The Angels Daughter

Chapter 5 - Adaptation

I didn't think the first day of a milestone would be so....boring

And embarrassing

I've been catcalled on by at least 4 seniors....boys and girls

I can't figure out my combination to save my life

And I'm so uncomfortable in this damn uniform skirt

It's finally lunch and I walk outside to meet Bellamy

I see her sitting on a small rock tile ledge next to a small garden in the schools courtyard.

"Hey, why aren't you sitting at a table chica?" I say to her as I take a seat next to her

"Because the Ginger Squad has taken up at least half the courtyard" she says motioning her hand to the table while shoving chips into her mouth

"Who the hell are the Ginger Squad?" I ask her as I steal a chip from her bag

"You haven't heard?!" she says to questionable but I widen my eyes and shake my head no

She continues "They're this group of kids, I think 5 of them? Yeah 5. Anyway, it's four girls and one boy, they allll have red hair, green eyes, and freckles! All born the same day, each exactly a minute apart from each other....except for one!" Bellamy says to me with excitement as she stands to her feet to face me.

She's describing this story as if she was there when it happened

Bellamy gets distracted by a group of boys walking by with varsity jackets on.

I stand up to get in front of her and clap, waking her from her trance "Bell! Focus! You were telling a story" I say to her laughing

"Right! Sorry! Anyway, the one kid, the boy, was actually born at 12:00am on the dot, so he has a completely different birthday from his sisters. These kids are crazy rich and popular!"

"Okay....so what are you getting at here exactly?" I say to her not seeing a point to this whole story

"If we can get them on our good side then we can be set up for life! Our high school experience won't completely suck!"

I look over to the group to see exactly who my best friend is getting involved in and freeze when I see exactly what's going on

"Uhm....we might have a slight problem with that" I say to her as I look at her to make eye contact again.

"What? Why?" she says to me confused as I start to use her body to block mine.

"Because I may or may not have yelled at one of them this morning before first period..." I say shyly to her

Her jaw drops and she looks at me before she speaks "ARE YOU FRIGGIN KIDDING ME NINA?!?! PORQUE?! POR-FREAKING-QUE?!(Translation: Why?! Freaking why?!)" She yells to me grabbing me by my arms

"Would you shush?! You're so damn loud!" I say to her

"So are you! Considering you yelled at him at 8 in the morning!" she yells back "What happened?!"

"The little jerk called me and my family Jesus freaks.....so I said he was ignorant, and something about his head being too far up his ass..."

She pauses for a moment before smiling mischievously and hold out her fist "That's my girl"

I laugh and fist bump her back

"Maybe we're better off that way, they do look creepy as hell - lllo Amber!" She stops short from her comment when we notice the Ginger Squad approached us without us even noticing

"Bellamy! Hi!" Amber says to my friend. She looks over at me and smile "We have 3rd period together, what's your name?" she says to me kindly holding out her hand for me to shake.

"Oh...hi! I'm Seraphina" I say hesitantly as I see Aiden slowly approach the group.

"Oh you're the famous Seraphina?" Amber says to me with a wide grin on her face "Yes, our brother told me about you."

"Riiight" I say as I start to fiddle with my nails "You see, your brother is -"

"A total dick right? I know, it's okay no big!" She says to me swatting her hand. "We already told him he needs to know when to shut up" she continues to say to me as she points to her other sisters.

She moves in closer to me to whisper in my ear "He also said you're super pretty"

"Amber! Shut up!" He says from behind all the sisters

But how could he have heard me? She whispered it so slow, there was no possible way he could have heard her

"So as you already know, I'm Amber the oldest, this is my sister Annabel, my other sister Addison, my other other sister Athena, and the little shit over there is our younger brother Aiden as you already know. And we're the Clarevoys!" she finishes saying to me with excitement

Aiden scoffs and rolls his eyes but keeps his eyes on me

"Nice to meet you guys" I say politely while waving and smiling at the group.

They respond with smiles and waves and Addison steps out of the group for a moment to approach me to speak. "Oh wow! That necklace is sooo pretty! Where'd you get it?" She says to me as she points to my chest which holds onto the winged necklace my father gave me.

"Oh, my Dad got it for me when I turned four, he said it was made special forme and that it would always protect me." I respond shyly

"Awww! So sweet! Can I see?" She asks me, motioning if she could hold it for a moment.

"Sure" I respond to her

She reaches to grab it and as she slowly tries to lift it up with her index finger and thumb, my necklace singes her finger

She winces and brings her finger close to her to examine it, but as I look behind her I can see that her sisters and brother all flinch and examine their fingers.

"Oh shit are you okay?!" I say to her concerned

"Oh yah totally! I'm fine, must've been some electricity." She says brushing it off, but I can tell in her face she's just as shaken up as me.

"We should go! So nice meeting you Sera, can I call you that?" she says to me hesitantly putting a hand on my shoulder

"Yah, yah definitely....nice to meet you too" I say smiling holding back the weird feeling I have right now

The group walks away, not making any eye contact with anyone.

"Awkwaaaaard" Bellamy says to me taking a seat again

"Did you see that?" I say to her

"See what" she says back to me digging in her bag

I look at her confused as if we weren't in the same conversation

"The-the-the thing with my necklace and her fingers and the sisters and the boy and the spark! The thinggg!" I say uncontrollably, practically speaking with my hands

Bellamy looks at me with half a sandwich stuffed in her mouth. She takes a few bites before speaking to me with a full mouth "You sound like you're describing an erotica, Phina"

"You're an ass, Bell" I say to her as I sit next to her

"I'm sorry,I'm sorry, I'm listening to you. Yes yes I saw what happened "She says to me nodding comically

"No you didn't"

"No...no I did not...but so what? Whatever happened was nothing. Leave it alone"

"Yah...maybe you're right" I say back to her but I don't believe it

Something in my gut is telling me that there was something off about that moment

Maybe it really is nothing

But maybe it's not...