Wisteria

Chapter I

"I don't want to go to the game" I said, a little irritated. "Jonathan's going to be there" Annebeth urged. "You won't want to miss it."

But I really didn't want to go to the game. There's things I want to do. Besides, he's not even that cute. I rolled my eyes. "I don't want too go. I have too much homework. And I'm über tired from gymnastics yesterday."

"But it's the last game before winter break."
"No"
Then Annebeth got up, tossed her curly blonde hair, threw away her lunch tray, and left the cafeteria.

I know I shouldn't have lied but I couldn't help it. I needed some alone time to recharge.

Hi. My name is Quelia Fent. I have hair that's just light enough not to be considered auburn and blue eyes. I live in a small town in Michigan called Ironwood that's filled with so many people that think they're cool that old ladies wear socks that say BEAST.

The school was built so long ago that it's hard to tell what color the wall and floor were originally. And the students come to the harsh reality that it's not Friday so often, it's become unhealthy.

Hardly anyone is able to get anything done and no one thinks about the future. Or the present. Or the past. There's not much "thinking" that goes on in this town.

Anyway, back to me. I'm pretty sure there's something wrong with this place. I've lived here my whole life and seen a multitude of strange things.

People here don't move on.

Annebeth has been talking about Jonathan for weeks and I still don't like him and he still doesn't like me. I'm totally fine with that and she doesn't understand. No one understands...

It's like no one has a thought process.

Every once in a while they find something cool or funny that was said online and don't let it go until they find something else.

Wow I think too much. Back to the table.

Annebeth, Clarise, Aeris, and I sit at the table in the corner farthest from the only exit. We always wait until the sea of surging humanity calms down before we leave to go to Algebra.

Aeris clapped her hands in front of my distantly staring eyes. I shook my head to clear my thoughts.

"We're you thinking about shoulders again?" Aeris joked. (This had been the joke for about 3 weeks.)

Not wanting to argue, I said, "Sure."

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Algebra was uneventful, as always. Listening to the teacher drone on, fully aware that no one was listening.

I found myself staring into space then, suddenly awake. My eyes wondered to the book Aeris once tried to read under the table but ended up just reading in plain sight. It's not like the teacher cared. The book had a peculiar symbol on its cover and binding. Like a box collapsing on a diamond eye. I couldn't make out the title and the whole book was deeply colored in navy blue and crimson.

I poked her arm. It seemed to take her a few seconds to even notice that she had been disturbed, let alone look up."Good book?" I said silently when we finally made eye contact. "Yeah" she mouthed back as if still entranced by the book. Then immediately turned her nose down and continued to read.

Wanting to finish the homework that had been given, I nodded in conclusion and turned back to my work.

(39i+31t-23r+11a)(19a+21o-29)(47w-47i-33s)

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After school I made a beeline straight for my bedroom. I needed some alone time. I jumped onto the lower bunk of my bed and shut the curtain to enter my own little world.

I pulled out my notebook and started to sketch. I drew a beautiful window surrounded by pristine white bricks in what appeared to be a hallway carved out of marble.

It seemed familiar to me. Like visiting the old house where you grew up.

I marveled at it for a while before flipping the page. I started to draw a huge glass bead with a swirl of color inside only to be interrupted by the sound of my mother calling me up for dinner.

Six o' clock already? Oh well.

I closed my notebook, pulled back the sheet I used to divide myself from the world and went upstairs to except some good old fashioned spaghetti.