Indistinct || a.i

Chapter 3

The first day at this new school wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Considering the fact that I'm entering the in the middle of the year. I was expecting people to make fun of me or shove me around the halls as I try to get to my next class but that wasn't the case. In fact they were welcoming and the people here weren't that bad.

I sat in the back of the room of my math class while doodling in my notebook. "For tomorrow I want you students to bring a graph paper notebook. We will be using it in class" my math teacher, Mrs. Tacker said. As she was about to open her mouth once more the bell rang. She then proceeded to say, "Well i'll be seeing you guys tomorrow. Don't forget to bring in that notebook!".

As most of the students rushed out of the room I stood up from my seat and put my notebook and pencil in my bag. I swung my backpack over my shoulder and as I was about to exit the class, Mrs. Tacker approached me and said "I hope you have a good first day, I'm really glad to have you in my class, Lisette" while smiling sweetly . I returned the smile and muttered a small 'thank you' while exiting the room.

I walked over to the stairs and walked up to the third floor to get to my locker. As I approached it I noticed that Eleanor was already standing there. "Hey" she said while waving at me when I got closer. I replied with a simple 'hi' while unlocking my locker and putting some books in it. When I closed my locker I was facing Eleanor again, "so are you ready to go to lunch?" Eleanor asked while grinning. "I guess so". I followed Eleanor through the halls and down the stairs to the cafeteria "Don't worry my friends are nice. They won't judge you or anything. They can be a bit strange and crazy at times but you get used to it. You'll fit in just fine."

We got to a set of big double doors that were labeled Cafeteria, El opened the doors quickly and walked in as I followed behind. A lot of people turned their heads to look at us and then started whispering to each other. I couldn't help but feel self conscious. "Don't worry about them." El whispered to me. I followed El to a round table that was pretty close to the middle of the room where two gorgeous girls were seated. One had brown hair that was really curly and tanned skin while the other had blonde hair and pale skin. Both had makeup done to perfection and outfits to kill for. In all these girls were beyond beautiful and that included Eleanor as well. I looked like a potato compared to them.

"Hey girls. This is Lizz. She's new to the school and she's from America." El said as we approached the girls. "Hi" I said with a small smile. "Hello I'm Danielle, but you can call me Dani" the curly haired brunette said. "And I'm Perrie" said the blonde. They both seemed really nice. "Sit down Lizz" El said. Once we were seated, the three girls broke into a conversation that never seemed to end. They talked about clothes to dresses to boys. Basically anything really. I just sat there not really knowing what to say because I didn't know about anything they were discussing. "Oh my gosh I feel so bad. We just left Lizz out of our whole conversation" Dani said looking kind of guilty. "It's fine. I didn't even know what you guys were talking about" I replied. "Tell us about yourself Lizz" Perrie said. "Well there's not really much to say. Umm my name's Lisette Mathews, I'm 17 years old. I was born February 5th and I'm an Aquarius. I like to read books and take long walks on the beach. I moved to London from the United States because my dad said so. I don't have a boyfriend which really sucks because I want one. That's pretty much it. See? Not that fascinating." I said with a shrug. "Well I think you are interesting. There's definitely more to you than what you just said and we are just going to have to get to know you better to find out." El said with a smile while the other two nodded in agreement. I smiled at them because I'm just really happy to know that I successfully made 3 friends and I will not be a loner for the rest of high school.

It was quiet for a bit at the table while we ate our lunch. There was one thing that I had tried to push to the back of my mind but it was a thought that was bothering me since this morning. I decided that it was safe to talk about it with these girls. They seemed pretty trustworthy. "Uhh guys what can you tell me about Ashton?" I asked. El almost choked on her water. "Ashton Irwin?" Dani asked barely speaking in a whisper . "Yeah him" I replied taking a bite out of my sandwich. "He's a gang leader. Hell, he's one of the most dangerous gang leaders in London, maybe even the world. No one knows what he looks like though. Well except his gang and the rival gang they fight. Anyone else who has ever seen him is dead" Perrie informed me. "Not someone you want to mess with. Plus he's too fast and smart so the chances of the police catching him are slim and an even lower chance you'll ever meet him." Eleanor said. "Why do you ask? How do you even know about Ashton? You're new." Dani asked. "It was just a question. Word travels around fast I guess" I said dismissing the subject. The girls then started another conversation trying to include me in it but I only contributed with a few words.

The only thing I was thinking about was Ashton being a gang leader. A gang leader? Really? He was only like what? 19 or 20? How the hell did he become a gang leader? You also know what he looks like, a small voice in my head said. Damn it. So what should I do now? Run? Hide? I don't want him to kill me and I definitely don't want to see him again.

As I finished my sandwich I heard the bell ring once more. Dani, Perrie and El stood up from from their seats "It was was nice meeting you" said Dani "Yeah I guess we'll be seeing you around" Perrie said while smiling. "Thank you and yeah I guess I will be seeing you guys around" I said as I stood up and left the cafeteria with the rest of the students.

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I guess you could say time flies because now I was heading out of school. I swung by my locker before I left, I took some books out and put it back in my bag. I closed my locker and headed towards the exit. While I walked down the hall I saw El at her locker so I decided to approach her. "Hey El" I said as I stood by the side of her locker. "Oh hey Lisette, what's up?" she said as she put in a textbook. "Well I just wanted to say thank you". "For what?" she asked closing her bag. "For everything being nice to me and introducing me to the girls" I said. "Oh, It's no problem you're really cool to hang out with" she said with a kind smile. "Well I better start heading home I'll see you tomorrow okay?" she said while starting to walk away. "Yeah ok see you tomorrow" I said giving her a small wave and started to walk once again towards the exit.

When I walked out of the school I noticed my dad standing by his car while waving at me. I went over to him and hugged him "how was school honey?" "fine" I said while opening the car door and stepping in. My dad walked to the other side of the car and walked in as well. As he started the car he asked "fine as in good fine or fine as in a bad way?" "as good" I said as the car left school property and onto the road. "I was going to call you but it looks like you arrived to school just fine" I tensed recalling what happened with me and Ashton "umm yeah I guess you can say that". "What do you mean" my dad said while turning a corner. "What" I asked "did you have any trouble while coming to school?" my dad asked. "Um well no" I said while looking outside the window "it was just farther than I thought it would be that's all".

'Well if anything is bothering my little girl" my dad said "you know you have to tell me". We arrived at our house and I stepped out of the car. While my dad was parking it, I opened the door and walked up my room.

While I was finishing my English homework in my room I heard my dad call me from downstairs. I opened the door of my room and screamed "what" "get ready we're going out to eat at this new diner near by" "Ok" I yelled back and closed my door. I opened my closet and put on a sweater some random jeans and my vans. I walked up to my mirror and put my hair up into a bun. I re opened my door and walked down the stairs seeing my dad sitting on the couch on the living room texting on his phone "ready?' he asked and I nodded.

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Let's just say that the diners food was amazing i'm really glad my dad took me to that place. As I opened the door of my room I felt a gush of wind coming out of my window. What? I don't remember leaving my window open... I went up to it and closed it I looked out to the streets and saw that everything was normal. Maybe I did leave my window open. I closed my curtains too. I changed back to my PJ's and sat on my bed, I took my English book about to put it in my night stand when a note fell out of it. Was this here? I wondered. I opened the note.

Next time you won't be getting away so easily babe x

-A