The Wanted Twin

Chapter 7

Front office Los Angeles high school. 8:50

I woke up later than I had anticipated and showed up to school with my hair sticking out in random spots and my bag unzipped. "Why are you late?" The office lady demanded.

I thought about it for a moment then decided I didn't actually have a reason I could tell her. "I overslept."

She glared at me with her piercing stair and orange lipstick and handed me a pass for the remainder of the first period. I walked into biology checking out the notes on random desks and avoiding eye contact with all the staring faces. I could hear murmurs but no one was talking, every person in the room was dead silent. I sat down, pulled out my notebook and began to copy the notes on the board. After a solid five minutes or so Kyle spun around in his chair. "Hey, is Brandon okay?"

"What do you know about that?" I felt angry, angrier than when he tried to pawn me off to Vincent.

"What do you mean? I was only asking because of him not being here."

"Oh...Yeah, he has the flu." I felt like a fool, of course, people are going to ask where he is, but Kyle was the last person I wasn't going to suspect. Kyle was the first person I would accuse of getting my brother taken and beat.

The second-period bell rang and I was off to my new art class with Millicent, I was excited to tell somebody about my sexy experience last night and the second I saw her sitting at our table wearing a pink crop top and a high ponytail. I slammed my book bag down on the table causing a few people to turn and look. "I had the craziest experience last night!" Someone said something across the room. "What?!" I demanded.

She looked around for a moment then spoke. "Who are you talking to?...Is this information you would like to share with the class?"

Sure enough, half the class was watching, then again I did think someone was talking to me. I got closer to her and began to whisper. "There was a guy in my room last night and I'm not too sure if it was a dream or not." The murmurs started again but this time it was louder. I shook it off.

"Why wouldn't it be a dream? Did you fall asleep with him?"

"No, it was like I closed my eyes and when I opened them he was gone."

"So yes a dream, how else would he vanish?" I realized I needed to be low key about the idea of someone appearing in my room. 

I tried to talk again but the teacher behind me in the back of the room said, "We have a new student from Norwood, Ohio."

"Norwood?" My dad used to go there to work sometimes. I shifted around in my chair to see this new student. Immediately my heart began to pound and my body started tingling. It was like a fire had been lit inside of me. It was him. "That's him! The guy from last night!"

"From your dream?" She looked utterly confused.

"Yes...I mean no obviously it wasn't a dream."

"Over here we have an open seat, I'm sure these ladies won't mind letting you have it." I heard the teachers' voice getting closer as she said this.

I turned my head in their direction then quickly looked away avoiding eye contact. Just my luck. He took the seat beside me.

"Hi, I'm Millicent but my friend here calls me Milli." I felt her kick me under the table.

I turned and connected eyes with this guy the way I did last night, My eyes locked with his and I remembered his warm body grazing my own. When I spoke my voice was soft and quiet. "I'm Harmony."

His smile was very nearly seductive and mysterious. "I'm Christian."

"Do you mind if I call you Chris?" Milli asked.