Talisman

Chapter 1

Ruby's point of view

The rain.... I've always loved the sound of the rain over my roof. As a kid I loved playing out in the rain, It always made me feel fresh... Brought comfort of some sort.... I absolutely loved it. I stared at the rain from my room window, admired how the rain fell from the thick grey clouds. It looked .....beautiful.

I sighed and walked over to my reading desk, I really needed to complete my assignment If I was to escape the wrath of Mr Henderson tomorrow.........

Suddenly I feel something drop on my face, I look up at my ceiling...... The heck it's raining in my room.... How's that even possible... I jump up panicking..... what the heck is happening
I hear the faint laughter of my brother Toby.... Where's Toby????

I wake up to see my brother laughing hysterically holding a half empty cup of water

"What the hell Toby?" I glare at him
"You really should have seen your face" he said before going into another fit of laughter. "Its 8:am if you don't hurry up now you'll be late for school." he walks toward the door and turns just before opening it

"BTW my car's not exactly fixed yet, so I'll be going with yours, and I'm not waiting for you so hurry up .... Breakfast downstairs." he says shutting the door behind him.

He wakes me up with a damn cup of water and he's making up rules on my own car. Oh I hate this boy! I hate school too! I sigh and walk towards the bathroom, taking a quick shower spending a little more time shampooing my hair. By the time I'm done showering it 8:22 am. I quickly dry my hair and put on a crop sweatshirt, ripped jeans and a pair of addidas.

I quickly apply little mascara and lipgloss. I grab my bagpack and rush downstairs.

As I move towards the kitchen the smell of pancakes hit me.

"Way to make yourself useful brother" I say with a smirk reaching for a stool just below the kitchen counter.

"Yeah yeah." Toby rolls his eyes "No need for that. " he says referring to the stool "Just help me take the food to the dining table." He passes me the pancakes while he carries the syrub and the utensils. We walk over to the dining room and put everything on the dining table before taking my seat.

"You start eating I'm gonna go get my backpack."

"k bro." I replied reaching for for my phone.

I check my notifications, I've got a message from my Bestie Alyssa.

Alyssa: heyy girl.... School today yo! And I've tots got big news for you..... You are gonna die....ahhhh

Me: good morning to you too Bestie 🙂 and what's the big news?

Alyssa: I'll tell you when I see you in school and pls don't forget your assignment I don't want you getting in trouble.

Me: Awww look who cares 🤗

Alyssa: don't flatter yourself b..... I just don't want people to know me as the friend to the girl who's always getting punished cause she leaves her assignments at home. We've survived the first week already

Me: says the one who spends half her time in detention... fine😒

Alyssa: see you at school....

I shake my head and put my phone back in my backpack.

Just then Toby comes back with his bagpack. I quickly put some pancakes on my plate and reach for the syrub.

"Here you go short hands" Toby says with a sly smirk as he passes me the syrub. I just roll my eyes in reply.

I dig into my pancakes taking big bites but at the same time savoring every bit of it. I had very little to eat last night, that must explain my hunger right now.

Within minutes I'm done with my food and so is Toby. I quickly drop the dishes in the sink and lock the door before going out to the garage. Toby is already waiting in the car. I walk towards the car and open the door and seat in the passenger seat.

"Well it took you forever..." Toby says starting the engine.

Toby has basically been my only family ever since I was 12.

Back then, My parents had just gotten divorced. Mum said they both weren't happy but I think it's cause mum was basically the family's support with her multi-million dollar company and dad, well he was just a dentist. Not to sound harsh but that's how she says it. I had heard them argue a lot of times about how dad was relying on mom's money and how mom was abusing the fact that she was the family's only source of income. I guess that's kind of the same thing, they both weren't happy anyway.
After the divorce, dad left the house and mum expanded her company to California. She left us with a very luxurious life, a really big house, money, servants and all. But sometimes that's not what you need to make you happy. I've always thought I was jinxed when it came to love anyway, never really known what it meant to love before. Growing up I felt neglected, mum never really had time for me, dad had his problems too. I relied on other people for love and support. I had dated two guys before, hoping to feel loved. Both times I thought I was in love but it turns out things aren't always what they seem to be. I was dumped by the first guy on our anniversary. Turns out he wasn't after my heart all he wanted was the fame of getting to date the popular girl and probably getting me in bed and since I was not ready to open up myself to him yet he went after someone else. That explains me walking up to my 'boyfriend' and best friend making out in my room.

The last relationship I had? Well, it broke me. I had trusted him more than I had ever trusted everybody. He knew me inside out, knew my weaknesses. But he betrayed me and disgraced me in front of the school. I thought I would never get over it and the students didn't help either. Every single day I walked through the school halls felt like torture, at a point I was depressed, really depressed, life didn't matter to me anymore. The guy I trusted broke me. Thats all i could think about. But with time the school had forgotten what happened or at least they never spoke about it. But I could never forget the humiliation I went through, never, and that's why I hope I never see him again. For my sanity and for my safety. I know he'll be back though, can never forget the smirk on his face as he made that promise. Half dragged by the security out school premises. it's just a matter of time. I can only just pray and wait for the worst.

"Some people have classes you know." I snap back into reality and face Toby. He looked puzzled.

"Are you ok Ruby?" he asks concern evident in his voice.
"You've been zoning out a lot lately. We've been in school for 3 minutes already and you haven't even noticed."

I observed my surroundings. We we're in school alright. I hadn't even taken notice of the whole ride.

"I'm fine." I reply faking a smile. He just looks at me for a few more seconds.

"You'll be fine Ruby, you've got nothing to worry about." he says and unlocks the door.

I sigh. A really long sigh. I have a bad feeling about this school year. I just hope he's right.