MIND Link (Onhold)

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Finally an update. That took me so long to finish. What is wrong with me?

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The sound of my alarm woke me up, but I was so lazy to move I didn't bother to switch it off. I let it continue beeping while I slowly drift back to sleep snuggling my comfortable blanket.

"Ellie! Switch off your damn alarm!" dad shouted from below loud enough to make me jump out of bed. Grumbling, I switched off the alarm. I hate waking up early in the morning. My senses are all numb, it's cold and my brain refuses to form any coherent thinking. I drag myself to the bathroom, freshen up and got myself dress for school. I wore a simple shirt underneath my navy blue sweater which I matched with my loose faded jeans and snickers. Alright, these look good enough.

When dad saw me all ready for school he was quite surprised and tried to reason with me to just stay at home today. To be honest, my head still hurts and sometimes I get this minor headache but as long as I don't turn my head too fast I'll be fine, but telling him that wouldn't help my situation. "Seriously dad, I'm fine. It's not as bad as it looks."

"I really think you should just stay at home today."

"Come on dad, I'll be fine. Look, if anything happens I'll call you okay." I said to him. He was still reluctant but he eventually agreed to send me to school. Don't get me wrong, it's not that I like going to school or anything like that. I just don't want to give any reasons for the teachers to dislike me now that the whole student body appears to be against me. I've got to create more allies if my list of enemies just kept on increasing. Let's not make my life any more complicated than it already is.

The moment I stepped on school compound, all eyes were practically on me. I mean seriously, if they wanted to stare so much they should've at least have the decency to be discreet about it. I could've pretended to be normal for once. I sigh, muttered to myself 'here we go me' and put on the best poker face of the year. In no time at all, I could already hear the whispers swirling around me. I caught a few words here and there but paid no attention to it; instead, I kept my head held high and continue moving forward. I was actually quite proud of myself for not letting the rumors get to me when suddenly these two girls started talking loudly, enough for me to hear the conversation. From the looks of it, it was their intention to let me hear their conversation.

"Look at her looking so high and mighty. Just because Tim was being kind to her ugly self she thinks she's special. What a load of bullshit."

"Totally, she probably went and whore herself around, pretending to play the victim. Poor Tim, being manipulated by such a deceptive bitch. From a murderer no less."

"You know about that too? Can you believe it?"

The gossips continue and no matter how hard I try to convince myself to not let the rumours faze me, it did. I'm not made of steel and every word I heard completely bothered me. I sigh, so this was what people have been talking about me. Without noticing it, my pace had slowed down and I was staring at my feet. Maybe I shouldn't have come to school after all. I should've just stayed at home. Yeah, I think I should go home. Just as I thought that to myself a shadow looms behind me. When I tried to turn around I caught a glimpse of brown hair before I felt something heavy landed around my neck.

"W – What?" I was momentarily stunned.

"Hey! Ellie. Good morning. What's your first class?" Tim was grinning happily at me with his arms around my neck as if we're such good buddies.

"Maths?" I replied without thinking.

"Great. We have the same class. Let's go together. Come on Sam!" He called out to Sam.