Oh my gosh! No of course not. Why would you think so. We're just friends. I think...."

"Then why was he looking at you like y'all were shooting for the Kissing Booth? I think you should get back to him".

"Cay I need to speak to you about that. I  feel like I haven't been giving you enough attention lately. I'm sorry. Things have been so weird lately and I'm not able to clear my head. Plus I remembered Connie..."

"Aww babygirl I'm not gonna deny it....but I know you've been through some unusual stuff. All forgiven!" 

"Thank you. I mean it"

That's when the bell rang and they waved each other bye after promising to speak more about that later. Athea went up to her place and was shocked to see Ethan on the seat next to hers. He wasn't in her homeroom. 

"Hehe. Fancy seeing you here."

"Hmm"

"Cold much?"

"You're one to talk Aths"

"Look, I'm sorry I couldn't speak to you today. It's just that Cay came and I realised I hadn't been giving her attention and that she would get mad so I didn't speak to you and I couldn't explain about the other day....."

"Woah woah woah calm down princess. It's alright. You're giving me an explanation though. And I'm in your homeroom class because I transferred to French class from Spanish."

"Oh okay....why though."

"Simple, isn't it? Cause you're here"

Athea blushed. But before she could reply, their homeroom and English teacher, Mr.Montgomery arrived and cleared his throat. The class hushed itself to silence.

"Oh spawn of Satan, you have new additions to your class today. Ethan from Spanish class and Charles Paisley Abaddon , who's a transfer. He will be joining you in a moment."

Athea and Ethan exchanged glances. The name sounded familiar. That's when Charlie walked into class. The one from the fair. Athea looked shocked, Ethan looked disappointed and mumbled some nice words and Iris Waters started grooming her hair and opening her first two buttons. Charlie saw Athea and instantly lit up. The seat behind Athea was empty since there weren't a lot of French takers. He put down his bag on that very seat and whispered a 'hey' into her hair. She turned back and waved excitedly. 

"Ahh looks like Mr. Abaddon has made a friend already. Athea, you will be in charge of showing the young man around"

"Yes, Mr. Montgomery"

Charles or Charlie as he called himself winked at Ethan who was glaring at him the whole time. The teacher then announced that they have a free class in the morning and that he had work to attend to. After he left, the class started with its usual banter.

Ethan grabbed Athea's hands and said , " No excuses now doll. Explain everything to me".

That's when Charlie said, " Is that how you treat a lady? My my"

"What is with you two? Try getting along!! Ethan, I will explain it later and Charlie, I can speak up for myself, thank you very much".

The two looked shocked at her outburst. And she in turn did a mental eye roll. It was going to be a long class. Mr. Montgomery's drama would've been way better....

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Heyaaaa!

It's been a long time, I know!!!

But I'll be able to update faster now cuz my exams have been cancelled!

It's pretty late now, so imma go.

That's it for now.

Love,

Herasckov