Perfect scars

Chapter Two.

"I'm on the wrong side of heaven and the righteous side of hell"

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The teacher started reading out what pages we had to turn to for the work we were doing today, not that many people in the class were listening to him. I found myself constantly taking glances towards Oliver sometimes to look at the mark etched into his arm and others just to look at him, I can't shake the feeling that he gives me, it's like I'm intimidated by him but curious at the same time.

But he's one of those guys, the one every school has the one who can say one word or smile a little and any girl will fall to his feet. I've already seen Kelly all over him... god I hate her sometimes. Pulling myself out of my petty thoughts and drawing my attention back to my teacher, I start to copy his notes down in my note book. I felt someone's eyes on me, I looked around the room to see everyone looking at the teacher or talking to their friends quietly, I looked around and no one was looking at me but I still had that strange feeling that someone was there. Suddenly I felt a small warm burning feeling on my stomach where the mark was engraved on my stomach. My hands instinctively clenched into fists. I always got a bad sort of feeling when it burned but I could never put my finger on it.

I never knew why I would get this, but sometimes I felt a burning there like the ink was pure poison and it was slowly burning through me, most of the time it was a little warmth, granted it was uncomfortable but I could ignore it, however occasionally I would get a large burning like someone was holding a blowtorch against my skin but it never gave me any scars or burns the skin would never feel hot to touch either. It would always disappear eventually though I never thought that much of it, it became normal. But In a little shock, I sat up straight in my chair in discomfort and saw Oliver stiffen next to me I looked at him and he had tensed all his muscles. He clenched his fist slightly and looked forward.

The lesson passed and the burning was still lingering there, as soon as the bell had gone Oliver had almost sprinted to the door without saying anything. Although I don't know why I expected him to say anything to me, we spoke once, I don't know why I let myself think anything more of it.

I found my way to my next class which was biology which I had with Kelly although she was pretty she was very, very, very, dumb. The typical dumb blond stereotype was true! I walked in and sat in my usual place at the front closer to the window. I sat down and got out a note book and waited for her royal smuttiness to walk in. I started subconsciously drawing in my note book the symbol that was on my stomach, I had tried to draw it so much to figure out what it was or to ask someone about it but I could never quite get it right it always came out wrong. "why are you always drawing that" I heard an unfortunately familiar voice. She sat down pulling out her pink pen and note book. She sent a flirty smile to some guy across the class room and she let out a small giggle, I felt my eyes automatically roll and I looked out the window watching the other students walk past oblivious to me looking at them.

The teacher walked in but my gaze remained to the window, the trees moved in the cold winter breeze and it mesmerized me. I looked to the base of the tree and saw a hooded figure standing at the bottom, I felt a nervous chill run over me and the burning which I had started to ignore burn intensely, I took in a raged breath trying to keep calm. I looked closer trying to figure out who it was, they dressed in black and his face was covered by the hood. I felt myself leaning closer to the window trying to get a better look "Scarlet! What are you looking at" I heard Kelly shout to be but in a whisper, I leant back so I was sitting up straight and turned to Kelly quickly "it was nothing, I thought I saw... something" I mumbled. I looked back out the window and the figure had disappeared I looked around trying to if I could find them but nothing but normal happy student walked past.

Suddenly the burning stopped, just like that. Like a switch someone had just turned off. I felt myself relax and take a deep breath. But then a thought popped into my head, what makes them come. I never know what causes the burning, and I never knew what happened to make it stop. It was like an unwanted headache, not that anyone wants a headache either...

I pulled myself out of my confusing thoughts once again. Since not many people talk to me I result in losing myself in thoughts I find that it helps me to calm myself or maybe it's an excuse to block everyone else out. I looked up to the teacher who was lecturing us about the structure and the different bases in DNA and how different bases coded for different proteins, nothing that I hadn't already been taught but I still wrote down the notes that were written up for us.

"so, what do you think to the new guy?" Kelly asked as she tapped the end of her pencil on her lip as if she was in deep thought "he seems nice enough I guess" I replied still scribbling notes and not looking at her "no, no, I mean do you think I should get with him, like is he good enough for me." she said with a serious tone, god can anyone get more obtuse or vain, I roll my eyes then look at her and smiled at her sweetly though "I don't know him well enough" I stated not wanting to make her flip out, because she wasn't good to guys she used them and would move on but I would never be able to say anything to her.