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38 - School's in Session

2 Years Later...

VALENTINA'S POV

"I'm so happy that we only have a few weeks until prom!" Chelsey gushed and I chuckled at her excitement and looked to see the big school right in front of me.

I smiled to myself as I walked into the school and was greeted with familiar smiles. My friends were waving at Chelsey and me to come over to them.

"Chelsey, Valery! What's up!" Tyler cheered and I swallowed a lump growing in my throat from the name.

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It may have been two years since I changed my name but it's something I'll never get used to.

Over the years, I had completely changed my hair and eye colour into brown, making me unnoticeable to the media, or anyone in fact.
And now, I was leading a new life as Valery Collins.

With my synthetic identity, I had to re-enrol in high school since I was 'still eighteen'. All my Psychology and Criminal Justice majors and work had been scrapped but I didn't mind at all.

My foster mother had never let me make any friends or join any clubs, in fear that I would learn to rebel and not use my gift when all I wanted to do was spend time with kids my age, and now I could.

I joined the hockey club now I was good at sports, and I had amazing friends, that have stuck with me since I came here.

And now it was my final year in high school, and I was aiming to do a degree in Veterinary Science with Leila, who was one of my closest friends.

But no one knew my secret, and I would never tell any of them. It would be the downfall of this life I made for myself, and I wasn't about to get rid of all my hard work.

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I stand with my group and look around at my friends. Everyone was chatting and I started to talk to Leila about another guest speaker we have in a week. "I can't believe our school life is ending in a few months!" she chirps, and I nodded happily.

Leila and I had agreed that we would be going to the same university in England and neither of us could be more excited. It would be a huge opportunity for us, and we were even thinking about renting apartments with each other. 

Everything was going to go the way I finally wanted!

All our talking was interrupted by the bell, and we hurried off into our classes I had English with Tyler and Chelsey.

We took our seats in class and once the teacher walked into the class, we greeted her.
As I talked with Tyler about the project we were assigned, she came and helped our group until she moved to help another.

The group presentation was about a creative story we had to make. Chelsey, Tyler and I decided to make a fantasy story about forbidden love, and we had to make all our own characters from scratch, and I was assigned the role of the female lead.
I made her so that she was strong and determined and even though she knew she couldn't be with him, she defied all her protesters and stayed with him.
I sighed to myself and looked out the window where I could look at the city before me.

"Val? Valery!" Somebody whined behind me and poked me, snapping me out of my daze and flicking my head to be greeted with a wide smile behind me.

"What is it, Tyler?" I groan and he just lectures me like a mother to stay on task.

Tyler was my other best friend in school. He was childish and was always the loud friend, but I didn't mind. He was a fun character to be around.
And he was in most of my classes.