The Game

New Guy

“A while after the event travel between states was limited. People went to places in their district and there only. For if one was seen in place outside of their safe haven they would face the consequences.”- Gamers’ Guide to Survival Article H, Pg56

October 9th 2014

Manhattan New York 9:18 am

Kaelyn

It’s been 3 days. 3days since Phoenix disappeared.3 days since I woke up in the nurse’s office being told that she didn’t exist.3 days since her own mother said she had no idea who she was.

No one knew who she was except for me and I refused to believe that she was just some figment of my imagination. It all felt too real for it to be a dream. Since she was taken away security had been tightened and the guards watched us more closely. Well they watched me more closely because on more than one occasion I caught Mr. Brown eyes staring at me. His gaze would follow me until I was safely through the gates but even after I could still feel it against my back.

I sat in the chair swinging my feet back and forth using my hands for support. I had been sitting in the office for the past 8 minutes waiting for Mrs. Adams to give me my late pass. I glanced over at her and saw that she was still busy on the phone. She moved her hands rapidly to emphasize each word even though the person listening couldn’t see her. She brought her hand up to her nose and pushed her glasses up on her face. She rolled her eyes at something being said and started writing furiously. Yep, I was going to be here for a while.

I brought my hands down to my feet and began playing with my laces. It kept me preoccupied for a while but the voices coming from the principal’s office were distracting. I heard a door open and then the shuffling of feet against the tiled floors.

I glanced up and in those brief few seconds I was hooked. I was staring into the bluest eyes I had ever seen. They were the perfect mixture between midnight and sky blue. The owner had tousled brown hair and pale skin. I had never seen him before which meant he was new. Either that or Scott Stevens got really hot over night. The latter wasn’t likely since Scott had this skin condition which caused him to break out everywhere and I mean everywhere. This was a bit weird considering we hadn’t had a new student in 5 years. Since the event travel between states and districts had been limited .Basically if you didn’t live around here you didn’t go to school here it was as simple as that. I had lived here all of my life and I hadn’t seen this guy before. The boy shot me a grin and ran his fingers through his hair. There was no denying he was cute and from his demeanor I could tell he knew this as well. I scoffed and I shot him an icy glare in return. He looked somewhat hurt by my response and then put his hands up in air as if surrendering. I was about to open my mouth to say something but I was cut off by the secretary calling my name.

“Kaelyn,” she yelled.

I turned to look at her and she motioned for me to come to her I started to walk towards but for some reason I looked back and the boy was gone.

When did he leave? Wait why did I even care I mean I didn’t even know him. I shook my head and turned back towards Mrs. Adams .She was shooting me daggers, probably annoyed by how long it would take me to walk the 5 ft distance between me and her desk. She had no to be annoyed with me since I was the one who had been sitting here watching her talk for the past 8-now 9 minutes. I smiled sheepishly and walked to her.

She handed me the white piece of paper, it was warm and I could smell the ink. I took it from her, shoved it in my pocket and walked down the long hallway towards my first period class. We never actually did work because it didn’t really benefit us in any way. We could do whatever we wanted; we just had to show up to class and find a way to keep us occupied. We could dance on the table tops if we wanted to the teachers didn’t care.