Aiza.

Chapter 2

Chapter II

"Aiza, WAKE UP!"

With that I woke up in my bed wearing the same clothes I went to bed with. As I look up I see Tiff standing above me, grin spread across her face.

"Morning sleeping beauty," she said "What do you wanna do? Be late for school?"

I stared at her for a moment, mesmerized by her beauty. She was 5' 6", had long black hair in a ponytail, and stormy grey  eyes. She was wearing a white t-shirt and black shorts.

"What, my little cutie had a bad dream?" she said in a sarcastic tone. "What's wrong?" she asked.

"Where did the man go? The man in the white mask?" I asked "And why am I wearing these clothes still? I already changed into something else. I was outside talking wi-"

She put her finger on my lips, and then silenced me with a kiss.

"Must of been a real crazy dream," she said "Come on let's go. We're already late."

I glanced over at the clock. 6:42.

I thought to myself, 'This doesn't make any sense, when I woke up it was 6:42. Maybe Tiff's right. Maybe it was all just a dream.'

I got up, got dressed, grabbed a sandwich and ran outside, meeting Tiff at the bus stop.

"Ready for our family studies presentation today?" Tiff asked.

"Uhhh..." I responded.

"Oh my god, do I have to do everything for you?"

"That would be much appreciated." I said jokingly.

"Ugh. You best be really good on the fly."

That proved to be a useful skill of mine as we finished the presentation with a B+ .

Family studies was probably my favorite class for two reasons: It was a easy A and because I had it with Tiff.

Because Tiff is the token over-achiever, she volunteered us to go first. But it paid off because I got to spend the rest of the class hanging out with her.

The thing I love about her the most is that she is so easy to be around.

"Hey, how'd I do?" I asked confidently.

"Meh, I carried the presentation. You were just along for the ride..." she replied

I faked a cry "Must... Try... HARDER!". I joked.

"I'm kidding," she joked, "you did great cutie."

"Heeelllll YEA!" I said, a bit too loudly.

"Ahem... Tiffany, Aiza," said Mr. Johnston our teacher. "I don't believe I said it is time for socializing. Am I wrong Mr. Cardona?"

"No sir," I replied.

"Alright. Ben, Mike, you may continue."

Tiff and I exchanged a silent laugh and spent the rest of the period watching presentations, with the occasional silent joke.

My 2nd period class was science. Not my strongest subject. We were learning something about models of light, but I had no clue what was going on so I spent the whole class joking around with Eddie and a guy named James.

"Hey Aiza!" James whispered "You going to Nichole's party Friday night?"

Nichole Matthews was the most "popular" girl in the 10th Grade. She lived all the way out in the 38th district.

Her dad was a international business man or something so he was always on the road. The times when he would bring Nichole's mom with him she would always throw a big bash in her big house.

However, It always end in a big mess: either some couple having sex in the wrong room or someone doing something really stupid. (Don't get me started on the car in the swimming pool)

I was reluctant to go, but I knew that Tiff would want to go so I said "Yeah, sure."

"I heard there is gonna be live entertainment there. She booked Skrillex for the night." Eddie added "There is no way I'm passing up on that opportunity! Big party, plus Skrillex , plus big pool,  equals hot girls in bikinis! Can't wait!"

The last part he said a bit too loud and it caught the attention of our teacher.

Ms. Reidman said, "I'm very proud that you are understanding simple equations Mr. Burke. But can you save it for math class please?"

"Yes ma'am" he replied unhappily.

The rest of class was a monotonous blur of me waiting for my time to see Tiff.

When the bell rang I ran straight for the door for the best subject of the day: Lunch.

When I arrived at my locker, I opened it up and put my stuff in, not long before I noticed the sudden silence in the hallway. I looked around the hall to see the everyone frozen in time. I turned around to see a large hole in the lockers across from me. Surrounding the hole was more binaries, and in the hole a cloudy image of a dark room.

Tempted to see what was beyond it I walked through it and instantly my head burst into a mass of pain. Images of violent scenes started flowing through my brain. A massive war, people getting stabbed and shot everywhere you turn, a jet dropping a gargantuan bomb landing on the warring people.

With the explosion I came to my senses to find myself in a small room. I look across from me and discover a girl, who looked suspiciously similar to Tiff, struggling against what seemed to be an invisible force.

She reached out to me and said, "Don't worry Acey,  just hang in a little longer..."

The scene shifted. I found myself in a small laboratory. At the computers was man in a long black cloak.

I tried to move to ask him where I was, but I couldn't move. I tried calling out but my voice was trapped in my throat. I looked around and saw doorway.

In the doorway was another man, the same one in the white mask.

The first man said, "What is Aiza's status, Z?"

The man in the doorway, who's name I assumed to be Z, said, "He is still clueless. However, the recent break-ins are causing me to worry--"

"Silence! The Resistance aren't to be stressed over! My security system is flawless! No rag-tag group of bandits can get through--" suddenly the man halted his speech. "We have a visiter Z..."

"Aiza, return to your world..." said Z, as he turned towards me.

With that, the pains returned, and as I was fading away the cloaked man said, "Your time will come soon Aiza. Just rest easy until then."