Progenies

Chapter 11

Y/N POV

I lie in bed, fully awake even though I am exhausted. The thoughts swirling around in my head won't let me fall asleep. Adrien is Cat Noir, and it's fully confirmed. I might be somehow immune to miraculouses.

I bury my face into my pillow, feeling frustrated. I have given up on sleeping at this point, so I get up and go into my kitchen. I really, really want to tell Lia about everything. But I know I can't. This all must remain a secret.

I go back to bed, and eventually fall asleep.

That morning, I am exhausted from the lack of sleep. I decide to call Lia on the landline, because sadly I can't text her. I still want my phone back, I can't afford a new one. I dial her number and hold the phone up to my ear.

"Hello?"

"Hey Y/N!" I hear her voice say, however, she sounds... different. "The weirdest thing happened yesterday! So I was meeting with my boss and all that. Seriously, something about him is scary. Anyway, when I got home I found your bag"

"WHAT!?" I almost shout.

"I know! It was just sitting on my kitchen table. No note, or anything. Please believe me, Y/N, I swear I'm telling the truth! And me, being dumb, tried ringing and texting your phone, completely forgetting you lost it. And by the time I remembered, it was morning. I was literally going to ring you right when you rang me, that's why I answered so fast. I swear on Lizzy's life that's the truth!"

"I believe you, Lia, it's just... how?"

"I have no idea! How 'bout we meet somewhere, so I can give you back your bag and we can talk?"

"Okay. The usual?"

"Let's go"

When I walk in the door, Lia greets me with a smile, however it's a tired smile. She is usually pretty and looks happy a lot, but today she has bags under her eyes, and she's a bit pale.

"Here's the bag" she pushes it towards me when I sit across from her. "I think most things are in it, but I didn't really check. You know, giving you privacy and stuff" she says. Her voice isn't as energetic as it usually is, and she's talking a lot slower. I can tell she's trying to act casual, but I have known her far too long to be fooled. There is something going on with her, not including the bag and everything.

I check inside the bag. A few random receipts are in there, along with my wallet, but that's it. I take out my wallet and check inside. There's nothing in it. "Dammit" I say under my breath.

"What?" she asks, and she almost sounds... irritable. There is something wrong with Lia.

"Oh it's just that my wallet's empty. You okay?"

"Fine!" she snaps back. "Sorry, I'd better go..." and before I can say anything, she leaves. I just sit there in shock for a while. Then once I snap back to reality, I take my bag and leave.

I feel better once I'm outside. I need to find out why Lia is acting that way though. I decide to go to the library, just to try and take all the stress that has been on my shoulders over the last few weeks. I walk around the shelves, looking at books I would possibly want to read. Once I find one, I sit down and read it, hoping it will take everything off my mind.

"Hi!" I hear suddenly, I was so lost in the book I didn't hear or see the people walking up to me.

"Oh uhh... hi" I say.

"Sorry, didn't mean to scare you" says a boy with dark skin and a mischievous smile. He is standing beside a girl with pale skin and black hair, and almost black eyes.

"Let's start again" he says. "'Sup I'm Chase"

"I'm Y/N" I say, but I'm confused. Why did they come over?

"I'm Jade" says the girl.

Chase sits down beside me, and Jade gives him a death glare. "Soo, Y/N... wanna be friends?"

"Jeez, Chase. She only met us, don't be so forward" says Jade.

"Well you know we have a j-" he starts, then he starts coughing like mad, obviously faking. "Sorry, just something in my throat. Anyway, wanna hang out somewhere, the three of us? Like sometime in the next two days?"

Jade has this look of disappointment on her face, probably directed towards Chase. When she notices I'm looking at her, the disappointed face quickly melts away and she has a fake smile on.

"Oh uh... yeah, maybe" I say, I really just want to get away from them. Hopefully I can just leave and they won't see me again.

"Hey! Let's do something now! C'mon, Y/N! We've got a secret place" Chase suddenly says.

"Actually, I have something to do-"

"No, seriously" Chase looks me in the eyes with a grave face. His voice turns into a whisper as he says "It's about the miraculouses"