\\ Amazing trailer by @loyallyric //
One secret, one curse, is enough to change everything. Everything she knew, everything she thought she understood, became nothing, twisting into an ultimate heap of confusion. He is after her, the one that has...
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I stride along the lonesome halls towards the one place I relish so much...the cafeteria. Not because of the food...but because it's the one time I get to be recompensed from any and all things school related. It's a time I savor while I have it because it seems as if right when the time comes around, it slips in between my fingers like fog, disappearing so vastly from the eye like it weren't ever even there in the first place.
Pulling open the doors, rambunctious shouts and deafening voices all flood into my eardrums. The skylights are brightly lit, shining over the tables and chairs that scatter the intricately patterned floors. I scrutinize the cafeteria, each teen focused on their trio of friends, talking about unknown topics, shoveling food into their mouths.
My eyes flicked from face to face, till they come upon a familiar one, a face that is hard to forget. His dark blue eyes seem almost neon under the light. A cold chill runs up my spine as his eyes meet mine, his features remain unchanged, the same stone look painted on his face. I feel small under his gaze, his stare intimidating yet petrifying.
my legs start involuntarily taking me away from my previous stationed spot, but the feeling of being watched follows. Alakade's eyes bore holes into my back, I feel his cold gaze, which makes the strange and uncomfortable feeling grow. I know he does this to practically everyone who either wrongs him or gets in his way, which I've not made any of those lists if anything, I try my hardest to stay away from him, no matter the costs.
I still remember what he did, and that day will forever be etched in my mind; that single memory hanging on by a single string inside my hippocampus. Though the event doesn't exactly involve me particularly, it still hurt finding out about it, especially because of who he was messing with.
"V!" The shouts and wails of my nickname - 'V' - echoes through the lunch room, and my individual attention immediately snaps in the direction it had come from. Standing tall and lanky above all the heads in the area is my best friend Rey - which is short for Aubrey - with Nicki and Jordi sitting adjacent from her.
Without a second's hesitation, I pace over to their table. I rapidly take a seat next to Rey and lean down, though the feeling stays yet again, it just keeps growing, and I hate it. I just don't understand, Alakade is just a scary guy who happens to be cute...but that's beside the point.
Why is it that it feels like there's a thousand beating hearts inside my forehead...
"Vivian!" I immediately snap out of my trance once Jordi howls my name, waving a hand rapidly in front of my face to get my attention.
I vigorously shake my head to rid the thoughts that seem to linger no matter what.
"Uh...sorry...um..." I stutter, not knowing what to say or do, so I just stare down at my feet, examining every creavas and detailed indent in my Nikes.
"What was up with you today, V? You looked like a psycho serial killer with a bright red bowl of cereal," Rey snorts, "it was pretty fabulous!"
"Oh, well umm...I thought I was going to be late so..." my lips curve into an 'O' shape as I drag on the letter to a dramatic extent.
"You gosh darn rule follower!" Jordi exclaims, he has always been jealous of my responsibleness, cue the hair flip.
Just kidding, but he has always teased me for always doing what I'm told and not doing anything - as he says - "fun," which I think is totally not true! I am fun, just as long as there is no illegal actions, bad people, loud noises, or anything that falls into the category of "abominable," then we're good.
So in other words, my type of fun is cuddling with a super and overly sized fluffy blanket with my laptop watching Jim Gaffigan on Netflix and laughing hysterically, that's fun...right?
"English was crazy today!" Nicki blurts out suddenly without any sort of warning.
"Oh! Drama! Tell me all about it!" Jordi says in a very high pitched voice, mocking his cousin sitting right across from him. I can't help but laugh a little at his mockery that put an inflamed look on Rey's face.
"Never do that again," she deadpans, as to which Jordi smiles mischievously back at her.
Rey rolls her eyes, letting out a sigh of frustration. "So what happened?" She asks, though I already know the whole story. You see, my friends love and I mean love to gossip and tell stories, especially if it's about Alakade Vincent, because we all strongly dislike him, because of that incident that I mentioned earlier. Ever since that day, we've always seen him as nothing but brooding and dangerous.
Nicki goes on explaining the story in a dramatic way, though I'm lost when she states that he apparently, "sounded like an animal growling at the teacher," at that point, I kind of stopped listening.
Instead, I focus down on my half eaten apple, grasping it and taking a bite of it, chewing and swallowing heedlessly. I don't know why, but I always feel uncomfortable eating when other people could be watching...it's just weird.
I feel someone's gaze on me again, but it's obviously not the good type...it's the same feeling that continuously claws and scratches at the pit of my stomach, making it churn, making me feel sick.
I turn back to meet eye to eye with Adrian Athen, Alakade's sidekick, his green ember eyes staring me down. My view is blocked a second later by a group of popular girls wearing heels higher than their high egos go on the scale. But once they pass, he's gone, as if he has vanished. Completely gone as if he were never even present in the first place. A thousand heartbeats return, creating one headache that is unbearable.
"V, what's wrong?" Nicki asks as she pushes her umber hair behind her shoulder, concern laced in her voice.
"Nothing, I...I just got a headache, that's all," I say, shoeing away the issue, though it feels more than just a headache.
It feels as if it were more than just a constant pang in my head, it just feels like there's more...but that's ridiculous.
Total insanity.
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Hey! Kind of a long chapter, but I hope you enjoyed. And I just wanted to say, sorry for all the spelling and grammar mistakes right now, so don't say I didn't warn you🙂. Anyway, thank you so much for reading.
