Secrecy

Chapter 1:

Thursday, January 8

I sat in the front office waiting for the principle. Sighing I looked down and saw my step brother, Tyler, had texted me.

Hey! The others and I are gonna be practicing in Cristian's house, the message said.

I nodded and put my phone away, deciding on telling him later I wasn't going to make it.

Sighing I got up and followed the teachers to the office. The i.s.s teacher sat on my left and the principal in front of me.

"This isn't the first time you are caught skipping, am I right Miss Belle?" The principal, Mrs. Kay, asked.

"No, but I wasn't skipping today!" I argued.

"Really? Ten minutes after the bell you where still in the restroom." Mrs. Kay said.

I let out a sigh. This was not my day. "I was just using the restroom. Please as a female yourself, you should be able to understand where I'm coming from." I said trying to convince Mrs. Kay to not get me in detention. Truthfully, I wasn't lying I was actually telling the truth. I looked up and saw a guy standing in front with an administrator listening to the conversation.

Feeling embarrassed for what I had just said, I quickly looked away and looked back at Mrs. Kay.

"All right. Belle. I'll let you go, but next time I'm going to call your mom." She threatened.

I nodded and stood up. "Thank you so much, I promise it won't happen again." I said sincerely as I started my way out.

"Belle." The woman behind the counter said.

I looked over at her, "Yes?" I asked.

The woman looked at the guy and told me to come to her. I did what she asked and found myself standing beside the guy. Though I was a bit intimidated by him. He had dark brown hair, pale skin, was a head taller than me with lean muscles running down his arms and body. His body clothed in dark washed jeans and a black shirt. But it wasn't his appearance that intimated me, something about his aura did and they way he had looked at me.

"Can you take him to his class?" The woman asked giving me his schedule. I looked down at the paper and saw we shared three classes together. I faked a smile. "Sure." I said. The woman smiled kindly and resumed her work.

"C'mon." I told the guy as I took the paper. After exiting the office, I turned around to make sure he was following me, he was. "I'm Belle McLain." I said stretching my hand.

"Axel Coal." He said shaking my hand.

I gave him a friendly smile and we started our way again to our class.

"Why where you skipping?" He suddenly asked.

"I wasn't."

"The time you got caught."

I shrugged. "I wasn't feeling good." I whispered.

"Oh."

I nodded. "Yeah. Well, here we are." I said entering the classroom.

Everyone looked up. "Miss McLain may I know why you're late?" My teacher, Ms. Webb asked.

"I was talking to the principal." I said.

Ms. Webb nodded and looked pass me. "You must be the new student." She said. Axel nodded.

I sat down beside my friend Cristian. He along with me, my brother and my best friend Becky had created a band called the Fallen. I looked over at him, he had a questioning look.