Fan Fic- All The Bright Places (Jennifer Niven)

Chapter 1

Violet

Let's make this clear. My name is Violet Markey. My nickname given by Finch is Ultraviolet Remarkeyable. Finch is the only person in the world who understands me. He is also my boyfriend. Well was. He died 4 months ago. He left me behind, when I was finally starting to feel alive again. Homeless Finch- Nerd Finch- Cool Finch- Theodore Freak, I loved every single part of him, even the homeless part. And then he leads me back to that lake that goes on forever, that's where I find him dead. Dead dead dead. By the time the police found his body, they were 7 hours too late. Maybe he wanted me to find him and reason with him that he should keep living. He had said, 'You are all the colours in one at full brightness', why the hell would he leave me right after saying that? Around two months after he passed on, I kept trying to find ways to kill myself, but every single time someone would catch me and force me stop. The 10th time I tried it, I nearly got my head cut off by my own father! I just stopped trying after that. At school, it's even more unbearable, I see him everywhere, I see where he first talked to me (which was on the bell tower if you didn't already know that), I see where he swam in the pond behind the school even if it was in the middle of winter, I saw all the places where he kissed me and said that he loved me. I see all the phonies who pretend that they care he died, I already knew that it was just an act. And frickin' Roamer, he mocks Finch's name and puts dung in his locker even though FInch won't even be opening it. I hope he goes to Hell.

Amanda Monk walks over to me quickly. 'Hey V! Did you hear there's a new guy?' she swoons,

'This late in the year?' I ask without looking up from the book I'm reading,

'Yes! And I hear he's drop dead gorgeous. Emerald green eyes and jet black hair!', as soon as Amanda's big fat mouth says that, I'm immediately taken back to an image of Finch. Damn him and his hair.

'No, I haven't heard of him yet' I sigh still not looking at her.

'Do you want to know his name?' she says with a tinge of guilt in her voice, but before I can respond, Amanda bursts out, 'His name is Emane!' she squeals with a dreamy look in her eyes. Like I frickin' care what the hell his name is. Unless Finch came back from the dead there is nothing that can rattle me. 'That's nice.' I say with exasperation, she really doesn't know when to stop talking.

'I need to go to my locker to get something! Catch you later.', before I can hear her response, I make my way out of the library and go to the back of the school where the pond is. This is where I usually go to to clear my head. There's a surprise when I get there though, something I certainly didn't think I would find. There's a boy I've never seen before, but what really takes me aback though is his striking resemblance to Finch. I've just realised that this stranger fits the exact description of what Amanda was saying. I don't realise I've been staring until he coughs to get my attention, my face immediately goes a beetroot red and I manage to stammer, 'Sorry, you just looked like someone I used to know.',

'It's chill.' the boy called Emane says. Up close I can see his strong jawline and the rippling muscles I from under his tight fitting shirt. 'Sorry if I was disrupting you' I say quietly, what the heck is wrong with me? I haven't acted this way since Finch was alive, I turn around quickly and go into a brisk walk,

'Please don't go! You see I don't have any friends yet... you look like someone I'd want to hang around. My name's Emane by the way.' There's a faint blush in his face. I want to say, 'My name's Violet but someone used to call me Ultraviolet Remarkeyable! I'm not saying that you can start calling me that though! And I already knew what your name was!', though obviously that's not what I say, instead I end up saying 'Okaaay. My name is Violet Markey and I don't know if you would want to be friends with me because everyone else started to think I was weird after my boyfriend Finch died.', wow, I really did not need to say that last part. But instead of just looking at me like I lost my marbles, all Emane says is, 'So you were the girl that 'saved' his life. I'm sorry for your loss. I heard what happened from the Principal.'. As tears start to well up in my eyes, I wonder in my head Who the hell are you?