Survival

Skyrah

The bus comes to a smooth stop and we all file out in a line, just as prisoners would I guess. School isn't a thing to be enjoyed, it's a thing to endure. I separate from my siblings and go to my first class, history. I take a seat and throw my history book on the table, I take out a pen and twirl it around in my fingers, waiting for class to start. I feel the presence of a warm body next to me, I look up to see a handsome guy, that I don't recognise.

" I'm Blade Ennikk" he says in a raspy low voice.

"Skyrah Thratch" I reply. He has tanned skin and dark hair, his eyes a dark shade of brown, the type that will intoxicate you but leave you fascinated. Biceps that threaten to murder his shirt, strong shoulders, and his appearance alone leaves me wondering why he chose to sit next to me. 

"So Skyrah Thratch, history, I just transferred into this class, physics was proving to be a bit of a problem for the small capacity of my undeveloped  brain" he says smirking a little. 

"Well Blade Ennikk, maybe you'll find that your infinitesimal brain can't cope with history either, you've missed a lot of stuff" I say tapping my pen on my book, returning the smile that just spread across his sculpted mouth.

" I like a girl that uses words effectively, even if it is to insult me" he laughs, it's deep and throaty. 

"Well what can I say, maybe my talent is using long words" I laugh, he smiles.

"You have a magnificent laugh Skyrah" Blade says gently, his voice holding a faint sense of confusion.

" Well Blade, you have a fascinating voice, so deep and husky, quite attractive actually" I find myself blushing, am I flirting? 

I have no idea what's come over me, I don't flirt, my mouth is going without my brain giving consent, that's so embarrassing.'You have a fascinating voice' who says that sort of thing?

However, my panicked thoughts are cut short by the sound of Blade's laugh. 

"You know Skyrah, you're actually pretty cool, I'd like to know you, is that feeling returned?" He asks, smile still placed on his face.

"I'd like to know myself too, I'm only kidding, I'd like to know you too" I say as my cheeks begin to bake.

"Hmmm" he says and turns to face the front of class, leaving me there, confused as to what just happened.

I get through my two other classes just as I always do, it finally come to lunch. I stand in line with all the other students that attend my school. I get to the front and the food materialises in the station that I'm standing in. A plate with a thick tomatoey chilli, small white grains of rice, a glass of water and a cake with a sickly pink icing. I look around to find the table that my friends have decided to sit at, I walk over and sit down.

" Well Skyrah, I heard you were talking to Blade Ennikk today" says my friend Zaynah. Her full name is Zaynah Asha Kai, she has dark brown skin, and black hair, but she has these terrifying red eyes, but she's a nice enough person, she's has the fighting talent just like Layla. 

"Yeah, what's the big deal about that, and how do you know anyway?" I ask shovelling a spoonful of chilli into my mouth. 

"You seriously don't know do you?" She says in astonishment.

"Know what?" I say mouth full of chilli and rice.

" His dad is like the guy that invented the MusicMatch, they're like super rich, and his mom is in the government board, they're a pretty important family Skyrah, you're lucky he chose you" she says, the last bit full of hatred, and I'm completely confused, what does she mean 'chose you', he's just a kid that decided to talk to a girl, not a big deal, right?