Alone and Stone Cold

Chapter One

"Do you understand the consequences of your actions Mr Lanez?" Mrs Murphy was scolding me in her office. Again. I couldn't quite take her seriously, I never did actually. We had been through this so many times,I figured if she really wanted to kick me out of her school then she would've done that a long time ago.

I smirked which only made my principal's blood boil even more. "How about I suspend you from school for two weeks, would you still smirk to that?" This lady was tripping over nothing. All I did was spray paint some new student's car,it was no big deal. It wasn't a prank I just wanted to make my message clearer to the punk. Nobody was to mess with me and get away easily and if you ask me, that's the nicest thing I've ever done to 'em haters.

"Would that help you sleep at night ma'am?" I still had the smirk on my face. She put her hands up showing that she had lost all hope in me but I could care less. I stood up and left the office not even caring about whether she done talking or not. She could go hang herself for all I cared.
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I went to pick my little sister from school that day and we headed to a local restaurant for dinner. She had been begging me for weeks and since I had been suspended for two weeks I had all the time in the world to do whatever she asked. "Can I go to the restroom?" I gave her a look. "Aerin we just got here."

"But I've been holding it for so long." She pleaded. I just had to give in. The dimples,which I think she got from me, always got me.

"Tell you what? Why don't you wait for someone to come take our orders then you can go to the restroom yeah?" She didn't want to agree with me at first but eventually she did. I asked her about school and she gave me a speech. That's something I loved about my little sister. No matter what she and I were going through she always looked at the brighter side of things. She could've decided to be quite and always cry about how she had no parents but no,that had absolutely no effect on her. She knew that it was just her and I against the world. And that was all that mattered.

"Hi,can I take your order please?" Some girl came around with her notepad and a pen ready to jot down whatever we wanted. "Hi I am Aerin. I like your hair." Typical of my sister.

"Aww thanks Aerin." The girl flashed the biggest smile ever." So what can I get you sweetheart? " My sister pointed to something on the menu and the waitress wrote it down. Aerin then looked at me,reminding me of our little deal and I gave her a thumbs up,as to say that she could go to the restroom.

"And you?" The waitress was focused on me now that Aerin was gone." Umm I'll just have the sausage combo and large fries, add a little extra barbeque sauce on the sausages, and I prefer feta cheese on my salad." I closed the menu to indicate that I was done with my order. "Any drinks?"

"Get us two apple juices and get Aerin the medium sized fries not the large."

"How did you know she ordered fries?"

"I know my sister."

She smiled but I just simply looked at her. "Anything else?" It's funny how she should've been the one asking that question not the other way round.

She chuckled then looked at me." Have we met before?" I examined her. I could swear I had seen her somewhere before but it didn't matter because I didn't know her name." Nah,you've mistaken me for a different guy."

"I swear I've seen you somewhere,I never forget people's faces."

"Should I just forget about my food?" That seemed to have brought her back from dreamland. "Oh right! Sorry I'll go hand in your order."

I took out my phone and got consumed in all the updates but I could see here from the corner of my eye looking back as she walked towards the kitchen. It was nothing I was going to entertain though. So what if we had met before? But then again it's a small world,there could be someone out there who looks like me.
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Two weeks later...

I was back at school after my two week suspension. I can't say the teachers were excited about my return but the students,that was a whole different story. See I was really popular in Cliffwell High. Why I was? That would be a question I wouldn't really be able to answer. It all started a few months before I became a senior. That was around the same time my dad disappeared on my little sister and I. He did this after years of promising that he wouldn't do the same thing my damn mother did. I really had shitty parents didn't I?

How the hell was I supposed to take care of myself,let alone my eight year old sister? But with the heavy storm that had always been heading my way I managed to get us a place to live,food on the table,education. How did I do it all?
Well although I had fucked up parents at least they had their kids covered. My dad used to be a manager at the local travel agency and he earned big bucks. I took advantage of all that, it was the least he could give us after abandoning us.
Of course I didn't just depend on the inheritance,my God mother took care us too. I say it's inheritance even though his death has not been declared because I sure hope he is for his own good he is dead or else the day I find him all hell will break loose.

But let me get back to my life. I was heading for my first lesson of the day. I met up with my boys. Kevin and Nathan. "What's good?" Kevin had the biggest smile on his face. I greeted them both and they filled me up on what I had missed.

"Hey guys." A girl came through,she then kissed Nathan on the cheek. "Morning bae." I was lost.

"Bae?" It seemed the guys hadn't filled me up on everything. Kevin started laughing before talking. "Yeah man,your boy got trapped."

"You got a girlfriend?" I asked Nathan as if the girl wasn't even around.

"Yeah,umm this is my girl, babe this is..."

"Bryson." She finished the sentence for him. "You know him?" Nathan took the words right out of my mouth.

"Yeah, I do. You're the guy from the restaurant right?"

"Oh yeah,you're the waitress?"

"Told you I didn't forget faces." I just chuckled to her words. So Nathan had decided to get a girlfriend huh? She was ayt. I still didn't know her name though and I was about to ask her just when she spoke "Zoénna. My name is Zoénna." She finished her sentence with a smile,as always. What was it with this girl and smiling so much?

Zoénna, that's an intriguing name.

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