Whispers Of Fate

05| An Unexpected Event

I pulled myself out of bed the instant my alarm pierced the morning silence, I was a sleepyhead so I couldn't say I was really happy to do so.

I took a shower, wore my best clothes, put on my bag, grabbed my phone and went downstairs to have a light breakfast before heading to school.

"Look who's up so early". Zack smirked sitting on a chair in the kitchen.

Zack was 2 years older than me. He had just started college, my parents suggested him to go out of the country but he insisted on staying right here, with me. He always pretended to be the perfect child in front of mom and dad but only I knew how much of a devil he actually is. He would never stop teasing me even about the simplist things. However when he got to know about the 'incident' last year, he completely changed for a moment, speaking words which I could never forget.

*Flashback*

"I'm so sorry Evelyn. If only I was with you at that time." He said punching the wall beside me.

He looked down at me and held my face with two hands which had gone numb from all the.crying.

"I'll never let anything happen to you ever again I promise." His eyes filled with tears before he pulled me into a hug. I had never seen him cry before.

"I'll never leave your side Evelyn, I'll protect you with all my life." He paused before continuing." I love you, never forget that." He let out a sob, hugging me tighter. That was when I knew I was safe.
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I rolled my eyes," Mind your own business Zack, I need to leave early if I want to catch the bus."

"Hey at least show some respect, look I made a smoothie for ya". He said offering the glass of smoothie he just made.

"Woah did you really do this all by yourself? I gotta say I'm pretty impressed. Thanks for your effort Zack. I'm so proud of you!! Now is that enough?"I said in a sarcastic manner.

"Now you're just over exaggerating Evelyn." He frowned.

"No but really thanks." I said before giving him a hug. "You're the best." I smiled at him before leaving the house.

I went to pick up Kate earlier than usual because we had to catch the bus or else we would have to walk like yesterday which wasn't a great idea considering the fact of how exhausted we both were yesterday.

I rung the doorbell but no one answered. I rang it a few more times but still no reply. Finally Kate's Mom opened the door asking me why i was here so early.

"Umm didn't Kate tell you we were gonna catch the bus from today onwards?" I asked with a confused look on my face.

"Ah yes! Silly me, I'll go get her." She said before hurrying back inside.

"Thanks Mrs Everton." I said before looking at the plants in front of her door.

After a few minutes i could hear things falling all over the place. I knew that Kate had forgotten about taking the bus and now she was in a hurry

"I'm ready let's go Evelyn." She said panting as though she had just run a marathon race.

"Umm Kate... I don't think you're completely ready..." I said while pointing to her legs. She wasn't wearing anything from the waist below other than her panties. I laughed as she went to put some pants on.
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"I don't know if we'll be able to make it." I said nervously.

"Come on, stay positive I'm sure if we run we'll make it, come on." She tried to put on a smile.

We both ran as fast as we could and luckily we reached the bus stop on time and got on. We took the two front seats that were empty.

"Told ya we wouldn't miss the bus" Kate said while putting her bag on her lap.

I smirked. "Yeah but next time don't forget to put your alarm on so that we wouldn't have to run like that again, oh yeah and your pants too." I said covering my mouth trying my best to control the laughter inside me.

She looked a bit ashamed and laughed.

We both kept talking about what we'd do throughout the day till we reached school.

When we reached me and Kate were the first ones to get down as we were sitting at the front.

The rest of our day went out normal. Kate being her usual self, prioritizing everything else other than studying. Typical her. And I just did what I always do, stayed invisible at most and kept away from Tyler as much as I could, wouldn't want to bump into him after getting exposed for my crime.
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Finally class was over. I packed my books when I heard someone call my name. "Hey, paper girl you've been called into the teacher's office." The same guy who exposed me yesterday laughed at me from behind the door before running away.

"My name's not-" I yelled before realising he was gone and there was no point in doing so.

I knocked on the teacher's office door waiting to be called inside.

"Come in." I heard the sweet voice of a woman call me in. It was my homeroom teacher.

I walked in slowly not knowing why I had been called. I hadn't done something wrong, had I?

"Er... am I in trouble?" I stuttered. I was sure she could sense the fear in my voice.

She laughed, "Oh no sweetie of course not, come have a seat."

I was relieved when I heard her laugh. But one thought wouldn't escape my head, if I wasn't in trouble then why am I here?

"I was thinking, since you're new here you might not know about the after-school activity. So i was hoping you'd participate in it today and get to know about the tradition of our school." She smiled folding her hands on the table in front of her. " If that's not a problem...." Her expression changed soon enough.

"No, not at all I would love to." I exclaimed. I didn't mind spending a bit of time at school before heading home.

"Great, oh and another student will be joining you to assist you. He'll give you all the details, have fun." She said before letting me out of the office.

I went back to my classroom only to see.... No one?. "Weird, where is he?" I mumbled to myself not knowing who this 'he' even was.

"Looking for me?" I heard a manly voice behind me say.

I turned around to see a tall guy now looking down right at me with his hands in his pockets, smirking.

I was shocked. Some would've thought I'd seen a ghost.

Speaking of the devil. "Tyler?"
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