Death Has Wings

Lying Seemed Good At The Time

When we got back home, everything settled back into it's normal routine quickly. Father went on his laptop to work, Mother went into the kitchen to prepare our dinner and I holed myself up in my room for the rest of the night.

At around six in the evening, I heard a soft knock at my door.

"Come in."

Mother opened the door slowly and peered in.

"Dinner's ready."

"I'm not having any."

"You have to, it's been four days now. You have to eat dinner sometime this week." She edged herself into the room, her feet shuffling on the carpet.

"It's fine."

"No, it's not, Clark. I swear to God, if you don't come down and eat right this minute, you won't be eating anything for the rest of the week." Father's voice cut through the air like a whip. I exhaled quickly and got up. I looked at Mother and saw her smile.

"Fine."

As I followed Mother and Father down the stairs, familiarity set in.

Same old routine.

*

The day after was one I had come to hate. School. Normally, I would loathe having to wake up early and have to suffer Father once again. Today, however, I was glad to get back to school, to see if anyone had noticed that I had gone. As usual, no-one did but I wasn't surprised. No-one ever misses me apart from my parents. I hate that.

During the first hour, it was the normal routine of people taking the piss out of me and me ignoring them. There was only one thing different. A girl came up to me. It was the same girl that was at the park.

It was at lunch and she just walked up to me. The whole event was out of place.

"Hey, Clark." She smiled faintly. I was shocked. No-one ever came up to me and talked. I mean, there were people but it was more insulting than talking really.

"How do you know my name?" I stammered. Her eyes shone in the sunlight.

"Don't worry about that...I'm Alexandria. I believe we've met before." Her voice sounded slightly airy yet it wasn't a typical girl's voice.

Ignorance is bliss. I started to walk away but she followed me. "Why're you following me?" I kept walking.

"Because I want to." She said it like I should've known it. I sighed and shrugged her off. "So," She just wouldn't stop trying to talk to me. "How're you?"

"I was fine until you started to talk to me." I couldn't hide the irritation in my voice. She stood in front of me, hands on her hips, and stopped me in my tracks. The look of disbelief was unmistakeable.

"What's with the attitude?"

"Look, I don't know you, so kindly leave me alone." I put my hands in my pockets and walked away from her.

I rolled my eyes when I heard her footsteps following behind me. I scanned the playground. Everyone was with their little group of friends, enjoying life, and I was stuck with this...limpet following me everywhere like a lost puppy.

Eventually, I got to the Music corridor. I couldn't take anymore. I turned to her, my annoyance dripping off of every word I said.

"Just fuck off and leave me alone, okay? I don't understand why you're following me. Is it because you want to annoy me? Or do you do this to everyone? Seriously, just stop it. Stop it and fuck off." I ran my hands through my hair, ruffling it to no end. I hated swearing, especially when it was towards a girl. I had to do it.

She just stood there, staring at me. I turned and walked away, leaving her there. A part of me didn't want to be away from her. Most of me, actually. I was about to go back there and apologise when the headache returned. I decided to not go back. I didn't care if I'd hurt her feelings; she'd made herself a nuisance.

I put my head down and clenched my jaw, trying to fight the pain that was throbbing inside my head.