Finding Onyx

Chapter 1: Until Tomorrow

**Onyx's POV**

No one believed me when I told them I killed him. They knew it was suicide, but they didn't understand that I could've saved him. He could still be right by my side, smiling like nothing was going to happen. I loved my brother, even though we fought a lot. I didn't know how much pain I caused him, but he couldn't handle the pain anymore. He killed himself a month ago, but I knew it was going to happen sooner or later.

I ran down the hallway, towards my classroom. It was my first day back since a month, and the new year had already started. I wasn't ready to be a freshman by myself, but I had to deal with it. I wasn't sure where my classroom was, so I glanced down at my schedule, which was a bad idea, because right when I did so, I ran into Brandon Abraham. He had brown hair, and gorgeous green/brown eyes. I guess he had gotten a tan over the summer, because he had much tanner skin than last year. I guess my bangs had moved, because I could see out of both my eyes, which wasn't good. I was born with one violet eye and one green/blue eye. Nobody except my family knew about my violet eye, but know Brandon did. I had a major crush on him, but he probably thought I was a freak now.

"Sorry," I whispered and knelt down to gather my stuff.

"No, I'm sorry. I wasn't looking," He said and helped me gather my stuff. I gathered my stuff, with Brandon's help, and stood back up and moved my hair over my violet eye.

"Well, I gotta get going. I am super late to class," I told him, but before I was able to leave he told me something I would never imagine him to say.

"Maybe you should try having your hair out of both your eyes. You look cuter with both your eyes showing," Brandon told me blushing.

I looked at him, "Thanks." I started to blush terribly and left. I finally got to my classroom, 20 minutes late, and I saw Bianca in my class. I did NOT like that. Bianca was basically my enemy, who obviously wanted me dead. I walked into the classroom and everyone instantly started staring at me.

The teacher glanced at me, "Name?"

"Onyx," I told her, and she looked at her seating chart I guess.

"Why are you late?" The teacher asked me.

"Can I tell you in the hallway?" I asked her and she nodded. We walked into the hallway and she closed the door.

"So, why are you late?" She repeated calmly.

"Well, last month, my twin brother. He kinda...um," I stuttered, choking back tears.

"He what?" She sounded...worried? No, concerned

"He, um, k-kil-...he c-committed s-suicide," I finally managed to say.

"Oh, I see," She said.

"And, it took me a month to finally come back to school, a-and I didn't know where to go and I had to walk, and I live like 5 miles away from school, but no bus comes anywhere near my house, so I can't take a bus and my parents have to leave at 6 to go to work. So, they can't give me a ride, so I might be late to your class a lot," I explained to her.

"I see, well, I will make sure to notify the office and I will make sure to make a note to remind myself," She told me calmly and I nodded my thanks and we walked back into the classroom. She pointed to the seat next to Bianca, and told me to sit down.  I did as I was told.

"So, why haven't you been here? To scared?" Bianca whispered to me. I showed no emotion and didn't even try to talk to her.

"Please take out your books and turn to page 120. We will be reading this story in partners and I have already chosen partners," The teacher told us and I pulled out my textbook and opened it to the correct page.

"So, you being shy now?" Bianca leaned over and whispered to me after she turned to the correct page. I ignored her.

"Now, here are the partners," The teachers said and I sat there, waiting to hear who I would be partnered up with. "Bianca and Onyx..."

"Let's read!" Bianca said, a fake smile on her face.