My True Identity

Chapter 22

Chapter 22

“Boo!” someone yelled as I turned the corner to my Art class. I screamed and fell back onto the polished hallway floor. I snapped my head up to see Reagan clutching her stomach and laughing. I glared at her as I got up and adjusted my bag on my shoulder. “Not funny!” I groaned and pushed past her but she grabbed my elbow. “Slow down tiger” she joked and pulled me back.

“What do you want?” I sighed and waited for her to speak.

She instantly lowered her voice and looked me in the eye before saying “There’s this party round the block tomorrow. Wanna come?” I gazed at her hesitantly, scratching the back of my head before replying. “I.....I don’t know....I’m uh.....busy tomorrow” I lied but Reagan wasn’t one to be fooled. “Come on, stop being a coward” she teased. “I know you wanna come” she continued in an alluring tone. I groaned and nodded. “Alright, where?”  I asked her.

“I’ll text you the details” she said before disappearing with a mischievous smile on her face. I rolled my eyes before walking to class.

Art was extremely awkward since Aaron was trying his best to ignore me.  I was just glad that it was the last day on our project; I don’t know how longer I could tolerate the brown eyed jerk who was my partner. “Ok class your homework for today is to write up an evaluation of your work with your partner and bring any last bits and bobs” Mrs. Susanne said to the class. I groaned, no longer was I spending time with the jerk. Suddenly Aaron cleared his throat and looked at me for the first time that day. His eyes held nothing by heartbreaking misery which instantly made me feel guilty so I quickly looked away. “What do you want?” I snapped.

“The evaluation” he said. I rolled my eyes.

“I’ll write all of it” I said before leaving him and walking away.

The rest of the school day passed by uneventful and before I knew it, I was walking to the mall with Reagan. We’d decided to go shopping for the party tomorrow as I didn’t have any nice dresses. Once again I called Abigail to cover for me. We went into Primark first to see if they had any good dresses. After searching for hours, we couldn’t find any decent dresses so we went into some other shop. As soon as I walked in the store I saw it. My dream dress. It was all black and sleeveless with a flowy lace skirt that fell half way up my thighs. The top part was plain black with heart shaped neckline and overall it was amazing. I looked at the price tag to see it was only £33 so   I bought it without a second thought. After a few more minutes of searching I found a pair of black ankle boots to go with it and some matching earrings.

I got home at around 6:30 and saw mum sitting on the couch with her legs crossed across her chest. She looked fairly pissed off and I wondered why. Ignoring her, I walked towards the stairs when mum spoke. “Where were you?” she asked me in an ice cold tone. My heart suddenly picked up speed and I looked at her. “Uh, at Abi’s house” I replied, keeping a neutral tone.  She rose from her couch and walked towards me. “Oh really?” she asked in a mocking tone. I gulped and nodded. “Funny, how I didn’t see you there” she continued. My eyes widened and I stared at her in shock.

“Wh-what?” I asked her.

“That’s right, I went there to check up on you but you weren’t there. Tell me, where were you?” she asked. “I....I was at Abigail’s house” I replied. She raised her eyebrows.

“You either tell me or we can do it the hard way” she said.

“Puh-lease stop pretending to be a normal mum” I snapped, feeling anger rising. “I can go WHERE ever I want WHEN ever I want” I spat. All of a sudden I felt a sharp pain on my cheek and realised she’d slapped me. “How dare you?!” I shouted feeling anger seep through my veins. “I’m your MOTHER and I will NOT tolerate such behaviour in this house. You’re grounded for a month!” she said with finality evident in her tone before storming off. I screamed and ran up to my room, slamming the door.

I was lying in bed when I got a strange message from an unknown number. Meet me @ school in 10 it read. I rolled my eyes and typed back Who is this? before pressing send. I instantly got a reply ‘Just come’ it read. I ignored the message and closed my eyes. After 5 minutes I snapped my eyes open, curiosity getting the better off me and changed into a pair of jeans and an oversized hoodie. I closed my eyes and focused on my hearing, recently I’d gotten really good at controlling my senses. I could tell by mums’ breathing that she was in her room reading a book. I smirked to myself before slowly opening the door and tiptoeing downstairs. I grabbed a knife from the kitchen and covered it in a plastic cover before placing it in my back pocket.

I walked towards the school slowly, being fully aware of my surroundings. I stood outside of the school and text the unknown number ‘I’m here!’ and waited for a reply. Instead I felt a flood of air rush past me and a man in all black appeared in front of me. I couldn’t see his face because his hood covered it. “W-Who are you?” I stuttered instantly reaching for my knife. The man pulled down his hood and I realised it was Mr. Saltzman, my history teacher. My eyes widened and I whipped my knife out, pointing it at him. “Le-leave me a-alone and no o-one g-gets hurt” I stuttered slowly backing away. In a flash he grabbed my knife and chucked it away. I gaped at him, no human being could’ve moved that fast. He smirked and grabbed my hand before I had a chance to response. “What are you?” I whispered as he lead my away from the school.

“All will be revealed soon Selena. Come, walk with me” he said. In any other situation I would’ve run away from him but the need to get answers was strong so I followed him.

We were standing near a lake with the wind slowly caressing us. “Selena, there’s something you have to know” he said and my heart instantly sped up. What was he going to tell me? A thousand thoughts ran through my mind. I nodded, waiting for him to reveal the big secret. “You’re............

Dun, dun, dun!!!! omg, sorry for not posting sooner. first of all my computer got destroyed and we just bought a new one. also i got an injection which really hurts my arm and it becomes kinda hard to type hence why this chappy is kinda short. anyways don't forget to vote/comment.fan ohhh and wat do u think selena is????!!!! ;)